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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 class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-20 05:49:21 +0000'>2005-04-20</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_SimpleLCD.c?h=master&amp;id=024363f46c5257d74e90b4bd737772b70049f4da&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-20 05:49:21 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-44</span>/<span class='insertions'>+125</span></td></tr>
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Changed the code to add some VT100-compatible control sequences (see the comments above).
A configfile boolean option 'VT100_Support' (default to 1) indicate if the display in
used support these control-sequences or not.

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@530 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-09 07:36:42 +0000'>2005-04-09</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_LCDLinux.h?h=master&amp;id=1f139b5afd67194f363bb4f92b2300c2deed629e&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-09 07:36:42 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-17</span>/<span class='insertions'>+99</span></td></tr>
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updated LCD-Linux driver to version 0.8.8

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@529 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-05 06:57:41 +0000'>2005-04-05</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=3b55000a09e59b2ee620e01b8dd4e383fe4b43dc&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-05 06:57:39 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-34</span>/<span class='insertions'>+34</span></td></tr>
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AC_CHECK_HEADERS corrected

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@528 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-05 05:12:57 +0000'>2005-04-05</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=8621c074afa688d5019818bdf44c14cdf53f1aa6&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-05 05:12:48 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-407</span>/<span class='insertions'>+33</span></td></tr>
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i2c patch from Paul (still does not work here :-(

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@527 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-05 04:46:06 +0000'>2005-04-05</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_math.c?h=master&amp;id=add33a2a7f689611d2b76029a0d5597281f684bc&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-05 04:46:06 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+20</span></td></tr>
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ceil/floor patch from Maxime

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@526 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-04 20:11:14 +0000'>2005-04-04</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_imon.c?h=master&amp;id=c49672b6b89a02dd5ed9c5203b534f8bd6e07509&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-04 20:11:14 by nicowallmeier]</a></td><td>nicowallmeier</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+6</span></td></tr>
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to be compatible with gcc 2.95

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@525 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-03 07:07:51 +0000'>2005-04-03</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=118d85d597ffa77ca2d53b01c1dc5295f11c5f2c&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-03 07:07:43 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>8</td><td><span class='deletions'>-9</span>/<span class='insertions'>+152</span></td></tr>
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added statfs plugin

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@524 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-02 05:28:58 +0000'>2005-04-02</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_USBLCD.c?h=master&amp;id=a6a03faa860233ec2b2d13abbb14bd9661a61222&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-02 05:28:58 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-19</span>/<span class='insertions'>+27</span></td></tr>
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fixed gcc4 warnings about signed/unsigned mismatches

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@523 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-04-01 05:16:04 +0000'>2005-04-01</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_pop3.c?h=master&amp;id=db07da0b72602a70c23ed10e4bface19ed029bc8&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-04-01 05:16:04 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>5</td><td><span class='deletions'>-584</span>/<span class='insertions'>+694</span></td></tr>
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moved plugin init stuff to a seperate function called on first use

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@522 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-03-30 04:57:50 +0000'>2005-03-30</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_cfg.c?h=master&amp;id=f650bc134e5e1db71498bd4504a98331a99993d2&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-03-30 04:57:50 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-23</span>/<span class='insertions'>+67</span></td></tr>
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Evaluator speedup: use bsearch for finding functions and variables

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@521 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-03-28 22:29:23 +0000'>2005-03-28</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_HD44780.c?h=master&amp;id=5985c204a32bd6b9f69646dbe6110ffa0c55651b&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-03-28 22:29:23 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-250</span>/<span class='insertions'>+346</span></td></tr>
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HD44780 multiple displays patch from geronet

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@520 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-03-28 19:39:23 +0000'>2005-03-28</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_i2c.h?h=master&amp;id=36b9cd6acd0607f0b9ae8b58ef74a12786faf938&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-03-28 19:39:14 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-256</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1147</span></td></tr>
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HD44780/I2C patch from Luis merged (still does not work for me)

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@519 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-03-25 15:44:43 +0000'>2005-03-25</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_HD44780.c?h=master&amp;id=b6dd247d8ae45694367c16be7fae65f084a18961&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-03-25 15:44:43 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+5</span></td></tr>
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HD44780 Backlight fixed (thanks to geronet)

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@518 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-03-23 12:23:35 +0000'>2005-03-23</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_Crystalfontz.c?h=master&amp;id=93f4190b076c528589fe1f32a10b4ce346e999fe&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-03-23 12:23:35 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-27</span>/<span class='insertions'>+32</span></td></tr>
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fixed some signed/unsigned char mismatches in the Crystalfontz driver (ticket #12)

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@517 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-02-24 07:07:55 +0000'>2005-02-24</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/ChangeLog?h=master&amp;id=ff0c5aa7ccb600afb68af5f4c865ab2a3c91630a&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-02-24 07:07:55 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+53</span></td></tr>
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ChangeLog

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@516 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-02-24 07:06:48 +0000'>2005-02-24</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=b8d041d37641f40b4a093fb0e712f6dbd12f662b&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-02-24 07:06:45 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>11</td><td><span class='deletions'>-28</span>/<span class='insertions'>+347</span></td></tr>
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SimpleLCD driver added

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@515 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-02-24 06:51:40 +0000'>2005-02-24</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_LCDLinux.c?h=master&amp;id=865a7df05b49209d0551a4df87fceba434d3cb2c&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-02-24 06:51:40 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+5</span></td></tr>
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LCD-Linux driver GOTO_COST corrected

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@514 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-30 06:43:22 +0000'>2005-01-30</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=a086667aad27e4a615bf5f521a516ef533dd9618&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-30 06:43:22 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-69</span>/<span class='insertions'>+95</span></td></tr>
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driver for LCD-Linux finished

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@513 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-29 09:30:56 +0000'>2005-01-29</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_HD44780.c?h=master&amp;id=575f363d88d793449679641941bd42f5b50d3503&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-29 09:30:56 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-8</span>/<span class='insertions'>+11</span></td></tr>
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minor HD44780 cleanups

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@512 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-22 22:57:57 +0000'>2005-01-22</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=620568e08f7e1e7be5d3be85643f821cdcca897b&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-22 22:57:57 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-47</span>/<span class='insertions'>+382</span></td></tr>
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LCD-Linux driver added

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@511 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-22 12:44:41 +0000'>2005-01-22</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_MatrixOrbital.c?h=master&amp;id=4b6f7fb1f11af97b369feb39aa4c4ac16252045a&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-22 12:44:41 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+6</span></td></tr>
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MatrixOrbital backlight micro-fix

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@510 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-18 06:30:24 +0000'>2005-01-18</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/widget_text.h?h=master&amp;id=ae6d2a0a265f41e9c9773d61dcf16da3653b674e&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-18 06:30:21 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>89</td><td><span class='deletions'>-261</span>/<span class='insertions'>+603</span></td></tr>
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added (C) to all copyright statements

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@509 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-17 06:38:48 +0000'>2005-01-17</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_HD44780.c?h=master&amp;id=1f29316bdf4df65aed92770d0c440e0984ef1086&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-17 06:38:48 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+6</span></td></tr>
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info about backlight and brightness

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@508 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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<tr class='logheader'><td><span title='2005-01-17 06:29:25 +0000'>2005-01-17</span></td><td class='logsubject'><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=f25e145be4d7ebe0c3b6803acf8521d5b2d8b1a1&amp;follow=1'>[lcd4linux @ 2005-01-17 06:29:24 by reinelt]</a></td><td>reinelt</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-33</span>/<span class='insertions'>+85</span></td></tr>
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added software-controlled backlight support to HD44780

git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@507 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-b409-cd5a39f66f1f


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