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From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: completion
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:31:00 -0500
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On Dec 10, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In chapter 10 of 'the book', at one point you start doing this:
> 
>    zstyle ':completion:::::' completer _complete _approximate
> 
> ... I missed any leading explanation of what those five colons
> are doing.

I'm not going to attempt an explanation, as the blind should not lead the blind, but the context string format is defined in zshcompsys(1), under "COMPLETION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION" > "Overview".

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