Changelog of @hackage/haskeline 0.7.4.0

Changed in version 0.7.4.0:

Properly process Unicode key events on Windows.
Add an instance MonadExcept IdentityT.
Remove custom Setup logic to support Cabal 2.0.

Changed in version 0.7.3.1:

Properly disable echoing in getPassword when running in MinTTY.
Use cast from Data.Typeable instead of Data.Dynamic.

Changed in version 0.7.3.0:

Require ghc version of at least 7.4.1, and clean up obsolete code
Add thread-safe (in terminal-style interaction) external print function
Add a MonadFix instance for InputT
Bump upper bounds on base and directory to support ghc-8.0.2

Changed in version 0.7.2.3:

Fix hsc2hs-related warning on ghc-8
Fix the behavior of ctrl-W in the emacs bindings
Point to github instead of trac

Changed in version 0.7.2.2:

Fix Linux to Windows cross-compile
Canonicalize AMP instances to make the code more future proof
Generalize constraints for InputT instances
Bump upper bounds on base and transformers
Make Haskeline -Wtabs clean

Changed in version 0.7.2.1:

Fix build on Windows.

Changed in version 0.7.2.0:

Bump upper-bound on base and filepath libraries to accomodate GHC HEAD (7.10)
Drop Cabal dependency to 1.10
Use explicit forall syntax to avoid warning
Support Applicative/Monad proposal in Win32/Draw backend
Add Eq/Ord instances to Completion
Add a "forall" quantifier before rank-n types

Changed in version 0.7.1.3:

Add support for transformers-0.4.0.0.

Changed in version 0.7.1.2:

Require ghc>=7.0.1.
Allow building with terminfo-0.4.

Changed in version 0.7.1.1:

Point to github for HEAD.

Changed in version 0.7.1.0:

Fix build with ghc-7.8.
Fix build with ghc-6.12.3.
Fix build on Android.
Fix build on Win64.
Add 'catches' to System.Console.Haskeline.MonadException.

Changed in version 0.7.0.3:

Fix build with ghc>=7.6.1.

Changed in version 0.7.0.2:

Fix build on Windows with ghc>=7.4.1.

Changed in version 0.7.0.1:

Fix GHC build by removing a Haskell comment on an #endif line

Changed in version 0.7.0.0: API changes:

Remove System.Console.Haskeline.Encoding
Make the MonadException class more general (similar to monad-control)
Don't make InputT an instance of MonadState/MonadReader
#117: Implement mapInputT

Internal changes:

Bump dependencies and general compatibility for ghc-7.6.1
Depend on the transformers package instead of mtl
Don't depend on the extensible-exceptions package
Don't depend on the utf8-string package (except with ghc<7.4.1)
Bump the minimum GHC version to 6.10.1
Use ScopedTypeVariables instead of PatternSignatures

Internal fixes:

Prevent crashes on Windows when writing too many characters at once or ctrl-L on large window (GHC ticket #4415)
Remember the user's history and kill ring state after ctrl-c
Use ccall on Win64
Fix terminfo's guess of the window size

Changed in version 0.6.4.7:

Bump dependencies to allow mtl-2.1, containers-0.5 and bytestring-0.10.
Prefix C functions with "haskeline_" so we don't clash with other packages
Prevent cursor flicker when outputting in the terminfo backend

Changed in version 0.6.4.6:

Build with ghc-7.4.1.

Changed in version 0.6.4.5:

#116: Prevent hang on 64-bit systems when the prompt contains a control character.

Changed in version 0.6.4.4:

#115: Fix the behavior of the 'f' and 't' commands when deleting text.
#73: Fix regression: pasting multiple lines could drop some characters.
Don't require NondecreasingIndentation.

Changed in version 0.6.4.3:

Fix a bug on ghc-7.2.1 with tab-completion of Unicode filenames.

Changed in version 0.6.4.2:

Various updates for ghc-7.2.1.

Changed in version 0.6.4:

Added new function getInputLineWithInitial.

Changed in version 0.6.3.2:

Allow building with mtl-2.0.* .

Changed in version 0.6.3.1:

Updated contraints for ghc-7.0.1.
Fix building on ghc-6.10.

Changed in version 0.6.3:

#111: Correct width calculations when the prompt contains newlines.
#109: Add function completeWordWithPrev.
#101, #44: Extend the API with Behaviors, which control the choice between terminal-style and file-style interaction.
#78: Correct width calculations for escape sequences ("\ESC...\STX")
Better warning message when -fterminfo doesn't work.
Added getPassword as a new input function.

Changed in version 0.6.2.4:

Added back a MonadException instance for mtl's StateT.

Changed in version 0.6.2.3:

#110: Recognize the enter key in xterm.
#108: Fix behavior after a paste of long, non-ASCII text.
#106: Ignore input immediately following an unrecognized control sequence.
#104: In vi-mode, allow, e.g., "d2w" as well as "2dw"
#103: Fix vi-mode 'c' command with movements.
#81: Correctly handle characters with a width > 1.
Compatibility updates from the GHC folks for Solaris and for ghc-6.14.
Optimization: if several key presses are input all at once (e.g. from a paste), only display the last change. This can also make Haskeline more responsive when editing long lines.
Hard-code some defaults for ctrl-left and ctrl-right, and provide the corresponding Emacs bindings to skip words.

Changed in version 0.6.2.2:

Raise dependency to utf8-string>=0.3.6 (fixes a bug when decoding invalid input)

Changed in version 0.6.2.1: Internal/API changes:

Make sure to always use binary mode when expecting Char-as-byte.
Eliminate unused import warnings on ghc>=6.11
Increase upper bound on some dependencies for ghc-6.12

Changed in version 0.6.2:

User interface changes:

A multitude of new emacs and vi commands
New preference 'historyDuplicates' to prevent storage of duplicate lines
Support PageUp and PageDown keys
Let ctrl-L (clear-screen) work during getInputChar

Internal/API changes:

Compatibility with ghc-6.12
Calculate the correct width for Unicode combining characters
Removed RankNTypes requirement; added Rank2Types and UndecidableInstances
Use simpleUserHooks instead of autoconfUserHooks in the Setup script
Internal refactoring to make command declaration more flexible
Read the .haskeline file completely before starting the UI (laziness issue)