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.. _cmd-emit:
emit - Emit a generic event
===========================
Synopsis
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::
emit EVENT_NAME [ARGUMENTS...]
Description
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``emit`` emits, or fires, an event. Events are delivered to, or caught by, special functions called event handlers. The arguments are passed to the event handlers as function arguments.
Example
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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.
::
function event_test --on-event test_event
echo event test: $argv
end
emit test_event something
Notes
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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.