On 14 Apr, Clint wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 22, 2006 at 12:22:37AM +0200, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > % date --ver<TAB>
> > --version    -- Versionsinformation anzeigen und beenden
> > % date --ver
> > 
> > but the text is not completed.
> 
> This improves things slightly.

This is what _guard is for. Use something like:
  ': :_guard "^--*" format or date'

Oliver