From d6b9c9408b895b08abd10aa8dddffa50ad94eaea 2012-06-17 11:37:55
From: Matthias BUSSONNIER <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-06-17 11:37:55
Subject: [PATCH] Allow path completion on notebook.

add -(dash) /(slash) \(antislash for windows) : (colon) ~(tilde)
as part of words symbol for notebook completer to help for path
completion

Fixes #1969

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diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/completer.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/completer.js
index 1e2a287..ac2d95c 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/completer.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/completer.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var IPython = (function (IPython) {
 
         // we need to check that we are still on a word boundary
         // because while typing the completer is still reinvoking itself
-        if (!/[0-9a-z._]/i.test(pre_cursor)) {
+        if (!/[0-9a-z._/\\:~-]/i.test(pre_cursor)) {
             this.close();
             return;
         }