From: David Woodfall <dave@dawoodfall.net>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Using menu completion after predict
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:54:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180430195411.GI24131@blackswan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180430162644.GG24131@blackswan>
On Monday 30 April 2018 17:26,
Dave Woodfall <dave@dawoodfall.net> put forth the proposition:
>Hi
>
>I've been experimenting with the predict completer and it works well.
>There is something that I haven't been able to figure out yet though.
>
>When using, say, cdr with menu complete, when I first type 'cdr '
>predict brings up the last match in history. Let's say:
>
>crd 4
>
>I press tab for menu complete to activate but the '4' stays on the
>command line, which means that after selecting an entry from the
>list I now have two numbers, say:
>
>cdr 4 1
>
>Of course cdr will give an error if I try to execute the command.
>
>Is there a way of clearing the prompt line when certain menu
>completions activate, like cdr, so that this doesn't occur?
>
>I know I can use a bind to kill to eol, but I'd rather have some
>filter or completion option for ':completion:*:*:cdr:*:*' that would
>clear to the end of the line before entering the selection menu.
>
>These are my current settings:
>
>zstyle ':completion:*' menu select yes=long-list select=long-list
>zstyle ':completion:*' completer _complete _match _approximate \
> _correct _expand _prefix
>zstyle ':completion::prefix:*' completer _complete
>zstyle ':completion:*:*:cdr:*:*' menu selection
>zstyle ':completion:*:*:cdr:*:*' completer _complete
>zstyle ':completion:predict:*' completer _history
>zstyle ':predict' menu select no
>zstyle ':predict' toggle true
>zstyle ':predict' verbose true
>zstyle ':predict' cursor complete
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>-Dave
>
Well I've made a workaround that is OK so far.
_vi_tab() {
if [ "$KEYMAP" = "vicmd" ]; then
zle vi-add-eol
zle vi-insert
else
zle vi-kill-eol
zle menu-expand-or-complete
fi
}
Probably not the proper solution, but it saves deleting the command line
manually.
-Dave
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