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authorPeter Stephenson <p.stephenson@samsung.com>2018-07-17 09:29:00 +0100
committerPeter Stephenson <p.stephenson@samsung.com>2018-07-17 09:29:00 +0100
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43176: Add note on compatibility to start of manual.
Default mode is not POSIX.
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+2018-07-17  Peter Stephenson  <p.stephenson@samsung.com>
+
+	* 43176: Doc/Zsh/intro.yo: note right at start of manual that
+	default mode is not POSIX.
+
 2018-07-16  Peter Stephenson  <p.stephenson@samsung.com>
 
 	* Tim Smith: 43172: Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo: document escaping of
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/intro.yo b/Doc/Zsh/intro.yo
index 510a7bda5..a7a2f3248 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/intro.yo
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@@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ sect(Description)
 )\
 Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive
 login shell and as a shell script command processor.  Of the standard shells,
-zsh most closely resembles bf(ksh) but includes many enhancements.  Zsh
-has command line editing, builtin spelling correction, programmable
+zsh most closely resembles bf(ksh) but includes many enhancements.  It
+does not provide compatibility with POSIX or other shells in its
+default operating mode:  see
+ifnzman(the section noderef(Compatibility))\
+ifzman(the section Compatibility below).
+
+Zsh has command line editing, builtin spelling correction, programmable
 command completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history
 mechanism, and a host of other features.
 includefile(Zsh/metafaq.yo)