Re: Redirection and Variables

[Nikolai Weibull <zsh-users-list@pcppopper.org>]

* Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@yahoo.co.uk> [Oct 21, 2004 16:00]:
> > Is this the simplest way to do the following?
> >
> > local -A http_programs https_programs mailto_programs ftp_programs
> >
> > http_programs=(xw "/usr/bin/firefox -remote 'openURL(%s, new-tab)'"
> >                xt "/usr/bin/elinks '%s'")
> > mailto_programs=(xt "/usr/bin/mutt '%s'")

> You could use one associative array, including more than one piece of
> information in the key. That avoids the need for the (P) flag:

> programs=(
>   http_xw "/usr/bin/firefox -remote 'openURL(%s, new-tab)'"
>   mailto_xt "/usr/bin/mutt '%s'"
> )

> >   echo "${(P)$(echo ${1}_programs\[xw\])}"

> That could then be:
>     echo "$programs[$1_xw]"

How very true.  It seems that I split the problem along the wrong axis.
It's kind of hard thinking without "hashes-of-hashes",
	nikolai

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