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Re: PATCH: completion for more X commands

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From: Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PATCH: completion for more X commands
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:32:27 +0200 (MET DST)
In-reply-to: Peter Stephenson's message of Mon, 20 Sep 1999 13:52:23 +0200
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Peter Stephenson wrote:

> Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
> > This adds `_xutils' containing completion code for some of the
> > standard X utilities. If this is accepted, `_xrdb' and `_xsetroot'
> > should be removed.
> 
> Except that xrdb now doesn't complete *exactly* the thing I needed _xrdb to
> do in the first place.

Urgh, sorry.

> I thought the theory was there should be some way for the user to intercept
> choices with functions of their own by testing something or other?

That's only needed for sub-commands/states as in `_rpm' (or `_cvs' if
that wouldn't use functions anyway). Functions with `#compdef's with
multiple commands can be overridden by placing a file with a
`#compdef' for the command(s) wanted ealier in the `fpath'.

Bye
 Sven

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Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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