From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24358 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2005 04:20:46 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 26 Oct 2005 04:20:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 12583 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2005 04:20:38 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 26 Oct 2005 04:20:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 13747 invoked by alias); 26 Oct 2005 04:20:30 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9561 Received: (qmail 13738 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2005 04:20:29 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 26 Oct 2005 04:20:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 11631 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2005 04:20:29 -0000 Received: from acolyte.scowler.net (216.254.112.45) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 26 Oct 2005 04:20:29 -0000 Received: by acolyte.scowler.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8419834078; Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:20:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:20:27 -0400 From: Clint Adams To: Hannu Koivisto Cc: Zsh Users' List Subject: Re: Improved apt/dpkg completion and completion hacking questions Message-ID: <20051026042027.GB10473@scowler.net> Mail-Followup-To: Hannu Koivisto , Zsh Users' List References: <87u0f51aee.fsf@trews52.bothi.fi> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87u0f51aee.fsf@trews52.bothi.fi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 > without descriptions without awk. So, let's say we make the old > code the default behaviour and have the description-generating awk > version available via customization. How would you implement such > customizability? You could use 'zstyle'. Another thing you might consider is filing a wishlist bug on apt to add an option to spew out the short description after each package name when doing 'apt-cache --generate pkgnames'. Have you done any speed tests?