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@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables (declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if set -u is enabled and the array (v) is unset. +cc. There is a new bindable readline command name: + `vi-edit-and-execute-command'. + 2. New Features in Readline a. There is now an HS_HISTORY_VERSION containing the version number of the @@ -129,13 +132,23 @@ g. There is a new option: `enable-active-region'. This separates control of h. rl_completer_word_break_characters is now `const char *' like rl_basic_word_break_characters. -i. The non-incremental history searches now leave the current history offset - at the position of the last matching history entry, like incremental search. - -j. Readline looks in $LS_COLORS for a custom filename extension +i. Readline looks in $LS_COLORS for a custom filename extension (*.readline-colored-completion-prefix) and uses that as the default color for the common prefix displayed when `colored-completion-prefix' is set. +j. Two new bindable string variables: active-region-start-color and + active-region-end-color. The first sets the color used to display the + active region; the second turns it off. If set, these are used in place + of terminal standout mode. + +k. New readline state (RL_STATE_EOF) and application-visible variable + (rl_eof_found) to allow applications to detect when readline reads EOF + before calling the deprep-terminal hook. + +l. There is a new configuration option: --with-shared-termcap-library, which + forces linking the shared readline library with the shared termcap (or + curses/ncurses/termlib) library so applications don't have to do it. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a terse description of the new features added to bash-5.1 since the release of bash-5.0. As always, the manual page (doc/bash.1) is |