Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Originating-IP: [82.20.18.64] X-Spam: 0 X-Authority: v=2.1 cv=MJad45tl c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=tQ56d2wE10i0ATcm3CvKvA==:117 a=tQ56d2wE10i0ATcm3CvKvA==:17 a=L9H7d07YOLsA:10 a=9cW_t1CCXrUA:10 a=s5jvgZ67dGcA:10 a=NLZqzBF-AAAA:8 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=q2GGsy2AAAAA:8 a=LhPh6MCOgsGzKd49rMEA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:16:47 +0000 From: Peter Stephenson To: zsh-workers@zsh.org Subject: Re: bufferwords() lexes a subshell in a shortloop repeat as a string Message-ID: <20160117181647.49899357@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <160115112516.ZM21347@torch.brasslantern.com> References: <20160115062648.GA14019@tarsus.local2> <20160115094117.5fcde75c@pwslap01u.europe.root.pri> <160115112516.ZM21347@torch.brasslantern.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Seq: zsh-workers 37657 On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:25:16 -0800 Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Jan 15, 9:41am, Peter Stephenson wrote: > } Subject: Re: bufferwords() lexes a subshell in a shortloop repeat as a str > } > } it's just splitting words, and (... ...) indeed works as a complete word > > Urk. That probably ought to be disabled, at least in shell emulation, > e.g. here is bash: shwordsplit does this. (I thought it would be shglob, but it isn't.) By the way, I was too glib before: if you have a string that *starts* with "(", it *does* get split as a complete command line that starts with a subshell, even in native mode, as you might expect. So I think (z) is behaving basically rationally, but with the caveat I mentioned that it's a fairly brutal tool in comparison with real context sensitivity. pws