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Francis Moreau

18 Sep 2015 18 Sep '15

8:53 a.m.

Hi, I'd like to choose which commands will use bash completion and would avoid to enable it for all commands. Is that possible ? Thanks. -- Francis

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Neven Sajko

18 Sep 18 Sep

10:02 a.m.

Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

Andrew Chen

10:05 a.m.

On Sep 18, 2015 10:03 PM, "Neven Sajko" wrote:

Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

Just want to point out one problem with that method: the completion file will be "reinstalled" when you upgrade that package.

Jens Adam

10:46 a.m.

Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:05:13 +1200 Andrew Chen :

On Sep 18, 2015 10:03 PM, "Neven Sajko" wrote:

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Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

Just want to point out one problem with that method: the completion file will be "reinstalled" when you upgrade that package.

... which can be avoided with "NoExtract" in pacman.conf.

Ralf Mardorf

1:50 p.m.

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:05:13 +1200, Andrew Chen wrote:

On Sep 18, 2015 10:03 PM, "Neven Sajko" wrote:

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Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

Just want to point out one problem with that method: the completion file will be "reinstalled" when you upgrade that package.

pacman.conf is your friend ;) $ grep NoExtract /etc/pacman.conf NoExtract = usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop usr/share/xsessions/gnome-fallback.desktop usr/share/xsessions/gnome-flashback-compiz.desktop usr/share/xsessions/openbox-kde.desktop usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service usr/share/xsessions/openbox.desktop usr/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop etc/xdg/autostart/parcellite-startup.desktop #usr/share/applications/ardour.desktop

Andrew Chen

9:36 p.m.

On Sep 19, 2015 1:50 AM, "Ralf Mardorf" wrote:

On Fri, 18 Sep 2015 22:05:13 +1200, Andrew Chen wrote:

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On Sep 18, 2015 10:03 PM, "Neven Sajko" wrote:

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Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

Just want to point out one problem with that method: the completion file will be "reinstalled" when you upgrade that package.

pacman.conf is your friend ;)

$ grep NoExtract /etc/pacman.conf NoExtract = usr/share/xsessions/gnome.desktop

usr/share/xsessions/gnome-fallback.desktop usr/share/xsessions/gnome-flashback-compiz.desktop usr/share/xsessions/openbox-kde.desktop usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.knopwob.dunst.service usr/share/xsessions/openbox.desktop usr/share/xsessions/lxqt.desktop etc/xdg/autostart/parcellite-startup.desktop #usr/share/applications/ardour.desktop Ah, that is a useful feature. Thanks for letting us know.

Eli Schwartz

9:42 p.m.

On 09/18/2015 05:36 PM, Andrew Chen wrote:

Ah, that is a useful feature. Thanks for letting us know.

I also find NoExtract to be very useful as an alternative to localepurge, especially since it never takes up place to begin with (useful on computers with small HDDs). ... NoExtract = usr/share/help/* !usr/share/help/en* NoExtract = usr/share/locale/* !usr/share/locale/en* NoExtract = usr/share/man/* !usr/share/man/man* NoExtract = usr/share/vim/vim74/lang/* NoExtract = usr/share/licenses* ... -- Eli Schwartz

Guus Snijders

6:51 p.m.

Op 18 sep. 2015 12:03 schreef "Neven Sajko" :

Deleting the bash completion files that come with a package should, I think, harmlessly disable completion for that package.

How about just disabling that feature in .bashrc or wherever (sounds like the OP knows this package better then me). Mvg, Guus

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