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From: Clint Adams <clint@zsh.org>
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Subject: Re: trying completion of varying data
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> I tried
>  zstyle ':completion:*:*:xvncviewer:*' command 'show.active.pcs'
>       (where show.active.pcs does the above)
> but it doesn't even try to call the show.active.pcs script.

I think you want something more along the lines of

zstyle ':completion:*:xvncviewer:*:hosts' hosts $(show.active.pcs)

or

zstyle -e ':completion:*:xvncviewer:*:hosts' hosts 'reply=( $(show.active.pcs) )'