Completion fails to properly escape parenthesis

Completion fails to properly escape parenthesis

[Felix Eckhofer]

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Hi.

Have a look at this short session:
> $ mkdir 'some(dir'
> $ cd some<TAB>
> $ cd some\(dir
> cd:5: bad pattern: some(dir

Obviously, completion fails to escape the '(' properly ("cd some\\\(dir" 
works fine). Of course in this example "setopt NO_bad_pattern" would 
help, but that's a workaround at best.
I'm now officially giving up on finding where that escaping takes place 
in zsh, because at 2:38 I thing I deserve some sleep. If anyone could 
kindly point me to the right place I will gladly provide a patch. 
Tomorrow.


Good night,
felix
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Re: Completion fails to properly escape parenthesis

[Peter Stephenson]

Felix Eckhofer wrote:
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> Hi.
> 
> Have a look at this short session:
> > $ mkdir 'some(dir'
> > $ cd some<TAB>
> > $ cd some\(dir
> > cd:5: bad pattern: some(dir
> 
> Obviously, completion fails to escape the '(' properly ("cd some\\\(dir
> works fine).

I must be missing the point here.  some\(dir is exactly the right
quoting for a single parenthesis; the result has just the same effect as
'some(dir'.  Is your cd doing something clever with patterns?  In that
case the problem is there.

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Re: Completion fails to properly escape parenthesis

[Felix Eckhofer]

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Hi.

On Saturday, 3. February 2007, you wrote:
> I must be missing the point here.  some\(dir is exactly the right
> quoting for a single parenthesis;

I was suspecting a zsh-specific pattern here that I didn't know of. 
However it was just my faulty config.


Sorry,
fe'mark INVALID|WONTFIX'lix
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