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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2008-10-30 12:09:18 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2008-10-30 12:09:18 +0000
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25958: make it possible to get docs for startup files correct
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/files.yo b/Doc/Zsh/files.yo
index 658d09e1f..65debe044 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/files.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/files.yo
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ pindex(NO_RCS, use of)
pindex(NO_GLOBAL_RCS, use of)
vindex(ZDOTDIR, use of)
cindex(zshenv)
-Commands are first read from tt(/etc/zshenv); this cannot be overridden.
+Commands are first read from tt(zshenv()); this cannot be overridden.
Subsequent behaviour is modified by the tt(RCS) and
tt(GLOBAL_RCS) options; the former affects all startup files, while the
-second only affects those in the tt(/etc) directory. If one of the options
+second only affects global startup files (those shown here with an
+path starting with a tt(/)). If one of the options
is unset at any point, any subsequent startup file+LPAR()s+RPAR()
of the corresponding
type will not be read. It is also possible for a file in tt($ZDOTDIR) to
@@ -25,17 +26,17 @@ Commands are then read from tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshenv).
pindex(LOGIN, use of)
cindex(zprofile)
If the shell is a login shell, commands
-are read from tt(/etc/zprofile) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zprofile).
+are read from tt(zprofile()) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zprofile).
cindex(zshrc)
Then, if the shell is interactive,
-commands are read from tt(/etc/zshrc) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshrc).
+commands are read from tt(zshrc()) and then tt($ZDOTDIR/.zshrc).
cindex(zlogin)
-Finally, if the shell is a login shell, tt(/etc/zlogin) and
+Finally, if the shell is a login shell, tt(zlogin()) and
tt($ZDOTDIR/.zlogin) are read.
cindex(zlogout)
When a login shell exits, the files tt($ZDOTDIR/.zlogout) and then
-tt(/etc/zlogout) are read. This happens with either an explicit exit
+tt(zlogout()) are read. This happens with either an explicit exit
via the tt(exit) or tt(logout) commands, or an implicit exit by reading
end-of-file from the terminal. However, if the shell terminates due
to tt(exec)'ing another process, the logout files are not read.
@@ -46,10 +47,10 @@ saved.
vindex(HOME, use of)
If tt(ZDOTDIR) is unset, tt(HOME) is used instead.
-Those files listed above as being in tt(/etc) may be in another
+Files listed above as being in tt(/etc) may be in another
directory, depending on the installation.
-As tt(/etc/zshenv) is run for all instances of zsh, it is important that
+As tt(zshenv()) is run for all instances of zsh, it is important that
it be kept as small as possible. In particular, it is a good idea to
put code that does not need to be run for every single shell behind
a test of the form `tt(if [[ -o rcs ]]; then ...)' so that it will not