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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo6
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo6
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
index 4e1a98dab..f494ec5f9 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
@@ -703,7 +703,8 @@ The pattern var(tpat) may also be a single star, `tt(*)'. This means
 that the pattern on the command line can match any number of characters
 in the trial completion. In this case the pattern must be anchored (on
 either side); the var(anchor) then determines how much of the trial
-completion is to be included.
+completion is to be included --- only the characters up to the next
+appearance of the anchor will be matched.
 
 Examples:
 
@@ -758,7 +759,8 @@ nofill(tt(compctl -M 'r:|.=* r:|=*' \
   -k '(comp.sources.unix comp.sources.misc ...)' ngroups))
 )
 The first specification says that tt(lpat) is the empty string, while
-tt(anchor) is a dot; tt(tpat) is tt(*), so this can match anything in
+tt(anchor) is a dot; tt(tpat) is tt(*), so this can match anything
+except for the `tt(.)' from the anchor in
 the trial completion word.  So in tt(c.s.u), the matcher sees tt(c),
 followed by the empty string, followed by the anchor `tt(.)', and
 likewise for the second dot, and replaces the empty strings before the
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
index 44ae72002..46393167c 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ tt(LIST_AMBIGUOUS) is set, respectively. Inside the completion widget
 it may be set to any of these values to make the completion code as if 
 the appropriate options had been set.
 )
+item(tt(force_list))(
+If the value for the tt(list) key is tt(ambiguous), the list will
+normally be shown only if there are at least two matches in the
+list. Setting tt(force_list) to an non-empty string makes the list be
+shown even if there is only one match.
+)
 item(tt(insert))(
 This will be unset by the completon code if the contents of the
 command line will not be changed. It is set to tt(unambiguous),