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@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ THE Z SHELL (ZSH) Version ------- -This is zsh version 3.1 (beta) - -Note that this is a beta version. The latest stable version is zsh-3.0.7. +This is zsh version 4.0. This is a stable release. Installing Zsh -------------- @@ -19,35 +17,31 @@ are any special instructions for your particular architecture. Features -------- -Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of these, see the +Zsh is a shell with lots of features. For a list of some of these, see the file Etc/FEATURES, and for the latest changes see Etc/NEWS. For more details, see the documentation. Possible incompatibilities --------------------------- -If you have been using recent versions of zsh 3.1, the following changes in -the shell may affect you: -- The traditional bindings of \M-n (history-search-backward) and - \M-p (history-search-forward) in older versions of zsh have returned, - as has the traditional behaviour of those functions and the functions - up-line-or-search and down-line-or-search. In 3.1.5, the functions - behaved differently and \M-n and \M-p were bound by default to - history-beginning-search-backward and history-beginning-search-forward. -- Prompt truncation behaviour via %<...< and %>...> (or %[<...] etc.) has - changed slightly: the string to be truncated runs to the end of the - prompt or to the next truncation sequence; %<< will turn off truncation. - Previously it only covered individual prompt escapes. So for example the - prompt `%10<...<%~%% ' will now include the `%% ' in the string to be - truncated, and you should change the prompt to `%10<...<%~%<<%% ' to turn - off truncation immediately after the `%~'. -- If for some reason you have `setopt norcs' or `unsetopt rcs' anywhere in - your startup files (e.g. to stop .zlogout being run), this will now - take effect immediately, preventing later startup files from being - run. It is safe to put `setopt norcs' in .zlogin as this is always - the last run. - -See the FAQ for a discussion of changes over the longer term. +Some particular differences you may notice between version 3.0 and 4.0: + + o The options ALWAYS_LAST_PROMPT (return to the line you were + editing after displaying completion lists) and LIST_AMBIGUOUS + (don't do AUTO_LIST if there was an unambiguous prefix that could be + inserted, i.e. only list if it is ambiguous what to insert next) are + now set by default. This is in response to complaints that too many + zsh features are never noticed by many users. To turn them off, + just put `unsetopt alwayslastprompt listambiguous' in your + .zshrc file. + o The editor commands history-search-{forward,backward} are implemented + slightly differently, as are {up,down}-line-or-search. You may + well not notice this, however. + o Cursor keys are now usually bound in both vi command and insert + mode. In the latter case, this may result in a slight delay after + hitting ESCAPE to exit insert mode. Purists who object to this can + unbind the appropriate key sequences (see zshzle(1)). Most beginning + users of zsh apparently find the current behaviour preferable. Documentation ------------- @@ -84,9 +78,11 @@ Doc/intro.ms An introduction to zsh in troff format using the ms may not work without changes but it is still a good introduction. +For more information, see the website, as described in the META-FAQ. + If you do not have the necessary tools to process these documents, PostScript, ASCII, Info and DVI versions are available in the separate -file zsh-beta-doc.tar.gz at the archive sites listed in the META-FAQ. +file zsh-doc.tar.gz at the archive sites listed in the META-FAQ. The distribution also contains a Perl script in Utils/helpfiles which can be used to extract the descriptions of builtin commands from the @@ -128,7 +124,7 @@ Zsh Maintenance and Bug Reports ------------------------------- Zsh is currently maintained by the members of the zsh-workers mailing list -and coordinated by Peter Stephenson <pws@zsh.org>. Please send +and coordinated by Peter Stephenson <coordinator@zsh.org>. Please send any feedback and bugs reports to <zsh-workers@sunsite.dk>. There is a script "reporter" in the subdirectory Util which will print |