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Changes from 5.19 to 5.31   (The Essential)
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 - ARP free
 - OS 2.0+ only
 - slightly changed pattern matching (pattern.library, dos.library)
 - better support for DOS' command search path and resident list
 - supports "PROGDIR:"
 - supports AmigaOS-scripts
 - Unix-like automagic execution of ".login" and ".cshrc"
 - more internal commands support ^C (ctrl-c)
 - more reliable support of WILDSTAR-Flag
 - enhanced commands (new options, bug fixes, changed behaviour):
    dir
    path
    info
    rename
    delete
    assign
    touch
    ps
    mkdir
    addbuffers
    cd
    stack
    help
    strings
    menu
    resident
    head
    tail
    set
 - new commands
    ln/makelink
    chmod
 - new (or modified) functions
    @stricmp
    @filedate
    @filenote
    @hextodec
    @confirm
    @ask
 - new variables
    _clipri
    _dirformat
    _nomatch
 - new prompt variable(s)
 - new "edit function" for keymaps
 - detects if current directory was changed by other programs
 - uses ASL file-requester
 - arguments in scripts passed via $0, $1, $2 etc., number of
    arguments in $#
 - enhanced quoting mechanism for filename completion
 - lots of internal changes
 - lots of other bug fixes
 - and lots of changes and new features I forgot to write down ;-)


