Remapping command name completion

[John W. Eaton]

On  9-Jan-2001, Francisco Rojas <address@hidden> wrote:

| Is there a way to remap (instead on tab key) or turn off command variable
| name completion ?

The keys handled by readline are programmable.  Create a file called
~/.inputrc and add some lines like

$if Octave
"\e\C-[": complete
"\C-i": self-insert
$endif

to bind complete to M-C-[, and make TAB (C-i) insert itself instead of
attempting completion.

jwe



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