Re: PATCH: _x_arguments too broad

Re: PATCH: _x_arguments too broad

[Sven Wischnowsky]

Oliver Kiddle wrote:

> Clint Adams wrote:
> > 
> > zsh 433 % /usr/bin/X11/imake <TAB>-display
> > -display    -geometry
> > 
> > Not very useful.  OTOH, /usr/openwin/bin/imake will
> > complete files, which is perhaps more desirable in
> 
> It may not be useful but it does offer files aswell so isn't doing any
> great harm, especially for people like me who have their styles
> configured to only complete options after an initial prefix.

Note also that this (prefix-needed=yes) is the default value for the
style, so it will hurt only people who explictily turn it off.

> > this instance.  Since not every binary in */X11/*
> > is going to take -display and -geometry, and most
> > are likely to take other arguments, a better solution
> > is needed.
> 
> Maybe a better solution is needed but your patch doesn't offer such a
> solution. I would prefer that it is not included because the vast
> majority of programs in */X11/* do take -display and it is useful to be
> able to complete it. If there is a particular program where it is
> annoying you such as imake, you can always write a custom completion for
> it. The */X11/* is in my opinion better than having a huge list of
> programs after #compdef in _x_arguments.

I second that.

I think Clint's patch was in response to the article/mail on one of
the Debian lists which I found and which made me add file-completion
to _x_arguments. Hm, we could make it call _default instead...

The patch is relative to the CVS so it also turns the #autoload back
into a #compdef (with a slightly different pattern then before; are
there still systems with X11R[45]?).

Bye
 Sven

diff -ru ../z.old/Completion/X/_x_arguments Completion/X/_x_arguments
--- ../z.old/Completion/X/_x_arguments	Tue Feb 22 09:11:00 2000
+++ Completion/X/_x_arguments	Tue Feb 22 09:59:27 2000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#autoload
+#compdef -P */X11(|R[456])/*
 
 local ret long xargs
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   '-geometry:geometry:_x_geometry'
 )
 
-(( $# )) || xargs=( "$xargs[@]" '*:files: _files' )
+(( $# )) || xargs=( "$xargs[@]" '*:default: _default' )
 
 long=$argv[(I)--]
 if (( long )); then

--
Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@informatik.hu-berlin.de

Re: PATCH: _x_arguments too broad

[Peter Stephenson]

Sven Wischnowsky wrote:
> -#autoload
> +#compdef -P */X11(|R[456])/*

How about `*/X11(|R[456])*/x*' ?  It won't match imake, but will match
virtually all the standard X commands.  It may still be too drastic though:
Mandrake 6.1 has 153 commands in /usr/X11R6/bin which would be
uncompleted.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk>

Re: PATCH: _x_arguments too broad

[Oliver Kiddle]

Clint Adams wrote:
> 
> zsh 433 % /usr/bin/X11/imake <TAB>-display
> -display    -geometry
> 
> Not very useful.  OTOH, /usr/openwin/bin/imake will
> complete files, which is perhaps more desirable in

It may not be useful but it does offer files aswell so isn't doing any
great harm, especially for people like me who have their styles
configured to only complete options after an initial prefix.

> this instance.  Since not every binary in */X11/*
> is going to take -display and -geometry, and most
> are likely to take other arguments, a better solution
> is needed.

Maybe a better solution is needed but your patch doesn't offer such a
solution. I would prefer that it is not included because the vast
majority of programs in */X11/* do take -display and it is useful to be
able to complete it. If there is a particular program where it is
annoying you such as imake, you can always write a custom completion for
it. The */X11/* is in my opinion better than having a huge list of
programs after #compdef in _x_arguments.

Oliver Kiddle

PATCH: _x_arguments too broad

[Clint Adams]

zsh 433 % /usr/bin/X11/imake <TAB>-display      
-display    -geometry

Not very useful.  OTOH, /usr/openwin/bin/imake will
complete files, which is perhaps more desirable in
this instance.  Since not every binary in */X11/*
is going to take -display and -geometry, and most
are likely to take other arguments, a better solution
is needed.

Index: Completion/X/_x_arguments
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/zsh/zsh/Completion/X/_x_arguments,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.4
diff -u -r1.1.1.4 _x_arguments
--- Completion/X/_x_arguments	2000/02/18 11:10:37	1.1.1.4
+++ Completion/X/_x_arguments	2000/02/21 18:20:28
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#compdef -P */X11/*
+#autoload
 
 local ret long xargs