zstyle & variables

zstyle & variables

[Wataru Kagawa]

Hi all.
I have the following completion set in my zsh environment setup file.

   zstyle ':completion:*' users $USERS

I also have a custom function to alter the contents of $USERS .   
After running this function to change the contents of $USERS, I need  
to execute the line above in the command line to make the change take  
effect.  I would like my custom function to do this for me, but I am  
having trouble figuring it out.  I tried adding, 'zstyle  
':completion:*' users $USERS' to the bottom of my custom function,  
but that did not work for me.

I hope someone can help me out.

Re: zstyle & variables

[Peter Stephenson]

Wataru Kagawa wrote:
> Hi all.
> I have the following completion set in my zsh environment setup file.
> 
>    zstyle ':completion:*' users $USERS
> 
> I also have a custom function to alter the contents of $USERS .   
> After running this function to change the contents of $USERS, I need  
> to execute the line above in the command line to make the change take  
> effect.  I would like my custom function to do this for me, but I am  
> having trouble figuring it out.  I tried adding, 'zstyle  
> ':completion:*' users $USERS' to the bottom of my custom function,  
> but that did not work for me.

The easiest way to do this (I'm assuming USERS is an array) is to define
the style initially as:

zstyle -e ':completion:*' users 'reply=($USERS)'

This means that $USERS is examined every time the style is checked.  So
when you modify the array it takes effect immediately.

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Re: zstyle & variables

[Wataru Kagawa]

Hi Peter,

Thanks so much.

Wataru Kagawa

On 2006/01/17, at 22:57, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> Wataru Kagawa wrote:
>> Hi all.
>> I have the following completion set in my zsh environment setup file.
>>
>>    zstyle ':completion:*' users $USERS
>>
>> I also have a custom function to alter the contents of $USERS .
>> After running this function to change the contents of $USERS, I need
>> to execute the line above in the command line to make the change take
>> effect.  I would like my custom function to do this for me, but I am
>> having trouble figuring it out.  I tried adding, 'zstyle
>> ':completion:*' users $USERS' to the bottom of my custom function,
>> but that did not work for me.
>
> The easiest way to do this (I'm assuming USERS is an array) is to  
> define
> the style initially as:
>
> zstyle -e ':completion:*' users 'reply=($USERS)'
>
> This means that $USERS is examined every time the style is  
> checked.  So
> when you modify the array it takes effect immediately.
>
> -- 
> Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>                  Software Engineer
> CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road
> Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223  
> 692070
>
>
> To access the latest news from CSR copy this link into a web  
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