Change Log

Changes in version 7.14.0 from 7.13.1

No change.

Changes in version 7.13.1 from 7.13.0

Fix various configure problems and compilation warnings in newer versions of other software.

Changes in version 7.13.0 from 7.11.0

	Fix compilation problem with GCC 4.1 and RPM 4.4. (patch by Andreas Bernauer)
	Support mounted directory via MountDir and ClearMountDir configuration commands. Specified directories are scanned when kcd is ran instead of using pre-scanned data. Option -M is introduced to disable on-demand scanning.
	New ShowNewDir configuration to force newly changed directory to be always displayed instead of requiring multiple matching directories.
	Improved symbolic link handling in SkipDir.
	Options -t and -tr accept relative path.

Changes in version 7.6.2 from 7.6.1

Fix compilation problem with GCC 4.1 and RPM 4.4. (patch by Andreas Bernauer)

Changes in version 7.11.0 from 7.9.0

	Special symbols / and // are accepted as part of search string. This works in command line, find mode, and as argument to -b option. xxx/yyy means finding directory name containing yyy where its immediate parent directory also contains xxx. xxx//yyy means finding directory name containing yyy where any of its upper levels parent directory also contains xxx.
	Add option --profiles to display available configuration profiles.

Changes in version 7.9.0 from 7.7.0

	Mouse double click and triple click now treated as multiple single clicks.
	Repeat mouse scrolling when holded.
	New configuration command: MouseScrollRate.
	Support key binding in editbox in Find mode (experimental).
	Typing any alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) key in emacs key binding mode also start forward searching.

Changes in version 7.7.0 from 7.6.1

	GlobPath and GlobDot can be specified at the end of SkipDircommand.
	Regular expression supported using r"..." syntax in SkipDir, ClearStartDir, ClearSkipDir.
	Generate message during packaging time instead of build time.

Changes in version 7.6.1 from 7.6.0

Fix Makefile problem on system without msgfmt.

Changes in version 7.6.0 from 7.5.0

	Fix fnmatch compilation problem found in some systems with Apache installed.
	Reorganization of README documentation.

Changes in version 7.5.0 from 7.3.0

	Due to changes in internal handling of command line, -p option, if used, must be the first option in the command line.
	Add option -tr that rescan before partial tree display.
	-t and -tr now works even when the desired tree is not in the saved directory tree file.
	Add DefaultTree configuration command.

Changes in version 7.3.0 from 7.1.0

Add support to specify a particular matched directory using number.

Changes in version 7.1.0 from 7.0.0

	-t option for partial tree display is added.
	When symlink points to outside tree, target directory is used as jump destination instead of the symlink.

Changes in version 7.0.0 from 6.13.0

Minor tweak in error message when bookmarked directory is not found.

Changes in version 6.13.0 from 6.11.0

	Fix a bug when bookmark file is not found.
	Fix Ctrl-C processing bug in find mode.
	Fix mouse handling bug in configure script.
	Accept mouse release and triple-click events.
	-bx option is removed.
	kcd-inst works when user information is not in passwd file.
	kcd-inst now detects ksh.

Changes in version 6.11.0 from 6.9.0

	Fuzzy directory searching (Contributed by Robert Sandilands).
	Fix directory display bug when directory contains control characters.
	Improve handling of symbolic links that point outside saved tree.
	Add vi and emacs key binding mode.
	Fix handling of escape sequences in StartDir and SkipDir configuration.
	New configuration commands: FuzzySize, KeyBinding.
	Terminal processing of Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q as stop/continue key is turned off.

Changes in version 6.4.2 from 6.4.1

	Fix directory display bug when directory contains control characters.
	Display new directory in case of multiple match.

Changes in version 6.9.0 from 6.7.1

	Fix bookmark matching.
	Prevent adding duplicate directory in bookmark.
	Display new directory in case of multiple match.
	The option -bx now issue a warning about deprecation since now the bookmark information is stored in ~/.kcd.bookmark.*. It will be removed in the next kcd release.

Changes in version 6.7.1 from 6.7.0

	Fix a segmentation fault during directory display.
	Fix a bug in configure script where stream I/O for string class is not properly detected.

Changes in version 6.7.0 from 6.5.3

	Bookmark information is completely removed from directory tree file. Now kcd relies on ~/.kcd.bookmark.* for bookmark information. So there is no longer loss of bookmarks problem. Bookmark feature also works faster now.
	Fix a bug in configure script where the mouse support status is not properly displayed.
	Support GCC 3.3.

Changes in version 6.5.3 from 6.5.2

Fix directory jump bug when the current directory also matches the search string.

Changes in version 6.5.2 from 6.5.1

	Add -bx option.
	Fix bookmark issues.

Changes in version 6.5.1 from 6.5.0

Improve kcd-inst script to update KCD_INIT variable.

Changes in version 6.4.1 from 6.4.0

Improve kcd-inst script to update KCD_INIT variable.

Changes in version 6.5.0 from 6.4.0

Add bookmark feature. Saved directory tree file format is slightly changed to accommodate this feature.

Changes in version 6.4.0 from 6.3.0

Fix a directory file reading/writing bug introduced in 6.3.0.

Changes in version 6.3.0 from 6.1.1

Add configuration profile.

Changes in version 6.1.1 from 6.1.0

	Fix new exception specification portability issues.
	Fix autoconf 2.53 test problems.

Changes in version 6.1.0 from 6.0.0

	Update to autoconf 2.53.
	Update to gettext 0.11.3.
	Fix default function argument related compilation problems.

Changes in version 6.0.0 from 5.13.0

	Improved ncurses bool work-around logic.
	Various portability fixes.

Changes in version 5.13.0 from 5.11.0

	Fix + display bug.
	Implement combining character input in Find mode.
	--disable-mouse option added to configure.
	Display ^F status.
	Fix i18n message generation bug.
	Fix portability problems on Solaris 8.

Changes in version 5.11.0 from 5.9.0

	Fix symlink jumping bug.
	Fix page down bug on some systems.
	Improve scanning speed on system supporting d_type.
	Improve highlight moving logic.
	Rewrite Unicode support to work with combining characters (require development version of ncurses 5.2).

Changes in version 5.9.0 from 5.7.0

	Shell startup files are no longer modified during make install.
	User-specific installation mode removed. Set --prefix option during configure to inside your home directory instead.
	Improved display speed.
	Workaround strftime configure problem on Solaris 8.
	Fix a few portability problems.
	Fix blinking problem in status bar.

Changes in version 5.7.2 from 5.7.1

Fix a portability problem.

Changes in version 5.7.1 from 5.7.0

	Workaround configure problem on Solaris.
	Fix a compilation problem.

Changes in version 5.7.0 from 5.5.1

	Experimental FHS support.
	Experimental kcd-inst program to add kcd command to shell startup files.
	Support GCC 3.0.
	Various changes from FreeBSD port: Reading configuration file from SYSCONFDIR and <malloc.h> portability changes.
	Reorganized INSTALL documentation.

Changes in version 5.0.3 from 5.0.2

Support GCC 3.0. (The NEWS file included in the package contains wrong information.)

Changes in version 5.5.1 from 5.5.0

Fix control key processing in Find edit box.

Changes in version 5.5.0 from 5.3.3

	Bad StartDir, SkipDir commands no longer terminate kcd via internal error message.
	UTF-8 support status in --features now reports compile time status.
	Various code reorganization.

Changes in version 5.3.3 from 5.3.2

	Various RPM spec file enhancements from Max Heijndijk.
	RPM, SRPM now contain locale support.

Changes in version 5.3.2 from 5.3.1

Bug fix - locating locale directory.

Changes in version 5.3.1 from 5.3.0

Bug fix - en_GB.po message file was incorrectly named.

Changes in version 5.3.0 from 5.1.3

	Option --enable-wide-chars and --with-included-gettext really work now.
	Smart scan now works properly when StartDir in the configuration changes.
	Security checks support for sudo, suid uses.
	Some code reorganization.
	Bug fix - information in directory list screen is not displayed.
	Bug fix - junk characters may appear before the first directory in the directory tree window.
	Bug fix - some 5 bytes multibyte sequence is not correctly decoded.

Changes in version 5.1.3 from 5.1.2

	Update for autodep 1.1.3.
	Rename configure option --enable-wide-char to --enable-wide-chars to match xterm.
	Can build on system without msgfmt.

Changes in version 5.1.2 from 5.1.1

Update to CVS version of autoconf (autoconf 2.49a) to fix configure problem with newer GCC snapshots.

Changes in version 5.1.1 from 5.1.0

Fix problems with --with-included-gettext.

Changes in version 5.1.0 from 5.0.0

	Fix a bug that causes infinite loop.
	Check environment locale.
	Speedup command of the form kcd dir where the number of directories that matches dir is no more than ShowListThreshold.
	Add gettext infrastructure.
	Add Unicode infrastructure.
	Correct problem with control characters.

Changes in version 5.0.2 from 5.0.1

	Fix insert/overtype status update.
	Display control character as ? on the screen.

Changes in version 5.0.1 from 5.0.0

Fix a bug that causes infinite loop.

Changes in version 5.0.0 from 4.18.0

	Changes of variable type to work with 64-bit CPUs.
	Flag -W is used to compile under GCC.
	Multiple -rp options allowed.
	Add more malloc test. Program default is no test performed unless --enable-debug-memory is given to configure.
	Fix directory name lookup of the form ~user.

Changes in version 4.7.13 from 4.7.11

	Works on IA-64 platform.
	Updated email and home page address in documentation.

Changes in version 4.18.0 from 4.17.4

	Update timestamp when the directory previously skipped is no longer in SkipDir.
	Fix various memory leak.
	Fix directory tree header check.
	Abort when flags in the directory tree are invalid.
	More errors are reported during directory scanning.
	Add --enable/disable-debug-memory to turn on/off memory checks to configure script.

Changes in version 4.17.4 from 4.17.3

Weaken malloc test to work around GCC stack unwinding bug.

Changes in version 4.17.3 from 4.17.2

Fix new directories test logic in smart scan.

Changes in version 4.17.2 from 4.17.1

	Always dump core in the directory kcd was invoked.
	Fix errors in BUGREPORT.

Changes in version 4.17.1 from 4.17.0

Detect malloc errors. May not compile on some OS.

Changes in version 4.17.0 from 4.16.1

	Color settings can accept default background color.
	DefaultBackground configuration command added.
	More documentation in SGML format.
	Detect certain errors that cause kcd to allocate too much memory.

Changes in version 4.16.1 from 4.16.0

	Work with zlib older than 1.0.6 (bug introduced in 4.16.0).
	Bug fix in configure check for ncurses bool size.
	Use $HOME environment variable if home directory lookup using passwd entry fails.

Changes in version 4.16.0 from 4.15.1

	Fix window resize bug introduced in 4.15.1.
	Add configuration commands for screen attribute settings.

Changes in version 4.15.1 from 4.15.0

Fix a line drawing bug in directory tree mode.

Changes in version 4.15.0 from 4.14.0

	Multiple rescanning options can be combined. For example, you can now write `kcd -rfq' instead of `kcd -rf -rq'.
	New option -rp DIR for scanning part of directory tree beginning at DIR.
	Configuration command QuietPartialScan is now documented.
	Invalid command line new triggers error message instead of help.
	Fix a bug that make QuietSmartScan status be ignored.

Changes in version 4.14.0 from 4.13.0

Code reorganization and decoupling. No user visible changes.

Changes in version 4.13.0 from 4.11.2

	New --config option to view all option used by kcd.
	New GlobDot and GlobPath configuration command.
	SkipDir, ClearSkipDir, ClearStartDir now accept wildcards.
	The old SkipDir syntax is now depreciated. Warning will be printed on the screen.
	Also look for kcd.conf in /usr/local/etc and /usr/etc.
	RPM spec file is now provided.
	Email address and program home page are updated to the new SourceForge addresses.

Changes in version 4.11.2 from 4.11.1

	Work-around for compilation with ncurses 4.2 that are not built to support C++ applications added.
	A Y2K bug that can launch nuclear missiles is fixed (just kidding :)

Changes in version 4.11.1 from 4.11.0

	A symbolic link bug has been fixed.
	It can now be compiled with zlib 1.0.6 or newer.

Changes in version 4.11.0 from 4.7.9

	Fix for Red Hat 5.2 compilation problem.
	Update autoconf to 2.13.
	Minor improvements in user interface.
	Code reorganizations toward ISO C++.

Changes in version 4.7.11 from 4.7.10

	It can now be compiled with zlib 1.0.6 or newer.
	Fix some compiler warnings.

Changes in version 4.7.10 from 4.7.9

	Fix for Red Hat 5.2 compilation problem.
	Update autoconf to 2.13.

Changes in version 4.7.9 from 4.7.8

	Installation fix for zsh users - /etc/zprofile or ~/.zprofile is modified to add kcd shell alias when login.
	Scroll bars are on by default when built using ncurses 4.2.

Changes in version 4.7.8 from 4.7.7

Bug fix - changed symbolic links are now updated correctly during smart rescan (the default directory scanning mode).

Changes in version 4.7.7 from 4.7.6

Add ncurses mouse functions detection during configure.

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