Re: print : Where is the "-C" option gone?

[Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<mn-pg-p-e-b-consultant-3.com@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > <mn-pg-p-e-b-consultant-3.com@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Doc/Release/index-frame.html,
> > > which claims to describe zsh 4.0.3, the documentation for the
> > > print builtin explains the -C switch:
> > [...]
> > > Is it a reason, or a mistake, for this change (which, after all,
> > > might render old zsh scripts incompatible)?
> > 
> > Where does the website you mentioned claim, that it is describing
> > 4.0.3? I was browsing it (not too close, though), but could not find
> > that statement.
> 
> It's on http://zsh.sunsite.dk/Doc/Release/zsh.html#IDX1
> 
> > AFAIK, the '-C' option to print was introduced in version 4.1.1.
> 
> Interestingly, this is not mentioned in
> http://zsh.sunsite.dk/releases.html
> 
> So maybe the problem is not within zsh, but with inaccuracies in the
> docs on zsh.sunsite.dk....

Yes, zsh 4.0.3 did not have this option, and its docs do not describe
it (I just checked). So, I agree, that it is an inaccuracy on the
website.

Regards, Frank

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