diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Etc/relnote_4.3.5.txt | 55 |
2 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 04070676f..44228db08 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ 2008-02-01 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> + * users/12527: Etc/relnote_4.3.5.txt: Add release note for 4.3.5. + * unposted: Release 4.3.5. * Back off 24506 pending 4.3.5 release. diff --git a/Etc/relnote_4.3.5.txt b/Etc/relnote_4.3.5.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fd6cd8bc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Etc/relnote_4.3.5.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Version 4.3.5 contains both bugfixes and improvements. Further progress +has been made in support for multibyte character set and in most cases +this is thought to be stable although a few glitches remain. + +Visible changes in the shell and its modules since 4.3.4 include the +following: + +A new module zsh/curses provides the builtin zcurses for access +to the curses screen manipulation package; see the entry in the zsh/modules +manual. Configuration of terminal libraries is now easier with the +--with-term-lib option to configure. + +The module system has been extended to add "features" which can +be manipulated with zmodload -F. This allows a more convenient and +powerful way of manipulating builtins, parameters, mathematical functions +and test operators provided by modules. For example, + zmodload -aF zsh/datetime b:strftime p:EPOCHSECONDS +specifies that builtin strftime and parameter EPOCHSECONDS are to be +autoloaded from the module zsh/datetime, but that no other features +from zsh/datetime will be enabled without being specifically mentioned. +In addition, the zsh/stat module can now be loaded with + zmodload -F zsh/stat b:zstat +to make the builtin available under the name "zstat". The alternative +name "stat" is still available but commonly clashes with the name of an +external binary. The completion system has been modified to use only +"zstat". + +"zmodload -i" behaviour is now the default, so "zmodload <module>" +no longer fails if <module> is already loaded. + +The globbing flag (#cN,M) is an extension of the extended globbing +# and ## pattern operators, forcing the previous expression to match +at least N and no more than M times, similar to {N,M} in regular +expressions. + +In zsh native mode (NO_KSH_ARRAYS), retrieving array subscript zero returns +the empty string or attempting to set subscript zero with arrays is now an +error. This was previously a source of difficult to find problems. +The old behaviour can be obtained with the KSH_ZERO_SUBSCRIPT option +for compatibility, however there is no reason to use this in new +shell code and KSH_ARRAYS should be preferred for compatibility with +other shells. + +Previously, splitting quoted parameters using "${(s.:.)param}" removed +empty fields. This is incompatible with the usual effect of quoting +parameters. This behaviour has been retained for compatibility, +but using an explicit "@" flag as in "${(@s.:.)param}" forces +empty fields to be retained. + +The sched module has a parameter zsh_scheduled_events that makes +querying scheduled events from a function easier. + +The calendar function system can now use UIDs imported from other calendar +systems to identify entries for replacing. Handling of recurring events +is more robust but still limited. |