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author | Bart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net> | 2000-11-06 06:24:27 +0000 |
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committer | Bart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net> | 2000-11-06 06:24:27 +0000 |
commit | 49fc6b036cbc1f42966ddcd246de61712962b576 (patch) | |
tree | 1c5145a13ce14a3d4dd5a7bbbc107eecb201e81c /Doc/Zsh/mod_zpty.yo | |
parent | dbc0aebcd44a028ed5c5c392fa2b354a1b562955 (diff) | |
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Make zpty more like eval.
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zpty.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zpty.yo index e90b36d09..24139a83f 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zpty.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zpty.yo @@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ The tt(zsh/zpty) module offers one builtin: startitem() findex(zpty) -item(tt(zpty) [ tt(-e) ] [ tt(-b) ] var(name) var(command) [ var(args ...) ])( -In the first form, the var(command) is started with the var(args) as -arguments. The command runs under a newly assigned pseudo-terminal; this -is useful for running commands non-interactively which expect an -interactive environment. The var(name) is used to refer to this command -in later calls to tt(zpty). +item(tt(zpty) [ tt(-e) ] [ tt(-b) ] var(name) [ var(arg ...) ])( +The arguments following var(name) are concatenated with spaces between, +then executed as a command, as if passed to the tt(eval) builtin. The +command runs under a newly assigned pseudo-terminal; this is useful for +running commands non-interactively which expect an interactive +environment. The var(name) is not part of the command, but is used to +refer to this command in later calls to tt(zpty). With the tt(-e) option, the pseudo-terminal is set up so that input characters are echoed. |