Re: [dwm] dmenu filename tab-completion patch

Great feature! Something I've been looking for in dmenu for a long time.
Thanks,

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Ian
On 1/27/09, Antoni Grzymala <antoni_AT_chopin.edu.pl> wrote:
> Jeremy Jay dixit (2009-01-27, 16:48):
>
>> I always try to do this and get frustrated when I remember it doesn't
>> work, but today I actually looked up the man pages and found out how
>> easy it is to get dmenu to support filename tab-completion.  This patch
>> adds a small function that completes a filename argument as far as
>> possible.  If you'd rather complete to the first match, just comment
>> or delete the block specified.  With this patch it is now possible to
>> type 'ooc<tab> ~/big<tab>' and get:
>>   'oocalc /home/user/big\ filename\ i\ dont\ want\ to\ type.xls'
>>
>> Hope others find it as useful!
>
> Way cool. Had always wished someone would write this patch :).
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