Re: Variable completion in pws-11

[Sven Wischnowsky <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bart Schaefer wrote:

> Vin Shelton writes:
>  > echo $ZSH<TAB> just beeps at me in pws-11.
> 
> I can confirm that some of the built-in completions seem to have gone
> south.  This works if I load up Completion/Core/compinit, but it does
> not work with zsh -f.  The patch that introduced check_param() is the
> one that broke it, but I'm not sure exactly how.
> 
> Does anybody know the full list of completions that worked in zsh -f
> as of 3.1.[45] ?  Nine of the default compctls of 3.0.5 went away in
> about 3.1.2, but command completion and default file completion both
> still worked.  Then there's a short list of completions that were not
> previously under user control, which included parameter completion
> after a $ sign and ... what else?  Sven, have you tested these to be
> sure they still work?

Yes, I tested ~ and = (and file and command-position) completion, but
forgot to restrict the completion string after a $ only
conditionally. With 5670 everything looks as before again.

Sorry.

Bye
 Sven


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