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Subject: Re: completion help
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From: Eric Mangold <teratorn@world-net.net>
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Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:31:04 -0700
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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:09:22 -0500, Dwight Shih <zshlist@ideoplex.com> 
wrote:

> After years of avoidance, I've finally decided to start playing with
> completion. Here's what I've got:
>
> typeset -A opt_args
> local contest state line
>
> _arguments -s -S \
>   "1:build:(build test start stop deploy validate help)" \
>   "*:file:_files" \
>   "-conf[specify configuration file]:file:_files" \
>   "-a[automate deploy actions]" \
>   "-f[force more or copy]" \
>   "-m[move jar]" \
>   "-c[copy jar]" \
>   "-v(vv vvv)[validate output level 1]" \
>   "-vv(v vvv)[validate output level 2]" \
>   "-vvv(v vv)[validate output level 3]" \
>   && return 0
>
> which works as far as it goes.
>
> What I would like to group options by major mode (the first set of
> mutually exclusive options: build test start stop deploy validate and
> help) so that only valid options for each mode would apply. So -a -f -m
> -c would only apply in the deploy mode and -v -vv -vvv would only apply
> in the validate mode.

I could easily be way off on this but I think you want to use "sets". See 
the _arguments documentation.

> I'd also like to restrict file completions. For example, I would like to
> restrict the -conf file completion to be limited to *.xml and the general
> file completion to be limited to *.jar.

The _files documentation explains this. You want to use the -g argument as 
in:
_files -g "*.xml"


	-Eric