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Re: Most minimal configuration challenge



On 2022-08-28 18:29:27 +0000, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> Ray Andrews wrote on Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:59 +00:00:
> >> Sounds like you need a test suite for your zshrc.
> > Sometimes it's a guess what some change might do, one does not even
> > know what to expect. Particularly the 'completion' stuff is baffling.
> > Here's mine, it sorta works but I despair at understanding the syntax:
> 
> zstyle has been explained multiple times in the past so you might want
> to look those up and ask about parts that are unclear to you.
> 
> In short, «zstyle ':foo:bar:*:baz' key v1 v2» translates as "When
> library foo asks for the value of key in a situation of the form
> bar:*:baz, tell it the answer is «v1 v2»".

Perhaps there should be a zsh function that translates a zstyle line
to plain English. :-)

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