From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 25948 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2020 01:16:59 -0000 Received: from zero.zsh.org (2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Sep 2020 01:16:59 -0000 ARC-Seal: i=1; cv=none; a=rsa-sha256; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20200801; t=1600132619; b=Sy1g3l6HK++ARKucBTkrw1h2sRKXB9p3lHlrzLcUgPL0GOCdvKZxqWO7B+OB+2aSBUWM0U+HSs xUhtbmqTAJFXW3US6gkMRa2zY01yWOPGyYiREBhjNNgEK5WCQHwlYNePg6MoCb99HX8kMmnW8H ZIVu9v+uCIzm410JnLsygSmyfIsRU+O52lgiYvmVjRNm0sXbPw+DFYhvSIn+Nm7Q/IX7YaO7AT Cr+it9PXAGlp63d8mxhkbEtYEeEb34aM8x4szc7b5p1RcOgWp3juH+oC5NSwU5gDa7vZnGEnp0 QjLVvdPdwK1Z3xnJH+c4mUC1t9zSYK8nhcgWtBsDQmto8A==; ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; zsh.org; iprev=pass (smtp.andrew.cmu.edu) smtp.remote-ip=128.2.105.203; dmarc=none header.from=gmail.com; arc=none ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20200801; t=1600132619; bh=xCBtmxRbyL2LOb2AJpmBf97xaNaPASvc7RLIaEnEFfY=; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Help: List-Id:Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date:DKIM-Signature; b=vIUrx2wfP7wRZoabFqID0f8QBmRECZPO6E7hZhjCtrDMClACXgq3mVZqZ0HhNjfxh3yPgVYqnt 4TtbsgpntASa2syPWAtFDtnkSI2u1e0jr1xxMPclLAX7Agg046jW9nWYWjBqcd3yntBSxfkls1 qtQxYHXfDnwDVGueOCLJPrCENjd9bIg7tW0rQpLTejITbHcD2K/m5Z4Xs9hdhf25O6U3TLKqka Klem8lVUKB7Z8Rh1qrUTMc66jlWFwxJSQijA6njNQ75x5f7t7Be/tmN9ju2upWieUlZ7+CuA4C fnoIaSDe2y4nQU0K+o7qgWnrTHNZRUP0TSjeTd8a1/aOhQ==; DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20200801; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding :Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date: Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=xCBtmxRbyL2LOb2AJpmBf97xaNaPASvc7RLIaEnEFfY=; b=tIO6xqIKkCW/SC3IKE2dQSWrkW RCqMDExDEUDTiaBevsiZrUkp/7JCT5UUEZIzKQ07W+p7bA4G+vOircSn3d7qcCwjatZNZVND2fHzc 3UtMP7cqY7UGNBlMvPAolBdlo0YZ5wAFefqMeteinNmEfzkclXxwCNHhQAlMRz5RQ8NWKJYmXsET1 FOGWnvJHf3iWfCc7/cN7fQAWL6ck/PpQ579mAWdhDSQLLdwhyoUwd0IUTdbrIq5ci4acwYajaAZkW uG9uX/bMP8H63FYDmNK7lrova9FprQdzDen29VRdG/bGZFWni01oRmuzQ8/vE2UT6y8hIFhgXk0MY GiZso/GQ==; Received: from authenticated user by zero.zsh.org with local id 1kHzab-000HNK-Mo; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:16:57 +0000 Authentication-Results: zsh.org; iprev=pass (smtp.andrew.cmu.edu) smtp.remote-ip=128.2.105.203; dmarc=none header.from=gmail.com; arc=none Received: from smtp.andrew.cmu.edu ([128.2.105.203]:44160) by zero.zsh.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) id 1kHzaL-000HE3-DM; Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:16:43 +0000 Received: from andrew.cmu.edu (GI.MATH.CMU.EDU [128.2.112.77]) (user=gi1242 mech=GSSAPI (56 bits)) by smtp.andrew.cmu.edu (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 08F1GXXE090974 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:16:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:16:33 -0400 From: gi1242+zsh@gmail.com To: "zsh-workers@zsh.org" Subject: Re: Use external tool if there are a large number of completions Message-ID: <20200915011632.GC3268@andrew.cmu.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gi1242+zsh@gmail.com, "zsh-workers@zsh.org" References: <20200913222122.GA4031@andrew.cmu.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-Original-Envelope-Sender: gi1242+zsh@gmail.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 128.2.105.203 X-Seq: 47390 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-workers@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-workers-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-workers-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 01:32:35PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote: > You're likely to be better off with Oliver's suggestion of the > complist module, or create a separate keybinding to delegate the > entire process to rofi and when you encounter the "do you wish to see > all 3069 possibilities?" prompt, say no and type your rofi binding. Hi All, Thanks a lot for the quick replies. Looks like this is what I'll do -- create a separate binding, and call it when there are too many matches. GI --=20 'Confidence' -- The feeling a person has before he fully understands the situation.