disable autocomplete of the home path

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Feb 7 13:07:16 UTC 2007


Rares Vernica wrote:

> Peter Garrett wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:15:05 -0800
>> Rares Vernica <rvernica at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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'm intrigued - why would you want to turn this off ?
> 
> I know where my home is, I don't need to see it every time. Moreover, it
> takes space on the line.
> 
I agree.  I'm _certain_ it didn't used to be that way, and I find it
annoying too.
-- 
derek





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