How to insert completions on command line

How to insert completions on command line

[Mikael Magnusson]

Hello,
(How do I|Is there a way to) insert all completions in the command
line? In case that sounds like i'm confused, which i am, this is what
i mean:
% cvs remove <tab>
file1.c
anotherfile.c
hello.c

and i want to get cvs remove file1.c anotherfile.c hello.c without
pressing tab and space about 8 times. I've tried all commands/keybinds
i can come up with but no luck so far.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Bart Schaefer]

On Aug 18,  4:47pm, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
}
} (How do I|Is there a way to) insert all completions in the command
} line?

zstyle :completion:expand-word:expand:\* tag-order all-expansions

Then type ctrl-X e

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Mikael Magnusson]

On 8/19/06, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> On Aug 18,  4:47pm, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> }
> } (How do I|Is there a way to) insert all completions in the command
> } line?
>
> zstyle :completion:expand-word:expand:\* tag-order all-expansions
>
> Then type ctrl-X e

This seems to only have an effect on globbing completions, like touch
*<ctrl-x e> <- this works, but not cvs remove <ctrl-x e> <- nothing
happens, with or without the zstyle applied.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Bart Schaefer]

On Aug 18, 10:16pm, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
}
} > zstyle :completion:expand-word:expand:\* tag-order all-expansions
} >
} > Then type ctrl-X e
} 
} This seems to only have an effect on globbing completions

That's the second time this summer I've misinterpreted that same
question.  (Which means the answer is in the zsh-users archives
from only a few weeks ago, if you had looked.)

Look up _all_matches in the manual.

          zle -C all-matches complete-word _generic
          bindkey '^Xa' all-matches
          zstyle ':completion:all-matches:*' old-matches only
          zstyle ':completion:all-matches::::' completer _all_matches

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Mikael Magnusson]

On 8/19/06, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> On Aug 18, 10:16pm, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
> }
> } > zstyle :completion:expand-word:expand:\* tag-order all-expansions
> } >
> } > Then type ctrl-X e
> }
> } This seems to only have an effect on globbing completions
>
> That's the second time this summer I've misinterpreted that same
> question.  (Which means the answer is in the zsh-users archives
> from only a few weeks ago, if you had looked.)
>
> Look up _all_matches in the manual.
>
>           zle -C all-matches complete-word _generic
>           bindkey '^Xa' all-matches
>           zstyle ':completion:all-matches:*' old-matches only
>           zstyle ':completion:all-matches::::' completer _all_matches

Thanks, that works perfectly. Looking at the old message i vaguely
remember reading it at the time, but didn't realize i would want it.
I'm also not sure what i would have searched for without knowing the
name "_all_matches".

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2006-08-19 11:17:54 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
>           zle -C all-matches complete-word _generic
>           bindkey '^Xa' all-matches
>           zstyle ':completion:all-matches:*' old-matches only
>           zstyle ':completion:all-matches::::' completer _all_matches

I've tried for instance: mail ^Xa
but the ^Xa has no effect, whereas [Tab] lists all the possible
completions.

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Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Bart Schaefer]

On Aug 20,  1:41am, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
} Subject: Re: How to insert completions on command line
}
} On 2006-08-19 11:17:54 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
} >           zle -C all-matches complete-word _generic
} >           bindkey '^Xa' all-matches
} >           zstyle ':completion:all-matches:*' old-matches only
} >           zstyle ':completion:all-matches::::' completer _all_matches
} 
} I've tried for instance: mail ^Xa
} but the ^Xa has no effect, whereas [Tab] lists all the possible
} completions.

I had forgotten (and the manual, from which I copied those lines, doesn't
state directly) how _all_matches works.  You have to first generate the
list of completions with a normal completer (such as by pressing tab) and
then type ^Xa to insert them on the line.  _all_matches doesn't generate
any completions of its own.

To get the effect of having ^Xa both generate and insert completions,
you need:

	zle -C all-matches complete-word _generic
	bindkey '^Xa' all-matches
	zstyle ':completion:all-matches:*' insert yes
	zstyle ':completion:all-matches::::' completer \
		_all_matches _complete

Replace or augment _complete with whatever other completers you want,
but _all_matches must come first.

Re: How to insert completions on command line

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2006-08-19 20:16:27 -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> I had forgotten (and the manual, from which I copied those lines, doesn't
> state directly) how _all_matches works.  You have to first generate the
> list of completions with a normal completer (such as by pressing tab) and
> then type ^Xa to insert them on the line.  _all_matches doesn't generate
> any completions of its own.

Thanks. IMHO, the manual should be more detailed.

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