commit 91fb6aaa3da7d010faf8f45efec0cef5c8779b54 from: rsc date: Sat Jan 27 21:18:50 2007 UTC add paragraph about < | > commit - e8471ef561892f996e0038cb88eb9b8be5a022f4 commit + 91fb6aaa3da7d010faf8f45efec0cef5c8779b54 blob - 78fe155edb899a64eac39935595bdf745da52794 blob + 3cc2d471072cd9569037229310e6ec2edc83fb56 --- man/man1/acme.1 +++ man/man1/acme.1 @@ -460,6 +460,24 @@ Undo last textual change or set of changes. .TP .B Zerox Create a copy of the window containing most recently selected text. +.TP +.B <|> +If a regular shell command is preceded by a +.BR < , +.BR | , +or +.B > +character, the selected text in the body of the window is affected by the +I/O from the command. +The +.B < +character causes the selection to be replaced by the standard output +of the command; +.B > +causes the selection to be sent as standard input to the command; and +.B | +does both at once, `piping' the selection through the command and +replacing it with the output. .PP A common place to store text for commands is in the tag; in fact .I acme