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Re: zsh-4.04 and w3m browser

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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: zsh-4.04 and w3m browser
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:30:26 +0200
In-reply-to: <200208281123.g7SBNU021162@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Arthur Alinovi wrote:

> I have just started using zsh-4.04 and am having some problems with the
> w3m text based web browser.
> 
> If I copy a url, then type:
> 
> w3m <paste url I copied>
> 
> zsh comes back with:
> 
> zsh: no matches found: <url I pasted>
> 
> Is there a way around this, or do I constantly have to switch into ksh
> before using w3m?

It's interpreting the URL as a glob pattern. You can avoid this by
quoting the URL. Probably better is to use the noglob precommand
modifier and an alias to avoid having to type that in again and again:

  alias 'w3m=noglob w3m'

Bye
  Sven

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Sven Wischnowsky                          wischnow@xxxxxxxxx

References:
- zsh-4.04 and w3m browser
  - From: Arthur Alinovi

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