Re: color

[Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>]

On 2023-02-03 20:25, Bart Schaefer wrote:

> The first thing you should do is try to get rid of the calls to "sed".
> You'll be happier in the long run if you don't have to keep adding
> increasingly baroque regular expressions.

I'm happy with the condensation to single letter identifiers, it keeps 
the display narrow and justified.  I had thought/hoped/wanted 'typeset 
-mp' to show them but it doesn't. And it makes it easy to see 
patterns.   Probably better done with native zsh replacements  tho.  I 
have it so you can optionally view the entire string too.  Very nice to 
have that. Self-explaining output.  This is zsh being friendly.


2 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ . v; v ,f z*

scalar:  Z = /aWorking/Zsh
array:  zle_bracketed_paste = ( $'\C-[[?2004h' $'\C-[[?2004l' )
scalar:  ZSH_ARGZERO = zsh
scalar:  ZSHBOOT = /aWorking/Zsh/Boot
scalar-readonly-tied-special:  ZSH_EVAL_CONTEXT = toplevel:shfunc:cmdsubst
array-readonly-tied-special:  zsh_eval_context = ( toplevel shfunc 
cmdsubst )
scalar:  ZSH_NAME = zsh
scalar:  ZSH_PATCHLEVEL = debian/5.8-6+deb11u1
array-readonly-hide-hideval-special: zsh_scheduled_events = !hidden!
integer-readonly-special:  ZSH_SUBSHELL = 1
scalar:  ZSH_VERSION = 5.8

2 /aWorking/Zsh/Source/Wk 0 $ . v; v z*

S     Z = /aWorking/Zsh
A     zle_bracketed_paste = ( $'\C-[[?2004h' $'\C-[[?2004l' )
S     ZSH_ARGZERO = zsh
S     ZSHBOOT = /aWorking/Zsh/Boot
Srts  ZSH_EVAL_CONTEXT = toplevel:shfunc:cmdsubst
Arts  zsh_eval_context = ( toplevel shfunc cmdsubst )
S     ZSH_NAME = zsh
S     ZSH_PATCHLEVEL = debian/5.8-6+deb11u1
Arhvs zsh_scheduled_events = !hidden!
Irs   ZSH_SUBSHELL = 1
S     ZSH_VERSION = 5.8


> It's not unique, it's an associative array.  Variables like "commands"
> (after loading from zsh/parameter module) will show up the same way.
Ok, I'll be on the lookout for others like that.  There's a dozen AAs 
but none of them display that way -- that I've seen.  'color' seemed 
unique in how it displays.
> You're going to have to have separate cases for each of
> scalar/array/associative.  To get both the keys and the values of an
> associate array, you need ${(kv)aary}.
Probably not worth the trouble, I was just trying to duplicate 'typeset 
-m' output via other means and the alternate line I showed comes very 
close.  I've learned to avoid subshells if I can.  In this case I was 
just curious about 'print $color' and indeed 'print ${(kv)color}' shows 
sensible output -- I should have known that -- but I'm not going to 
attempt separate code for different types. 'typeset -m' is fine tho a 
bit slower.
> This set of threads has gone on long enough, the whole point of your
> function is to show you parameter type information so start paying
> attention to what's different about THAT and you'll make more
> progress.

It's basically finished.  I was just curious about 'colors'.