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Obsolete example in doc for _arguments?
- X-seq: zsh-workers 7935
- From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Obsolete example in doc for _arguments?
- Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 05:17:53 +0000
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Here's a snippet from the compsys doc for _aguments. The example doesn't
match the description at all. Have I missed something?
For options that get an argument after a `=', the function also
tries to automatically find out what should be completed as the
argument. The possible completions for option-arguments can be
described with the arguments after the `--' (which are not used as
described above). Each argument contains one description of the
form `PATTERN:MESSAGE:ACTION'. The MESSAGE and the ACTION have the
same format as for the normal option descriptions described above.
The ACTION will be executed to complete arguments of options whose
description in the output of the command from the line with the
`--help' option matches the PATTERN. For example:
_arguments -- '*\*' '(yes no)' \
'*=FILE*' '_files' \
'*=DIR*' '_files -/'
Here, `yes' and `no' will be completed as the argument of options
whose description ends in a star, file names for options that
contain the substring `=FILE' in the description, and paths for
options whose description contains `=DIR'.
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