From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10218 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2014 13:54:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 18398 Received: (qmail 18240 invoked from network); 5 Feb 2014 13:54:00 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.co.uk; s=s1024; t=1391608102; bh=WHOovPBH1RTtc8Hzb+lxuM5fdYU6KLblVlQZGSo6O0Q=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-Rocket-Received:Received:In-reply-to:From:References:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-ID:Date:Message-ID; b=SYmHS7qGt7a1s/gmDP0dABBuS/rwSHOl8eF63SAgLSre8r1rwwkZxeeRnDtb97llEgEy8bQ6WMTed1tHZvrnbZ7VzicB8fWXMTK5Yb2PpOzrZvWZFrI2U2/Cy+SIDgSuLmI0rrobaw910K19bdaPJWlFOcTi7KQ5mXkYImdqkjY= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 505138.4936.bm@smtp114.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: 1VNCnuQVM1nj6CvDNavv_GQQqSCMzQwYTNpB1FF_33VTcw7 GUq1Y5OjksJpbWrJfFc_H4v_wQGojNhwN32ISOpfl0TIDDnUw9kCkbTjVn6b Bf.GjE4JT0_TRzBUtydv3OrahKN7tIvU4u.l3kDiPJEmAyg71Mo1wwg1W8oH 4UI42x4wIqFniApGMyu72VQKCT7S5q1mIyZ24A5I4zgfDPBKZ.6cwtQI.HcT TP3tZCVgbPBo29c7IlgtmyLqVSqr9CCYfoKGeqY6Dxj7qCMw.picyJFre54Z _arc1YLsc5SLztLoxMCg5M5Qt0tUKZmKI5GNl9EUHB1l.DQRsE08xmHeI.f_ WGkrXeqDpzfX9c4eVXF4I2wjioTQ00L5PQVknv4_KutgmJ5rGwreFsR.31OA SoCAEh0C13XhoDTzmn2nywuygQhGxLOivqFweDOu69kJh3reWfki05jdxbJp oFq_Jps.vczfyPzim1tEL5Mha5Y95BjehskzATQcaT4KzwmRhooXCmddFran LBCu53n3UrXYTXwYoz8kGVOvDNyA- X-Yahoo-SMTP: opAkk_CswBAce_kJ3nIPlH80cJI- X-Rocket-Received: from kiddle.eu (okiddle@95.222.210.25 with plain [188.125.69.59]) by smtp114.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 05 Feb 2014 13:48:22 +0000 UTC In-reply-to: From: Oliver Kiddle References: <6788.1391557936@quattro> To: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: Tab Expanding Global Aliases MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <31923.1391608014.1@thecus.kiddle.eu> Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:48:21 +0100 Message-ID: <31943.1391608101@thecus.kiddle.eu> zzapper wrote: > Oliver Kiddle wrote in > > With global aliases, it is always worth considering using bindkey -s > > instead. This expands the string immediately without needing a tab or > > space. > > > > So for example: > > bindkey -s 'Im' '| more' > > > I can get this to work but only if I begin the 'abbreviation' with I ??? There was a mistake in my example using a backslash. It should be, e.g.: bindkey -s '\\m' "(#qu$EUID)" You also have to be fairly fast if you've set KEYTIMEOUT low. Oliver