Re: psychiatric help

Ray Andrews <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Apr 2026 16:24:06 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.shells.zsh.devel,gmane.comp.shells.zsh.user
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On 2026-04-04 16:04, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> Have you considered a simpler solution? If I understand your goal I 
> think this will work for you: bind the space bar to a ZLE function 
> that expands the alias you just typed in-place. That way you get the 
> whole expanded command right there at the prompt where you can edit it 
> as needed, and the whole thing will automatically be what's saved in 
> your history when you execute it.
Problem is when the command tail has to be passed on to another function 
internally so I have no chance to edit it.  Hard spaces are going to 
become soft spaces.  I always thought that permitting spaces in 
designators was a bad idea from the getgo. Should never have been permitted.