j doesn't always auto-complete w/zsh 4.3.10

[jaylevitt]

I can't quite figure out the pattern, but typing "j partofpath" doesn't usually autocomplete for me. For example:

% jumpstat
...
73.0:   /Users/jay/src/merge_versions

% j merge_ver<TAB>
No matches: `file' or `corrections'

% j merge_ver<ENTER>
/Users/jay/src/merge_versions

I do have a few dozen completion-related lines in my .zshrc.d; autojump.zsh executes after these. (I tried commenting them all out, but then completion didn't work at all, and I don't remember enough zsh to recreate a normal environment.)

zstyle ':completion:*:messages' format %d
zstyle ':completion:*:warnings' format 'No matches: %d'
zstyle ':completion:*:descriptions' format %B%d%b
zstyle ':completion:*' auto-description 'specify: %d'
zstyle ':completion:*' verbose yes
zstyle ':completion:*' list-separator '#'
zstyle ':completion:*:default' list-prompt '%S%M matches%s'
zstyle ':completion:*:default' menu 'select=0'
zstyle ':completion:*:windows' menu on=0
zstyle ':completion:::::' completer _expand _complete _ignored _approximate
zstyle ':completion:*:expand:*' tag-order all-expansions
zstyle ':completion:*:approximate:*' max-errors 1 numeric
zstyle ':completion:*:corrections' format '%B%d (errors: %e)%b'
zstyle ':completion:*' group-name ''

[jaylevitt]

Just verified that even with all those commented out, the problem still occurs (without the "No matches:" warning).

[joelthelion]

I'd love to help you out, but I use bash myself and zsh completion works perfectly on all of my machines...

Is autojump the only application that has a problem? What distro are you using? Can you try using autojump on a fresh user account to see if one of your customizations could be the problem?

[jaylevitt]

Hmm.. I'm on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (can't upgrade to 10.6 yet), with zsh 4.3.10 from MacPorts. I tried using the built-in 4.3.4, got the same results, even after deleting all my customizations and blowing away the autojump directory.

I just tried creating a new account that uses /bin/bash (3.2.17(1)-release (i386-apple-darwin9.0)), but install.sh says:

grep: /Users/jaytest/.bash_profile: No such file or directory
./install.sh: line 79: [: too many arguments

I did, in fact, touch an empty .bash_profile but that didn't change the error message. How can I troubleshoot?

[jaylevitt]

Well, ignoring the bash installer bug, I think I figured out the zsh problem. With zsh 4.3.10:

% echo $FPATH
/opt/local/share/zsh/site-functions:/opt/local/share/zsh/4.3.10/functions

install.zsh puts _j into the first directory in $FPATH. Unfortunately:

~% ls /opt/local/share/zsh
4.3.10/
~% 

and install.zsh doesn't check the error! I'd recommend that install.zsh make the directory if required, or at least spit out an error when it isn't found. I manually created site-functions, put _j in there, and all is now well on the zsh side.

[joelthelion]

Could you provide a patch for the zsh installer? I could probably do it, but since I don't use zsh, there's a significant probability that I would mess up :)

About the bash installer, I guess the problem is in a patch from another guy I merged in recently. But I can't reproduce the problem on my computer...

[joelthelion]

Ok, I think I've solved the problem. What do you think of the solution?

http://github.com/joelthelion/autojump/commit/512db419e1470af77c544ecbedad5dae9221ddda

[joelthelion]

Ok, I'm considering the issue to be closed. Don't hesitate to reopen if that is not the case!