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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo index 1daffde00..40bc24988 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo @@ -1519,6 +1519,23 @@ Inside a widget function, if passed an argument, i.e. `tt(zle universal-argument) var(num)', the numerical argument will be set to var(num); this is equivalent to `tt(NUMERIC=)var(num)'. ) +tindex(argument-base) +item(tt(argument-base))( +Use the existing numeric argument as a numeric base, which must be in the +range 2 to 36 inclusive. Subsequent use of tt(digit-argument) and +tt(universal-argument) will input a new prefix in the given base. +The usual hexadecimal convention is used: the letter tt(a) or tt(A) +corresponds to 10, and so on. Arguments in bases requiring digits from 10 +upwards are more conveniently input with tt(universal-argument), since +tt(ESC-a) etc. are not usually bound to tt(digit-argument). + +The function can be used with a command argument inside a user-defined +widget. The following code sets the base to 16 and lets the user input a +hexadecimal argument until a key out of the digit range is typed: + +example(zle argument-base 16 +zle universal-argument) +) enditem() texinode(Completion)(Miscellaneous)(Arguments)(Zle Widgets) subsect(Completion) |