readline changes to use xfree; bumped version to bash-5.2-beta

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Chet Ramey
2022-04-08 11:03:02 -04:00
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20 changed files with 939 additions and 774 deletions
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@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ bb. Array references using `@' and `*' that are the value of nameref variables
(declare -n ref='v[@]' ; echo $ref) no longer cause the shell to exit if
set -u is enabled and the array (v) is unset.
cc. There is a new bindable readline command name:
`vi-edit-and-execute-command'.
2. New Features in Readline
a. There is now an HS_HISTORY_VERSION containing the version number of the
@@ -133,6 +136,19 @@ i. Readline looks in $LS_COLORS for a custom filename extension
(*.readline-colored-completion-prefix) and uses that as the default color
for the common prefix displayed when `colored-completion-prefix' is set.
j. Two new bindable string variables: active-region-start-color and
active-region-end-color. The first sets the color used to display the
active region; the second turns it off. If set, these are used in place
of terminal standout mode.
k. New readline state (RL_STATE_EOF) and application-visible variable
(rl_eof_found) to allow applications to detect when readline reads EOF
before calling the deprep-terminal hook.
l. There is a new configuration option: --with-shared-termcap-library, which
forces linking the shared readline library with the shared termcap (or
curses/ncurses/termlib) library so applications don't have to do it.
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This is a terse description of the new features added to bash-5.1 since
the release of bash-5.0. As always, the manual page (doc/bash.1) is