Re: Feature request: set extension for =( ) created file

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 24,  4:36pm, Lawrence Velazquez wrote:
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} > What time and effort? I guess it can be a beautiful few lines patch.
} > Modify name of file? Something like strcat. Parsing clever syntax that
} > would provide the extension? Also possibly basic.
} 
} A few lines (of C!) to reliably detect dozens/hundreds/thousands of file
} formats? Okay.

I think Sebastian is asking for a way to change the file name returned
by =(...) and still have it automatically removed, not a way to figure
out TO WHAT to change the name.

} (FWIW, file(1) -- a whole program/library made expressly for this
} purpose -- gives me hilariously bad results on a regular basis.)

Yes, "file" is generally a lot better at figuring out what a file is
NOT than what a file IS.  Still, it's the best thing we have lying
around.

On Sep 24,  5:06pm, Lawrence Velazquez wrote:
} Subject: Re: Feature request: set extension for =( ) created file
}
} > I looked at the temporary file and it has "zsh" in it, my fault. Vim
} > probably doesn't check for ".zshrc" / ".zshenv" but for *zsh*.
} 
} Close.

You can change the value of $TMPPREFIX to cause a different string to
be embedded in the file name, and a different location for the files
as well.