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