Default editor, solved

[Vinson Carrethers]

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Karl Larsen wrote:
> Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
>> On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 16:39 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>
>>   
>>>     Sorry to be bearer of bad news but I did the gedit again to be sure 
>>> and 3 Tabs do it just like the older vim.
>>>     
>> Just to be clear.  The <tab> filename completion is a feature of the
>> shell.  The directory listing Vinson showed is a feature of vim.
>>
>> When you have typed:
>>
>> vim /etc/X11<tab>
>>
>> vim is not even running.  It is only when you type <ENTER> that the vim
>> process executes.
>>   
>     Exactly. You have not done a thing with vim and it is in fact a bash 
> function. to prove this I did this as a test:
> 
> karl at karl-hardy:~$ sudo zombie /etc/X11/
> app-defaults/            X                        xserver/
> cursors/                 xinit/                   Xsession
> default-display-manager  xkb/                     Xsession.d/
> fonts/                   xorg.conf                Xsession.options
> rgb.txt                  Xresources/              Xwrapper.config
> karl at karl-hardy:~$ sudo zombie /etc/X11/
> 
> As you see zombie has nothing to do with the list of sub directories. It 
> is a bash function.
> 
> Karl
> 
> 
> 
The last / for the command sudo /etc/X11/ is not needed.  sudo /etc/X11 works
the same.  So I guess I am elated for just one less keystroke.  So be it!  :)




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