Re: completion question

[Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5 Feb, Le Wang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a script that is basically a proxy to run other commands and show the
> output in a new xterm window, e.g.
> 
> ~> xr make
> 
> In this case, how can I get the completion system to ignore "xr" and complete
> for the command?

compdef _precommand xr

> Ohh, and xr can take a single option --nopause, but the option should always
> come before make.

Then you'll need a function specifically for xr:
_xr() { _arguments '--nopause' '*::command:_normal' }

> I'm just starting out with the completion system, the complexity involved
> seems, well, mind boggling.  What are some good resources?

Best introduction is John Beppu's Linux Magazine articles which are
linked to from:
http://zsh.sunsite.dk/links.html

Next, you could try the user guide:
http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Guide/zshguide.html

Oliver

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