[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-5.0.6-1

Sun Sep 21 02:19:00 GMT 2014

An updated version of zsh (zsh-5.0.6-1) has been released and should be
at a mirror near you real soon.  This is an upstream release.

NOTICE:
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Version 5.0.6 has just been released for both 32-bit and 64-bit Cygwin.
This release contains several fixes, but is mostly to address the problem 
that existed in versions 5.0.3 through 5.0.5.

NEWS:
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(From the release notes: http://zsh.sourceforge.net/releases.html)
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Changes between versions 5.0.5 and 5.0.6
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Incompatibilities
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The value of $? when a job becomes stopped is now the signal number plus 
128, for compatibility with other shells. Note that different operating 
systems use different values e.g. for SIGTSTP, so it is not possible in 
portable scripts to detect stopped jobs by comparing to a fixed number. 
Also, the value of $pipestatus is now updated when a job stops, not just 
when it exits.

Changes
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     If the option EXTENDED_GLOB is in effect, it is possible to force 
globbing within conditional code using the [[ ... ]] syntax by flagging 
that a certain string is a glob using the (#q) glob qualifier syntax. The 
resulting glob is treated as a single argument. For example, [[ -n 
*.c(#qN) ]] tests whether there are any .c files in the current directory.

     In prompt strings, the %N(l.true.false) conditional (line length) and 
the %N<..< and %N>..> truncation operators now accept negative values of 
N, which count the remaining space to the opposite margin (positive values 
of N still count the space used since the start of the prompt). In PS1 and 
PROMPT, this counts to the right margin, whereas in RPS1 and RPROMPT, it 
counts to the left margin (not to the opposite prompt).

     Another new prompt feature is the %. escape within time strings, for 
example %D{%H:%M:%S.%.}. It provides zero-padded decimal fractions of 
second; by default milliseconds are shown, but the number of digits may be 
indicated from 1 to 6, e.g. "%6.". (Note this is part of the extensions to 
strftime() formats rather than basic prompt escapes.)

     The operators :^ and :^^ in parameter substitution allow for array 
zipping in the form ${name:^array}. With the :^ operator, all entries in 
$name and $array will be output in alternating order. With :^ the longer 
array is trimmed whereas the :^^ operator repeats the shorter array enough 
to match the longer array.

Changes between versions 5.0.2 and 5.0.5
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Releases 5.0.3 and 5.0.4 were replaced with 5.0.5 because they contained 
serious bugs.

Incompatibilities
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The "zshaddhistory" hook mechanism documented in the zshmisc manual page 
has been upgraded so that a hook returning status 2 causes a history line 
to be saved on the internal history list but not written to the history 
file. Previously any non-zero status return would cause the line not to be 
saved on the history at all. It is recommended to use status 1 for this 
(indeed most shell users would naturally do so).

Changes
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     The option FORCE_FLOAT has been added to force all arithmetic 
constants to be treated as floating point. This is most useful locally 
within functions or scripts performing floating point calculations.

     Individual pattern characters can be disabled. For example, to allow 
'^' to be an ordinary character even if the option EXTENDED_GLOB is set, 
use "disable -p '^'".

     The variable editing builtin vared can be given custom editing widgets 
for initialisation and finishing.

     The line editor's capability for listening on file descriptors 
additional to the terminal has been enhanced so that the handler for such 
file descriptors can be a line editor widget. Previously the handler 
always behaved as a standard shell function.

     Hooks for adding history (the function zshaddhistory and the array 
zshaddhistory_functions) can return status 2 to indicate that history is 
to be saved internally within the shell but not written.

     The parameter HISTORY_IGNORE may be set to a pattern which matches 
lines in the internal history that are to be omitted from the history file 
at file write time. This differs from history changes made in the 
zshaddhistory hook or by the HIST_IGNORE_* options, all of which take 
effect immediately on the internal history list itself.

     The parameter ZLE_RPROMPT_INDENT can be set to 0 to remove the space 
between the right hand side of the screen (this causes problems with some 
terminals). It is not special and is not set by default; the effect in 
that case is as if it was 1, as in previous versions.

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See ChangeLogs for full details.

ChangeLogs:
        http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/zsh/ChangeLog-5.0.6
Homepage:
        http://www.zsh.org

DESCRIPTION:
============
Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login
shell and as a shell script command processor.  Of the standard shells,
zsh most closely resembles `ksh' but includes many enhancements.  Zsh has
command line editing, builtin spelling correction, programmable command
completion, shell functions (with autoloading), a history mechanism, and
a host of other features.

UPDATE:
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To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on the
http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your system.
Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up 'zsh' in the
'Shell' category (you will have select it).

DOWNLOAD:
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Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need to
find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to you:
http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html

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