From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4657 invoked from network); 29 Sep 1997 12:48:43 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 29 Sep 1997 12:48:43 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA25637; Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:38:19 -0400 (EDT) From: (Zoltan T. Hidvegi) Message-Id: <9709291238.AA14904@belgium.fishkill.ibm.com> Subject: Re: is text file? In-Reply-To: <199709291025.MAA06202@sgi.ifh.de> from Peter Stephenson at "Sep 29, 97 12:25:21 pm" To: pws@ifh.de (Peter Stephenson) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 08:37:28 -0400 (EDT) Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31H (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: Resent-Message-ID: <"K30BJ1.0.WG6.w4wBq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3536 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Peter Stephenson wrote: > Or do you mean, why can't I put the ~ in the same ${...}, in which case, > at least in 3.0.5 and 3.1.2, I think you can. > > % echo *(${(j/|/)~fignore}) > Makefile~ builtin.c~ builtin.o ... Yes, this always worked I think. > (Or did you mean, why doesn't it go between the { and the (, in which > case the answer is `it just doesn't, but maybe it should say so in > the manual'.) The manual says: if the opening brace is immediately followed by an opening parenthesis... So it is clear, that the tilde must come after the closing parenthesis. Zoli