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Re: strange completion

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From: bas@xxxxxxxxxxx (Bas V. de Bakker)
To: csdayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: strange completion
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 07:52:36 +0200
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199505290510.AAA15728@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (message from Soren Dayton on Mon, 29 May 95 00:10:20 -0500)

Soren Dayton <csdayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> This makes no sense to me...

> compctl -x 'C[-1,-*d*]' -g '*.gz *.Z *.z' -g '*(-/)' -- gzip

> here, I am in a directory with a directory and a tar.gz file

> gzip -d <tab>
>  will complete to
> gzip -d <directory>

> Am I misunderstanding this?  I want this to complete to .gz files.  

The two -g flags are used simultaneously, expanding to one set of
completions.  So if the directory is before the .gz file
alphabetically, it will complete first.  To use the second flag only
if the first one does not generate any completions, put a '+' between
them.

Hope this helps,

Bas.

References:
- strange completion
  - From: Soren Dayton

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