other thing i've noted: you used ~ flag not in the idiomatic way, ie. not
as (~j:|:) but before the var: (j:|:)~functions. Why?

On Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 17:08, Sebastian Gniazdowski <sgniazdowski@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>

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Sebastian Gniazdowski