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Name completion

This function attempts to complete any name (word) found at the cursor position. There are 5 types of name completion and the completion method is chosen automatically depending on the context:

command names

the word to be completed is the first word in a command; if no directory is specified, $PATH is searched

directory names

used in the directory panel

user names

for names beginning with ~ (~username = user's home directory)

environment variables

for names beginning with $ sign

filenames

this general type of completion is performed in all other cases

Filename completion tries to recognize certain shell metacharacters and completes filenames in these situations:

• command < /some/file - also the > and >> redirections
• command ; /other/command
• command & /other/command
• command || /other/command - also &&
• command | /other/command
• `command`

• arg=/some/file
• --option=/some/file
• host:/some/file or user@host:/some/file

• the arg, option, user, or host in these examples must be a single word and the cursor must be positioned after the : or = character
• to resolve the ambiguity when completing filenames containing the characters : or =, quote them or use the complete filename function from the completion/insertion panel

Please note that completion may fail to complete names properly inside some command line constructs (e.g. loops).

If there is no completion possibility, a warning is displayed. If there is exactly one completion possibility, CLEX completes the name, otherwise a list of completion candidates appears on the screen.