Re: [Lynx-dev] goto user specific url or file - improvement

[Ian Collier]

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 06:15:59AM -0500, Stef Caunter wrote:
[top-posting reversed]
[attribution for this part has been lost]
> >>it will be more usefull for me if it is done in following way:
> >>for example, user insert via 'g' command following sites.
> >>www.google.com
> >>www.gsomeothersite.com
> >>www.othersite.com
> >>
> >>now, after www.g and using up/down keys only first two entries will be
> >>available.
[Walter Ian Kaye:]
> >Oh, I love that feature of tcsh... although I have no idea how it got 
> >enabled (anyone know what shell setting to look for? I wanna add it to 
> >another system).

tcsh always uses file completion - it's not normally possible to
turn it off; command-line editing is usually on but can be turned
off with "unset edit".  The plain csh enables file completion with
"set filec".

> sorry to dump cold water on this, but the lynx browser is not a shell and 
> doesn't need shell features.

I'm neither for nor against this feature, but have you noticed what
happens in Firefox when you type a partial URL and then press the Tab
key?

imc