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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo index acdb83d92..204b29cf7 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo @@ -1137,7 +1137,8 @@ sort arguments in descending order. For the meaning of the other flags, see ifzman(zmanref(zshoptions))\ ifnzman(noderef(Options))\ . Flags may be specified by name using the tt(-o) option. If no option -name is supplied with tt(-o), the current option states are printed. +name is supplied with tt(-o), the current option states are printed: see +the description of tt(setopt) below for more information on the format. With tt(PLUS()o) they are printed in a form that can be used as input to the shell. @@ -1180,8 +1181,23 @@ cindex(options, setting) item(tt(setopt) [ {tt(PLUS())|tt(-)}var(options) | \ {tt(PLUS())|tt(-)}tt(o) var(option_name) ] [ var(name) ... ])( Set the options for the shell. All options specified either -with flags or by name are set. If no arguments are supplied, -the names of all options currently set are printed. +with flags or by name are set. + +If no arguments are supplied, the names of all options currently set are +printed. The form is chosen so as to minimize the differences from the +default options for the current emulation (the default emulation being +native tt(zsh), shown as tt(<Z>) in +ifzman(zmanref(zshoptions))\ +ifnzman(noderef(Description of Options))). +Options that are on by default for the emulation are +shown with the prefix tt(no) only if they are off, while other options are +shown without the prefix tt(no) and only if they are on. In addition to +options changed from the default state by the user, any options activated +automatically by the shell (for example, tt(SHIN_STDIN) or tt(INTERACTIVE)) +will be shown in the list. The format is further modified by the option +tt(KSH_OPTION_PRINT), however the rationale for choosing options with +or without the tt(no) prefix remains the same in this case. + If the tt(-m) flag is given the arguments are taken as patterns (which should be quoted to protect them from filename expansion), and all options with names matching these patterns are set. |