Re: "set glob-complete-word off" not honored in .inputrc

[Chet Ramey]

Michael Carmack wrote:

> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
>
> Description:
>
> If you put 'set glob-complete-word off' in .inputrc, it is not obeyed
> when you first get a shell. However, if you re-read .inputrc (C-x C-r)
> it does get picked up.

What's to obey?  There's no such bindable readline variable.

> I don't know if similar commands (e.g. glob-expand-word) also have this
> problem; I only noticed M-g because my inputrc contains the following:

I believe that the cause is that bash-2.05b binds the special shell
completion keybindings without regard to whether or not there is already
a binding for a particular key sequence.

When you re-read your inputrc, your binding for M-g is reestablished.

Chet