From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10029 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2005 18:16:07 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 3 Aug 2005 18:16:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 43359 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2005 18:15:55 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 Aug 2005 18:15:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 13821 invoked by alias); 3 Aug 2005 18:15:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9219 Received: (qmail 13811 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2005 18:15:47 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 Aug 2005 18:15:47 -0000 Received: (qmail 42323 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2005 18:15:47 -0000 Received: from tantale.fifi.org (64.81.251.130) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 3 Aug 2005 18:15:42 -0000 Received: from ceramic.fifi.org (Debian-exim@ceramic.fifi.org [64.81.251.131]) by tantale.fifi.org (8.9.3p2/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with ESMTP id LAA13979; Wed, 3 Aug 2005 11:15:37 -0700 Received: from phil by ceramic.fifi.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1E0NmD-0002wP-4a; Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:15:37 -0700 To: Deliverable Mail Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: complete paths after non-space References: <7c737f3005080216113bd158da@mail.gmail.com> <7c737f3005080310572fe371d@mail.gmail.com> Mail-Copies-To: nobody From: Philippe Troin Date: 03 Aug 2005 11:15:37 -0700 In-Reply-To: <7c737f3005080310572fe371d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <87ek9a6g52.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 setopt magicequalsubst Phil. Deliverable Mail writes: > Here's an example. If you want to give a pathname to tar with > --files-from=/path/name, bash will complete the /path/name for you, > even though it's immediately after the '=', while zsh, as configured > by default on my box, will not -- I need to go between = and /path and > insert a space, then go to the end and press tab to complete > /path/name, then return to '= /' and remove the space. Which settings > control zsh behavior in this case -- tokenization, special flag(s)? > > Alexy > > On 8/2/05, Deliverable Mail wrote: > > I'm migrating to zsh and find it differs subtly from bash. Three > > immediate look-'n-feel diffs I'd really need to reset to > > bash-compatible behavior... > > > > 1. completing path names with leading non-space > > > > I often want to complete filenames in options where you have things > > like --file=/wrong/path/name, whereby you go back and fix it, or enter > > new things after the non-space-starting pathname sequence > > > > Bash happily completed it while in my current zsh setup I have to > > insert/delete a space prior to the pathname. An easy way to make it > > the same? > > > > 2. in-place ^r search > > > > -- zsh offers an underline, and I don't want it > > > > 3. completion offers must go away faster > > > > -- zsh lists them in the underline(s) and they seem to linger there > > longer than in bash, can I banish them faster? > > > > Cheers, > > Alexy > >