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PATCH: 3.1.5-pws-6 + $foo:q : doc

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: PATCH: 3.1.5-pws-6 + $foo:q : doc
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 14:34:02 +0100
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Since I'm about to produce pws-7, here is some documentation for the
fact that :q with a parameter now does something.

--- Doc/Zsh/expn.yo.q	Wed Feb  3 12:14:49 1999
+++ Doc/Zsh/expn.yo	Fri Feb  5 14:31:41 1999
@@ -161,8 +161,10 @@
 expansion.
 )
 item(tt(q))(
-Quote the substituted words, escaping further substitutions.  Only
-works with history expansion.
+Quote the substituted words, escaping further substitutions.  Works
+with history expansion and parameter expansion, though in the second
+case it is only useful if the resulting text is to be re-evaluated
+such as by tt(eval).
 )
 item(tt(x))(
 Like tt(q), but break into words at each blank.

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