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diff --git a/Doc/help/set b/Doc/help/set index 9a0196f01..cb5637e1a 100644 --- a/Doc/help/set +++ b/Doc/help/set @@ -1,30 +1,30 @@ set [ {+|-}options | {+|-}o [ option_name ] ] ... [ {+|-}A [ name ] ] [ arg ... ] - Set the options for the shell and/or set the positional parame- - ters, or declare and set an array. If the -s option is given, - it causes the specified arguments to be sorted before assigning + Set the options for the shell and/or set the positional parame- + ters, or declare and set an array. If the -s option is given, + it causes the specified arguments to be sorted before assigning them to the positional parameters (or to the array name if -A is - used). With +s sort arguments in descending order. For the - meaning of the other flags, see zshoptions(1). Flags may be + used). With +s sort arguments in descending order. For the + meaning of the other flags, see zshoptions(1). Flags may be specified by name using the -o option. If no option name is sup- - plied with -o, the current option states are printed: see the - description of setopt below for more information on the format. - With +o they are printed in a form that can be used as input to + plied with -o, the current option states are printed: see the + description of setopt below for more information on the format. + With +o they are printed in a form that can be used as input to the shell. - If the -A flag is specified, name is set to an array containing - the given args; if no name is specified, all arrays are printed + If the -A flag is specified, name is set to an array containing + the given args; if no name is specified, all arrays are printed together with their values. If +A is used and name is an array, the given arguments will re- - place the initial elements of that array; if no name is speci- + place the initial elements of that array; if no name is speci- fied, all arrays are printed without their values. - The behaviour of arguments after -A name or +A name depends on + The behaviour of arguments after -A name or +A name depends on whether the option KSH_ARRAYS is set. If it is not set, all ar- - guments following name are treated as values for the array, re- - gardless of their form. If the option is set, normal option - processing continues at that point; only regular arguments are + guments following name are treated as values for the array, re- + gardless of their form. If the option is set, normal option + processing continues at that point; only regular arguments are treated as values for the array. This means that set -A array -x -- foo @@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ set [ {+|-}options | {+|-}o [ option_name ] ] ... [ {+|-}A [ name ] ] sets array to `-x -- foo' if KSH_ARRAYS is not set, but sets the array to foo and turns on the option `-x' if it is set. - If the -A flag is not present, but there are arguments beyond - the options, the positional parameters are set. If the option - list (if any) is terminated by `--', and there are no further + If the -A flag is not present, but there are arguments beyond + the options, the positional parameters are set. If the option + list (if any) is terminated by `--', and there are no further arguments, the positional parameters will be unset. If no arguments and no `--' are given, then the names and values - of all parameters are printed on the standard output. If the + of all parameters are printed on the standard output. If the only argument is `+', the names of all parameters are printed. For historical reasons, `set -' is treated as `set +xv' and `set - - args' as `set +xv -- args' when in any other emulation mode + - args' as `set +xv -- args' when in any other emulation mode than zsh's native mode. |