it works, thanks. Question: what does the * flag do in ${(*)BUFFER … …?

On Mon, 18 Sept 2023 at 09:56, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 18, 2023 at 6:42 AM Sebastian Gniazdowski
> <sgniazdowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Could the % be somehow be quoted after completing? (\%exa works and
> calls the %func functon)
>
> Firstly, to prevent conflicts you can remove "jobs" from the same
> completion zstyle I sent earlier for leading colons in command
> completion.
>
> For command execution, you're probably best going with a
> zle-line-finish hook that does a search-and-replace, e.g.
>
> BUFFER=${(*)BUFFER//#%(#b)(${(kj:|:)~functions[(I)%*]})/\\\\$match[1]}
>
> (remove (*) and setopt extendedglob for older zsh)
>


-- 
Best regards,
Sebastian Gniazdowski