zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files

zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files

[Lewis Thompson]

Hi guys

The subject is pretty much my problem.  I'd be very grateful if
anybody is able to help me resolve this one.

cheers, Lewis

partlow ~ % ls *.zip
First Ascent - Disk 2.zip  First Ascent - DVD Extras.zip  foo.zip
partlow ~ % unzip [hammering TAB]

Interestingly for tar I get different results:

partlow ~ % ls *.tar
foo.tar
partlow ~ % tar [TAB]
A  -- append to an archive
c  -- create a new archive
f  -- specify archive file or device
t  -- list archive contents
u  -- update archive
v  -- verbose output
x  -- extract files from an archive
partlow ~ % tar xvf [hammering TAB]

So clearly completion is trying to do something.  Other useful info:

partlow ~ % zsh --version
zsh 4.3.10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)

I believe these are all of my completion settings in .zshrc:

# The following lines were added by compinstall

zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _ignored _approximate _prefix
zstyle ':completion:*' expand suffix
zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort access
zstyle ':completion:*' ignore-parents parent pwd ..
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ''
zstyle ':completion:*' list-prompt '%SAt %p: Hit TAB for more, or the
character to insert%s
'
zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'l:|=* r:|=*' 'r:|[._-]=**
r:|=**' 'm:{[:lower:][:up
per:]}={[:upper:][:lower:]}'
zstyle ':completion:*' max-errors 3 numeric
zstyle ':completion:*' menu select=1
zstyle ':completion:*' preserve-prefix '//[^/]##/'
zstyle ':completion:*' prompt 'list of corrections numerrs=%e'
zstyle ':completion:*' select-prompt '%SScrolling active: current
selection at %p%s'
zstyle ':completion:*' squeeze-slashes true
zstyle :compinstall filename '/home/lt203398/.zshrc'

autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
# End of lines added by compinstall

# kill pid/process tab-complete list
zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*' menu yes select
zstyle ':completion:*:kill:*'   force-list always

Re: zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

On Tue, 15 Mar 2011, Lewis Thompson wrote:

> partlow ~ % tar xvf [hammering TAB]
>
> So clearly completion is trying to do something.  Other useful info:

If you type <ctrl+x><h> at the point where you're hammering TAB, you'll 
get some debugging information that could be useful.


> I believe these are all of my completion settings in .zshrc:
>
> [...]
> zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'l:|=* r:|=*' 'r:|[._-]=**
> r:|=**' 'm:{[:lower:][:up
> per:]}={[:upper:][:lower:]}'

I assume this was mangled by mailing (extra newlines)?  But, even that line when 
demangled, along with this other line you listed:

> zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort access

causes the problems you describe.  I have no idea what that matcher-list 
is trying to do, but this is a full, reproducible test-case for me:

==> badzshrc <==
zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort access
zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'l:|=* r:|=*' 'r:|[._-]=** r:|=**' 'm:{[:lower:][:upper:]}={[:upper:][:lower:]}'
autoload -Uz compinit
compinit
================

$ zsh -f
$ . ./badzshrc
$ tar xvf [Tab]

At that point, ^xh produces:

tags in context :completion::complete:tar::
     globbed-files  (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))

Whereas the working case produces:

tags in context :completion::complete:tar::
     globbed-files  (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))
     directories    (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))
     all-files      (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))

-- 
Best,
Ben

Re: zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files

[Lewis Thompson]

On 15 March 2011 18:40, Benjamin R. Haskell <zsh@benizi.com> wrote:
> If you type <ctrl+x><h> at the point where you're hammering TAB, you'll get
> some debugging information that could be useful.

Hi Ben

Thanks, I'll remember the above for next time I see something screwy.
In the meantime disabling file-sort access has indeed done the trick
for me.

This had been bothering me for getting on a year but I'd never
bothered to fully investigate/ask about it until now.

Thanks again for your help

Lewis

Re: zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files

[Bart Schaefer]

On Mar 15,  2:40pm, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
} Subject: Re: zsh doesn't complete for tar, zip, possibly other files
}
} ==> badzshrc <==
} zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort access
} zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'l:|=* r:|=*' 'r:|[._-]=** r:|=**' 'm:{[:lower:][:upper:]}={[:upper:][:lower:]}'
} autoload -Uz compinit
} compinit
} ================
} 
} $ zsh -f
} $ . ./badzshrc
} $ tar xvf [Tab]
} 
} At that point, ^xh produces:
} 
} tags in context :completion::complete:tar::
}      globbed-files  (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))

Using the latest build out of the source repository:


torch% print $ZSH_VERSION $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
4.3.11-dev-1 1.5223
torch% zstyle -L
zstyle ':completion:*' file-sort access
zstyle ':completion:*' matcher-list '' 'l:|=* r:|=*' 'r:|[._-]=** r:|=**' 'm:{[:lower:][:upper:]}={[:upper:][:lower:]}'
torch% tar xvf
tags in context :completion::complete:tar::
    globbed-files  (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval)) 
    directories    (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval)) 
    all-files      (_files _tar_archive _tar (eval))


So whatever this was, it's already been fixed.