Re: Completion fails to search in $PATH

["Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 1,  1:28pm, Sameer Siruguri wrote:
} Subject: Completion fails to search in $PATH
}
} When I create a new executable in some directory that is in my $PATH,
} completion fails to add that to the list when I press TAB.

This appeared on zsh-workers a while back:

> On Jul 17,  9:36pm, Greg Badros wrote:
> } Subject: auto-rehashing?
> }
> } Can zsh auto-rehash when I hit tab a second consecutive time when
> } completing in a command position?
> 
> How about this:
> 
> function compctl_rehash { rehash; reply=() }
> compctl -C -c + -K compctl_rehash + -c
> 
> That says to try command completion, then if that fails, to rehash, and
> then (because compctl_rehash empties $reply) to try command completion a
> second time.
> 
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