From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19227 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2012 18:04:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 30408 Received: (qmail 12056 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2012 18:04:29 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at closedmail.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) From: Bart Schaefer Message-id: <120414110322.ZM8688@torch.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:03:22 -0700 In-reply-to: <20120413231453.0a141084@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> Comments: In reply to Peter Stephenson "PATCH: NEWS updated for 5.0." (Apr 13, 11:14pm) References: <20120413231453.0a141084@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> X-Mailer: OpenZMail Classic (0.9.2 24April2005) To: "Zsh Hackers' List" Subject: Re: PATCH: NEWS updated for 5.0. MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Apr 13, 11:14pm, Peter Stephenson wrote: } } +- The zshroadmap manual page provides a slightly more helpful } + introduction to the shell manual than was available hitherto. "Hitherto"? No worries about talking over the audience's head, I guess. :-) } +- The parameter expansion flag (D) abbreviates directories in parameters } + using the familiary ~ form. Unless Tilde is the name of your housekeeper, you mean familiar. } +- The parameter subscript flag (e) forces the argument to be treated } + as a string, never a pattern, e.g. ${array[(ie)*]} looks for the } + index of the array element containing the literal string "*". Wow, is that really new since 4.2 ? } +- New prompt escapes: } + %x and %I show source file and line number, usefil } + in $PS4 (the existing %N and %i show names and lines in the execution } + environment rather than the source file). Why the strange line lengths? Also, "useful". } + KEYBOARD_HACK defines characters to be ignored if typed unmatched at } + the end of the line (an extension of the SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK option). I believe it's still the case that touching SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK will clobber the value of KEYBOARD_HACK. This is the case no matter what value the option has to start with, and even clobbers the global parameter if a shell function sets or unsets SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK, in spite of LOCAL_OPTIONS. } + ZSH_PATCHLEVEL provides a unique indication of the code compiled to } + make the shell even between releases. Comma after "shell"? The shell is not being made even (or odd). } + ZSH_SUBSHELL indicates the subshell live, incremented once per fork, at } + which the code is being run. s/live/level/ } + HASH_EXECUTABLES_ONLY: don't insert non-executable files into the } + command hash used e.g. by completion. This may be very slow } + on network paths. This could be misinterpreted as advice that you *should* set the option when you have network paths, but I'm having a hard time rewording it. "Setting this option may slow down shell startup if there are networked directories in the path." ?? } + MULTI_FUNCDEF (on by default): "foo bar () { ... }" defines two } + functions. This is often found to be confusing and bug-prone. ... so you may want to unset this. } +- The undo widget takes an argument, a previuos value of $UNDO_CHANGE_NO. previous That's all I saw. Thanks for writing this up. -- Barton E. Schaefer