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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -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 @@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ 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. + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a terse description of the new features added to bash-5.1 since the release of bash-5.0. As always, the manual page (doc/bash.1) is @@ -1083,7 +1087,7 @@ l. There is a new configuration option (in config-top.h) that forces bash to m. A new variable $BASHOPTS to export shell options settable using `shopt' to child processes. -n. There is a new confgure option that forces the extglob option to be +n. There is a new configure option that forces the extglob option to be enabled by default. o. New variable $BASH_XTRACEFD; when set to an integer bash will write xtrace @@ -1130,7 +1134,7 @@ d. New bindable function: skip-csi-sequence. Can be used as a default to to bind all keys. e. New application-settable function: rl_filename_rewrite_hook. Can be used - to rewite or modify filenames read from the file system before they are + to rewrite or modify filenames read from the file system before they are compared to the word to be completed. f. New bindable variable: skip-completed-text, active when completing in the |