From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
To: "Zsh hackers list" <zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk>
Subject: Re: Un-patch: new pattern matching code
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:23:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <990809172303.ZM30147@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001a01bee240$25c71160$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru>
On Aug 9, 12:21pm, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
} Subject: RE: Un-patch: new pattern matching code
}
} >
} > There is ${(MSI:n:)...#...}, where n is a number. BTW, it looks like (M)
} > doesn't work right with ${.../...}. Am I missing something?
}
} At least, this is explicitly stated in the manual :-)
D'oh! I even edited that text when it appeared. But clearly it ought to be
repeated in the "Parameter Flags" subsection.
Index: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
===================================================================
@@ -697,8 +697,9 @@
)
enditem()
-The following flags are meaningful with the tt(${)...tt(#)...tt(}),
-tt(${)...tt(%)...tt(}), or tt(${)...tt(/)...tt(}) forms.
+The following flags are meaningful with the tt(${)...tt(#)...tt(}) or
+tt(${)...tt(%)...tt(}) forms. The tt(S) and tt(I) flags may also be
+used with the tt(${)...tt(/)...tt(}) forms.
startitem()
item(tt(S))(
} What would you like to do with (M) in this case?
I was expecting it to reverse the sense of the pattern match, and thus
substitute the NON-matching substrings by the replacement string. However,
it's probably more sensible the way it is.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-09 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-06 15:47 Peter Stephenson
1999-08-07 9:02 ` Andrej Borsenkow
1999-08-07 17:48 ` Bart Schaefer
1999-08-08 10:04 ` Extended glob patterns in ${...#..} " Andrej Borsenkow
1999-08-09 4:25 ` Bart Schaefer
1999-08-09 6:25 ` Andrej Borsenkow
1999-08-09 17:10 ` Bart Schaefer
1999-08-09 8:21 ` Andrej Borsenkow
1999-08-09 17:23 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
1999-08-09 8:10 ` Bug? " Andrej Borsenkow
1999-08-09 8:00 Sven Wischnowsky
1999-08-09 8:14 ` Andrej Borsenkow
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