* Re: Re: How to efficiently allow * in a cml string
@ 2021-11-24 7:07 jdh
2021-11-26 13:21 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
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From: jdh @ 2021-11-24 7:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Thanks for the lead.
You're right, I do want to avoid having to use quotes and backslashes.
I'll follow up looking into the information you kindly supplied.
Thank You.
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Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@zsh.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, at 12:06 AM, jdh wrote:
> > Is there some way the invoiked script can reach into the buffer before
> > zsh complains about the *.
> >
> > I've tried: 'unsetop GLOB' but that didn't work.
>
> Well yeah, filename expansion happens before the script executes.
>
> > Simple example: How can I get a script to do 2*4 in the below simple version:
> >
> > $ calculate 2*4
>
> Presumably you won't be satisfied with
>
> calculate '2*4'
>
> or
>
> noglob calculate 2*4
>
> You may want to read through this thread beginning with users/27103,
> which already covered a lot of the same ground.
>
> https://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2021/msg00815.html
>
> --
> vq
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* Re: Re: How to efficiently allow * in a cml string
2021-11-24 7:07 Re: How to efficiently allow * in a cml string jdh
@ 2021-11-26 13:21 ` Pier Paolo Grassi
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Pier Paolo Grassi @ 2021-11-26 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jdh; +Cc: Zsh-Users List
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What I do for some functions is:
function calc(){}
alias calc="noglob calc"
and then I can do:
calc 6*7
42
best
Pier Paolo Grassi
Il giorno ven 26 nov 2021 alle ore 08:08 jdh <dhenman@gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
> Thanks for the lead.
> You're right, I do want to avoid having to use quotes and backslashes.
> I'll follow up looking into the information you kindly supplied.
>
> Thank You.
>
> ---------
>
> Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@zsh.org> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, at 12:06 AM, jdh wrote:
> > > Is there some way the invoiked script can reach into the buffer before
> > > zsh complains about the *.
> > >
> > > I've tried: 'unsetop GLOB' but that didn't work.
> >
> > Well yeah, filename expansion happens before the script executes.
> >
> > > Simple example: How can I get a script to do 2*4 in the below simple
> version:
> > >
> > > $ calculate 2*4
> >
> > Presumably you won't be satisfied with
> >
> > calculate '2*4'
> >
> > or
> >
> > noglob calculate 2*4
> >
> > You may want to read through this thread beginning with users/27103,
> > which already covered a lot of the same ground.
> >
> > https://www.zsh.org/mla/users/2021/msg00815.html
> >
> > --
> > vq
>
>
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