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@@ -1,42 +1,37 @@ -This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.0 since -the release of readline-5.2. +This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.1 since +the release of readline-6.0. 1. New Features in Readline -a. A new variable, rl_sort_completion_matches; allows applications to inhibit - match list sorting (but beware: some things don't work right if - applications do this). +a. New bindable function: menu-complete-backward. -b. A new variable, rl_completion_invoking_key; allows applications to discover - the key that invoked rl_complete or rl_menu_complete. +b. In the vi insertion keymap, C-n is now bound to menu-complete by default, + and C-p to menu-complete-backward. -c. The functions rl_block_sigint and rl_release_sigint are now public and - available to calling applications who want to protect critical sections - (like redisplay). +c. When in vi command mode, repeatedly hitting ESC now does nothing, even + when ESC introduces a bound key sequence. This is closer to how + historical vi behaves. -d. The functions rl_save_state and rl_restore_state are now public and - available to calling applications; documented rest of readline's state - flag values. +d. New bindable function: skip-csi-sequence. Can be used as a default to + consume key sequences generated by keys like Home and End without having + to bind all keys. -e. A new user-settable variable, `history-size', allows setting the maximum - number of entries in the history list. +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 + compared to the word to be completed. -f. There is a new implementation of menu completion, with several improvements - over the old; the most notable improvement is a better `completions - browsing' mode. +f. New bindable variable: skip-completed-text, active when completing in the + middle of a word. If enabled, it means that characters in the completion + that match characters in the remainder of the word are "skipped" rather + than inserted into the line. -g. The menu completion code now uses the rl_menu_completion_entry_function - variable, allowing applications to provide their own menu completion - generators. +g. The pre-readline-6.0 version of menu completion is available as + "old-menu-complete" for users who do not like the readline-6.0 version. -h. There is support for replacing a prefix of a pathname with a `...' when - displaying possible completions. This is controllable by setting the - `completion-prefix-display-length' variable. Matches with a common prefix - longer than this value have the common prefix replaced with `...'. +h. New bindable variable: echo-control-characters. If enabled, and the + tty ECHOCTL bit is set, controls the echoing of characters corresponding + to keyboard-generated signals. -i. There is a new `revert-all-at-newline' variable. If enabled, readline will - undo all outstanding changes to all history lines when `accept-line' is - executed. - -j. If the kernel supports it, readline displays special characters - corresponding to a keyboard-generated signal when the signal is received. +i. New bindable variable: enable-meta-key. Controls whether or not readline + sends the smm/rmm sequences if the terminal indicates it has a meta key + that enables eight-bit characters. |