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@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH) Version ------- -This is version 5.0.8 of the shell. This is a stable release. -There are no significant new features since 5.0.7, but there -are many bugfixes and some significant internal improvements, notably -a more predictable effect for keyboard interrupts and proper parsing -of $(...) expressions. +This is version 5.1 of the shell. This is a stable release. There are +a few visible improvements since 5.0.8 as well as many bugfixes. Note +in particular the two changes highlighted under "Incompatibilites +between 5.0.8 and 5.1" below. See NEWS for more information. Installing Zsh -------------- @@ -30,6 +29,32 @@ Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of some of these, see the file FEATURES, and for the latest changes see NEWS. For more details, see the documentation. +Incompatibilites between 5.0.8 and 5.1 +-------------------------------------- + +The default behaviour when text is pasted into an X Windows terminal has +changed significantly (unless you are using a very old terminal emulator +that doesn't support this mode). Now, the new "bracketed paste mode" +treats all the pasted text as literal characters. This means, in +particular, that a newline is simply inserted as a visible newline; you +need to hit Return on the keyboard to execute the pasted text in one go. +See the description of zle_bracketed_paste in the zshparams manual for +more. "unset zle_bracketed_paste" restores the previous behaviour. + +As noted in NEWS, the builtins declare, export, float, integer, local, +readonly and typeset now have corresponding reserved words that provide +true assignment semantics instead of an approximation by means of normal +command line arguments. It is hoped that this additional consistency +provides a more natural interface. However, compatbility with older +versions of zsh can be obtained by turning off the reserved word +interface, exposing the builtin interface: + + disable -r declare export float integer local readonly typeset + +This is also necessary in the unusual eventuality that the builtins are +to be overridden by shell functions, since reserved words take +precedence over functions. + Incompatibilites between 5.0.7 and 5.0.8 ---------------------------------------- |