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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/expn.yo14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index b1950caa1..4d9df9895 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ element of var(name) is substituted, one element per word. Otherwise, the
expansion results in one word only; with tt(KSH_ARRAYS), this is the first
element of an array. No field splitting is done on the result unless the
tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option is set.
+See also the flags tt(=) and tt(s:)var(string)tt(:).
)
item(tt(${PLUS())var(name)tt(}))(
If var(name) is the name of a set parameter `tt(1)' is substituted,
@@ -454,7 +455,8 @@ If var(name) is set and is non-null then substitute its
value; otherwise substitute var(word). If var(name) is
missing, substitute var(word).
Note that you can use standard shell quoting in the var(word) value to
-selectively override any field splitting that may be active.
+selectively override the splitting done by the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option
+and the tt(=) flag, but not the tt(s:)var(string)tt(:) flag.
)
xitem(tt(${)var(name)tt(:=)var(word)tt(}))
item(tt(${)var(name)tt(::=)var(word)tt(}))(
@@ -473,7 +475,8 @@ item(tt(${)var(name)tt(:PLUS())var(word)tt(}))(
If var(name) is set and is non-null then substitute
var(word); otherwise substitute nothing.
Note that you can use standard shell quoting in the var(word) value to
-selectively override any field splitting that may be active.
+selectively override the splitting done by the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option
+and the tt(=) flag, but not the tt(s:)var(string)tt(:) flag.
)
enditem()
@@ -839,8 +842,8 @@ in string arguments to any of the flags described below.
item(tt(j:)var(string)tt(:))(
Join the words of arrays together using var(string) as a separator.
pindex(SH_WORD_SPLIT, use of)
-Note that this occurs before field splitting by the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT)
-option.
+Note that this occurs before field splitting by the tt(s:)var(string)tt(:)
+flag or the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option.
)
item(tt(l:)var(expr)tt(::)var(string1)tt(::)var(string2)tt(:))(
Pad the resulting words on the left. Each word will be truncated if
@@ -855,10 +858,11 @@ As tt(l), but pad the words on the right and insert var(string2)
on the right.
)
item(tt(s:)var(string)tt(:))(
-Force field splitting (see the option tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT)) at the
+Force field splitting at the
separator var(string). Note that a var(string) of two or more
characters means that all of them must match in sequence; this differs from
the treatment of two or more characters in the tt(IFS) parameter.
+See also the tt(=) flag and the tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option.
)
enditem()