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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo index d7bfaa824..e382c0601 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo @@ -270,6 +270,15 @@ with the tt(#compdef) tag and an argument of the form `var(cmd)tt(=)var(service)'. This kind of use makes the arguments of the var(cmd)s be completed as those for the var(services). +In the first case and the following cases the var(function) may actually +be a string containing any shell code and that string will be executed +via the tt(eval) builtin command. This allows to easily define completions +for commands that need to call one of the completion functions with +arguments. For example to make files ending in `tt(.h)' be completed as +arguments to the command tt(foo), one would use: + +example(compdef '_files -g "*.h"' foo) + If the tt(-n) option is given, any existing completion behaviour for particular contexts or commands will not be altered. These definitions can be deleted @@ -3518,13 +3527,17 @@ tt(compadd) when generating matches from the style value, or to the functions for the fields if they are called. ) findex(_contexts) -item(tt(_contexts) var(names) ...)( +item(tt(_contexts) [ tt(-o) ] var(names) ...)( This function looks up the definitions for the context and command names given as arguments and calls the handler functions for them if there is a definition (given with the tt(compdef) function). For example, the function completing inside subscripts might use `tt(_contexts -math-)' to include the completions generated for mathematical environments. + +If the tt(-o) option is given, tt(_contexts) returns after the first +context for which completions could be generated, without trying the +other contexts. ) findex(_describe) item(tt(_describe) [ tt(-o) ] var(descr) var(name1) [ var(name2) ] var(opts) ... tt(-)tt(-) ...)( |