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+Release Notes
+=============
+
+Version 4.2.2 (2017-01-14)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Various fixes and improvements to calcurse-caldav.
+
+Version 4.2.1 (2016-10-30)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Do not crash when editing the repetition of an appointment and passing an
+ empty repetition value (reported and fixed by Vlad Glagolev).
+
+ * Avoid a crash when all todo items are hidden and an interactive action is
+ performed (reported by Vlad Glagolev).
+
+ * Documentation for the --daemon command line option.
+
+ * Avoid starting the daemon more than once (reported by Vlad Glagolev).
+
+ * Improvements to scrolling within list boxes.
+
+Version 4.2.0 (2016-10-12)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * In the calendar panel, days with non-recurrent items now have another
+ color as days containing recurrent items only.
+
+ * Automatically select new appointments/events after creation.
+
+ * Support for (optional) dates when specifying the start/end time of items.
+ Allows for easily moving items and adding appointments without switching
+ the selected day beforehand.
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Encoding fixes in calcurse-caldav (reported by Raf Czlonka).
+
+ * Avoid notification bar artifacts after leaving calcurse.
+
+ * Fixes to the key binding pagination (reported by Kevin Wang).
+
+ * Do not change selection unexpectedly after modifying items.
+
+Version 4.1.0 (2016-04-12)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Hook support: Run scripts before/after loading or saving items. This
+ feature can be used to automatically make Git commits or synchronize with
+ a server when the data files are written. Example hooks can be found in
+ the calcurse source tree.
+
+ * Experimental CalDAV support: The calcurse distribution tarball now
+ includes an experimental script called calcurse-caldav that can be used
+ to synchronize calcurse with your mobile devices or any other computer.
+ For details, please refer to contrib/caldav/README in the calcurse source
+ tree.
+
+ * Support for a filter mode -F that is identical to -G but writes the
+ filtered items back to the calcurse data files instead of stdout. Can be
+ used to remove certain items from a script. Use with care!
+
+ * New long format specifiers "raw" and "hash".
+
+ * A --daemon command line option to start calcurse in daemon mode.
+
+ * A --quiet command line option to disable system dialogs.
+
+ * Support for todo items with an undefined priority.
+
+ * Support for durations when specifying recurrence end dates.
+
+ * Support for decimal values when specifying durations.
+
+ * Support for UTC times when importing iCal events.
+
+ * Support for sending notifications for all appointments (both flagged and
+ unflagged items).
+
+ * The "Add Item" key binding now works from the calendar panel.
+
+ * Week numbers in the monthly view (requested by Hakan Jerning).
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Fixes to the slice computation (reported by Hakan Jerning).
+
+ * Various fixes to the iCal import and export functionality.
+
+Version 4.0.0 (2015-02-22)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Support for reloading appointments via a key binding and via SIGUSR1
+ (thanks to Tim Hentenaar for submitting a patch).
+
+ * The compact mode and default panel options are no longer hidden.
+
+ * A powerful set of new command line options. The new main operations in
+ non-interactive mode are --grep and --query. There are filter switches to
+ restrict the set of items that are read from the appointments file. All
+ old command line options are still supported for backwards compatibility.
+
+ * Support for shorthands such as "tomorrow" or "monday" as date specifiers.
+
+ * Support for dates beyond 2038 on platforms with 64-bit time_t.
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Several fixes to the user interface.
+
+ * Handle CRLF line endings in iCal files (reported by Hakan Jerning).
+
+ * Gracefully handle all day events in iCal imports (reported by Jörn
+ Tillmanns and by Hakan Jerning).
+
+ * Retain comments in descriptions and configuration values (reported by
+ Hakan Jerning).
+
+ * Support all types of iCal durations (reported by Hakan Jerning).
+
+Version 3.2.1 (2014-07-08)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Load todo items on startup (reported by BARE Willy sprl).
+
+ * Do not highlight items on inactive windows.
+
+Version 3.2.0 (2014-07-08)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Support for punctual appointments (appointments without an ending time).
+
+ * A --limit option which allows for limiting the number of appointments
+ returned (thanks to William Pettersson for submitting a patch).
+
+ * Support for %(remaining) and %(duration) modifiers in format strings
+ (thanks to William Pettersson for submitting a patch).
+
+ * The online help system now uses the system pager (e.g. less(1)).
+
+ * A new command prompt allows for browsing the help texts (type ":help" for
+ more information).
+
+ * Several general improvements to the user interface.
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Do not garble long notes (reported by Hakan Jerning).
+
+ * Fix compilation under OS X (thanks to Jack Nagel for submitting a patch).
+
+ * Do not break the appointments file when importing an iCal file that
+ contains an item with a newline in the summary (reported by Jonathan
+ McCrohan).
+
+Version 3.1.4 (2013-02-09)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Do not prompt for a todo after adding an appointment.
+
+ * Close key binding window when reassigning the same key (thanks to Michael
+ Smith for submitting a patch).
+
+ * Update copyright ranges.
+
+ * Do not ignore "--datarootdir" in the i18n Makefile.
+
+Version 3.1.3 (2013-02-02)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Complete the test-suite even if libfaketime is not present.
+
+ * Add a workaround for broken libfaketime-based tests on 32-bit systems
+ (fixes Debian bug #697013).
+
+ * Do not update start time/duration with bogus values if the prompt is
+ canceled in edit mode.
+
+Version 3.1.2 (2012-12-16)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Fix another corner case of the screen corruption bug (BUG#6).
+
+ * Fix core dump when trying to edit a non-existent item.
+
+ * Display correct welcome messages on startup.
+
+Version 3.1.1 (2012-12-07)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Fix another screen corruption bug.
+
+ * Fix several compiler warnings.
+
+Version 3.1.0 (2012-12-05)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Vim-like copy/paste (FR#15). Use the delete key to cut items.
+
+ * Support for entering times in 24 hour format ("2130" instead of "21:30",
+ thanks to William Pettersson for submitting a patch).
+
+ * Compact panel mode (FR#7). This can be enabled using the currently
+ undocumented "appearance.compactpanels" configuration setting.
+
+ * Configurable default view (FR#19). The default view can be changed using
+ the currently undocumented "appearance.defaultpanel" configuration
+ setting.
+
+ * "-D" and "-c" can now be used simultaneously, whereby "-c" has precedence
+ over "-D".
+
+ * Cache monthly view to speed up browsing.
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Sort `calcurse -d` output by time (BUG#2, reported by Romeo Van Snick).
+
+ * Fix a critical data corruption bug (BUG#7, BUG#8, reported by Baptiste
+ Jonglez and Erik Saule).
+
+ * Fix screen corruption (BUG#6, reported by Erik Saule and Antoine
+ Jacoutot).
+
+ * No longer show the calcurse screen in the editor/pager when the window is
+ resized (BUG#9, reported by Michael Smith).
+
+ * Calculate busy slices correctly if (recurrent) appointments with a
+ duration of more than 24 hours are used.
+
+ * Fix a core dump that occurred if the main window was too small.
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * Several translation updates.
+
+Version 3.0.0 (2012-07-01)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Full UTF-8 support.
+
+ * Much more powerful formatting options for printing items in
+ non-interactive mode. Format strings can be specified using
+ "--format-apt", "--format-event", "--format-recur-apt" and
+ "--format-recur-event".
+
+ * Support for vim-style count prefixes for displacement keys.
+
+ * Powerful duration strings: Allows using extended duration strings, such
+ as "+3:10" or "+1d20h5m".
+
+ * A feature that allows piping items to external commands.
+
+ * New key bindings to jump to the previous/next month/year.
+
+ * A new configuration file format. `calcurse-upgrade` can be used to
+ convert existing configuration files.
+
+ * Several performance improvements.
+
+ * Notes are now stored using hash-based file names which results in lower
+ disk space usage.
+
+ * A test suite that can be used to test the core functionality of calcurse.
+
+ * A "--read-only" command line option to discard all changes to data files.
+
+- Bug fixes:
+
+ * Do not hardcode paths to the default editor/pager. Rely on the "$PATH"
+ variable instead.
+
+ * Update the number of todo items when importing an iCal file to prevent
+ some items from being inaccessible.
+
+ * Fix a segmentation fault when importing iCal data (reported by Andraz
+ Levstik).
+
+ * Format the "DURATION" field properly on iCal export. Use
+ days/hours/minutes/seconds instead of seconds (reported and fixed by
+ Jerome Pinot).
+
+ * Do not localize dates in pcal exports (reported by Baptiste Jonglez).
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * Portuguese translation (provided by Rafael Ferreira).
+
+ * 100% complete French, German and Russian translations.
+
+Version 2.9.2 (2011-09-08)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Handle iCal line folding correctly.
+
+ * Introduce a configure option to completely exclude the documentation
+ subdirectory from the build process ("--disable-docs").
+
+Version 2.9.1 (2011-08-03)
+--------------------------
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Keep the order of events across restarts (reported by Alan).
+
+ * Fix the build process when disabling documentation generation.
+
+ * Avoid flickering on window resize.
+
+ * Avoid a segfault when resizing the calcurse window.
+
+ * Add missing documentation for the "backword-kill-word" line editing
+ function.
+
+ * Honor the "TMPDIR" environment variable instead of using hardcoded paths
+ for temporary files (reported by Erik Saule).
+
+ * Fix pager invocation when showing the log file during an import (reported
+ by Andraz Levstik).
+
+ * Accept resource parameters in iCal import. Accept additional parameters
+ such as language parameters (reported by Andraz Levstik).
+
+ * Sync the notification item after editing or pasting an appointment. This
+ ensures the information in the notification bar as well as the countdown
+ for the notification daemon are always up-to-date (reported by Andraz
+ Levstik).
+
+ * Fix recurrent appointment notification.
+
+ * Fix flagging of regular appointments.
+
+ * Fix sort order when using command line options to display upcoming
+ appointments and events (reported by Erik Saule).
+
+Version 2.9.0 (2011-05-29)
+--------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Usage of short form dates such as "29/5/10" instead of "29/05/2010", "23"
+ for the 23rd of the currently selected month and year or "3/1" for Mar 01
+ (or Jan 03, depending on the date format) of the currently selected year.
+
+ * "backword-kill-word" line editing function.
+
+ * Automatically drop empty notes after editing.
+
+ * Documentation and man pages now are in AsciiDoc format which is easier to
+ maintain and can be translated to several formats such as HTML, PDF,
+ PostScript, EPUB, DocBook and much more.
+
+ * Manual and man pages contain updated links to our new website and mailing
+ lists, as well as instructions on how to use Transifex.
+
+ * Extensive code cleanups and improvements.
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Avoid a segfault when resizing the help window.
+
+ * Remove the lock file if calcurse died (fixes Debian Bug #575772, thanks
+ to Erik for submitting a patch).
+
+ * Parse appointment end times correctly if they date back (reported by
+ Aleksey Mechonoshin).
+
+ * Fix some compiler warnings.
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * Russian translation provided by Aleksey Mechonoshin.
+
+ * Several translation updates.
+
+Version 2.8 (2010-05-29)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * a weekly calendar view was added with the display of the week number and
+ colored slices indicating appointment times
+
+ * the side bar width can now be customized by the user
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * wrong calculation of recurrent dates after a turn of year fixed (patch
+ provided by Lukas Fleischer)
+
+ * check for data directory availability added
+
+ * fixed a possible segfault that could be triggered when calcurse screen
+ became too small
+
+ * INSTALL file is no longer missing from the distributed package
+
+ * compilation issue related to memory functions definitions fixed
+
+Version 2.7 (2009-08-22)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * a daemon was implemented so that calcurse can now send reminders in
+ background
+
+ * new --status command line option to display information about calcurse
+ running instances
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * fixed a bug which prevented ical files from being imported
+
+ * no more error when user's home directory does not exist
+
+ * dates are now written properly again when using the '-r' flag
+
+ * incorrect duration format fixed when exporting to ical
+
+Version 2.6 (2009-07-11)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * calcurse is now distributed under a 2-clause BSD-style license
+
+ * todos can now be flagged as completed
+
+ * support for regex-based searches added
+
+ * locking mechanism implemented to prevent having two calcurse instances
+ running at the same time
+
+ * inside calendar panel, day names and selected date are now in the same
+ colour as user's theme
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * missing 'T' letter added in the DURATION field for ical export (reported
+ by cuz)
+
+ * ical events which spans over several days are now imported correctly
+ (reported by Andreas Kalex)
+
+ * fixed gcc's `format-security' issue (reported by Francois Boulogne)
+
+ * no more freeze when changing color within the configuration screen on
+ OpenBSD
+
+ * fixed a memory leak caused by a wrong use of the structures related to
+ the notification bar
+
+ * todo items are not displayed twice if -d and -t flags are both given
+ (reported by Timo Schmiade)
+
+ * it is now possible to export data from a given appointment file even if
+ the user does not have any home directory (reported by Ben Zanin)
+
+ * prevent character deletion before the beginning of the string within the
+ online editor (reported by Martin Rehak)
+
+Version 2.5 (2009-01-25)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * new option to periodically save data
+
+ * cut and paste feature added, to move items from one day to another
+
+ * support for iso date format (yyyy-mm-dd) added
+
+ * new '--enable-memory-debug' configuration option to monitor memory usage
+
+ * configuration scipt improved to be able to link against ncursesw if
+ ncurses is not available
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * fixed a two-years old bug (appeared in version 1.5) that made repeated
+ items with exceptions load uncorrectly in some cases (thanks to Jan
+ Smydke for reporting it)
+
+ * fixed a bug related to user-configured keys that could be lost when using
+ calcurse in non-interactive mode
+
+Version 2.4 (2008-12-27)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * key bindings are now user-definable
+
+ * new layout configuration menu
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * memory leak due to a wrong use of the pthread library fixed
+
+ * fixed a possible freeze when deleting an appointment's note
+
+ * exception dates now properly ignored when exporting data to pcal format
+
+ * daylight saving time unwanted offset fixed
+
+Version 2.3 (2008-10-15)
+------------------------
+
+- New feature:
+
+ * ical import added
+
+Version 2.2 (2008-08-28)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * pcal export added, to be able to produce nice-looking PostScript output
+
+ * '-s', '-r' and '-D' command line arguments added which allows to use an
+ alternative data directory, and to be more flexible when specifying the
+ range of dates to be considered when displaying appointments and events
+ (thanks Erik for submiting the patch)
+
+ * '^G', '0' and '$' keybindings added to ease movements in calendar
+
+Version 2.1 (2008-05-17)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * '--note' command line argument added which allows the display of note
+ contents in non-interactive mode (patch submitted by Erik Saule)
+
+ * It is now possible to configure date formats used in calcurse interactive
+ and non-interactive modes (patch submitted by Tony)
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Debian Bug Report #469297
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * Italian manual provided by Leandro Noferini
+
+Version 2.0 (2008-03-02)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Ability to attach notes to appointments, events and todos added
+
+ * Call to an external editor/pager to edit/view notes implemented
+
+ * Documentation improved, with the use of a css style sheet in html manuals
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Leap years are now properly handled
+
+ * configure.ac updated to link against pthread and not lpthread
+
+Version 1.9 (2007-10-23)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Moon phase calculation added
+
+ * Automatic redraw is now performed when resizing terminal
+
+ * Major code cleanup release, error and signal handling improved
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Current day is now automatically updated in the calendar panel
+
+ * No more problem when trying to load a calendar from current directory
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * Dutch translation and manual provided by Jeremy Roon
+
+Version 1.8 (2007-05-22)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * The command launched to notify user of an upcoming appointment is now
+ configurable, so that user can get warned by mail or by playing a tune
+ for example
+
+ * Color theme configuration menu was completely redesigned, with support
+ for default terminal's color added
+
+ * 'Export' command implemented, to be able to save calcurse data in
+ iCalendar format. The '--export' command line argument was also
+ implemented to be able to use this feature in non-interactive mode.
+
+ * 'Flag Item' command implemented to mark appointments as 'important' so
+ that user gets notified before they arrive
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Fixed a possible problem while editing an item description and using
+ CTRL-D to delete last character
+
+ * 01/01/1970 is not returned anymore when editing an item endless
+ repetition
+
+Version 1.7 (2007-01-20)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * 'Edit Item' command implemented to be able to modify an already existing
+ item
+
+ * Long command-line options are now accepted
+
+ * '-t' flag now takes a priority number as optional argument
+
+ * Repeated items are now marked with an '*' to be recognizable from normal
+ items
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * When creating a recurrent item, the end-date is included again in the
+ repetition
+
+ * Date format corrected in 'Go To' command
+
+Version 1.6 (2006-10-01)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Notification-bar implemented, which indicates current date and time, the
+ calendar file in use and the next upcoming appointment together with the
+ time left before it
+
+ * '-n' flag added to get notified of the next appointment within upcoming
+ 24 hours
+
+ * Support for todo priorities added
+
+ * New screen layouts added to make the todo panel the largest one
+
+ * General keybindings implemented, which apply whatever panel is selected
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * The repeated end date can no longer be before the item start date
+
+ * Fixed a possible conflict in the LOCALEDIR variable definition
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * spanish translation and manual provided by Jose Lopez
+
+ * german translation and manual updated by Christoph M.
+
+Version 1.5 (2006-08-26)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Support for recurrent events and appointments added
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Debian Bug Report #369550, #377543
+
+ * fixed the compiler linking problem with libintl on systems which do not
+ provide intl support within libc
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * german translation provided by Michael Schulz
+
+ * english translation provided by Neil Williams
+
+Version 1.4 (2006-05-15)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Support for i18n added
+
+ * Support for non-color terminals added
+
+ * Option added to choose which day is the first of the week (monday or
+ sunday)
+
+ * Documentation improved, with translated html manuals
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * When confirmation is requested, it is now done by pressing 'y' or 'n'
+ instead of 'yes' or 'no'
+
+- Translation:
+
+ * french translation
+
+ * french and german manuals
+
+Version 1.3 (2006-03-17)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Adding of all-day long events
+
+ * Many GUI improvements: better scrolling (with the use of ncurses pad
+ functions), scrollbars added, progress bar added
+
+ * Appointment duration can now be entered either in minutes or in hh:mm
+ format
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * January 0 bug fixed
+
+ * Current day is no longer highlighted in every year of the future and the
+ past (thanks to Michael for reporting that bug)
+
+ * Fixed compiler warnings (thanks to Uwe for reporting this)
+
+ * Removed -lpanel link during compilation
+
+ * Characters can now be erased with CTRL-H (to fix a problem reported by
+ Brendan)
+
+Version 1.2 (2005-11-26)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * An option was added to skip system dialogs
+
+ * Configure script was improved
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Ncurses library use improved: screen refreshing is faster, windows do not
+ flicker anymore when updated, and memory footprint is much smaller
+
+ * Changed abbreviation for 'Wednesday' from 'Wen' to 'Wed'
+
+Version 1.1 (2005-10-29)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Command-line options which allows to display appointments and todo list
+ without entering the interactive mode
+
+ * Manpage and documentation updated
+
+ * Configure script improved
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Debian Bug Report #335430 regarding the GoTo today function is now fixed
+
+Version 1.0 (2005-10-08)
+------------------------
+
+- New features:
+
+ * Calcurse now comes with a manpage
+
+- Bugfixes:
+
+ * Debian Bug Report #330869 regarding the October 0 which does not exist is
+ now fixed
+
+ * Default options "auto-save", "confirm-quit", and "confirm-delete" were
+ set to 'yes'