# Auto-Completion in TextMate - What this ruby command means?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 10, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397 "2007-03-10T14:50:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Human_D)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397/1 "2007-03-10T14:50:43Z")

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Hello folks,

Auto completion (option + escape) does not work for me in TextMate, I  
tried to debug it to find the problem, it generate a ruby command  
which I do not understand, may you please help me understand it:

## “ruby” -I “/Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles/Ruby.tmbundle/Support/vendor/rcodetools/lib”

“/Applications/TextMate.app/Contents/SharedSupport/Bundles/Ruby.tmbundle/Support/vendor/rcodetools/bin/rct-complete”  
-r “/Users/dunnil/work/letters/config/environment.rb” --line=4  
–column=5 2\> /dev/null

When I run it in Bash, there’s no response, no exit, noting!

This command supposed to do what?

Thanks,

- Dunnil

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**Author:** ![Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Human_D)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397/2 "2007-03-10T16:58:05Z")

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On Mar 10, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Human D. wrote:

> Auto completion (option + escape) does not work for me in TextMate,

This is pretty off-topic here, I think. I saw your post on the  
TextMate mailing list and will respond to it there.

James Edward G. II

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**Author:** ![Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Human_D)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397/3 "2007-03-10T17:53:14Z")

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Uh, hey, Ruby and Rails are pretty much the biggest bling bling  
seller of TextMate, not to mention it IS widely used by Rubyists and  
Railers alike, and Auto Completion is often a source of frustration  
with it. Perhaps it is relevant here.  
At least as much as 20 percent of what goes on here for days at a time.  
It would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@Human\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Human_D)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auto-completion-in-textmate-what-this-ruby-command-means/88397/4 "2007-03-10T18:36:20Z")

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On Mar 10, 2007, at 10:52 AM, John J. wrote:

> Uh, hey, Ruby and Rails are pretty much the biggest bling bling  
> seller of TextMate, not to mention it IS widely used by Rubyists  
> and Railers alike, and Auto Completion is often a source of  
> frustration with it. Perhaps it is relevant here.  
> At least as much as 20 percent of what goes on here for days at a  
> time.  
> It would be appreciated.

[http://lists.macromates.com/pipermail/textmate/2007-March/018080.html](http://lists.macromates.com/pipermail/textmate/2007-March/018080.html)

Feel free to join the discussion there, or just follow along…

James Edward G. II