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This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-5.0 since
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the release of readline-4.3.
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1. New Features in Readline
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a. History expansion has a new `a' modifier equivalent to the `g' modifier
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for compatibility with the BSD csh.
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b. History expansion has a new `G' modifier equivalent to the BSD csh `g'
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modifier, which performs a substitution once per word.
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c. All non-incremental search operations may now undo the operation of
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replacing the current line with the history line.
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d. The text inserted by an `a' command in vi mode can be reinserted with
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`.'.
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e. New bindable variable, `show-all-if-unmodified'. If set, the readline
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completer will list possible completions immediately if there is more
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than one completion and partial completion cannot be performed.
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f. There is a new application-callable `free_history_entry()' function.
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g. History list entries now contain timestamp information; the history file
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functions know how to read and write timestamp information associated
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with each entry.
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h. Four new key binding functions have been added:
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rl_bind_key_if_unbound()
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rl_bind_key_if_unbound_in_map()
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rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound()
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rl_bind_keyseq_if_unbound_in_map()
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i. New application variable, rl_completion_quote_character, set to any
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quote character readline finds before it calls the application completion
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function.
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j. New application variable, rl_completion_suppress_quote, settable by an
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application completion function. If set to non-zero, readline does not
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attempt to append a closing quote to a completed word.
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k. New application variable, rl_completion_found_quote, set to a non-zero
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value if readline determines that the word to be completed is quoted.
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Set before readline calls any application completion function.
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l. New function hook, rl_completion_word_break_hook, called when readline
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needs to break a line into words when completion is attempted. Allows
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the word break characters to vary based on position in the line.
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m. New bindable command: unix-filename-rubout. Does the same thing as
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unix-word-rubout, but adds `/' to the set of word delimiters.
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n. When listing completions, directories have a `/' appended if the
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`mark-directories' option has been enabled.
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