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lcd4linux-0.98

- improved signal-handling: lcd4linux can be restarted by sendig 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
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-07-01 23:04:15 +0100'>2013-07-01</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/debian/changelog?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=52224fa93b020c302da35800cf25b0d6e7fb50d1&amp;follow=1'>New upstream release (v1.2)</a></td><td>Jonathan McCrohan</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-07-01 00:31:12 +0100'>2013-07-01</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/debian/watch?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=081445aa23df71007f42ded9932874e345647dbd&amp;follow=1'>Switch from git snapshots to upstream tarball releases</a></td><td>Jonathan McCrohan</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-07-01 00:19:19 +0100'>2013-07-01</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/debian/control?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=1189c1b63e780233c411edad79b87c904d10515a&amp;follow=1'>Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4</a></td><td>Jonathan McCrohan</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+8</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-05-20 16:51:29 -0700'>2013-05-20</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/Makefile?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=89c5bc80e8051340bb10219af4c3afe02731e8cd&amp;follow=1'>Version bump</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+6</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-05-20 16:49:53 -0700'>2013-05-20</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=fca462d02b8e6a366b4080843d9e23d23fc510f5&amp;follow=1'>Rename animation.h to animation.c</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
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This fixes a meta-bug with github showing nyancat as being Objective C.


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-26 23:19:14 -0700'>2013-03-26</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=7822b31b35a3195be30cbfebe0646376b666763c&amp;follow=1'>Remove legacy toaruos compatibility</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-24</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-14 22:20:51 +0000'>2013-03-14</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/debian/changelog?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=cd5a2857178995a78133b62274bb835eca1e5926&amp;follow=1'>Release 1.1+git20130307.43097eb-1</a><span class='decoration'><a class='tag-annotated-deco' href='/debian/nyancat.git/tag/?h=debian/1.1%2bgit20130307.43097eb-1'>debian/1.1+git20130307.43097eb-1</a></span></td><td>Jonathan McCrohan</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-14 22:19:34 +0000'>2013-03-14</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/debian/changelog?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=e026cc606e2ca4e76bab8a1e1f4d06ed6ef2ee3b&amp;follow=1'>Update changelog regarding 1.1+git20130307.43097eb-1</a></td><td>Jonathan McCrohan</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+11</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-07 19:54:32 -0800'>2013-03-07</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=43097ebfc2bc9bc0f721f5f80dc1aede1f7e10d7&amp;follow=1'>Ah, right, yes.</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+3</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-07 19:48:47 -0800'>2013-03-07</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=4960f3ff2fc7c4313df1980d5c4f0a3c5fec48aa&amp;follow=1'>Hm, or not.</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+0</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-07 19:47:03 -0800'>2013-03-07</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=4f4d5d418a0e060b8c6418995088eeec39b54c35&amp;follow=1'>Reset alarm before setting to 2secs</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2013-03-07 19:43:48 -0800'>2013-03-07</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/debian/nyancat.git/commit/src/nyancat.c?h=debian/1.2-1&amp;id=634c7d3e97c5bda9635815a55eb7294c3eb0ac62&amp;follow=1'>Set alarm for extended options.</a></td><td>Kevin Lange</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
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Instead of clearing the alarm, set it to two seconds;
Previously, this could, potentially, not finish at all on some telnet
clients, which is definitely bad. This is a reasonable workaround.


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