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PATCH: Re: FW: About word splitting in read (Zsh)



I wrote:

> [... read builtin with -r option]
> 
> But still. The docs are wrong (backslashes inside the string). Should
> we change the code or the doc?

This changes the docs.

Bye
 Sven

Index: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 builtins.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo	2000/06/26 15:36:57	1.14
+++ Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo	2000/08/03 11:30:48
@@ -761,7 +761,8 @@
 startitem()
 item(tt(-r))(
 Raw mode: a `tt(\)' at the end of a line does not signify line
-continuation.
+continuation and backslashes in the line don't quote the following
+character and are not removed.
 )
 item(tt(-q))(
 Read only one character from the terminal and set var(name) to

--
Sven Wischnowsky                         wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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