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@@ -225,10 +225,13 @@ but not really useful in that context.
*-title* <text>:::
set the title of the message box
-*try* <commands> catch <on_error_commands>::
+*try* <commands> [catch <on_error_commands>]...::
prevent an error in *commands* from aborting the whole command
execution, execute *on_error_commands* instead. If nothing is to be
- done on error, the catch part can be omitted
+ done on error, the catch part can be omitted. If an error is raised
+ in the *on_error_commands*, that error is propagated, except if
+ another *catch* and *on_error_commands* parameter follows, in which
+ case those commands get executed, and so-on.
*nop*::
does nothing, but arguments will be evaluated (e.g. shell expansion)