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This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.2 since
the release of readline-6.1.

a.  The history library does not try to write the history filename in the
    current directory if $HOME is unset.  This closes a potential security
    problem if the application does not specify a history filename.

b.  New bindable variable `completion-display-width' to set the number of
    columns used when displaying completions.

c.  New bindable variable `completion-case-map' to cause case-insensitive
    completion to treat `-' and `_' as identical.

d.  There are new bindable vi-mode command names to avoid readline's case-
    insensitive matching not allowing them to be bound separately.

e.  New bindable variable `menu-complete-display-prefix' causes the menu
    completion code to display the common prefix of the possible completions
    before cycling through the list, instead of after.
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	1	This is a terse description of the new features added to readline-6.2 since
	2	the release of readline-6.1.
	3
	4	a. The history library does not try to write the history filename in the
	5	current directory if $HOME is unset. This closes a potential security
	6	problem if the application does not specify a history filename.
	7
	8	b. New bindable variable `completion-display-width' to set the number of
	9	columns used when displaying completions.
	10
	11	c. New bindable variable `completion-case-map' to cause case-insensitive
	12	completion to treat `-' and `_' as identical.
	13
	14	d. There are new bindable vi-mode command names to avoid readline's case-
	15	insensitive matching not allowing them to be bound separately.
	16
	17	e. New bindable variable `menu-complete-display-prefix' causes the menu
	18	completion code to display the common prefix of the possible completions
	19	before cycling through the list, instead of after.