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# ChangeLog for lesspipe.sh						   #
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Version 0.1 May 25, 1997
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- First public release.

Version 0.2 Nov 20, 1998
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- Be more verbose for special files.

Version 0.3 Aug  6, 1999
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- Add bzip2 support.

Version 0.4 Jan 16, 2000
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- Add RPM support, better documentation.


Version 1.0 Feb 16, 2000
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- Complete rewrite to allow recursive unpacking.

Version 1.01 Mar 14, 2000
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- First attempt to handle filenames with spaces.

Version 1.02 Apr 12, 2000
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- Bugs in RPM handling corrected (relocatable RPM's).

Version 1.03 May  2, 2000
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- Bug in handling filenames with spaces corrected.

Version 1.04 Jun 18, 2000
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-  Variable separator character, better colon handling.

Version 1.05 Jan 24, 2001
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- Add support for Debian packages by Michael Wiedmann <mw@miwie.in-berlin.de>.
- Add MS Word support via 'antiword' by Florian Cramer
  <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de>.

Version 1.10 Feb 19, 2001
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- use Lynx instead of w3m as proposed by Heinrich Kuettler <ql.heiner@web.de>.
- Add support for PDF-Files via 'pdftotext' by Derek B. Noonburg
  <derekn@foolabs.com>
- Change format of first line in output (replace '='s by '==>').
- use configure to customize lesspipe.sh for local computer
- add support for ASCII-art by Florian Cramer <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de>.
  (very experimental, therefore commented out)
Version 1.20 Aug 6, 2001
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- Add support for removable media via the /dev/xxx files (e.g. tar files on
  tapes, floppies) example: less /dev/fd0
- Add support for unmounted DOS Filesystems using the mtools command suite
  via the /dev/xxx files. Example: less /dev/fd0
- determine version of 'file' program and configure lesspipe.sh accordingly
- some cleanup of configure script
Version 1.21 Aug 8, 2001
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- recognize file type "... text executable" as text, not as binary
Version 1.22 Aug 10, 2001
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- w3m uses internally less, refuse to convert html unless called from less
Version 1.23 Oct 30, 2001
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- call ps -up to have a trailing blank after less in the ps output (case HTML)
- generate a simple Makefile, rudimentary options for configure
Version 1.30 Nov 21, 2001
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- add support for Rich Text Format (RTF).
- modify the highly experimental support for ASCII-art (still commented out)
  both modifications proposed by Florian Cramer <cantsin@zedat.fu-berlin.de>.
- the configure script now checks for a working shell
- added more extended english documentation (english.txt)
Version 1.31 Dec 12, 2001
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- add option --yes to configure to allow for unattended installation
- more generic Makefile (both by Philippe DEFERT <philippe.defert@cern.ch>)
- corrected a bug that prevented HTML filtering for (t)csh users
Version 1.32 Jan 17, 2002
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- add support for Postscript and DVI format
- enhance the processing of *roff files (.me and .ms files, respect LANG=jp)
- added support for the files compressed with pack
- minor change in RPM output
  (changes inspired by lessopen.sh in SuSE Linux 7.3)
- change in configure script to check more precisely for shell versions

