From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from math.gatech.edu (euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by werple.net.au (8.7/8.7.1) with SMTP id IAA25662 for ; Thu, 9 Nov 1995 08:16:54 +1100 (EST) Received: by math.gatech.edu (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA26161; Wed, 8 Nov 1995 15:56:36 -0500 Resent-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 15:57:37 -0500 Old-Return-Path: Message-Id: <9511082057.AA08200@spacely.afive> To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Reply-To: acs@world.std.com Subject: Rationalized? aliases Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 15:57:37 -0500 From: Vinnie Shelton Resent-Message-Id: <"go8fw.0.eO6.4cHem"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/572 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu With beta10 and previous releases, the following worked: % echo $ZSH_VERSION 2.6-beta10 % alias e="gnuclient -q" % [[ $HOST != $HOMESYSTEM ]] && alias e="$(whence e) -h $HOMESYSTEM" % type e e is an alias for gnuclient -q -h spacely Now however, the rationalized alias output makes this not work: % echo $ZSH_VERSION 2.6-beta11 alias e="gnuclient -q" % [[ $HOST != $HOMESYSTEM ]] && alias e="$(whence e) -h $HOMESYSTEM" % type e e is an alias for \''gnuclient -q'\'' -h spacely' This is not what I desire ('gnuclient -q' is not a valid command) - what I want is to append "-h spacely" to the alias. How can I do this? Thanks in advance, Vin