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diff --git a/Doc/help/setopt b/Doc/help/setopt index 4478a1ed2..37eec1db4 100644 --- a/Doc/help/setopt +++ b/Doc/help/setopt @@ -1,27 +1,27 @@ setopt [ {+|-}options | {+|-}o option_name ] [ -m ] [ name ... ] - Set the options for the shell. All options specified either + Set the options for the shell. All options specified either with flags or by name are set. If no arguments are supplied, the names of all options currently - set are printed. The form is chosen so as to minimize the dif- + set are printed. The form is chosen so as to minimize the dif- ferences from the default options for the current emulation (the - default emulation being native zsh, shown as <Z> in zshop- + default emulation being native zsh, shown as <Z> in zshop- tions(1)). Options that are on by default for the emulation are - shown with the prefix no only if they are off, while other op- - tions are shown without the prefix no and only if they are on. - In addition to options changed from the default state by the - user, any options activated automatically by the shell (for ex- - ample, SHIN_STDIN or INTERACTIVE) will be shown in the list. - The format is further modified by the option KSH_OPTION_PRINT, - however the rationale for choosing options with or without the + shown with the prefix no only if they are off, while other op- + tions are shown without the prefix no and only if they are on. + In addition to options changed from the default state by the + user, any options activated automatically by the shell (for ex- + ample, SHIN_STDIN or INTERACTIVE) will be shown in the list. + The format is further modified by the option KSH_OPTION_PRINT, + however the rationale for choosing options with or without the no prefix remains the same in this case. - If the -m flag is given the arguments are taken as patterns - (which should be quoted to protect them from filename expan- - sion), and all options with names matching these patterns are + If the -m flag is given the arguments are taken as patterns + (which should be quoted to protect them from filename expan- + sion), and all options with names matching these patterns are set. - Note that a bad option name does not cause execution of subse- - quent shell code to be aborted; this is behaviour is different - from that of `set -o'. This is because set is regarded as a + Note that a bad option name does not cause execution of subse- + quent shell code to be aborted; this is behaviour is different + from that of `set -o'. This is because set is regarded as a special builtin by the POSIX standard, but setopt is not. |