On Thu, Oct 04, 2001 at 04:23:05AM +0000, Bart Schaefer wrote: > I apologize; it's not kshglob that's the problem, it's shglob. > > SH_GLOB > Disables the special meaning of `(', `|', `)' and '<' for globbing > the result of parameter and command substitutions, and in some > other places where the shell accepts patterns. This option is > set by default if zsh is invoked as sh or ksh. > > One of the "some other places" is in compctl expressions. Aha! That's it; I now remember that, some months ago, I ran into a problem where the result of a command substitution was getting globbed inappropriately (or at least in a way that I found very non-intuitive), so I turned on SH_GLOB. Since I still prefer that behaviour, and compctl can use -s to acheive the same result, I'll just switch to -s instead. (What are the odds of the manpage getting updated to note that "some other places" includes compctl -g, but not compctl -s, and the fact that BARE_GLOB_QUAL overrides KSH_GLOB?) -- Sweth. -- Sweth Chandramouli ; President, Idiopathic Systems Consulting