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Description
Prerequisites
- Write a descriptive title.
- Make sure you are able to repro it on the latest released version
- Search the existing issues, especially the pinned issues.
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Environment data
PS Version: 7.4.0-preview.1
PS HostName: ConsoleHost
PSReadLine Version: 2.2.6
PSReadLine EditMode: Emacs
OS: Darwin JDoes-MacBook-Pro.local 22.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 22.2.0: Fri Nov 11 02:03:51 PST 2022; root:xnu-8792.61.2~4/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64
BufferWidth: 180
BufferHeight: 60
Steps to reproduce
Even though it isn't currently documented, ShowCommandHelp
also recognizes parts of conceptual about_*
topic titles and partial command names.
However,
- this recognition is inconsistent
- sometimes, instead of displaying what is seemingly a single matching topic directly, it is presented in a list as if multiple topics had matched.
# OK: Shows list of matching command help topics: Add-Content, Clear-Content, ...
PS> content # <- press F1 here
# !! about_* topic seemingly SHADOWS command lookup: only about_PSItem is shown, not also Get-Item, ...
PS> item # <- press F1 here
# !! Even though *two* matching about_* topics exist - about_Automatic_Variables and about_Variables -
# !! only *one* is shown (about_Automatic_Variables), and unexpectedly in a *list* instead of directly.
PS> variables # <- press F1 here
Related issue, specific to language keywords:
Also, with respect to the inability to select a topic of interest when multiple ones match:
Expected behavior
See above.
Actual behavior
See above.