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Re: Why is an 'x' appended in _prefix completer?

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From: Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Why is an 'x' appended in _prefix completer?
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 13:48:05 +0100
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/51537>
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On 3/8/23, Marlon Richert <marlon.richert@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In _prefix, line 53, why is an 'x' appended to the completion? Looks
> like a (21-year-old) typo to me.

See the comment above addx() in zle_tricky.c and get_comp_string() (i
don't actually recommend looking at this code). I can't guarantee that
the x in _prefix is like this x, but it seems likely. Also, the patch
where it was added:
https://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2001/msg02024.html

-- 
Mikael Magnusson

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