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authorPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2007-02-08 10:47:21 +0000
committerPeter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net>2007-02-08 10:47:21 +0000
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unposted: document BAUD change in README
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2007-02-08 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
+ * unposted: README: add note on 23159 to incompatibilities
+ section.
+
* 23159 plus minor doc tweaks: Doc/Zsh/params.yo, Src/params.c,
Src/utils.c, Src/Zle/zle_main.c: leave BAUD parameter unset
by default.
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@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ variables as an error, so can still return status 0 (depending on the
handling of other arguments). This appears to be the standard shell
behaviour.
+The variable BAUD is no longer set automatically by the shell.
+In previous versions it was set to the baud rate reported by
+the terminal driver in order to initialise the line editor's
+compensation mechanism for slow baud rates. However, the baud
+rate so reported is very rarely related to the limiting speed of
+screen updates on modern systems. Users who need the compensation
+mechanism should set BAUD to an appropriate rate by hand.
+
The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell if zsh is emulating any
other shell at startup; it must be present in the environment or set
subsequently by the user. It is valid for the variable to be unset.