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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1a69494fb..9954ec5f5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection from the end. - The parameter expansion flag (D) abbreviates directories in parameters - using the familiary ~ form. + using the familiar ~ form. - The parameter expansion flag (g) can take delimited arguments o, e and c to provide echo- and print-style expansion: (g::) provides basic echo-style expansion; (g:e:) provides the extended capabilities of print; (g:o:) provides octal escapes without a leading zero; (g:c:) - additional expands "^c" style control characters as for bindkey. + additionally expands "^c" style control characters as for bindkey. Options may be combined, e.g. (g:eoc:). - The parameter expansion flag (q-) picks the most minimal way of @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Expansion (parameters, globbing, etc.) and redirection arbitrary file descriptors rather than the explicit range 0 to 9. - New prompt escapes: - %x and %I show source file and line number, usefil + %x and %I show source file and line number, useful in $PS4 (the existing %N and %i show names and lines in the execution environment rather than the source file). %F, %K, %f, %k allow colouring of prompts both using ANSI colour names @@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ Shell variables (parameters) KEYBOARD_HACK defines characters to be ignored if typed unmatched at the end of the line (an extension of the SUN_KEYBOARD_HACK option). ZSH_PATCHLEVEL provides a unique indication of the code compiled to - make the shell even between releases. - ZSH_SUBSHELL indicates the subshell live, incremented once per fork, at + make the shell, even between releases. + ZSH_SUBSHELL indicates the subshell level, incremented once per fork, at which the code is being run. Options |