From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18784 invoked by alias); 4 Feb 2014 19:34:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 18392 Received: (qmail 9352 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2014 19:34:36 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <140204113436.ZM21602@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2014 11:34:36 -0800 In-reply-to: Comments: In reply to zzapper "Tab Expanding Global Aliases" (Feb 4, 6:10pm) References: X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: Tab Expanding Global Aliases MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Feb 4, 6:10pm, zzapper wrote: } } I guess this must be an old chestnut for this NG. } But is there any reason why global aliases are not/could be tab expandable? There's not only no reason, it's already supported. zstyle ':completion:*' completer _expand_alias _expand _complete _ignored Augmented with e.g. zstyle ':completion:*:expand-alias:*' disabled yes if you want to expand aliases with tab that would otherwise not expand. (I haven't actually tried that ...)