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authorDaniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>2016-10-27 12:59:07 +0000
committerDaniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name>2016-10-28 16:02:03 +0000
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users/22036: bracketed-paste: Document cutbuffer behaviour; clarify.
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@@ -2175,10 +2175,13 @@ item(tt(bracketed-paste))(
 This widget is invoked when text is pasted to the terminal emulator. It
 is not intended to be bound to actual keys but instead to the special
 sequence generated by the terminal emulator when text is pasted.
+The pasted text is inserted to the buffer and placed in the cutbuffer.
 If a numeric argument is given, shell quoting will be applied to the
-pasted text before it is inserted. When called from a widget function,
-an argument can be given to specify a variable to which pasted text is
-assigned.
+pasted text before it is inserted.
+
+When called from a widget function as `tt(bracketed-paste) var(name)`, the
+pasted text is assigned to the variable var(name) and no other processing is
+done.
 
 See also the tt(zle_bracketed_paste) parameter.
 )