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Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 23:09:37 +0200
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Subject: Re: command completion
From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>
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On 14 August 2011 22:59, Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> I asked a question several years ago about command/function/etc.
> completion, but never had an answer. I'd like command completion
> to be preferred over directory completion.
>
> For instance, if I create an executable file blah-cmd and a directory
> blah-dir in the current directory ("." being in the $PATH), and do:
>
> % rehash
> % zstyle ':completion:*:complete:-command-:*' tag-order 'commands'
> % bl[TAB]
>
> then I can see that various commands are proposed, but not blah-cmd.
>
> ^Xh (_complete_help) at this point outputs:
>
> tags in context :completion::complete:-command-::
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0commands executables builtins functions aliases suffix-alias=
es reserved-words jobs parameters =C2=A0(_alternative _command_names _autoc=
d (eval))
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0commands =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (_path_commands _alternative _command_names=
 _autocd (eval))
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0jobs =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0=
 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (_jobs _alternative _command_names _=
autocd (eval))
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0parameters =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (_parameters _alternative _command_names _autocd (=
eval))
>
> Unfortunately not all the tags are described in the zshcompsys
> man page, and the description is quite short, so that I don't
> understand why blah-cmd hasn't been proposed.
>
> Then I've tried:
>
> % zstyle ':completion:*:complete:-command-:*' tag-order 'executables'
>
> but then both blah-cmd and blah-dir/ are proposed.
>
> Now, if I move blah-cmd somewhere else in $PATH, and use
>
> % zstyle ':completion:*:complete:-command-:*' tag-order 'commands'
> % blah[TAB]
>
> then only blah-cmd is proposed, as expected. However if I do:
>
> % mkdir ~/blah-hdir
> % cdpath=3D(. ~)
> % setopt AUTO_CD
> % blah[TAB]
>
> then both blah-cmd and blah-hdir/ are proposed. I don't see why
> blah-hdir/ should be regarded as a command.

Because it might contain executable files? What happens when you only
create the dir and don't do the other things?

--=20
Mikael Magnusson