Build in public (zsh) - bindlist

At the end of a previous post about zsh key bindings, I was left with this syntax monstrosity:

alias binds='IFS=$'\''\n'\''
print -c -- $(bindkey | grep -v -e '\''\^\[\['\'' -e '\''\^\[O[A-H]"'\'' | sed -e '\''s/^"//g'\'' -e '\''s/" / /g'\'' -e '\''s/\^\[/⌥/g'\'')
unset IFS'

It hurts to look at, which inspired me to write a much longer function that accomplishes the same, plus some additional options.

bindlist v0.1

The help option explains what it does:

% bindlist -h
Usage:
  bindlist              list bindings
  bindlist -h|--help    print this message
Options:
  -a --all              include all bindings
  -l --list             single column output
  -r --raw              bindkey format

Called without options, the output looks like this:

screenshot - output of function: bindlist

There are probably better methods for everything this function does. I’m just amazed I got it to work at all. I learned a few things along the way.

I still haven’t figured how to enable the _gnu_generic completions and suppress file completions. I figured out how to do one or the other, but not both, so settled on buildlist being able to autocomplete its options. It also (harmlessly) lists completions for files, despite not excepting any arguments, which I hope to fix some day.

Update: bindlist v0.2

See: bindlist v0.2