From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9714 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2000 11:09:25 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Jul 2000 11:09:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 20087 invoked by alias); 21 Jul 2000 11:09:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 3320 Received: (qmail 20065 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2000 11:09:09 -0000 Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:09:07 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <200007211109.NAA00929@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> From: Sven Wischnowsky To: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk In-reply-to: Matthias Kopfermann's message of Fri, 21 Jul 2000 12:58:55 +0200 Subject: Re: completion for GNU color ls, anyone? Matthias Kopfermann wrote: > On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 12:55:39PM +0200, Sven Wischnowsky wrote: > > But seriously, we already have completion functions for GNU commands > > and if people write new ones and send them to us they will be reviewed > > and shipped with future versions. > i know and i am quite happy with many completions. And don't get > me wrong. I am trying to learn how to do them myself. Perhaps i > should send my versions and ask questions to understand the > completion system better. But i am feeling like a Silliest > Possible User already :) Don't. Every question (if it can be answered ;-) helps you and us (to learn where people have problems). > > The same for non-GNU commands, > > obviously. > I hope so, too. > > So, if anyone has anything interesting... > And what about the ability to have a special site for fg. Linux. > Would that make some sense? I mean i guess that many people would > love a site like that. And that should not be the goal of a > ZSH-distribution to ship with as many completions for Linux as > possible. So perhaps a site dedicated would be cool. > The gurus could then judge what should be included with ZSH > itself. Just an idea for discussion. Look at the contents of the Completion directory. We already have dedicated sub-directories for some systems (AIX, Bsd, Debian, Linux). And there'll be a big overhaul of the directory structure before the release of 4.0 so that it should be easier for users to select those directories they need/want. Hopefully. Bye Sven -- Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de