Re: new-style completion and large numbers of users

[Angel Olivera <redondos@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed 09.Jul.08 10:08, Eric D. Friedman wrote:
> I'm using zsh 4.2.0 on a machine with a very large number of users. 
> When I first log on and do a completion of any kind, it triggers a 
> cache-load of all of the user names, which is quite time consuming.  I'd 
> like to disable that behavior but can't see how to do it.  The archives 
> have some ideas for old style completion but I didn't see anything for 
> the new system.
>
> Ideas?

You can make zsh complete just the usernames you will be more likely to 
use with

zstyle ':completion:*' users user1 user2

Not specifying any users will effectively disable login name 
completions. See zshcompsys(1) for a description of this style.

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redondos

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