Matthias Kopfermann: Re: coloring of --help completion possible?

Matthias Kopfermann: Re: coloring of --help completion possible?

[Peter Stephenson]

I'm sure Someone knows about this.

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From: Matthias Kopfermann <kopfermann@trio-hittfeld.de>
Subject: Re: coloring of --help completion possible?

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 02:47:15PM +0100, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> 
> Sounds like you should take a look at
> 
> http://sunsite.auc.dk/zsh/Guide/zshguide06.html

now that i took a look I am still well behind the idea of
coloring something where i did 
`compdef _use_lo x command_with_--help.'

I thought that looking for a group with control-x h might help
but when i used

zstyle '*:options' list-colors '=l*=34:=v*=35'

I have not been any more successful. I guess, i am deep under and
might not see the light soon %). so perhaps a last try from your
site to help me with the specific problem of coloring something,
which has got `compdef _use_lo x command_with_--help' ?

I had no problem to color with hosts like:
zstyle '*:hosts' list-colors '=l*=34:=w*=35'
but here i know that '*:hosts' is successful.

Matthias

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Re: Matthias Kopfermann: Re: coloring of --help completion possible?

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jul 4,  6:17pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
}
} I'm sure Someone knows about this.

I guess I'll try to Be Someone ...

} ------- Forwarded Message
} From: Matthias Kopfermann <kopfermann@trio-hittfeld.de>
} 
} but when i used
} 
} zstyle '*:options' list-colors '=l*=34:=v*=35'
} 
} I have not been any more successful.

What other styles do you have defined?

For example,

    zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ...

is considered "more specific" than

    zstyle '*:options' list-colors ...

so the latter style will never be used if the former is defined.

Arguably this is backwards and the test for "more specific" should be
done from right to left, but somebody can probably come up with an
example to the contrary.

A second problem is that `l*' and `v*' won't match the name of any
option.  Options all start with `-', and only options that start with
`--' are completed by _use_lo, so you probably meant to say

    zstyle '*:options' list-colors '=--l*=34:=--v*=35'

Do either of those answers fix things up?

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Re: Matthias Kopfermann: Re: coloring of --help completion possible?

[Matthias Kopfermann]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 04:52:17AM +0000, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On Jul 4,  6:17pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> }
> } I'm sure Someone knows about this.
oops, me in the subject? what an honor :)
> 
> A second problem is that `l*' and `v*' won't match the name of any
> option.  Options all start with `-', and only options that start with
> `--' are completed by _use_lo, so you probably meant to say
> 
>     zstyle '*:options' list-colors '=--l*=34:=--v*=35'
> 
> Do either of those answers fix things up?
instantly :) hurra, that is what makes free software-use such a
pleasure. it works :) fine, over and out :)

Matthias