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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 08:11:15 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.5.0-alpha0-1125-g685cec594c-fm-20210825.001-g685cec59 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <846a355a-d3e8-404a-ac80-4b0f5776d115@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <73806-1630065135.858692@atah.qJX1.Jyyu> References: <73806-1630065135.858692@atah.qJX1.Jyyu> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 12:10:53 +0000 From: "Daniel Shahaf" To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_PATCH:_list_units_in_brackets_at_the_end_of_completion_gro?= =?UTF-8?Q?up_descriptions?= Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Seq: 49318 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: Oliver Kiddle wrote on Fri, 27 Aug 2021 11:52 +00:00: > There might be some more useful way we might indicate where suffixes c= an > be appended to a value to denote units. Completing them after a number > doesn't really make the options clear before a number has been entered. > Perhaps an initial slash, e.g. 'timeout (seconds) [5] /ms /us /ns' This design first says "Input a value in seconds", then the default value, then goes back to say that other units are possible. I think we should try for a design with more locality in the provision of information. For instance, assuming the default unit may also be specified explicitly: timeout [5 =3D 5s] # This intends to communicate that both =C2=AB5=C2=BB and =C2=AB5s=C2= =BB are valid inputs, and equivalent. timeout [5] ; hr/[s]/ms/us/ns # Indicate the default value and default unit separately, indicating= all units in a group I'm sure there are better options than these. Cheers, Daniel