Re: Cisco Router Tab Completion in SSH from Emacs

[Barry Margolin]

In article <mailman.7602.1385778203.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 Esben Stien <b0ef@esben-stien.name> wrote:

> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> 
> > he should use M-x terminal-emulator if he wants special keys to be
> > sent to the remote host.
> 
> This is something different than M-x term?
> 
> I don't have M-x terminal-emulator in my emacs-24.3.50.1, but I guess
> it's the same as M-x term. 

I'm still running 22.x, but M-x term has always been short for M-x 
terminal-emulator -- it's just command completion.

> 
> M-x term captures everything it seems, so it kind of defeats the purpose
> of running this inside emacs. 
> 
> Is there no prefix or something I can use in eshell to transmit a simple
> TAB?

You can type C-q TAB, but it won't be sent until you enter the command 
line.

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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