+2001-01-11 Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
+
+ * autoconf.texi (Shellology): Fix an @end itemize, and a typo.
+
2001-01-11 Kelly Anderson <tgcorp@attglobal.net>
* autoconf.sh (M4): Handle PC drive letters.
Karl Heuer kwzh@gnu.org
Kathryn Hargreaves kathryn@deas.harvard.edu
Kaveh R. Ghazi ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu
+Kelly Anderson tgcorp@attglobal.net
Ken Pizzini ken@halcyon.com
Ken Raeburn raeburn@cygnus.com
+Kevin Ryde user42@zip.com.au
Koji Arai JCA02266@nifty.ne.jp
Kurt D. Zeilenga kurt@openldap.org
Larry Schwimmer rosebud@cyclone.stanford.edu
@item
beware that @command{exit} inside command substitution causes the
-current shell exit as well. Use parentheses to prevent @command{ash}
+current shell to exit as well. Use parentheses to prevent @command{ash}
from exiting:
@example
(`exit 1`) || echo "All right"
`exit 1` || echo "ash won't print it"
@end example
+@end itemize
@item @command{bash}
@cindex @command{bash}
compatible with the Bourne shell: you have to run @samp{emulate sh} and
set @code{NULLCMD} to @samp{:}. @xref{Compatibility,, Compatibility,
zsh, The Z Shell Manual}, for details.
-@end itemize
@end table
The following discussion between Russ Allbery and Robert Lipe is worth