input line into a callable Lisp form.@footnote{To see the Lisp form that will be invoked, type: @samp{eshell-parse-command "echo hello"}}
The command can be either an Elisp function or an external command.
-Eshell looks first for an @ref{Aliases, alias} with the same name as the
-command, then a @ref{Built-ins, built-in command} or a function with the
+Eshell looks first for an alias (@pxref{Aliases}) with the same name as the
+command, then a built-in (@pxref{Built-ins}) or a function with the
same name; if there is no match, it then tries to execute it as an
external command.
@end example
If you want to discard a given built-in command, you could declare an
-alias, @ref{Aliases}. Example:
+alias (@pxref{Aliases}). Example:
@example
~ $ which sudo
@end table
-@ref{Aliases} for the built-in variables @samp{$*}, @samp{$1},
+@xref{Aliases} for the built-in variables @samp{$*}, @samp{$1},
@samp{$2}, @dots{}, in alias definitions.
@node Variables
Eshell's globbing syntax is very similar to that of Zsh. Users coming
from Bash can still use Bash-style globbing, as there are no
incompatibilities. Most globbing is pattern-based expansion, but there
-is also predicate-based expansion. See
-@ref{Filename Generation, , , zsh, The Z Shell Manual}
+is also predicate-based expansion. @xref{Filename Generation, , ,
+zsh, The Z Shell Manual}
for full syntax. To customize the syntax and behavior of globbing in
Eshell see the Customize@footnote{@xref{Easy Customization, , , emacs,
The GNU Emacs Manual}.}