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Re: Global Aliases, but as a function?

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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>, Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Global Aliases, but as a function?
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:04:51 -0800
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On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 10:42 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> One could have preexec() install wrapper functions that shadow the
> command words of any simple command that has a «--help» argument.

Yes, this is another possible approach.  Such a function would then
have to uninstall itself again ... that gets a bit messy if there
might be other wrappers.  The conditions for whether to install the
wrapper would be similar to those implied for the zle-line-finish
hook.

Personally I'm curious what the necessary command-agnostic
help-coloring pager might be.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Global Aliases, but as a function?
  - From: Roman Perepelitsa

References:
- Global Aliases, but as a function?
  - From: Zach Riggle
- Re: Global Aliases, but as a function?
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: Global Aliases, but as a function?
  - From: Daniel Shahaf

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