From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3195 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2001 12:55:55 -0000 Received: from ns2.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (?Ye9pdQxDGMpRIi+2wtoOw6URt/al/zei?@203.24.36.3) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Dec 2001 12:55:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 2773 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2001 12:55:51 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by proxy.melb.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 11 Dec 2001 12:55:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 29363 invoked by alias); 11 Dec 2001 12:55:40 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 4528 Received: (qmail 29351 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2001 12:55:40 -0000 To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk (Zsh users list) Subject: Re: generic filename completion like "foo --file=ba" In-reply-to: "Peter Stephenson"'s message of "Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:28:45 GMT." <28713.1008073725@csr.com> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:55:12 +0000 Message-ID: <169.1008075312@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson Peter Stephenson wrote: > Michael Wardle wrote: > > In bash, I could do: > > dd if=root.img of=/dev/f > > > > In zsh, pressing the filename completion key (tabulate) does not > > produce the desired result. > > The new completion system will do this, and has completion of dd arguments > as well. There's no mileage in trying to add this to the old system now. I was a bit pessimistic here. The file Misc/compctl-examples in the distribution has the following. The 's[if=]' is of general applicability for the old extended complete (after -x). #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # dd compctl -k '(if of conv ibs obs bs cbs files skip file seek count)' \ -S '=' -x 's[if=], s[of=]' -f - 'C[0,conv=*,*] n[-1,,], s[conv=]' \ -k '(ascii ebcdic ibm block unblock lcase ucase swap noerror sync)' \ -q -S ',' - 'n[-1,=]' -X '' -- dd -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **********************************************************************