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authorPaul Ackersviller <packersv@users.sourceforge.net>2007-11-26 02:25:34 +0000
committerPaul Ackersviller <packersv@users.sourceforge.net>2007-11-26 02:25:34 +0000
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Merge of users/{12109,12110}: tweaks to $SECONDS doc.
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/params.yo8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
index bcd2ae23e..394c5cd7d 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
@@ -651,8 +651,12 @@ since the assignment.
 Unlike other special parameters, the type of the tt(SECONDS) parameter can
 be changed using the tt(typeset) command.  Only integer and one of the
 floating point types are allowed.  For example, `tt(typeset -F SECONDS)'
-causes the value to be reported as a floating point number.  The precision
-is six decimal places, although not all places may be useful.
+causes the value to be reported as a floating point number.  The
+value is available to microsecond accuracy, although the shell may
+show more or fewer digits depending on the use of tt(typeset).  See
+the documentation for the builtin tt(typeset) in
+ifzman(zmanref(zshbuiltins))\
+ifnzman(noderef(Shell Builtin Commands)) for more details.
 )
 vindex(SHLVL)
 item(tt(SHLVL) <S>)(