Re: _files -g <pattern> offers files that don't match the pattern and conversely

[Johan Grande <nahoj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le 15/07/2023 à 18:16, Bart Schaefer a écrit :
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 6:32 AM Johan Grande <nahoj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > % _f() { _files -g 'c(.)' }; compdef _f f
> > % f <tab>
> > a  b       # even though 'a' and 'b' don't match the pattern
>
> The only way I can make this happen is if "a" and "b" are directories.
> _files will complete local directory names if there are no matching
> files.

In my test they are regular files, but the problem disappears if I 
replace /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/ with that of zsh 5.9, so it 
seems that this one was fixed.

> > [...]
> > % _f() { _files -g 'c' }; compdef _f f
> > % f <tab>  # becomes
> > % f c      # even though there is no such file
>
> There's only one possible completion, so it's offered.
OK, thank you.

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Johan