Re: Problem with fake-files style and cd

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>]

2009/2/15 Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 2009/2/15 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Feb 14, 11:09pm, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
>> }
>> } > zstyle -e :completion::complete:cd::path-directories ignored-patterns \
>> } >        'reply=( *(/) )'
>> } >
>> } > This says that when completing in the cdpath, ignore any name that matches
>> } > the name of a directory in the current directory.
>> }
>> } while the above appears to work, it really doesn't:
>> } % mkdir path/code/foo
>> } % cd code/<tab>
>> } ---- local directory
>> } foo/
>> } ---- directory in cdpath
>> } bar/  foo/
>> }
>> } Presumably this is because *(/) (which I changed to *(-/) (not in the
>> } above testcase though)) only matches one segment and that *(/) is run
>> } in $PWD, not $PWD/$PREFIX?
>>
>> Yep, true.  Try it this way:
>>
>> zstyle -e :completion::complete:cd::path-directories ignored-patterns \
>>        'reply=( ${PREFIX}*(-/) )'
>>
>> You might need to fool around with that a bit; for example, if you don't
>> use the _expand completer you may want ${~PREFIX}*(-/) instead.  There
>> may also be tricky bits with IPREFIX, QIPREFIX, and special cases for
>> completing in the middle of a word instead of at the end.
>
> Aha, I didn't expect my wild guess to even have the correct variable
> name :). If it breaks though, the worst that could happen is that I
> get a duplicate entry in the listing though?
>
> Thanks! I'll try this for a while and see what happens.

Okay, it happened now,
% mkdir -p {local,path}/{'path with spaces',pathwithoutspaces}
% cd local
% cd path<tab>
---- local directory
pathwithoutspaces/   path\ with\ spaces/
---- directory in cdpath
path\ with\ spaces/

I tried putting some "" in various constellations in our zstyle to no
avail. Any ideas?

-- 
Mikael Magnusson