personalunixhacks/rover/CHANGES.md

Change Log

[1.0.0] - 2017-05-07

New Features

• Add 'y' & 'p' to copy & paste location.
  • Use $CLIP file as clipboard, when defined.
• Add 'E' command to toggle execute permission of file.
• Allow user to set Rover-specific programs, e.g. $ROVER_SHELL.
• Refresh directory listing on SIGUSR1 signal.
• Show directory path while loading.

Bug Fixes

• Fix bug that prevented opening file with space in its name.
• Fix file mode of installed manpage.

[0.4.2] - 2016-06-04

Note: The helper script rover.sh has been removed in this release. Its contents were included in the new FAQ.md file, along with an explanation.

New Features

• Add 'o' to open file with $ROVER_OPEN.
• Add 't' to navigate to link target.

Bug Fixes

• Honor LDFLAGS in Makefile.

[0.4.1] - 2016-01-03

New Features

• Add --save-marks option to save pathname of marked entries upon exit.
• Add option to use a shell to launch external programs more flexibly.
  • e.g. PAGER="less 2> /dev/null -N" rover

Bug Fixes

• Fix file operations on symbolic links.
  • Don't dereference symlinks when copying.
  • Don't dereference symlinks to directories during batch operations.
• Fix build error on platforms that disable SIGWINCH in the name of POSIX.

[0.4.0] - 2015-08-21

Important changes in default configuration

• The key for "delete selected file or (empty) directory" is now 'D'.
  • The old key ('x') was too similar to "delete all marked entries" ('X').
• The keys for "refresh listing" & "rename" were swapped to 'r' & 'R', resp.
  • This is more consistent, keeping file operations on uppercase keys.

New Features

• Considerably improved status messages.
  • "Moving..." (or similar) instead of "Processing...".
  • ""foo.txt" already exists" (or similar) instead if "File already exists.".
• Show progress during batch processing (e.g. "Moving...63%").
• Update directory listing as it is affected by batch operations.
• Add optional alert to inform that a batch operation has finished.
• Support color customization of other kinds of files.
  • Each file type described in stat(2) can now have its own color.
  • Executable files can also have their own color.

Bug Fixes

• Check if directory is accessible before changing the current path.
• Fix crash on long path names.
• Show long status messages partially, instead of nothing at all.
• Fix some scrollbar-related issues.

[0.3.0] - 2015-06-21

New Features

• Unicode support.
• New commands 'g' & 'G' to jump to top & bottom of listing.
• New option --save-cwd to save last visited path to a file before exiting.
• New helper script rover.sh to use Rover as "interactive cd".

Bug Fixes

• Handle symbolic links to directories as such, rather than regular files.
• Add missing make target for uninstalling Rover.
• Fix unsafe behavior on terminal resizing.

[0.2.0] - 2015-06-03

New Features

• Better line editing (for search, rename, etc):
  • Allow cursor movement, insertion and deletion.
  • Horizontal scrolling for long lines in small terminals.
• New command 'R' to refresh directory listing.
• New command 'x' to delete selected file or (empty) directory.
• Show file sizes in human readable format ("1.4 K" instead of "1394").
• Set environment variable $RVSEL to selection before running a subprocess.

[0.1.1] - 2015-04-17

Bug Fixes

• Fix flashing on slow terminals.
• Fix crash on terminal resizing during subprocess execution.
• Accept relative paths as arguments.
• Don't overwrite default background color.
• When listing symbolic links, show link size instead of target size.
• Remove possible buffer overflows.

[0.1.0] - 2015-03-07

First version.