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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2005-01-17 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> + + * unposted: suggested by Bart: Etc/FAQ.yo: update a few entries. + 2005-01-17 Oliver Kiddle <opk@zsh.org> * Motoi Washida: users/8380: Completion/Darwin/Command/_defaults: diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index b8b10c625..e9798c9e8 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ tt(SH_OPTION_LETTERS), tt(NO_NOMATCH)). it()* The results of parameter substitutions are treated as plain text: mytt(foo="*"; print $foo) prints all files in ksh but mytt(*) in zsh - (uset tt(GLOB_SUBST)). + (use tt(GLOB_SUBST)). it()* tt($PSn) do not do parameter substitution by default (use \ PROMPT_SUBST). it()* Standard globbing does not allow ksh-style `pattern-lists'. @@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ tt(EXTENDED_GLOB). the way to exclude some subdirectories from matching a mytt(**). it() Unquoted assignments do file expansion after mytt(:)s (intended for PATHs). - it() mytt(integer) does not allow mytt(-i). it() mytt(typeset) and mytt(integer) have special behaviour for assignments in ksh, but not in zsh. For example, this doesn't work in zsh: @@ -658,13 +657,14 @@ link(2.3)(23). ) it() Editing: itemize( - it() The options tt(emacs), tt(gmacs), tt(viraw) are not supported. + it() The options tt(gmacs), tt(viraw) are not supported. Use bindkey to change the editing behaviour: mytt(set -o {emacs,vi}) - becomes mytt(bindkey -{e,v}); for gmacs, go to emacs mode and use - mytt(bindkey \^t gosmacs-transpose-characters). + becomes `bindkey -{e,v}', although `set -o emacs' and `set -o vi' + are supported for compatibility; for gmacs, go to emacs mode and + use `bindkey \^t gosmacs-transpose-characters'. it() The mytt(keyword) option does not exist and mytt(-k) is instead - interactivecomments. (mytt(keyword) will not be in the next ksh - release either.) + interactivecomments. (mytt(keyword) is not in recent versions + of ksh either.) it()* Management of histories in multiple shells is different: the history list is not saved and restored after each command. The option tt(SHARE_HISTORY) appeared in 3.1.6 and is set in ksh @@ -681,7 +681,6 @@ link(2.3)(23). it() There is no built-in command newgrp: use e.g. mytt(alias newgrp="exec newgrp") it() mytt(jobs) has no mytt(-n) flag. - it() mytt(read) has no mytt(-s) flag. ) it() Other idiosyncrasies: itemize( @@ -832,8 +831,7 @@ label(23) as an alias, defining mytt(/bin/ls) and mytt(-F) as functions which call mytt(/bin/ls), which gets a bit recursive. This can be avoided if you use mytt(function) to define a function, which doesn't expand aliases. It is - possible to argue for extra warnings somewhere in this mess. Luckily, - it is not possible to define mytt(function) as an alias. + possible to argue for extra warnings somewhere in this mess. Bart Schaefer's rule is: Define first those aliases you expect to use in the body of a function, but define the function first if the |