From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9668 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2005 14:54:21 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 Jul 2005 14:54:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 21192 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2005 14:54:15 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2005 14:54:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 20983 invoked by alias); 15 Jul 2005 14:54:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21477 Received: (qmail 20974 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2005 14:54:12 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2005 14:54:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 20852 invoked from network); 15 Jul 2005 14:54:12 -0000 Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (206.46.252.42) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 Jul 2005 14:54:08 -0000 Received: from candle.brasslantern.com ([71.116.88.149]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IJO000QWC2654X3@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:54:07 -0500 (CDT) Received: from candle.brasslantern.com (IDENT:schaefer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j6FEs4Cd029369; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:54:05 -0700 Received: (from schaefer@localhost) by candle.brasslantern.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j6FEs4tC029368; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 07:54:04 -0700 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:54:03 +0000 From: Bart Schaefer Subject: Re: jumping ampersands? In-reply-to: <17111.40096.147827.838876@bear.he.net> To: Eric De Mund , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Message-id: <1050715145404.ZM29367@candle.brasslantern.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii References: <17111.40096.147827.838876@bear.he.net> Comments: In reply to Eric De Mund "jumping ampersands?" (Jul 15, 4:23am) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -2.6 On Jul 15, 4:23am, Eric De Mund wrote: } } Why do some ampersands placed after single-word commands } jump one space to the left Actually it's ampersands (and vertical bars) typed immediately after words that were filled in by using completion which move as a result of the auto-removal of the previously auto-added trailing space. If you're seeing things move around in any case where you did not use completion, something unusual is happening.