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Old 06-16-2011
Question Cygwin: no tab completion options when using tilda
Hi,

I am using cygwin on windows machine. Tab completion works as expected in almost all areas, except for when I use tilda (~) to access files/dir under my home dir. When i type 'cd ~/' and hit TAB nothing happens, no completion options are given.

I can type just 'cd' and it will change to my home dir. Also the output of 'echo $HOME' shows my home dir correctly. Finally if i type 'cd ~/' and press ESC then '/' I get completion options... very strange. I have found no solution to this despite searching.

Any ideas?
# 2  
Old 06-16-2011
Try rxvt terminal avalible from cygwin setup.
I'm having no issues with this setup and customized .Xdefaults (for color and style)
Code:
$ cd ~/test/test <tab>
test2/ test3/

.Xdefaults i took long time from some site (place in your $HOME)
Code:
! ~/.Xdefaults - X default resource settings
Rxvt*geometry: 100x30
Rxvt*background: #000020
Rxvt*foreground: #ffffbf
Rxvt*borderColor: Black
Rxvt*scrollColor: Black
Rxvt*troughColor: Gray
Rxvt*scrollBar: True
Rxvt*scrollBar_right: True
Rxvt*font: Lucida Console-15
Rxvt*SaveLines: 200000
Rxvt*loginShell: True
! VIM-like colors
Rxvt*color0:    #000000
Rxvt*color1:    #FFFFFF
Rxvt*color2:    #00A800
Rxvt*color3:    #FFFF00
Rxvt*color4:    #0000A8
Rxvt*color5:    #A800A8
Rxvt*color6:    #00A8A8
Rxvt*color7:    #D8D8D8
Rxvt*color8:    #000000
Rxvt*color9:    #FFFFFF
Rxvt*color10:   #00A800
Rxvt*color11:   #FFFF00
Rxvt*color12:   #0000A8
Rxvt*color13:   #A800A8
Rxvt*color14:   #00A8A8
Rxvt*color15:   #D8D8D8
! eof

Hope that helps.
Regards
Peasant.
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# 3  
Old 06-16-2011
Or, if you don't want/need a full X11 server install, try mintty (it's in the repo). It's a standalone Cygwin Terminal emulator.
# 4  
Old 06-20-2011
Thanks for the replies. I have tried xvrt but that did not solve the problem. It has the exact same issue...
# 5  
Old 06-30-2011
Strange, I was tried rxvt-native and that didnt work. But when I tried rxvt it did work! mintty did not work. I am still unsure why. But thanks for the help.
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