Bash still wants to beep during tab completion
Norton Allen
allen@huarp.harvard.edu
Mon Mar 19 13:05:00 GMT 2007
Eric Lilja wrote:
> Hello, I've changed my .inputrc to:
>
> # base-files version 3.7-1
>
> # To pick up the latest recommended .inputrc content,
> # look in /etc/defaults/etc/skel/.inputrc
>
> # Modifying /etc/skel/.inputrc directly will prevent
> # setup from updating it.
>
> # The copy in your home directory (~/.inputrc) is yours, please
> # feel free to customise it to create a shell
> # environment to your liking. If you feel a change
> # would be benifitial to all, please feel free to send
> # a patch to the cygwin mailing list.
>
> # the following line is actually
> # equivalent to "\C-?": delete-char
> "\e[3~": delete-char
>
> # VT
> "\e[1~": beginning-of-line
> "\e[4~": end-of-line
>
> # kvt
> "\e[H": beginning-of-line
> "\e[F": end-of-line
>
> # rxvt and konsole (i.e. the KDE-app...)
> "\e[7~": beginning-of-line
> "\e[8~": end-of-line
>
> # VT220
> "\eOH": beginning-of-line
> "\eOF": end-of-line
>
> # Allow 8-bit input/output
> #set meta-flag on
> #set convert-meta off
> #set input-meta on
> #set output-meta on
> $if Bash
> # Don't ring bell on completion
> #set bell-style none
>
> # or, don't beep at me - show me
> set bell-style visible
>
> # Filename completion/expansion
> #set completion-ignore-case on
> #set show-all-if-ambiguous on
>
> # Expand homedir name
> #set expand-tilde on
>
> # Append "/" to all dirnames
> #set mark-directories on
> #set mark-symlinked-directories on
>
> # Match all files
> #set match-hidden-files on
>
> # 'Magic Space'
> # Insert a space character then performs
> # a history expansion in the line
> #Space: magic-space
> $endif
>
> But bash still beeps (one time) if I do for example:
> $ cd
> $ cd <tab> <-- Beeps here
> I performed source .inputrc but got some error messages so I restarted
> bash completely instead. What am I missing? cygcheck.out attached
'set bell-style none' works for me, but 'set bell-style visible' works
as you describe. I get no visible indication, and I still get the bell.
-Norton
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