From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6128 invoked from network); 25 Nov 1998 18:35:50 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 25 Nov 1998 18:35:50 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA08355; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:30:53 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:30:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19981125183506.60602@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:35:06 +0000 From: Phil Pennock To: Zsh Development Workers Subject: Re: FAQ bug Mail-Followup-To: Zsh Development Workers References: <19981124191529.05649@athenaeum.demon.co.uk> <9811250857.AA08844@ibmth.df.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1 In-Reply-To: <9811250857.AA08844@ibmth.df.unipi.it>; from "Peter Stephenson" on Wed 25 Nov 1998 (9:57 +0100) Organisation: Organisation? Here? No, over there ----> X-Disclaimer-1: Any views expressed in this message, where not explicitly X-Disclaimer-2: attributed otherwise, are mine and mine alone. Such views X-Disclaimer-3: do not necessarily coincide with those of any organisation X-Disclaimer-4: or company with which I am or have been affiliated. X-Phase-of-Moon: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (37% of Full) Resent-Message-ID: <"7c-vV1.0.U22.Tp4Ns"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/4687 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Typing away merrily, Peter Stephenson produced the immortal words: > yup, I've fixed that Oh good. That's two things that I've gotten right lately. Maybe I can keep up the winning streak. > I can point out about $==*, if you > don't think it's going to make people's hair stand on end. How about a parenthesised paragraph, along the lines of: ( If you want a simple life, skip this paragraph. As an example of the power of zsh expansion, $==* is $* with shwordsplit explicitly turned off for that one expansion, whilst $=* explicitly turns shwordsplit on, effectively acting like the Bourne shell's $* ) but reworded to be clearer. I'm not good at prose. -- --> Phil Pennock ; GAT d- s+:+ a22 C++(++++) UL++++/I+++/S+++/H+ P++@ L+++ E-@ W(+) N>++ o !K w--- O>+ M V !PS PE Y+ PGP+ t-- 5++ X+ R !tv b++>+++ DI+ D+ G+ e+ h* r y?