Re: zsh built in help features

[Chris Nebel <c.nebel@xxxxxxx>]

Where in macOS Terminal, “alt” is Escape, so esc-h, unless you’ve turned on “Use Option as Meta Key” in Preferences > Profiles > Keyboard, in which case it’s Option.

> On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> you can use the widget run-help after typing a command name on the command
> line. that widget by default should be bind to alt-h. eg:
> type: setopt
> press: alt-h
> 
> cheers
> 
> Il giorno ven 18 ott 2019 alle 00:55 Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha
> scritto:
> 
>> I have a newly installed Mac running Catalina with zsh.  It has a file
>> such as /usr/share/zsh/5.7.1/help/setopt which is a help page for setopt.
>> How am I suppose to view that page?  "help setopt" says that help isn't a
>> command.  "setopt --help" doesn't seem to work.
>> 
>> And... I'm also wondering if there are other help features which I've let
>> to discover.
>> 
>> Thank you
>> 
>> --
> Pier Paolo Grassi