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Show completion menu instead of auto-selecting first match
Suppose there are executable commands named a, ab, ac, ad in my path.
If I type a [tab] at the zsh prompt, zsh simply adds a space after the a. Well, that's not wrong, because a is an existing command....
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Mix _arguments and _values in zsh autocomplete script
I have a command with a very structured input like
cmd --help
cmd A -flagA1 X
cmd A -flagA2 Y
cmd B -flagB1 Z
Where X,Y,Z are fixed values and depend on whether A or B is enabled.
Ideally, I'm trying ...
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Include redirects in $words for zsh completions or equivalent
How can I include redirects in $words for zsh completions or do something equivalent?
If it cannot be done for $words, I know that I can use ${(z)BUFFER} to parse the full command line into an array. ...
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zsh completion function (compdef) not completing _arguments
I am writing an autocomplete function for my personal cli. Here below is a reduced version of my compdef.
As I type my-cli <TAB> I can see the subcmd autocompleting.
As I type my-cli macos <...
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iTerm2 + Starship + zsh-autosuggestions
I'm on a mac.
This erroneous behaviour only occurs in iTerm2. Not in the built in Terminal application. Not in Warp.
If I activate the Starship prompt. Combined with if I activate the zsh-...
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AWS CLI command completions for zsh [closed]
I want to use the AWS CLI v2 with zsh command completion.
There are instructions here, but they refer to a file aws_zsh_completer.sh which does not exist in the downloaded zip file, nor in /usr/local/...
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Creating a Custom Autocomplete Script in ZSH Around Project Root Path
I'm trying to create a script that will mimic cd where I provide a path, and the script cd's to that by appending it to an absolute existing path. The idea is that wherever I call it, it will always ...
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How to disable Tab triggering `ls` and list of suggestions in oh-my-zsh?
How can I disable the feature in oh-my-zsh where pressing tab triggers ls (list directory)?
Similarly, when typing certain characters like c or g and then hitting tab, I'm also getting zsh: do you ...
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Zsh-autocomplete config that recognizes ".."+TAB and searches previous directoy
I want the zsh-autocomplete magic to work when when I do cd ..TAB to automatically recognize it as ../ and run fzf. If I just write cd ../TAB it works normally but I know it is possible because it was ...
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unable to add color to zstyle completion
I am using eza instead of ls and have made changes in .zshrc
alias ls="eza --icons=always"
I want to add colors to my zstyle completion
zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors "${(s.:.)...
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How to remove trailing slash from ZSH’s _files results?
I’m trying to create an autocompletion rule for a function that take an existing directory which should be located in a specific directory as an argument.
VENVS_PATH="${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.pyvenv&...
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Where is 'zsh' getting tab completion content from for 'ssh'?
I have some hosts defined in my ~/.ssh/config file (ari-1, ari-2, etc.), but when I type ssh ar<TAB> I get ssh ari.sweedler.com.
Granted, that is a valid domain, but it doesn't show up anywhere ...
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How to set up zsh autocompletion correctly?
I'm having some trouble setting up the zsh shell correctly. My .zshrc looks like this
# Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay close to the top of ~/.zshrc.
if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$...
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Getting error "_git:19: command not found: _default" when implementing git-completion scripts in zsh
I am trying to configure my zsh terminal to use git's tab completion script.
Some of my trouble may be coming from a non-standard file structure:
$ tree ~/Scripts
/Users/luigi/Scripts
├── connect.sh
├─...
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Custom environment variable name completion in zsh
I am trying to customize how zsh completes environment variable names for my custom command ee. Here is the problem: I've defined a custom completion function using compdef, and it works perfectly if ...
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