From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Expanding quotes
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:26:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <131217102648.ZM8656@torch.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l8po7s$1og$1@ger.gmane.org>
On Dec 17, 3:48pm, Yuri D'Elia wrote:
} Subject: Expanding quotes
}
} touch file file\' file\"
} ls *\"<TAB>
}
} results in:
}
} % ls file file\" file\'
Hmm, somewhere down in the completion internals the code that sets the
PREFIX string is re-quoting both the backslash and the single quote.
When this is re-interpolated by the expand-word code it turns into
the empty string, so you get the expansion of "*".
} % ls *[\']<TAB>
}
} doesn't expand
Same problem, except you get the expansion of *[] which is an invalid
pattern and hence nothing.
There's a basic conflict in the completion system in that it can't "know"
if you mean for the literal string backslash-quote to be completed, or if
you mean for the backslash to have its usual semantic effect on the quote.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-17 18:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-17 14:48 Yuri D'Elia
2013-12-17 18:26 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2013-12-23 17:38 ` Yuri D'Elia
2013-12-23 19:15 ` Bart Schaefer
2013-12-24 15:12 ` Ray Andrews
2013-12-24 16:24 ` Yuri D'Elia
2013-12-24 17:18 ` Ray Andrews
2013-12-26 14:50 ` Yuri D'Elia
2013-12-26 19:54 ` Ray Andrews
2013-12-24 16:11 ` Yuri D'Elia
2013-12-25 6:59 ` Bart Schaefer
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