dev-19 -> 20: special-dirs changed?

dev-19 -> 20: special-dirs changed?

[Andy Spiegl]

Hi!

I've got this:
 zstyle ':completion:*:paths' special-dirs yes
in my dot files, because I like . and .. to be completed (and / appended),
too.  A few days I upgraded from 3.1.6-dev-19 to 3.1.6-dev-20.  Now the
behavior has changed.  Hitting TAB after typing "cd .." still works, but
after "mv foo .." or "ls .." doesn't.  It also doesn't complete after
"cd bar/..".  I supposse something has changed somewhere...

Could some kind soul please tell me what settings I need to get the old
behavior back?

Thanks a mill!
 Andy.

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Re: dev-19 -> 20: special-dirs changed?

[Bart Schaefer]

On Apr 7,  5:16pm, Andy Spiegl wrote:
} Subject: dev-19 -> 20: special-dirs changed?
}
} I've got this:
}  zstyle ':completion:*:paths' special-dirs yes
} in my dot files, because I like . and .. to be completed (and / appended),
} too.  A few days I upgraded from 3.1.6-dev-19 to 3.1.6-dev-20.  Now the
} behavior has changed.  Hitting TAB after typing "cd .." still works, but
} after "mv foo .." or "ls .." doesn't.  It also doesn't complete after
} "cd bar/..".  I supposse something has changed somewhere...

_path_files now recognizes special-dirs only when one of -f or -/ is used.
The doc says that -f means "complete all files."  However, _files always
calls `_path_files -g ...' so there's no way to get special-dirs to be
recognized for default file completions.

This is presumably a bug, but whether it's a bug in _path_files or _files
I don't know.

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Re: dev-19 -> 20: special-dirs changed?

[Andy Spiegl]

Bart Schaefer wrote:
> _path_files now recognizes special-dirs only when one of -f or -/ is used.
> The doc says that -f means "complete all files."  However, _files always
> calls `_path_files -g ...' so there's no way to get special-dirs to be
> recognized for default file completions.
> 
> This is presumably a bug, but whether it's a bug in _path_files or _files
> I don't know.

Hm, haven't heard anything about this issue since.  Did it make it onto
the bug list?  I still find it pretty annoying that completion doesn't
work in these cases. :-(

I investigated a little more:
Here are cases where no slash is appended after hitting TAB:
cd bar/..
mv foo ..
mv foo ../bar/..
ls ..
ls ../bar/..

And here are cases where a slash is appended:
cd ..
cd ../bar/..
mv foo ../bar
ls ../bar

Thanks for any help,
 Andy.

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