Alias completion question

[Cameron Simpson]

On 12Mar2019 14:06, Erik Christiansen <dvalin at internode.on.net> wrote:
>On 11.03.19 20:32, Jason wrote:
>> To prevent this, I usually press Tab one extra time to see how many
>> matches pop up; just wondering if that's what everyone else does too or
>> if there's something that would negate the need for the extra Tab press.
>
>That's how mailbox name completion works too. It's what I expect and use.
>
>In comparison, bash takes two additional tabs and a 'y' to bring up a
>long list after one tab has partially completed "mail/cnc":

Mutt's completion is custom internal C code. Bash uses the readline 
library, which can be tuned with the readline config file - the 
completion behaviour you see in bash isn't your only choice. Zsh, like 
mutt, is custom and has a bunch of shell options to tune its behaviour.

None of this helps Jason though :-)

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs at cskk.id.au>