Re: Git Bash Completion Not Working In Emacs

From: Marko Vasic <vasic@utexas.edu>
Date: Apr 23, 2018, 19:51 UTC
Message-ID: <CALH-0Nbh1-ckO1O7zayjXZ1gMRBKFv3RtSSkGS=4Tu23uqM-ZA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <87tvsb5db1.fsf@linux-m68k.org>

Thank you Andreas,

Is there a way to use git bash completion with "M-x shell"?

Marko

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:

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> On Apr 16 2018, Marko Vasic <vasic@utexas.edu> wrote:
>
>> Git bash completion script works perfectly under the terminal,
>> however, it does not work in Emacs (neither shell nor gui mode). Did
>> anyone encounter this issues and how can it be solved?
>
> Depend on how you run the command in Emacs.  If you use M-x shell then
> Emacs handles special keys like TAB itself (and the started shell
> usually disables its own command line editing).  If you use M-x term
> then Emacs emulates a terminal and lets the running process handle all
> special keys.
>
> Andreas.
>
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