pfalstad@phoenix.princeton.edu (Paul Falstad) (04/18/91)
Archive-name: unix/shell/zsh/1991-04-17 Archive-directory: princeton.edu:/pub/zsh/ [128.112.128.1] Original-posting-by: pfalstad@phoenix.princeton.edu (Paul Falstad) Original-subject: zsh 2.0 available Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) zsh2.0 is now available from princeton.edu (128.112.128.1), as "/pub/zsh/zsh2.00.00.tar.Z". Features include: - compiles with cc now - no ANSI compiler needed - source is smaller than version 1 (yeah!) from (t)csh: - command line editing, bindkey, command/filename completion - spelling correction - history saving - precmd, periodic, sched, echotc - escape sequences in prompts - login/logout watching - autolist, fignore, histlit - ! history substitution (can be turned off, though) - arrays - repeat, pushd, popd - job control, brace expansion, aliases, globbing, etc. from ksh: - for, select, case, if, [[...]], ((...)), time [pipeline] - command substitution, process substitution (no /dev/fd required) - ${...%%...}, ${...##...} - FPATH, MAILPATH, TMOUT - alias name=value, cd old new, fc, getopts, print, set -A, set -o - typeset -LRZfilrtux, trap, times, ulimit, type, whence - autoload shell functions - shell function local vars from CWRU bash: - ! pipeline, SHLVL, LINENO, OLDPWD, MAIL_WARNING - history ignorespace, history ignoredups, autoresume - $[...] - #! interpretation for systems that don't have it other stuff: - improved globbing (better than v1) - global aliases - a line editor that adjusts the frequency of refreshes to the speed of your connection - in your prompt, prints other people's directories like "~fubar" instead of "/n/uffda/b/tmp_mnt/homes/students/fubar" - vared (edit the value of a variable using the line editor) -- Paul Falstad pfalstad@phoenix.princeton.edu And on the roads, too, vicious gangs of KEEP LEFT signs! If Princeton knew my opinions, they'd have expelled me long ago. -- comp.archives file verification princeton.edu total 240 -rw-rw-rw- 1 ftp 45 237387 Apr 17 01:01 zsh2.00.00.tar.Z found zsh ok princeton.edu:/pub/zsh/