Re: Per command _redirect completion

["Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 27, 10:35am, Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
}
} I wrote:
} 
} > I would try to make compdef and parts of _normal (and probably
} > _complete) generic enough to use an assoc given as argument, so that
} > we get the pattern and services stuff.

I like this idea a lot, now that I've had a chance to digest it fully.

} - I wished there were an easier way than to use `${(e):-...}' in so
}   many places. Sigh.

We'd need namerefs; ${(P)...} doesn't cut it for hashes.  You could use
`eval' in a few places, I think, but not all of them.

On Feb 28,  9:42am, Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
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} - Decide on a name for the concept so that we can give _do_type its
}   final name and update the docs.

What if we called the function `_common'?  It's use is both "commonplace"
and "shared" ...

} - Probably change the order of the strings given to _do_type (these
}   are the strings used for lookup, e.g. command names for normal
}   completion). These should be from most to least specific, I think.

That sounds sensible.

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