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diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index a9cc0a661..e6d509454 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -1702,11 +1702,17 @@ sect(What's wrong with cut and paste on my xterm?) already active, and needs to be turned off when the first command is executed. The shell doesn't even know if the remaining text is input to a command or for the shell, so there's simply nothing it can do. + However, if you have problems you can trick it: type `tt({)' on a line by itself, then paste the input, then type `tt(})' on a line by itself. The shell will not execute anything until the final brace is read; all input is read as continuation lines (this may require the fixes referred to above in order to be reliable). + + As of 5.0.9, this trick is not necessary on terminal emulators that + support the em(bracketed paste) feature (this includes most modern + terminal emulators). See the description of tt($zle_bracketed_paste) + in the tt(zshparam) manual page for details. ) |