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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo index 98f38025a..881e56b19 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo @@ -2180,19 +2180,29 @@ command. tt(run-help) is normally aliased to tt(man). tindex(vi-set-buffer) item(tt(vi-set-buffer) (unbound) (") (unbound))( Specify a buffer to be used in the following command. -There are 35 buffers that can be specified: -the 26 `named' buffers tt("a) to tt("z) -and the nine `queued' buffers tt("1) to tt("9). The named buffers can also -be specified as tt("A) to tt("Z). - -When a buffer is specified for a cut command, the text being cut replaces -the previous contents of the specified buffer. If a named buffer -is specified using a capital, the newly cut text is appended to the buffer -instead of overwriting it. - -If no buffer is specified for a cut command, tt("1) is used, and the -contents of tt("1) to tt("8) are each shifted along one buffer; the contents of -tt("9) is lost. +There are 37 buffers that can be specified: +the 26 `named' buffers tt("a) to tt("z), the `yank' buffer tt("0), +the nine `queued' buffers tt("1) to tt("9) and the `black hole' buffer +tt("_). The named buffers can also be specified as tt("A) to tt("Z). + +When a buffer is specified for a cut, change or yank command, the text +concerned replaces the previous contents of the specified buffer. If +a named buffer is specified using a capital, the newly cut text is +appended to the buffer instead of overwriting it. When using the tt("_) +buffer, nothing happens. This can be useful for deleting text without +affecting the normal registers. + +If no buffer is specified for a cut or change command, tt("1) is used, and +the contents of tt("1) to tt("8) are each shifted along one buffer; +the contents of tt("9) is lost. If no buffer is specified for a yank +command, tt("0") is used. Finally, a paste command without a specified +buffer will paste the text from the most recent command regardless of any +buffer that might have been used with that command. + +When called from a widget function by the tt(zle) command, the buffer +can optionally be specified with an argument. For example, + +example(zle vi-set-buffer A) ) tindex(vi-set-mark) item(tt(vi-set-mark) (unbound) (m) (unbound))( |