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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/func.yo b/Doc/Zsh/func.yo index aaac5fa5a..4f1bf163c 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/func.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/func.yo @@ -189,19 +189,23 @@ function definitions where the definition is silently discarded. sect(Special Functions) Certain functions, if defined, have special meaning to the shell. -In the case of tt(chpwd), tt(periodic), tt(precmd) and tt(preexec) it is -possible to define an array that has the same name with `tt(_functions)' -appended. Any element in such an array is taken as the name of a function -to execute; it is executed in the same context and with the same arguments -as the basic function. For example, if tt($chpwd_functions) is an array -containing the values `tt(mychpwd)', `tt(chpwd_save_dirstack)', then the -shell attempts to execute the functions `tt(chpwd)', `tt(mychpwd)' and +subsect(Hook Functions) +findex(functions, hook) +findex(hook functions) + +For the functions below, it is possible to define an array that has the +same name as the function with `tt(_functions)' appended. Any element in +such an array is taken as the name of a function to execute; it is executed +in the same context and with the same arguments as the basic function. For +example, if tt($chpwd_functions) is an array containing the values +`tt(mychpwd)', `tt(chpwd_save_dirstack)', then the shell attempts to +execute the functions `tt(chpwd)', `tt(mychpwd)' and `tt(chpwd_save_dirstack)', in that order. Any function that does not exist is silently ignored. A function found by this mechanism is referred to -elsewhere as a `hook function'. An error in any function causes -subsequent functions not to be run. Note further that an error -in a tt(precmd) hook causes an immediately following tt(periodic) -function not to run (thought it may run at the next opportunity). +elsewhere as a `hook function'. An error in any function causes subsequent +functions not to be run. Note further that an error in a tt(precmd) hook +causes an immediately following tt(periodic) function not to run (thought +it may run at the next opportunity). startitem() findex(chpwd) @@ -277,6 +281,14 @@ This is not called by exiting subshells, nor when the tt(exec) precommand modifier is used before an external command. Also, unlike tt(TRAPEXIT), it is not called when functions exit. ) +enditem() + +subsect(Trap Functions) + +The functions below are treated specially but do not have corresponding +hook arrays. + +startitem() item(tt(TRAP)var(NAL))( cindex(signals, trapping) cindex(trapping signals) |