[ CC'd to zsh-users@xxxxxxx. My apologies for this. - Cameron ] On 19Dec2011 12:33, Rich Boyce <rich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | On 18/12/11 22:11, Cameron Simpson wrote: | >On 18Dec2011 22:51, Zind<wzmindlog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | >| Thanks a trillion. :-) | > | >Did you consult the manual? "man "zshbuiltins" says: | | Hmm. If you're unaware that type is a builtin, when using zsh 'man | type' actually gives me BASH_BUILTINS(1). That is a bit of a clue right there. | If I don't know what a | builtin is, and read about type in there, it tells me that '-t' is a | valid option. Indeed. There's no particular clue that the options don't work for all shells. | Perhaps when you do 'man type' or any other of the builtins, you | should be shown the man page for the shell you're actually using? Ugh. Via the normal man command? Please not. Via some shell builtin (:-) alias? Maybe, provided it has big flashing lwaning lights and an indicator of how to get the "real" manual entry. Better, maybe, would be a "help" builtin for bash, zsh etc that documented builtins and other topics, and offered to divert to "man" as well (or on no hit). Hmm. I see "bash" has a help comment. Zsh doesn't. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Clymer's photographs of this procedure show a very clean head. This is a lie. There is oil in here, and lots of it. - Mike Mitten, rec.moto, 29sep1993 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
