From fe06b7a73db3af0a4ba6988c5c467a90d36a2a76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 17:25:53 +0000
Subject: 15279: ${(S)...%%...} etc. doc; 15288: bash word functions + doc

---
 Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 Doc/Zsh/expn.yo    | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'Doc')

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
index cff9f2d39..9919117e5 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/contrib.yo
@@ -362,6 +362,23 @@ followed by an appropriate tt(bindkey) command to associate the function
 with a key sequence.  Suggested bindings are described below.
 
 startitem()
+tindex(bash-forward-word)
+tindex(bash-backward-word)
+tindex(bash-kill-word)
+tindex(bash-backward-kill-word)
+xitem(tt(bash-forward-word), tt(bash-backward-word))
+item(tt(bash-kill-word), tt(bash-backward-kill-word))(
+These work similarly to the corresponding builtin zle functions without the
+`tt(bash-)' prefix, but a word is considered to consist of alphanumeric
+characters only.  If you wish to replace your existing bindings with these
+four widgets, the following is sufficient:
+
+example(for widget in kill-word backward-kill-word \ 
+forward-word backward-word; do 
+  autoload bash-$widget 
+  zle -N $widget bash-$widget
+done)
+)
 tindex(cycle-completion-positions)
 item(tt(cycle-completion-positions))(
 After inserting an unambiguous string into the command line, the new
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index 562e9bef2..a4631f37b 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -791,10 +791,26 @@ Search the var(expr)th match (where var(expr) evaluates to a number).
 This only applies when searching for substrings, either with the tt(S)
 flag, or with tt(${)...tt(/)...tt(}) (only the var(expr)th match is
 substituted) or tt(${)...tt(//)...tt(}) (all matches from the
-var(expr)th on are substituted).  The var(expr)th match is counted
-such that there is either one or zero matches from each starting
-position in the string, although for global substitution matches
-overlapping previous replacements are ignored.
+var(expr)th on are substituted).  The default is to take the first match.
+
+The var(expr)th match is counted such that there is either one or zero
+matches from each starting position in the string, although for global
+substitution matches overlapping previous replacements are ignored.  With
+the tt(${)...tt(%)...tt(}) and tt(${)...tt(%%)...tt(}) forms, the starting
+position for the match moves backwards from the end as the index increases,
+while with the other forms it moves forward from the start.
+
+Hence with the string
+example(which switch is the right switch for Ipswich?)
+substitutions of the form
+tt(${)LPAR()tt(SI:)var(N)tt(:)RPAR()tt(string#w*ch}) as var(N) increases
+from 1 will match and remove `tt(which)', `tt(witch)', `tt(witch)' and
+`tt(wich)'; the form using `tt(##)' will match and remove `tt(which switch
+is the right switch for Ipswich)', `tt(witch is the right switch for
+Ipswich)', `tt(witch for Ipswich)' and `tt(wich)'. The form using `tt(%)'
+will remove the same matches as for `tt(#)', but in reverse order, and the
+form using `tt(%%)' will remove the same matches as for `tt(##)' in reverse
+order.
 )
 item(tt(M))(
 Include the matched portion in the result.
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