* completion for aliased commands does not work
@ 2016-10-31 22:47 Fourhundred Thecat
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From: Fourhundred Thecat @ 2016-10-31 22:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hello,
I have couple of aliases defined in my .zshrc, ie:
alias diff='colordiff'
I have noticed, completion does not work properly for these aliased commands
diff --<TAB>
does not complete any options. Whereas, when I use the unaliased real
diff, completion works perfectly
/usr/bin/diff --<TAB>
Is there any way to fix this?
Cheers,
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* Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
2016-11-01 5:29 ` Mikael Magnusson
@ 2016-11-01 18:53 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2016-11-01 18:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh Users
On Nov 1, 6:29am, Mikael Magnusson wrote:
}
} That's actually not true, setting complete_aliases makes completion
} treat aliases as separate commands. :)
Er, I think I we're interpreting "see through" differently. Obviously
given
alias diff='colordiff'
then either
setopt complete_aliases
or
compdef colordiff=diff
will cause options for "diff" to be completed, instead of looking for
a completion for "colordiff". On reflection I don't know why I took
Daniel's statement --
> } You'll find ... "diff <TAB>" and "colordiff <TAB>" behave the same
-- to mean that both should *work*. The other interpretation of "see
through" makes more sense.
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* Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
2016-10-31 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
@ 2016-11-01 5:29 ` Mikael Magnusson
2016-11-01 18:53 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Mikael Magnusson @ 2016-11-01 5:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Schaefer; +Cc: Zsh Users
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 12:33 AM, Bart Schaefer
<schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote:
> On Oct 31, 11:12pm, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> } Subject: Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
> }
> } Fourhundred Thecat wrote on Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 23:47:21 +0100:
> } > alias diff='colordiff'
> } > diff --<TAB>
> } > /usr/bin/diff --<TAB>
> }
> } Completion "sees through" aliases. You'll find that with the above
> } alias, "diff <TAB>" and "colordiff <TAB>" behave the same way.
>
> That's actually not true. You have to "setopt complete_aliases" for
> completion to "see through". If for some reason you do not want to
> set that, THEN:
>
> } Therefore, define a completion for colordiff:
> }
> } compdef colordiff=diff
>
That's actually not true, setting complete_aliases makes completion
treat aliases as separate commands. :)
--
Mikael Magnusson
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* Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
2016-10-31 23:12 ` Daniel Shahaf
@ 2016-10-31 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
2016-11-01 5:29 ` Mikael Magnusson
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2016-10-31 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Oct 31, 11:12pm, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
} Subject: Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
}
} Fourhundred Thecat wrote on Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 23:47:21 +0100:
} > alias diff='colordiff'
} > diff --<TAB>
} > /usr/bin/diff --<TAB>
}
} Completion "sees through" aliases. You'll find that with the above
} alias, "diff <TAB>" and "colordiff <TAB>" behave the same way.
That's actually not true. You have to "setopt complete_aliases" for
completion to "see through". If for some reason you do not want to
set that, THEN:
} Therefore, define a completion for colordiff:
}
} compdef colordiff=diff
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* Re: completion for aliased commands does not work
[not found] <5817C9F9.2010809__36345.4683371403$1477954133$gmane$org@gmx.ch>
@ 2016-10-31 23:12 ` Daniel Shahaf
2016-10-31 23:33 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Daniel Shahaf @ 2016-10-31 23:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Fourhundred Thecat; +Cc: zsh-users
Fourhundred Thecat wrote on Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 23:47:21 +0100:
> alias diff='colordiff'
> diff --<TAB>
> /usr/bin/diff --<TAB>
Completion "sees through" aliases. You'll find that with the above
alias, «diff <TAB>» and «colordiff <TAB>» behave the same way.
Therefore, define a completion for colordiff:
compdef colordiff=diff
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