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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo52
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/expn.yo25
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 39 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
index c5808fbeb..5b9af12f3 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
@@ -302,10 +302,13 @@ called at the same point; these are so-called `hook functions'.
The shell function tt(add-zsh-hook) provides a simple way of adding or
removing functions from the array.
-var(hook) is one of tt(chpwd), tt(periodic), tt(precmd) or tt(preexec),
-the special functions in question.
+var(hook) is one of tt(chpwd), tt(periodic), tt(precmd), tt(preexec),
+tt(zshaddhistory), tt(zshexit), or tt(zsh_directory_name),
+the special functions in question. Note that tt(zsh_directory_name)
+is called in a different way from the other functions, but may
+still be manipulated as a hook.
-var(functions) is name of an ordinary shell function. If no options
+var(function) is name of an ordinary shell function. If no options
are given this will be added to the array of functions to be executed
in the given context.
@@ -315,6 +318,10 @@ the array of functions to be executed.
If the option tt(-D) is given, the var(function) is treated as a pattern
and any matching names of functions are removed from the array of
functions to be executed.
+
+The options tt(-U), tt(-z) and tt(-k) are passed as arguments to
+tt(autoload) for var(function). For functions contributed with zsh, the
+options tt(-Uz) are appropriate.
)
enditem()
@@ -544,36 +551,15 @@ enditem()
subsect(Use with dynamic directory naming)
It is possible to refer to recent directories using the dynamic directory
-name syntax that appeared in zsh version 4.3.7. If you create and
-autoload a function tt(zsh_directory_name) containing the following code,
-tt(~[1]) will refer to the most recent directory other than $PWD, and so on.
-This also includes completion.
-
-example(if [[ $1 = n ]]; then
- if [[ $2 = <-> ]]; then
- # Recent directory
- typeset -ga reply
- autoload -Uz cdr
- cdr -r
- if [[ -n ${reply[$2]} ]]; then
- reply=LPAR()${reply[$2]}RPAR()
- return 0
- else
- reply=LPAR()RPAR()
- return 1
- fi
- fi
-elif [[ $1 = c ]]; then
- if [[ $PREFIX = <-> || -z $PREFIX ]]; then
- typeset -a keys values
- values=LPAR()${${(f)"$+LPAR()cdr -l+RPAR()"}/ ##/:}RPAR()
- keys=LPAR()${values%%:*}RPAR()
- _describe -t dir-index 'recent directory index' \
- values keys -V unsorted -S']'
- return
- fi
-fi
-return 1)
+name syntax by using the supplied function tt(zsh_directory_name_cdr)
+a hook:
+
+example(autoload -Uz add-zsh-hook
+add-zsh-hook -Uz zsh_directory_name zsh_directory_name_cdr)
+
+When this is done, tt(~[1]) will refer to the most recent
+directory other than $PWD, and so on. Completion after tt(~[)var(...)
+also works.
subsect(Details of directory handling)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index 9c4491386..1bace49c3 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -1517,8 +1517,12 @@ cindex(directories, named, dynamic)
cindex(named directories, dynamic)
cindex(dynamic named directories)
-The feature described here is only available if the shell function
-tt(zsh_directory_name) exists.
+If the function tt(zsh_directory_name) exists, or the shell variable
+tt(zsh_directory_name_functions) exists and contains an array of
+function names, then the functions are used to implement dynamic
+directory naming. The functions are tried in order until one returns
+status zero, so it is important that functions test whether they can
+handle the case in question and return an appropriate status.
A `tt(~)' followed by a string var(namstr) in unquoted square brackets is
treated specially as a dynamic directory name. Note that the first
@@ -1529,11 +1533,12 @@ which is the directory corresponding to the name and return status zero
(executing an assignment as the last statement is usually sufficient), or
it should return status non-zero. In the former case the element of reply
is used as the directory; in the latter case the substitution is deemed to
-have failed and tt(NOMATCH) handling is applied if the option is set.
+have failed. If all functions fail and the option tt(NOMATCH) is set,
+an error results.
-The function tt(zsh_directory_name) is also used to see if a directory can
+The functions defined as above are also used to see if a directory can
be turned into a name, for example when printing the directory stack or
-when expanding tt(%~) in prompts. In this case the function is passed two
+when expanding tt(%~) in prompts. In this case each function is passed two
arguments: the string tt(d) (for directory) and the candidate for dynamic
naming. The function should either return non-zero status, if the
directory cannot be named by the function, or it should set the array reply
@@ -1551,7 +1556,15 @@ parts of the directory path, as described below; it is used if the prefix
length matched (16 in the example) is longer than that matched by any
static name.
-The completion system calls `tt(zsh_directory_name c)' in order to
+It is not a requirement that a function implements both
+tt(n) and tt(d) calls; for example, it might be appropriate for certain
+dynamic forms of expansion not to be contracted to names. In that case
+any call with the first argument tt(d) should cause a non-zero status to
+be returned.
+
+The completion system calls `tt(zsh_directory_name c)' followed by
+equivalent calls to elements of the array
+tt(zsh_directory_name_functions), if it exists, in order to
complete dynamic names for directories. The code for this should be
as for any other completion function as described in
ifnzman(noderef(Completion System))\