Re: Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell

["Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/15/06, zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:237967ef0607150905v400bac6cl9dc9add48786074a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > On 7/15/06, zzapper <david@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell
> >>
> > A related very useful keybind is
> > bindkey "^N"      _most_recent_file
> > although it completes files and directories alike, despite the name.
> > Also very useful is
> >   bindkey "^[^N"    _most_accessed_file
> > Just copy _most_recent_file and apply
> > 17c17
> > <   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(om[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
> > ---
> >>   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(oa[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
> > 21c21
> > <   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(om[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
> > ---
> >>   eval "file=($PREFIX*$SUFFIX(oa[${NUMERIC:-1}]N))"
> >
> > PS why the ls invocations? this seems to work just as well
> > alias -g NF='*(.om[1])'
> > alias -g ND='*(/om[1])'
> >
> Thanks that's why I post these to see how to do it better!
> BTW I get _most_accessed_file widget not available (zsh 4.2.6) what Do I
> have to do activate it?

Yeah, you have to do what i wrote you have to do :). It's a widget i
created by copying and modifying _most_recent_file.

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Mikael Magnusson