Change Log

4.5 released on 24-SEP-2009

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

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

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 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)

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

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

all configuration files now reside in the .clex subdirectory. Use the cfg-clex utility to move the files to new location

usage of uninitialized 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

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

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: