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-rw-r--r--Completion/Core/_compalso12
-rw-r--r--Completion/Core/_multi_parts287
-rw-r--r--Completion/Core/_path_files443
-rw-r--r--Completion/Core/_sep_parts78
-rw-r--r--Completion/Core/compinit72
5 files changed, 374 insertions, 518 deletions
diff --git a/Completion/Core/_compalso b/Completion/Core/_compalso
index 52fb08f05..61649901e 100644
--- a/Completion/Core/_compalso
+++ b/Completion/Core/_compalso
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 #autoload
 
-# This searches $1 in the array for normal completions and calls the result.
+# This searches $* in the array for normal completions and calls the result.
 # It is used to include completions for another command or special context
 # into the list generated by the calling function.
 # For example the function for `-subscript-' could call this as in
 # `_compalso -math-' to get the completions that would be generated for a
 # mathematical context.
 
-local tmp ret=1
+local i tmp
 
-tmp="$_comps[$1]"
-[[ -z "$tmp" ]] || "$tmp" && ret=0
+for i; do
+  tmp="$_comps[$1]"
+  [[ -z "$tmp" ]] || "$tmp" && return 0
+done
 
-return ret
+return 1
diff --git a/Completion/Core/_multi_parts b/Completion/Core/_multi_parts
index ab9438494..b49c41e22 100644
--- a/Completion/Core/_multi_parts
+++ b/Completion/Core/_multi_parts
@@ -7,15 +7,8 @@
 # The parts of words from the array that are separated by the
 # separator character are then completed independently.
 
-local sep matches patstr orig matchflags pref i tmp1 tmp2 nm
-local group expl menu origflags mflags
-
-_match_test _multi_parts || return 1
-
-# Save the current number of matches to be able to return if we added
-# matches or not.
-
-nm=$compstate[nmatches]
+local sep matches pref npref i tmp1 group expl menu pre suf
+typeset -U tmp2
 
 # Get the options.
 
@@ -41,193 +34,159 @@ else
   matches=( "${(@P)2}" )
 fi
 
-# Now build the pattern from what we have on the line. We also save
-# the original string in `orig'.
+# In `pre' and `suf' we will hold the prefix and the suffix from the
+# line while we walk through them. The original string are used 
+# temporarily for matching.
 
-if [[ $#compstate[pattern_match] -ne 0 ]]; then
-  if [[ "${compstate[pattern_match]-*}" = \** ]]; then
-    str="${PREFIX}*${SUFFIX}*"
-  else
-    str="${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}"
-  fi
-else
-  patstr="${PREFIX:q}*${SUFFIX:q}*"
-fi
-orig="${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}"
+pre="$PREFIX"
+suf="$SUFFIX"
+orig="$PREFIX$SUFFIX"
 
-[[ $compstate[insert] = *menu || -n "$_comp_correct" ||
+# Special handling for menucompletion?
+
+[[ $compstate[insert] = (*menu|[0-9]*) || -n "$_comp_correct" ||
    ( $#compstate[pattern_match] -ne 0 &&
      "$orig" != "${orig:q}" ) ]] && menu=yes
 
-matchflags=""
-_match_pattern _path_files patstr matchflags
-origflags="$matchflags"
-[[ -n "$_comp_correct" ]] && matchflags="$matchflags(#a$_comp_correct)"
-
-patstr="${${patstr//$sep/*$sep}//\*##/*}"
-
-# First we will skip over those parts of the matches for which we have 
-# exact substrings on the line. In `pref' we will build the
-# unambiguous prefix string.
+# In `pref' we collect the unambiguous prefix path.
 
 pref=''
-while [[ "$orig" = *${sep}* ]] do
 
-  # First build the pattern to use, then collect all strings from
-  # `matches' that match the prefix we have and the exact substring in 
-  # the array `tmp1'.
+# If the string from the line matches at least one of the strings,
+# we use only the matching strings.
 
-  if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#orig%%${sep}*}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-    mflags="$origflags"
-  else
-    mflags="$matchflags"
-  fi
-
-  pat="${${${patstr#*${sep}}%${sep}*}//\*/[^${sep}]#}"
-  tmp1=( "${(@M)matches:#${~mflags}${orig%%${sep}*}${sep}${~pat}}" )
+compadd -O tmp1 -M "r:|${sep}=* r:|=*" - "$matches[@]"
 
-  # If there are no words matching the exact substring, stop.
+(( $#tmp1 )) && matches=( "$tmp1[@]" )
 
-  (( $#tmp1 )) || break
+while true; do
 
-  # Otherwise add the part to the prefix, remove it from the matches
-  # (and also remove all words not matching the string at all), and
-  # set `patstr' and `orig' to the next component.
+  # Get the prefix and suffix for matching.
 
-  tmp1="${orig%%${sep}*}${sep}"
-  pref="$pref$tmp1"
-  matches=("${(@)${(@)${(@M)matches:#${tmp1}*}#$tmp1}:#}")
-  orig="${orig#*${sep}}"
-  patstr="${patstr#*${sep}}"
-done
-
-# Now we get all the words that still match in `tmp1'.
-
-if [[ "$patstr" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-  tmp1="${patstr%${sep}*}${sep}"
-  pat="${tmp1//\*/[^${sep}]#}${patstr##*${sep}}"
-else
-  pat="$patstr"
-fi
-if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#orig%%${sep}*}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-  mflags="$origflags"
-else
-  mflags="$matchflags"
-fi
-tmp1=( "${(@M)matches:#${~mflags}${~pat}}" )
-
-if (( $#tmp1 )); then
-
-  # There are words that are matched, put them into `matches' and then
-  # move all unambiguous components from the beginning into `pref'.
+  if [[ "$pre" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+    PREFIX="${pre%%${sep}*}"
+    SUFFIX=""
+  else
+    PREFIX="${pre}"
+    SUFFIX="${suf%%${sep}*}"
+  fi
 
-  matches=( "$tmp1[@]" )
-  while [[ "$matches[1]" = *${sep}* ]]; do
+  # Check if the component for some of the possible matches is equal
+  # to the string from the line. If there are such strings, we directly
+  # use the stuff from the line. This avoids having `foo' complete to
+  # both `foo' and `foobar'.
 
-    # We just take the first component of the first match and see if
-    # there are other matches with a different prefix (these are
-    # collected in `tmp2'). If there are any, we give up.
+  tmp1=( "${(@M)matches:#${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}${sep}*}" )
 
-    tmp1="${matches[1]%%${sep}*}${sep}"
-    tmp2=( "${(@)matches:#${tmp1}*}" )
-    (( $#tmp2 )) && break
+  if (( $#tmp1 )); then
+    npref="${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}${sep}"
+  else
+    # No exact match, see how many strings match what's on the line.
 
-    # All matches have the same prefix, put it into `pref' and remove
-    # it from the matches.
+    tmp2=( "${(@)matches%%${sep}*}" )
+    compadd -O tmp1 - "$tmp2[@]"
 
-    pref="$pref$tmp1"
-    matches=( "${(@)${(@)matches#$tmp1}:#}" )
+    if [[ $#tmp1 -eq 1 ]]; then
 
-    if [[ "$orig" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-      orig="${orig#*${sep}}"
-    else
-      orig=''
-    fi
-  done
+      # Only one match. If there are still separators from the line
+      # we just accept this component. Otherwise we insert what we 
+      # have collected, probably giving it a separator character
+      # as a suffix.
 
-  # Now we can tell the completion code about the things we
-  # found. Strings that have a separator will be added with a suffix.
-
-  if [[ -z "$orig" && "$PREFIX$SUFFIX" != "$pref$orig" ]]; then
-    compadd -QU  "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" -S '' - \
-            "${pref}${orig}"
-  elif [[ -n "$menu" ]]; then
-    if [[ "$orig" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-      orig="${sep}${orig#*${sep}}"
-    else
-      orig=''
-    fi
-    for i in "$matches[@]" ; do
-      if [[ "$i" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-	        -p "$pref" -s "$orig" - "${i%%${sep}*}${sep}"
+      if [[ "$pre$suf" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+        npref="${tmp1[1]}${sep}"
       else
-        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-	        -p "$pref" -s "$orig" - "${i%%${sep}*}"
+        matches=( "${(@M)matches:#${tmp1[1]}*}" )
+	tmp2=( "${(@M)matches:#${tmp1[1]}${sep}*}" )
+
+	if (( $#tmp2 )); then
+	  compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	          -p "$pref" -qS "$sep" - "$tmp1[1]"
+        else
+	  compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	          -p "$pref" - "$tmp1[1]"
+        fi
+	return 1
       fi
-    done
-  else
-    for i in "$matches[@]" ; do
-      if [[ "$i" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-        compadd -U -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" -p "$pref" -s "${i#*${sep}}" \
-	        "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -M "r:|${sep:q}=*" - "${i%%${sep}*}${sep}"
+    elif (( $#tmp1 )); then
+
+      # More than one match. First we get all strings that match the
+      # rest from the line.
+
+      PREFIX="$pre"
+      SUFFIX="$suf"
+      compadd -O matches -M "r:|${sep}=* r:|=*" - "$matches[@]"
+
+      if [[ -n "$menu" ]]; then
+        # With menucompletion we just add matches for the matching
+        # components with the prefix we collected and the rest from the
+        # line as a suffix.
+
+        tmp2="$pre$suf"
+        if [[ "$tmp2" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+          compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	          -p "$pref" -s "${sep}${tmp2#*${sep}}" - "$tmp1[@]"
+        else
+          compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	          -p "$pref" - "$tmp1[@]"
+        fi
       else
-        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-                -p "$pref" - "$i"
+        # With normal completion we add all matches one-by-one with
+	# the unmatched part as a suffix. This will insert the longest
+	# unambiguous string for all matching strings.
+
+        for i in "${(@M)matches:#(${(j:|:)~tmp1})*}"; do
+	  if [[ "$i" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+            compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	            -S '' -p "$pref" -s "${i#*${sep}}" - "${i%%${sep}*}${sep}"
+          else
+            compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	            -S '' -p "$pref" - "$i"
+          fi
+        done
       fi
-    done
-  fi
-elif [[ "$patstr" = *${sep}* ]]; then
-
-  # We had no words matching the string from the line. But we want to
-  # be friendly and at least expand the prefix as far as we can. So we 
-  # will loop through the rest of the string from the line and test
-  # the components one by one.
-
-  while [[ "$patstr" = *${sep}* ]]; do
-
-    # First we get all words matching at least this component in
-    # `tmp1'. If there are none, we give up.
-
-    if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#orig%%${sep}*}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-      mflags="$origflags"
+      return 0
     else
-      mflags="$matchflags"
-    fi
-    tmp1=( "${(@M)matches:#${~mflags}${~patstr%%${sep}*}${sep}*}" )
-    (( $#tmp1 )) || break
-
-    # Then we check if there are words that have a different prefix.
+      # We are here if no string matched what's on the line. In this
+      # case we insert the expanded prefix we collected if it differs
+      # from the original string from the line.
 
-    tmp2=( "${(@)tmp1:#${tmp1[1]%%${sep}*}${sep}*}" )
-    if (( $#tmp2 )); then
+      [[ "$orig" = "$pref$pre$suf" ]] && return 1
 
-      # There are words with another prefix, so we have found an
-      # ambiguous component. So we just give all possible prefixes to
-      # the completion code together with our prefix and the rest of
-      # the string from the line as the suffix.
-
-      compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -S '' -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-              -p "$pref" -s "${sep}${orig#*${sep}}" - "${(@)matches%%${sep}*}"
+      if [[ -n "$suf" ]]; then
+        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	        -s "$suf" - "$pref$pre"
+      else
+        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	        -S '' - "$pref$pre$suf"
+      fi
       return 0
     fi
+  fi
 
-    # All words have the same prefix, so add it to `pref' again and
-    # try the next component.
+  # We just accepted and/or expanded a component from the line. We
+  # remove it from the matches (using only those that have a least
+  # the skipped string) and ad it the `pref'.
 
-    pref="$pref${tmp1[1]%%${sep}*}${sep}"
-    matches=( "${(@)matches#${tmp1[1]%%${sep}*}${sep}}" )
-    orig="${orig#*${sep}}"
-    patstr="${patstr#*${sep}}"
-  done
+  matches=( "${(@)${(@)${(@M)matches:#${npref}*}#*${sep}}:#}" )
+  pref="$pref$npref"
 
-  # Finally, add the unambiguous prefix and the rest of the string
-  # from the line.
+  # Now we set `pre' and `suf' to their new values.
 
-  compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -S '' -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-          -p "$pref" - "$orig"
-fi
+  if [[ "$pre" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+    pre="${pre#*${sep}}"
+  elif [[ "$suf" = *${sep}* ]]; then
+    pre="${suf#*${sep}}"
+    suf=""
+  else
+    # The string from the line is fully handled. If we collected an
+    # unambiguous prefix and that differs from the original string,
+    # we insert it.
 
-# This sets the return value to indicate that we added matches (or not).
+    [[ -n "$pref" && "$orig" != "$pref" ]] &&
+        compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	        -S '' - "$pref"
 
-[[ nm -ne compstate[nmatches] ]]
+    return
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/Completion/Core/_path_files b/Completion/Core/_path_files
index 54b04a368..21837ade2 100644
--- a/Completion/Core/_path_files
+++ b/Completion/Core/_path_files
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 # the last have the same syntax and meaning as for `compgen' or
 # `compadd', respectively. The `-F <ignore>' option may be used to give
 # a list of suffixes either by giving the name of an array or
-# literally by giving them in a string surrounded by
-# parentheses. Files with one of the suffixes thus given are treated
-# like files with one of the suffixes in the `fignore' array in normal
-# completion.
+# literally by giving them in a string surrounded by parentheses. Files
+# with one of the suffixes thus given are treated like files with one
+# of the suffixes in the `fignore' array in normal completion.
 #
 # This function supports one configuration key:
 #
@@ -18,22 +17,13 @@
 #    If this is set to a non-empty string, the partially typed path
 #    from the line will be expanded as far as possible even if trailing
 #    pathname components can not be completed.
-#
-#
-# This function uses the helper functions `_match_test' and `_match_pattern'.
-
-# First see if we should generate matches for the global matcher in use.
-
-_match_test _path_files || return 1
 
-# Yes, so...
+local linepath realpath donepath prepath testpath exppath
+local tmp1 tmp2 tmp3 tmp4 i orig pre suf tpre tsuf
+local pats ignore group expl addpfx addsfx remsfx
+local nm=$compstate[nmatches] menu
 
-local nm str linepath realpath donepath patstr prepath testpath rest
-local tmp1 collect tmp2 suffixes i ignore matchflags opt group sopt pats gopt
-local addpfx addsfx expl orig ostr nm=$compstate[nmatches] menu remsfx patlast
-local origflags mflags tmp3 tmp4 exppaths
-
-typeset -U prepaths
+typeset -U prepaths exppaths
 
 setopt localoptions nullglob rcexpandparam extendedglob
 unsetopt markdirs globsubst shwordsplit nounset
@@ -109,35 +99,27 @@ if [[ "$sopt" = - ]]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-# str holds the whole string from the command line with a `*' between
-# the prefix and the suffix. Then we see if we will do menucompletion.
+# We get the prefix and the suffix from the line and save the whole
+# original string. Then we see if we will do menucompletion.
 
-if [[ $#compstate[pattern_match] -ne 0 ]]; then
-  if [[ "${compstate[pattern_match]-*}" = \** ]]; then
-    str="${PREFIX}*${SUFFIX}"
-  else
-    str="${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}"
-  fi
-else
-  str="${PREFIX:q}*${SUFFIX:q}"
-  [[ "$str" = \\\~* ]] && str="$str[2,-1]"
-fi
+pre="$PREFIX"
+suf="$SUFFIX"
 orig="${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}"
 
-[[ $compstate[insert] = *menu || -n "$_comp_correct" ||
+[[ $compstate[insert] = (*menu|[0-9]*) || -n "$_comp_correct" ||
    ( $#compstate[pattern_match] -ne 0 &&
      "${orig#\~}" != "${${orig#\~}:q}" ) ]] && menu=yes
 
-
 # We will first try normal completion called with `compgen', but only if we
-# weren't given a `-F', `-r', or `-R' option.
+# weren't given a `-F', `-r', or `-R' option or we are in the string.
 
-if [[ $#ignore -eq 0 && $#remsfx -eq 0 && -z "$_comp_correct" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "$suf" && $#ignore -eq 0 && $#remsfx -eq 0 &&
+      -z "$_comp_correct" ]]; then
   # First build an array containing the `-W' option, if there is any and we
   # want to use it. We don't want to use it if the string from the command line
   # is a absolute path or relative to the current directory.
 
-  if [[ -z "$tmp1[1]" || "$str[1]" = [~/] || "$str" = (.|..)/* ]]; then
+  if [[ -z "$prepaths[1]" || "$pre[1]" = [~/] || "$pre" = (.|..)/* ]]; then
     tmp1=()
   else
     tmp1=(-W "( $prepaths )")
@@ -145,7 +127,6 @@ if [[ $#ignore -eq 0 && $#remsfx -eq 0 && -z "$_comp_correct" ]]; then
 
   # Now call compgen.
 
-  nm=$compstate[nmatches]
   if [[ -z "$gopt" ]]; then
     compgen "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" "$tmp1[@]" $sopt
   else
@@ -157,13 +138,13 @@ if [[ $#ignore -eq 0 && $#remsfx -eq 0 && -z "$_comp_correct" ]]; then
   [[ compstate[nmatches] -eq nm ]] || return 0
 fi
 
-# No `-F' option, so we want to use `fignore'.
+# If given no `-F' option, we want to use `fignore'.
 
 (( $#ignore )) || ignore=(-F fignore)
 
 # Now let's have a closer look at the string to complete.
 
-if [[ "$str[1]" = \~ ]]; then
+if [[ "$pre[1]" = \~ ]]; then
   # It begins with `~', so remember anything before the first slash to be able
   # to report it to the completion code. Also get an expanded version of it
   # (in `realpath'), so that we can generate the matches. Then remove that
@@ -171,10 +152,10 @@ if [[ "$str[1]" = \~ ]]; then
   # paths and make sure that the loop below is run only once with an empty
   # prefix path by setting `prepaths'.
   
-  linepath="${str%%/*}/"
+  linepath="${pre%%/*}/"
   eval realpath\=$linepath
   [[ "$realpath" = "$linepath" ]] && return 1
-  str="${str#*/}"
+  pre="${pre#*/}"
   orig="${orig#*/}"
   donepath=''
   prepaths=( '' )
@@ -185,12 +166,12 @@ else
   linepath=''
   realpath=''
 
-  if [[ "$str[1]" = / ]]; then
+  if [[ "$pre[1]" = / ]]; then
     # If it is a absolut path name, we remove the first slash and put it in
     # `donepath' meaning that we treat it as the path that was already handled.
     # Also, we don't use the paths from `-W'.
 
-    str="$str[2,-1]"
+    pre="$pre[2,-1]"
     orig="$orig[2,-1]"
     donepath='/'
     prepaths=( '' )
@@ -198,278 +179,204 @@ else
     # The common case, we just use the string as it is, unless it begins with
     # `./' or `../' in which case we don't use the paths from `-W'.
     
-    [[ "$str" = (.|..)/* ]] && prepaths=( '' )
+    [[ "$pre" = (.|..)/* ]] && prepaths=( '' )
     donepath=''
   fi
 fi
 
-# Now build the glob pattern by calling `_match_pattern'.
-patstr="$str"
-matchflags=""
-_match_pattern _path_files patstr matchflags
-origflags="$matchflags"
-[[ -n "$_comp_correct" ]] && matchflags="$matchflags(#a$_comp_correct)"
-
-# We almost expect the pattern to have changed `..' into `*.*.', `/.' into
-# `/*.', and probably to contain two or more consecutive `*'s. Since these
-# have special meaning for globbing, we remove them. But before that, we
-# add the pattern for matching any characters before a slash.
-
-patstr="$patstr:gs-/-*/-:gs/*.*./../:gs/**/*/:gs-.*/-./-"
-
-# We take the last pathname component from the pattern and store it in
-# `patlast', replacing `*'s in it with patterns that match any character
-# but not slashes. Later we will generate matches using `patstr' with the
-# patterns we were given (like `*.c') appended to it, producing all matching
-# files. These filenames are then compared to `patlast' and all names not
-# matching that will be removed. All this is needed to be able to correctly
-# support `completeinword' as otherwise we would have something like `a*x'
-# from the line (the `*' was inserted above) and appending the `-g' pattern
-# `*.tex' would yield `a*x*.tex' which is not what we want.
-
-if [[ "$patstr" = */* ]]; then
-  if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#orig##*/}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-    patlast="*/${origflags}${${${patstr##*/}//\*/[^/]#}:gs.\[^/]#.\\\*.}"
-  else
-    patlast="*/${matchflags}${${${patstr##*/}//\*/[^/]#}:gs.\[^/]#.\\\*.}"
-  fi
-  patstr="${patstr%/*}/"
-else
-  if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "$#orig" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-    patlast="${origflags}${${patstr//\*/[^/]#}:gs.\[^/]#.\\\*.}"
-  else
-    patlast="${matchflags}${${patstr//\*/[^/]#}:gs.\[^/]#.\\\*.}"
-  fi
-  patstr=""
-fi
-
-# First we skip over all pathname components in `str' which really exist in
-# the file-system, so that `/usr/lib/l<TAB>' doesn't offer you `lib' and
-# `lib5'. Pathname components skipped this way are taken from `orig' and added
-# to `donepath'.
+# Now we generate the matches. First we loop over all prefix paths given
+# with the `-W' option.
 
-while [[ "$orig" = */* ]] do
-  tmp1=( $realpath$donepath${orig%%/*}/${~matchflags}${~patstr#*/}${^~pats} )
-  tmp1=("${(@M)tmp1:#$~patlast}")
-  [[ $#tmp1 -gt 0 && -e "$realpath$donepath${orig%%/*}" ]] || break
-  donepath="$donepath${orig%%/*}/"
-  orig="${orig#*/}"
-  patstr="${patstr#*/}"
-done
+for prepath in "$prepaths[@]"; do
 
-# Finally, generate the matches. First we loop over all the paths from `-W'.
-# Note that in this loop `str' is used as a modifyable version of `patstr'
-# and `testpath' is a modifyable version of `donepath'.
+  # Get local copies of the prefix, suffix, and the prefix path to use
+  # in the following loop, which walks through the pathname components
+  # in the string from the line.
 
-for prepath in "$prepaths[@]"; do
-  str="$patstr"
+  tpre="$pre"
+  tsuf="$suf"
   testpath="$donepath"
-  ostr="$orig"
 
-  [[ -z "$prepath" || "$prepath[-1]" = / ]] || prepath="${prepath}/"
+  tmp1=( "$prepath$realpath$donepath" )
 
-  # The second loop tests the components of the path in `str' to get the
-  # possible matches.
+  while true; do
 
-  while [[ "$str" = */* ]] do
-    # `rest' is the pathname after the first slash that is left. In `tmp1'
-    # we get the globbing matches for the pathname component currently
-    # handled.
+    # Skip over `./' and `../'.
+
+    if [[ "$tpre" = (.|..)/* ]]; then
+      tmp1=( ${^tmp1}${tpre%%/*}/ )
+      tpre="${tpre#*/}"
+      continue
+    fi
 
-    if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#ostr%%/*}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-      mflags="$origflags"
+    # Get the prefix and suffix for matching.
+
+    if [[ "$tpre" = */* ]]; then
+      PREFIX="${tpre%%/*}"
+      SUFFIX=""
     else
-      mflags="$matchflags"
+      PREFIX="${tpre}"
+      SUFFIX="${tsuf%%/*}"
     fi
-    rest="${str#*/}"
-    tmp1="${prepath}${realpath}${testpath}${~mflags}${str%%/*}(-/)"
-    tmp1=( $~tmp1 )
 
-    if [[ $#tmp1 -eq 0 ]]; then
-      # If this didn't produce any matches, we don't need to test this path
-      # any further, so continue with the next `-W' path, if any.
+    # Get the matching files by globbing.
 
-      continue 2
-    elif [[ $#tmp1 -gt 1 ]]; then
-      # If it produced more than one match, we want to remove those which
-      # don't have possible following pathname components matching the 
-      # rest of the string we are completing. (The case with only one
-      # match is handled below.)
-      # In `collect' we will collect those of the produced pathnames that
-      # have a matching possible path-suffix. In `suffixes' we build an
-      # array containing strings build from the rest of the string to 
-      # complete and the glob patterns we were given as arguments.
-
-      collect=()
-      suffixes=( $rest$^pats )
-      suffixes=( "${(@)suffixes:gs.**.*.}" )
-
-      if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#ostr#*/}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-        mflags="$origflags"
-      else
-        mflags="$matchflags"
-      fi
+    if [[ "$tpre$tsuf" = */* ]]; then
+      tmp1=( ${^tmp1}*(D/) )
+    else
+      tmp1=( ${^tmp1}${^~pats} )
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n "$PREFIX$SUFFIX" ]]; then
+      # See which of them match what's on the line.
 
-      # In the loop the prefixes from the `tmp1' array produced above and
-      # the suffixes we just built are used to produce possible matches
-      # via globbing.
-
-      for i in "$tmp1[@]" ; do
-        tmp2=( ${~i}/${~mflags}${~suffixes} )
-        tmp2=("${(@M)tmp2:#$~patlast}")
-        [[ $#tmp2 -ne 0 ]] && collect=( $collect $i )
-      done
-
-      # If this test showed that none of the matches from the glob in `tmp1'
-      # has a possible sub-path matching what's on the line, we add the
-      # matches found in `tmp1' and otherwise give up and continue with the
-      # next `-W' path.
-
-      if [[ $#collect -eq 0 ]]; then
-        # Before giving, we first try to get the longest expandable path-
-	# prefix, though. The result is stored in `exppaths'
-
-        tmp2=()
-	tmp3="$rest"
-	tmp4="${ostr##*/}"
-	ostr="${ostr%/*}"
-	while [[ "$tmp3" = */* ]]; do
-	  tmp2=( ${^tmp1}/${~mflags}${~tmp3} )
-	  if [[ $#tmp2 -eq 1 ]]; then
-	    exppaths=( "$exppaths[@]" "${tmp2[1]}${tmp4}" )
-	    exppaths=( "${(@)exppaths#${prepath}${realpath}}" )
-	    break;
-          fi
-	  tmp3="${tmp3%/*}"
-	  tmp4="${ostr##*/}/${tmp4}"
-	  ostr="${ostr%/*}"
-        done
+      compadd -O tmp2 "$ignore[@]" - "${(@)tmp1##*/}"
+
+      # If no file matches, save the expanded path and continue with
+      # the outer loop.
+
+      if [[ $#tmp2 -eq 0 ]]; then
+ 	[[ "$tmp1[1]" = */* ]] &&
+	    exppaths=( "$exppaths[@]" ${^tmp1%/*}/${tpre}${tsuf} )
         continue 2
-      elif [[ $#collect -ne 1 ]]; then
-        # If we have more than one possible match, this means that the
-	# pathname component currently handled is ambiguous, so we give
-	# it to the completion code.
-	# First we build the full path prefix in `tmp1'.
+      fi
 
-        tmp1="$prepath$realpath$testpath"
+      # Remove all files that weren't matched.
 
-	# Now produce all matching pathnames in `collect'.
+      if [[ "$tmp1[1]" = */* ]]; then
+        tmp1=( "${(@M)tmp1:#*/(${(j:|:)~${(@)tmp2:q}})}" )
+      else
+        tmp1=( "${(@M)tmp1:#(${(j:|:)~${(@)tmp2:q}})}" )
+      fi
+    elif (( ! $#tmp1 )); then
+      [[ "$tmp1[1]" = */* ]] &&
+          exppaths=( "$exppaths[@]" ${^tmp1%/*}/${tpre}${tsuf} )
+      continue 2
+    fi
 
-        collect=( ${~collect}/${~matchflags}${~suffixes} )
-	collect=("${(@M)collect:#$~patlast}")
+    # Step over to the next component, if any.
 
-	# And then remove the common path prefix from all these matches.
+    if [[ "$tpre" = */* ]]; then
+      tpre="${tpre#*/}"
+    elif [[ "$tsuf" = */* ]]; then
+      tpre="${tsuf#*/}"
+      tsuf=""
+    else
+      break
+    fi
 
-        collect=( ${collect#$tmp1} )
+    # There are more components, so add a slash to the files we are
+    # collecting.
 
-	# Finally, we add all these matches with the common (unexpanded)
-	# pathprefix (the `-p' option), the path-prefix (the `-W' option)
-	# to allow the completion code to test file type, and the path-
-	# suffix (the `-s' option). We also tell the completion code that
-	# these are file names and that `fignore' should be used as usual
-	# (the `-f' and `-F' options).
+    tmp1=( ${^tmp1}/ )
+  done
 
-	if [[ -n "$menu" ]]; then
-          compadd -QU "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" \
-                  -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" -p "$linepath${testpath:q}" \
-		  -s "/${ostr#*/}" \
-		  -W "$tmp1" -f "$ignore[@]" - "${(@)${(@)collect%%/*}:q}"
-	else
-          for i in $collect; do
-            compadd -QU "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" \
-	            -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-                    -p "$linepath${testpath:q}" -s "/${${i#*/}:q}" \
-		    -M 'r:|/=*' -W "$tmp1" -f "$ignore[@]" - "${${i%%/*}:q}"
-          done
-	fi
+  # The next loop searches the first ambiguous component.
 
-	# We have just finished handling all the matches from above, so we
-	# can continue with the next `-W' path.
+  tmp3="$pre$suf"
+  tmp1=( "${(@)tmp1#${prepath}${realpath}${testpath}}" )
 
-	continue 2
-      fi
+  while true; do
 
-      # We reach this point if only one of the path prefixes in `tmp1'
-      # has a existing path-suffix matching the string from the line.
-      # In this case we accept this match and continue with the next
-      # path-name component.
+    # First we check if some of the files match the original string
+    # for this component. If there are some we remove all other
+    # names. This avoid having `foo' complete to `foo' and `foobar'.
 
-      tmp1=( "$collect[1]" )
-    elif [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "$mflags" = "$matchflags" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$tmp3" = */* ]]; then
+      tmp4=( "${(@M)tmp1:#${tmp3%%/*}/*}" )
+      if (( $#tmp4 )); then
+        tmp1=( "$tmp4[@]" )
+      fi
+    fi
 
-      # If we got only one match with auto-correction and if we get none
-      # without correction, stop now.
+    # Next we see if this component is ambiguous.
 
-      tmp2="${prepath}${realpath}${testpath}${~origflags}${str%%/*}(-/)"
-      tmp2=( $~tmp2 )
+    if [[ "$tmp3" = */* ]]; then
+      tmp4=( "${(@)tmp1:#${tmp1[1]%%/*}/*}" )
+    else
+      tmp4=( "${(@)tmp1:#${tmp1[1]}}" )
+    fi
 
-      if [[ $#tmp1 -ne $#tmp2 ]]; then
-        compadd -QU "$addpfx[@]" -S '' "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" \
-                -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-                -p "$linepath${testpath:q}" -s "/${ostr#*/}" \
-		- "${${tmp1#${prepath}${realpath}${testpath}}:q}"
-        continue 2
+    if (( $#tmp4 )); then
+
+      # It is. For menucompletion we now add the possible completions
+      # for this component with the unambigous prefix we have built
+      # and the rest of the string from the line as the suffix.
+      # For normal completion we add the rests of the filenames
+      # collected as the suffixes to make the completion code expand
+      # it as far as possible.
+
+      if [[ -n $menu ]]; then
+        if [[ "$tmp3" = */* ]]; then
+	  compadd -Uf -p "$linepath$testpath" -s "/${tmp3#*/}" \
+	          -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" "$ignore[@]" \
+		  "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" \
+		  "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+		  - "${(@)tmp1%%/*}"
+	else
+	  compadd -Uf -p "$linepath$testpath" \
+	          -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" "$ignore[@]" \
+		   "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" \
+		   "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+		   - "$tmp1[@]"
+	fi
+      else
+        if [[ "$tmp3" = */* ]]; then
+          for i in "$tmp1[@]"; do
+	    compadd -Uf -p "$linepath$testpath" -s "/${i#*/}" \
+		    -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" "$ignore[@]" \
+		    "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" -M 'r:|/=* r:|=*' \
+		    "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+		    - "${i%%/*}"
+	  done
+        else
+	  compadd -Uf -p "$linepath$testpath" \
+		  -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" "$ignore[@]" \
+		  "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" \
+		  "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+		  - "$tmp1[@]"
+        fi
       fi
+      tmp4=-
+      break
     fi
-    # This is also reached if the first globbing produced only one match
-    # in this case we just continue with the next pathname component, too.
 
-    tmp1="$tmp1[1]"
-    testpath="$testpath${tmp1##*/}/"
-    str="$rest"
-    ostr="${ostr#*/}"
-  done
+    # If we have checked all components, we stop now and add the 
+    # strings collected after the loop.
 
-  # We are here if all pathname components except the last one (which is still
-  # not tested) are unambiguous. So we add matches with the full path prefix, 
-  # no path suffix, the `-W' we are currently handling, all the matches we
-  # can produce in this directory, if any.
+    if [[ "$tmp3" != */* ]]; then
+      tmp4=""
+      break
+    fi
 
-  if [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && "${#ostr#*/}" -le _comp_correct ]]; then
-    mflags="$origflags"
-  else
-    mflags="$matchflags"
-  fi
-  tmp1="$prepath$realpath$testpath"
-  suffixes=( $str$^pats )
-  suffixes=( "${(@)suffixes:gs.**.*.}" )
-  tmp2=( ${~tmp1}${~matchflags}${~suffixes} )
-  if [[ "$tmp1" = */* && "$patlast" != \*/* ]]; then
-    tmp2=("${(@M)tmp2:#*${~patlast}}")
-  else
-    tmp2=("${(@M)tmp2:#$~patlast}")
-  fi
-  if [[ $#tmp2 -eq 0 ]]; then
-    # No match, insert the expanded path and add the original tail.
+    # Otherwise we add the unambiguous component to `testpath' and
+    # take it from the filenames.
 
-    [[ "$testpath[-1]" = / ]] && testpath="$testpath[1,-2]"
-    [[ -z "$testpath" && "$linepath[-1]" = / ]] && linepath="$linepath[1,-2]"
-    [[ -n "$ostr" && -n "$linepath$testpath" ]] && ostr="/$ostr"
+    testpath="${testpath}${tmp1[1]%%/*}/"
+    tmp1=( "${(@)tmp1#*/}" )
 
-    # But only if something changed.
-    [[ "${PREFIX}${SUFFIX}" = $linepath$testpath$ostr(|/) ]] && return 1
+    tmp3="${tmp3#*/}"
+  done
 
-    compadd -QU -S '' "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" \
-            -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" -f - "$linepath${testpath:q}$ostr"
-  else
-    compadd -QU "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" \
-            -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
-            -p "$linepath${testpath:q}" -f "$ignore[@]" \
-	    -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" - "${(@)${(@)tmp2#$tmp1}:q}"
+  if [[ -z "$tmp4" ]]; then
+    compadd -Uf -p "$linepath$testpath" \
+	    -W "$prepath$realpath$testpath" "$ignore[@]" \
+	    "$addpfx[@]" "$addsfx[@]" "$remsfx[@]" \
+	    "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" \
+	    - "$tmp1[@]"
   fi
 done
 
-# If no matches were found but we have expanded paths which are different
-# from the original string, use them.
+# If we are configured to expand paths as far as possible and we collected
+# expanded paths that are different from the string on the line, we add
+# them as possible matches.
 
 exppaths=( "${(@)exppaths:#$orig}" )
 
 if [[ -n "$compconfig[path_expand]" &&
-      nm -eq compstate[nmatches] && $#exppaths -ne 0 ]]; then
-  compadd -UQ -S '' "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" - \
-          "${linepath}${(@)^exppaths}"
+      $#exppaths -ne 0 && nm -eq compstate[nmatches] ]]; then
+  compadd -U -S '' "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" - \
+          "${(@)exppaths}"
 fi
 
-# This sets the return value to indicate that we added matches (or not).
-
-[[ nm -ne compstate[nmatches] ]]
+[[ nm -eq compstate[nmatches] ]]
diff --git a/Completion/Core/_sep_parts b/Completion/Core/_sep_parts
index fc927163b..b906a3042 100644
--- a/Completion/Core/_sep_parts
+++ b/Completion/Core/_sep_parts
@@ -9,24 +9,17 @@
 #
 #  _sep_parts '(foo bar)' @ hosts
 #
-# This will make this function complete the strings in the array
-# `friends'. If the string on the line contains a `@', the substring
-# after it will be completed from the array `hosts'. Of course more
-# arrays may be given, each preceded by another separator string.
+# This will make this function complete the strings `foo' and `bar'
+# If the string on the line contains a `@', the substring after it
+# will be completed from the array `hosts'. Of course more arrays
+# may be given, each preceded by another separator string.
 #
 # This function understands the `-J group', `-V group', and
 # `-X explanation' options.
-#
-# This function does part of the matching itself and calls the functions
-# `_match_test' and `_match_pattern' for this.
 
 local str arr sep test testarr tmparr prefix suffixes matchers autosuffix
 local matchflags opt group expl nm=$compstate[nmatches]
 
-# Test if we should use this function for the global matcher in use.
-
-_match_test _sep_parts || return 1
-
 # Get the options.
 
 group=()
@@ -42,7 +35,7 @@ shift OPTIND-1
 # Get the string from the line.
 
 str="$PREFIX$SUFFIX"
-[[ $#compstate[pattern_match] -ne 0 ]] || str="$str:q"
+SUFFIX=""
 prefix=""
 
 # Walk through the arguments to find the longest unambiguous prefix.
@@ -56,61 +49,49 @@ while [[ $# -gt 1 ]]; do
     tmparr=( ${=arr[2,-2]} )
     arr=tmparr
   fi
-  # Is the separator on the line?
-  [[ "$str" != *${sep}* ]] && break
 
-  # Build a pattern matching the possible matches and get all these
-  # matches in an array.
+  # Is the separator on the line?
 
-  test="${str%%${sep}*}"
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && $#test -le _comp_correct ]] && return 1
+  [[ "$str" != *${sep}* ]] && break
 
-  matchflags=""
-  _match_pattern _sep_parts test matchflags
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" ]] && matchflags="$matchflags(#a$_comp_correct)"
+  # Get the matching array elements.
 
-  test="${matchflags}${test}"
-  testarr=( "${(@M)${(@P)arr}:#${~test}*}" )
-  testarr=( "${(@)testarr:#}" )
+  PREFIX="${str%%${sep}*}"
+  compadd -O testarr - "${(@P)arr}"
 
   # If there are no matches we give up. If there is more than one
   # match, this is the part we will complete.
+
   (( $#testarr )) || return 1
   [[ $#testarr -gt 1 ]] && break
 
   # Only one match, add it to the prefix and skip over it in `str',
   # continuing with the next array and separator.
+
   prefix="${prefix}${testarr[1]}${sep}"
   str="${str#*${sep}}"
   shift 2
 done
 
 # Get the array to work upon.
+
 arr="$1"
 if [[ "$arr[1]" == '(' ]]; then
   tmparr=( ${=arr[2,-2]} )
   arr=tmparr
 fi
+
 if [[ $# -le 1 || "$str" != *${2}* ]]; then
   # No more separators, build the matches.
 
-  test="$str"
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && $#test -le _comp_correct ]] && return 1
-
-  matchflags=""
-  _match_pattern _sep_parts test matchflags
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" ]] && matchflags="$matchflags(#a$_comp_correct)"
-
-  [[ "${compstate[pattern_match]-*}" != \** ]] && test="$test:gs/*//"
-
-  test="${matchflags}${test}"
-  testarr=( "${(@M)${(@P)arr}:#${~test}*}" )
-  testarr=( "${(@)testarr:#}" )
+  PREFIX="$str"
+  compadd -O testarr - "${(@P)arr}"
 fi
 
 [[ $#testarr -eq 0 || ${#testarr[1]} -eq 0 ]] && return 1
 
 # Now we build the suffixes to give to the completion code.
+
 shift
 matchers=()
 suffixes=("")
@@ -118,26 +99,18 @@ autosuffix=()
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 && "$str" == *${1}* ]]; do
   # Remove anything up to the the suffix.
+
   str="${str#*${1}}"
 
   # Again, we get the string from the line up to the next separator
   # and build a pattern from it.
+
   if [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then
-    test="${str%%${3}*}"
+    PREFIX="${str%%${3}*}"
   else
-    test="$str"
+    PREFIX="$str"
   fi
 
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" && $#test -le _comp_correct ]] && return 1
-
-  matchflags=""
-  _match_pattern _sep_parts test matchflags
-  [[ -n "$_comp_correct" ]] && matchflags="$matchflags(#a$_comp_correct)"
-
-  [[ "${compstate[pattern_match]-*}" != \** ]] && test="$test:gs/*//"
-
-  test="${matchflags}${test}"
-
   # We incrementally add suffixes by appending to them the seperators
   # and the strings from the next array that match the pattern we built.
 
@@ -146,26 +119,31 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 && "$str" == *${1}* ]]; do
     tmparr=( ${=arr[2,-2]} )
     arr=tmparr
   fi
-  tmparr=( "${(@M)${(@P)arr}:#${~test}*}" )
-  tmparr=( "${(@)tmparr:#}" )
+
+  compadd -O tmparr - "${(@P)arr}"
+
   suffixes=("${(@)^suffixes[@]}${1}${(@)^tmparr}")
 
   # We want the completion code to generate the most specific suffix
   # for us, so we collect matching specifications that allow partial
   # word matching before the separators on the fly.
+
   matchers=("$matchers[@]" "r:|${1:q}=*")
   shift 2
 done
 
 # If we were given at least one more separator we make the completion
 # code offer it by appending it as a autoremovable suffix.
+
 (( $# )) && autosuffix=(-qS "$1")
 
 # If we have collected matching specifications, we build an array
 # from it that can be used as arguments to `compadd'.
+
 [[ $#matchers -gt 0 ]] && matchers=(-M "$matchers")
 
 # Add the matches for each of the suffixes.
+
 for i in "$suffixes[@]"; do
   compadd -U "$group[@]" "$expl[@]" "$matchers[@]" "$autosuffix[@]" \
           -i "$IPREFIX" -I "$ISUFFIX" -p "$prefix" -s "$i" - "$testarr[@]"
diff --git a/Completion/Core/compinit b/Completion/Core/compinit
index 19a0fd1ad..20b1262ec 100644
--- a/Completion/Core/compinit
+++ b/Completion/Core/compinit
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 # Initialisation for new style completion. This mainly contains some helper
-# function and aliases. Everything else is split into different files in this
-# directory that will automatically be made autoloaded (see the end of this
-# file).
+# functions and aliases. Everything else is split into different files that
+# will automatically be made autoloaded (see the end of this file).
 # The names of the files that will be considered for autoloading have to
-# start with a underscores (like `_setopt).
+# start with an underscores (like `_setopt).
 # The first line of these files will be read and has to say what should be
 # done with its contents:
 #
-#   `#defcomp <names ...>'
-#     if the first line looks like this, the file is
-#     autoloaded as a function and that function will
-#     be called to generate the matches when completing
-#     for one of the commands whose <name> is given
+#   `#compdef <names ...>'
+#     If the first line looks like this, the file is autoloaded as a
+#     function and that function will be called to generate the matches
+#     when completing for one of the commands whose <names> are given.
 #
-#   `#defpatcomp <pattern>'
-#     this defines a function that should be called to generate
-#     matches for commands whose name matches <pattern>; note
-#     that only one pattern may be given
+#   `#compdef -p <pattern>'
+#     This defines a function that should be called to generate matches
+#     for commands whose name matches <pattern>. Note that only one pattern
+#     may be given.
 #
-#   `#defkeycomp <style> [ <key-sequence> ... ]
-#     this is used to bind special completions to all the given
+#   `#compdef -k <style> [ <key-sequence> ... ]
+#     This is used to bind special completions to all the given
 #     <key-sequence>(s). The <style> is the name of one of the built-in
 #     completion widgets (complete-word, delete-char-or-list,
 #     expand-or-complete, expand-or-complete-prefix, list-choices,
@@ -41,11 +39,6 @@
 # were able to add matches and non-zero otherwise.
 #
 # See the file `compdump' for how to speed up initialisation.
-#
-# If you are using global matching specifications with `compctl -M ...'
-# have a look at the files `_match_test' and `_match_pattern'. To make
-# all the example functions use matching as specified with `-M' these
-# need some editing.
 
 # If we got the `-d'-flag, we will automatically dump the new state (at
 # the end).
@@ -220,17 +213,34 @@ compdef() {
 # and sets the according values in `compconfig'.
 # Arguments may be `foo=bar' to set key `foo' to `bar' or `baz' to
 # set key `baz' to the empty string.
+# If no arguments are given, all configurations keys set are displayed.
+# With the option `-l' as the first argument, the other arguments are
+# taken to be key names and the values for theses keys are printed, one
+# per line.
 
 compconf() {
   local i
 
-  for i; do
-    if [[ "$i" = *\=* ]]; then
-      compconfig[${i%%\=*}]="${i#*\=}"
+  if (( $# )); then
+    if [[ "$1" = -l ]]; then
+      shift
+      for i; do
+        print $compconfig[$i]
+      done
     else
-      compconfig[$i]=''
+      for i; do
+        if [[ "$i" = *\=* ]]; then
+          compconfig[${i%%\=*}]="${i#*\=}"
+        else
+          compconfig[$i]=''
+        fi
+      done
     fi
-  done
+  else
+    for i in ${(k)compconfig}; do
+      print ${(r:25:)i} $compconfig[$i]
+    done
+  fi
 }
 
 # Now we automatically make the definition files autoloaded.
@@ -262,12 +272,12 @@ if [[ -z "$_i_done" ]]; then
       read -rA _i_line < $_i_file
       _i_tag=$_i_line[1]
       shift _i_line
-      if [[ $_i_tag = '#defcomp' ]]; then
-        compdef -na "${_i_file:t}" "${_i_line[@]}"
-      elif [[ $_i_tag = '#defpatcomp' ]]; then
-        compdef -pa "${_i_file:t}" "${_i_line[@]}"
-      elif [[ $_i_tag = '#defkeycomp' ]]; then
-        compdef -ka "${_i_file:t}" "${_i_line[@]}"
+      if [[ $_i_tag = '#compdef' ]]; then
+	if [[ $_i_line[1] = -[pk] ]]; then
+	  compdef ${_i_line[1]}a "${_i_file:t}" "${(@)_i_line[2,-1]}"
+	else
+	  compdef -na "${_i_file:t}" "${_i_line[@]}"
+	fi
       elif [[ $_i_tag = '#autoload' ]]; then
 	autoload ${_i_file:t}
       fi