Tab completion, rlcompleter in Emacs

Question

I have a Python program which uses rlcompleter to provide custom Tab-completion. The completion works when it is run under a bash terminal. However, it does not work under emacs, in shell mode, nor in eshell mode.

I noticed that Tab is really bound to completion-at-point, eshell-pcomplete, and so on, so I tried an (insert "\t"), supposing that this would trigger the completion, which I understand happens when the child process reads a "\t" character. But this does not work either. Perhaps input is buffered until a "RET"?

Completion for commands like service, which define their own candidates, does not work as expected either.

How can I access these candidates within Emacs?

Ah, such a simple answer. Can you please add it so I can accept it? — ealfonso, Dec 07 '13 at 01:49
Glad it helped. There is no shortage of terminal options within emacs, it gets a bit difficult to know which does what. — Carl Groner, Dec 07 '13 at 01:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 07 '13 at 01:53

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Try using M-x ansi-term. I find it behaves a bit more like what I have come to expect from a *nix terminal.

answered Dec 07 '13 at 01:53

Carl Groner

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