[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59918] <Tab> character required to be typed twice for name completion

[Rik]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59918>

                 Summary: <Tab> character required to be typed twice for name
completion
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Wed 20 Jan 2021 11:35:15 AM PST
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: dev
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

I just noticed that I need to type the <Tab> character twice in order to have
name completion work on the Octave command line.  This is not how completion
works in the shell where only one keystroke is required.

As an example, type 'sig' and then <Tab> (nothing happens) and then <Tab>
again, when the interpreter will then complete with


sighup_dumps_octave_core   sign                       sign_test               
  sigterm_dumps_octave_core


I checked back to Octave version 3.2.4 and apparently it has always behaved
this way.





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