From ffdeb1c25728c722567d6f9de2d714f3f1f2a4de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jun-ichi Takimoto Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 00:36:18 +0900 Subject: 35075: improve manual format also fixed a ChangeLog entry for 35034 (2015-05-06) --- Doc/Zsh/expn.yo | 21 ++------------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'Doc/Zsh/expn.yo') diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 8e5ab4bfd..1089ddf40 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -1014,25 +1014,6 @@ form of single quoting is used that only quotes the string if needed to protect special characters. Typically this form gives the most readable output. ) -item(tt(b))( -Quote with backslashes only characters that are special to pattern -matching. This is useful when the contents of the variable are to be -tested using tt(GLOB_SUBST), including the tt(${~)var(...)tt(}) switch. - -Quoting using one of the tt(q) family of flags does not work -for this purpose since quotes are not stripped from non-pattern -characters by tt(GLOB_SUBST). In other words, - -example(pattern=${(q)str} -[[ $str = ${~pattern} ]]) - -works if tt($str) is tt('a*b') but not if it is tt('a b'), whereas - -example(pattern=${(b)str} -[[ $str = ${~pattern} ]]) - -is always true for any possible value of tt($str). -) item(tt(Q))( Remove one level of quotes from the resulting words. ) @@ -1166,7 +1147,9 @@ be treated as patterns. This applies to the string arguments of flags that follow tt(~) within the same set of parentheses. Compare with tt(~) outside parentheses, which forces the entire substituted string to be treated as a pattern. Hence, for example, + example([[ "?" = ${(~j.|.)array} ]]) + treats `tt(|)' as a pattern and succeeds if and only if tt($array) contains the string `tt(?)' as an element. The tt(~) may be repeated to toggle the behaviour; its effect only lasts to the -- cgit 1.4.1