* Frank Terbeck [20080407 14:42]:
> Michael Prokop:
> > * Gus Tavares <bts@bts.grml.org> [20080407 11:42]:

> > I guess it's because of:

> > % bindkey ,.
> > ",." globalias

> That's right.

Ok. :)

> > Frank, any ideas how we could "work around" this issue?

> Off hand, I do not see an elegant way to deal with this.

> We could create a binding, that would toggle these abbreviations on
> and off. Or we could introduce a variable $DISABLE_ABBREV.

> Neither of these solutions is exceptionally nice.
> I'll think about it...

ACK

> How would you measure the "badness" of this? I have some difficulties
> in judging this, because I do not use things like the abbreviations
> stuff in my own configuration. Does stuff like this problem piss
> people more off than not having abbreviations at all?

Well, as least Gus is the first person I'm aware of who is stumbling
upon this issue. :) Maybe $NOPOWERCOMP or something like that (our
"disable environment variables" usually start with $NO... :)) really
might be the best option?

thx && regards,
-mika-