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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2015-05-12 Jun-ichi Takimoto <takimoto-j@kba.biglobe.ne.jp> + + * 35086: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo: reapply 35067 which has been + mistakenly reverted by 35075 + 2015-05-12 Daniel Hahler <git@thequod.de> * 35060 + 35072: Completion/Unix/Command/_git: completion: git: split diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 1089ddf40..6bb0b4ada 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -1014,6 +1014,25 @@ form of single quoting is used that only quotes the string if needed to protect special characters. Typically this form gives the most readable output. ) +item(tt(b))( +Quote with backslashes only characters that are special to pattern +matching. This is useful when the contents of the variable are to be +tested using tt(GLOB_SUBST), including the tt(${~)var(...)tt(}) switch. + +Quoting using one of the tt(q) family of flags does not work +for this purpose since quotes are not stripped from non-pattern +characters by tt(GLOB_SUBST). In other words, + +example(foo='a\ b' +[[ 'a b' = ${~foo} ]]) + +fails, whereas + +example(foo='a\*b' +[[ 'a*b' = ${~foo} ]]) + +succeeds. The tt(b) flag ensures the correct quoting. +) item(tt(Q))( Remove one level of quotes from the resulting words. ) |