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Re: setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: akr@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tanaka Akira)
Subject: Re: setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:15:34 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <rsqbta1lvic.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from Tanaka Akira at "Oct 15, 1999 2: 9:15 am"
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Tanaka Akira wrote:
>Why is `setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash' not effective?

AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH takes effect at a completely different stage of
processing from when the completion list is being generated.  The option
was changed locally within your completion widget, making no difference,
and then the original setting took effect as normal when the completion
was inserted.

>I noticed this with _urls. In URL context, trailing slash should not
>autoremoved.

The removable suffix ought to be completely under user control, set on a
per-match basis.  (Some of the built-in completions, such as completion
after $, already give different removable suffixes for different matches.)
AUTO_REMOVE_SLASH is only intended to apply to normal directory completion.

-zefram

Follow-Ups:
- Re: setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash
  - From: Wayne Davison
- Re: setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash
  - From: Tanaka Akira

References:
- setopt localoptions noautoremoveslash
  - From: Tanaka Akira

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