1 Version 2.0 ("Nine 1/2 weeks... ok, ok, and 3 years") - 2007/09/03:
4 + color files by extension [Andrey Skvortsov]
5 + new IPC code and API; more flexible, powerful and stable
6 + new un/compress vfs API, added support for .zip and .rar files
7 + make sort mode per tab, not globally
8 + support locale [Andrey Skvortsov]
9 + speed up loading directory contents
10 + speed cursor movement, don't waste much CPU
11 + use logging module in lfm and pyview for debugging
12 + overwrite_all_none: yes, all, no => new options: "none", "skip all""
13 + rewrite/refactor most of code to make lfm more robust and clean
15 - change file name preferences.py => config.py
17 + use tempfile secure versions mkdtemp() and mkstemp()
18 + added man pages [Sebastien Bacher]
19 + use reST for documentation
20 + check for python version 2.3 or higher in lfm and pyview
21 + updated to GPL v3 license
22 + and fixed lot of bugs, some of them:
24 . delete garbage if user stops action
25 . run 'do_special_view_file' as dettached from lfm window
26 . path expand in bookmarks ("~/") [Andrey Skvortsov]
27 . an ugly traceback crash appears when user starts "lfm path" and has
28 no permissions to enter. Show error message and default to current
30 . lfm crashes when filename is not encoded with same codec than
31 g_encoding utils.{decode|encode}. Needs curses module linked against
32 ncursesw to work properly
33 . sort_mix_cases = 1 performance degrades on larger dirs.
34 Reported by Andrey Skvortsov
35 . escape filenames with chars $ ". Reported by Andrey Skvortsov
37 . maximize/minimize window don't crash lfm anymore
38 . dialogs appear at bad position after terminal is resized
39 . handle window resize in Tree mode
40 . refresh display after canceling completion dialog
41 . "the size of the right pane does not fill the last column in
42 terminal if their number is odd" [Andrey Skvortsov]
43 . fix crash when "df" shows entries in two different lines (device
44 name is too large, f.e. in linux lvm2 volumes)
45 . if you try to enter a directory with insufficient permissions, after
46 the error message is closed the cursorline refreshes to the first line
48 . added -i flag (--ignore-zeros) flag to tar [Andrey Skvortsov]
49 . standard tar needs - for flags
51 . vfs.py: regenerate_file, if user stops process, tempfile can't be
54 . escape special chars (- \ ( ) [ ]) in patterns
55 . don't crash when find/grep returns no results
56 . bug when matches occur in binary files
58 . goto line 0 in pyview showed a blank screen
59 . crash in file info if filename is too long
61 Version 1.0 was never publically released - 2006
63 Version 0.92 was never publically released - 2005
65 Version 0.91 ("It rocks... yeah!") - 2004/06/30:
67 + quite stable and robust, doesn't crash
69 + new option: show_dotfiles flag
70 + new option: detach_terminal_at_exec flag: useful f.e. if you
71 want to run elinks as web browser attached to lfm terminal
72 + file associations and applications can be configured in preferences
73 + now each application has only 1 associated program, *breaking old .lfmrc*
74 + perms dialog: users & groups sorted alphabetically
75 + uncompress in other panel
76 + resizing terminal works in lfm, pyview. Be careful with dialogs
77 + columns size eliminated from preferences
78 + 1-panel view redesigned
79 + ESC closes dialogs, not lfm or pyview
80 + Ctrl-D: select bookmark dialog
81 + code reorganized: actions.py, vfs.py
82 + added classifiers to setup.py script
84 Version 0.90 was never publically released
86 Version 0.9 ("...and the day arrived") - 2002/09/05:
88 + ZIP files can be un/compressed now. ZIP vfs works too
89 + added 'rebuild vfs' and 'rebuild_vfs' question / option. Configurable.
90 There is no need to wait until vfs file is rebuilt
91 + Applied some good patches from Bartosz Oler (liar AT furrynet DOT org):
92 1. colors customization: Now you can customize the colors lfm use in
93 the configuration file, 'colors' section. Each color is defined by
94 a string with its name. It looks like this:
95 element foreground_color background_color
96 2. Allow preferences values to contain colons in the configuration file.
97 3. Lack of a bookmark's definition shouldn't be an error.
98 + pyview: new features:
100 - go to / set bookmarks
102 + pyview doesn't show blank screen a the end of the file, now it shows last
104 + lfm works now with "from __future__ import division", prepared for Python 3.0
105 + set python2 as default interpreter for setup.py, lfm, lfm.py, pyview and
107 + my email address has changed <inigoserna AT telefonica DOT net>
108 + Bugs fixes. See ChangeLog for complete list
110 * create temporary files with mask 0066 and directories with perms
111 0700, so only owner can read/write them
112 * avoid zombie processes when using 'fork' (now fork twice or threads)
113 * show correct filename when an error occurs while uncompressing file
114 * don't compress '..' directory
115 * when lfm exits after checking command line options, make 'lfm' shell
116 script don't show path error
117 * when un/compressing files cursorbar must remain in the same file
118 * when, at start, lfm can't enter into a dir due to directory permissions
119 * crash if len(line) == width of cursorbar window
120 * don't append '*' to historic in entries
121 * fix cursor bar position after sorting
123 * when user hasn't permissions to read file, exit gracefully instead
125 * last char in file is not showed
127 Version 0.8 ("Close to Paradise") - 2002/03/04:
129 + Implemented VFS feature to enter into .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files
130 + Panelize vfs option in find/grep implemented
131 + Tree panel implemented
132 + 'lfm' and 'pyview' are simple scripts now, not just a copy of the .py files.
133 __init__.py contains global variables now
134 + A new message window is used to show work in progress, in place of a
135 message in status bar. 'run_thread' function has been cleaned too
136 + Copy / move features now use my own function to walk trees, instead of
137 'shutil.copytree' which originates some problems and bugs
138 + In ChangePermissions window, the cursor movement is circular now
139 + Change copyright date to years 2001-2
140 + I don't need a crypt / uncrypt feature, so eliminated from TODO list
141 + Many bugs fixes and functions rewrites. See ChangeLog for complete list
143 * if panel2 shows 'a' file in panel, and in panel1 'a' is moved or
145 * after moving a file cursor goes to next directory as deletion does
146 * catching an exception after not been able to copy => it crashed
147 when trying to delete copied files
148 * "messages.SelectItem, messages.FindfilesWin, messages.MenuWin,
149 messages.ChangePerms: upperleft corner disappears"
150 * findgrep: fix bug: if selected file has a ':' in name
152 * changing 'addch' by 'addstr' shows individual chars >= 0xA0 (meta
153 chars) correctly, neither in reversed video or as 2 chars
154 * "if wrap mode => fix prev/next page & up/down cursor". Now
155 they move to screen lines, not to physical lines
157 Version 0.7 ("Hello Darling, I'm here") - 2001/11/30:
159 + 'pyview', a new pager/viewer for use with lfm or standalone,
160 internally or externally. It is used as default pager too.
161 Some features: Text / Hex view, backwards & forwards search,
162 goto line/byte, un/wrap mode, documentation, ...
163 + Rewrite 'show filesystems info' to use internal viewer
164 + New 'run_thread' function in which almost every proccess is executed,
165 so they can be stopped and there is a working signal too.
166 'do_something_on_file' does not use it
167 + Implemented 'show file info'
168 + Check errors when un/compressing
170 + Removed tar 'v' flag in un/compressing
171 + Fixed completition, it should work perfectly now
172 + Added Ctrl-D key to delete the whole content of the EntryLine
173 + Implemented help: README, NEWS, TODO, ChangeLog or COPYING files
174 + Added new function to show special files: html, graphics, ...,
175 so we have defined new programs and file types too
176 + Added new preference: show_output_after_exec, defaults to yes
177 + Fix cursor position after deleting files
178 + Default configuration is now saved inmediately
179 + Many other bugs fixed again (see ChangeLog)
181 Version 0.6 was never publically released
183 Version 0.5 ("Last call to London") - 2001/08/07:
185 + F2 file menu, added many functions
186 + F9 general menu, added many functions
187 + Implemented find and grep
188 + File permissions, owner and group has a window now
189 + Implemented preferences, edition has to be improved, of course,
190 but loading and saving works
191 + Added 'show filesystems info' feature
192 + Now 'q' or F10 exits to current path, see proper README section
193 + Default pager changed to 'less'
194 + Documentation has been improved
195 + 'setup.py' now installs docs
196 + Many bug fixes and functions rewrites:
197 - home and end keys work ok now
198 - not all people use bash-type shells, so don't use 2>&1
199 - use popen2.popen3 instead of os.popen to catch messages
200 - manage problems with move while files don't fit into destination
201 - option 'b' does not exist in Solaris' 'du -s' command
202 - fix a problem while moving files if destination has no enough space
205 Version 0.4 - 2001/07/19:
207 + First public release