* [PATCH] Clarify REC_EXACT description
@ 2017-03-21 3:24 martin f. krafft
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From: martin f. krafft @ 2017-03-21 3:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers; +Cc: martin f. krafft
This pulls in Peter Stephenson's way to describe REC_EXACT from his Zsh
Guide, because I find it a lot clearer than the current description.
I could not find a licence on the guide, so fair use is claimed.
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
---
Doc/Zsh/options.yo | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 84148941b..1f8d98b80 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ pindex(RECEXACT)
pindex(NORECEXACT)
cindex(completion, exact matches)
item(tt(REC_EXACT) (tt(-S)))(
-In completion, recognize exact matches even
-if they are ambiguous.
+If the string on the command line exactly matches one of the possible
+completions, it is accepted, even if there is another completion (i.e. that
+string with something else added) that also matches.
)
enditem()
--
2.11.0
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