* Re: ideas
[not found] <351000F6.8144C90D@rrz.uni-hamburg.de>
@ 1998-03-19 8:55 ` Peter Stephenson
1998-03-19 12:36 ` ideas Geoff Wing
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From: Peter Stephenson @ 1998-03-19 8:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zsh hackers list
Bernd Eggink wrote:
> > You could just use $i(:s/foo/bar).
>
> Great! I, too, was wondering why there isn't such a thing. Now I wonder
> if this feature is considered top secret. I can't find anything about it
> in the docu.
I've been waiting and waiting for someone to point out that
${i:s/foo/bar/} does work (and has worked for years and years), you
just need the final / (though I'm working on that, too), but no-one
has. I can't believe no-one else knew?
Looking at the documentation, I can see the confusion: it's mentioned
in the history section that modifiers also work on parameters, but not
in the parameter section.
*** Doc/Zsh/expn.yo.pmod Fri Feb 6 10:22:26 1998
--- Doc/Zsh/expn.yo Thu Mar 19 09:49:58 1998
***************
*** 167,173 ****
for a description of parameters.
In the expansions discussed below that require a pattern, the form of
the pattern is the same as that used for filename generation;
! see noderef(Filename Generation).
startitem()
item(tt(${)var(name)tt(}))(
--- 167,176 ----
for a description of parameters.
In the expansions discussed below that require a pattern, the form of
the pattern is the same as that used for filename generation;
! see noderef(Filename Generation). In addition to the following
! operations, the file modifiers described in noderef(Modifiers) can be
! applied: for example, tt(${i:s/foo/bar/}) performs string
! substitution on the value of parameter tt($i).
startitem()
item(tt(${)var(name)tt(}))(
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* Re: ideas
1998-03-19 8:55 ` ideas Peter Stephenson
@ 1998-03-19 12:36 ` Geoff Wing
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Geoff Wing @ 1998-03-19 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-workers
Peter Stephenson <pws@ifh.de> typed:
:Bernd Eggink wrote:
:> > You could just use $i(:s/foo/bar).
:> Great! I, too, was wondering why there isn't such a thing. Now I wonder
:> if this feature is considered top secret. I can't find anything about it
:> in the docu.
:I've been waiting and waiting for someone to point out that
:${i:s/foo/bar/} does work (and has worked for years and years), you
:just need the final / (though I'm working on that, too), but no-one
:has. I can't believe no-one else knew?
We just didn't want to add noise to the discussion. I've always used
${i:s/foo/bar/} and didn't really know about $i(:s/foo/bar) until this
discussion. But finding out $i(:....) is good too, not that I'll ever use
it since I've been typing ${i:...} for years. See, now you've just got
more noise on the list :-)
--
Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com> Mobile : blown up, in for repairs
Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/ Ego URL: http://pobox.com/~gcw/
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