8 files changed, 26 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1074d6a54..a0bceaca5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2019-04-04  Matthew Martin  <phy1729@gmail.com>
 
+	* 44200 (tweaked): Completion/Base/Core/_normal,
+	Completion/Linux/Command/_setsid,
+	Completion/Zsh/Command/_builtin,
+	Completion/Zsh/Command/_command, Completion/Zsh/Command/_exec,
+	Completion/Zsh/Command/_precommand, Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo: Append
+	to precommands in _normal.
+
 	* 44199: Completion/Base/Core/_normal: Use zparseopts.
 
 2019-04-01  dana  <dana@dana.is>
diff --git a/Completion/Base/Core/_normal b/Completion/Base/Core/_normal
index fe336e303..7732837ac 100644
--- a/Completion/Base/Core/_normal
+++ b/Completion/Base/Core/_normal
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #compdef -command-line-
 
-local _comp_command1 _comp_command2 _comp_command
+local _comp_command1 _comp_command2 _comp_command precommand
 local -A opts
 
-zparseopts -A opts -D - s
+zparseopts -A opts -D - p+:-=precommand s
 (( $+opts[-s] )) || _compskip=
+(( $#precommand )) && precommands+=(${precommand#-p})
 
 # Check for a history reference to complete modifiers.
 # $PREFIX has a quoted form of the !, so we can't test that
diff --git a/Completion/Linux/Command/_setsid b/Completion/Linux/Command/_setsid
index a8107e582..f3aef500a 100644
--- a/Completion/Linux/Command/_setsid
+++ b/Completion/Linux/Command/_setsid
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #compdef setsid
 
-[[ $service == setsid ]] && precommands+=( setsid )
-
 _arguments -s -S -A '-*' : \
   '(: * -)'{-h,--help}'[display help information]' \
   '(: * -)'{-V,--version}'[display version information]' \
@@ -9,4 +7,4 @@ _arguments -s -S -A '-*' : \
   '(-f --fork)'{-f,--fork}'[always fork]' \
   '(-w --wait)'{-w,--wait}'[wait for program to exit, and use same return code]' \
   '1: :_path_commands' \
-  '*:: : _normal'
+  '*:: : _normal -p $service'
diff --git a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_builtin b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_builtin
index a77af9879..ffb7b8c8d 100644
--- a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_builtin
+++ b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_builtin
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #compdef builtin
 
-precommands+=(builtin)
-
 if (( $CURRENT > 2 )); then
   shift words
   (( CURRENT -- ))
-  _normal
+  _normal -p $service
 else
   local expl
 
diff --git a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_command b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_command
index 4e2858676..7a59a2386 100644
--- a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_command
+++ b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_command
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 #compdef command
 
-# indicate if this is a precommand modifier
-[[ $service = command ]] && precommands+=(command)
-
 _arguments \
   '-v[indicate result of command search]:*:command:_path_commands' \
   '-V[show result of command search in verbose form]:*:command:_path_commands' \
   '(-)-p[use default PATH to find command]' \
   ':command:_path_commands' \
-  '*::arguments: _normal'
+  '*:: : _normal -p $service'
diff --git a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_exec b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_exec
index 8de341a02..2498b57c0 100644
--- a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_exec
+++ b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_exec
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #compdef exec
 
-[[ $service == exec ]] && precommands+=( exec )
-
 _arguments -s -S -A '-*' : \
   '-a+[set argv\[0\] to specified string]:argv[0] string' \
   '-c[clear environment]' \
   '-l[simulate login shell (prepend - to argv\[0\])]' \
-  '*:: : _normal'
+  '*:: : _normal -p $service'
diff --git a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_precommand b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_precommand
index c9eef78af..fd88074c0 100644
--- a/Completion/Zsh/Command/_precommand
+++ b/Completion/Zsh/Command/_precommand
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #compdef - nohup eval time rusage noglob nocorrect catchsegv aoss hilite eatmydata
 
-# precommands is made local in _main_complete
-precommands+=($words[1])
-
 shift words
 (( CURRENT-- ))
 
-_normal
+_normal -p $service
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
index ba49fe298..f0fdbf293 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
@@ -4658,7 +4658,7 @@ fi
 return ret)
 )
 findex(_normal)
-item(tt(_normal))(
+item(tt(_normal) [ tt(-p) var(precommand) ])(
 This is the standard function called to handle completion outside
 any special tt(-)var(context)tt(-).  It is called both to complete the command
 word and also the arguments for a command.  In the second case,
@@ -4668,10 +4668,17 @@ there is none it uses the completion for the tt(-default-) context.
 A second use is to reexamine the command line specified by the tt($words)
 array and the tt($CURRENT) parameter after those have been modified.
 For example, the function tt(_precommand), which
-completes after pre-command specifiers such as tt(nohup), removes the
+completes after precommand specifiers such as tt(nohup), removes the
 first word from the tt(words) array, decrements the tt(CURRENT) parameter,
-then calls tt(_normal) again.  The effect is that `tt(nohup) var(cmd ...)'
-is treated in the same way as `var(cmd ...)'.
+then calls `tt(_normal -p $service)'.  The effect is that
+`tt(nohup) var(cmd ...)' is treated in the same way as `var(cmd ...)'.
+
+startitem()
+item(tt(-p) var(precommand))(
+Append var(precommand) to the list of precommands. This option should be
+used in nearly all cases.
+)
+enditem()
 
 If the command name matches one of the patterns given by one of the
 options tt(-p) or tt(-P) to tt(compdef), the corresponding completion