Term::ReadLine::Gnu / News: Recent posts

• readline-8.1 support
  • new function
    • rl_activate_mark
    • rl_deactivate_mark
    • rl_keep_mark_active
    • rl_mark_active_p
  • use native operate_and_get_next on GNU ReadLine 8.1 and later.
• Gnu.xs: warns if attempted completion function returns undef in pos 0. [rt.cpan.org #132384]
• ppport.h: update from version 3.31 to version 3.52.
• fixes to be more CPAN Testers friendly
  • Makefile.PL exits 0 when $TERM is not set properly. [rt.cpan.org #128806]
• update URLs of the GNU Readline Library manual website. [rt.cpan.org #131362]
• update URLs of soundgrab.

• readline-8.0 support
  • new function
    • rl_empty_keymap
    • rl_set_keymap_name
    • rl_check_signals
  • new variable
    • history_quoting_state
  • rl_function_of_keyseq uses rl_function_of_keyseq_len to support an arbitrary key sequence that may include NULs.
• new() checks the number of arguments.
• make 'use Term::ReadLine::Gnu' fail if $TERM is not set or on a dumb terminal. 'use Term::ReadLine' uses Term::ReadLine::Stub instead. [rt.cpan.org #123398]
• Makefile.PL: checks the tinfo library for Debian.
• add t/01test_use.t and t/02test_use.t.
• comment out a hack for the CPAN Test on OpenBSD added on TRG 1.22.
• t/utf8_binary.t, t/utf8_text.t: skipped on Perl 5.8.

• readline-7.0 support
  • new function
    • rlclear_visible_line
    • rl_tty_set_echoing
    • rlpending_signal
  • new variable
    • rl_persistent_signal_handlers
• Gnu.xs: fix a bug of rl_readline_state variable causing on a big-endian, sizeof(int)==4, and sizeof(long)==8 platform with the GNU Readline Library 7.0. [rt.cpan.org #118371]

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• ppport.h: update from version 1.0007 to version 3.31.
• t/utf8_text.t: fix for the fail when PERL_UNICODE environment variable is set.

• Gnu.pm, t/utf8_text.t: fix version checks for perl 5.10.0.
• t/utf8_text.t: fix the number of skip for systems which do not support en_US.UTF-8 locale.
• Gnu.pm: delete old formated 'use VERSION'

• improve UTF-8 handling
  • UTF-8 decoding is done at the interface between Perl and XS. This makes it possible for UTF-8 strings to be get from the GNU Readline Library functions and variables.
  • add enableUTF8() method
  • UTF-8 support is enabled when STDIN is in UTF-8 by the -C command-line switch, or PERL_UNICODE environment -variable, or IN file handle has utf8 IO layer, or -enableUTF8 method is called.
  • pop IO layer only when stdio layer is pushed on utf8 layer to support Perl 5.8.x
• rl_save_state(), rl_restore_state(), history_get_history_state(), and history_set_history_state() are finally implemented.
• update RL_STATE_* definitions
• fix rl_readline_state and history_legnth variable to be writable
• fix rl_completion_quote_character and rl_completion_found_quate variable to be read only
• update POD document
• t/*.t: use Test::More and improved
  • t/utf8_binary.t, t/utf8_text.t:
    • use en_US.UTF-8 instead of en_US.utf8 for locale
    • force the GNU Readline Library 8bit through
    • add variable access test, IO layer check, verbose mode, etc.
    • use camel characters instead of Japanese kanji characters
  • t/utf8_binary.t: skip when PERL_UNICODE is set. [rt.cpan.org #114185]
  • t/utf8.txt: use camel characters instead of Japanese kanji characters
  • t/callback.t: update comments and code clean-up
• use some modern Perl features (but still in 5.8 era)
  • use file handle references
  • define export tags
  • comment out 'use vars' for subroutine name aliase

• t/utf8_binary.t, t/utf_text.t: skip on non UTF-8 environment.
• t/readline.t: skip the cursor move test for an active CPAN tester's environment

• t/utf8_binary.t: add a fix to handle escape sequences which rl_initialize may output.

• pop the stdio PerlIO layer only when utf8 layer is included for remote debugging. [rt.cpan.org #110121]
• call utf8::decode() for a UTF8-enabled input filehandle. [rt.cpan.org #104239]
• call newTTY() any time to set filehandles.
• make use of 'our' instead of 'use vars'.
• add tests for UTF-8 handling.
• pass _rl_store_iostream 'FILE ' in stead of 'PerlIO '.
• remove T_STDIO definition from typemap.
• requires 5.8.1

• Makefile.PL: revert a change on 1.27 which causes fail on the rlmalloc test on Gentoo Linux. [rt.cpan.org #107201]
• t/readline.t, t/history.t: use LC_ALL instead of LANG.

• readline-7.0 support
  • new function
    • rl_callback_sigcleanup
• improve POD documents
• Gnu.xs: not to use obsoleted typedefs which were obsoleted by ReadLine 6.3
• fix a wrong fix on 1.21 to let completion_function do case insensitive match. [rt.cpan.org #72378]
• fix rl_display_match_list to show the first entry of the array. The bug caused segmentation fault with readline-7.0.
• some improvements of Makefile.PL:
  • add support homebrew on Mac OS X. [rt.cpan.org #104389]
  • print an error string when system() fails.
  • specify 'int' on 'main()'.
  • use -O when -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE is defined.

• Call ornaments() after rl_initialize() to set tty before calling rl_initialize() not to output some charactores to STDIO. [rt.cpan.org #96569, #101196]
• make handling of iostreams simple (make _rl_store_iostream() return void and remove _rl_fetch_iostream()) [rt.cpan.org #101078]
• Fix the Prerequisites section to require Perl 5.8 (it was equired since TRG 1.23.).
• t/callback.t: add some new Tk-tests from CPAN Testers' site.

• fix to call rl_initialize() after I/O stream setting. [rt.cpan.org #96569]
• t/readline.t: comment-out stty-command calls.
• t/history.t, t/readline.t: print out the corresponding section names in the manuals of the libraries.
• eg/perlsh: use 'IO' instead of 'FILEHANDLE' which Perl 5.20 warns. [rt.cpan.org #100883]
• Fix copyright notices to use the year of first publication.

• fix not to make the PerlIO layer empty for Perl 5.8.9 or before. [rt.cpan.org #59832]
• update Pod document assuming the use of Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch.
• t/00checkver.t: not to use 'display-readline-version') and "use Test;"
• INSTALL: add "(Install) Using Package" section.

From Changes

1.23 2014-03-20

• add description of the pager command bug in Perl debugger which causes segementation fault [rt.perl.org #121456]
• fix not to clobber binmode layer (utf-8) on filehandles [rt.cpan.org #59832]
• support UTF-8 input as compatible with Term::ReadLine
  • Now Term::ReadLine::Gnu requires perl 5.8.0 or above
• define Term::ReadLine::Gnu::ornaments method [rt.cpan.org #93614]
• Makefile.PL: Fix the URL of the bug-tracker [rt.cpan.org #93680]
• eg/perlsh: POD syntax fix. [rt.cpan.org #93895]
• README: add note for bug-tracker
• INSTALL: update "1.3 Trouble Shooting"... read more

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