problem with completion system

problem with completion system

[covici]

Hi.  I am new to zsh, so I hope I explain myself clearly.  When
completing things -- particularly files -- sometimes the system will
tell  me the choices and then place the cursor at the end of the first
choice, so if that is not the one I want, I must then backspace to the
point where I started and do again -- what I would like is for the
system to leave the cursorwhere it was so I can type some more.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

-- 
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         John Covici
         covici@ccs.covici.com

Re: problem with completion system

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:01 AM,  <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> Hi.  I am new to zsh, so I hope I explain myself clearly.  When
> completing things -- particularly files -- sometimes the system will
> tell  me the choices and then place the cursor at the end of the first
> choice, so if that is not the one I want, I must then backspace to the
> point where I started and do again -- what I would like is for the
> system to leave the cursorwhere it was so I can type some more.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

The behaviour you say you want is the default, so you could start by
removing your customizations, or saying what they are so we can point
out which are changing the behaviour, rather than guessing.

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

Re: problem with completion system

[covici]

hmmm, I am using zprezto, but I have the following zshrc as well

#
# Executes commands at the start of an interactive session.
#
# Authors:
#   Sorin Ionescu <sorin.ionescu@gmail.com>
#

# Source Prezto.
if [[ -s "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto/init.zsh" ]]; then
  source "${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zprezto/init.zsh"
fi
alias ls='ls -1 -F -a'
alias cp='cp -p'
alias vsound='vsound  -t'
alias rsyncwlym='rsync --progress -avh -e "ssh -p 2222 -l covici"'
alias rsyncasterisk='rsync --progress -av -e "ssh -l martin"'
umask o-rx
prompt gentoo
setopt clobber

# Customize to your needs...

Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 9:01 AM,  <covici@ccs.covici.com> wrote:
> > Hi.  I am new to zsh, so I hope I explain myself clearly.  When
> > completing things -- particularly files -- sometimes the system will
> > tell  me the choices and then place the cursor at the end of the first
> > choice, so if that is not the one I want, I must then backspace to the
> > point where I started and do again -- what I would like is for the
> > system to leave the cursorwhere it was so I can type some more.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> The behaviour you say you want is the default, so you could start by
> removing your customizations, or saying what they are so we can point
> out which are changing the behaviour, rather than guessing.
> 
> -- 
> Mikael Magnusson

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici@ccs.covici.com

Re: problem with completion system

[Bart Schaefer]

On Jul 18,  8:05am, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
}
} hmmm, I am using zprezto

In that case if there's a mailing list or other forum for prezto, I
suggest you ask your question there.  Plugin systems like oh-my-zsh
and prezto can be very nice, but they reconfigure so many things that
it's really not practical for us to try to debug them.

Re: problem with completion system

[covici]

I don't know of any mailing list for that -- maybe I will have to forget
about them and do my own -- I thought it would save me some time, but
maybe not.

Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:

> On Jul 18,  8:05am, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> }
> } hmmm, I am using zprezto
> 
> In that case if there's a mailing list or other forum for prezto, I
> suggest you ask your question there.  Plugin systems like oh-my-zsh
> and prezto can be very nice, but they reconfigure so many things that
> it's really not practical for us to try to debug them.

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici@ccs.covici.com

Re: problem with completion system

[Andrew Janke]

The main resource for Prezto support (as with Oh My Zsh) is its GitHub 
project and associated issue tracker 
(https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto). Searching its issues 
(including the closed ones) or posting an issue of your own if you can't 
figure it out could get you help. They'll be more familiar with it than 
the main zsh mailing lists will.

Prezto's completion-related stuff is set up in 
prezto/modules/completion/init.zsh. Browse through that to see what it's 
doing. It is commented. You probably care about the ALWAYS_TO_END, 
MENU_COMPLETE, and COMPLETE_IN_WORD options. 
https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto/blob/6a812ed36bad9032df3645277793f5827dd64088/modules/completion/init.zsh#L25

Prezto, OMZ, and Antigen can be good on-ramps to zsh, but like Bart 
says, they set and implement so many things that they diverge from 
default zsh, and you need to use them and their source code as your main 
reference and learning tool.

Cheers,
Andrew


On 7/18/15 1:54 PM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> I don't know of any mailing list for that -- maybe I will have to forget
> about them and do my own -- I thought it would save me some time, but
> maybe not.
>
> Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 18,  8:05am, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
>> }
>> } hmmm, I am using zprezto
>>
>> In that case if there's a mailing list or other forum for prezto, I
>> suggest you ask your question there.  Plugin systems like oh-my-zsh
>> and prezto can be very nice, but they reconfigure so many things that
>> it's really not practical for us to try to debug them.

Re: problem with completion system

[covici]

OK, thanks much.  I did put anissue on there about something else and
have not heard back.  I found those variables in the init.zsh, so maybe
that will help.  I am also slowly making my way through the manual, so
maybe I will know something soon.  Zsh has advantages, but it has quite
a learning curve.  But then lots of things are like that.

Andrew Janke <andrew@apjanke.net> wrote:

> The main resource for Prezto support (as with Oh My Zsh) is its GitHub
> project and associated issue tracker
> (https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto). Searching its issues
> (including the closed ones) or posting an issue of your own if you
> can't figure it out could get you help. They'll be more familiar with
> it than the main zsh mailing lists will.
> 
> Prezto's completion-related stuff is set up in
> prezto/modules/completion/init.zsh. Browse through that to see what
> it's doing. It is commented. You probably care about the
> ALWAYS_TO_END, MENU_COMPLETE, and COMPLETE_IN_WORD
> options. https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/prezto/blob/6a812ed36bad9032df3645277793f5827dd64088/modules/completion/init.zsh#L25
> 
> Prezto, OMZ, and Antigen can be good on-ramps to zsh, but like Bart
> says, they set and implement so many things that they diverge from
> default zsh, and you need to use them and their source code as your
> main reference and learning tool.
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew
> 
> 
> On 7/18/15 1:54 PM, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> > I don't know of any mailing list for that -- maybe I will have to forget
> > about them and do my own -- I thought it would save me some time, but
> > maybe not.
> >
> > Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Jul 18,  8:05am, covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> >> }
> >> } hmmm, I am using zprezto
> >>
> >> In that case if there's a mailing list or other forum for prezto, I
> >> suggest you ask your question there.  Plugin systems like oh-my-zsh
> >> and prezto can be very nice, but they reconfigure so many things that
> >> it's really not practical for us to try to debug them.

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici@ccs.covici.com