[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 875 bytes --] Hello, I have a few applications installed on my system, with their names sharing a common prefix. Now as the apps are company-specific, let me invent some contrived names: *messageedit*, *messageview*, *messageformat*, *messagesend*, you've got the idea. Now, in may daily work, I'm using only one of them: *messageedit*. The other are used... well, almost never. Now, if I type *mess<Tab>*, the name gets completed to *message* and the completion engine waits for further input. I would like to tweak the completion in such a way the typing *mess<Tab>* completes the input to *messageedit* and ignores the other possible apps. Can this be done in a positive way (by naming the preferred application) or in a negative fashion (by prohibiting all unwanted completions)? What are the setting options to do it? Thank you very much for the answers! Best regards, Peter [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 1222 bytes --]
Peter Slížik wrote:
>
> I have a few applications installed on my system, with their names sharing a
> common prefix.
> Now as the apps are company-specific, let me invent some contrived names:
>
> messageedit, messageview, messageformat, messagesend, you've got the idea.
>
> Now, in may daily work, I'm using only one of them: messageedit. The other are
> used... well, almost never.
>
> Now, if I type mess<Tab>, the name gets completed to message and the completion
> engine waits for further input.
>
> I would like to tweak the completion in such a way the typing mess<Tab>
> completes the input to messageedit and ignores the other possible apps.
>
> Can this be done in a positive way (by naming the preferred application) or in
> a negative fashion (by prohibiting all unwanted completions)?
You can do this with the ignored-patterns style. On the surface, this
works in the negative sense, e.g.:
zstyle ':completion:*:commands' ignored-patterns messageview messageformat messagesend
But you can use a pattern to turn this around into a positive form, e.g:
zstyle ':completion:*:-command-:*:commands' ignored-patterns 'mess(^ageedit)'
If you still occasionally want to complete the others, you may want to
look into the _ignored completer to complete them as a fallback if you
have entered a longer prefix.
In the second example, I used a more specific context which will only
apply in command position. You can vary that depending on the contexts
in which you want it to apply.
Oliver
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1784 bytes --] Dear Oliver, thank you for the answer! Peter уто, 13. јул 2021. у 14:00 Oliver Kiddle <opk@zsh.org> је написао/ла: > Peter Slížik wrote: > > > > I have a few applications installed on my system, with their names > sharing a > > common prefix. > > Now as the apps are company-specific, let me invent some contrived names: > > > > messageedit, messageview, messageformat, messagesend, you've got the > idea. > > > > Now, in may daily work, I'm using only one of them: messageedit. The > other are > > used... well, almost never. > > > > Now, if I type mess<Tab>, the name gets completed to message and the > completion > > engine waits for further input. > > > > I would like to tweak the completion in such a way the typing mess<Tab> > > completes the input to messageedit and ignores the other possible apps. > > > > Can this be done in a positive way (by naming the preferred application) > or in > > a negative fashion (by prohibiting all unwanted completions)? > > You can do this with the ignored-patterns style. On the surface, this > works in the negative sense, e.g.: > > zstyle ':completion:*:commands' ignored-patterns messageview > messageformat messagesend > > But you can use a pattern to turn this around into a positive form, e.g: > > zstyle ':completion:*:-command-:*:commands' ignored-patterns > 'mess(^ageedit)' > > If you still occasionally want to complete the others, you may want to > look into the _ignored completer to complete them as a fallback if you > have entered a longer prefix. > > In the second example, I used a more specific context which will only > apply in command position. You can vary that depending on the contexts > in which you want it to apply. > > Oliver > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2262 bytes --]