From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 7711 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2020 18:15:58 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (primenet.com.au: domain of zsh.org designates 203.24.36.2 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=203.24.36.2 envelope-from= Received: from ns1.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (203.24.36.2) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 30 Apr 2020 18:15:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 27772 invoked by alias); 30 Apr 2020 18:15:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 45745 Received: (qmail 7594 invoked by uid 1010); 30 Apr 2020 18:15:48 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.102.2/25793. spamassassin: 3.4.4. Clear:RC:0(66.111.4.25):SA:0(-1.1/5.0):. Processed in 5.639587 secs); 30 Apr 2020 18:15:48 -0000 X-Envelope-From: d.s@daniel.shahaf.name X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at daniel.shahaf.name does not designate permitted sender hosts) X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduhedrieehgdduvddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfgjfhfogggtgfesthejtddtredtvdenucfhrhhomhepffgrnhhi vghlucfuhhgrhhgrfhcuoegurdhssegurghnihgvlhdrshhhrghhrghfrdhnrghmvgeqne cuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepfeduteegveehvdfhteevtedvudeludeijeeuudeujeejtdet uedtjefhtdfgieetnecukfhppedutdelrdeiiedrudehrddvfeelnecuvehluhhsthgvrh fuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepugdrshesuggrnhhivghlrdhs hhgrhhgrfhdrnhgrmhgv X-ME-Proxy: Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 18:14:59 +0000 From: Daniel Shahaf To: Vincent Lefevre Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: completion for compilers (cc, gcc...) and -o Message-ID: <20200430181459.051d3fd1@tarpaulin.shahaf.local2> In-Reply-To: <20200430085111.GA1649750@zira.vinc17.org> References: <20200430085111.GA1649750@zira.vinc17.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.3 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Vincent Lefevre wrote on Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:51 +0200: > The -o option is currently handled by > > '-o:output file:_files -g "^*.(c|h|cc|C|cxx)(-.)"' > > I wonder whether .i files (preprocessed files, e.g. for bug reports) > should be excluded too. One can choose such files for output with > "gcc -E", but: > * in this case, one generally chooses to use the shorter ">" (or a > pipe) rather than "-o" (gcc -E file.c > file.i); I don't see how the existence of other ways to create .i files is a reason not to complete .i files after -o. > * using such files as a source may be more common. Assuming so arguendo, how does that bear on what the completion function should do? > Moreover, if I have a C source "myprogram.c", I generally want the > output file (program name) to be "myprogram", or if I need several > versions (e.g. because I test several options), I choose this as a > prefix, e.g. for "myprogram1", "myprogram2", "myprogram-ok", etc. > Now, when "myprogram.c" exists, but not any of the program files, > and I try to complete with > > cc -o my[TAB] > > I'd like the "myprogram" to be taken into account. > > Currently it seems that if there are no matches without the excluded > pattern, the completion is done on all files, that is, one gets > > cc -o myprogram.c > > This does not make any sense since a .c file should normally not be > an output file. IMHO, instead of that, one should get the filename > without the filename extension: > > cc -o myprogram Offering basenames seems rather like your own personal preference, not something that the completion system should assume everybody does. However, refraining from offering .c files when there are no non-.c files around is probably a good idea. Cheers, Daniel