New Releases of Yet Another Shell

yash - 2.30

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:56:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell version 2.30.

Yash now supports command argument completion for "svn" and "git".

ChangeLog

Yash 2.30

* Fixed pathname completion for redirections.

yash - 2.29

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:33:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash) version 2.29.

This version contains some minor bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.29

+ An alias value now can contain newlines.
* Fixed invalid memory access on printing an empty array using the "typeset" built-in.
* The function body is now correctly executed in a subshell when the body is defined using the (...) compound command.
* In line-editing, the undo command can now be applied only to the history entry that is being edited.

Legend:
+: new feature
*: bug fix

yash - 2.28

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:07:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash) version 2.28.

This release includes some minor bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.28

= In an interactive shell, mail check is now done before job status report.
* Fixed arithmetic expansion evaluating some expressions that should not be evaluated.
* Fixed the "array" built-in removing the wrong elements when positive and negative indices are intermixed with the -d option.
* Fixed the EXIT trap being wrongly executed after a command-not-found error.
* The EXIT trap is now executed with the correct redirection when the last command had redirection.
* The "exec" built-in now correctly exports arrays that are just assigned.
* ${#@} is now correctly expanded to an array of integers that represent the lengths of array elements.
* Fixed infinite loop in sequential brace expansion.

Legend:
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.27

まじかんと (magicant) — Mon, 16 May 2011 14:30:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.27.

This version includes some minor fixes since the previous version.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.27

* Minor bug fixes.

yash - 2.26

まじかんと (magicant) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:36:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.26.

Internalization support has been started. So far, some messages have been translated into Japanese.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.26

+ New option for the "return" built-in: -n (--no-return)
= Error messages have been revised.
= Shell option names have been generalized: Option names are now
case-insensitive. Non-alphanumeric characters are ignored in
option names. Options can be inverted by prefixing "no" to
their names.
= "case foo in (esac) bar; esac" is now rejected in the POSIXly
correct mode.
= The "-o noexec" option is now ignored in an interactive shell.
= New mail notification is now printed only when the mailbox file
is not empty.
= "printf %c ''" now prints nothing as "printf %c" do.
= In an invocation of the "complete" built-in with the -A or -R
option, the pattern is now matched against the last component of
the pathname when generating pathname candidates with the -f
option.
* Function names containing an '=' sign can now be specified as
arguments to the typeset and unset built-ins (with the -f
option).
* Fixed the exit status of iterative execution that was interrupted
by SIGINT.

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.25

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 12:22:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.25.

The main program in this version does not have significant changes since the last version, but this version is accompanied by much more completion setting files.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.25

= In the completion candidate list, options are now sorted case-insensitively.
= While executing a completion function, the $IFS is reset to the default value.

Legend:
=: specification change

yash - 2.24

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:41:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.24.

This version of yash has a new command line completion machanism. Completion settings for older versions cannot be used for this version.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.24

+ New option for the "." built-in: -L
+ New options for the "command" built-in: -a, -f, -k
- Removed the -B option for the "command" built-in.
= Fixed configuration process so that the shell can handle all kinds of signals on FreeBSD.
= New command completion mechanism. (Changed the usage of the "complete" built-in)
= Short options now come before long options in a completion candidate list.
* Symbolic links to non-existent files can now be completed.
* Other fixes in command completion.
* Fixed invalid memory access on parameter expansion failure in redirection.

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.23

まじかんと (magicant) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:29:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.23.

Some bugs in command line completion are fixed in this version.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.23

* Traps are no longer handled during completion to avoid messing up the display.
* Fixed segmentation fault during completion. When the notify option is enabled, the shell was wrongly trying to notify the job status while executing a candidate generator function.
* The "-o verbose" option is now disabled during completion to suppress the auto-loaded script being printed.

yash - 2.22

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:21:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.22.

The auto-loading feature has been added which automatically loads completion settings on the fly. Completion settings for built-in commands are bundled in this version.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.22

+ New "test" builtin operators: -G, -O, -N
+ Completion settings are now autoloaded from $YASH_COMPPATH.
* Fix a bug that was causing a signal received by a just-created subshell to be wrongly ignored.
* Other bug fixes

Legend:
+: new feature
*: bug fix

yash - 2.22b0

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:18:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell 2.22 のベータ版です。

正式版ではなくベータ版なので、分かる人だけ使ってください。(2.21 との違いはほとんどありません)

yash - 2.21

まじかんと (magicant) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:54:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.21.

Finally we have command line completion! And this version also includes some minor fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.21

+ Command line completion
= In an interactive shell, the value of $LINENO is now reset to 1 every time a command is input and executed.
* The "function" keyword was not recognized by "command -v".
* Fixed handling of SIGINT so that the interactive shell properly gets back to normal after receiving SIGINT.
* Input reading functions rewritten, including some bug fixes.

Legend:
+: new feature
-: removed feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix
x: new bug

yash - 2.20

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:13:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.20.

This version contains some minor fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.20

+ Function definition using the "function" keyword.
= The "-nt" and "-ot" operators of the "test" builtin now consider a non-existent file older in favor of Korn shell.
= [line-editing] some editing commands have been renamed:
vi-change-all -> vi-change-line
vi-yank-and-change-all -> vi-yank-all-change-line
vi-append-end -> vi-append-to-eol
* [line-editing] the clear-and-redraw-all command was broken.

Legend:
+: new feature
-: removed feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix
x: new bug

yash - 2.19

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:54:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.19.

This version includes minor fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.19

+ The "ulimit" builtin is now available on FreeBSD.
+ In mail checking, the timestamp of the mail file is now compared
by the nanosecond if possible.
+ [line-editing] new line-editing commands:
oldest-history-bol, newest-history-bol, return-history-bol,
prev-history-bol, next-history-bol,
beginning-search-forward, beginning-search-backward
= Faster filename pattern matching.
= [line-editing] the "accept-line" command no longer accepts a
failing history search result.
= [line-editing] the following commands have been changed not to
move the cursor to the beginning of the line:
oldest-history, newest-history, return-history,
prev-history, next-history
The new commands whose names end with "-bol" provide the
previous behaviors.
* Fixed broken output of array assignment traces.
* [line-editing] the "vi-edit-and-accept" command now handles the
count.
* [line-editing] fixed the cursor position after the
search-again-forward/backward command in the emacs-like mode.

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.18

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:19:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.18.

New features in this version includes (a) the right prompt, (b) new options for the "cd" and "pushd" builtins, and (c) non-standardized string comparison operators for the "test" builtin.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.18

+ New operators for string comparison in the "test" builtin:
==, ===, !==, <, <=, >, >=
+ Operators "-nt" and "-ot" in the "test" builtin now compares the modification time by the nanoseconds if possible.
+ '--default-directory' option for the "cd" and "pushd" builtin.
+ '--remove-duplicates' option for the "pushd" builtin.
+ The right prompt and the styler prompt.
+ '--le-alwaysrp' option.
= The interpretation of escape sequences to change the font in $PS1 and $PS2 has been changed.
= $PS3 no longer initialized.
= Escape sequences are now interpreted in $PS4 as well as in $PS1 and $PS2.
= The "echo" and "printf" builtins now can print a null character.
* [line-editing] $LINES and $COLUMNS were wrongly ignored.
* [line-editing] fixed font color for some terminals.

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.17

まじかんと (magicant) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:17:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell バージョン 2.17 です。

このバージョンではいくつかのバグ修正が施されました。
また test 組込みコマンドでバージョン番号を比較するなど、いくつかの新機能が加わっています。

ChangeLog

Yash 2.17

+ '--le-visiblebell' option.
+ New operators for version comparison in the "test" builtin:
-veq, -vne, -vgt, -vge, -vlt, -vle
+ [line-editing] "eof" command
= The "typeset" builtin now prints only local variables when invoked without the -g option or operands.
= The "typeset" builtin now prints function definitions in a pretty format.
= When not in posixly-correct mode, commands in command substitution are now parsed when the command containing the substitution is parsed.
* Fixed the parse error on parameter expansion "${#}".
* Fixed the "wait" builtin wrongly trying to wait for non-parent processes when invoked in a subshell.
* [line-editing] vi-replace-char command was broken.
* Many other bug fixes

Legend:
+: new feature
-: removed feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix
x: new bug

yash - 2.16

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:29:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash) version 2.16 includes some bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.16

+ '--curbg' and '--curstop' options.
= '--curasync' option is now set by default.
= Changed exit status of a while/until loop whose body is empty.
= The "return" and "exit" builtins now accepts an exit status of 256 or larger.
= The "echo" builtin now interprets octal escapes only beginning with a backslash followed by a zero.
* Fixed a syntax error of a special builtin invoked thru the "command" builtin causing the non-interactive shell to exit.
* Fixed the exit status of the shell when the EXIT trap is set.
* The '--allexport' option was wrongly ignored by the "read" and "getopts" builtins.
* Fixed segfaults and other errors in the "getopts" builtin.
* [line-editing] Fixed the vi-replace-char command causing invalid memory access.
* [line-editing] Fixed the emacs-just-one-space command not leaving space(s).

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.15

まじかんと (magicant) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:57:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.15.

This version includes many bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.15

+ An interactive shell now can be interrupted by SIGINT.
+ Bracket expressions in pathname expansion are now fully supported (provided that libc's regex implementation is correct).
= The "suspend" builtin now requires the -f option to suspend an interactive shell that is a session leader.
= The shell no longer automatically sets the $YASH_LE_TIMEOUT variable.
= A job-control shell now stops itself when invoked in the background.
= A job-control shell no longer ignores SIGTTOU by default.
= The '--nocaseglob' option no longer affects pattern matching in parameter expansions of form "${var#xxx}" etc.
* Fixed pathname expansion on redirection target.
* Couldn't set a signal handler to the default by the "trap" builtin if the signal was ignored on invocation of an interactive shell.
* Fixed accidental interruption of builtins by signals.
* Fixed parser so that a non-simple command is properly parsed after alias substitution.
* Various bug fixes

Legend:
+: new feature
=: specification change
*: bug fix

yash - 2.14

まじかんと (magicant) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:44:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yash: yet another shell, version 2.14.

This version includes some bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.14

+ The -l option for the "bindkey" builtin.
+ Negative array indices are now allowed.
= $PWD is now set to "/" (rather than "/..") after "cd /..".
= The "command" builtin with the -vb option now ignores shell keywords, aliases and functions.
= Most of the builtins now prints an error message and returns non-zero when they cannot print something to the standard output.
= The "pwd" and "times" builtins now fail when an operand is given.
= The shell no longer exits when an assignment for a special builtin failed if not in posixly-correct mode.
* "cd //" was failing if the current directory is "/".
* Invoking the "bindkey" builtin in the yashrc file was causing an invalid memory access.
* The "command" builtin with the -vb option was failing to find regular builtins that are not in $PATH.
* The "dirs" command was going into an infinite loop if given an argument.
* The -c and -d options are wrongly rejected by the "ulimit" builtin.
* The "fg" builtin now refuses more than one operands in posixly-correct mode, as described in the help.

yash - 2.13

まじかんと (magicant) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yash: yet another shell, version 2.13.

This version includes some bug fixes and new features.
Now that unknown commands are handled by the $COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_HANDLER variable, the autocd option has been removed.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.13

+ "history" builtin
+ The -i option for the "eval", "break" and "continue" builtins.
+ The value of the $COMMAND_NOT_FOUND_HANDLER variable is now executed when a command is not found.
- '--autocd' option
= The exit status is now one when the "return" builtin is used outside a function in an interactive shell.
= Revised command search and execution.
* The shell would not exit after the "exit" builtin twice in a row when you have $PROMPT_COMMAND set and you have stopped jobs.
* The "notifyle" option not working with $PROMPT_COMMAND set.
* [line-editing] Redoing was broken.
* [line-editing] The command line was not redrawn after trap handling.
* [line-editing] Fixed some bugs in the vi-edit-and-accept command.

yash - 2.12

まじかんと (magicant) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:51:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell (yash), version 2.12.

This version features the new Emacs-like line-editing. Also includes some big fixes and other modifications.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.12

+ Emacs-like line-editing.
+ "bindkey" builtin.
+ The $PROMPT_COMMAND variable now can be an array.
+ The value of the $YASH_AFTER_CD variable is now executed after the working directory was changed.
= The "fg" and "bg" builtin now always sends SIGCONT to the continued job.
= The "exit" builtin now warns about stopped jobs even when executed after the "fg", "bg", "disown" or "wait" builtin.
* In vi-like line-editing, the wrong text was put after 30th yank.
* In vi-like line-editing, the "s" command cannot be used if the cursor is at the beginning of line

yash - 2.11

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:17:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yash, yet another shell, version 2.11.

This version includes some minor fixes and new features.
NOTICE: The spec of the le-convmeta option has been changed without backward compatibility.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.11

+ Added the "--histspace" and "--le-noconvmeta" options.
+ Support for the $HISTRMDUP variable.
+ Support for the $YASH_LE_TIMEOUT variable.
+ The "kill" builtin with the "-l" option now accepts signal names as operands.
= The "--le-convmeta" option now is a Boolean option.
= The "$-" special parameter now includes the "l" flag if the shell is a login shell.
* An empty case command "case i in (*) esac" now always returns the exit status of zero.
* Quoted words were incorrectly expanded with backslashes when the "-f" option is set.
* Fixed invalid memory access in the "v" command of vi-like line-editing.

yash - 2.10

まじかんと (magicant) — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:25:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yash: yet another shell, version 2.10.

This version includes some new features and minor bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.10

+ History search in line-editing.
= Empty lines are no longer stored in the history.
= In the vi-like line-editing, "cw" and "cW" now work as in vi.
* Setting the "notifyle" option caused a segfault if yash was configured with line-editing disabled.
* In line-editing, undoing a change to a history entry did not restore the cursor position properly.
* Some fixes for invalid memory access during line-editing.

yash - 2.9

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 10 May 2009 13:05:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.9.

This version includes interactive line-editing as a new feature, though it is not yet fully implemented.

Command history handling routines have been rewritten to share the history among multiple shell processes. These routines use a new history file format that is not compatible with that of older yash. The old format history file will be converted into the new format when the new version of yash is first invoked.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.9

+ Line-editing in the interactive mode.
x Line-editing is not fully implemented.
+ Multiple instances of shell that use the same file for the history file now share the history.
- The "history" builtin has been removed.
= Now non-ASCII alphabets are allowed in variable names.
= Now nested parameter expansions must be enclosed by braces.
= The "help" builtin now prints an error message if the specified builtin is not found.
* Fixed floating-point arithmetics in arithmetic expansions.
* Fixed parser for arithmetic expansions that was incorrectly rejecting identifiers that start with underscores.
* Fixed parser that had trouble parsing parameter expansions containing the hash sign like "${#=x}".
* Fixed the help message for the "pwd" builtin.

yash - 2.8

まじかんと (magicant) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:51:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.8.

Conforms to POSIX.1-2008 (previous versions conformed POSIX.1-2001), and includes some new features, spec change, and bug fixes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.8

+ Brace expansion with delta: {a..b..c}
+ The "command" builtin's -b and -B options now can be used with the -v and -V options.
= Yash now conforms to POSIX.1-2008.
. The "read" builtin now always removes trailing white-spaces from the input.
. The results of tilde expansion are no longer subject to field splitting and pathname expansion.
. The "pwd" builtin with the -P option no longer sets the $PWD variable.
. "cd -L foo/.." is no more the same as "cd -L ." in that it is an error when the directory "foo" does not exist.
. The "command" builtin's -p option now can be used with the -v and -V options.
. In posixly-correct mode, all asynchronous commands now ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT (even when job control is active).
* When executing commands edited by the "fc" builtin, the $? variable was incorrectly assigned the exit status of the editor invoked by "fc".
* Backslashes, commas and braces in $IFS were incorrectly ignored in field splitting.
* Pathname expansion failed if we do not have the read permission for the specified directory even when we only need the search permission.
* The signal mask of commands invoked by the shell now inherits that of the shell (except for trapped signals).
* The "command" builtin now properly handles directories given as the commands when the "autocd" option is on.

yash - 2.7

まじかんと (magicant) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:18:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Yet another shell, version 2.7.

This release includes some new features, spec changes and bug fixes, but no major changes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.7

+ Parameter expansion ${array[index]:=value} now allows assignment to an empty array element.
+ Here-string by the "<<<" operator.
+ New redirection operator ">>|" opens a pipe.
- Loop pipes no longer supported.
= The $IFS variable is always initialized to the default value when the shell is invoked.
* The "echo" and "printf" builtins now print an error message on failure.
* A quoted period at the beginning of a filename was not properly matching during filename expansion.

yash - 2.6

まじかんと (magicant) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:05:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

This release is "yet another shell" version 2.6.

This version includes some bug fixes and spec changes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.6

+ Added the -q option to the fc builtin.
+ Compound commands may now contain no commands inside.
* "alias -p" now prints commands with proper escape.
* In posixly-correct mode, a semicolon followed by the identifier followed by "for" is now treated as an error.
* Global aliases are now allowed after compound commands.
* The "fg" and "wait" builtins were causing invalid memory access when the "-o notify" option is enabled.

yash - 2.5

まじかんと (magicant) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:46:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

This is "yet another shell" version 2.5.

This version includes some bug fixes but no major changes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.5

= Redirection of FDs used by the shell is now error.
* Some redirection syntax errors were overlooked.
* Fixed the "sig.y" test failure.
* When an "exec" command with redirections is enclosed in a brace with redirections, the redirections to the brace are now properly closed after execution.
* Fixed parsing error of a comment after the identifier of a for statement.

yash - 2.4

まじかんと (magicant) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:23:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

This is "yet another shell" version 2.4.

This version includes some bug fixes and spec changes,
but no major changes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.4

= The long option for the -p option of the "jobs" builtin has been
changed from "--pid-only" to "--pgid-only".
* Trap of SIGCHLD, SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGTSTP, SIGTTOU were
wrongly set to "ignore" in some condition.
* Signal handlers for SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGQUIT, SIGTSTP, SIGTTOU
were mistakenly reset in some moments.
* Fixed the exit status of the "wait" builtin returned when
interrupted by a signal.
* Fixed file access permission test
* "command -V xxx/yyy" now prints an error message if "xxx/yyy" is
not a valid command.

yash - 2.3

まじかんと (magicant) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:39:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

This is "yet another shell" version 2.3.

This version includes some bug fixes and spec changes,
but no major changes.

ChangeLog

Yash 2.3

= Now changing LC_CTYPE immediately takes effect if the shell is
interactive and not in the posixly-correct mode.
* Fixed parameter expansion: empty words are now expanded properly.
* Fixed a race condition, which was causing some signals ignored.
* Assignments using the typeset/readonly/export builtins failed to
update the shell's internal data. This caused the shell to keep
using the old PATH after the PATH has been changed.

yash - 2.2.2

まじかんと (magicant) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:43:00 GMT

ReleaseNote

Re-release of yash 2.2.2.

Originally available at:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/magicant/sapps/yash/yash-2.2.2.tar.gz

ChangeLog

Yash 2.2

+ "help", "pushd", "popd" and "dirs" builtins
= The value of $PWD set by the "cd" builtin is fixed. It now has a
correct value when changing to a relative path from the root
directory.
* Pathname expansion not properly performed for patterns including
"." or "..".