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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo12
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 87053e78f..ab59d83d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2024-03-13 Bart Schaefer <schaefer@zsh.org>
+ * 52753: Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo: Clarify "nocorrect" when introducing
+ precommand modifiers.
+
* unposted: Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo: update doc for "colors" to match
workers/47489,50212 (italic and bright)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
index 915b93bc0..b80f9750c 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo
@@ -100,14 +100,15 @@ More generally, a list can be seen as a set of any shell commands
whatsoever, including the complex commands below; this is implied wherever
the word `list' appears in later descriptions. For example, the commands
in a shell function form a special sort of list.
+
texinode(Precommand Modifiers)(Complex Commands)(Simple Commands & Pipelines)(Shell Grammar)
sect(Precommand Modifiers)
cindex(precommand modifiers)
cindex(modifiers, precommand)
-A simple command may be preceded by a em(precommand modifier),
-which will alter how the command is interpreted. These modifiers are
-shell builtin commands with the exception of tt(nocorrect) which is
-a reserved word.
+With the exception of tt(nocorrect), which is a reserved word that
+affects further parsing when it is found in command position, each
+of the following builtin commands is a em(precommand modifier) which
+may precede a simple command to alter how that command is interpreted.
startitem()
findex(-)
@@ -158,8 +159,7 @@ before any parsing is done. It has no effect in non-interactive shells.
)
findex(noglob)
item(tt(noglob))(
-Filename generation (globbing) is not performed on any of
-the words.
+Filename generation (globbing) is not performed on any of the words.
)
enditem()
texinode(Complex Commands)(Alternate Forms For Complex Commands)(Precommand Modifiers)(Shell Grammar)