From 933813e971a4a9d9fd5911226935c9be55a87f13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sven Wischnowsky Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:56:02 +0000 Subject: change file completion default to offer globbed files and directories on first try (15995) --- Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo | 20 +++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo index d9afe9933..ff41b09b3 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo @@ -1111,10 +1111,12 @@ kindex(file-patterns, completion style) item(tt(file-patterns))( In most places where filenames are completed, the function tt(_files) is used which can be configured with this style. If the style is -unset, tt(_files) offers, one after another, up to three tags: +unset, tt(_files) offers, up to three tags: `tt(globbed-files)', `tt(directories)' and `tt(all-files)', depending on the types of files -expected by the caller of tt(_files). +expected by the caller of tt(_files). The first two +(`tt(globbed-files)' and `tt(directories)') are normally offered +together to make it easier to complete files in sub-directories. If the tt(file-patterns) style is set, the default tags are not used. Instead, the value of the style says which tags and which @@ -1149,15 +1151,15 @@ the string on the line, one would do: example(zstyle ':completion:*:*:rm:*' file-patterns \ '*.o:object-files' '%p:all-files') -Another interesting example is to change the default behaviour that -makes completion first offer files matching the patterns given by the -calling function, then directories and then all files. Many people -prefer to get both the files matching the given patterns and the -directories in the first try and all files at the second try. To -achieve this, one could do: +Another interesting example is to change the default behaviour in a +way that makes completion first offer files matching the patterns +given by the calling function, then directories and then all files. +Some people prefer this over getting both the files matching the given +patterns and the directories in the first try and all files at the +second try. To achieve this, one could do: example(zstyle ':completion:*' file-patterns \ - '%p:globbed-files *(-/):directories' '*:all-files') + '%p:globbed-files' '*(-/):directories' '*:all-files') This works even for contexts in which all files would be completed, because tt(_files) will not try a pattern more than once and it stops -- cgit 1.4.1