From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16487 invoked by alias); 14 Apr 2012 17:22:05 -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: 30406 Received: (qmail 17956 invoked from network); 14 Apr 2012 17:22:03 -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=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.google.com designates 209.85.160.43 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=7qm5atKF1dyq6p/BNiMv1OzhLXYEE3jCkdkN/wklDOg=; b=yjXGpLLrJ+otQat7KZGdILhs0nb5VG5KnfB81GjmG6yx+wWDpAk9muwvPRqY/6tt3U AXrxDyM7cD9+t986Ayb6bTeUfmoPh5SMvZVEeeLE+ISYaq6l/ngS5D31Lw7x0B8KwMQa SUvhUwYw9jNILSDvRo7us2n8G9kdunrBBEgYh5xeajdVwBDktgebMC7GF9+XgWKLDWnI u7rmBXxVWebV3xgh1B5Exc4zL6nonuDaXsZWcjAztRKIiILVA6/UcgHwOneLk7Cqj0ko 9wEnaCQTUKCez8DlmYAbVsNprtkWMVHPX0BAmHzzMCqZ30rDqTjlSJzfvbltL9HAZRr6 4nWA== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20120413231453.0a141084@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> References: <20120413231453.0a141084@pws-pc.ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:21:58 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: PATCH: NEWS updated for 5.0. From: Mikael Magnusson To: Peter Stephenson Cc: "Zsh Hackers' List" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 14 April 2012 00:14, Peter Stephenson wrot= e: > Here's my first go at condensing the NEWS for 4.3 into a single group > between 4.2 and 5.0. =C2=A0The old 4.3 news has moved into Etc. > > Probably easier to look through and comment on after I've committed it. Possibly white-space mangled patch of minor changes I'll commit unless someone protests. diff --git i/NEWS w/NEWS index 1a69494..9954ec5 100644 --- i/NEWS +++ w/NEWS @@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection from the end. - The parameter expansion flag (D) abbreviates directories in parameters - using the familiary ~ form. + using the familiar ~ form. - The parameter expansion flag (g) can take delimited arguments o, e and c to provide echo- and print-style expansion: (g::) provides basic echo-style expansion; (g:e:) provides the extended capabilities of print; (g:o:) provides octal escapes without a leading zero; (g:c:) - additional expands "^c" style control characters as for bindkey. + additionally expands "^c" style control characters as for bindkey. Options may be combined, e.g. (g:eoc:). - The parameter expansion flag (q-) picks the most minimal way of @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection arbitrary file descriptors rather than the explicit range 0 to 9. - New prompt escapes: - %x and %I show source file and line number, usefil + %x and %I show source file and line number, useful in $PS4 (the existing %N and %i show names and lines in the execution environment rather than the source file). %F, %K, %f, %k allow colouring of prompts both using ANSI colour names @@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ Shell variables (parameters) KEYBOARD_HACK defines characters to be ignored if typed unmatched at the end of the line (an extension of the SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK option). ZSH_PATCHLEVEL provides a unique indication of the code compiled to - make the shell even between releases. - ZSH_SUBSHELL indicates the subshell live, incremented once per fork, at + make the shell, even between releases. + ZSH_SUBSHELL indicates the subshell level, incremented once per fork, at which the code is being run. Options --=20 Mikael Magnusson