From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22963 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2002 13:03:14 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 17 Sep 2002 13:03:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 4563 invoked by alias); 17 Sep 2002 13:03:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 17690 Received: (qmail 4545 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2002 13:03:01 -0000 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Path: not-for-mail From: Geoff Wing X-Newsgroups: lists.zsh.workers Subject: Re: PATCH: make documentation clearer Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PrimeNet Computer Consultants Message-ID: References: <12950.1032260730@csr.com> Reply-To: mason@primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: sparkles.primenet.com.au X-Trace: coral.primenet.com.au 1032267774 22955 203.43.15.10 (17 Sep 2002 13:02:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@coral.primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:02:54 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (NetBSD) Peter Stephenson typed: : or something. Maybe the option should be called something like : DESTROY_ATTEMPTS_AT_CONSISTENT_ARGUMENT_HANDLING_WITHOUT_EXCESSIVE_QUOTING : or : USE_UNNECESSARY_PRETEND_ARRAYS_AUTOMATICALLY : to get the point across. or GIVE_US_A_PARENT_ARTICLE_REFENCE_FOR_YOUR_PATCH_SO_WE_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_TALKING_ABOUT or somehow pull a rabbit out of our zsh-users hat or specify invocation as sh or ksh or something. Well, yes, I know what you're talking about and this is not an attack or anything (except for us poor boozed-up blokes - or just me). Umm, we don't go specifying "see references" for previous mentions of options (including SH_WORD_SPLIT). It seems somewhat excessive to inclue those extra nine words. Oh, well, it doesn't really matter. Go for it. : +set; see references to this option below for more details. This is an Regards, -- Geoff Wing