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RE: PATCH: Re: 3.1.6-bart-8: menu select + oldlist oddities



> On Nov 3, 12:53pm, Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
> } Subject: PATCH: Re: 3.1.6-bart-8: menu select + oldlist oddities
> }
> } > Oops! No more completion there inside /tools/share/zsh/functions
> }
> } Because (as it said above), there are too many matches to display
> } them. I was aware of this when I wrote that code but didn't know what
> } to do - -so I just made it give up. But what do you think, it should
> } do? It *can't* display the menu in this case... Should we disallow
> } a-a-i-n-h in this case? I think this would be even weirder.
>
> How about this:  Drop back into regular menu completion and produce the
> "do you wish to see ...?" prompt.
>

Exactly. Actually, I again fail to see, how these three cases differ. In all
cases I first complete the first ambiguous prefix and then want to complete the
rest. The way I leave this first completion (using cursor keys, accept or
a-a-i-n-h) should not matter. IMHO :-)

/andrej



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