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Versions numbered between 1.5.0 and 1.9.9 are interim releases. No major
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features are planned for these; only tweaks and fixes.
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Version 2.0 is much cooler, but I haven't had time to work on it. If
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you send me email, I _will_ read it, but it may take me awhile to get to it,
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and I may not answer. Please don't be offended. I really regret having
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to release code that is such a mess. I should have wrote the code from
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scratch, rather than built it upon the original BSD code (which is a mess
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itself!).
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I apologize in advance for bugs I fixed in 2.0 but forgot to re-fix
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in these interim releases (I think I got'em all, though).
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Here is a list of things that are in the 2.0 code but not this version:
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* Easy-to-read, better organized, commented code.
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* Using my own "style guide," so source is coded uniformly.
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* Unlimited global macros. These are really nice! They take arguments,
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so you can make mini-scripts. The macros can be typed as if they
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were commands; no more $macroname crap.
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* No-longer using .netrc and it's format. This was necessary for the
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global macros anyway, and it allowed me to add some other features,
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like host aliases. Old .netrc's won't work. Sorry!
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* Improved command line parser, that lets any command use > and |, so
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it behaves like a real shell command line (almost).
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* Improved 'redir' that works automatically, can reformat listings with
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different ls flags, all without refetching it over the network. It
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will also facilitate remote globbing... AND remote filename completion!
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* Many little things I can't begin to list.
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Keep that in mind if you want to make a feature enhancement. I'm telling
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you this now so you don't spend your time programming something that is
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already done for the 2.0 release. Also note that patches would
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have to be re-coded for 2.0. (The gist is that you should wait until
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2.0 is done before doing anything major).
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