#!/usr/local/bin/zsh # # Figure out where to get the best help, and get it. # # Install this function by placing it in your FPATH and then # adding to your .zshrc the lines: # unalias run-help # autoload run-help # emulate -R zsh setopt localoptions [[ $1 == "." ]] && 1="dot" [[ $1 == ":" ]] && 1="colon" # Check whether Util/helpfiles has been used to generate zsh help if [[ $# == 0 || $1 == "-l" ]] then if [[ -n "${HELPDIR:-}" && -d $HELPDIR ]] then echo "Here is a list of topics for which special help is available:" echo "" print -rc $HELPDIR/*(:t) else echo "There is no list of special help topics available at this time." fi return 0 elif [[ -n "${HELPDIR:-}" && -r $HELPDIR/$1 && $1 != compctl ]] then ${=PAGER:-more} $HELPDIR/$1 return $? fi # No zsh help; use "whence" to figure out where else we might look local what places newline=' ' integer i=0 didman=0 places=( "${(@f)$(builtin whence -va $1)}" ) while ((i++ < $#places)) do what=$places[$i] builtin print -r $what case $what in (*( is an alias)*) [[ ${what[(w)6]:t} != ${what[(w)1]} ]] && run-help ${what[(w)6]:t} ;; (*( is a * function)) case ${what[(w)1]} in (comp*) man zshcompsys;; (zf*) man zshftpsys;; (*) builtin functions ${what[(w)1]} | ${=PAGER:-more};; esac;; (*( is a * builtin)) case ${what[(w)1]} in (compctl) man zshcompctl;; (comp*) man zshcompwid;; (bindkey|vared|zle) man zshzle;; (*setopt) man zshoptions;; (cap|getcap|setcap) ;& (clone) ;& (ln|mkdir|mv|rm|rmdir|sync) ;& (sched) ;& (stat) man zshmodules;; (zftp) man zshftpsys;; (*) man zshbuiltins;; esac ;; (*( is hashed to *)) man ${what[(w)-1]:t} ;; (*) ((! didman++)) && man $1 ;; esac if ((i < $#places && ! didman)) then builtin print -nP "%SPress any key for more help or q to quit%s" builtin read -k what [[ $what != $newline ]] && echo [[ $what == [qQ] ]] && break fi done