Re: PATCH: Enhancing math expressions a bit

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
> This does that: it replaces `keys' with `KEYS' and that contains the
> literal character codes.

Well, here's some documentation.  But I'm worried about what happens with
control-space.  Might it not be better to use an array with the literal
codes in (so a null-string means ^@), or alternatively provide a length
parameter, or use some form of metafication?

> Now, should we add a way to turn such codes into a readable form?

Can probably be done quite simply with a shell function, which could be
marked #autoload if needed.

--- Doc/Zsh/zle.yo.ky2	Wed Jun 23 15:47:06 1999
+++ Doc/Zsh/zle.yo	Tue Jul 13 14:36:22 1999
@@ -154,12 +154,9 @@
 item(tt(LASTWIDGET) (scalar))(
 The name of the last widget that was executed.
 )
-vindex(keys)
-item(tt(keys) (array))(
-The keys typed to invoke this widget, one element per
-key. Control-keys are reported with a leading `tt(^)', as in `tt(^A)',
-and meta-keys are reported with a leading `tt(M-)', as in `tt(M-a)' and 
-`tt(M-^A)'.
+vindex(KEYS)
+item(tt(KEYS) (scalar))(
+The keys typed to invoke this widget, as a literal string.
 )
 vindex(NUMERIC)
 item(tt(NUMERIC) (integer))(

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