Re: zstyle & variables

[Wataru Kagawa <wkagawa@jota.gsc.riken.go.jp>]

Hi Peter,

Thanks so much.

Wataru Kagawa

On 2006/01/17, at 22:57, Peter Stephenson wrote:

> Wataru Kagawa wrote:
>> Hi all.
>> I have the following completion set in my zsh environment setup file.
>>
>>    zstyle ':completion:*' users $USERS
>>
>> I also have a custom function to alter the contents of $USERS .
>> After running this function to change the contents of $USERS, I need
>> to execute the line above in the command line to make the change take
>> effect.  I would like my custom function to do this for me, but I am
>> having trouble figuring it out.  I tried adding, 'zstyle
>> ':completion:*' users $USERS' to the bottom of my custom function,
>> but that did not work for me.
>
> The easiest way to do this (I'm assuming USERS is an array) is to  
> define
> the style initially as:
>
> zstyle -e ':completion:*' users 'reply=($USERS)'
>
> This means that $USERS is examined every time the style is  
> checked.  So
> when you modify the array it takes effect immediately.
>
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