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@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection
additionally expands "^c" style control characters as for bindkey.
Options may be combined, e.g. (g:eoc:).
+- The parameter expansion flag (m) indicates that string lengths used
+ calculated by the (l) and (r) flags or the # operator should take
+ account of the printing width of characters in multibyte mode, whether
+ 0, 1 or more. (mm) causes printing characters to count as 1 and
+ non-printing chracters to count as 0.
+
- The parameter expansion flag (q-) picks the most minimal way of
quoting the parameter words, to make the result as readable as possible.
@@ -104,7 +110,7 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection
Builtins and shell functions
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
-- Directory changing builtins take an option -q to suppress side
+- Directory-changing builtins take an option -q to suppress side
effects such as printing directories or calling the chpwd hook functions.
- Various enhancements have been made to traps: