Re: feature request: let the colour for colored-completion-prefix try some custom field in LS_COLORS first

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/3/21 1:53 PM, Christoph Anton Mitterer wrote:
> Hey.
>
> AFAIU, the colour for the common prefix in colored-completion-prefix is
> coming right now from the "so" field, that is sockets, of LS_COLORS.
>
>
> Seems to be done by the:
> #define C_PREFIX        C_SOCK
> in colors.h.
>
>
> It would be nice readline tries a dedicated field first and only if
> that is not set, fall back to "so".
>
> Since LS_COLORS seems to allow adding any '*.extension=' fields, one
> could use one of these, without any compatibility issues.
>
> e.g. LS_COLORS='...:*.readline-colored-completion-prefix=02:...'

This is a pretty slick idea. Let me see what I can do.

Chet

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