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[PATCH] Clarify REC_EXACT description

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From: "martin f. krafft" <madduck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [PATCH] Clarify REC_EXACT description
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:24:30 +1300
Cc: "martin f. krafft" <madduck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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This pulls in Peter Stephenson's way to describe REC_EXACT from his Zsh
Guide, because I find it a lot clearer than the current description.

I could not find a licence on the guide, so fair use is claimed.

Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Doc/Zsh/options.yo | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index 84148941b..1f8d98b80 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -395,8 +395,9 @@ pindex(RECEXACT)
 pindex(NORECEXACT)
 cindex(completion, exact matches)
 item(tt(REC_EXACT) (tt(-S)))(
-In completion, recognize exact matches even
-if they are ambiguous.
+If the string on the command line exactly matches one of the possible
+completions, it is accepted, even if there is another completion (i.e. that
+string with something else added) that also matches.
 )
 enditem()
 
-- 
2.11.0

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