* Completed filenames quoted instead of escaped?
@ 2011-10-22 17:25 Daniel
2011-10-23 16:39 ` Peter Stephenson
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From: Daniel @ 2011-10-22 17:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
I would like completed and expanded filenames to generally "be quoted"
instead\ of\ escaped. Would that be possible? If find that more readable.
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* Re: Completed filenames quoted instead of escaped?
2011-10-22 17:25 Completed filenames quoted instead of escaped? Daniel
@ 2011-10-23 16:39 ` Peter Stephenson
2011-10-24 16:40 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Peter Stephenson @ 2011-10-23 16:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:25:43 +0000 (UTC)
Daniel <quite@hack.org> wrote:
> I would like completed and expanded filenames to generally "be quoted"
> instead\ of\ escaped. Would that be possible? If find that more readable.
If you type " before a filename, it will be completed in double quotes
and (when possible) another " added at the end. It's not possible to
configure it to add a double quote in front only when needed. As things
stand at the moment, it's extremely unlikely it ever will be.
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* Re: Completed filenames quoted instead of escaped?
2011-10-23 16:39 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2011-10-24 16:40 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2011-10-24 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Oct 23, 5:39pm, Peter Stephenson wrote:
} Subject: Re: Completed filenames quoted instead of escaped?
}
} On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:25:43 +0000 (UTC)
} Daniel <quite@hack.org> wrote:
} > I would like completed and expanded filenames to generally "be quoted"
} > instead\ of\ escaped. Would that be possible? If find that more readable.
}
} If you type " before a filename, it will be completed in double quotes
} and (when possible) another " added at the end. It's not possible to
} configure it to add a double quote in front only when needed.
I seem to recall writing a widget that would insert a quote, then do
completion, and then if nothing changed remove the quote again. Oh,
yes:
Functions/Zle/quote-and-complete-word
Search the zsh-users archives for "completion;quote" and you should
find a couple of threads from 2010 discussing this.
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