Beets: beet zsh completion bug ubuntu 20.04

Created on 27 Jul 2020 · 8Comments · Source: beetbox/beets

Problem

when i try to complete beets command using zsh command i keep seeing _beet:zregexparse:4: invalid regex : )

I'm running into the same issue i previously documented here:
https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/3546

except this time i'm running into the problem on the latest Ubuntu LTS

Setup

ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)
oh-my-zsh
    zsh 5.8 (x86_64-ubuntu-linux-gnu)

beets
    beets version 1.4.9
    Python version 3.8.2
    plugins: no plugins

Can anyone confirm that this is working under Ubuntu 20.04

bug needinfo stale

Source

snowyoneill

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Most helpful comment

My mind is stuck in the world of scheme macros at the moment. When I get an opportunity to make some thinking space for that old zsh completion code I'll have a look, but that may be some time. In case anyone else wants to have a go here are some notes I wrote about how to write zsh completions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions/blob/master/zsh-completions-howto.org

vapniks on 31 Jul 2020

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Hello! That's too bad. I unfortunately do not have the excuse to root-cause this, but I will try pinging @vapniks (the author) again.

sampsyo on 28 Jul 2020

I can confirm, this is a bug right now. I can look into it but I am no expert when it comes to zsh scripts...

edit: Nope, I'm gonna leave it up to the creator because this is regex hell :rofl: Sorry I can't help more.

jef on 31 Jul 2020

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vapniks on 31 Jul 2020

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I'll take a read of that one and see if I can come up with anything. Thanks for the documentation!

jef on 31 Jul 2020

@jef The problem is probably somewhere among completion cacheing code, but that's just a guess.

vapniks on 4 Aug 2020

It may also be due to an incompatibility with new releases of zsh. It works for me with zsh version 5.4.2, but I haven't tried more recent versions: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/releases.html

vapniks on 15 Aug 2020

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.