Re: zsh built in help features

[Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you!!

> run-help setopt
> No manual entry for setopt
> pedz@MysticSlate ~ % setopt

Apple must not have something set up right.  I’ll go find the run-help script and see if I can fix it.

> On Oct 17, 2019, at 6:54 PM, Chris Nebel <c.nebel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Where in macOS Terminal, “alt” is Escape, so esc-h, unless you’ve turned on “Use Option as Meta Key” in Preferences > Profiles > Keyboard, in which case it’s Option.
> 
>> On Oct 17, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Pier Paolo Grassi <pierpaolog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> you can use the widget run-help after typing a command name on the command
>> line. that widget by default should be bind to alt-h. eg:
>> type: setopt
>> press: alt-h
>> 
>> cheers
>> 
>> Il giorno ven 18 ott 2019 alle 00:55 Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha
>> scritto:
>> 
>>> I have a newly installed Mac running Catalina with zsh.  It has a file
>>> such as /usr/share/zsh/5.7.1/help/setopt which is a help page for setopt.
>>> How am I suppose to view that page?  "help setopt" says that help isn't a
>>> command.  "setopt --help" doesn't seem to work.
>>> 
>>> And... I'm also wondering if there are other help features which I've let
>>> to discover.
>>> 
>>> Thank you
>>> 
>>> --
>> Pier Paolo Grassi
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