Re: rxvt completion

[Dave Woodfall <dave@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon 4 Nov 2019 21:04,
dana <dana@xxxxxxx> put forth the proposition:
> On 4 Nov 2019, at 16:09, Dave Woodfall <dave@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > If I submit a patch for rxvt completion, would it be accepted, as it
> > would mean removing rxvt from _urxvt's compdef?
> >
> > I'm guessing that some *nixes out there rename urxvt to rxvt?
>
> Debian and its derivatives do (or it goes by both names at least).
>
> Usually when there are different implementations of a tool with the same name,
> you use _pick_variant and/or check $OSTYPE to determine which one to complete
> for. Depending on how similar they are, you might keep them both in the same
> function, or make them separate and conditionally call one from the other. I'm
> not sure which is better for rxvt (do they still have a lot of shared options
> or are they completely different?), but if you grep the repo for _pick_variant
> you'll see lots of examples you can borrow from
>
> dana
>

Thanks, I'll look for that.  A quick grep shows quite a few
_pick_variant and $OSTYPE in /usr/share/zsh/5.6.2/functions/ so I
should be able to put something together.

> do they still have a lot of shared options or are they completely
> different?)

There are some options that are the same, but urxvt has many more.

rxvt:

 [-display string] [-tn string] [-geometry geometry] [-C] [-iconic] [-/+rv]
 [-/+ls] [-/+j] [-/+sb] [-/+sr] [-/+st] [-/+si] [-/+sk] [-/+sw] [-/+ip]
 [-/+ipf] [-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-/+mcc] [-/+tcw] [-bg color] [-fg color]
 [-pixmap file[;geom]] [-fb fontname] [-fn fontname] [-fm fontname] [-km mode]
 [-im name] [-pt style] [-name string] [-title string] [-n string] [-cr color]
 [-pr color] [-bd color] [-sl number] [-w number] [-b number] [-lsp number]
 [-sbt number] [-mod modifier] [-xrm string] [-e command arg ...]

urxvt:

[-display string] [-tn string] [-geometry geometry] [-C] [-iconic]
[-cd string] [-dockapp] [-/+rv] [-/+ls] [-mc number] [-/+j] [-/+ss] [-/+ptab]
[-/+sb] [-/+sr] [-/+st] [-sbt number] [-/+si] [-/+sk] [-/+sw] [-/+ip] [-/+tr]
[-tint color] [-sh number] [-blr HxV] [-fade number] [-fadecolor color]
[-/+ut] [-/+vb] [-/+tcw] [-/+insecure] [-/+uc] [-/+bc] [-/+pb] [-bg color]
[-fg color] [-hc color] [-cr color] [-pr color] [-pr2 color] [-bd color]
[-pixmap file[;geom]] [-icon file] [-fn fontname] [-fb fontname]
[-fi fontname] [-fbi fontname] [-/+is] [-im name] [-pt style]
[-imlocale string] [-imfont fontname] [-name string] [-title string]
[-n string] [-sl number] [-embed windowid] [-depth number] [-visual number]
[-/+override-redirect] [-pty-fd fileno] [-/+hold] [-w number] [-b number]
[-/+bl] [-lsp number] [-letsp number] [-/+sbg] [-mod modifier] [-/+ssc]
[-/+ssr] [-pe string] [-e command arg ...]

Cheers

/dw