From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2527 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 12:52:36 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 9 Sep 2004 12:52:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 55561 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 12:52:30 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Sep 2004 12:52:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 28910 invoked by alias); 9 Sep 2004 12:52:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20341 Received: (qmail 28900 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 12:52:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Sep 2004 12:52:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 54882 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 12:51:19 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 9 Sep 2004 12:51:17 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i89CpGv16685 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:51:16 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:50:22 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:52:16 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i89CpDX4013735 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:51:14 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i89CpDWt013732 for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 13:51:13 +0100 Message-Id: <200409091251.i89CpDWt013732@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk (Zsh hackers list) Subject: Re: Trial patch for showing completion in progress In-reply-to: <4018.1094733627@trentino.logica.co.uk> References: <200409091113.i89BDHcG013466@news01.csr.com> <4018.1094733627@trentino.logica.co.uk> Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 13:51:12 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Sep 2004 12:52:16.0083 (UTC) FILETIME=[D5802A30:01C4966B] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=6.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 0.0 Oliver Kiddle wrote: > > Is there a better place for this? On the whole I think this point is OK. > > It depends what you are trying to do. Are you trying to show the > completers or the zstyle context? _main_complete is not the only place > the context is changed so for showing the context, _description or > _setup would be a better place. No, it's just a gross indication of what process is happening. > Why not just stick $SECONDS (as floating point) in PS4 and use > _complete_debug. That's a completely different thing requiring hours of sifting information. With this you can find out what you want to know as you're actually using it. > I'm not convinced we should be sticking debug stuff like this into > completion unless it really is proven to be useful. I don't want to debug it, I want to see what it's doing without lots of extra work. Progress information is a perfectly normal thing to have in a system. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************