* * * CLEX Revision History * * *


CLEX 4.5 released on 24-SEP-2009

  Problems fixed:
     * name completion could not complete user and group names
       containing a dot, comma or a dash character

  New or improved functionality:
     * a mouse is supported on xterm compatible terminals
     * the location of configuration files has been moved
       again in order to comply with the XDG Specification.
       The standard place for these files is from now on the
       ~/.config/clex directory. Use the 'cfg-clex' utility to
       move the files to the new location
     * there is a new option in the completion panel which
       allows to complete a name which is a part of a longer
       word. The option has a self-explaining description:
       'name to be completed starts at the cursor position'
     * configuration parameter C_PANEL_SIZE (completion
       panel size) cannot be set to AUTO (screen size) because
       this size is often uncomfortably small
     * the Unicode soft hyphen character is displayed as a
       control character
     * in the history panel a command separator is
       automatically inserted into the input line when a
       command is appended to the end of another command
     * configuration parameters CMD_Fn accept a new control
       sequence $~ which disables the 'Press enter to
       continue' prompt. The control is returned to CLEX
       immediately after the command execution terminates
       provided that:
          * the command has not been modified
          * the command terminates successfully (exit code
            zero)
     * the $! control sequence can appear anywhere in a
       configuration parameter CMD_Fn, not only at the end
     * new function: alt-Z places the current line to the
       center of the panel. People using cluster-ssh might
       find it useful

CLEX 4.4 released on 07-APR-2009

  Problems fixed:
     * in the help text there were few UTF-8 characters which
       are now eliminated, because they could not be displayed
       properly in non-UTF-8 encodings

  New or improved functionality:
     * new function was added: change into a subdirectory
       showing the contents in the other file panel (alt-X).
       This function allows to return into the original
       directory simply by switching panels (ctrl-X).


CLEX 4.3 released on 29-MAR-2009

  Problems fixed:
     * a newly added bookmark did not appear on the screen immediately
     * a misleading message 'Ignoring the DIR2 configuration parameter'
       was logged when the 'DIR2' was set to 'HOME'

  New or improved functionality:
     * the bookmark organizer has been merged with the regular bookmark panel
     * bookmarks can have descriptive names
     * the current working directory can be bookmarked from
       the file panel (ctrl-D)
     * the 'B_PANEL_SIZE' config parameter was removed


CLEX 4.2 released on 15-MAR-2009

  Problems fixed:
     * in some cases the 'cfg-clex' utility was generating an
       unusable template for the copy command (F5)
     * under certain circumstances a crash was occurring on exit when
       CLEX was used over a ssh connection
  New or improved functionality:
     * all configuration files now reside in the .clex subdirectory.
       Use the 'cfg-clex' utility to move the files to new location


CLEX 4.1 released on 09-FEB-2009

   Problems fixed:
     * usage of unitialized memory during the start-up has been corrected.
       It caused crash on the Apple Mac OS X platform. Systems where CLEX
       starts normally are not affected by this bug.
     * a compilation problem on Apple Mac OS X was fixed
     * the xterm title change feature did not work on remote
       telnet or ssh connections
   New or improved functionality:
     * if a directory comparison is restricted to regular files, then only
       information about this type of files is displayed in the summary
     * a small program named kbd-test was added, it is a utility
       for troubleshooting keyboard related problems


CLEX 4.0 released on 22-DEC-2008

   This is the initial release of the CLEX 4 branch. Main new
   features are:
     * Unicode support
     * several configuration parameters have been converted to options
       which are saved automatically
     * the log panel and optional logging to a file for auditing and
       troubleshooting
     * the 'cfg-clex' utility
     * a built-in function for renaming files with invalid or
       unprintable characters
   Enhancements (compared to previous releases) include:
     * configuring prompt, time format and date format is more flexible
     * the help is not limited to one link per line
     * the user interface of the directory compare function was redesigned
     * changes in the pattern matching routine
     * panel filtering is now available in two more panels
     * a new tool for inserting control characters into the input line