16913: fix completion after compdef -a and correct typos

ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2002-03-27  Oliver Kiddle  <opk@zsh.org>
 
+	* 16913: Completion/Zsh/Command/_compdef, Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo:
+	fix completion after compdef -a and correct typos
+
 	* John Beppu: 16866 (tweaked): Completion/Unix/Command/_figlet:
 	new completion for figlet
 

Completion/Zsh/Command/_compdef

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if (( ! ${words[2,-1][(I)[^-]*]} || ${words[(I)-[kK]]} )); then
   )
   args2=(
      - d
-      '(-a -n)-d[delete]:*:completed command:->ccom'
+      '-d[delete]:*:completed command:->ccom'
      - k
       '-k[define widget and key binding]:completion function:->cfun:style:->style:*:key'
      - K
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ if (( ! ${words[2,-1][(I)[^-]*]} || ${words[(I)-[kK]]} )); then
   )
 else
   args1=(
-    '-N[completion for named command]'
+    '!-a' '!-n'
+    '*-N[completion for named command]'
   )
 fi
 
 _arguments -C -s -S \
   "$args1[@]" \
-  '-p[completion for command matching pattern]' \
+  '*-p[completion for command matching pattern]' \
-  '-P[completion for command matching pattern]' \
+  '*-P[completion for command matching pattern]' \
   ':completion function:->cfun' \
   '*:commands:->com' \
   "$args2[@]" && return 0

Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo

@@ -272,25 +272,24 @@ with the tt(#compdef) tag and an argument of the form
 `var(cmd)tt(=)var(service)'.  This kind of use makes the arguments of
 the var(cmd)s be completed as those for the var(services).
 
-In the first case and the following cases the var(function) may actually
+The var(function) may actually be a string containing any shell code
-be a string containing any shell code and that string will be executed
+and that string will be executed via the tt(eval) builtin command. 
-via the tt(eval) builtin command.  This allows to easily define completions
+This allows to easily define completions for commands that need to call
-for commands that need to call one of the completion functions with
+one of the completion functions with arguments.  For example to make
-arguments.  For example to make files ending in `tt(.h)' be completed as
+files ending in `tt(.h)' be completed as arguments to the command
-arguments to the command tt(foo), one would use:
+tt(foo), one would use:
 
 example(compdef '_files -g "*.h"' foo)
 
-If the
+If the tt(-n) option is given, any existing completion behaviour for
-tt(-n) option is given, any existing completion behaviour for particular
+particular contexts or commands will not be altered.  These definitions
-contexts or commands will not be altered.  These definitions can be deleted
+can be deleted by giving the tt(-d) option as in the second form.
-by giving the tt(-d) option as in the second form.
 
-In both of the first two cases forms and as for the tt(#compdef) tag
+In both of the first two forms and as for the tt(#compdef) tag
 described above, the var(names) may also contain tt(-p), tt(-P) and
 tt(-N) options.  The first two make the following arguments be used as
 patterns and the var(function) will be called for all commands and
-contexts matching one of the patterns.  Wtih tt(-P) this will only
+contexts matching one of the patterns.  With tt(-P) this will only
 happen if no specific function is defined for the command or context.
 The tt(-N) option toggles back to using the var(names) as described
 above.
@@ -335,7 +334,7 @@ do:
 example(compdef _pids foo)
 
 using the tt(_pids) function from the distribution to generate the
-process identifiers.  Not also the tt(_gnu_generic) function described
+process identifiers.  Note also the tt(_gnu_generic) function described
 below, which can be used to complete options for commands that
 understand the `tt(-)tt(-help)' option.