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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.10
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- new item in the Statements-menu: 'for ((...)) do done'.
- new item in the Statements-menu: 'printf "%s"'.
- new item in the Statements-menu: indirect parameter expansion ${!name}
- Bugfix: unnecessary submenu beyond 'Environ'.
- Bugfix: shopt menu had no insert mode.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.9.1
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- Map leader for hotkeys now user definable: new global variable g:BASH_MapLeader.
- Bugfix: 'Statements->no. of elem.s' inserts wrong text.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.9
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+ Can now be used under Windows, e.g. with win-bash (few restrictions).
+ Name completion when entering a builtin name.
+ Bugfix: help shows no selection when just 2 manuals are available.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.8
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+ New help menu: help reorganized, 3 new help hotkeys.
+ The help hotkeys now also work when Vim is run on the console.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.7.1
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+ Minor bugfix in the I/O-Redir-menu.
+ I/O-Redir-menu shows redirectors (sort of help).
+ I/O-Redir-menu: here-document item has a vmode.
+ File name expansion for the first command line argument entered with <S-F9>.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.7
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+ When a Bash script is started from the Vim command line errors and warnings (if any)
are caught in an error window allowing quickfix commands to be used.
+ Scripts which are not set executable can be run under Vim.
+ One new hotkey.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.6
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+ Superfluous control characters for mode switching (menus, hotkeys) removed. Caused beeps.
+ Most hotkeys now work in insert mode.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.5
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+ Menu item 'toggle comment' replaces 'code->comment' and 'comment->code'
+ Hotkey \co removed, \cc is now a toggle.
+ Bugfix. Adjusting comments (\cj): # in '$#' and '${#...}' is no longer
regarded as a start of a comment.
+ Bugfix. \cl in insert mode called function for visual mode.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.4
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+ Format for the macros |DATE|, |TIME|, and |YEAR| can be defined by the user.
+ Help text improved.
+ Option 'nocasematch' added
+ Additional menu entries: 1 parameter substitution, 1 special variable, array index list.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.3
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+ Changes to allow a system-wide installation.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.2
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+ Snippets can now be managed in the console mode.
+ Three new key mappings for snippet handling.
+ Three items from the statements menu removed (quoting; but see file customization.vimrc).
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.1
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+ New menu item and key mapping to adjust end-of-line comments.
+ New insert mode mappings.
+ A few mappings have been renamed (to bring them into line with my C/C++ and Perl plugin).
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.0.1
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+ Bugfix: missing hotkey \ch added.
+ File wrapper.sh moved to the new directory 'bash-support/scripts'.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.0
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+ PLUGIN DIRECTORIES REARRANGED.
+ One new mapping (\cs).
+ Statement menu extended.
+ Bash keyword help (S-F1) improved.
+ Bugfix: empty new file after removing the header template can't be closed.
+ Bugfix : Tools entry missing when root menu not shown from the start.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.15
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+ Needs Vim version 7.0+.
+ Inserting a function can be used in visual mode (+ new key mapping).
+ Bugfix: cursor misplaced after some visual mode operations.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.14
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+ Setting the column for the start of line-end comments improved.
+ Mac OS X : circumvent a Vim bug which caused a crash when loading plugin version 1.13.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.13
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+ The hotkeys F9 and \rd now also starts the debugger if vim is running without GUI.
+ The debugger frontend ddd can be started as preferred debugger.
+ New help entry in the main menu of this plugin (shows the plugin documentation).
+ A hardcopy shows the localized date and time in the header line.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.12
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+ Bugfix: hotkey <S-F9> now working again.
+ Syntax check recognizes shopt options.
+ New regex menu: compose regular expressions with a few keystrokes from the menu.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.11
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+ Start debugger bashdb with a keystroke.
+ Parameter substitutions completed.
+ Environment variables completed / menu rearranged.
+ Builtins completed.
+ Code <-> comment working in all modes.
+ Insert/remove echo for commenting/uncommenting statements.
+ Script will be made executable before running it (e.g. after a "Save As...").
+ Statement menu now in alphabetical order.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.10.1
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+ Starting an xterm was not possible with some installations (bugfix).
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.10
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+ New Bash 3.0 set options added.
+ Shopt-menu added.
+ More builtins.
+ <S-F1> or \h displays help for the Bash builtin command under the cursor.
+ Key mappings for all run menu entries.
+ Line end comments start in a fixed column now (can be set from the menu).
+ Spaces in path names and file names are now possible.
+ Template files and snippet files are no longer kept in the list of alternate files.
+ Global variable is_bash is set to avoid a wrong highlighting for $(..) and $((..)).
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.9
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+ Running a Bash-script
(1) The script can be run from the command line as usual.
(2) The output can be directed into a window with name "Bash-Output".
The buffer and its content will disappear when closing the window.
The buffer is reused when still open.
(3) The script can be run in an xterm.
+ The new hotkey Shift-F9 or the "cmd. line arg." sets command line arguments for the
current buffer (that is, each buffer can have its own arguments).
+ A code snippet with the file name extension "ni" or "noindent" will not be
indented on insertion.
+ 'Line End Comments' ignores blank lines in a marked block.
+ Calling a set-command (submenu "Set") for a marked block will set this option above
this block and unset it below.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.8
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+ Installation simplified.
+ Run syntax check / list errors in an error window
+ Append aligned comments to all lines of a marked block.
+ The root menu can be removed (default is not removed).
+ The dialog windows (GUI) have been replaced by more flexible command line inputs.
+ User will now be asked before a snippet file will be overwritten.
+ The undocumented and unnecessary hot key F12 has been removed.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.7
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+ Only one entry in the gVim root menu.
+ All hotkeys are only defined for bash files.
+ Install script added.
+ Customization improved.
+ Documentation improved.
+ Bug fix (template file handling)
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.6
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+ 28 key mappings for Vim without GUI. See bash-hot-keys.pdf (reference card).
+ Vim doc added (file bashsupport.txt).
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.5
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+ Tag substitution rewritten (Some characters in a substitution text for a tag
prevented the tag from being substituted).
+ All bash variables can now be inserted from the menus.
+ A marked region can be surrounded by a for-, if, select- while- or until
statement (with indentation).
+ A marked text can be surrounded with quotes.
+ A marked region or a complete line can be surrounded with echo " ".
+ The echo " " can be removed from a line.
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RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.4
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+ Block comments are now read as templates or skeletons from files:
frame Comment, function description, file header
+ These templates can contain tags like |FILENAME|, |AUTHOR| etc. which are replaced
after reading.
+ indentation: multiline inserts and code snippets will be indented after insertion.
+ Most menu entries are now also active in normal mode.
+ Reading the templates is done in one function which can be called in an autocmd.
+ Code cleanup: register z no longer used. Most function calls are silent now.