From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@euclid.skiles.gatech.edu [130.207.146.50]) by melb.werple.net.au (8.7.5/8.7.3/2) with ESMTP id HAA27049 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 07:17:24 +1000 (EST) Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA28577; Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:13:41 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:13:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <960725141446.ZM14762@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 14:14:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: Zoltan Hidvegi "Re: Z-Shell Frequently Asked Questions (monthly posting)" (Jul 25, 10:31pm) References: <199607252031.WAA29799@bolyai.cs.elte.hu> Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.702 02jul96) To: Zoltan Hidvegi , zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: Z-Shell Frequently Asked Questions (monthly posting) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"oahbY1.0.R-6.4E-zn"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1776 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Jul 25, 10:31pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: } Subject: Re: Z-Shell Frequently Asked Questions (monthly posting) } } From 3.0-pre3, [[, { and } are reserved words, hence must be } ! separated from other characters by whitespace. From 3.0-pre4 } ! { and } work again without whitespace if the IGNORE_BRACES option } ! is not set. Er, but I thought you were also going to change it so that IGNORE_BRACES is not set when zsh is invoked as ksh. So does that mean you have to both emulate ksh and additionally set IGNORE_BRACES to get the POSIX treatment? -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern New male in /home/schaefer: >N 2 Justin William Schaefer Sat May 11 03:43 53/4040 "Happy Birthday"