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+This document details the changes between this version, readline-4.0,
+and the previous version, readline-2.2.
+
+1.  Changes to Readline
+
+a.  The version number is now 4.0, to match the major and minor version
+    numbers on the shared readline and history libraries.  Future
+    releases will maintain the identical numbering.
+
+b.  Fixed a typo in the `make install' recipe that copied libreadline.a
+    to libhistory.old right after installing it.
+
+c.  The readline and history info files are now installed out of the source
+    directory if they are not found in the build directory.
+
+d.  The library no longer exports a function named `savestring' -- backwards
+    compatibility be damned.
+
+e.  There is no longer any #ifdef SHELL code in the source files.
+
+f.  Some changes were made to the key binding code to fix memory leaks and
+    better support Win32 systems.
+
+g.  Fixed a silly typo in the paren matching code -- it's microseconds, not
+    milliseconds.
+
+h.  The readline library should be compilable by C++ compilers.
+
+i.  The readline.h public header file now includes function prototypes for
+    all readline functions, and some changes were made to fix errors in the
+    source files uncovered by the use of prototypes.
+
+j.  The maximum numeric argument is now clamped at 1000000.
+
+k.  Fixes to rl_yank_last_arg to make it behave better.
+
+l.  Fixed a bug in the display code that caused core dumps if the prompt
+    string length exceeded 1024 characters.
+
+m.  The menu completion code was fixed to properly insert a single completion
+    if there is only one match.
+
+n.  A bug was fixed that caused the display code to improperly display tabs
+    after newlines.
+
+o.  A fix was made to the completion code in which a typo caused the wrong
+    value to be passed to the function that computed the longest common
+    prefix of the list of matches.
+
+p.  The completion code now checks the value of rl_filename_completion_desired,
+    which is set by application-supplied completion functions to indicate
+    that filename completion is being performed, to decide whether or not to
+    call an application-supplied `ignore completions' function.
+
+q.  Code was added to the history library to catch history substitutions
+    using `&' without a previous history substitution or search having been
+    performed.
+
+
+2.  New Features in Readline
+
+a.  There is a new script, support/shobj-conf, to do system-specific shared
+    object and library configuration.  It generates variables for configure
+    to substitute into makefiles.  The README file provides a detailed
+    explanation of the shared library creation process.
+
+b.  Shared libraries and objects are now built in the `shlib' subdirectory.
+    There is a shlib/Makefile.in to control the build process.  `make shared'
+    from the top-level directory is still the right way to build shared
+    versions of the libraries.
+
+c.  rlconf.h is now installed, so applications can find out which features
+    have been compiled into the installed readline and history libraries.
+
+d.  rlstdc.h is now an installed header file.
+
+e.  Many changes to the signal handling:
+        o Readline now catches SIGQUIT and cleans up the tty before returning;
+        o A new variable, rl_catch_signals, is available to application writers 
+          to indicate to readline whether or not it should install its own
+          signal handlers for SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGALRM, SIGTSTP,
+          SIGTTIN, and SIGTTOU;
+        o A new variable, rl_catch_sigwinch, is available to application
+          writers to indicate to readline whether or not it should install its
+          own signal handler for SIGWINCH, which will chain to the calling
+          applications's SIGWINCH handler, if one is installed;
+        o There is a new function, rl_free_line_state, for application signal
+          handlers to call to free up the state associated with the current
+          line after receiving a signal;
+        o There is a new function, rl_cleanup_after_signal, to clean up the
+          display and terminal state after receiving a signal;
+        o There is a new function, rl_reset_after_signal, to reinitialize the
+          terminal and display state after an application signal handler
+          returns and readline continues
+
+f.  There is a new function, rl_resize_terminal, to reset readline's idea of
+    the screen size after a SIGWINCH.
+
+g.  New public functions: rl_save_prompt and rl_restore_prompt.  These were
+    previously private functions with a `_' prefix.  These functions are
+    used when an application wants to write a message to the `message area'
+    with rl_message and have the prompt restored correctly when the message
+    is erased.
+
+h.  New function hook: rl_pre_input_hook, called just before readline starts
+    reading input, after initialization.
+
+i.  New function hook: rl_display_matches_hook, called when readline would
+    display the list of completion matches.  The new function
+    rl_display_match_list is what readline uses internally, and is available
+    for use by application functions called via this hook.
+
+j.  New bindable function, delete-char-or-list, like tcsh.
+
+k.  A new variable, rl_erase_empty_line, which, if set by an application using
+    readline, will cause readline to erase, prompt and all, lines on which the
+    only thing typed was a newline.
+
+l.  There is a new script, support/shlib-install, to install and uninstall
+    the shared readline and history libraries.
+
+m.  A new bindable variable, `isearch-terminators', which is a string
+    containing the set of characters that should terminate an incremental
+    search without being executed as a command.
+
+n.  A new bindable function, forward-backward-delete-char.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 This document details the changes between this version, readline-2.2,
 and the previous version, readline-2.1.
 
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     may be used in key sequence definitions or macro values.
 
 h.  An `$include' inputrc file parser directive has been added.
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