From 7d3220f2981c81dbd3cbde873c1bb4d540c92574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Stephenson Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 09:52:56 +0000 Subject: 20251: integer conversion truncation 20258: save command status in prompt substitution update FAQ rename version to 4.2.1-dev-1 --- Etc/FAQ.yo | 39 +++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'Etc/FAQ.yo') diff --git a/Etc/FAQ.yo b/Etc/FAQ.yo index b89213cc3..2dcde5261 100644 --- a/Etc/FAQ.yo +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo @@ -43,20 +43,14 @@ whenlatex(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whenman(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whenms(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))\ whensgml(report(ARG1)(ARG2)(ARG3))) -myreport(Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions)(Peter Stephenson)(2001/06/25) +myreport(Z-Shell Frequently-Asked Questions)(Peter Stephenson)(2004/08/13) COMMENT(-- the following are for Usenet and must appear first)\ description(\ mydit(Archive-Name:) unix-faq/shell/zsh -mydit(Last-Modified:) 2001/06/25 +mydit(Last-Modified:) 2001/08/13 mydit(Submitted-By:) email(pws@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Peter Stephenson)) mydit(Posting-Frequency:) Monthly -mydit(Copyright:) (C) P.W. Stephenson, 1995--2001 (see end of document) -) - -bf(Changes since last issue posted:) -description( - mydit(1.6) 4.0.2 nearly released. - mydit(3.1) typeset splitting incompatibility and tt(KSH_TYPESET) option +mydit(Copyright:) (C) P.W. Stephenson, 1995--2004 (see end of document) ) This document contains a list of frequently-asked (or otherwise @@ -299,23 +293,12 @@ sect(On what machines will it run?) sect(What's the latest version?) - Zsh 4.0.2 is the latest production version. - - Zsh 3.0.8 was the previous production version. The major number 3.0 - largely reflected considerable internal changes in zsh to make it more - reliable, consistent and (where possible) compatible. Those planning on - upgrading their zsh installation should take a look at the list of - incompatibilities at the end of link(5.1)(51). This is longer than usual - due to enhanced sh, ksh and POSIX compatibility. + Zsh 4.2.1 is the latest production version. - There will not be any further 3.0 releases now that 4.0 has become - the stable version. However, a few patches to 3.0.8 are available from - the patch manager at Sourceforge, \ -url(http://sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=4068)\ -(http://www.sourceforge.net/patch/?group_id=4068) - Official patches are posted by Bart Schaefer (user name tt(barts)). + There will not be any further 4.0 releases now that 4.2 has become + the stable version. - A beta of the next version is often available. Development of zsh is + A beta of the next version is sometimes available. Development of zsh is patch by patch, with each intermediate version publicly available. Note that this `open' development system does mean bugs are sometimes introduced into the most recent archived version. These are usually @@ -416,7 +399,7 @@ url(http://www.math.technion.ac.il/pub/zsh/) (ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh) ) - There is no port of 4.0 for Windows, but newer releases compile under + There is no port of version 4 for Windows, but newer releases compile under Cygwin, a freely available UNIX-style environment for the Win32 API. You can find information about this at url(http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin)\ @@ -543,7 +526,7 @@ label(21) effect of single-letter option flags as if the shell had been invoked with the appropriate name. Including the command `emulate sh; setopt localoptions' in a shell function will - turn on sh emulation for that function only. In 4.0 (and in + turn on sh emulation for that function only. In version 4 (and in 3.0.6 through 8), this can be abbreviated as `emulate -L sh'. ) @@ -887,8 +870,8 @@ mytt(compctl) verb( bindkey '\eq' push-input ) - to save the entire buffer. In 4.0 and recent versions of zsh 3.1, you - have the following more sophisticated option, + to save the entire buffer. In version 4 and recent versions of zsh 3.1, + you have the following more sophisticated option, verb( run-fg-editor() { zle push-input -- cgit 1.4.1