Re: zstyle & variables

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Wataru Kagawa wrote:
> Hi all.
> I have the following completion set in my zsh environment setup file.
> 
>    zstyle ':completion:*' users $USERS
> 
> I also have a custom function to alter the contents of $USERS .   
> After running this function to change the contents of $USERS, I need  
> to execute the line above in the command line to make the change take  
> effect.  I would like my custom function to do this for me, but I am  
> having trouble figuring it out.  I tried adding, 'zstyle  
> ':completion:*' users $USERS' to the bottom of my custom function,  
> but that did not work for me.

The easiest way to do this (I'm assuming USERS is an array) is to define
the style initially as:

zstyle -e ':completion:*' users 'reply=($USERS)'

This means that $USERS is examined every time the style is checked.  So
when you modify the array it takes effect immediately.

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