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diff --git a/src/tools/zsh.md b/src/tools/zsh.md index ab50644..a1302a4 100644 --- a/src/tools/zsh.md +++ b/src/tools/zsh.md @@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ blu -- desc for blu _arguments SPEC [SPEC...] ``` where `SPEC` can have one of the following forms: -- `OPT[DESC]:MSG:ACTION` -- `N:MSG:ACTION` +- `OPT[DESC]:MSG:ACTION` for option flags +- `N:MSG:ACTION` for positional arguments Available actions ```zsh @@ -329,6 +329,27 @@ function _foo() { } ``` +### Example with optional arguments +For this example we assume that the command `foo` takes at least three optional +arguments such as +```zsh +foo arg1 arg2 arg3 [argN..] +``` + +```zsh +function _foo() { + _arguments \ + "1:opt 1:(a b c)" \ + ":opt next:(d e f)" \ + "*:opt all:(u v w)" +} +``` +Explanation: +- `1:MSG:ACTION` sets completion for the **first** optional argument +- `:MSG:ACTION` sets completion for the **next** optional argument +- `*:MSG:ACTION` sets completion for the optional argument where none of the + previous rules apply, so in our example for `arg3, argN..`. + > `_files` is a zsh builtin utility function to complete files/dirs see > - [zsh completion functions][zsh-comp-fn] > - [zsh completion utility functions][zsh-comp-utility-fn] |