\section emit emit - Emit a generic event \subsection block-synopsis Synopsis <tt>emit EVENT_NAME</tt> \subsection emit-description Description The emit builtin fires a generic fish event. Such events can be caught by special functions called event handlers. \subsection emit-example Example The following code first defines an event handler for the generic event named 'test_event', and then emits an event of that type. <pre>function event_test --on-event test_event echo event test!!! end emit test_event</pre>