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Subject: Re: Completing multiple states with _arguments
From: Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
To: Peter Stephenson <Peter.Stephenson@csr.com>
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On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 13:11, Peter Stephenson
<Peter.Stephenson@csr.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:23:50 +0100
> Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se> wrote:
>> >> local context state line
>> >> typeset -A opt_args
>> >>
>> >> _arguments \
>> >> =C2=A0 ':: :->something-optional-before-files' \
>> >> =C2=A0 '*:: :->file' && ret=3D0
>> >>
>> >> # Now what?
>>
>> Is it as simple as
>>
>> local s
>> for s in $state; do
>> =C2=A0 case $s in =E2=80=A6 esac
>> done
>>
>> or do you need to deal with tags and such through _alternative or so?
>
> I think you do need to set up tags here, at least most scripts do and I
> haven't tried without. =C2=A0However, that should all be standard: loopin=
g
> over the states is fine, then use the usual _wanted stuff inside the
> case and the tags get sorted out automatically, in principle. =C2=A0There=
's
> nothing to stop you using _alternative, either.
>
> In short, just adding the loop over the state to the sort of stuff that
> usually appears in the "case" here should be OK.

OK, thank you.  I=E2=80=99ll report my findings.