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| author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-07-24 18:35:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-07-24 18:35:49 +0000 |
| commit | 72f0b14a0448ecf50935a1f6c90337c3d1c969af (patch) | |
| tree | be65fa2ba994792e2f5a4764b3fbe71b91af7778 /Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | |
| parent | 2c8142351681124e8ce5f8f44a8539ae4e7bbe33 (diff) | |
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27188: improve read -q by using read -k code
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index 4311e871e..6d1fffabf 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -1113,9 +1113,10 @@ item(tt(-q))( Read only one character from the terminal and set var(name) to `tt(y)' if this character was `tt(y)' or `tt(Y)' and to `tt(n)' otherwise. With this flag set the return status is zero only if the character was -`tt(y)' or `tt(Y)'. Note that this always reads from the terminal, even -if used with the tt(-p) or tt(-u) or tt(-z) flags or with redirected input. -This option may also be used within zle widgets. +`tt(y)' or `tt(Y)'. This option may be used with a timeout; if +the read times out, or encounters end of file, status 2 is returned. +Input is read from the terminal unless one of tt(-u) +or tt(-p) is present. This option may also be used within zle widgets. ) item(tt(-k) [ var(num) ])( Read only one (or var(num)) characters. All are assigned to the first |