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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2010-12-05 21:13:10 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2010-12-05 21:13:10 +0000
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unposted: NEWS: mention {START..END..STEP} enhancement.
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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2010-12-05  Peter Stephenson  <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
 
+	* unposted: NEWS: mention {START..END..STEP} changes.
+
 	* Mikael: 28474, 28478: Doc/Zsh/expn.yo, Src/glob.c,
 	Test/D09brace.ztst: extended {START..END..STEP} syntax.
 
@@ -13896,5 +13898,5 @@
 
 *****************************************************
 * This is used by the shell to define $ZSH_PATCHLEVEL
-* $Revision: 1.5139 $
+* $Revision: 1.5140 $
 *****************************************************
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ The (D) flag in parameter expansion abbreviates directories in the
 substituted value.  The (q-) flag does minimal shell quotation of arguments
 for maximum human readability of the result.
 
+Numeric expansion with braces has been extended so that a step may be
+given, as in {3..9..2}.  The step may be negative as may the start and
+end of the range (this is also new).
+
 The glob qualifier P can be used to add a separate word before each
 match.  For example, *(P:-f:) produces the command line
 `-f file1 -f file2 ...'.