new widget copy-prev-shell-word, like copy-prev-word but uses shell parsing to find word (10685)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo
index 27b149d0b..0bc857cfb 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo
@@ -637,7 +637,13 @@ Copy the area from the cursor to the mark to the kill buffer.
 )
 tindex(copy-prev-word)
 item(tt(copy-prev-word) (ESC-^_) (unbound) (unbound))(
-Duplicate the word behind the cursor.
+Duplicate the word to the left of the cursor.
+)
+tindex(copy-prev-shell-word)
+item(tt(copy-prev-shell-word) (ESC-^_) (unbound) (unbound))(
+Like tt(copy-prev-word), but the word is found by using shell parsing, 
+whereas tt(copy-prev-word) looks for blanks. This makes a difference
+when the word is quoted and contains spaces.
 )
 tindex(vi-delete)
 item(tt(vi-delete) (unbound) (d) (unbound))(