From 32ca9222af5ee7d170f0b7f7cb67b03c973c2e98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 23:03:16 +0100 Subject: unposted: update distribution docs for 5.4 release. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ Etc/FAQ.yo | 2 +- NEWS | 12 ++++++++++-- README | 10 +++++----- 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index be0536225..24855de34 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2017-07-29 Peter Stephenson + + * unposted: Etc/FAQ.yo, NEWS, README: update in preparation for + 5.4 release. + 2017-07-28 Daniel Shahaf * 41467: Completion/Unix/Command/_tmux, diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index 6b635ea3e..1384e0246 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?) sect(What's the latest version?) - Zsh 5.3.1 is the latest production version. For details of all the + Zsh 5.4 is the latest production version. For details of all the changes, see the NEWS file in the source distribution. A beta of the next version is sometimes available. Development of zsh is diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 44949b453..6847350ef 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -14,10 +14,18 @@ expansion (see zshexpn(1)), so they could neither be quoted nor be the result of parameter expansion. Examples: 's=command; $s -V ls' and '\command -V ls' now work as expected. -Functions executed by ZLE widgets no longer have they standard input -closed, but is now redirected from /dev/null instead. That still guards +Functions executed by ZLE widgets no longer have their standard input +closed, but redirected from /dev/null instead. That still guards against user defined widgets inadvertently reading from the tty device. +There is an option WARN_NESTED_VAR, a companion to the existing +WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL that causes a warning if a function updates a +variable from an enclosing scope without using typeset -g. It can be +turned on for an individual function with "functions -W". + +zmodload now has an option -s to be silent on a failure to find a module +but still print other errors. + Changes from 5.2 to 5.3.1 ------------------------- diff --git a/README b/README index 30023dad9..52c930ee5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH) Version ------- -This is version 5.3.1 of the shell. This is a stable release. There are -a few visible improvements since 5.2 as well as many bugfixes. Note +This is version 5.4 of the shell. This is a stable release. There are +a few visible improvements since 5.3.1 as well as many bugfixes. Note in particular the changs highlighted under "Incompatibilites -between 5.2 and 5.3.1" below. See NEWS for more information. +since 5.3.1" below. See NEWS for more information. Installing Zsh -------------- @@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ to undo the escaping with: This is also needed if $vcs_info_msg_0_ is used to set $psvar. -4) functions executed by ZLE widgets no longer have they standard input -closed, but is now redirected from /dev/null instead. That still guards +4) functions executed by ZLE widgets no longer have their standard input +closed, but redirected from /dev/null instead. That still guards against user defined widgets inadvertently reading from the tty device, and addresses the antisocial behaviour of running a command with its stdin closed. -- cgit 1.4.1