change expansion for key-value pair compound assignment to associative arrays to split all words before identifying keys and values; controlled by a new shopt option: kvpair_split, enabled by default; new `loadassoc' loadable builtin to load an associative array from a set of key-value arguments

lib/readline/doc/readline.3

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 .\"	Case Western Reserve University
 .\"	chet.ramey@case.edu
 .\"
-.\"	Last Change: Mon Oct  6 09:58:21 EDT 2025
+.\"	Last Change: Mon Aug 10 10:05:09 EDT 2026
 .\"
-.TH READLINE 3 "2025 October 6" "GNU Readline 8.3"
+.TH READLINE 3 "2026 August 10" "GNU Readline 8.3"
 .\" Ensure this string is initialized to avoid groff warnings.
 .ds zX \" empty
 .\"
@@ -1166,14 +1166,30 @@ This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the region.
 .TP
 .B non\-incremental\-reverse\-search\-history (M\-p)
 Search backward through the history starting at the current line
-using a non-incremental search for a string supplied by the user.
+using a non-incremental search
+for a string supplied by the user.
 The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
 .TP
 .B non\-incremental\-forward\-search\-history (M\-n)
-Search forward through the history using a non-incremental search
+Search forward through the history starting at the current line
+using a non-incremental search
 for a string supplied by the user.
 The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
 .TP
+.B non\-incremental\-reverse\-search\-history\-again ()
+Search backward through the history starting at the current line
+using a non-incremental search
+for the last non-incremental search string used.
+If there is no previous search string, this command returns an error.
+The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
+.TP
+.B non\-incremental\-forward\-search\-history\-again ()
+Search forward through the history starting at the current line
+using a non-incremental search
+for the last non-incremental search string used.
+If there is no previous search string, this command returns an error.
+The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
+.TP
 .B history\-search\-backward
 Search backward through the history for the string of characters
 between the start of the current line and the point.

lib/readline/doc/rluser.texi

@@ -1449,7 +1449,6 @@ This command sets the region to the matched text and activates the region.
 
 @item non-incremental-reverse-search-history (M-p)
 Search backward starting at the current line and moving ``up''
-
 through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search
 for a string supplied by the user.
 The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
@@ -1460,6 +1459,20 @@ through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search
 for a string supplied by the user.
 The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
 
+@item non-incremental-reverse-search-history-again ()
+Search backward starting at the current line and moving ``up''
+through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search
+for the last non-incremental search string used.
+If there is no previous search string, this command returns an error.
+The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
+
+@item non-incremental-forward-search-history-again ()
+Search forward starting at the current line and moving ``down''
+through the history as necessary using a non-incremental search
+for the last non-incremental search string used.
+If there is no previous search string, this command returns an error.
+The search string may match anywhere in a history line.
+
 @item history-search-backward ()
 Search backward through the history for the string of characters
 between the start of the current line and the point.

lib/readline/doc/version.texi

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Copyright (C) 1988-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @set EDITION 8.3
 @set VERSION 8.3
 
-@set UPDATED 9 July 2026
-@set UPDATED-MONTH July 2026
+@set UPDATED 10 August
+@set UPDATED-MONTH August 2026
 
-@set LASTCHANGE Thu Jul  9 09:20:35 EDT 2026
+@set LASTCHANGE Mon Aug 10 10:08:56 EDT 2026