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Re: Preexec & Printf

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Joshua Symons <vmcore@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Preexec & Printf
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 18:01:55 -0700 (PDT)
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Joshua Symons wrote:

> I have a pretty generic problem, but I can't seem to make my way around
> it.

Re-read the documentation for the preexec function.  In particular:

> preexec () {
>         print -Pn "\e]0;%m:%l   -   $* \a"
> }

You almost certainly want to refer to $1 rather than to $*.  To remove the
quotes from the string, you probably want to use ${(z)1}.

> $ZSH_VERSION = 3.1.9

You might also want to upgrade to zsh 4.0.4, which has been out for a
while now.

References:
- Preexec & Printf
  - From: Joshua Symons

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