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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo index 543bf0935..b2196e448 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo @@ -172,8 +172,17 @@ in the list above. Otherwise, a time is only recognised as being associated with a date if there is only whitespace in between, or if the time was embedded in the date. -Days of the week are not scanned, but will be ignored if they occur -at the start of the date pattern only. +Days of the week are not normally scanned, but will be ignored if they +occur at the start of the date pattern only. However, in contexts where it +is useful to specify dates relative to today, days of the week with no +other date specification may be given. The day is assumed to be either +today or within the past week. Likewise, the words tt(yesterday), +tt(today) and tt(tomorrow) are handled. All matches are case-insensitive. +Hence if today is Monday, then tt(Sunday) is equivalent to tt(yesterday), +tt(Monday) is equivalent to tt(today), but tt(Tuesday) gives a date six +days ago. This is not generally useful within the calendar file. +Dates in this format may be combined with a time specification; for +example tt(Tomorrow, 8 p.m.). For example, the standard date format: @@ -379,7 +388,20 @@ directly as command or arguments, or separately as shell parameters. example(print *+LPAR()e:age 2006/10/04 2006/10/09:+RPAR()) The example above matches all files modified between the start of those -dates. +dates. The second argument may alternatively be a relative time +introduced by a tt(PLUS()): + +example(print *+LPAR()e:age 2006/10/04 +5d:+RPAR()) + +The example above is equivalent to the previous example. + +In addition to the special use of days of the week, tt(today) and +tt(yesterday), times with no date may be specified; these apply to today. +Obviously such uses become problematic around midnight. + +example(print *+LPAR()e-age 12:00 13:30-+RPAR()) + +The example above shows files modified between 12:00 and 13:00 today. example(print *+LPAR()e:age 2006/10/04:+RPAR()) @@ -508,6 +530,11 @@ In addition to setting tt(REPLY), set tt(REPLY2) to the remainder of the argument after the date and time have been stripped. This is empty if the option tt(-A) was given. ) +item(tt(-t))( +Allow a time with no date specification. The date is assumed to be +today. The behaviour is unspecified if the iron tongue of midnight +is tolling twelve. +) enditem() ) ) @@ -526,7 +553,7 @@ command tt(xmessage) to display a window with the event details. ) enditem() -texinode(Calendar Bugs)(Calendar Utility Functions)()(Calendar Function System) +texinode(Calendar Bugs)()(Calendar Utility Functions)(Calendar Function System) sect(Bugs) There is no tt(calendar_delete) function. |