[bruce_one]

I didn't know the `CTRL-x * ` expansion; it appears to work in zsh for brace expansion:

  $ touch asdf-{gh,jk}-l
  # CTRL-x *
  $ touch asdf-gh-l asdf-jk-l

[tsbinz]

In zsh you can use tab to expand globs/braces/variables as well.