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From: gi1242+zsh@gmail.com
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Rehash after installs
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:47:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110815024705.GD18671@andrew.cmu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHYJk3RmnSux+oH6Y8b23LRf4hrJgTk=N1K72=qGT=mh5W71Qw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 05:02:13PM +0200, Mikael Magnusson wrote:

>> The man page however seems to say that a rehash is issued on *every*
>> external command completion request. Is it possible to rehash only on
>> every *failed* external command completion request.
>>
>> I guess it doesn't really matter so much as I can't (yet) notice too
>> much of a performance penalty.
> 
> Sure, but then you would still get incorrect completions as long as
> you typed something that can be completed to another command, ie you
> installed foobara and had foobaza already, so fooba<tab> would give
> you foobaza, while foobar<tab> would give foobara.

That's true! I guess completion style rehash is the way to go.

Thanks,

Gautam

-- 
Modern Computer Viruses:
Texas Virus -- Makes sure it's bigger than any other file.


      reply	other threads:[~2011-08-15  2:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-13  6:53 Micah Elliott
2011-08-13  7:05 ` Sebastian Tramp
2011-08-14  4:03   ` gi1242+zsh
2011-08-14  4:37     ` Mikael Magnusson
2011-08-14 14:46       ` Gautam Iyer
2011-08-14 15:02         ` Mikael Magnusson
2011-08-15  2:47           ` gi1242+zsh [this message]

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