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Feature idea: Expanding on completion functions

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From: "Richard Hartmann" <richih.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Zsh Workers" <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Feature idea: Expanding on completion functions
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:35:18 +0100
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Hi all,

quite often, I wish I could use the output of a completion function
on the comand line. Think

  my_list=$(magic_function(apt-get install openoffice-<tab>))

The completion functions are so powerful it's a shame not to use
their output for more purposes.

Bart(?) told me this would not be an easy thing to do so I think
it makes sense to implement this through a shell feature or not
at all.


Thoughts, feedback, suggestions?
Richard

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Feature idea: Expanding on completion functions
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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