compctl_rehash for zshcompsys

compctl_rehash for zshcompsys

[Andre Pang]

Hi all,

I had a really handy old macro for zsh v3 that automatically rehashed 
on a failed tab command completion, using the compctl completion 
system:

     http://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/1998/msg00574.html

     function compctl_rehash { rehash; reply=() }
     compctl -C -c + -K compctl_rehash + -c

Since I'm really, really far from a zsh guru, would it be asking too 
much for a kind soul to get this working with the new zshcompsys system 
used in zsh 4?  I did try, but my brain died after I read the 
zshcompsys manpage for 5 minutes ...

Thanks very much!


-- 
% Andre Pang : trust.in.love.to.save  <http://www.algorithm.com.au/>

Re: compctl_rehash for zshcompsys

[Bart Schaefer]

On Apr 11, 12:25pm, Andre Pang wrote:
} Subject: compctl_rehash for zshcompsys
}
} Since I'm really, really far from a zsh guru, would it be asking too 
} much for a kind soul to get this working with the new zshcompsys system 
} used in zsh 4?

See zsh-users/8059 and the surrounding thread, from October 2004.

Maintaining the 'rehash' hash automatically [was Re: compctl_rehash for zshcompsys]

[Eric Mangold]

> Hi all,
>
> I had a really handy old macro for zsh v3 that automatically rehashed
> on a failed tab command completion, using the compctl completion
> system:

I was just thinking about the recent advances in filesystem notification
services provided by modern kernels, e.g. inotify on linux2.6

Wouldn't it be pretty cool, if on supported systems, zsh could have an
option to maintain the hash all by itself with low overhead?

Anyone interested in doing this? Would patches be accepted?

Thoughts? Ideas?

-Eric Mangold