# Changes in HEAD ## Changes fixed as part of the switch to zle-line-pre-redraw The changes in this section were fixed by switching to a `zle-line-pre-redraw`-based implementation. Note: The new implementation will only be used on future zsh releases, numbered 5.8.1.1 and newer, due to interoperability issues with other plugins (issues #418 and #579). The underlying zsh feature has been available since zsh 5.3. Whilst under development, the new implementation was known as the "feature/redrawhook" topic branch. - Fixed: Highlighting not triggered after popping a buffer from the buffer stack (using the `push-line` widget, default binding: `M-q`) [#40] - Fixed: Invoking completion when there were no matches removed highlighting [#90, #470] - Fixed: Two successive deletes followed by a yank only yanked the latest delete, rather than both of them [#150, #151, #160; cf. #183] - Presumed fixed: Completing `$(xsel)` results in an error message from `xsel`, with pre-2017 versions of `xsel`. (For 2017 vintage and newer, see the issue for details.) [#154] - Fixed: When the standard `bracketed-paste-magic` widget is in use, pastes were slow [#295] - Fixed: No way to prevent a widget from being wrapped [#324] - Fixed: No highlighting while cycling menu completion [#375] - Fixed: Does not coexist with the `IGNORE_EOF` option [#377] - Fixed: The `undefined-key` widget was wrapped [#421] - Fixed: Does not coexist with the standard `surround` family of widgets [#520] - Fixed: First completed filename doesn't get `path` highlighting [#632] ## Other changes - Add issue #712 to the previous release's changelog (hereinafter). # Changes in 0.8.0-alpha1-pre-redrawhook ## Notice about an improbable-but-not-impossible forward incompatibility Everyone can probably skip this section. The `master` branch of zsh-syntax-highlighting uses a zsh feature that has not yet appeared in a zsh release: the `memo=` feature, added to zsh in commit zsh-5.8-172-gdd6e702ee (after zsh 5.8, before zsh 5.9). In the unlikely event that this zsh feature should change in an incompatible way before the next stable zsh release, set `zsh_highlight__memo_feature=0` in your .zshrc files to disable use of the new feature. z-sy-h dogfoods the new, unreleased zsh feature because that feature was added to zsh at z-sy-h's initiative. The new feature is used in the fix to issue #418. ## Incompatible changes: - An unsuccessful completion (a ⮀ Tab press that doesn't change the command line) no longer causes highlighting to be lost. Visual feedback can alternatively be achieved by setting the `format` zstyle under the `warnings` tag, for example, zstyle ':completion:*:warnings' format '%F{red}No matches%f' Refer to the [description of the `format` style in `zshcompsys(1)`] [zshcompsys-Standard-Styles-format]. (#90, part of #245 (feature/redrawhook)) [zshcompsys-Standard-Styles]: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Completion-System.html#Standard-Styles [zshcompsys-Standard-Styles-format]: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Completion-System.html#index-format_002c-completion-style ## Other changes: - Document `$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_MAXLENGTH`. [#698] - Optimize highlighting unquoted words (words that are not in single quotes, double quotes, backticks, or dollar-single-quotes) [#730] - Redirection operators (e.g., `<` and `>`) are now highlighted by default [#646] - Propertly terminate `noglob` scope in try/always blocks [#577] - Don't error out when `KSH_ARRAYS` is set in the calling scope [#622, #689] - Literal semicolons in array assignments (`foo=( bar ; baz )`) are now highlighted as errors. [3ca93f864fb6] - Command separators in array assignments (`foo=( bar | baz )`) are now highlighted as errors. [#651, 81267ca3130c] - Support parameter elision in command position (e.g., `$foo ls` where `$foo` is unset or empty) [#667] - Don't consider the filename in `sudo -e /path/to/file` to be a command position [#678] - Don't look up absolute directory names in $cdpath [2cc2583f8f12, part of #669] - Fix `exec 2>&1;` being highlighted as an error. [#676] - Fix `: $(<*)` being highlighted as globbing. [#582] - Fix `cat < *` being highlighting as globbing when the `MULTIOS` option is unset. [#583] - Fix `echo >&2` highlighting the `2` as a filename if a file by that name happened to exist [#694, part of #645] - Fix `echo >&-` highlighting the `-` as a filename if a file by that name happened to exist [part of #645] - Fix `echo >&p` highlighting the `p` as a filename if a file by that name happened to exist [part of #645] - Fix wrong highlighting of unquoted parameter expansions under zsh 5.2 and older [e165f18c758e] - Highlight global aliases [#700] - Highlight `: =nosuchcommand' as an error (when the `EQUALS` option hasn't been unset). [#430] - Highlight reserved word after assignments as errors (e.g., `foo=bar (ls;)`) [#461] - Correctly highlight `[[ foo && bar || baz ]]`. - Highlight non-executable files in command position correctly (e.g., `% /etc/passwd`) [#202, #669] - Highlight directories in command position correctly, including `AUTO_CD` support [#669] - Recognize `env` as a precommand (e.g., `env FOO=bar ls`) - Recognize `strace` as a precommand - Fix an error message on stderr before every prompt when the `WARN_NESTED_VAR` zsh option is set: `_zsh_highlight_main__precmd_hook:1: array parameter _zsh_highlight_main__command_type_cache set in enclosing scope in function _zsh_highlight_main__precmd_hook` [#727, #731, #732, #733] - Fix highlighting of alias whose definitions use a simple command terminator (such as `;`, `|`, `&&`) before a newline [#677; had regressed in 0.7.0] - Highlight arithmetic expansions (e.g., `$(( 42 ))`) [#607 #649 #704] - Highlight the parentheses of array assignments as reserved words (`foo=( bar )`). The `assign` style remains supported and has precedence. [#585] - Fix interoperability issue with other plugins that use highlighting. The fix requires zsh 5.8.0.3 or newer. (zsh 5.8.0.2-dev from the `master` branch, revision zsh-5.8-172-gdd6e702ee or newer is also fine.) [#418, https://github.com/okapia/zsh-viexchange/issues/1] - Improve performance of the `brackets` highlighter. - Fix highlighting of pre-command redirections (e.g., the `$fn` in `<$fn cat`) [#712] # Changes in version 0.7.1 - Remove out-of-date information from the 0.7.0 changelog. # Changes in version 0.7.0 This is a stable bugfix and feature release. Major new features and changes include: - Add `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_DIRS_BLACKLIST` to disable "path" and "path prefix" highlighting for specific directories [#379] - Add the "regexp" highlighter, modelled after the pattern highlighter [4e6f60063f1c] - When a word uses globbing, only the globbing metacharacters will be highlighted as globbing: in `: foo*bar`, only the `*` will be blue. [e48af357532c] - Highlight pasted quotes (e.g., `: foo"bar"`) [dc1b2f6fa4bb] - Highlight command substitutions (`` : `ls` ``, `: $(ls)`) [c0e64fe13178 and parents, e86f75a840e7, et al] - Highlight process substitutions (`: >(nl)`, `: <(pwd)`, `: =(git diff)`) [c0e64fe13178 and parents, e86f75a840e7, et al] - Highlight command substitutions inside double quotes (``: "`foo`"``) [f16e858f0c83] - Highlight many precommands (e.g., `nice`, `stdbuf`, `eatmydata`; see `$precommand_options` in the source) - Highlight numeric globs (e.g., `echo /lib<->`) - Assorted improvements to aliases highlighting (e.g., `alias sudo_u='sudo -u'; sudo_u jrandom ls`, `alias x=y y=z z=nosuchcommand; x`, `alias ls='ls -l'; \ls`) [f3410c5862fc, 57386f30aec8, #544, and many others] - Highlight some more syntax errors [dea05e44e671, 298ef6a2fa30] - New styles: named file descriptors, `RC_QUOTES`, and unclosed quotes (e.g., `echo "foo`) [38c794a978cd, 25ae1c01216c, 967335dfc5fd] - The 'brackets' highlighting no longer treats quotes specially. [ecdda36ef56f] Selected bugfixes include: - Highlight `sudo` correctly when it's not installed [26a82113b08b] - Handle some non-default options being set in zshrc [b07ada1255b7, a2a899b41b8, 972ad197c13d, b3f66fc8748f] - Fix off-by-one highlighting in vi "visual" mode (vicmd keymap) [be3882aeb054] - The 'yank-pop' widget is not wrapped [#183] Known issues include: - A multiline alias that uses a simple command terminator (such as `;`, `|`, `&&`) before a newline will incorrectly be highlighted as an error. See issue #677 for examples and workarounds. [#677] [UPDATE: Fixed in 0.8.0] # Changes in version 0.6.0 This is a stable release, featuring bugfixes and minor improvements. ## Performance improvements: (none) ## Added highlighting of: - The `isearch` and `suffix` [`$zle_highlight` settings][zshzle-Character-Highlighting]. (79e4d3d12405, 15db71abd0cc, b56ee542d619; requires zsh 5.3 for `$ISEARCHMATCH_ACTIVE` / `$SUFFIX_ACTIVE` support) [zshzle-Character-Highlighting]: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html#Character-Highlighting - Possible history expansions in double-quoted strings. (76ea9e1df316) - Mismatched `if`/`then`/`elif`/`else`/`fi`. (73cb83270262) ## Fixed highlighting of: - A comment line followed by a non-comment line. (#385, 9396ad5c5f9c) - An unquoted `$*` (expands to the positional parameters). (237f89ad629f) - history-incremental-pattern-search-backward under zsh 5.3.1. (#407, #415, 462779629a0c) ## API changes (for highlighter authors): (none) ## Developer-visible changes: - tests: Set the `ALIAS_FUNC_DEF` option for zsh 5.4 compatibility. (9523d6d49cb3) ## Other changes: - docs: Added before/after screenshots. (cd9ec14a65ec..b7e277106b49) - docs: Link Fedora package. (3d74aa47e4a7, 5feed23962df) - docs: Link FreeBSD port. (626c034c68d7) - docs: Link OpenSUSE Build Service packages (#419, dea1fedc7358) - Prevent user-defined aliases from taking effect in z-sy-h's own code. (#390, 2dce602727d7, 8d5afe47f774; and #392, #395, b8fa1b9dc954) - docs: Update zplug installation instructions. (#399, 4f49c4a35f17) - Improve "unhandled ZLE widget 'foo'" error message. (#409, be083d7f3710) - Fix printing of "failed loading highlighters" error message. (#426, ad522a091429) # Changes in version 0.5.0 ## Performance improvements: We thank Sebastian Gniazdowski and "m0viefreak" for significant contributions in this area. - Optimize string operations in the `main` (default) highlighter. (#372/3cb58fd7d7b9, 02229ebd6328, ef4bfe5bcc14, #372/c6b6513ac0d6, #374/15461e7d21c3) - Command word highlighting: Use the `zsh/parameter` module to avoid forks. Memoize (cache) the results. (#298, 3ce01076b521, 2f18ba64e397, 12b879caf7a6; #320, 3b67e656bff5) - Avoid forks in the driver and in the `root` highlighter. (b9112aec798a, 38c8fbea2dd2) ## Added highlighting of: - `pkexec` (a precommand). (#248, 4f3910cbbaa5) - Aliases that cannot be defined normally nor invoked normally (highlighted as an error). (#263 (in part), 28932316cca6) - Path separators (`/`) — the default behaviour remains to highlight path separators and path components the same way. (#136, #260, 6cd39e7c70d3, 9a934d291e7c, f3d3aaa00cc4) - Assignments to individual positional arguments (`42=foo` to assign to `$42`). (f4036a09cee3) - Linewise region (the `visual-line-mode` widget, bound to `V` in zsh's `vi` keymap). (#267, a7a7f8b42280, ee07588cfd9b) - Command-lines recalled by `isearch` mode; requires zsh≥5.3. (#261 (in part); #257; 4ad311ec0a68) - Command-lines whilst the `IGNORE_BRACES` or `IGNORE_CLOSE_BRACES` option is in effect. (a8a6384356af, 02807f1826a5) - Mismatched parentheses and braces (in the `main` highlighter). (51b9d79c3bb6, 2fabf7ca64b7, a4196eda5e6f, and others) - Mismatched `do`/`done` keywords. (b2733a64da93) - Mismatched `foreach`/`end` keywords. (#96, 2bb8f0703d8f) - In Bourne-style function definitions, when the `MULTI_FUNC_DEF` option is set (which is the default), highlight the first word in the function body as a command word: `f() { g "$@" }`. (6f91850a01e1) - `always` blocks. (#335, e5782e4ddfb6) - Command substitutions inside double quotes, `"$(echo foo)"`. (#139 (in part), c3913e0d8ead) - Non-alphabetic parameters inside double quotes (`"$$"`, `"$#"`, `"$*"`, `"$@"`, `"$?"`, `"$-"`). (4afe670f7a1b, 44ef6e38e5a7) - Command words from future versions of zsh (forward compatibly). This also adds an `arg0` style that all other command word styles fall back to. (b4537a972eed, bccc3dc26943) - Escaped history expansions inside double quotes: `: "\!"` (28d7056a7a06, et seq) ## Fixed highlighting of: - Command separator tokens in syntactically-invalid positions. (09c4114eb980) - Redirections with a file descriptor number at command word. (#238 (in part), 73ee7c1f6c4a) - The `select` prompt, `$PS3`. (#268, 451665cb2a8b) - Values of variables in `vared`. (e500ca246286) - `!` as an argument (neither a history expansion nor a reserved word). (4c23a2fd1b90) - "division by zero" error under the `brackets` highlighter when `$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES` is empty. (f73f3d53d3a6) - Process substitutions, `<(pwd)` and `>(wc -l)`. (#302, 6889ff6bd2ad, bfabffbf975c, fc9c892a3f15) - The non-`SHORT_LOOPS` form of `repeat` loops: `repeat 42; do true; done`. (#290, 4832f18c50a5, ef68f50c048f, 6362c757b6f7) - Broken symlinks (are now highlighted as files). (#342, 95f7206a9373, 53083da8215e) - Lines accepted from `isearch` mode. (#284; #257, #259, #288; 5bae6219008b, a8fe22d42251) - Work around upstream bug that triggered when the command word was a relative path, that when interpreted relative to a $PATH directory denoted a command; the effect of that upstream bug was that the relative path was cached as a "valid external command name". (#354, #355, 51614ca2c994, fdaeec45146b, 7d38d07255e4; upstream fix slated to be released in 5.3 (workers/39104)) - After accepting a line with the cursor on a bracket, the matching bracket of the bracket under the cursor no longer remains highlighted (with the `brackets` highlighter). (4c4baede519a) - The first word on a new line within an array assignment or initialization is no longer considered a command position. (8bf423d16d46) - Subshells that end at command position, `(A=42)`, `(true;)`. (#231, 7fb6f9979121; #344, 4fc35362ee5a) - Command word after array assignment, `a=(lorem ipsum) pwd`. (#330, 7fb6f9979121) ## API changes (for highlighter authors): - New interface `_zsh_highlight_add_highlight`. (341a3ae1f015, c346f6eb6fb6) - tests: Specify the style key, not its value, in test expectations. (a830613467af, fd061b5730bf, eaa4335c3441, among others) - Module author documentation improvements. (#306 (in part), 217669270418, 0ff354b44b6e, 80148f6c8402, 364f206a547f, and others) - The driver no longer defines a `_zsh_highlight_${highlighter}_highlighter_cache` variable, which is in the highlighters' namespace. (3e59ab41b6b8, 80148f6c8402, f91a7b885e7d) - Rename highlighter entry points. The old names remain supported for backwards compatibility. (a3d5dfcbdae9, c793e0dceab1) - tests: Add the "NONE" expectation. (4da9889d1545, 13018f3dd735, d37c55c788cd) - tests: consider a test that writes to stderr to have failed. (#291, 1082067f9315) ## Developer-visible changes: - Add `make quiet-test`. (9b64ad750f35) - test harness: Better quote replaceables in error messages. (30d8f92df225) - test harness: Fix exit code for XPASS. (bb8d325c0cbd) - Create [HACKING.md](HACKING.md). (cef49752fd0e) - tests: Emit a description for PASS test points. (6aa57d60aa64, f0bae44b76dd) - tests: Create a script that generates a test file. (8013dc3b8db6, et seq; `tests/generate.zsh`) ## Other changes: - Under zsh≤5.2, widgets whose names start with a `_` are no longer excluded from highlighting. (ed33d2cb1388; reverts part of 186d80054a40 which was for #65) - Under zsh≤5.2, widgets implemented by a function named after the widget are no longer excluded from highlighting. (487b122c480d; reverts part of 776453cb5b69) - Under zsh≤5.2, shell-unsafe widget names can now be wrapped. (#278, 6a634fac9fb9, et seq) - Correct some test expectations. (78290e043bc5) - `zsh-syntax-highlighting.plugin.zsh`: Convert from symlink to plain file for msys2 compatibility. (#292, d4f8edc9f3ad) - Document installation under some plugin managers. (e635f766bef9, 9cab566f539b) - Don't leak the `PATH_DIRS` option. (7b82b88a7166) - Don't require the `FUNCTION_ARGZERO` option to be set. (#338, 750aebc553f2) - Under zsh≤5.2, support binding incomplete/nonexistent widgets. (9e569bb0fe04, part of #288) - Make the driver reentrant, fixing possibility of infinite recursion under zsh≤5.2 under interaction with theoretical third-party code. (#305, d711563fe1bf, 295d62ec888d, f3242cbd6aba) - Fix warnings when `WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL` is set prior to sourcing zsh-syntax-highlighting. (z-sy-h already sets `WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL` internally.) (da60234fb236) - Warn only once, rather than once per keypress, when a highlighter is unavailable. (0a9b347483ae) # Changes in version 0.4.1 ## Fixes: - Arguments to widgets were not properly dash-escaped. Only matters for widgets that take arguments (i.e., that are invoked as `zle ${widget} -- ${args}`). (282c7134e8ac, reverts c808d2187a73) # Changes in version 0.4.0 ## Added highlighting of: - incomplete sudo commands (a3047a912100, 2f05620b19ae) ```zsh sudo; sudo -u; ``` - command words following reserved words (#207, #222, b397b12ac139 et seq, 6fbd2aa9579b et seq, 8b4adbd991b0) ```zsh if ls; then ls; else ls; fi repeat 10 do ls; done ``` (The `ls` are now highlighted as a command.) - comments (when `INTERACTIVE_COMMENTS` is set) (#163, #167, 693de99a9030) ```zsh echo Hello # comment ``` - closing brackets of arithmetic expansion, subshells, and blocks (#226, a59f442d2d34, et seq) ```zsh (( foo )) ( foo ) { foo } ``` - command names enabled by the `PATH_DIRS` option (#228, 96ee5116b182) ```zsh # When ~/bin/foo/bar exists, is executable, ~/bin is in $PATH, # and 'setopt PATH_DIRS' is in effect foo/bar ``` - parameter expansions with braces inside double quotes (#186, 6e3720f39d84) ```zsh echo "${foo}" ``` - parameter expansions in command word (#101, 4fcfb15913a2) ```zsh x=/bin/ls $x -l ``` - the command separators '\|&', '&!', '&\|' ```zsh view file.pdf &! ls ``` ## Fixed highlighting of: - precommand modifiers at non-command-word position (#209, 2c9f8c8c95fa) ```zsh ls command foo ``` - sudo commands with infix redirections (#221, be006aded590, 86e924970911) ```zsh sudo -u >/tmp/foo.out user ls ``` - subshells; anonymous functions (#166, #194, 0d1bfbcbfa67, 9e178f9f3948) ```zsh (true) () { true } ``` - parameter assignment statements with no command (#205, 01d7eeb3c713) ```zsh A=1; ``` (The semicolon used to be highlighted as a mistake) - cursor highlighter: Remove the cursor highlighting when accepting a line. (#109, 4f0c293fdef0) ## Removed features: - Removed highlighting of approximate paths (`path_approx`). (#187, 98aee7f8b9a3) ## Other changes: - main highlighter refactored to use states rather than booleans. (2080a441ac49, et seq) - Fix initialization when sourcing `zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh` via a symlink (083c47b00707) - docs: Add screenshot. (57624bb9f64b) - widgets wrapping: Don't add '--' when invoking widgets. (c808d2187a73) [_reverted in 0.4.1_] - Refresh highlighting upon `accept-*` widgets (`accept-line` et al). (59fbdda64c21) - Stop leaking match/mbegin/mend to global scope (thanks to upstream `WARN_CREATE_GLOBAL` improvements). (d3deffbf46a4) - 'make install': Permit setting `$(SHARE_DIR)` from the environment. (e1078a8b4cf1) - driver: Tolerate KSH_ARRAYS being set in the calling context. (#162, 8f19af6b319d) - 'make install': Install documentation fully and properly. (#219, b1619c001390, et seq) - docs: Improve 'main' highlighter's documentation. (00de155063f5, 7d4252f5f596) - docs: Moved to a new docs/ tree; assorted minor updates (c575f8f37567, 5b34c23cfad5, et seq) - docs: Split README.md into INSTALL.md (0b3183f6cb9a) - driver: Report `$ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REVISION` when running from git (84734ba95026) ## Developer-visible changes: - Test harness converted to [TAP](http://testanything.org/tap-specification.html) format (d99aa58aaaef, et seq) - Run each test in a separate subprocess, isolating them from each other (d99aa58aaaef, et seq) - Fix test failure with nonexisting $HOME (#216, b2ac98b98150) - Test output is now colorized. (4d3da30f8b72, 6fe07c096109) - Document `make install` (a18a7427fd2c) - tests: Allow specifying the zsh binary to use. (557bb7e0c6a0) - tests: Add 'make perf' target (4513eaea71d7) - tests: Run each test in a sandbox directory (c01533920245) # Changes in version 0.3.0 ## Added highlighting of: - suffix aliases (requires zsh 5.1.1 or newer): ```zsh alias -s png=display foo.png ``` - prefix redirections: ```zsh foo.txt ``` - arithmetic evaluations: ```zsh (( 42 )) ``` - $'' strings, including \x/\octal/\u/\U escapes ```zsh : $'foo\u0040bar' ``` - multiline strings: ```zsh % echo "line 1 line 2" ``` - string literals that haven't been finished: ```zsh % echo "Hello, world ``` - command words that involve tilde expansion: ```zsh % ~/bin/foo ``` ## Fixed highlighting of: - quoted command words: ```zsh % \ls ``` - backslash escapes in "" strings: ```zsh % echo "\x41" ``` - noglob after command separator: ```zsh % :; noglob echo * ``` - glob after command separator, when the first command starts with 'noglob': ```zsh % noglob true; echo * ``` - the region (vi visual mode / set-mark-command) (issue #165) - redirection and command separators that would be highlighted as `path_approx` ```zsh % echo foo;‸ % echo <‸ ``` (where `‸` represents the cursor location) - escaped globbing (outside quotes) ```zsh % echo \* ``` ## Other changes: - implemented compatibility with zsh's paste highlighting (issue #175) - `$?` propagated correctly to wrapped widgets - don't leak $REPLY into global scope ## Developer-visible changes: - added makefile with `install` and `test` targets - set `warn_create_global` internally - document release process # Version 0.2.1 (Start of changelog.)