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author | Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> | 2018-01-13 16:11:14 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> | 2018-01-13 17:52:59 +0000 |
commit | ba752d2eb51957b85fa0003732e6e6345ad80668 (patch) | |
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42261: docs: Expand documentation of $histchars[1]. Joint with Matthew Martin.
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-rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo | 3 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index d5e5838df..1ea6ae47b 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ subsect(Overview) vindex(histchars, use of) A history expansion begins with the first character of the tt(histchars) parameter, which is `tt(!)' by default, and may occur anywhere on the -command line; history expansions do not nest. The `tt(!)' can be escaped -with `tt(\)' or can be enclosed between a pair of single quotes (tt('')) -to suppress its special meaning. Double quotes will em(not) work for -this. Following this history character is an optional event designator +command line, including inside double quotes (but not inside single quotes +tt('...') or C-style quotes tt($'...')). A literal `tt(!)' may be +obtained by escaping it with a backslash. + +The first character is followed by an optional event designator (ifzman(see )noderef(Event Designators)) and then an optional word designator (noderef(Word Designators)); if neither of these designators is present, no history expansion occurs. @@ -96,6 +97,8 @@ but before any other expansions take place and before the command is executed. It is this expanded form that is recorded as the history event for later references. +History expansions do not nest. + By default, a history reference with no event designator refers to the same event as any preceding history reference on that command line; if it is the only history reference in a command, it refers to the previous diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo index f9600424e..d2c7cd29c 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/grammar.yo @@ -671,4 +671,5 @@ single quote if it is set. Inside double quotes (tt("")), parameter and command substitution occur, and `tt(\)' quotes the characters -`tt(\)', `tt(`)', `tt(")', and `tt($)'. +`tt(\)', `tt(`)', `tt(")', `tt($)', and the first character +of tt($histchars) (default `tt(!)'). |