tinmop/NEWS.org

* 2023-05-17 version 0.9.9.1414
   - New feature
     added A GUI for the gemini protocol.

* 2023-01-30 version 0.9.9.141

  - Bugfix
    - fixed bug that prevented downloading of posts from subscribed hashtag;
    - improved error reporting in script 'generate-gemlog.lisp';
    - The program respects the directive "open ..." when downloading text/* MIME types,
      using the gemini protocol;
    - updated code to works with the new version of the TUI library.

* 2022-12-14 version 0.9.9.14

  - Bugfix
    Removed   a   command   switch    that   prevented   the   command
    `gemini-images-montage' to run.

* 2022-12-12 version 0.9.9.1

  - New feature
    - added command `gemini-images-montage'  this command collects and
      joins together all the images linked from a gemini page and then
      displays the resulting images
    - added command `print-mentions', to dump mentions in the main window;
    - added  a configuration  directive  to filter  boost  based on  a
      regular expression matching the username;
    - added a configuration directive to filter out unwanted hashtags;
    - added a configuration directive to leave or delete mentions from the
      server after fetching them;
    - added command 'gemini-images-montage'.

  - Improvements
    - added preview and confirm prompt for each file attached on a status;
    - [gemini] prevented  the script 'generate-gemlog.lisp'  to export
      files that do not match .gmi extension;

  - Bugfix
    - fixed bug that prevented updating list of posts from subscribed tags;
    - gopher links from a main window are collected into the links window;
    - [gemini] prevented  the script 'generate-gemlog.lisp'  to export
      files that do not match .gmi extension;
    - prevented crash when opening empty chat windows;
    - fixed refreshing of chats
    - [gemini] prevented  crash when and  error getting data  from TLS
      socket;
    - fixed  bug that  prevented  a remote  user to  be  added in  the
      database whan following them;


* 2022-10-14 version 0.9.9

  - New feature

    - This version added support for the gopher protocol.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)
    - added a command to fetch a pleroma thread given a post's ID;
    - added a command to get a pleroma post's ID;
    - added a command to command to convert a pleroma thread to text.

  - Improvements
    - [gemini/gopher] searching  in  URL  history  does not  takes  into  account  the
      characters case.

   - Bugfix
     - prevented crash when opening a post where the user was mentioned
     - reset the main window's title when opening a post and the message
       window is displaying a gemini page;
     - removed unused argument.
     - [gemini] pushed link into history of visited URL even if the page
       hes been gotten from local cache.

* 2022-08-19 version 0.9.8

 - Bugfix

   - [gemini] fixed a regression that can lead to fails when following
     a redirection.

* 2022-08-15 version 0.9.7

 - Improvements
   - [gemini] Improved appearance of  windows that shows subscriptions
     to gemlogs;
   - move focus between visible window using 'TAB'.

 - New script
   - [gemini] added a script to generate a gemlog;

 - Bugfix

   Many bugs have been fixed, please  refers to the ChangeLog file for
   details;

* 2022-03-12 version 0.9.5

  - New Features

    This versions added support for 9p protocol over TLS

    From https://kamid.omarpolo.com/9p.7.html

    #+BEGIN_QUOTE
    9P is  a protocol that  implements a distributed file  systems. It
    provides  primitives to  manage (create,  read, write  and delete)
    sets of files  remotely. These files don't necessarily  need to be
    actually stored on  a disk, they may be,  for example, synthesised
    on demand from external sources.
    #+END_QUOTE

    - New commands:
      - copy-link-to-clipboard ::
        Copy the currently selected link to clipboard;
      - clear-cache ::
        Delete  permanently cached  data  (note: this  command remove  also
        gemini client certificates!);
      - gemini-jump-to-link ::
        Scroll the  document to  the line  where this  link appears  in the
        gemini document;

    - Adding CI/CD and container building support (thanks to mibofra!);

    - Added new script, ~gemget~, to download a  gemini resource from
      command line (similar to wget);

  - Improvements

    - added more key-chord to navigate in gemini TOC window (e.g. jump
      to first or last item, search);

    - The layout  of the windows  has changed and  should be a  bit less
      confusing now,  also moving window's  focus pressing a  single key
      has been implemented;

    - Refreshing the  screen should be  faster now and  less flickering
      should be noticeable;

    - removed bash as dependency (thanks op!).

  - Bugfix

    - fixed guessing of parent directory  from value of $PWD in script
      quick_quicklisp.sh (thanks mibofra!);

    - fixed generation of TLS client certificates when using an openssl
      binary linked with libressl (thanks op!);

    - the window title should be truncated according to the terminal's
      width;

    - prevented crash when bookmarking the start page in gemini fullscreen
      mode (Thanks reDFog!).

* 2021-11-28 version 0.9.0

  - New Features
    - [gemini]
      - support for gempub ebook format:
        https://codeberg.org/oppenlab/gempub ;
      - Added a command line switch to use the program exclusively as
        a gemini client ("-G");
      - added a bookmark of gemini addresses;
      - added a procedure to import tls certificates.
    - [pleroma]
      - added two scripts to export and import a list of people that user is
        following;
      - added a module to delete posts matching a regular expression
        form the timeline the user is exploring;
    - added a command to load a script, the output of the script is
      printed on the main window (if such output does exists).
    - implemented cut line from point (using "^K") in command window;
    - added a module to expand abbreviation on command line (e.g. "!g"
      → "gemini://").
  - Improvements
    - [gemini]
      - improved tour mode: the tour entries can be shuffled;
      - added a command to jump to (and open) links in a gemtext;
      - the URI of the capsule is shown in the title of the window;
      - added "no wait" directive when downloading non gemini
        text format from gemini: allow opening file before it is
        downloaded completely;
      - used fuzzy matching when looking for URI in history;
        - made gemlog's updating non blocking.
    - Bugfix
      - [gemini]
        - never send the fragment part of an URI to the server;
        - fixed crash when completing an empty command line (pressing tab with
        no string typed on the command line).
      - [pleroma]
        - fixed bug that prevented to update local and federated timeline.
      - prevented crash when teminal height was to small to fits suggestion
        window.

   More information is available in the [[./ChangeLog][changelog file]]

* 2021-06-29 version 0.8.3

  Most important changes are:

  - New features
    - when showing posts or gemini pages the window's text can be scrolled horizontally;
  - Bugfix
    - [gemini]  Server asking  for  a certificate  no  more makes  the
      program stuck in a loop;
    - fixed quick_quicklisp.dh.in (was missing awk);
    - prevented a crash when a subscribed gemlog changed its certificate;
    - fixed resizing of windows when the terminal is window resized;
    - following a user should no more fails with a database error;
    - attaching a file to a post no more lead to a crash;
    - fixed text searching procedures in message links window.
  - Improvements
    - [gemini] alternative text is rendered with the same color as the
      preformatted text it is referring to;
    - a gemini page can be scrolled even if the focus in on the TOC;
    - selecting  an  item  in  the  TOC will  move  the  page  to  the
      corresponding section;
    - improved appearance of keybindings tree.

  For details please check the Changelog.

* 2021-05-23 version 0.8.1
  - Bugfix
    - fixed  a regression  that made  the program  crash when  adding an
      attachment to a post.

* 2021-05-23 version 0.8.0
  - New features
    - [gemini]
      - Added a table of contents (TOC) window when a gemini stream is completed.
        The TOC is auto-generated from header lines contained in the gemini text;

    - the position and width of the notification window is now customizable by
      users using configuration files.

    - Bugfix
      - [gemini]
        - prevented rendering gemini files in the message window when a toot
        is shown.
        - fixed parsing of quoted lines, an empty line can be a valid quote.
        - recognized gemlog's subtitle (if presents);
        - if VISUAL  or EDITOR contains  invalid editor's path  and no
          editor is specified in the configuration file print an error
          instead of jump to the debugger.

    - Improvements
      - When the  user try to authenticate  the program on a  server a
        success message is returned on the browser (thanks op!).
      - do not load  configuration files if command  line options '-h'
        or '-v' are used;
      - if no editor is specified in  the config file the program look
        for  values  of environment  variables  EDITOR  or VISUAL  and
        fallback to ed  if the variables are not setted  or have empty
        value;
      - improved appearance of the tree of available keybindings.

* 2021-05-06 version 0.7.0

  - New features
    - added "tour mode" to save a "temporary bookmark" of links as explained here:

      gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/solderpunk/gemlog/gemini-client-navigation.gmi

      As  an extension  of the  idea above  the command  accepts space
      separated list  of link index  or link  ranges (e.g: "5-7  1 2")
      but, if a list of number  is not recognized by the software, the
      input from user is used  as a regular expression matching either
      the link name or the link URI.

  - Bugfix
    - [gemini]
      - fixed crash  when opening a  gemini page longer than  one opened
        before.  When user  switched from a page to  another shorter the
        window scrolling position was not restored, pointing outside the
        actual text line counts;
      - Fixed  bug that  let users  stuck in  a loop  when going  back in
        history to an URI with a redirect;
      - fixed bug when  creating temporary  file, name was not unique;
      - fixed rendering of gemini page, there was problems wrapping text;
      - fixed bug that prevented to open a local file using a tilde as
        an alias for $HOME
    - prevented a  crash when  a search was  started but  not actually
      performed because of wrong input (i.e. empty input) and the user
      tried to open the link window

   - Improvements
     - [gemini]
       - Switched to a new capsule when searching geminispace

* 2021-04-17 version 0.6.2

  - Bugfix
    - completing a command argument with strings that contains special
      characters (like,  for example a  square bracket) no  more makes
      the program crash.

* 2021-04-16 version 0.6.1

  - Bugfix
    - [gemini]
      - Connecting to gemini URI using  IP address instead of hostname
        should be possible now;
      - Fixed  formatting of  preformatted  lines (a  bug was  cutting
        spaces from both ends of the line)

* 2021-04-15 version 0.6.0

  - New Features

    - exploring  local file system  (using  '-o'  option and  rendering
      gemtext files, of course!
    - added  more option  for choosing  how  to open  gemini links  or
      pleroma  attachments,  tinmop  or  an external  program  can  be
      chosen, see the configuration file for examples;
    - improved  rendering of  preformatted block  and quoted  lines of
      gemtext
    - [gemini] users can choose to  switch from showing alternate text
      (if exists) instead  of a preformatted text  blocks (default key
      for this feature is "t" when the message window got the focus);
    - removed some  control characters that could  cause troubles when
      rendering a text (thanks op and mutt people!)

  - Bugfix
    - fixed  incorrect  rendering of  matched  text  when searching  a
      string in the message window;
    - opening a module (option "-M") when "-o" (open a gemini address)
      option is used works now;

  - Improvements
    - rendering of gemini  pages should be a bit  faster, prevents the
      UI  from blocking  and should  not slow  down the  software when
      opening long pages.
    - added guix instruction for installing the software using guix;
    - improved   error   messages   when  a   problem   with   missing
      configuration files occurred.
    - improved program's quitting time.
    - fixed IRI  parsing (older  version failed to  parse "mailto:..."
      IRIs.

  - Breaking changes

    - [pleroma]  using  new version  of  chats  API, this  makes  this
      software incompatible with old version of pleroma server (< 2.3)
    - changed    'hooks:*before-prepare-for-rendering-message*    with
      'hooks:*before-rendering-message-text*.

* 2021-03-03 version 0.5.9

  - Breaking changes
    - The favicon.txt (gemini://mozz.us/files/rfc_gemini_favicon.gmi)
      is now disabled by default, user can enable setting the configuration directive
      'gemini.fetch.favicon' to 'yes'.
  - Improvements
    - Removed dependency on GNU AWK, any standard AWK implementation will
      be able to be used by the building script 'quick_quicklisp.sh'.

* 2021-02-20 version 0.5.3

  - Bugfix
    - The program crashed when started from the first time.

* 2021-02-19 version 0.5.2

  - New features
    - added configuration  directive to use  a specific program to  open
      a link (e.g. open all mp3 files with program mpv);
  - Misc
    - rendering of contents in the message window is faster;
    - Refactored  gemini   client  (made  more  easily   extensible  to
      accommodate changes in protocol in the future).

* 2021-01-21 version 0.5.1

  - New features
    - [gemini] added support for favicon.txt more or less as specified in
      gemini://mozz.us/files/rfc_gemini_favicon.gmi
      (it does render the first character of the file instead of checking
      for emoji characters);
    - made the text for toot's visibility level (as rendered in main window)
      configurable.
    - Bugfix
      - fixed many problems in gemlog subscriptions;
      - fixed regression: using client certificate for gemini capsules
        works again;
      For other bugfix, please check the changelog.
    - Misc
      - removed dependency form libidn2.

* 2021-01-10 version 0.5.0

  - New features
    - added subscriptions to gemlog  according to the following gemini
      specification:
      gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/docs/companion/subscription.gmi
    - Bugfix
      - Fixed configure scripts and several problems related to wrapping libidn2.
      - Building the  program from sources  should not fails  anymore on
        debian stable and *BSD.
      - it is possible  to use the program as a  gemini client without
        configure a connection with a pleroma server;

* 2020-12-31 version 0.4.2

 - Bugfix
   - Removed lag when scrolling the main window
 - New modules
   - Added a module to rewrite URLs in main and link windows.

* 2020-12-30 version 0.4.1

 - New features
  - allow repeat search on links window's items;
  - updated Italian translation;
  - added a command to send data to an external program.
 - Bugfix
   - fixed a  bug that  caused a redirect  loop when  accessing gemini
     pages with a  path components of URL that terminate  with a slash
     (e.g. ~.../foo/bar/~).

* 2020-12-29 version 0.4.0

  - New features
    - added a command to repeat the last performed search;
    - "new-line" (aka 'enter') key can be used to scroll main window;
    - [gemini] added a command to refresh a page;
  - Modules
    - added a module to share a gemini link on pleroma.
  - Scripts
    - added a simple script for a welcome bot.
  - Bugfix
    - fixed IRI parsing and encoding/normalizing;
    - fixed false positive for new message on subscribed tags;
    - [gemini] fixed bug that prevented visit the same link more than
      once;
    - fixed bugs that prevented following of users whit no messages in
      local database;
    - fixed ~quick_quicklisp.sh~ building script (thanks to Ben!).
  - Documentation
    - updated manpage.

* 2020-12-14 version 0.3.3

  This version switched from URI to IRI to resolve DNS names.

  This means  that users can uses  UTF-8 characters in host  name when
  resolving a gemini address.

* 2020-12-11

  This is  a bugfix release  that allows  tinmop to compile  and works
  with newer SBCL compiler.

  Also fixed  a problem  that made  the user stuck  if trying  to quit
  keeping messages marked for deletion.

* 2020-10-25

  Gemini browser got client authentication support.

* 2020-10-01

  Several improvements to the gemini browser added.

  Also a  bug that made the  program crash when getting  mentions from
  the server has been fixed.

  The command line switch "-m"  to get notification when mentioned did
  not works at all and has been fixed.

* 2020-09-19

  Added adding an optional mention when composing a message.
  Fixed a bug that made the message composition window to disappear
  before actually sending the message.

* 2020-09-12

  Added support for pleroma chat.
  Added managing of gemini streams. A gemini window allow to abort,
  rendering/opening of gemini connection while streaming.

* 2020-08-30

  Added a  window to manage all  the gemini streams opened.   The user
  can ispect the status o all the streams as well abort or open them.

* 2020-08-19

  The gemini  client could  now manage  secret input  if asked  by the
  server.

  Secret input here means that a placeholder character is printed on
  the  screen  instead of  the  character  corresponding to  the  key
  pressed by the user (like a password input).

* 2020-07-17

  The gemini client fetch documents from remote server in a concurrent
  way  now.  This way  streamed  contents  could be  accessed  without
  blocking the client.

* 2020-07-17

  Prevented  a crash  if an  invalid regular  expression is  used when
  searching in a message window.

* 2020-07-15

  This version fixes some bugs in gemini page rendering and add an
  option to display the source of a page.

* 2020-07-08

  This version improves appearance of  gemini page rendering and fixed
  a bug in a command line switch.

* 2020-07-04

  Fixed some bugs in gemini viewer.
  Corrected expansion of retooted messages.

* 2020-06-29

  - improved  gemini navigation.   It  is  possible to  go  back in  a
    previous viewed address or open an arbitrary URL.

* 2020-06-22

  - The software includes a gemini client

* 2020-06-13

  - Fixed bugs when fetching messages that made the program crashed.

* 2020-06-12

  - the downloading of messages should  be faster but now some threads
    do not get automatic expansions.  Thread messages expansion can be
    requested with a command, bound - by default- to "R".

* 2020-06-11
  - The software try to skips over statuses authored from an ignored user
  - in the configuration file the directive
    + ~ignore-user-regexp~  can be used  in the configuration  file to
      ignore users;  the value  of this variable  should be  a regular
      expression that  should matches the  username, if a  match occurs
      the user is ignored.


* 2020-06-07

  - version 0.0.4
    - Added polls voting;
    - added the possibility to force expanding of a message tree;
    - added  optional notification  of  statuses  mentioning the  user
      (--notify-mentions);
    - many bug fixed.

* 2020-05-18
  Added the reset of timeline pagination from command line.

* 2020-05-17
  Added a window to browse the links a status contains

* 2020-05-15
  Initial release