Minor tweak to _generic plus doc fixes for info interpretation of hyphens.

10 files changed, 58 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/Completion/Base/Widget/_generic b/Completion/Base/Widget/_generic
index 8a943d281..9a5e726df 100644
--- a/Completion/Base/Widget/_generic
+++ b/Completion/Base/Widget/_generic
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ else
   curcontext="${WIDGET}:${curcontext#*:}"
 fi
 
-_main_complete
+_main_complete "$@"
diff --git a/Doc/Makefile.in b/Doc/Makefile.in
index d26e5a863..4223c8625 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/Doc/Makefile.in
@@ -110,11 +110,12 @@ zsh.info: $(sdir)/zsh.texi
 	$(MAKEINFO) $(sdir)/zsh.texi
 
 .yo.1:
-	case $@ in \
+	@case $@ in \
 	  */*) target=$@ ;; \
 	  *) target=$(sdir)/$@ ;; \
 	esac; \
 	case '$(YODL)' in :*) ;; *) \
+	    echo $(YODL) -o $$target -I$(sdir) -w zman.yo version.yo $< ; \
 	    $(YODL) -I$(sdir) -w zman.yo version.yo $< | sed -e '1s/\\-/-/g' -e '/^\.'\''/d' > $$target \
 	;; esac; \
 	test -f $$target
@@ -141,11 +142,12 @@ zsh_toc.html: $(sdir)/zsh.texi
 	$(TEXI2HTML) $(sdir)/zsh.texi
 
 zshall.1: zsh.yo
-	case $@ in \
+	@case $@ in \
 	  */*) target=$@ ;; \
 	  *) target=$(sdir)/$@ ;; \
 	esac; \
 	case '$(YODL)' in :*) ;; *) \
+	    echo $(YODL) -o $$target -I$(sdir) -DZSHALL -w zman.yo version.yo zsh.yo; \
 	    $(YODL) -I$(sdir) -DZSHALL -w zman.yo version.yo zsh.yo | sed -e '1s/\\-/-/g' -e '/^\.'\''/d' > $$target \
 	;; esac; \
 	test -f $$target
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
index 87b667f08..a5b6ea620 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ item(tt(getopts) var(optstring) var(name) [ var(arg) ... ])(
 Checks the var(arg)s for legal options.  If the var(arg)s are omitted,
 use the positional parameters.  A valid option argument
 begins with a `tt(PLUS())' or a `tt(-)'.  An argument not beginning with
-a `tt(PLUS())' or a `tt(-)', or the argument `tt(--)', ends the options.
+a `tt(PLUS())' or a `tt(-)', or the argument `tt(-)tt(-)', ends the options.
 Note that a single `tt(-)' is not considered a valid option argument.
 var(optstring) contains the letters that tt(getopts)
 recognizes.  If a letter is followed by a `tt(:)', that option
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ the array.  This means that
 
 example(set -A array -x -- foo)
 
-sets tt(array) to `tt(-x -- foo)' if tt(KSH_ARRAYS) is not set, but sets
+sets tt(array) to `tt(-x -)tt(- foo)' if tt(KSH_ARRAYS) is not set, but sets
 the array to tt(foo) and turns on the option `tt(-x)' if it is set.
 
 If the tt(-A) flag is not present, but there are arguments beyond the
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
index 55d861b5b..d6c40a1c4 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ findex(compctl)
 startlist()
 list(tt(compctl) [ tt(-CDT) ] var(options) [ var(command) ... ])
 list(tt(compctl) [ tt(-CDT) ] var(options) \
-  [ tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(--) ] \
-  [ tt(PLUS()) var(options) [ tt(-x) ... tt(--) ] ... [tt(PLUS())] ] \
+  [ tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(-)tt(-) ] \
+  [ tt(PLUS()) var(options) [ tt(-x) ... tt(-)tt(-) ] ... [tt(PLUS())] ] \
   [ var(command) ... ])
 list(tt(compctl) tt(-M) var(match-specs) ...)
 list(tt(compctl) tt(-L) [ tt(-CDTM) ] [ var(command) ... ])
@@ -562,11 +562,11 @@ texinode(Extended Completion)(Example)(Alternative Completion)(Completion Using
 sect(Extended Completion)
 startlist()
 list(nofill(tt(compctl) [ tt(-CDT) ] var(options) \
-tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(--)
+tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(-)tt(-)
   [ var(command) ... ]))
 list(nofill(tt(compctl) [ tt(-CDT) ] var(options) \
-[ tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(--) ]
-  [ tt(PLUS()) var(options) [ tt(-x) ... tt(--) ] ... [tt(PLUS())] ] \
+[ tt(-x) var(pattern) var(options) tt(-) ... tt(-)tt(-) ]
+  [ tt(PLUS()) var(options) [ tt(-x) ... tt(-)tt(-) ] ... [tt(PLUS())] ] \
 [ var(command) ... ]))
 endlist()
 
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
index 89e5078bc..bf2cb116e 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
@@ -481,12 +481,12 @@ functions in the tt(Widget) directory of the distribution to the name of
 that function, often in an abbreviated form.
 )
 itemiz(\
-The var(completer) currently active, the name of the function
-without the leading underscore.  A `completer' is in
-overall control of how completion is to be performed; `tt(complete)'
-is the simplest, but other completers exist to perform
-related tasks such as correction, or to modify the behaviour of a
-later completer.  See
+The var(completer) currently active, the name of the function without the
+leading underscore and with other underscores converted to hyphens.  A
+`completer' is in overall control of how completion is to be performed;
+`tt(complete)' is the simplest, but other completers exist to perform
+related tasks such as correction, or to modify the behaviour of a later
+completer.  See
 ifzman(the section `Control Functions' below)\
 ifnzman(noderef(Control Functions)) 
 for more information.  
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ for file system types (e.g. for the tt(mount) command)
 )
 kindex(functions, completion tag)
 item(tt(functions))(
-names of functions --- normally shell functions, although certain
+names of functions DASH()- normally shell functions, although certain
 commands may understand other kinds of function
 )
 kindex(globbed-files, completion tag)
@@ -1303,9 +1303,9 @@ object file:
 example(zstyle ':completion:*:*:rm:*' file-patterns \ 
     '*.o:object-files' '%p:all-files')
 
-To alter the default behaviour of file completion --- offer files
+To alter the default behaviour of file completion DASH()- offer files
 matching a pattern and directories on the first attempt, then all files
---- to offer only matching files on the first attempt, then directories,
+DASH()- to offer only matching files on the first attempt, then directories,
 and finally all files:
 
 example(zstyle ':completion:*' file-patterns \ 
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ example(zstyle ':completion:*:complete:dpkg:option--status-1:*' \
                packageset avail)
 
 causes available packages, rather than only installed packages,
-to be completed for `dpkg --status'.
+to be completed for `tt(dpkg -)tt(-status)'.
 )
 kindex(path, completion style)
 item(tt(path))(
@@ -2692,7 +2692,7 @@ This completer function is intended to be used without the
 tt(_approximate) completer or, as in the example, just before
 it.  Using it after the tt(_approximate) completer is useless since
 tt(_approximate) will at least generate the corrected strings
-generated by the tt(_correct) completer -- and probably more.
+generated by the tt(_correct) completer DASH()- and probably more.
 )
 findex(_expand)
 item(tt(_expand))(
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ to the tt(expand-or-complete-prefix) command.
 
 The tt(completer) style is used to decide which other completers are to
 be called to generate matches.  If this style is unset, the list of
-completers set for the current context is used -- except, of course, the
+completers set for the current context is used DASH()- except, of course, the
 tt(_prefix) completer itself.  Furthermore, if this completer appears
 more than once in the list of completers only those completers not
 already tried by the last invocation of tt(_prefix) will be called.
@@ -2939,6 +2939,12 @@ menu selection:
 example(zle -C foo complete-word _generic
 bindkey '...' foo
 zstyle ':completion:foo:*' menu yes select=1)
+
+Note in particular that the tt(completer) style may be set for the context
+in order to change the set of functions used to generate possible matches.
+If tt(_generic) is called with arguments, those are passed through to
+tt(_main_complete) as the list of completers in place of those defined by
+the tt(completer) style.
 )
 findex(_history_complete_word (\e/))
 item(tt(_history_complete_word) (\e/))(
@@ -3505,7 +3511,7 @@ example(local curcontext="$curcontext")
 This is useful where it is not possible for multiple states to be valid
 together.
 
-The option `tt(--)' allows tt(_arguments) to work out the names of long
+The option `tt(-)tt(-)' allows tt(_arguments) to work out the names of long
 options that support the `tt(-)tt(-help)' option which is standard in many
 GNU commands.  The command word is called with the argument
 `tt(-)tt(-help)' and the output examined for option names.  Clearly, it can
@@ -3537,7 +3543,7 @@ of these patterns.  A typical help text which uses this feature is:
 example(  -C, --directory=DIR          change to directory DIR)
 
 so that the above specifications will cause directories to be completed
-after `tt(--directory)', though not after `tt(-C)'.
+after `tt(-)tt(-directory)', though not after `tt(-C)'.
 
 Note also that tt(_arguments) tries to find out automatically if the
 argument for an option is optional.  This can be specified explicitly by
@@ -4406,7 +4412,7 @@ some attempt is made to decide which version of a command is present.  For
 example, completion for the tt(mount) command tries to determine the system
 it is running on, while completion for many other utilities try to decide
 whether the GNU version of the command is in use, and hence whether the
-tt(--help) option is supported.
+tt(-)tt(-help) option is supported.
 )
 item(tt(X), tt(AIX), tt(BSD), ...)(
 Completion and utility function for commands available only on some systems.
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
index d8a628bcb..bdbdd99da 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ features is described in
 ifzman(zmanref(zshcompsys))\
 ifnzman(the next chapter, noderef(Completion System)),
 and users with no interest in adding to that system (or, potentially,
-writing their own --- see dictionary entry for `hubris') should skip this
+writing their own DASH()- see dictionary entry for `hubris') should skip this
 section.  The older system based on the tt(compctl) builtin command is
 described in
 ifzman(zmanref(zshcompctl))\
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ xitem([ tt(-J) var(name) ] [ tt(-V) var(name) ] [ tt(-X) var(explanation) ] [ tt
 xitem([ tt(-r) var(remove-chars) ] [ tt(-R) var(remove-func) ])
 xitem([ tt(-D) var(array) ] [ tt(-O) var(array) ] [ tt(-A) var(array) ])
 xitem([ tt(-E) var(number) ])
-item([ tt(-M) var(match-spec) ] [ tt(--) ] [ var(words) ... ])(
+item([ tt(-M) var(match-spec) ] [ tt(-)tt(-) ] [ var(words) ... ])(
 
 This builtin command can be used to add matches directly and control
 all the information the completion code stores with each possible
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ The pattern var(tpat) may also be one or two stars, `tt(*)' or
 any number of characters in the trial completion. In this case the
 pattern must be anchored (on either side); in the case of a single
 star, the var(anchor) then determines how much of the trial completion
-is to be included --- only the characters up to the next appearance of
+is to be included DASH()- only the characters up to the next appearance of
 the anchor will be matched. With two stars, substrings matched by the
 anchor can be matched, too.
 
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ A nice example for the use of tt(*) patterns is partial word
 completion. Sometimes you would like to make strings like `tt(c.s.u)'
 complete to strings like `tt(comp.source.unix)', i.e. the word on the
 command line consists of multiple parts, separated by a dot in this
-example, where each part should be completed separately --- note,
+example, where each part should be completed separately DASH()- note,
 however, that the case where each part of the word, i.e. `tt(comp)',
 `tt(source)' and `tt(unix)' in this example, is to be completed from
 separate sets of matches
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index 9de4ea379..a16e252e6 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -1422,9 +1422,9 @@ using the value of tt($match[1]) rather than tt($match[2]).
 
 If the match fails none of the parameters is altered, so in some cases it
 may be necessary to initialise them beforehand.  If some of the
-backreferences fail to match --- which happens if they are in an alternate
+backreferences fail to match DASH()- which happens if they are in an alternate
 branch which fails to match, or if they are followed by tt(#) and matched
-zero times --- then the matched string is set to the empty string, and the
+zero times DASH()- then the matched string is set to the empty string, and the
 start and end indices are set to -1.
 
 Pattern matching with backreferences is slightly slower than without.
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ are sorted depending on the size (length) of the files; if tt(l)
 they are sorted by the number of links; if tt(a), tt(m), or tt(c)
 they are sorted by the time of the last access, modification, or
 inode change respectively; if tt(d), files in subdirectories appear before
-those in the current directory at each level of the search --- this is best
+those in the current directory at each level of the search DASH()- this is best
 combined with other criteria, for example `tt(odon)' to sort on names for
 files within the same directory.  Note that tt(a), tt(m), and tt(c) compare
 the age against the current time, hence the first name in the list is the
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo b/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo
index 565d33877..1701c4149 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/invoke.yo
@@ -51,32 +51,33 @@ tt(-o) can be stacked up with preceding single-letter options, so for example
 
 cindex(long option)
 Options may also be specified by name in GNU long option style,
-`tt(--)var(option-name)'.  When this is done, `tt(-)' characters in the
+`tt(-)tt(-)var(option-name)'.  When this is done, `tt(-)' characters in the
 option name are permitted: they are translated into `tt(_)', and thus ignored.
-So, for example, `tt(zsh --sh-word-split)' invokes zsh with the
+So, for example, `tt(zsh -)tt(-sh-word-split)' invokes zsh with the
 tt(SH_WORD_SPLIT) option turned on.  Like other option syntaxes, options can
 be turned off by replacing the initial `tt(-)' with a `tt(PLUS())'; thus
-`tt(+-sh-word-split)' is equivalent to `tt(--no-sh-word-split)'.
+`tt(+-sh-word-split)' is equivalent to `tt(-)tt(-no-sh-word-split)'.
 Unlike other option syntaxes, GNU-style long options cannot be stacked with
 any other options, so for example `tt(-x-shwordsplit)' is an error,
-rather than being treated like `tt(-x --shwordsplit)'.
+rather than being treated like `tt(-x -)tt(-shwordsplit)'.
 
 cindex(--version)
 cindex(--help)
-The special GNU-style option `tt(--version)' is handled; it sends to standard
-output the shell's version information, then exits successfully.
-`tt(--help)' is also handled; it sends to standard output a list of options
-that can be used when invoking the shell, then exits successfully.
+The special GNU-style option `tt(-)tt(-version)' is handled; it sends to
+standard output the shell's version information, then exits successfully.
+`tt(-)tt(-help)' is also handled; it sends to standard output a list of
+options that can be used when invoking the shell, then exits successfully.
 
 Option processing may be finished, allowing following arguments that start with
 `tt(-)' or `tt(PLUS())' to be treated as normal arguments, in two ways.
-Firstly, a lone `tt(-)' (or `tt(PLUS())') as an argument by itself ends option
-processing.  Secondly, a special option `tt(--)' (or `tt(PLUS()-)'), which may
-be specified on its own (which is the standard POSIX usage) or may be stacked
-with preceding options (so `tt(-x-)' is equivalent to `tt(-x --)').  Options
-are not permitted to be stacked after `tt(--)' (so `tt(-x-f)' is an error),
-but note the GNU-style option form discussed above, where `tt(--shwordsplit)'
-is permitted and does not end option processing.
+Firstly, a lone `tt(-)' (or `tt(PLUS())') as an argument by itself ends
+option processing.  Secondly, a special option `tt(-)tt(-)' (or
+`tt(PLUS()-)'), which may be specified on its own (which is the standard
+POSIX usage) or may be stacked with preceding options (so `tt(-x-)' is
+equivalent to `tt(-x -)tt(-)').  Options are not permitted to be stacked
+after `tt(-)tt(-)' (so `tt(-x-f)' is an error), but note the GNU-style
+option form discussed above, where `tt(-)tt(-shwordsplit)' is permitted
+and does not end option processing.
 
 Except when the bf(sh)/bf(ksh) emulation single-letter options are in effect,
 the option `tt(-b)' (or `tt(PLUS()b)') ends option processing.
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo
index d97bc7a48..c7342fdba 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ xitem(var(name))
 item(var(name)tt(+))(
 The var(name) is the name of the option without the leading `tt(-)'.  To
 specify a GNU-style long option, one of the usual two leading `tt(-)' must
-be included in var(name); for example, a `tt(--file)' option is
+be included in var(name); for example, a `tt(-)tt(-file)' option is
 represented by a var(name) of `tt(-file)'.
 
 If a `tt(+)' appears after var(name), the option is appended to var(array)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/tcpsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/tcpsys.yo
index b6fe1ab60..bf04be4db 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/tcpsys.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/tcpsys.yo
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ The current implementation is somewhat deficient in terms of use of the
 command history.  For this reason, many users will prefer to use some form
 of alternative approach for sending data easily to the current session.
 One simple approach is to alias some special character (such as `tt(%)') to
-`tt(tcp_command --)'.
+`tt(tcp_command -)tt(-)'.
 )
 findex(tcp_wait)
 item(tt(tcp_wait))(