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Re: zsh completion for other applications ?

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: zsh completion for other applications ?
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:13:40 +0000
Cc: Didier Verna <didier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: Message from Didier Verna <didier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> of "Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:39:05 +0100." <muxabypgwxi.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Didier Verna wrote:
> I was wondering if the zsh completion facility was (going to be) available as
> a library for use in other applications.

Very unlikely, it's heavily tied to the shell.

For many applications a better bet is arrange to have input and out via
the shell, via something like a named pipe or pseudoterminal.

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Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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