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emit - Emit a generic event
===========================

Synopsis
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::

    emit EVENT_NAME [ARGUMENTS...]

Description
-----------

``emit`` emits, or fires, an event. Events are delivered to, or caught by, special functions called :ref:`event handlers <event>`. The arguments are passed to the event handlers as function arguments.


Example
-------

The following code first defines an event handler for the generic event named 'test_event', and then emits an event of that type.


::

    function event_test --on-event test_event
        echo event test: $argv
    end
    
    emit test_event something


Notes
-----

Note that events are only sent to the current fish process as there is no way to send events from one fish process to another.
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			`The following code first defines an event handler for the generic event named 'test_event', and then emits an event of that type.`


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			`::`

			`function event_test --on-event test_event`
			`echo event test: $argv`
			`end`

			`emit test_event something`

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			`Note that events are only sent to the current fish process as there is no way to send events from one fish process to another.`