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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo | 11 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo index 41d3dfdb0..3cf9e5028 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo @@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ enditem() ) findex(zformat) xitem(tt(zformat -f) var(param) var(format) var(spec) ...) +xitem(tt(zformat -F) var(param) var(format) var(spec) ...) item(tt(zformat -a) var(array) var(sep) var(spec) ...)( -This builtin provides two different forms of formatting. The first form +This builtin provides different forms of formatting. The first form is selected with the tt(-f) option. In this case the var(format) string will be modified by replacing sequences starting with a percent sign in it with strings from the var(spec)s. Each var(spec) should be @@ -195,7 +196,13 @@ outputs "The answer is 'yes'." to tt(REPLY) since the value for the format specifier tt(c) is 3, agreeing with the digit argument to the ternary expression. -The second form, using the tt(-a) option, can be used for aligning +With tt(-F) instead of tt(-f), ternary expressions choose between the +`true' or `false' text on the basis of whether the format specifier is +present and non-empty. A test number indicates a minimum width for the +value given in the format specifier. Negative numbers reverse this, +so the test is for whether the value exceeds a maximum width. + +The form, using the tt(-a) option, can be used for aligning strings. Here, the var(spec)s are of the form `var(left)tt(:)var(right)' where `var(left)' and `var(right)' are arbitrary strings. These strings are modified by replacing the colons |