From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18241 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2005 14:24:38 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 16 Jul 2005 14:24:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 1767 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2005 14:24:32 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jul 2005 14:24:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 6607 invoked by alias); 16 Jul 2005 14:24:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 21479 Received: (qmail 6596 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2005 14:24:29 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jul 2005 14:24:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 1525 invoked from network); 16 Jul 2005 14:24:29 -0000 Received: from bear.he.net (66.160.193.2) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 16 Jul 2005 14:24:24 -0000 Received: from bear.he.net ([127.0.0.9]) by bear.he.net for ; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:21:26 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17113.6118.560033.793675@bear.he.net> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:21:26 -0700 From: Eric De Mund To: Bart Schaefer Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: jumping ampersands? In-Reply-To: <1050715145404.ZM29367@candle.brasslantern.com> References: <17111.40096.147827.838876@bear.he.net> <1050715145404.ZM29367@candle.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 Reply-To: Eric De Mund X-Humans-Reply-To: Eric De Mund X-Voice: +1 (650) 303-4336 X-URL: Organization: Ixian Systems, Inc. X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=6.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP autolearn=no version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Hits: -0.5 Bart, Eric De Mund to : ] Why do some ampersands placed after single-word commands jump one ] space to the left Bart Schaefer : ] 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. Thank you; this is, indeed, when and only when it happens. Is this behavior option-settable? It represents an aesthetic that I just don't share; I strongly prefer a space character between commands and any following &'s, &&'s, and ||'s. Regards, Eric -- Eric De Mund