From 24474bd34a1c19d86ae2adee247f286e2e702815 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Stephenson
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2022 10:47:49 +0000
Subject: users/27536: Improved history list documentation
Clarify interaction of matching and numbers.
---
Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
(limited to 'Doc')
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
index c7de50fd6..5649e00d4 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
@@ -756,15 +756,16 @@ specifies the most recent event beginning with the given string. All
substitutions var(old)tt(=)var(new), if any, are then performed on the
text of the events.
-In addition to the number range,
+The range of events selected by numbers can be narrowed further by the
+following flags.
startsitem()
sitem(tt(-I))(restricts to only internal events (not from tt($HISTFILE)))
sitem(tt(-L))(restricts to only local events (not from other shells, see
tt(SHARE_HISTORY) in ifzman(zmanref(zshoptions))\
ifnzman(noderef(Description of Options)) -- note that tt($HISTFILE) is
considered local when read at startup))
-sitem(tt(-m))(takes the first argument as a pattern (should be quoted) and
-only the history events matching this pattern are considered)
+sitem(tt(-m))(takes the first argument as a pattern (which should be
+quoted) and only the history events matching this pattern are considered)
endsitem()
If var(first) is not specified, it will be set to -1 (the most recent
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