At Oliver's suggestion, here are some final tweaks for the documentation. The FEATURES file was always a bit higgledy piggledy and I haven't done more than throw in some entries from the announcement for 4.0.1 and slightly reorder it. When this goes in, I'll rename the ChangeLog and ChangeLog-Release to ChangeLog-3.1 (which Bart says is the correct name). Index: LICENCE =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/LICENCE,v retrieving revision 1.1 diff -u -r1.1 LICENCE --- LICENCE 2000/04/01 20:43:43 1.1 +++ LICENCE 2001/06/01 13:38:59 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -The Z Shell is copyright (c) 1992-2000 Paul Falstad, Richard Coleman, +The Z Shell is copyright (c) 1992-2001 Paul Falstad, Richard Coleman, Zoltán Hidvégi, Andrew Main, Peter Stephenson, Sven Wischnowsky, and others. All rights reserved. Individual authors, whether or not specifically named, retain copyright in all changes; in what follows, they Index: Etc/FEATURES =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Etc/FEATURES,v retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.2 FEATURES --- Etc/FEATURES 2001/05/09 16:57:31 1.2 +++ Etc/FEATURES 2001/06/01 13:38:59 @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ short for loops, ex: for i (*.c) echo $i select shell functions +autoloaded functions (loaded from a file when they are first referenced) conditional expressions (test builtin, [ ... ], and ksh-style [[ ... ]]) global aliases (may be expanded anywhere on the line) directory stack access with ~num @@ -22,6 +23,12 @@ ls *.(c|pro) matches *.c and *.pro ls *(R) matches only world-readable files ls *.c~lex.c matches all .c files except lex.c + ls (#a1)README matches README with one error, e.g. RADME, REEDME, RAEDME + ls (#ia1)README same but case insensitive +qualifiers in parentheses after globbing expression: + ls *(*@) matches executable files/directories or symlinks + ls *(L0f.go-w.) matches all zero-length files not group or world writable + ls *(om[2]) matches the two most recently modified files null command shorthands: "< file" is same as "more file" is same as "cat >file" @@ -34,35 +41,52 @@ csh-style history full vi line editing, including "c2w" and "y$" and such things full emacs line editing +line editor is programmable via shell functions + - access and manipulate editor state via builtins and parameters + - user-defined `widgets' behave like other editor functions + - keymap customisation + - example functions provided incremental history search magic-space history spelling correction array parameters +associative array parameters +tie parameters a la path/PATH, e.g. ld_library_path/LD_LIBRARY_PATH $MACHTYPE, $VENDOR and $OSTYPE identify the host machine $LINENO, $RANDOM, $SECONDS, $cdpath, $COLUMNS, $fignore, $HISTCHARS, $mailpath $UID, $EUID, $GID, $EGID and $USERNAME can be assigned to with autocd option, typing a directory name by itself is the same as typing "cd dirname" -menu completion: pressing TAB repeatedly cycles through the possible matches incremental path hashing automatic process time reporting for commands that run over a certain limit -full tcsh-style prompt substitution +full tcsh-style prompt substitution plus conditional prompt expressions utmp login/logout reporting with histverify option, performing csh-style history expansions causes the input line to be brought up for editing instead of being executed with sunkeyboardhack option, accidentally typed trailing ` characters are removed from the input line (for those of you with Sun keyboards :-) ) -autoloaded functions (loaded from a file when they are first referenced) "cd old new" replaces "old" with "new" in directory string -generalized argument completion, including: - - command name completion - - filename and path completion - - hostname completion - - key binding completion - - option completion - - variable name completion - - user-specified keyword completion - - anything else you can think of +generalized argument completion, new system based on shell functions: + - highly context sensitive + - large (and I mean large) set of completions supplied, from a2ps to zstyle + - partial file path completion + - spelling correction and approximate completion of any completable word + - highly configurable expansion of shell arguments + - completion list colouring [`colorizing' for you lot over there] + - selection of completion elements with the cursor + - full scrolling of lists (in optional module) + - completion of words from the history list + - `styles' feature for versatile configuration + - `tags' feature for choosing completions preferentially + - `match' specifications, allowing e.g. + - variant forms: NO_glob, noglob, _NOGLOB_ all from the keyword glob + - partial-word matches with arbitrary anchors, e.g. + z_t.c -> zle_tricky.c + c.u.s -> comp.unix.shell + - complete control over case-insensitive matching + - can be defined globally or for individual completions + - bindable special completion functions +menu completion: pressing TAB repeatedly cycles through the possible matches prompt on right side of screen directory stacks history datestamps and execution time records @@ -71,4 +95,14 @@ up to 9 startup files (but you only need 1 or 2) really 8-bit clean, and we mean it this time which -a cmd lists all occurrences of "cmd" in the path -dynamically loadable binary modules +floating point support +dynamically loadable binary modules, supplied modules include + - an FTP client which runs in the shell, with function suite + - math functions + - builtin interface to the `stat' system command + - builtin versions of standard commands (mv, ln, etc.) for emergencies + - special parameters to access internal state of hash tables etc. + - special associative array to access contents of files directly + - profiler for shell functions + - a pseudo-terminal handler, for purposes like `expect' + - builtins for interaction with termcap and terminfo Index: Etc/MACHINES =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Etc/MACHINES,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.11 MACHINES --- Etc/MACHINES 2001/06/01 07:58:23 1.11 +++ Etc/MACHINES 2001/06/01 13:38:59 @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ - ----------------------------- ZSH ON SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURES ----------------------------- @@ -18,13 +17,6 @@ Machines -------- -Apple/NeXT OpenStep 4.2 for i386. - Reported to work at least with gcc 2.8.1 and gawk 2.15 patchlevel - 6, but not with the bundled cc 2.7.2.1 and awk. - -Cray: Unicos (C90 and T90) - Should build `out-of-the-box'. - Red Hat Inc.: Cygwin Should build `out-of-the-box'. The compilation directory should be on a file system mounted as binary (the mount command shows @@ -44,9 +36,6 @@ Path completion will fail inside these mounts; make sure that every mount point really exists. -Data General: DG/UX 5.4R3.10 MU01 (various AViiONs) - Should build `out-of-the-box'. - DEC: Ultrix (Alpha or DECstation) DEC: Mach 3.0 (DECstation 5000/25) DEC: OSF/1 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 3.*, DEC Unix 4.* (Alpha) @@ -117,16 +106,9 @@ NetBSD: NetBSD 1.* Should build `out-of-the-box'. -Next: NextStep 3.* - Should build `out-of-the-box', but the zsh malloc routines are - not recommended. - OpenBSD: OpenBSD 2.6 Should build `out-of-the-box'. -SCO: UnixWare 2.1.3 - Builds `out-of-the-box'. - SIEMENS: Reliant UNIX Builds `out-of-the-box'. Dynamic loading is supported. Large Files and 64-bit integers are supported as of version 5.44 @@ -180,3 +162,28 @@ is not feasible, configure with --disable-lfs. We would be grateful for more detailed information. The most problems seem to occur on Solaris 2.6, where --disable-lfs is recommended. + +Other machines +-------------- + +Zsh has previously been compiled on the following machines, but the +developers do not have direct access to them and the reports may be out of +date. We would be glad to receive any reports of success or failure on +these OS's --- and, of course, any others not mentioned in this file. + +Apple/NeXT OpenStep 4.2 for i386. + Reported to work at least with gcc 2.8.1 and gawk 2.15 patchlevel + 6, but not with the bundled cc 2.7.2.1 and awk. + +Cray: Unicos (C90 and T90) + Should build `out-of-the-box'. + +Data General: DG/UX 5.4R3.10 MU01 (various AViiONs) + Should build `out-of-the-box'. + +Next: NextStep 3.* + Should build `out-of-the-box', but the zsh malloc routines are + not recommended. + +SCO: UnixWare 2.1.3 + Builds `out-of-the-box'. -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Unit 300, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0XL, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 392070 ********************************************************************** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. 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