Re: Bug#270608: zsh: dpkg completion broken

Re: Bug#270608: zsh: dpkg completion broken

[Clint Adams]

> I found the culprit:
> 
>   fignore="~:#:bk"
> 
> If I take out the '#', it works.
> 
> Still, this seems like a bug to me...

Well, "fignore" is an array, and "FIGNORE" is a scalar, so what you
probably wanted to type is either

FIGNORE="~:#:bk"

or

fignore=(\~ # bk)

though you might want to drop "fignore" altogether and use a
ignored-patterns zstyles instead.

I would guess that the failure to complete directories with the "fignore"
you mentioned has something to do with misinterpretation of "~:#:bk";
maybe the massaging of fignore to _comp_ignore could use more escaping.

Re: Bug#270608: zsh: dpkg completion broken

[martin f krafft]

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also sprach Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> [2004.09.11.1831 +0200]:
> Well, "fignore" is an array, and "FIGNORE" is a scalar, so what you
> probably wanted to type is either
> 
> FIGNORE="~:#:bk"
> 
> or
> 
> fignore=(\~ # bk)

Oh dear. I can confirm that this is the problem. Bug closed.

> though you might want to drop "fignore" altogether and use a
> ignored-patterns zstyles instead.

I did.

zstyle ':completion:*:(all-|)files' ignored-patterns '*.bk' '*~' '*\#'

Thanks for the hint.

This opens another issue... the manpage says that 

  Note that the EXTENDED_GLOB option is set during  the  execution
  of completion functions, so the characters ‘#’, ‘~’ and ‘^’ have
  special meanings in the patterns.

However, the above line only works if I do *not* escape ~.

Thanks for your help!

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Re: Bug#270608: zsh: dpkg completion broken

[Bart Schaefer]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, martin f krafft wrote:

> zstyle ':completion:*:(all-|)files' ignored-patterns '*.bk' '*~' '*\#'

> This opens another issue... the manpage says that 
> 
>   Note that the EXTENDED_GLOB option is set during  the  execution
>   of completion functions, so the characters #, ~ and ^ have
>   special meanings in the patterns.
> 
> However, the above line only works if I do *not* escape ~.

That's probably because ~ has special meaning only at certain positions in 
patterns, and at the end is not one of them.

However, it is a little surprising.

Re: Bug#270608: zsh: dpkg completion broken

[martin f krafft]

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also sprach Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> [2004.09.11.2228 +0200]:
> That's probably because ~ has special meaning only at certain positions in 
> patterns, and at the end is not one of them.
> 
> However, it is a little surprising.

Yeah, maybe the manpage could be updated.

Thanks.

(now the only thing keeping zsh from being perfect is
readline/unicode support)

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