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Re: What is the _services array?

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: What is the _services array?
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 10:52:55 +0100 (BST)
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> On 27 May 2022 at 10:09 Zach Riggle <zachriggle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently found the _services array by playing around with "typeset -H"
> and there's some neat stuff in here, I'm just not sure what it's for or how
> to make use of it.
> 
> Any ideas?

This is the backend DB for the feature described in the zshcompsys manual
in the paragraph that starts

"Each  name may also be of the form `cmd=service'.  "

You should be able to be configure it by the means noted there.

pws

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