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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo index de1c42422..0456ba8c3 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo @@ -3070,12 +3070,18 @@ vindex(opt_args, use of) An var(action) of the form `tt(->)var(string)' is used by functions that implement a state machine. In this case, the `var(string)'s (with all leading and trailing spaces and tabs removed) of all actions that -have to be used will be stored in -the global array tt(state) and the function returns with a return +have to be used will be stored in the global array tt(state). The +function returns with a non-zero return value if the cursor is not in +a position where options can be completed or if the current word could +not be completed to an option. But if the tt(-R) option is given to +tt(_arguments), the function will instead return with a return value of 300 (to make it distinguishable from other return values) after setting the global `tt(context)', `tt(line)' and `tt(opt_args)' parameters as described below, and without resetting any changes made -to the special parameters such as tt(PREFIX) and tt(words). +to the special parameters such as tt(PREFIX) and tt(words). This +allows to write wrapper functions around tt(_arguments) that have to +be able to find out if they have to make sure that the special +completion parameters are not reset when they return. Note that this means that a function calling tt(_arguments) with at least one action containing such a `tt(->)var(string)' has to declare |