NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

[Alan Dobkin <Alan at ADobkin dot Net>]

I am resending the attached request as it still applies 
to NcFTP 3.1.3.  I am copying the Cygwin list, because 
I've noticed a related bug in the current Cygwin version.

Consider an example with only the following two bookmarks:

RedHat Linux   --> FTP.RedHat.Com
RedHat Updates --> Updates.RedHat.Com

With the non-Cygwin Win32 version, tab completion 
displays the bookmark list with only the second words:

ncftp> open <TAB><TAB>
    Linux    Updates

However, with the Cygwin version, tab completion repeats 
the first word each time without displaying the list:

ncftp> open <TAB>
ncftp> open RedHat <TAB>
ncftp> open RedHat RedHat <TAB>
ncftp> open RedHat RedHat RedHat <TAB>

Unfortunately, I am not able to contribute any patches 
myself, but hopefully this will not be a difficult fix 
for someone who is already familiar with the source code.

Thanks,
Alan

--- Begin Message ---

• From: Alan Dobkin <Alan at ADobkin dot Net>
• To: NcFTP <NcFTP at NcFTP dot Com>
• Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 20:14:09 -0500
• Subject: NcFTP Feature Request for "getline"

Please consider the following enhancement to "getline" tab 
completion.  When using the open command with tab to list 
the matching bookmarks, getline should enclose the string 
in quotes if it contains spaces.  Consider this example:

ncftp> open <TAB>RedHat Linux
Resolving RedHat...

Unknown host "RedHat".
ncftp> open "RedHat Linux" (quotes inserted manually)
Resolving FTP.RedHat.Com...
Connecting to 63.240.14.63...

Red Hat FTP server ready. All transfers are logged.
Logging in...

Login successful. Have fun.

Automatically inserting quotes like this appears to be 
standard behavior in most UNIX shells and Windows 2000.

Thanks,
Alan

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