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Re: compctl whitespace changes
- X-seq: zsh-users 4095
- From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Subject: Re: compctl whitespace changes
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 10:22:51 +0200 (MET DST)
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Phil Pennock wrote:
> I just moved my private box from zsh-3.0.8 to zsh-4.0.2.
>
> I have a function which takes the name of a mailbox as a parameter and
> starts mutt appropriately, and starts mutt in turn if more than one
> parameter is passed.
>
> This:
> compctl -g '~/Mail/Lists/*(D.:t)' lmutt
> is what I've been using.
>
> Because I used to use 3.1.x I remembered -W, so this:
> compctl -f -W ~/Mail/Lists lmutt
> works just fine.
Hrm. That's because it can't recognise them as filenames (because of
that `:t'). I don't remember the reason for that change, though, having
not used compctl for quite some time.
> However, I was pushed into making the change because whereas before a
> space would be appended to successful solutions, with zsh 4 this is no
> longer the case. The cursor is left immediately at the end of the
> completed word.
>
> Is this deliberate? How do I override it if there are other instances
> where it bites me and there's not a quick fix like this?
One could always add `-S " "' to get the space.
> Or should I just be moving to the compsys stuff?
Probably a good idea anyway. Something like:
compdef _lmutt lmutt
_lmutt () { _files -W ~/bin -g '*(.)' }
could get you started.
Bye
Sven
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