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authorSven Wischnowsky <wischnow@users.sourceforge.net>2001-01-11 10:06:40 +0000
committerSven Wischnowsky <wischnow@users.sourceforge.net>2001-01-11 10:06:40 +0000
commit2a78c248425635ebeca509097a92f5e190174813 (patch)
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
index e793085af..88da670b6 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ matches generated be ignored and only the TAB be inserted.
Finally, it may also be set to tt(all), which makes all matches
generated be inserted into the line.
)
+vindex(insert_positions, compstate)
+item(tt(insert_positions))(
+When the completion system inserts an unambiguous string into the
+line, there may be multiple places where characters are missing or
+where the character inserted differs from at least one match. The
+value of this key contains a colon separated list of all these
+positions, as indexes into the command line.
+)
vindex(last_prompt, compstate)
item(tt(last_prompt))(
If this is set to an non-empty string for every match added, the
@@ -397,6 +405,13 @@ common prefix in the tt(unambiguous) key were inserted, relative to
the value of that key. The cursor would be placed before the character
whose index is given by this key.
)
+vindex(unambiguous_positions, compstate)
+item(tt(unambiguous_positions))(
+This contains all positions where characters in the unambiguous string
+are missing or where the character inserted differs from at least one
+of the matches. The positions are given as indexes into the string
+given by the value of the tt(uanmbiguous) key.
+)
vindex(vared, compstate)
item(tt(vared))(
If completion is called while editing a line using the tt(vared)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
index eb5f202da..77abc97a0 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
@@ -316,6 +316,20 @@ followed by an appropriate tt(bindkey) command to associate the function
with a key sequence. Suggested bindings are described below.
startitem()
+tindex(cycle-completion-positions)
+item(tt(cycle-completion-positions))(
+After inserting an unambiguous string into the command line, the new
+function based completion system may know about multiple places in
+this string where characters are missing or differ from at least one
+of the possible matches. It will then place the cursor on the
+position it considers to be the most interesting one, i.e. the one
+where one can disambiguate between as many matches as possible with as
+little typing as possible.
+
+This widget allows to easily move the cursor to the other interesting
+spots. It can be invoked repeatedly to cycle between all positions
+reported by the completion system.
+)
tindex(edit-command-line)
item(tt(edit-command-line))(
Edit the command line using your visual editor, as in tt(ksh).