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author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2003-02-07 17:05:09 +0000 |
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committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2003-02-07 17:05:09 +0000 |
commit | 4f3b9e43d28508b696984d848176196e57414c51 (patch) | |
tree | 18215b7507794234dd21dfe6ce5ab07c8619009b /Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | |
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18204: KSH_ARRAYS
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index 7512e9acf..eb1d62755 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ cindex(parameters, listing) cindex(parameters, positional) cindex(parameters, setting array) cindex(array parameters, setting) +pindex(KSH_ARRAYS, use of) item(tt(set) [ {tt(PLUS())|tt(-)}var(options) | {tt(PLUS())|tt(-)}tt(o) var(option_name) ] ... [ {tt(PLUS())|tt(-)}tt(A) [ var(name) ] ] [ var(arg) ... ])( Set the options for the shell and/or set the positional parameters, or declare and set an array. If the tt(-s) option is given, it causes the @@ -976,14 +977,34 @@ ifzman(zmanref(zshoptions))\ ifnzman(noderef(Options))\ . Flags may be specified by name using the tt(-o) option. -If the tt(-A) flag is specified, var(name) is -set to an array containing the given var(arg)s. if tt(PLUS()A) is used and -var(name) is an array, the given arguments will replace the initial -elements of that array; if no var(name) is specified, all arrays are -printed. Otherwise the positional parameters are set. If no arguments are -given, then the names and values of all parameters are printed on the -standard output. If the only argument is `tt(PLUS())', -the names of all parameters are printed. +If the tt(-A) flag is specified, var(name) is set to an array containing +the given var(arg)s; if no var(name) is specified, all arrays are printed +together with their values. + +If tt(PLUS()A) is used and var(name) is an array, the +given arguments will replace the initial elements of that array; if no +var(name) is specified, all arrays are printed without their values. + +The behaviour of arguments after tt(-A) var(name) or tt(PLUS()A) var(name) +depends on whether the option tt(KSH_ARRAYS) is set. If it is not set, all +arguments following var(name) are treated as values for the array, +regardless 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 + +example(set -A array -x -- foo) + +sets tt(array) to `tt(-x -- 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 +options, the positional parameters are set. If the option list (if any) +is terminated by `tt(-)tt(-)', and there are no further arguments, the +positional parameters will be unset. + +If no arguments and no `tt(-)tt(-)' are given, then the names and values of +all parameters are printed on the standard output. If the only argument is +`tt(PLUS())', the names of all parameters are printed. ) module(setcap)(zsh/cap) findex(setopt) |