Re: invoking compadd so that completion is for the second argument

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

Eric Smith wrote:
> So the command:
> % prefix_cp sour<tab>
> will just complete as per the default rules, but
> 
> % prefix_cp source_file.pdf <tab>
> should give me:
> % prefix_cp source_file.pdf aa_code_reference_00034
> assuming this was the first match in the list

You want something like:


#compdef prefix_cp

if (( CURRENT == 2 )); then
  _default
else
  local expl
  local -a array
  array=(special1 special2)
  _wanted special expl 'special value' compadd -a array
fi



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