X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 00:17:40 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter A. Castro" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: zsh-4.3.4-1 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.74 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com An updated version of zsh (zsh-4.3.4-1) has been released and should be at a mirror near you real soon. NOTICE: ======= This version has Multi-byte/Unicode support enabled in it. This may or may not present problems for existing scripts which assumed a prior behaviour concerning multi-byte characters. If this breaks too many existing user scripts, then I will disable this behaviour in the next build upon request. This release will work with cygwin-1.5.18-1 or later. - Note: 4.3.3 was never released for Cygwin due to stability issues. NEWS: ===== This release includes the following: - Multi-byte/Unicode support. Work continues to improve this feature. Please file bug reports as needed. - Various base bug fixes and enhancements: Sorry, too numerous to list, see ChangeLog link below. - Many auto-completion commands/functions/types have been added/updated. Sorry, too numerous to list, see ChangeLog link below. - Fix to zftp to make Account parameter work correctly. - see ChangeLogs: http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/zsh/ChangeLog-4.3.4 http://www.fruitbat.org/Cygwin/zsh/ChangeLog-4.3.2 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: ======= 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: ========= 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 QUESTIONS: ========== If you want to make a point or ask a question the Cygwin mailing list is the appropriate place. CYGWIN-ANNOUNCE UNSUBSCRIBE INFO: ================================= To unsubscribe to the cygwin-announce mailing list, look at the "List-Unsubscribe: " tag in the email header of this message. Send email to the address specified there. It will be in the format: cygwin-announce-unsubscribe-YOU=YOURDOMAIN DOT COM AT cygwin DOT com If you need more information on unsubscribing, start reading here: http://sources.redhat.com/lists.html#unsubscribe-simple Please read *all* of the information on unsubscribing that is available starting at this URL. -- Peter A. Castro or "Cats are just autistic Dogs" -- Dr. Tony Attwood -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/