Re: Completing parameter names that have yet to be set.

[Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de>]

Bart Schaefer wrote:

> On Aug 13, 10:51pm, Felix Rosencrantz wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Completing parameter names that have yet to be set.
> }
> } For example, in my source code tree I might want to look at ".[ch]"
> } files first, but in logs directory I want to look ".{log,out}" files
> } first.  I can use tags, but I still have to list tags for ".[ch]" and
> } for the ".{logs,out}" files. And if both types of directories contain
> } files that match both tags, there will be at least one directory where I
> } always get the incorrect completion the first time.
> }
> } [...]
> }
> } It seems that the ability to configure styles based on additional
> } information not found in the context requires the ability to treat a
> } group of styles as a single whole, and quickly set/unset a group of
> } styles.  I vaguely remember something like this was talked about, but
> } don't remember what was decided.
> 
> This is what both `zstyle -e' and the `func()' value for the tag-order
> style are supposed to accomplish, I think.

Yes.

> In fact, given `zstyle -e',
> we could probably do away with `tag-order func()'.

I've been thinking the same. Hm, should we?

> ...
> 
> Or something like that, I didn't try it so I've probably got it cockeyed.
> And of course you'd have to come up with a more sophisticated test for
> $PREFIX or whatever, to tell what kind of directory is what.

For directories this is a bit of a special case, because of possible
-W options.

Bye
 Sven


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Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de