39 files changed, 289 insertions, 212 deletions
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f9badf1..5c24e91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1394,3 +1394,12 @@ configure.ac
 configure.ac
 	- add -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security to CFLAGS if gcc (or clang)
 	  is the compiler
+
+				   10/29
+				   -----
+configure.ac
+	- --enable-bracketed-paste-default: new invocation option, toggles the
+	  default value of enable-bracketed-paste (on by default)
+
+INSTALL
+	- document new --enable-bracketed-paste-default configure option
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e4534ad..79628e8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ x. Fixed a bug that could cause an application with an application-specific
    redisplay function to crash if the line data structures had not been
    initialized.
 
+y. Terminals that are named "dumb" or unknown do not enable bracketed paste
+   by default.
+
+z. Ensure that disabling bracketed paste turns off highlighting the incremental
+   search string when the search is successful.
+
 2. New Features in Readline
 
 a. If a second consecutive completion attempt produces matches where the first
@@ -101,7 +107,8 @@ f. New active mark and face feature: when enabled, it will highlight the text
 
 g. Readline sets the mark in several additional commands.
 
-h. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default (for now).
+h. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default. There is a configure-time
+   option (--enable-bracketed-paste-default) to set the default to on or off.
 
 i. Readline tries to take advantage of the more regular structure of UTF-8
    characters to identify the beginning and end of characters when moving
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e11be22..4f0d7b0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ The readline `configure' recognizes a single `--with-PACKAGE' option:
 
 `--enable-static'
     Build the static libraries by default.  The default is `yes'.
+
+`--enable-bracketed-paste-default'
+    Enable bracketed paste by default, so the initial value of the
+    `enable-bracketed-paste' Readline variable is `on'. The default
+    is `yes'.
  
 Shared Libraries
 ================
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 7803f27..c57db60 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ ETAGS = etags
 CTAGS = ctags -w
 
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
-LOCAL_CFLAGS = @LOCAL_CFLAGS@ -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"$(RL_LIBRARY_VERSION)"'
+LOCAL_CFLAGS = @LOCAL_CFLAGS@ -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"$(RL_LIBRARY_VERSION)"' @BRACKETED_PASTE@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 
 DEFS = @DEFS@ @CROSS_COMPILE@
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d371d20..c328628 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ f. New active mark and face feature: when enabled, it will highlight the text
 
 g. Readline sets the mark in several additional commands.
 
-h. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default (for now).
+h. Bracketed paste mode is enabled by default. There is a configure-time
+   option (--enable-bracketed-paste-default) to set the default to on or off.
 
 i. Readline tries to take advantage of the more regular structure of UTF-8
    characters to identify the beginning and end of characters when moving
diff --git a/bind.c b/bind.c
index 3cbed2c..87596dc 100644
--- a/bind.c
+++ b/bind.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ static const struct {
   { "convert-meta",		&_rl_convert_meta_chars_to_ascii, 0 },
   { "disable-completion",	&rl_inhibit_completion,		0 },
   { "echo-control-characters",	&_rl_echo_control_chars,	0 },
-  { "enable-bracketed-paste",	&_rl_enable_bracketed_paste,	0 },
+  { "enable-bracketed-paste",	&_rl_enable_bracketed_paste,	V_SPECIAL },
   { "enable-keypad",		&_rl_enable_keypad,		0 },
   { "enable-meta-key",		&_rl_enable_meta,		0 },
   { "expand-tilde",		&rl_complete_with_tilde_expansion, 0 },
@@ -1878,6 +1878,8 @@ hack_special_boolean_var (int i)
     }
   else if (_rl_stricmp (name, "show-mode-in-prompt") == 0)
     _rl_reset_prompt ();
+  else if (_rl_stricmp (name, "enable-bracketed-paste") == 0)
+    _rl_enable_active_region = _rl_enable_bracketed_paste;
 }
 
 typedef int _rl_sv_func_t PARAMS((const char *));
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9fac150..5a0bf2f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.ac for Readline 8.1, version 2.89.
+# From configure.ac for Readline 8.1, version 2.90.
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for readline 8.1.
 #
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ CFLAGS
 CC
 SET_MAKE
 CROSS_COMPILE
+BRACKETED_PASTE
 host_os
 host_vendor
 host_cpu
@@ -727,6 +728,7 @@ enable_multibyte
 enable_shared
 enable_static
 enable_install_examples
+enable_bracketed_paste_default
 enable_largefile
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
@@ -1356,6 +1358,9 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-static         build static libraries [[default=YES]]
   --disable-install-examples
                           don't install examples [[default=install]]
+  --disable-bracketed-paste-default
+                          disable bracketed paste by default
+                          [[default=enable]]
   --disable-largefile     omit support for large files
 
 Optional Packages:
@@ -2568,6 +2573,7 @@ opt_multibyte=yes
 opt_static_libs=yes
 opt_shared_libs=yes
 opt_install_examples=yes
+opt_bracketed_paste_default=yes
 
 # Check whether --enable-multibyte was given.
 if test "${enable_multibyte+set}" = set; then :
@@ -2590,11 +2596,24 @@ if test "${enable_install_examples+set}" = set; then :
 fi
 
 
+# Check whether --enable-bracketed-paste-default was given.
+if test "${enable_bracketed_paste_default+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_bracketed_paste_default; opt_bracketed_paste_default=$enableval
+fi
+
+
 if test $opt_multibyte = no; then
 $as_echo "#define NO_MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 fi
 
+if test $opt_bracketed_paste_default = yes; then
+	BRACKETED_PASTE='-DBRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT=1'
+else
+	BRACKETED_PASTE='-DBRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT=0'
+fi
+
+
 
 
 CROSS_COMPILE=
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index edd78c9..147bae5 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 #   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-AC_REVISION([for Readline 8.1, version 2.89])
+AC_REVISION([for Readline 8.1, version 2.90])
 
 AC_INIT(readline, 8.1, bug-readline@gnu.org)
 
@@ -52,16 +52,26 @@ opt_multibyte=yes
 opt_static_libs=yes
 opt_shared_libs=yes
 opt_install_examples=yes
+opt_bracketed_paste_default=yes
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(multibyte, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-multibyte], [enable multibyte characters if OS supports them]), opt_multibyte=$enableval)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-shared], [build shared libraries [[default=YES]]]), opt_shared_libs=$enableval)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(static, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-static], [build static libraries [[default=YES]]]), opt_static_libs=$enableval)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(install-examples, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-install-examples], [don't install examples [[default=install]]]), opt_install_examples=$enableval)
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(bracketed-paste-default, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-bracketed-paste-default], [disable bracketed paste by default [[default=enable]]]), opt_bracketed_paste_default=$enableval)
+
 if test $opt_multibyte = no; then
 AC_DEFINE(NO_MULTIBYTE_SUPPORT)
 fi
 
+if test $opt_bracketed_paste_default = yes; then
+	BRACKETED_PASTE='-DBRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT=1'
+else
+	BRACKETED_PASTE='-DBRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT=0'
+fi
+AC_SUBST(BRACKETED_PASTE)
+
 dnl load up the cross-building cache file -- add more cases and cache
 dnl files as necessary
 
diff --git a/doc/history.0 b/doc/history.0
index 5f5e703..3c1a794 100644
--- a/doc/history.0
+++ b/doc/history.0
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ HISTORY(3)                 Library Functions Manual                 HISTORY(3)
               -1     if there was an error in expansion;
               2      if  the  returned  line should be displayed, but not exe-
                      cuted, as with the [1m:p [22mmodifier.
-       If an error ocurred in expansion, then [4moutput[24m  contains  a  descriptive
+       If an error occurred in expansion, then [4moutput[24m contains  a  descriptive
        error message.
 
        [4mchar[24m [4m*[24m [1mget_history_event [22m([4mconst[24m [4mchar[24m [4m*string,[24m [4mint[24m [4m*cindex,[24m [4mint[24m [4mqchar[24m)
diff --git a/doc/history.3 b/doc/history.3
index 9b787c6..df6cd37 100644
--- a/doc/history.3
+++ b/doc/history.3
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ if the returned line should be displayed, but not executed,
 as with the \fB:p\fP modifier.
 .PD
 .RE
-If an error ocurred in expansion, then \fIoutput\fP contains a descriptive
+If an error occurred in expansion, then \fIoutput\fP contains a descriptive
 error message.
 
 .Fn3 "char *" get_history_event "const char *string" "int *cindex" "int qchar"
diff --git a/doc/history.dvi b/doc/history.dvi
index 5722192..9734c24 100644
--- a/doc/history.dvi
+++ b/doc/history.dvi
diff --git a/doc/history.html b/doc/history.html
index 8aa3b57..3110cf3 100644
--- a/doc/history.html
+++ b/doc/history.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <HTML>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
-<!-- Created on July, 17  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
+<!-- Created on October, 30  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
 <!-- 
 Written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author)
             Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ to permit their use in free software.
 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT">[<A HREF="history.html#SEC_About"> ? </A>]</TD>
 </TR></TABLE>
 <H1>About this document</H1>
-This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>July, 17  2020</I>
+This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 <P></P>  
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ the following structure:
 <BR>  
 <FONT SIZE="-1">
 This document was generated
-by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>July, 17  2020</I>
+by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 
diff --git a/doc/history.info b/doc/history.info
index 360410d..749d53e 100644
--- a/doc/history.info
+++ b/doc/history.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is history.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from
 history.texi.
 
-This document describes the GNU History library (version 8.1, 17 July
+This document describes the GNU History library (version 8.1, 29 October
 2020), a programming tool that provides a consistent user interface for
 recalling lines of previously typed input.
 
@@ -1395,28 +1395,28 @@ Appendix C Function and Variable Index
 
 
 Tag Table:
-Node: Top845
-Node: Using History Interactively1490
-Node: History Interaction1998
-Node: Event Designators3896
-Node: Word Designators5170
-Node: Modifiers6930
-Node: Programming with GNU History8475
-Node: Introduction to History9219
-Node: History Storage10897
-Node: History Functions12032
-Node: Initializing History and State Management13021
-Node: History List Management13833
-Node: Information About the History List16127
-Node: Moving Around the History List17741
-Node: Searching the History List18834
-Node: Managing the History File20759
-Node: History Expansion22579
-Node: History Variables24508
-Node: History Programming Example28488
-Node: GNU Free Documentation License31165
-Node: Concept Index56337
-Node: Function and Variable Index57042
+Node: Top848
+Node: Using History Interactively1493
+Node: History Interaction2001
+Node: Event Designators3899
+Node: Word Designators5173
+Node: Modifiers6933
+Node: Programming with GNU History8478
+Node: Introduction to History9222
+Node: History Storage10900
+Node: History Functions12035
+Node: Initializing History and State Management13024
+Node: History List Management13836
+Node: Information About the History List16130
+Node: Moving Around the History List17744
+Node: Searching the History List18837
+Node: Managing the History File20762
+Node: History Expansion22582
+Node: History Variables24511
+Node: History Programming Example28491
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License31168
+Node: Concept Index56340
+Node: Function and Variable Index57045
 
 End Tag Table
 
diff --git a/doc/history.pdf b/doc/history.pdf
index f5d6936..949244f 100644
--- a/doc/history.pdf
+++ b/doc/history.pdf
diff --git a/doc/history.ps b/doc/history.ps
index 4d15b60..3e9c231 100644
--- a/doc/history.ps
+++ b/doc/history.ps
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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+%%CreationDate: Fri Oct 30 14:07:46 2020
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 %%PageOrder: Ascend
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
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index 6a10f4c..1f2b083 100644
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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diff --git a/doc/hstech.texi b/doc/hstech.texi
index 2de62f7..7ac1195 100644
--- a/doc/hstech.texi
+++ b/doc/hstech.texi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @ignore
 This file documents the user interface to the GNU History library.
 
-Copyright (C) 1988-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Authored by Brian Fox and Chet Ramey.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual
diff --git a/doc/readline.0 b/doc/readline.0
index 4d201c4..d32329b 100644
--- a/doc/readline.0
+++ b/doc/readline.0
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ READLINE(3)                Library Functions Manual                READLINE(3)
               escapes  to  begin and end sequences of non-printing characters,
               which can be used to embed a terminal control sequence into  the
               mode string.
-       [1menable-bracketed-paste (Off)[0m
+       [1menable-bracketed-paste (On)[0m
               When  set  to  [1mOn[22m, readline will configure the terminal in a way
               that will enable it to insert each paste into the editing buffer
               as a single string of characters, instead of treating each char-
@@ -1127,4 +1127,4 @@ READLINE(3)                Library Functions Manual                READLINE(3)
 
 
 
-GNU Readline 8.0                 2020 March 24                     READLINE(3)
+GNU Readline 8.1                2020 October 29                    READLINE(3)
diff --git a/doc/readline.3 b/doc/readline.3
index 0663556..179c781 100644
--- a/doc/readline.3
+++ b/doc/readline.3
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 .\"
 .\"	Last Change: Tue Mar 24 09:27:30 EDT 2020
 .\"
-.TH READLINE 3 "2020 March 24" "GNU Readline 8.0"
+.TH READLINE 3 "2020 October 29" "GNU Readline 8.1"
 .\"
 .\" File Name macro.  This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
 .\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ Use the \e1 and \e2 escapes to begin and end sequences of
 non-printing characters, which can be used to embed a terminal control 
 sequence into the mode string.
 .TP
-.B enable\-bracketed\-paste (Off)
+.B enable\-bracketed\-paste (On)
 When set to \fBOn\fP, readline will configure the terminal in a way
 that will enable it to insert each paste into the editing buffer as a
 single string of characters, instead of treating each character as if
diff --git a/doc/readline.dvi b/doc/readline.dvi
index cd68b10..715e5ae 100644
--- a/doc/readline.dvi
+++ b/doc/readline.dvi
diff --git a/doc/readline.html b/doc/readline.html
index 63a30b6..1dd7693 100644
--- a/doc/readline.html
+++ b/doc/readline.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <HTML>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
-<!-- Created on September, 9  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
+<!-- Created on October, 30  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
 <!-- 
 Written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author)
             Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ When set to <SAMP>`On'</SAMP>, Readline will configure the terminal in a way
 that will enable it to insert each paste into the editing buffer as a
 single string of characters, instead of treating each character as if
 it had been read from the keyboard.  This can prevent pasted characters
-from being interpreted as editing commands.  The default is <SAMP>`off'</SAMP>.
+from being interpreted as editing commands.  The default is <SAMP>`On'</SAMP>.
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 <DT><CODE>enable-keypad</CODE>
@@ -7599,7 +7599,7 @@ to permit their use in free software.
 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT">[<A HREF="readline.html#SEC_About"> ? </A>]</TD>
 </TR></TABLE>
 <H1>About this document</H1>
-This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>September, 9  2020</I>
+This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 <P></P>  
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 <BR>  
 <FONT SIZE="-1">
 This document was generated
-by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>September, 9  2020</I>
+by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 
diff --git a/doc/readline.info b/doc/readline.info
index 1da0e27..93d54dc 100644
--- a/doc/readline.info
+++ b/doc/readline.info
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is readline.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from rlman.texi.
 
-This manual describes the GNU Readline Library (version 8.1, 17 July
+This manual describes the GNU Readline Library (version 8.1, 29 October
 2020), a library which aids in the consistency of user interface across
 discrete programs which provide a command line interface.
 
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ Variable Settings
           buffer as a single string of characters, instead of treating
           each character as if it had been read from the keyboard.  This
           can prevent pasted characters from being interpreted as
-          editing commands.  The default is 'off'.
+          editing commands.  The default is 'On'.
 
      'enable-keypad'
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-Node: Completion Variables143055
-Node: A Short Completion Example158848
-Node: GNU Free Documentation License171628
-Node: Concept Index196802
-Node: Function and Variable Index198323
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+Node: Readline Bare Essentials5057
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+Node: Readline Killing Commands7802
+Node: Readline Arguments9721
+Node: Searching10766
+Node: Readline Init File12919
+Node: Readline Init File Syntax14073
+Node: Conditional Init Constructs34331
+Node: Sample Init File38528
+Node: Bindable Readline Commands41653
+Node: Commands For Moving42708
+Node: Commands For History44467
+Node: Commands For Text49230
+Node: Commands For Killing52933
+Node: Numeric Arguments55647
+Node: Commands For Completion56787
+Node: Keyboard Macros58756
+Node: Miscellaneous Commands59444
+Node: Readline vi Mode63366
+Node: Programming with GNU Readline65183
+Node: Basic Behavior66169
+Node: Custom Functions69852
+Node: Readline Typedefs71335
+Node: Function Writing72969
+Node: Readline Variables74283
+Node: Readline Convenience Functions86955
+Node: Function Naming88027
+Node: Keymaps89289
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+Node: Associating Function Names and Bindings96916
+Node: Allowing Undoing99695
+Node: Redisplay102245
+Node: Modifying Text106269
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+Node: Terminal Management109414
+Node: Utility Functions111237
+Node: Miscellaneous Functions114565
+Node: Alternate Interface117984
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+Node: Alternate Interface Example122665
+Node: Readline Signal Handling126197
+Node: Custom Completers135456
+Node: How Completing Works136176
+Node: Completion Functions139483
+Node: Completion Variables143057
+Node: A Short Completion Example158850
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License171630
+Node: Concept Index196804
+Node: Function and Variable Index198325
 
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index 35cb1b5..ab522ac 100644
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+++ b/doc/rluserman.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <HTML>
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
-<!-- Created on September, 9  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
+<!-- Created on October, 30  2020 by texi2html 1.64 -->
 <!-- 
 Written by: Lionel Cons <Lionel.Cons@cern.ch> (original author)
             Karl Berry  <karl@freefriends.org>
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ When set to <SAMP>`On'</SAMP>, Readline will configure the terminal in a way
 that will enable it to insert each paste into the editing buffer as a
 single string of characters, instead of treating each character as if
 it had been read from the keyboard.  This can prevent pasted characters
-from being interpreted as editing commands.  The default is <SAMP>`off'</SAMP>.
+from being interpreted as editing commands.  The default is <SAMP>`On'</SAMP>.
 <P>
 
 <DT><CODE>enable-keypad</CODE>
@@ -3025,7 +3025,7 @@ to permit their use in free software.
 <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="LEFT">[<A HREF="rluserman.html#SEC_About"> ? </A>]</TD>
 </TR></TABLE>
 <H1>About this document</H1>
-This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>September, 9  2020</I>
+This document was generated by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 <P></P>  
@@ -3187,7 +3187,7 @@ the following structure:
 <BR>  
 <FONT SIZE="-1">
 This document was generated
-by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>September, 9  2020</I>
+by <I>Chet Ramey</I> on <I>October, 30  2020</I>
 using <A HREF="http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~obachman/Texi2html
 "><I>texi2html</I></A>
 
diff --git a/doc/rluserman.info b/doc/rluserman.info
index 1b86b0a..1604928 100644
--- a/doc/rluserman.info
+++ b/doc/rluserman.info
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ This is rluserman.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.7 from
 rluserman.texi.
 
 This manual describes the end user interface of the GNU Readline Library
-(version 8.1, 17 July 2020), a library which aids in the consistency of
-user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line
+(version 8.1, 29 October 2020), a library which aids in the consistency
+of user interface across discrete programs which provide a command line
 interface.
 
    Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ Variable Settings
           buffer as a single string of characters, instead of treating
           each character as if it had been read from the keyboard.  This
           can prevent pasted characters from being interpreted as
-          editing commands.  The default is 'off'.
+          editing commands.  The default is 'On'.
 
      'enable-keypad'
           When set to 'on', Readline will try to enable the application
@@ -1998,30 +1998,30 @@ their use in free software.
 
 
 Tag Table:
-Node: Top904
-Node: Command Line Editing1426
-Node: Introduction and Notation2080
-Node: Readline Interaction3705
-Node: Readline Bare Essentials4898
-Node: Readline Movement Commands6683
-Node: Readline Killing Commands7645
-Node: Readline Arguments9565
-Node: Searching10611
-Node: Readline Init File12765
-Node: Readline Init File Syntax13920
-Node: Conditional Init Constructs34180
-Node: Sample Init File38378
-Node: Bindable Readline Commands41504
-Node: Commands For Moving42560
-Node: Commands For History44320
-Node: Commands For Text49084
-Node: Commands For Killing52788
-Node: Numeric Arguments55503
-Node: Commands For Completion56644
-Node: Keyboard Macros58614
-Node: Miscellaneous Commands59303
-Node: Readline vi Mode63226
-Node: GNU Free Documentation License64140
+Node: Top907
+Node: Command Line Editing1429
+Node: Introduction and Notation2083
+Node: Readline Interaction3708
+Node: Readline Bare Essentials4901
+Node: Readline Movement Commands6686
+Node: Readline Killing Commands7648
+Node: Readline Arguments9568
+Node: Searching10614
+Node: Readline Init File12768
+Node: Readline Init File Syntax13923
+Node: Conditional Init Constructs34182
+Node: Sample Init File38380
+Node: Bindable Readline Commands41506
+Node: Commands For Moving42562
+Node: Commands For History44322
+Node: Commands For Text49086
+Node: Commands For Killing52790
+Node: Numeric Arguments55505
+Node: Commands For Completion56646
+Node: Keyboard Macros58616
+Node: Miscellaneous Commands59305
+Node: Readline vi Mode63228
+Node: GNU Free Documentation License64142
 
 End Tag Table
 
diff --git a/doc/rluserman.pdf b/doc/rluserman.pdf
index 8501864..a7db1e9 100644
--- a/doc/rluserman.pdf
+++ b/doc/rluserman.pdf
diff --git a/doc/rluserman.ps b/doc/rluserman.ps
index e2da0ba..9bae0d0 100644
--- a/doc/rluserman.ps
+++ b/doc/rluserman.ps
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %!PS-Adobe-2.0
 %%Creator: dvips(k) 5.999 Copyright 2019 Radical Eye Software
 %%Title: rluserman.dvi
-%%CreationDate: Wed Sep  9 19:34:51 2020
+%%CreationDate: Fri Oct 30 14:07:47 2020
 %%Pages: 35
 %%PageOrder: Ascend
 %%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 %DVIPSWebPage: (www.radicaleye.com)
 %DVIPSCommandLine: dvips -D 600 -t letter -o rluserman.ps rluserman.dvi
 %DVIPSParameters: dpi=600
-%DVIPSSource:  TeX output 2020.09.09:1534
+%DVIPSSource:  TeX output 2020.10.30:1007
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@@ -5185,18 +5185,18 @@ ifelse
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+b(8.1.)3217 1623 y(Octob)s(er)f(2020)150 4927 y Fm(Chet)45
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-4633 y(whic)m(h)k(pro)m(vide)h(a)f(command)g(line)h(in)m(terface.)150
+TeXDict begin 2 1 bop 150 4413 a Fo(This)38 b(man)m(ual)h(describ)s(es)
+f(the)h(end)f(user)g(in)m(terface)i(of)f(the)g(GNU)g(Readline)g
+(Library)f(\(v)m(ersion)i(8.1,)150 4523 y(29)35 b(Octob)s(er)f(2020\),)
+k(a)d(library)f(whic)m(h)g(aids)g(in)g(the)h(consistency)g(of)g(user)e
+(in)m(terface)j(across)f(discrete)150 4633 y(programs)30
+b(whic)m(h)g(pro)m(vide)h(a)f(command)g(line)h(in)m(terface.)150
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-b(The)29 b(default)i(is)f(`)p Fn(off)p Fo('.)p eop end
+b(The)29 b(default)i(is)f(`)p Fn(On)p Fo('.)p eop end
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diff --git a/doc/version.texi b/doc/version.texi
index cb495ab..abb9cb6 100644
--- a/doc/version.texi
+++ b/doc/version.texi
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Copyright (C) 1988-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @set EDITION 8.1
 @set VERSION 8.1
-@set UPDATED 17 July 2020
-@set UPDATED-MONTH July 2020
+@set UPDATED 29 October 2020
+@set UPDATED-MONTH October 2020
 
-@set LASTCHANGE Fri Jul 17 09:35:36 EDT 2020
+@set LASTCHANGE Thu Oct 29 16:49:01 EDT 2020
diff --git a/isearch.c b/isearch.c
index 201a37b..ef65e5f 100644
--- a/isearch.c
+++ b/isearch.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ _rl_isearch_dispatch (_rl_search_cxt *cxt, int c)
 
   /* XXX - experimental code to allow users to bracketed-paste into the search
      string even when ESC is one of the isearch-terminators. Not perfect yet. */
-  if (_rl_enable_bracketed_paste && c == ESC && strchr (cxt->search_terminators, c) && (n = _rl_nchars_available ()) > (2*BRACK_PASTE_SLEN-1))
+  if (_rl_enable_bracketed_paste && c == ESC && strchr (cxt->search_terminators, c) && (n = _rl_nchars_available ()) > (BRACK_PASTE_SLEN-1))
     {
       j = _rl_read_bracketed_paste_prefix (c);
       if (j == 1)
@@ -418,9 +418,11 @@ add_character:
     {
       /* If we have a multibyte character, see if it's bound to something that
 	 affects the search. */
-      if (cxt->mb[1])
+#if defined (HANDLE_MULTIBYTE)
+      if (MB_CUR_MAX > 1 && rl_byte_oriented == 0 && cxt->mb[1])
 	f = rl_function_of_keyseq (cxt->mb, cxt->keymap, (int *)NULL);
       else
+#endif
 	{
 	  f = cxt->keymap[c].function;
 	  if (f == rl_do_lowercase_version)
@@ -680,7 +682,8 @@ opcode_dispatch:
 	  free (paste);
 	  break;
 	}
-      rl_activate_mark ();
+      if (_rl_enable_active_region)
+	rl_activate_mark ();
       if (cxt->search_string_index + pastelen + 1 >= cxt->search_string_size)
 	{
 	  cxt->search_string_size += pastelen + 2;
@@ -805,7 +808,8 @@ opcode_dispatch:
     {
       cxt->prev_line_found = cxt->lines[cxt->history_pos];
       rl_replace_line (cxt->lines[cxt->history_pos], 0);
-      rl_activate_mark ();	
+      if (_rl_enable_active_region)
+	rl_activate_mark ();	
       rl_point = cxt->sline_index;
       if (rl_mark_active_p () && cxt->search_string_index > 0)
 	rl_mark = rl_point + cxt->search_string_index;
diff --git a/kill.c b/kill.c
index e9d5250..50c3fde 100644
--- a/kill.c
+++ b/kill.c
@@ -729,7 +729,8 @@ rl_bracketed_paste_begin (int count, int key)
   buf = _rl_bracketed_text (&len);
   rl_mark = rl_point;
   retval = rl_insert_text (buf) == len ? 0 : 1;
-  rl_activate_mark ();
+  if (_rl_enable_active_region)
+    rl_activate_mark ();
 
   xfree (buf);
   return (retval);
diff --git a/readline.c b/readline.c
index 800eb11..e61d188 100644
--- a/readline.c
+++ b/readline.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ int _rl_show_mode_in_prompt = 0;
 /* Non-zero means to attempt to put the terminal in `bracketed paste mode',
    where it will prefix pasted text with an escape sequence and send
    another to mark the end of the paste. */
-int _rl_enable_bracketed_paste = 1;	/* XXX - for now */
+int _rl_enable_bracketed_paste = BRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT;
+int _rl_enable_active_region = BRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT;
 
 /* **************************************************************** */
 /*								    */
diff --git a/rlprivate.h b/rlprivate.h
index 050f506..23ab2d8 100644
--- a/rlprivate.h
+++ b/rlprivate.h
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ extern int _rl_isearch_cleanup PARAMS((_rl_search_cxt *, int));
 extern int _rl_search_getchar PARAMS((_rl_search_cxt *));
 
 /* kill.c */
+#ifndef BRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT
+#  define BRACKETED_PASTE_DEFAULT	1	/* XXX - for now */
+#endif
+
 #define BRACK_PASTE_PREF	"\033[200~"
 #define BRACK_PASTE_SUFF	"\033[201~"
 
@@ -532,6 +536,7 @@ extern int _rl_revert_all_at_newline;
 extern int _rl_echo_control_chars;
 extern int _rl_show_mode_in_prompt;
 extern int _rl_enable_bracketed_paste;
+extern int _rl_enable_active_region;
 extern char *_rl_comment_begin;
 extern unsigned char _rl_parsing_conditionalized_out;
 extern Keymap _rl_keymap;
diff --git a/search.c b/search.c
index ab65a37..38a2936 100644
--- a/search.c
+++ b/search.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ noninc_dosearch (char *string, int dir, int flags)
 
   make_history_line_current (entry);
 
-  if (_rl_enable_bracketed_paste && ((flags & SF_PATTERN) == 0) && ind > 0 && ind < rl_end)
+  if (_rl_enable_active_region && ((flags & SF_PATTERN) == 0) && ind > 0 && ind < rl_end)
     {
       rl_point = ind;
       rl_mark = ind + strlen (string);
diff --git a/shlib/Makefile.in b/shlib/Makefile.in
index f2ec3e4..d138524 100644
--- a/shlib/Makefile.in
+++ b/shlib/Makefile.in
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ localedir = @localedir@
 DESTDIR =
 
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
-LOCAL_CFLAGS = @LOCAL_CFLAGS@ -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"$(RL_LIBRARY_VERSION)"'
+LOCAL_CFLAGS = @LOCAL_CFLAGS@ -DRL_LIBRARY_VERSION='"$(RL_LIBRARY_VERSION)"' @BRACKETED_PASTE@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ @LOCAL_LDFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@
 
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index 41b6f19..05415dc 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ _rl_init_terminal_io (const char *terminal_name)
 {
   const char *term;
   char *buffer;
-  int tty, tgetent_ret;
+  int tty, tgetent_ret, dumbterm;
 
   term = terminal_name ? terminal_name : sh_get_env_value ("TERM");
   _rl_term_clrpag = _rl_term_cr = _rl_term_clreol = _rl_term_clrscroll = (char *)NULL;
@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ _rl_init_terminal_io (const char *terminal_name)
   if (term == 0)
     term = "dumb";
 
+  dumbterm = STREQ (term, "dumb");
+
 #ifdef __MSDOS__
   _rl_term_im = _rl_term_ei = _rl_term_ic = _rl_term_IC = (char *)NULL;
   _rl_term_up = _rl_term_dc = _rl_term_DC = _rl_visible_bell = (char *)NULL;
@@ -544,6 +546,10 @@ _rl_init_terminal_io (const char *terminal_name)
       _rl_term_so = _rl_term_se = (char *)NULL;
       _rl_terminal_can_insert = term_has_meta = 0;
 
+      /* Assume generic unknown terminal can't handle the enable/disable
+	 escape sequences */
+      _rl_enable_bracketed_paste = 0;
+
       /* Reasonable defaults for tgoto().  Readline currently only uses
          tgoto if _rl_term_IC or _rl_term_DC is defined, but just in case we
          change that later... */
@@ -595,6 +601,11 @@ _rl_init_terminal_io (const char *terminal_name)
   bind_termcap_arrow_keys (vi_insertion_keymap);
 #endif /* VI_MODE */
 
+  /* There's no way to determine whether or not a given terminal supports
+     bracketed paste mode, so we assume a terminal named "dumb" does not. */
+  if (dumbterm)
+    _rl_enable_bracketed_paste = 0;
+    
   return 0;
 }