Re: Using Global aliases to make a "macro" shell

[Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>]

"Mikael Magnusson" wrote:
> A related very useful keybind is
> bindkey "^N"      _most_recent_file
> although it completes files and directories alike, despite the name.
> Also very useful is
>   bindkey "^[^N"    _most_accessed_file

You can get this effect without actually using any new widgets with the
"generic" method.  See "From Bash to Zsh" page 407, though it gets
posted here every now and then, too.

For the effect of _most_recent_file, except that menu completion is
active so you can cycle back through previously modified files:

  zstyle ':completion:most-recent-file:*' match-original both
  zstyle ':completion:most-recent-file::::' completer _menu _files _match
  zstyle ':completion:most-recent-file:*' file-sort modification
  zstyle ':completion:most-recent-file:*' file-patterns '*:all\ files'
  zstyle ':completion:most-recent-file:*' hidden all
  zle -C most-recent-file menu-complete _generic

(and bind "most-recent-file" to a key).  The "hidden" style removes the
completion list.  The presence of the "_match" completer and the
"match-original" style allow you to complete patterns:  first it tries
to complete as if there were a pattern already there, then it inserts a
"*".

For the effect of _most_accessed_file, replace "modification" in the
"file-sort" style by "access" (and rename the contexts and widget).

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