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diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index 31aa721d7..bcd5e0130 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -43,21 +43,19 @@ whenlatex(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whenman(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whenms(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whensgml(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))) -myreport(Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions)(Peter Stephenson)(2000/04/30) +myreport(Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions)(Peter Stephenson)(2000/05/24) COMMENT(-- the following are for Usenet and must appear first)\ description(\ mydit(Archive-Name:) unix-faq/shell/zsh -mydit(Last-Modified:) 2000/04/30 +mydit(Last-Modified:) 2000/05/24 mydit(Submitted-By:) email(pws@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Peter Stephenson)) mydit(Posting-Frequency:) Monthly mydit(Copyright:) (C) P.W. Stephenson, 1995--2000 (see end of document) ) -bf(Changes since issue posted March 2000:) +bf(Changes since issue posted April 2000:) description( -mydit(3.8) Mention the `keypad mode' horror and fixes (from Bart). -mydit(3.25) Rephrased, example for older versions added. -mydit(5.1) Mention :x and :q modifiers again +mydit(2.5) Mention that tt(${var/old/new}) is a little different from bash. ) This document contains a list of frequently-asked (or otherwise @@ -888,6 +886,20 @@ sect(Similarities with bash) (i.e. POSIX) for longer, and has so far avoided the more abstruse interactive features (programmable completion, etc.) that zsh has. + In recent years there has been a certain amount of crossover in the + extensions, however. Zsh now (3.1.6) has bash's `tt(${var/old/new})' + feature for replacing the text tt(old) with the text(new) in the + parameter tt($var). Note one difference here: while both shells + implement the syntax `tt(${var/#old/new})' and `tt(${var/%old/new})' for + anchoring the match of tt(old) to the start or end of the parameter text, + respectively, in zsh you can't put the `tt(#)' or `tt(%)' inside a + parameter: in other words `tt({var/$old/new})' where tt(old) begins with + a `tt(#)' treats that as an ordinary character in zsh, unlike bash. To + do this sort of thing in zsh you can use (from 3.1.7) the new syntax + for anchors in any pattern, `tt((#s))' to match the start of a string, + and `tt((#e))' to match the end. These require the option + tt(EXTENDED_GLOB) to be set. + sect(Shouldn't zsh be more/less like ksh/(t)csh?) |