Re: _arguments: Sets not working?

[Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@gmail.com>]

On 23 January 2011 18:45,  <gi1242+zsh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> It looks like argument sets separated by single hyphens are not working.
> You can see the bug by trying to complete arguments of 'vncserver'. When
> you ask for completions, none are returned. [Behaviour persists in
> latest release from Git]
>
> The vncserver code seems to use completion sets. From zshcomsys, line
> 3397 in zsh4.3.10:
>
>    It is possible to specify multiple sets of options and arguments
>    with the sets separated by single hyphens. The specifications before
>    the first hyphen (if any) are shared by all the remaining sets.
>
> (I couldn't get the documentation from git to build on my system, so
> don't know if the behaviour has changed or not.)
>
> When I remove lines
>
>      - start \
>      - kill \
>      - help \
>
> from Completion/**/_vnc, then options are completed as expected. With
> the above lines, I get no argument completions; and I can't figure out
> how the syntax contradicts the man page. Is there a bug?
>
> Thanks,
>
> GI

FWIW, the completion appears to work fine here. If i specify -help, no
other completions are offered, and same for -kill or the other set as
well. I even found i still had an Xvnc process running from a few
weeks ago when i pressed tab again after -kill :).

-- 
Mikael Magnusson