From eddee590ec11f4c53a4e01981fa0166abb9662d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lukas Fleischer Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:01:04 +0200 Subject: Replace NEWS by CHANGES.md Use Markdown syntax for the release notes and rename the release notes file from NEWS to CHANGES.md. Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer --- CHANGES.md | 810 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 810 insertions(+) create mode 100644 CHANGES.md (limited to 'CHANGES.md') diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f49686 --- /dev/null +++ b/CHANGES.md @@ -0,0 +1,810 @@ +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' -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf