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lcd4linux-0.98

- improved signal-handling: lcd4linux can be restarted by sending a SIGHUP

- lcd4linux uses syslog for messages/warnings etc.

- support for GPO's (general purpose outputs, e.g. to connect a LED)
  The MatroxOrbital Displays have one GPO, and you can connect up to eight
  LED's to the parallel port using two IC's (see README.HD44780.GPO)

- new delay loop for parallel port displays: uses either gettimeofday() or
  rdtsc (time stamp counter on newer processors). This delay needs no longer
  a calibration! The 'Delay'-entry in lcd4linux.conf has gone.

- new raster driver for PNG creation

- new curses-based text driver

- security: lcd4linux.conf must have the same user/group than the executable, 
  and must not me accesible by group and other (i.e. mode 0600). This is 
  necessary because lcd4linux.conf can contain usernames and passwords for 
  POP and IMAP queries.

- support for plugins: new token 'x1'..'x9' for externel programs

- new token 'ic' (ISDN connected/offline, mainly for a LED connected to a GPO)

- APM client: new tokens 'bp', 'bs', 'bd' (battery percentage, status and 
  duration)

- mail client: new tokens 'e1'..'e9' for counting emails in local mailboxes

- new configure-options '--with-drivers=<list>', so you can compile a minimal
  executable which contains only the drivers you need.

- seti@home client: new tokens 'hc' (% completed) and 'ht' (cpu time needed)

- simple web-server driver (see README.Webinterface)

- uses new (kernel 2.4) ppdev system to access parallel port via ioctl()

- mail suport for pop3 and imap4, token 'u1' ..'u9' show unseen mail
  (which is propably incorrect for normal mbox)

- added another verbose level (-vvv) for debugging socket traffic

- added nntp support for count of news/unread messages in subscribed NGs

- implemented time series bar '$t'
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<tr><td><span title='2012-01-08 08:25:54 +0000'>2012-01-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?id=33d1f71e7eb46279fd57c4a7ae853c78d0a6bdfb&amp;follow=1'>DPF driver by Stefan Kuhne 8note that you need libdpf)</a></td><td>michael</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+337</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2012-01-08 08:14:32 +0000'>2012-01-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/Makefile.am?id=0b52f082263265ed4118ebc8cc2a9c80d920df5c&amp;follow=1'>[PATCH 2/2] gcc warnings by Jonathan McCrohan</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2012-01-08 08:14:04 +0000'>2012-01-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_qnaplog.c?id=d63168bd84bc42190075fe5ce0ba7124d00e44ef&amp;follow=1'>ATCH 1/2] gcc warnings by Jonathan McCrohan</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-26 06:28:05 +0000'>2011-12-26</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?id=b225453a3f4145f8e30c9a5ce5c5441e2337b39e&amp;follow=1'>old ancient legacy port access disabled by default</a></td><td>michael</td><td>6</td><td><span class='deletions'>-162</span>/<span class='insertions'>+491</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-22 10:48:01 +0000'>2011-12-22</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/widget_timer.h?id=67c14024676121002c6373742d196e2f96af6f96&amp;follow=1'>All compilation related issues in the headers have been fixed. Now each heade...</a></td><td>mjona</td><td>10</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+11</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-09 03:16:17 +0000'>2011-12-09</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?id=2362171db08c991723ff6f8bb7107d134aa96182&amp;follow=1'>Replaced parameter NoPowerCycle with PowerCycle</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-5</span>/<span class='insertions'>+5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-09 03:08:20 +0000'>2011-12-09</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?id=4b251367af14f98cef3bffd72ea1c8887d5eaac9&amp;follow=1'>Blit speedup, switch PICASO back to 9600 baud when exiting</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-47</span>/<span class='insertions'>+46</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-08 16:16:08 +0000'>2011-12-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?id=27da4769fd488b7dd860e88655542cbc4fbf04c1&amp;follow=1'>Removed compiler warning</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-12-08 15:51:23 +0000'>2011-12-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?id=5d473ec959cc50248277d7b48cf3b1240be08877&amp;follow=1'>SGC support</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-111</span>/<span class='insertions'>+254</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-08-31 22:00:29 +0000'>2011-08-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/svn_version.h?id=288cd40479d68babcc9b7b9c664de64e3fa66e95&amp;follow=1'>Fix spelling errors. Flagged by Debian lintian check</a></td><td>jmccrohan</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-28 02:09:16 +0000'>2011-07-28</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?id=6b6d1d868a0c3fc1bca2dee73adf4a14e1698c38&amp;follow=1'>driver for Futaba MDM166A Graphic(96x16) vf-displays by Andreas Brachold</a></td><td>michael</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+684</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 05:58:08 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_i2c.h?id=6eec23d6f438845b1a646790a83be3053bc194bc&amp;follow=1'>driver for Newhaven's NHD‐0420D3Z‐FL‐GBW. 4x20 LCD by Rusty Clarkson</a></td><td>michael</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+573</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 05:41:42 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_graphic.c?id=2949be131a5cc198e3f6ec17a0b59e41a746349a&amp;follow=1'>indentation :-(</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 05:41:22 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_graphic.c?id=e6130f4f65e122c49dc9ec5fb87645750c73fc75&amp;follow=1'>magic bold escape char by Andrew Thompson</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+9</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 05:39:37 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drivers.m4?id=bd2948ce2f83dfac5095f9cefc80b76e402198c2&amp;follow=1'>picoLCDGraphics needs keypad linked</a></td><td>michael</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 05:12:30 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/thread.c?id=7318d07f8950d3469d76537ce1d96f863085ba7c&amp;follow=1'>various compiler warnings fixed</a></td><td>michael</td><td>13</td><td><span class='deletions'>-60</span>/<span class='insertions'>+39</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 04:21:44 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/configure?id=616665a32d0e4eb368c6346168e91cfeda42583f&amp;follow=1'>Autoconf 2.68</a></td><td>michael</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1455</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2751</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 04:19:37 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?id=a6019b167131c976abdc8fbc3fb1c6db3fcaffdf&amp;follow=1'>run smoketest on all of my 8 cores</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:53:04 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_mpd.c?id=2a765ae84de7c91c424a7fc220e326bf33985665&amp;follow=1'>indentation</a></td><td>michael</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-330</span>/<span class='insertions'>+320</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:36:25 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?id=48ea1dd640e3bce5eae985ca542b7ef4d543bc6b&amp;follow=1'>patch to replace outdate library libmpd with recent library libmpdclient from...</a></td><td>michael</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-240</span>/<span class='insertions'>+427</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:21:48 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?id=22169050ad234f868ff030d49964673e0a5ba8b1&amp;follow=1'>lcd4linux-wireless.patch from Hans de Goede</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:20:51 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_st2205.c?id=0fe9009287dfe71ba74df0793b874fd47a2df525&amp;follow=1'>st2205-width-height-swap.patch from Hans de Goede</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:19:58 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_i2c_sensors.c?id=f86dd50a614e0666e2c61331bee684d1a519562b&amp;follow=1'>hwmon patch from Hans de Goede</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+14</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-07-27 02:14:11 +0000'>2011-07-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_MatrixOrbital.c?id=1d611354c3a8bf7de4c487fe4af7f72778035477&amp;follow=1'>patch to support SureElectronicsDE-LD023 from Matt Joice</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+16</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-05-06 18:21:47 +0000'>2011-05-06</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_GLCD2USB.c?id=7fc8ef21bd019295cd73c9d805af727083dcc2be&amp;follow=1'>Fixed keypad widget in GLCD2USB</a></td><td>harbaum</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-02-12 22:46:19 +0000'>2011-02-12</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.c?id=f17287509f698f21f38ae047a306ddca3fc13140&amp;follow=1'>timer.c: fixed detection of positive clock skew (and some typos)</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-10</span>/<span class='insertions'>+10</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-23 22:45:46 +0000'>2011-01-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.c?id=5e69b1e3961ee896d44107c05650c915d9b24298&amp;follow=1'>timer.c: fixed clock skew detection</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-26</span>/<span class='insertions'>+46</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-23 17:01:08 +0000'>2011-01-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.c?id=c15760b9e502d12e4905ef898e9694436ec3bde3&amp;follow=1'>timer.c: skip intermediate timer intervals</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-16</span>/<span class='insertions'>+46</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-05 03:49:07 +0000'>2011-01-05</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_MatrixOrbital.c?id=72e1f7501bd6806022b7a33e1424ea2cc7fa4059&amp;follow=1'>fix for a bug introduced in the DE-LD021 driver</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-04 01:58:59 +0000'>2011-01-04</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.c?id=f95cad51ea998c6febe30b9da74bd2852449d3c1&amp;follow=1'>indentation</a></td><td>michael</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-04 01:58:25 +0000'>2011-01-04</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_MatrixOrbital.c?id=0da867144a9cc418a2311efa816efcbdef7df70a&amp;follow=1'>support for Sure Electronics DE-LD021 by Natanael Olaiz</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-10</span>/<span class='insertions'>+8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2011-01-02 00:39:10 +0000'>2011-01-02</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?id=8dd087e587f0a84ab9b30965d085e65efdb57715&amp;follow=1'>driver for EFN LED modules by Tilman Glötzner</a></td><td>michael</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-21</span>/<span class='insertions'>+469</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2010-11-28 16:07:16 +0000'>2010-11-28</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer_group.h?id=475fdb43971a24c01db6d8bf5cb4351eb6b76cfe&amp;follow=1'>commented, corrected and beautified both timer and timer group code</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>11</td><td><span class='deletions'>-197</span>/<span class='insertions'>+511</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2010-11-27 14:35:10 +0000'>2010-11-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.h?id=00db296b07befe1b511af73b00303c536cea0c6c&amp;follow=1'>finished commenting the timer code</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-46</span>/<span class='insertions'>+138</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2010-11-20 20:22:05 +0000'>2010-11-20</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/timer.h?id=20e4961f9eb3ea712a4d101d5984a6e0e68a23bd&amp;follow=1'>started commenting the timer code</a></td><td>mzuther</td><td>5</td><td><span class='deletions'>-52</span>/<span class='insertions'>+170</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2010-11-19 09:02:34 +0000'>2010-11-19</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?id=4447e1d46ca5cdb1839c9ece0426fd26db1b2817&amp;follow=1'>Added brightness support for GLCD2USB</a></td><td>harbaum</td><td>5</td><td><span class='deletions'>-28</span>/<span class='insertions'>+8014</span></td></tr>