How do I even debug this?

[Amos Shapira]

BTW - why do you need tab completion every time? Can't you assign a shorter
alias?
What about writing a small CGI script and moving to a web interface? It'll
be much more future proof IMHO.



On 11 November 2013 06:36, Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com> wrote:

> For a start: http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/issues/detail?id=96#c2
>
> what's the value of $TERM in the different sessions?
>
>
> On 11 November 2013 06:21, Shachar Shemesh <shachar at shemesh.biz> wrote:
>
>>  Hi all,
>>
>> At home, I have a highly sophisticated media server (i.e. - a bash script
>> that schedules, using "at", a "cat /dev/video0 > video.mpg", and schedules
>> another "killall cat"). We usually just order the Yes transcoder to jump to
>> the proper programme at the right time, and coincidentally tell the
>> computer to record at the same time.
>>
>> Don't mock it, it works for us.
>>
>> Since the media computer's keyboard is a tiny wireless thing, and since
>> we like the TV to show the live broadcast while we set up the recording
>> anyway (so we can see what time programmes start and end), we usually use a
>> laptop and SSH to actually set the recording.
>>
>> *queue sad music*
>> About half a year ago we moved to a bigger, better, apartment. Due to a
>> recent drive for (slightly more) organized living room, all household
>> computers' permanent residence is in different rooms (some of them on
>> different floors - it's a really really big apartment). Whereas previously
>> the routine consisted of:
>>
>>    1. Pick up nearest laptop
>>    2. Click the "TV computer" icon
>>    3. Order programmes
>>
>> It now consists of:
>>
>>    1. Go to other room
>>    2. Disconnect laptop from "docking station" (one HDMI and three USB
>>    cables)
>>    3. Wait for display to switch to laptop screen
>>     4. Bring laptop to living room
>>    5. Perform step 2 from previous checklist
>>    6. Perform step 3 from previous checklist
>>    7. Return laptop to room
>>    8. Do the reverse of steps 3 and 2 from above
>>
>> That greatly compromises our otherwise very positive media computer
>> experience. So I got the bright idea of using one of the many Android
>> devices we have around to do the same task, reverting to the simple 3
>> points list.
>>
>> There is one problem, though. I get no tab completion.
>>  TL;DR so far:
>>
>> Tab completion over ssh from Android does not work.
>>
>>
>>  I have tried different keyboards, to no avail. I did try the "hacker
>> keyboard", and it is great in that it has ctrl and arrow movement. Tab,
>> however, still does not work.
>>
>> Tab completion does work for a local shell. Just not one started over ssh.
>>
>> The remote shell does get the tab character. If I run "hd", I can see
>> "09" in the input stream.
>>
>> Tab completion does work when the ssh is from a "real" computer.
>>
>> At this point, I'm at a loss as to what to check. I am not aware that tab
>> has anything to do with stty. Does anyone understands the way the shell
>> decides to provide auto-completion, and therefor the reason why it doesn't?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shachar
>>
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