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'driver': Don't highlight in isearch

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zsh version 5.2 and lower don't support ISEARCHMATCH_ACTIE and
we are unable to re-apply zle_highlight on top. Therefore it is
impossible to see the underlined matched area.

Since that information is more important, completely disable
highlighting in isearch in that case.

To do that, we need to make sure we are actually called when
something changes in isearch.

Trumps #257.
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@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ custom widgets have been created (i.e., after all `zle -N` calls and after
running `compinit`). Widgets created later will work, but will not update the
syntax highlighting.
### Why does syntax highlighting not work while searching history?
In `zsh` versions before 5.3 is not possible for `zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh`
to know if an incremental search is currently active and that matched parts of the
buffer should be underlined (or otherwise highlighted). Therefore, it is not possible
for `zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh` to apply syntax highlighting and to underline the
matched part of the search. While searching the history, the latter is more important,
so syntax highlighting is disabled in this case.
### How are new releases announced?
There is currently no "push" announcements channel. However, the following