fish-shell/doc_src/emit.txt
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\section emit emit - Emit a generic event
\subsection emit-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
emit EVENT_NAME [ARGUMENTS...]
\endfish
\subsection emit-description Description
`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.
\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.
\fish
function event_test --on-event test_event
echo event test: $argv
end
emit test_event something
\subsection emit-notes 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.
\endfish