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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo index 3b7ad9b5a..e0a621acf 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ of the file is composed from the tt(TERM), tt(VENDOR) and tt(OSTYPE) parameters, joined by hyphens. You may read this file into your tt(.zshrc) or another startup file with -the "source" or "." commands, then reference the tt(key) parameter in -bindkey commands, like this: +the `tt(source)' or `tt(.)' commands, then reference the tt(key) parameter +in bindkey commands, like this: example(source ${ZDOTDIR:-$HOME}/.zkbd/$TERM-$VENDOR-$OSTYPE [[ -n ${key[Left]} ]] && bindkey "${key[Left]}" backward-char @@ -2034,10 +2034,54 @@ the context prefix `tt(:completion:nslookup)'. See also the tt(pager), tt(prompt) and tt(rprompt) styles below. ) -item(tt(run-help))( -See `Accessing On-Line Help' +findex(run-help) +item(tt(run-help) var(cmd))( +This function is designed to be invoked by the tt(run-help) ZLE widget, +in place of the default alias. See `Accessing On-Line Help' ifzman(above)\ -ifnzman((noderef(Utilities))). +ifnzman((noderef(Utilities))) for setup instructions. + +In the discussion which follows, if var(cmd) is a filesystem path, it is +first reduced to its rightmost component (the file name). + +Help is first sought by looking for a file named var(cmd) in the directory +named by the tt(HELPDIR) parameter. If no file is found, an assistant +function, alias, or command named tt(run-help-var(cmd)) is sought. If +found, the assistant is executed with the rest of the current command line +(everything after the command name var(cmd)) as its arguments. When +neither file nor assistant is found, the external command +`tt(man) var(cmd)' is run. + +An example assistant for the "ssh" command: + +example(run-help-ssh() { + emulate -LR zsh + local -a args + # Delete the "-l username" option + zparseopts -D -E -a args l: + # Delete other options, leaving: host command + args=(${@:#-*}) + if [[ ${#args} -lt 2 ]]; then + man ssh + else + run-help $args[2] + fi +}) + +Several of these assistants are provided in the tt(Functions/Misc) +directory. These must be autoloaded, or placed as executable scripts in +your search path, in order to be found and used by tt(run-help). + +startitem() +findex(run-help-git) +findex(run-help-svk) +findex(run-help-svn) +xitem(tt(run-help-git)) +xitem(tt(run-help-svk)) +item(tt(run-help-svn))( +Assistant functions for the tt(git), tt(svk), and tt(svn) commands. +) +enditem() ) item(tt(tetris))( Zsh was once accused of not being as complete as Emacs, |