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authorTanaka Akira <akr@users.sourceforge.net>1999-04-15 18:16:27 +0000
committerTanaka Akira <akr@users.sourceforge.net>1999-04-15 18:16:27 +0000
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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index b9455f578..b59fa624a 100644
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@@ -544,12 +544,14 @@ List jobs in the long format by default.
)
pindex(MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST)
item(tt(MAGIC_EQUAL_SUBST))(
-All unquoted arguments of the form `var(identifier)tt(=)var(expression)'
+All unquoted arguments of the form `var(anything)tt(=)var(expression)'
appearing after the command name have filename expansion (that is,
where var(expression) has a leading `tt(~)' or `tt(=)') performed on
var(expression) as if it were a parameter assignment. The argument is
not otherwise treated specially; it is passed to the command as a single
-argument, and not used as an actual parameter assignment.
+argument, and not used as an actual parameter assignment. For example, in
+tt(echo foo=~/bar:~/rod), both occurrences of tt(~) would be replaced.
+Note that this happens anyway with tt(typeset) and similar statements.
)
pindex(MAIL_WARNING)
cindex(mail, warning of reading)