From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com>
Cc: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>, Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: How to complete with _arguments() depending on an option and within a loop
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 08:11:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7aZCWOXij65=TDcuV1hcus8-gq-zJcEfP7XT0gVRW-7sg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAB4xu_09nbsdpRviaB_+wcEmnccUqXL1r2MYVSmv_yP80Ukhqg@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 6:44 AM Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> $ beep --device --new <tab>
>
> Zsh offers `--device` again, because the completion script "saw" the
> `--new` word, without taking any parsing into account.
What everybody seems to forget about completion is that it's supposed
to save the user typing time, not save the user from thinkos. If the
user is uncomprehending enough to select --device twice just because
completion offered it, it's not our job to come to the rescue.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-12 15:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-10 17:30 Philippe Proulx
2021-05-11 14:12 ` Daniel Shahaf
2021-05-12 13:44 ` Philippe Proulx
2021-05-12 15:11 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2021-05-12 15:14 ` Philippe Proulx
2021-05-12 15:50 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-05-12 16:14 ` Ray Andrews
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