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NEWS

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 # 
-#    Copyright 2019 (c)
+#    Copyright 2019, 2020, 2024 (c)
 #    Mohammed Isam Mohammed [[email protected]]
 # 
 #    file: NEWS
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 #    along with Layla Shell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #    
 
+Jul 29 2024 Mohammed Isam:
+- Bugfixes
+
+Aug 18 2020 Mohammed Isam:
+- Fixed the pattern matching functions
+- Fixed the following builtins: jobs, wait, kill, fg, bg, disown
+- Moved header files to the include/ directory
+
+Jan 12 2020 Mohammed Isam:
+- Bugfixes
+
 Sep 24 2019 Mohammed Isam:
 - Bugfixes
 - Fixed the code formatting
 - Added the --posix option
 
-
 Jul 05 2019 - Mohammed Isam:
 - First release
 

README

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 # 
-#    Copyright 2019 (c)
-#    Mohammed Isam Mohammed [[email protected]]
+#    Copyright 2019, 2024 (c)
+#    Mohammed Isam [[email protected]]
 # 
 #    file: README
 #    This file is part of the Layla Shell project.
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 About:
 ======
+
 Layla shell is a POSIX-compliant GNU/Linux shell. It aims to implement the
 full functionality specified in the POSIX Shell & Utilities volume. This
 volume describes the Shell Command Language, the general terminal interface,
@@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ are all implemented and behave in a way that is conforming to the POSIX
 standard. Pattern matching and pathname expansion relies on external tools,
 and thus might not behave exactly as specified in the POSIX standard. The
 shell grammar has been extended to accommodate some of the widely used non-
-POSIX words, such as the function and [[ keywords and the (( )) arithmetic
-expansion operator. In all of these situations, we followed ksh behaviour,
+POSIX words, such as the function and [[ keywords, and the (( )) arithmetic
+expansion operator. In all of these situations, if one or more of the major Unix
+shells disagreed in some aspect of their behaviour, we opted to follow ksh,
 as ksh is the "model" POSIX shell, the one upon which the Shell & Utilities
 volume was modeled in the first place. But ksh is not the only shell out
 there. This is why we included features from other shells, most notably bash,
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 code at the email address above, or through the Linux Shell Internals
 repository at GitHub:
 
+https://github.com/moisam/Layla-Shell/
+
+The simplified (and tuned-down) version of Layla shell is available from:
 https://github.com/moisam/Linux-Shell-Internals-book/
 
 
 Package dependencies:
 =====================
+
 Layla shell has very few external dependencies, in order to ease the process
 of compiling and installing it. You only need to have the GNU C library
 installed, in addition to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) or the Clang/LLVM
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 How to compile and install
 ==========================
+
 If you downloaded the shell as a source tarball, navigate to the directory
 where you downloaded the tarball:
 
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 $ lsh
 
+
 Help
 ====
+
 For more information, please read the manpage and info page in the docs/
 directory.