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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index ba2856b34..21bb87442 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ the syntax: ifzman() indent(var(name)tt(+=LPAR())var(value) ...tt(RPAR())) +Within the parentheses on the right hand side of either form of the +assignment, newlines and semicolons are treated the same as white space, +separating individual var(value)s. Any consecutive sequence of such +characters has the same effect. + Ordinary array parameters may also be explicitly declared with: findex(typeset, use of) ifzman() @@ -383,9 +388,7 @@ as part of an arithmetic expression in an ordinary subscript. To avoid subscript parsing limitations in assignments to associative array elements, use the append syntax: -example( - aa+=('key with "*strange*" characters' 'value string') -) +example(aa+=('key with "*strange*" characters' 'value string')) The basic rule to remember when writing a subscript expression is that all text between the opening `tt([)' and the closing `tt(])' is interpreted @@ -773,7 +776,13 @@ Incremented by one each time a new shell is started. ) vindex(signals) item(tt(signals))( -An array containing the names of the signals. +An array containing the names of the signals. Note that with +the standard zsh numbering of array indices, where the first element +has index 1, the signals are offset by 1 from the signal number +used by the operating system. For example, on typical Unix-like systems +tt(HUP) is signal number 1, but is referred to as tt($signals[2]). This +is because of tt(EXIT) at position 1 in the array, which is used +internally by zsh but is not known to the operating system. ) vindex(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) item(tt(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) <S>)( |