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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-07-24 18:35:49 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2009-07-24 18:35:49 +0000
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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
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@@ -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