Set Command Summary Hint (summary)

Defines a summary help text for a command

Description

summary define help text for a command. This is effectively like a tooltip message that appears, by default, in blue in the interactive shell.

Normally this text is populated from the man pages or murex-docs, however if neither exist or if you wish to override their text, then you can use summary to define that text.

Usage

Define a commands summary

summary command description

Undefine a summary

!summary command

Examples

Define a commands summary

» summary foobar "Hello, world!"
» runtime --summaries -> [ foobar ]
Hello, world! 

Undefine a summary

» !summary foobar

Synonyms

• summary
• !summary

See Also

• Check Builtin Exists (bexists): Check which builtins exist
• Display Running Functions (fid-list): Lists all running functions within the current Murex session
• Execute External Command (exec): Runs an executable
• Murex's Offline Documentation (murex-docs): Displays the man pages for Murex builtins
• Re-Scan $PATH For Executables: Forces Murex to rescan $PATH looking for executables
• Shell Configuration And Settings (config): Query or define Murex runtime settings
• Shell Runtime (builtins): Returns runtime information on the internal state of Murex
• Shell Runtime (runtime): Returns runtime information on the internal state of Murex

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This document was generated from builtins/core/management/shell_doc.yaml.