From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5196 invoked from network); 14 Nov 2021 19:39:19 -0000 Received: from zero.zsh.org (2a02:898:31:0:48:4558:7a:7368) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 14 Nov 2021 19:39:19 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zsh.org; s=rsa-20210803; h=List-Archive:List-Owner:List-Post:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Help:List-Id:Sender:Content-Type:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date: References:In-Reply-To:Message-Id:Mime-Version:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID; bh=SdX49vWAnEVuKffCbCt6hGhtNNpgUJoqn3oblXvH0lU=; b=UrshPSgA/tbvo0MviVwJvLZW4z mO6CqmHE+IXaBDsaR7zC92qV2HN0HqdYgK26BJg7v1x38ubAfxSzqgZqPZs3KPY3a7BHPL0GgyW8t 738r/8NHhNbWTH7PBWbvCB0Al6fJqSLaUIodT3CpPkkFY8Ovs4xgTrezTpdJBC1vpDpRGoDFSpwBV jYK8K4tO2naBsssuclLP89eWJ/s389btb3IDGo+5os2aAda2aE3L6fUVlBOODN8wb1fQHxga9ECYD XJwL5G+NY8mceoJAdwFV3bPgzXTbe0AmJd1vGJ4Y//M7njlRqu/iRrdOoXHoQXbhKnz0MleP38u/Z ifxN8tIw==; Received: from authenticated user by zero.zsh.org with local id 1mmLLT-0002Va-Kp; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:39:19 +0000 Received: from authenticated user by zero.zsh.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1mmLG7-000PUt-Pc; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:33:47 +0000 Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailauth.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2469927C0054; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:33:46 -0500 (EST) Received: from imap48 ([10.202.2.98]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:33:46 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrvdejgdduvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefofgggkfgjfhffhffvufgtsehttd ertderreejnecuhfhrohhmpefnrgifrhgvnhgtvggpgggvlhojiihquhgviicuoehlrghr rhihvhesiihshhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepieekjeevledugeefiefgue elgffgtddtgeehvedvhedviefghedvffeuvddvueehnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgep tdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheplhgrrhhrhihvodhmvghsmhhtphgruhhthh hpvghrshhonhgrlhhithihqdduudehudekjeejtdegqdduudelvdejfeekhedqlhgrrhhr hihvpeepiihshhdrohhrghesfhgrshhtmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id E67DF21E006E; Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:33:45 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.5.0-alpha0-1371-g2296cc3491-fm-20211109.003-g2296cc34 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <906e3713-cbb5-4d5a-b7eb-2cb81e4d7748@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20211114111957.4514@sachi> References: <20211114111957.4514@sachi> Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:33:25 -0500 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_Vel=C3=A1zquez?= To: jdh Cc: zsh-users@zsh.org Subject: Re: print built-in doesn't print this. Content-Type: text/plain X-Seq: 27343 Archived-At: X-Loop: zsh-users@zsh.org Errors-To: zsh-users-owner@zsh.org Precedence: list Precedence: bulk Sender: zsh-users-request@zsh.org X-no-archive: yes List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, at 2:19 PM, jdh wrote: > I wanted to insert a string of '-'s to visually show a change in a list. > But I found out that > > print "--------" > > Does not print anything out. Well maybe a \n. > Is this intentional? Or a well known feature? It's interpreting "--------" as an option. To print strings that begin with "-" you can use the common "--" idiom to indicate that subsequent arguments should not be interpreted as options. % print ------ % print -- ------ ------ -- vq