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152419SjulianThis is a terse description of the new features added to readline-5.1 since
252419Sjulianthe release of readline-5.0.
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470711Sobrien1.  New Features in Readline
570711Sobrien
652419Sjuliana.  The key sequence sent by the keypad `delete' key is now automatically   
760966Speter    bound to delete-char.
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9b.  A negative argument to menu-complete now cycles backward through the
10    completion list.
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12c.  A new bindable readline variable:  bind-tty-special-chars.  If non-zero,
13    readline will bind the terminal special characters to their readline
14    equivalents when it's called (on by default).
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16d.  New bindable command: vi-rubout.  Saves deleted text for possible  
17    reinsertion, as with any vi-mode `text modification' command; `X' is bound
18    to this in vi command mode.
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20e.  If the rl_completion_query_items is set to a value < 0, readline never
21    asks the user whether or not to view the possible completions.
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23f.  New application-callable auxiliary function, rl_variable_value, returns
24    a string corresponding to a readline variable's value.
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26g.  When parsing inputrc files and variable binding commands, the parser
27    strips trailing whitespace from values assigned to boolean variables
28    before checking them.
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30h.  A new external application-controllable variable that allows the LINES
31    and COLUMNS environment variables to set the window size regardless of
32    what the kernel returns.
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