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Re: Bug? multicomp no longer works for paths starting with tilde (~)

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: Bug? multicomp no longer works for paths starting with tilde (~)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:12:57 +0200
In-reply-to: ""Bart Schaefer""'s message of "Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:08:06 MST." <980819120806.ZM11746@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

"Bart Schaefer" wrote:
> The multicomp function seems to assume that
>    newtop=${~origtop}
> will expand to the user's home directory, but that doesn't happen.  Later,
>    reply=(${~reply})
> also doesn't expand the home directory, and hence finds no matches.
> 
> This seems to apply to both 3.0.5 and 3.1.4.  Am I just misunderstanding
> what's supposed to be happening?

No, I think it just hasn't been checked in a long time.

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References:
- Bug? multicomp no longer works for paths starting with tilde (~)
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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