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Re: zsh 2.6beta13 aliases quark

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From: P.Stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Snow Cat <snowcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: zsh 2.6beta13 aliases quark
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 96 10:35:05 +0000
In-reply-to: "snowcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"'s message of "Sun, 24 Dec 95 12:00:09 PST." <199512242000.MAA16343@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

snowcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> After processing the following alias file, some of 1-letter aliases become 
> global. That is, "ls e" prints: emacs: no such file or directory. But "echo e
> "
> just prints e. Note that both "ls" and "e" are aliased
> Could you look into it? 
> ...
> alias ls="ls -aFC $LS_OPTIONS"
> alias e=emacs 

Sorry about the late reply...

Check to see if LS_OPTIONS has a space at the end.  This would be
copied to the end of the ls alias, which would trigger alias expansion
on the next word, giving the effect you observe.

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