From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 719 invoked from network); 10 Sep 1999 15:45:21 -0000 Received: from sunsite.auc.dk (130.225.51.30) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Sep 1999 15:45:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 560 invoked by alias); 10 Sep 1999 15:45:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.auc.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7770 Received: (qmail 552 invoked from network); 10 Sep 1999 15:45:07 -0000 From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <990910154503.ZM17212@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:45:03 +0000 In-Reply-To: <37D92271.182ECD11@u.genie.co.uk> Comments: In reply to Oliver Kiddle "Re: Size of select listing?" (Sep 10, 4:23pm) References: <000401befad6$ad291a50$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru> <37D92271.182ECD11@u.genie.co.uk> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: ZSH workers mailing list Subject: Completion listing of command options (Re: Size of select listing?) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sep 10, 4:23pm, Oliver Kiddle wrote: } Subject: Re: Size of select listing? } } I don't like the mixed file and option lists [...] because 9 times out } of 10 I don't care what the options to a particular command are and if I } do, I'll have typed the minus already. I tend to agree with this. If a command *requires* at least one option before anything else can be completed, though, it might be nice to have more indication of that than just a beep. } [Historically] options } are only completed after an initial minus has been typed and long } options, only after an initial two minuses. I also think it is better if } the minus signs are not displayed in the lists so as to save a bit more } screen space - I don't think they add to the readability at all. However, I do like seeing the long options along with the short ones after only a single '-' has been typed. I may not remember which short option goes with which long one, or that there is a long one that has no corresponding short, or whatever. Because of this, I prefer to see the leading '-' or '--' in the listing (particularly as long as there remain some commands that have "long options" but still use one '-' to introduce them). -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com