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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo index 812a1fd38..c69233f9d 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/mod_zutil.yo @@ -32,20 +32,27 @@ If two patterns are equally specific, the tie is broken in favour of the pattern that was defined first. em(Example) +kindex(preferred-precipitation, example style) +findex(weather, example function) -For example, to define your preferred form of precipitation depending on which -city you're in, you might set the following in your tt(zshrc): +For example, a fictional `tt(weather)' plugin might state in its documentation +that it looks up the tt(preferred-precipitation) style under the +`tt(:weather:)var(continent)tt(:)var(day-of-the-week)tt(:)var(phase-of-the-moon))' context. +According to this, you might set the following in your tt(zshrc): -example(zstyle ':weather:europe:*' preferred-precipitation rain -zstyle ':weather:europe:germany:*' preferred-precipitation none -zstyle ':weather:europe:germany:*:munich' preferred-precipitation snow) +example(zstyle ':weather:*:Sunday:*' preferred-precipitation snow +zstyle ':weather:europe:*' preferred-precipitation rain) -Then, the fictional `tt(weather)' plugin might run under the hood a command -such as +Then the plugin would run under the hood a command such as -example(zstyle -s ":weather:${continent}:${country}:${county}:${city}" preferred-precipitation REPLY) +example(zstyle -s ":weather:${continent}:${day_of_week}:${moon_phase}" preferred-precipitation REPLY) in order to retrieve your preference into the scalar variable tt($REPLY). +On Sundays tt($REPLY) would be set to `tt(snow)'; in Europe it would be set +to `tt(rain)'; and on Sundays in Europe it would be set to `tt(snow)' again, +because the patterns `tt(:weather:europe:*)' and `tt(:weather:*:Sunday:*)' both +match the var(context) argument to tt(zstyle -s), are equally specific, and the +latter was defined first. em(Usage) |