Re: Cygwin Zsh auto-cygpath?

["Benjamin R. Haskell" <zsh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2009, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> "Benjamin R. Haskell" wrote:
> > I was wondering if there was a simple way to have the _files completer
> > output "$(cygpath -w /path/stuff)".
>
> Completely replacing the output of a completion functions may be doable
> though is likely to be icky, but note that if you define a function
>
>  cyg() {
>    reply=("$(cygpath -w $REPLY)")
>  }
>
> in a recent version of the shell then you can put "(+cyg)" (minus 
> quotes, with parentheses---it's a glob qualifer) after any file name to 
> convert it.

Oooh. Very cool. I like that. And, it's probably what I'll stick with.

But as a followup, and not necessarily for only this situation...

How hard is it to extend csh-style modifiers -- to do, e.g. $param:+cyg ?

Thanks,
Ben