From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27841 invoked from network); 7 May 1998 09:38:46 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 May 1998 09:38:46 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA10553; Thu, 7 May 1998 05:30:15 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 05:30:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 11:30:23 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199805070930.LAA28076@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> From: Sven Wischnowsky To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu In-reply-to: Andrew Main's message of Thu, 7 May 1998 09:58:16 +0100 (BST) Subject: Re: Oh my God! They killed completion! YOU BASTARDS! Resent-Message-ID: <"7QhJF.0.qa2.cyNKr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3940 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Andrew Main wrote: > > pacman@cqc.com wrote: > > > > ... [ about LIST_AMBIGUOUS being set by default...] > > > ... > This one confused me a bit, too, on my first TAB after the change since I don't use it and missed the corresponding messages... > > Possibility for zsh-workers: should `emulate' have the capability to > emulate earlier zsh versions? So `emulate zsh-2.3' would turn off > LIST_AMBIGUOUS and so on. > Hm. That may result in pretty complicated code sometimes, if this is not restricted to option settings. (Not that the current code is simple...;-) > >17:01 6 londo /home/pacman/src %echo $ZSH_ <--\ > >ZSH_NAME ZSH_VERSION | > > /---------------/ > >My cursor is sitting HERE! --/ WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? > > ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT. One of my favourite features. It means that you > don't waste screen space with old completion lists -- new lists visibly > replace the old one -- and the command line doesn't jump around, so > it's easier to keep your eyes on what you're editing. This has been > available since 2.5. > > >This behavior is wrong. It's SO wrong.. The vastness of your wrongness here > >astounds me. All the languages in the world do not have enough words to > >adequately describe the degree of wrongness exhibited by zsh 3.1 completion. > > I'm glad to see I'm not the only person that gets this emotional about > computer programs. > > But ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT is right. It's SO right. So vastly right that > having to use bash purees my brain when it puts the completion list in > the wrong place. > Interesting... for some of the things I implemented, I always wondered if people use it or even like it. ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT was/is one of them. Bye Sven -- Sven Wischnowsky wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de