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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index da605e884..c3656c003 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ Major changes between versions 4.2 and 4.3 (one with no .zshrc, .zshenv, .zprofile or .zlogin file) without any additional setting up by the administrator. +- The manual now has a Roadmap section (manual page zshroadmap) to + give new users an indication of the most interesting parts of the + manual. + - New option PROMPT_SP, on by default, to work around the problem that the line editor can overwrite output with no newline at the end. @@ -20,11 +24,8 @@ Major changes between versions 4.2 and 4.3 - New redirection syntax e.g. {myfd}>file opens a new file descriptor and stores the number in $myfd, so that >&$myfd will work. Chosen - not to break existing code. - -- The manual now has a Roadmap section (manual page zshroadmap) to - give new users an indication of the most interesting parts of the - manual. + not to break existing code (and to be compatible with proposals for the + Korn shell). - New Posix-style zsh-specific tests [[:IDENT:]], [[:IFS:]], [[:IFSSPACE:]], [[:WORD:]] test if character can appear in identifier, @@ -35,7 +36,16 @@ Major changes between versions 4.2 and 4.3 - The idiom =(<<<...) is optimised so that the shell internally turns the ... into the contents of a file whose name is then substituted. -- As always, many enhancements to completion functions. +- Supplied functions catch and throw provide limited support for + exception handling using the `{ ... } always { ... }' syntax. + +- Signals now accept the SIG as part of the name for compatibility with + other shells. + +- Editor function argument-base allows non-decimal arguments for + editor widgets. + +- As always, there are many enhancements to completion functions. Changes in 4.2 since version 4.2.0 ---------------------------------- @@ -67,7 +77,7 @@ Changes in 4.2 since version 4.2.0 in the event of an error. It also runs after a break, continue, or return, including a return forced by the ERR_RETURN option (but not an exit, which is immediate). The syntax is: - `{' try-block-list `}' `always' `{' always-block-list `}' + `{' try-block-list `}' `always' `{' always-block-list `}' where no newline or semicolon may appear between `}' and `always'. This is compatible with all previous valid zsh syntax as an `always' at that point used to be a syntax error. For example, @@ -101,8 +111,8 @@ Changes in 4.2 since version 4.2.0 - New WIDGETSTYLE, WIDGETFUNC parameters in ZLE. -- Glob qualifiers (+func) is shorthand for (e:func:) (calls command, - typically shell function, with no argument). +- Glob qualifier (+func) is shorthand for (e:func:) (calls a command, + typically a shell function, with no argument). New features between zsh versions 4.0 and 4.2 --------------------------------------------- |