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+1.5.0 (20xx-xx-xx) "The Show Must Go On"
+
+ * xC: made it possible to pass the cursor position to external editors,
+   in particular VIM and Emacs
+
+ * xC: started quoting text coming from bracketed pastes,
+   to minimize the risk of trying to execute filesystem paths as commands
+
+ * xC: fixed to work with post-2021-08-29 editline
+
+ * xC: extended editline's autocomplete to show all the options
+
+
 1.4.0 (2021-10-06) "Call Me Scruffy Scruffington"
 
  * xC: made message autosplitting respect text formatting