From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22358 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2000 19:04:56 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Sep 2000 19:04:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 534 invoked by alias); 15 Sep 2000 18:59:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 3428 Received: (qmail 508 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2000 18:59:44 -0000 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:59:01 -0400 Message-Id: <200009151859.OAA14471@soup.ads.apexinc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: soup.ads.apexinc.com: ejb set sender to ejb@apexinc.com using -f From: "E. Jay Berkenbilt" To: Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru CC: zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk In-reply-to: <000101c01f3e$cf699350$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> (Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru) Subject: Re: glob completion without menu style completion References: <000101c01f3e$cf699350$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Is there a way to get it so that when I type > > > > rmdir *TAB > > > > the * gets replaced with all the choices that the completion system > > returns at that time (i.e., whatever glob pattern I've typed should be > > applied to the completion choices rather than to files)? I don't see > > an option to do this. > > > > This would be so great for commands like cvs add and cvs rm....... > > > > . . . > > You are better off if you redefine TAB to simple expand-word like > > bindkey '^I' expand-word > > (that is what I have in my .zshrc), and use _match or _expand completers. I > personally do not have much experience with _expand, I use _match. Use them as > secondary competer; I use > > zstyle ':completion:*' completer _oldlist _complete _match > > and I get exactly what you want. In general, _match will try to match possible > completions (in this case, directory names) against pattern on command line. > It will be used if _complete did not generate any completions, that is, no > directory that started with '*' existed :-) Thanks. I'll study this so I understand exactly what it means and give it a try. > In general, it is always good idea to use plain complete-word with new > completion system, because then you have much better control over possible > interpretation of patterns. Do you mean to say that it's better to use expand-word, or are you indicating here that there is some loss of control over interpretation of patters by switching to expand-word? If the latter, is it fully mitigated by giving the zstyle command you mentioned? I will need to look into this in more depth so I can understand the full implications of switching from complete-word to expand-word... Jay