* The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
@ 2002-12-22 1:32 David B Harris
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From: David B Harris @ 2002-12-22 1:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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Hey folks :)
I'm finding some irritating behaviour with zsh that I can't seem to turn
off. Specifically, after I make a completion, then hit "|" (that's a
pipe), zsh deletes the space that was inserted after the tab-complete.
I have tried turning AUTO_PARAM_KEYS off ... and turning it on :) No
help either way.
any suggestions?
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* Re: The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
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@ 2002-12-22 22:33 ` David B Harris
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From: David B Harris @ 2002-12-22 22:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Seth Kurtzberg; +Cc: zsh-users
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On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:32:55 -0500
Seth Kurtzberg <seth@cql.com> wrote:
> Have you tried AUTO_PARAM_KEYS?
Ugh. Do read the original email. :)
Incidentally, I'm putting the message back on the list. I did subscribe.
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* Re: The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
2002-12-22 1:32 The removal of spaces after a tab-complete David B Harris
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@ 2002-12-23 0:52 ` Geoff Wing
2002-12-23 1:28 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Geoff Wing @ 2002-12-23 0:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
David B Harris <david@eelf.ddts.net> typed:
: I'm finding some irritating behaviour with zsh that I can't seem to turn
: off. Specifically, after I make a completion, then hit "|" (that's a
: pipe), zsh deletes the space that was inserted after the tab-complete.
Why exactly is it a problem? It's only an aesthetic space and has no
grammatical value. You can also avoid it by pressing space before pipe.
Regards,
--
Geoff Wing
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* Re: The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
2002-12-22 1:32 The removal of spaces after a tab-complete David B Harris
[not found] ` <3E052DBC.7050107@cql.com>
2002-12-23 0:52 ` Geoff Wing
@ 2002-12-23 1:28 ` Bart Schaefer
2002-12-23 2:29 ` David B Harris
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2002-12-23 1:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Dec 21, 8:32pm, David B Harris wrote:
}
} I'm finding some irritating behaviour with zsh that I can't seem to turn
} off. Specifically, after I make a completion, then hit "|" (that's a
} pipe), zsh deletes the space that was inserted after the tab-complete.
You can't turn it off. You can only forcibly defeat it. You can either
define your own completions with auto-suffix-removal disabled, for every
situation in which you don't want this to happen; or you can re-bind the
specific keys for which, when typed after a completion, it should not
happen. The latter is probably easier:
function self-insert-no-autoremove {
LBUFFER="$LBUFFER$KEYS"
}
zle -N self-insert-no-autoremove
bindkey '|' self-insert-no-autoremove
The reasons why you can't turn it off are varied and in some instances
nearly lost in the mists of time, but it boils down to something like:
(1) it was automatically added, so it's not costing you keystrokes if
it automatically goes away again; (2) the absence of the space doesn't
matter to the syntax; (3) there are more cases where leaving the space
is wrong, than cases where removing it is wrong; so (4) if you really
want a space there, you can just type one yourself.
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* Re: The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
2002-12-23 1:28 ` Bart Schaefer
@ 2002-12-23 2:29 ` David B Harris
2002-12-23 5:34 ` Zefram
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From: David B Harris @ 2002-12-23 2:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 01:28:21 +0000
"Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> You can't turn it off. You can only forcibly defeat it. You can
> either define your own completions with auto-suffix-removal disabled,
> for every situation in which you don't want this to happen; or you can
> re-bind the specific keys for which, when typed after a completion, it
> should not happen. The latter is probably easier:
I suspected as much, at least for the auto-suffx-removal stuff; after I
read largish portions of zshcomp*(1), I got worried ;)
> function self-insert-no-autoremove {
> LBUFFER="$LBUFFER$KEYS"
> }
> zle -N self-insert-no-autoremove
> bindkey '|' self-insert-no-autoremove
>
> The reasons why you can't turn it off are varied and in some instances
> nearly lost in the mists of time, but it boils down to something like:
> (1) it was automatically added, so it's not costing you keystrokes if
> it automatically goes away again; (2) the absence of the space doesn't
> matter to the syntax; (3) there are more cases where leaving the space
> is wrong, than cases where removing it is wrong; so (4) if you really
> want a space there, you can just type one yourself.
Thanks a bunch for the help :) I appreciate it a lot.
P.S.: For the other poster to this tread asking why I needed it off, the
answer is: "I don't". I don't need it off, I want it off. I do a lot of
shell script writing for my work, and I do the prototypes live in an
interactive shell. Once I've poked it enough, I copy and paste it into
the shell script. Spaces around punctuation make things much more
readable. Have you tried to maintain a 50k shell script that wasn't
formatted nicely? :) I've just been having to go through re-editing the
paste, and it proves irritating. That's all. No "need" involved.
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* Re: The removal of spaces after a tab-complete
2002-12-23 2:29 ` David B Harris
@ 2002-12-23 5:34 ` Zefram
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From: Zefram @ 2002-12-23 5:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David B Harris; +Cc: zsh-users
David B Harris wrote:
> I do the prototypes live in an
>interactive shell. Once I've poked it enough, I copy and paste it into
>the shell script. Spaces around punctuation make things much more
>readable.
You might find the "functions" builtin useful. It pretty-prints the
code in functions.
-zefram
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