zsh-3.1.6-test-3 dot-zsh-199907241534

4 files changed, 42 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/Etc/CONTRIBUTORS b/Etc/CONTRIBUTORS
index 7064ef742..171b3f1a0 100644
--- a/Etc/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/Etc/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Version 3.1.6
   control code changes; parameters code changes; parameter module;
   additional autoloading code; general code changes for extra efficiency;
   subscripting and ordering of globbing lists.
-  
+
 * Peter Stephenson <pws@ibmth.df.unipi.it>: zftp and mapfile modules and
   zf* functions; local parameters and typeset changes; changes in autoconf
   system; case-independent and approximate pattern matching; various
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ Version 3.1.6
 * Bart Schaefer <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>: associative array
   implementation; other parameter changes; keeping track of missing
   patches; function autoloading changes.
-  
+
 * Wayne Davison <wayne@clari.net>:  History code novelties and improvements
   with new options.
-  
+
 * Geoff Wing <mason@primenet.com.au>:  Zle display code fixes, mailing
   list and patch archive.
 
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ Version 3.1.6
 Other improvements, bug fixes and design suggestions from all the above
 plus Andrej Borsenkow, Oliver Kiddle, Tanaka Akira, Naoki Wakamatsu, Tatuso
 Furukawa, Ville Herva, Will Day, Lehti Rahmi, Larry P. Schrof, Helmut
-Jarausch, Phil Pennock, Wilfredo Sanchez, Bruce Stephens.
+Jarausch, Phil Pennock, Wilfredo Sanchez, Bruce Stephens, Gene Cohler,
+Ollivier Robert.
+
+Previous versions of zsh 3 were maintained by Zoltán Hidvégi and Andrew
+Main (Zefram).
 
 Version 3.0
 -----------
diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo
index 840a17196..05c16fc17 100644
--- a/Etc/FAQ.yo
+++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def(mybf)(1)(\
   whenhtml(bf(ARG1))\
   whenlatex(bf(ARG1))\
   whenms(bf(ARG1))\
-  whensgml(bf(ARG1)))
+  whensgml(bf(ARG1)))\
 def(myem)(1)(\
   whentxt(_ARG1_)\
   whenhtml(em(ARG1))\
@@ -45,15 +45,23 @@ whenms(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\
 whensgml(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3)))
 myreport(Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions)(Peter Stephenson)(1999/05/24)
 COMMENT(-- the following are for Usenet and must appear first)\
-description(
+description(\
 mydit(Archive-Name:) unix-faq/shell/zsh
-mydit(Last-Modified:) 1999/05/24
+mydit(Last-Modified:) 1999/07/24
 mydit(Submitted-By:) email(pws@ibmth.df.unipi.it (Peter Stephenson))
-mydit(Version:) $Id: FAQ.yo,v 1.1.1.7 1999/07/03 13:17:25 akr Exp $
+mydit(Version:) $Id: FAQ.yo,v 1.1.1.8 1999/07/24 14:02:44 akr Exp $
 mydit(Posting-Frequency:) Monthly
 mydit(Copyright:) (C) P.W. Stephenson, 1995--1999 (see end of document)
 )
 
+bf(Changes since issue posted June 1999:)
+description(
+mydit(1.6)  FTP site changes
+mydit(3.9)  delete bogus claim that ttyctl code may be updated some day;
+     add note about possible termcap deinitialization sequences
+mydit(5.1)  80-column display bug.
+)
+
 This document contains a list of frequently-asked (or otherwise
 significant) questions concerning the Z-shell, a command interpreter
 for many UNIX systems which is freely available to anyone with FTP
@@ -356,6 +364,8 @@ url(ftp://ftp.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/)
     mydit()          \
 url(http://www.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/)
 (http://www.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/)
+    mydit(Italy)     url(ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/pkgs/shell/zsh/)
+(ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Unix/pkgs/shell/zsh/)
     mydit(Japan)     url(ftp://ftp.tohoku.ac.jp/mirror/zsh/)
 (ftp://ftp.tohoku.ac.jp/mirror/zsh/)
     mydit()          url(ftp://ftp.nisiq.net/pub/shells/zsh/)
@@ -379,8 +389,6 @@ url(http://www.math.technion.ac.il/mirror/ftp.zsh.org/pub/zsh/)
 (ftp://ftp.math.gatech.edu/pub/zsh/)
     mydit()          url(ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/shells/zsh/)
 (ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/packages/shells/zsh/)
-    mydit()          url(ftp://ftp.sterling.com/zsh/)
-(ftp://ftp.sterling.com/zsh/)
     mydit()          url(ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/shells/zsh/)
 (ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/shells/zsh/)
     mydit()          url(ftp://foad.org/pub/zsh/)
@@ -1210,6 +1218,13 @@ sect(Why does my terminal act funny in some way?)
   from hiccups introduced by other programmes (kermit has been known to
   do this).
 
+  A problem I have experienced myself (on an AIX 3.2 workstation with
+  xterm) is that termcap deinitialization sequences sent by `less'
+  were causing automargins to be turned off --- not actually a shell
+  problem, but you might have thought it was.  The fix is to put `tt(X)'
+  into the environment variable tt(LESS) to stop the sequences being sent.
+  Other programs (though not zsh) may also send that sequence.
+
   If myem(that)'s not the problem, and you are having difficulties with
   external commands (not part of zsh), and you think some terminal
   setting is wrong (e.g. tt(^V) is getting interpreted as `literal next
@@ -1223,12 +1238,6 @@ sect(Why does my terminal act funny in some way?)
   modes it uses itself and a number of special processing characters
   (see the tt(stty(1)) manual page).
 
-  At some point there may be an overhaul which allows the terminal
-  modes used by the shell to be modified separately from those seen by
-  external programmes.  This is partially implemented already: from 2.5,
-  the shell is less susceptible to mode changes inherited from
-  programmes than it used to be.
-
 
 sect(Why does zsh not work in an Emacs shell mode any more?)
 
@@ -1917,6 +1926,8 @@ this applies
 
   itemize(
   it() mytt(time) is ignored with builtins and can't be used with mytt({...}).
+  it() When showing completion lists with exactly 80 columns, some
+       terminals print an extra newline which messes up zsh's logic.  
   it() mytt(set -x) (mytt(setopt xtrace)) still has a few glitches; these
      are mostly fixed in 3.1.6.
   it() Zsh's notion of the current line number (via tt($LINENO)) is
@@ -1927,7 +1938,8 @@ this applies
   it() The mytt(r) command does not work inside mytt($(...)) or mytt(`...`)
      expansions.   This is fixed in 3.1.
   it() mytt(typeset) handling is non-optimal, particularly with regard to
-     flags, and is ksh-incompatible in unpredictable ways. 
+     flags, and is ksh-incompatible in unpredictable ways.  3.1.6 has
+     been overhauled, but remaining glitches are to be expected.
   it() Nested closures in extended globbing and pattern matching, such as
   verb(
       [[ fofo = (fo#)# ]]
@@ -1960,7 +1972,7 @@ this applies
      mytt(compress file) any more.  For this reason, mytt(\M-n) and
      mytt(\M-p) use tt(history-beginning-search-{forward,backward}) which
      search for a line with the same prefix up to the cursor position.
-     From 3.1.6, there is likely to be a different implementation which
+     From 3.1.6, there will be a different implementation which
      makes this closer (though not identical) to the old behaviour.
      The story for the tt({up,down}-line-or-search) commands is similar.
   it() In vi insert mode, the cursor keys no longer work.  The following
diff --git a/Etc/MACHINES b/Etc/MACHINES
index 038340e79..223b4a8f3 100644
--- a/Etc/MACHINES
+++ b/Etc/MACHINES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 -----------------------------
 ZSH ON SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURES
 -----------------------------
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ DEC: OSF/1 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 3.*, DEC Unix 4.* (Alpha)
         with debugging enabled:
           DLLD=gcc LDFLAGS='-g -rpath <path-to-.so-files>' ./configure ...
 
-FreeBSD: FreeBSD 2.2.7 [3.1.4]
-	Should build `out-of-the-box'.
+FreeBSD: FreeBSD 2.2.7, 3.x, 4.x
+	Should build `out-of-the-box'.  On FreeBSD 2.2, dynamic	loading
+	does not work, but it does with 3.x and 4.x.
 
 HP: HP-UX 9, 10.20, 11.0
 	Should build `out-of-the-box'.
@@ -59,6 +61,8 @@ IBM: AIX
 	--enable-zsh-mem will not work.
 
 Linux: Linux (i386) [3.1.4]
+	Should build `out-of-the-box'.
+
 	If you are using an early minor version of libc 5, then a bug
 	in the auto-configuration process may cause zsh to think that
 	your system doesn't support the lstat function.  If the configure
@@ -111,8 +115,3 @@ Sun: Solaris 2.*
 	To avoid this, make sure you compile zsh without any reference
 	to /usr/ucblib in your LD_LIBRARY_PATH.  You can easily do this
 	by just unsetting LD_LIBRARY_PATH before building zsh.
-
-	Under Solaris 2.7, problems have been reported with dynamically
-        loaded library support using --enable-dynamic.  However, other
-        users have been successful with the standard Sun compiler.
-        More details of any problems would be appreciated.
diff --git a/Etc/NEWS b/Etc/NEWS
index aad7ccceb..bba3283e6 100644
--- a/Etc/NEWS
+++ b/Etc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ programmability and configurability:
  - control over matching for case-independence, partial word completion, etc.
  - menu selection:  choose a completion by moving the cursor
  - coloured completion lists
+ - completion of filenames in quotes is now more reliable; splitting
+   quoted strings into command arguments is also possible.
 
 Other editing changes:
   - enhancements to function/editing interface:  new parameters, numeric