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@@ -1,55 +1,32 @@ -This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-5.0 since -the release of readline-4.3. +This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-5.1 since +the release of readline-5.0. 1. New Features in Readline -a. History expansion has a new `a' modifier equivalent to the `g' modifier - for compatibility with the BSD csh. +a. The key sequence sent by the keypad `delete' key is now automatically + bound to delete-char. -b. History expansion has a new `G' modifier equivalent to the BSD csh `g' - modifier, which performs a substitution once per word. +b. A negative argument to menu-complete now cycles backward through the + completion list. -c. All non-incremental search operations may now undo the operation of - replacing the current line with the history line. +c. A new bindable readline variable: bind-tty-special-chars. If non-zero, + readline will bind the terminal special characters to their readline + equivalents when it's called (on by default). -d. The text inserted by an `a' command in vi mode can be reinserted with - `.'. +d. New bindable command: vi-rubout. Saves deleted text for possible + reinsertion, as with any vi-mode `text modification' command; `X' is bound + to this in vi command mode. -e. New bindable variable, `show-all-if-unmodified'. If set, the readline - completer will list possible completions immediately if there is more - than one completion and partial completion cannot be performed. +e. If the rl_completion_query_items is set to a value < 0, readline never + asks the user whether or not to view the possible completions. -f. There is a new application-callable `free_history_entry()' function. +f. New application-callable auxiliary function, rl_variable_value, returns + a string corresponding to a readline variable's value. -g. History list entries now contain timestamp information; the history file - functions know how to read and write timestamp information associated - with each entry. +g. When parsing inputrc files and variable binding commands, the parser + strips trailing whitespace from values assigned to boolean variables + before checking them. -h. Four new key binding functions have been added: - - rl_bind_key_if_unbound() - rl_bind_key_if_unbound_in_map() - rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound() - rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound_in_map() - -i. New application variable, rl_completion_quote_character, set to any - quote character readline finds before it calls the application completion - function. - -j. New application variable, rl_completion_suppress_quote, settable by an - application completion function. If set to non-zero, readline does not - attempt to append a closing quote to a completed word. - -k. New application variable, rl_completion_found_quote, set to a non-zero - value if readline determines that the word to be completed is quoted. - Set before readline calls any application completion function. - -l. New function hook, rl_completion_word_break_hook, called when readline - needs to break a line into words when completion is attempted. Allows - the word break characters to vary based on position in the line. - -m. New bindable command: unix-filename-rubout. Does the same thing as - unix-word-rubout, but adds `/' to the set of word delimiters. - -n. When listing completions, directories have a `/' appended if the - `mark-directories' option has been enabled. +h. A new external application-controllable variable that allows the LINES + and COLUMNS environment variables to set the window size regardless of + what the kernel returns. |