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authorBart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net>2012-03-07 06:10:42 +0000
committerBart Schaefer <barts@users.sourceforge.net>2012-03-07 06:10:42 +0000
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30320: "emulate" accepts invocation-time flags; other small doc tweaks.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo32
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/params.yo4
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
index 706c2803f..98c470a54 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ cindex(compatibility, csh)
 cindex(sh, compatibility)
 cindex(ksh, compatibility)
 cindex(csh, compatibility)
-item(tt(emulate) [ tt(-LR) ] [ {tt(zsh)|tt(sh)|tt(ksh)|tt(csh)} [ tt(-c) tt(arg) ] ])(
+item(tt(emulate) [ tt(-LR) ] [ {tt(zsh)|tt(sh)|tt(ksh)|tt(csh)} [ var(flags) ... ] ])(
 Without any argument print current emulation mode.
 
 With single argument set up zsh options to emulate the specified shell
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ will be used as a default; more precisely, the tests performed on the
 argument are the same as those used to determine the emulation at startup
 based on the shell name, see
 ifzman(\
-the section `Compatibility' in zmanref(zshmisc)
+the section COMPATIBILITY in zmanref(zsh)
 )\
 ifnzman(\
 noderef(Compatibility)
@@ -373,26 +373,34 @@ Note that code executed inside the function by the tt(.), tt(source), or
 tt(eval) commands is not considered to be running directly from the
 function, hence does not provoke this behaviour.
 
-If the tt(-R) option is given, all options
+If the tt(-R) switch is given, all settable options
 are reset to their default value corresponding to the specified emulation
 mode, except for certain options describing the interactive
 environment; otherwise, only those options likely to cause portability
-problems in scripts and functions are altered.  If the tt(-L) option is given,
+problems in scripts and functions are altered.  If the tt(-L) switch is given,
 the options tt(LOCAL_OPTIONS) and tt(LOCAL_TRAPS) will be set as
 well, causing the effects of the tt(emulate) command and any tt(setopt) and
 tt(trap) commands to be local to the immediately surrounding shell
 function, if any; normally these options are turned off in all emulation
-modes except tt(ksh). The tt(-L) and tt(-c) are mutually exclusive.
-
-If tt(-c) tt(arg) is given, evaluate tt(arg) while the requested
-emulation is temporarily in effect.  The emulation and all options will
-be restored to their original values before tt(emulate) returns.  The
-tt(-R) flag may be used.
+modes except tt(ksh). The tt(-L) switch is mutually exclusive with the
+use of tt(-c) in var(flags).
+
+The var(flags) may be any of the invocation-time flags described in
+ifnzman(noderef(Invocation))\
+ifzman(the section INVOCATION in zmanref(zsh)),
+except that `tt(-o EMACS)' and `tt(-o VI)' may not be used.  Flags such
+as `tt(+r)'/`tt(+o RESTRICTED)' may be prohibited in some circumstances.
+If tt(-c) var(arg) appears in var(flags), var(arg) is evaluated while the
+requested emulation is temporarily in effect.  In this case the emulation
+mode and all options are restored to their previous values before
+tt(emulate) returns.  The tt(-R) switch may precede the name of the shell
+to emulate; note this has a meaning distinct from including tt(-R) in
+var(flags).
 
 Use of tt(-c) enables `sticky' emulation mode for functions defined
 within the evaluated expression:  the emulation mode is associated
 thereafter with the function so that whenever the function is executed
-the emulation (respecting the tt(-R) flag, if present) and all
+the emulation (respecting the tt(-R) switch, if present) and all
 options are set before entry to the function, and restored after exit.
 If the function is called when the sticky emulation is already in
 effect, either within an `tt(emulate) var(shell) tt(-c)' expression or
@@ -434,7 +442,7 @@ within sticky emulation.)
 sitem(3.)(No special handling is provided for functions marked for
 tt(autoload) nor for functions present in wordcode created by
 the tt(zcompile) command.)
-sitem(4.)(The presence or absence of the tt(-R) flag to tt(emulate)
+sitem(4.)(The presence or absence of the tt(-R) switch to tt(emulate)
 corresponds to different sticky emulation modes, so for example
 `tt(emulate sh -c)', `tt(emulate -R sh -c)' and `tt(emulate csh -c)'
 are treated as three distinct sticky emulations.)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
index e9a3c722d..82768983d 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo
@@ -1003,6 +1003,10 @@ and replaces the tt(SUNKEYBOARDHACK) option which did this for
 backquotes only.  Should the chosen character be one of singlequote,
 doublequote or backquote, there must also be an odd number of them
 on the command line for the last one to be removed.
+
+For backward compabitility, if the tt(SUNKEYBOARDHACK) option is
+explicitly set, the value of tt(KEYBOARD_HACK) reverts to backquote.
+If the option is explicitly unset, this variable is set to empty.
 )
 vindex(KEYTIMEOUT)
 item(tt(KEYTIMEOUT))(