Complete Filenames With Spaces...

Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Rafael Garcia]

	Hi, first time writing to the list (just subscribed)...

	I would like to know if there is *any* way to make zsh complete
filenames that include spaces; that is, after a first completion up to a
"with-spaces" point pressing <tab> completes nothing, while pressing <tab>
if no spaces were in the previuos completion works perfectly.

	Thanks.

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			- Janet Reno, US Attorney General, 02-27-98

Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Francis GALIEGUE]

Rafael Garcia <rgarcia@eurielec.etsit.upm.es> writes:

> 	Hi, first time writing to the list (just subscribed)...
> 
> 	I would like to know if there is *any* way to make zsh complete
> filenames that include spaces; that is, after a first completion up to a
> "with-spaces" point pressing <tab> completes nothing, while pressing <tab>
> if no spaces were in the previuos completion works perfectly.
> 
> 	Thanks.

The problem is that a space is an argument separator. What you suggest
is the Bad Way(tm). The Good Way(tm) is to isolate the space with a
backslash (as in a\ <TAB> which gives the expected result, a\ file) or
to use double quotes or single quotes ("a <TAB>, 'a <TAB>).

-- 
fg

# rm *;o
o: command not found

Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jan 12,  5:38pm, Rafael Garcia wrote:
} Subject: Complete Filenames With Spaces...
}
} 	I would like to know if there is *any* way to make zsh complete
} filenames that include spaces; that is, after a first completion up to a
} "with-spaces" point pressing <tab> completes nothing, while pressing <tab>
} if no spaces were in the previuos completion works perfectly.

It'd help to know whether you're using zsh-3.1.6 or later, or zsh-3.0.7 or
before.  It'd also help to see "ls" output or the like showing the names
that you expect to be completed.

Completion of a file with a space in the name should look someting like
this, where <TAB> indicates the point at which the TAB key is pressed:

zagzig[22] ls A<TAB>
zagzig[22] ls Adair\ County\ Brochure.doc 
                                          ^cursor here

Or if the completion is ambiguous:

zagzig[22] ls H<TAB>
zagzig[22] ls Historic\ Weddings<TAB>
zagzig[22] ls Historic\ Weddings          
Historic\ Weddings\ page\ 2.doc   Historic\ Weddings.doc 

The latter behavior assumes you have "autolist" and "listambiguous" set,
which is the case by default in 3.1.6 but not in 3.0.7.

(For those of you wondering why I have documents about historic Adair
County weddings lying around on my disk, it has to do with the B&B that
my mother runs back in Iowa.)

-- 
Bart Schaefer                                 Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts              http://www.brasslantern.com

Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Rafael Garcia]

Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 05:26:42PM +0000, Bart Schaefer escribió:

>It'd help to know whether you're using zsh-3.1.6 or later, or zsh-3.0.7 or
>before.  It'd also help to see "ls" output or the like showing the names
>that you expect to be completed.

mmmh, I'm using zsh-3.1.6, and supose this case:

% ls
Test File - Od.txt     Test File - Oddie.txt
  #That was Test<TAB>
% ls Test\ File\ -\ Od
  #                   ^ Cursor is Here
  # When hitting <TAB> again simply Nothing happens....
  # And of course autolist & listambiguous are set

I would like to see if it's my system's problem (well, I'm at the
University now) or it's a generic problem (I supose I'll test this tonight
at home).

-- 
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. 
			- Janet Reno, US Attorney General, 02-27-98

Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Rafael Garcia]

Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 06:22:18PM +0100, Francis GALIEGUE escribió:

>
>The problem is that a space is an argument separator. What you suggest
>is the Bad Way(tm). The Good Way(tm) is to isolate the space with a
>backslash (as in a\ <TAB> which gives the expected result, a\ file) or
>to use double quotes or single quotes ("a <TAB>, 'a <TAB>).
>

	Well, of course (I think) i do it "The Good Way" but this works
only for the first completion... After that neither completion nor listing
is preformed.

	mmmh, I'd better tell this guys to use '_' instead of ' '.

-- 
They have computers, and they may have other weapons of mass destruction. 
			- Janet Reno, US Attorney General, 02-27-98

Re: Complete Filenames With Spaces...

[Rafael Garcia]

	Well, there's no problem now. It was caused by an incorrect built
(don't ask me why), I've tested it at home and here after re-building and
it's ok now.

	Thanks to every one that tryed to help :)))