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[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 15:38 -0600, Vinson Carrethers wrote:
>  downloaded vim 1:7.1-138+1ubuntu3 and now when I
> type sudo /etc/X11, I am not required to press 'Tab' any number of times.  The
> X11 directory/file list comes up as default.  I like that!
> 
> I tried it on other directories with the same results.  Sweet.

I am a little confused here.  The file name completion is part of the
shell and has nothing to do with vim.  Did you mean:

sudo vim /etc/X11

In that case vim gives you a directory listing of the file argument, if
it is a directory.  Interesting feature.  I did not realize this feature
was a part of vim. The filename completion and the vim directory listing
are two separate systems, however. Both appear to be useful.

I have gotten so used to the filename completion feature of the shell,
it is second nature to me.  When I use cd, I find myself typing <tab> a
lot to let the shell complete the directory path, especially if it is
fairly deep and I do not remember the exact pathname.
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