From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5136 invoked from network); 7 Jan 1999 07:42:04 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 7 Jan 1999 07:42:04 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id CAA09924; Thu, 7 Jan 1999 02:37:18 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 02:37:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <990106233632.ZM17080@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:36:32 -0800 In-Reply-To: <199901051543.QAA28269@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> Comments: In reply to Sven Wischnowsky "Re: experimental new style completion" (Jan 5, 4:43pm) References: <199901051543.QAA28269@beta.informatik.hu-berlin.de> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: experimental new style completion MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"0Sfvs2.0._Q2.kG6bs"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4885 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jan 5, 4:43pm, Sven Wischnowsky wrote: } Subject: Re: experimental new style completion } } - When completing in subscripts on the left side of an parameter } assignment the CONTEXT is now set to `subscr' (this is still a bit } hackish) May I suggest that there's no reason to abbreviate names of this sort. `command' (not `cmd') we are completing in command position `argument' (not `arg') we are completing in argument position `redirect' (not `redir') ... after a redirection operator `math' ... in a math environment `subscript' (not `subscr') ... in a subscript `value' ... in the value of an variable assignment `condition' ... inside `[[...]]' Also ... I may be mistaken, but isn't it possible to be in both the command position and after a redirection operator (e.g. readnullcmd) or in both a math context and inside a subscript? Is a single context identifier enough? -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com