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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo index a6fbe6723..8c5e67e70 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/params.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/params.yo @@ -953,7 +953,10 @@ has index 1, the signals are offset by 1 from the signal number used by the operating system. For example, on typical Unix-like systems tt(HUP) is signal number 1, but is referred to as tt($signals[2]). This is because of tt(EXIT) at position 1 in the array, which is used -internally by zsh but is not known to the operating system. +internally by zsh but is not known to the operating system. On many systems +there is a block of reserved or unused signal numbers before the POSIX +real-time signals so the array index can't be used as an accurate indicator +of their signal number. Use, for example, tt(kill -l SIGRTMIN) instead. ) vindex(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) item(tt(TRY_BLOCK_ERROR) <S>)( |