Re: Completion of CLI parameters

[zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>]

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:40:15 +0100,  wrote:

>
>Here's a zle widget called insert-args-of which does the whole thing.
>Type `cmd1' and execute the widget.  Actually, !? searches for a string
>inside the command, so it's more powerful than I suggested.  What you
>asked for works without the `?'s.
>
>Works without `banghist' in use, since turning that on locally seems to
>be sufficient.
>
>
>#start
># Zle widget to look at a string and replace it with the arguments
># of the last command in the history containing that string.
>
>emulate -L zsh
>setopt banghist
>
># Remember position
>integer pos=$CURSOR
>
># Find start of word.  Just use whitespace.
>while [[ $CURSOR -gt 1 && $LBUFFER[-1] != [[:space:]] ]]; do
>  (( CURSOR-- ))
>done
>
># Insert history substitution characters
>LBUFFER+="!?"
>
># Go back to start position, remembering extra characters.
>(( CURSOR = pos + 2 ))
>
># Search for end of word.
>while [[ -n $RBUFFER && $RBUFFER[1] != [[:space:]] ]]; do
>  (( CURSOR++ ))
>done
>
># Insert trailing history substitution characters.
>LBUFFER+="?:*"
>
># Use magic-space to expand the history substitution.
>zle magic-space
>#end

Sorry to abuse your helpfullness but could you give me a complete
"idiots guide".

I presumably need a 
zle
bindkey
function insert-args-of 

Do these all go in my startup files? (I use .zshenv)


zzapper (vim, cygwin, wiki & zsh)
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