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@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ z. The new `--enable-translatable-strings' option to `configure' allows $"..."
support to be compiled in or out.
aa. The new `globskipdots' shell option forces pathname expansion never to
- return `.' or `..' unless explicitly matched.
+ return `.' or `..' unless explicitly matched. It is enabled by default.
bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables
(declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if
@@ -163,3 +163,7 @@ k. New readline state (RL_STATE_EOF) and application-visible variable
l. There is a new configuration option: --with-shared-termcap-library, which
forces linking the shared readline library with the shared termcap (or
curses/ncurses/termlib) library so applications don't have to do it.
+
+m. Readline now checks for changes to locale settings (LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE/LANG)
+ each time it is called, and modifies the appropriate locale-specific display
+ and key binding variables when the locale changes.