From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15758 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2003 18:15:40 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Jul 2003 18:15:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 11933 invoked by alias); 2 Jul 2003 18:15:28 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6348 Received: (qmail 11926 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2003 18:15:28 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Jul 2003 18:15:28 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [216.19.209.133] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 2 Jul 2003 18:15:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 9366 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2003 11:11:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO amethyst.cql.com) (192.168.1.14) by mail.cql.com with SMTP; 2 Jul 2003 11:11:37 -0000 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 11:15:26 -0700 From: Seth Kurtzberg To: Peter Stephenson Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: expansion after =? Message-Id: <20030702111526.78451f55.seth@cql.com> In-Reply-To: <28068.1057167572@csr.com> References: <20030702103112.33a2cfe4.seth@cql.com> <28068.1057167572@csr.com> Organization: M. I. S. Corp. X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.2 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 18:39:32 +0100 Peter Stephenson wrote: > Seth Kurtzberg wrote: > > Is there a configuration parameter or option that enables path completion aft > > er equals, for example, export ENVVAR=/some/path/name? I've been using zsh f > > or some months now, and this is the only thing that bash does that I find mis > > sing in zsh. But perhaps the behavior can be turned on in some way? > > If you are using the new completion system (autoload -U compinit; > compinit) then this will work automatically. The old completion system > didn't have this built in, though you could use compctl to enable it; > you don't say what version of zsh you are using, but if it is 4.x you > are likely to get far better results with the new system. Thanks much. I'm using 4.0.6, so I have the new features. I'm going to update to 4.0.7 just in case. Or, would you suggest the development release? With 4.0.6, the old completion system is used by default if I don't do the autoload sequence above? > > You might also be interested in the option MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST; this forces > ~'s to be expanded after any ='s. Yes, that will also be helpful. Again, thanks for an outstanding software tool. > > -- > Peter Stephenson Software Engineer > CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, > Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 > > > ********************************************************************** > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged material. > Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by > persons or entities other than the intended recipient is > prohibited. > If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any computer. > ********************************************************************** > > -- Seth Kurtzberg MIS Corp 480-661-1849 seth@cql.com