disable autocomplete of the home path

[Rares Vernica]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Rares Vernica wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> In Bash, when I type something like "~/" and I press TAB, the "~" is 
>> replaced with the path to my home (e.g. "/home/username"). I would like 
>> to turn this feature off. Is it possible?
>>
>> I don't want to turn off the other auto-completion features, like 
>> directory and file names auto-completion, just the "~" replacement.
> 
> The shell Zsh acts this way, and has much more powerful and customizable
> (though I don't think this can be customized) completion behavior.
> 
> Try it:
> 
> sudo apt-get install zsh
> 
> Matthew Flaschen
> 
> 

I don't feel so comfortable changing the shell. I remember in the 
previous versions of Ubuntu (e.g., 5.10) this feature was not present. 
Why it is now?

I think I am missing something here.

Thanks a lot,
Ray