old-cross-binutils/readline/NEWS

This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.2 since
the release of readline-6.1.

a.  The history library does not try to write the history filename in the
    current directory if $HOME is unset.  This closes a potential security
    problem if the application does not specify a history filename.

b.  New bindable variable `completion-display-width' to set the number of
    columns used when displaying completions.

c.  New bindable variable `completion-case-map' to cause case-insensitive
    completion to treat `-' and `_' as identical.

d.  There are new bindable vi-mode command names to avoid readline's case-
    insensitive matching not allowing them to be bound separately.

e.  New bindable variable `menu-complete-display-prefix' causes the menu
    completion code to display the common prefix of the possible completions
    before cycling through the list, instead of after.
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			`This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.2 since`
			`the release of readline-6.1.`
import of readlilne 5.1 2006-04-20 20:05:52 +00:00
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			`a. The history library does not try to write the history filename in the`
			`current directory if $HOME is unset. This closes a potential security`
			`problem if the application does not specify a history filename.`
import of readlilne 5.1 2006-04-20 20:05:52 +00:00
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			b. New bindable variable `completion-display-width' to set the number of
			`columns used when displaying completions.`
import of readlilne 5.1 2006-04-20 20:05:52 +00:00
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			c. New bindable variable `completion-case-map' to cause case-insensitive
			completion to treat `-' and `_' as identical.
import of readlilne 5.1 2006-04-20 20:05:52 +00:00
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			`d. There are new bindable vi-mode command names to avoid readline's case-`
			`insensitive matching not allowing them to be bound separately.`
import of readlilne 5.1 2006-04-20 20:05:52 +00:00
Revert "Sync readline/ to version 7.0 alpha" This reverts commit b558ff043d41ba8d17a82f5f9ae5f9dade66160e. This reverts commit 4a11f2065906976675808364ddbd1c0f77eea41f. The initial import commit failed to retain local changes made to readline's configure.in (and the commit message erroneously stated that there were no local changes that needed to be reapplied). Also the import caused a couple of build errors and a scattering of testsuite regressions throughout many arches. It's probably better to start over with this import, hopefully more carefully next time. 2015-07-25 19:41:05 +00:00			e. New bindable variable `menu-complete-display-prefix' causes the menu
			`completion code to display the common prefix of the possible completions`
			`before cycling through the list, instead of after.`