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@@ -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