Re: newbie's question about completion

[Dan Kenigsberg <danken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > 
> > Assume I have an executable in my $PATH named `armadillo'.
> > 
> > In versions 2.5.0 and 3.0.8 I only had to type ar<TAB> to execute it.
> > Since ar(1) is in my path, too, zsh would beep and let me choose between ar and
> > armadillo.
> > 
> > However in versions 3.1.9 and 4.0.2, ar<TAB> expands to `ar ', and does not give
> > me the opportunity to choose what I wanted. I find this very annoying.
> > 
> > Browsing the man and searching the web for how to revert to the old behavior
> > did not produce the answer. Frankly, I don't know waht to search for..
> 
> Try: unsetopt recexact
> 

Thanks Will and Oliver. That's exactly the answer to my anguish.

Dan.