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Strange zsh autocomplete behaviour

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Mar 15, 20262626 views
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Problem

Every time I use tab autocompletion with zsh instead of completing the current string, it gives me a new string + options to complete. It's hard to explane, so here is an example. This is what would happen if I type 'ls Nue' and hit tab. If I delete the second `ls Nue', I am unable to delete the wh…

Error Output

[me@mbp:/Volumes/hdd/music]: ls Neu    ls Neu
 Neuraxis/              Neurosis/              Neutral\ Milk\ Hotel/

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Fix for: Strange zsh autocomplete behaviour

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I'm not sure if this would cause your problem, but your prompt may need some pairs around color sequences or other non-printing elements. If you show what the value of is, I can check it.

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