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+0.7.3 (2011-12-22)
+--------------------
+ * Scan window:
+ - items are now sorted first by channel (ascending) then by signal
+ strength (descending), as before
+ - using one line per entry doubled the capacity of the scan window
+ - refresh interval is made configurable (via 'Statistics updates')
+ * Configuration screen:
+ - memorizes the last-changed item to ease longer configuration tasks
+ * Fixes:
+ - better (cleaner) termination on error
+ - fixed clear-line refresh in info screen
+ - fixed bug in generator for random link quality (causing negative values)
+ - reverted using separate process group (problems when running under sudo)
+ - miscellaneous code reordering to decouple functional units
+
+--------------------
+0.7.2 (2011-02-25)
+--------------------
+ * General:
+ - support SIGWINCH for resizing (thanks to Koniu)
+ - reorganized screen handling to support resizing
+ - make geometry checking optional and off by default
+ - allow suspending wavemon (CTRL-Z) on most screens
+ * Info screen:
+ - suppress obvious broadcast address (deriving from prefix)
+ - special case for "no interface address assigned"
+ - display interface MTU if different from the default value
+ - show interface flags and TX queue length if enough space
+ * Scan window:
+ - set up enable interface if it is down (otherwise no scan)
+ - drop support for wireless extensions < 18 (minimum requirement)
+ - clean up child scan process on error (avoid garbled screen)
+ * Configuration screen:
+ - support 'Cisco-style' MAC addresses (dots rather than colons)
+ * Fixes:
+ - do not report zero bitrates (Info screen, 802.11n interface)
+ - remove unused timer in Scan window (data sampling is now
+ confined to info/histogram screens)
+ - fixed various compiler warnings
+ - fixed several problems in and improved the random generator
+ - use sigaction() rather than signal()
+ - miscellaneous reorganization of the configuration menu code
+
+--------------------
+0.7.1 (2010-12-24)
+--------------------
+ * Scan window:
+ - improved and more consistent formatting of entries
+ - better responsiveness by running scan operation as child process
+ * Security capabilities:
+ - display capabilities supported by the driver
+ - display current and available key sizes
+ - decode relevant IE information
+ * check and warn about insufficient permissions (CAP_NET_ADMIN) that
+ are required for several wireless operations (e.g. scanning)
+ * Bug Fixes:
+ - avoid triggering assertion on large screens
+ - require minimum version (18) of the wireless extensions
+ - better clearing of info screen
+ - various cleanups
+ * overhaul of manpages
+
+--------------------
+0.7.0 (2010-10-18)
+--------------------
+ * NEW Scan Window: this replaces the old access point screen. It displays
+ a sorted list (in descending order of signal quality) of access points
+ and other wireless clients within range, periodically refreshed at a
+ configurable rate.
+ * Access Point screen: finally deprecated this - the SIOCGIWAPLIST
+ ioctl itself is deprecated and works only on some older kernels.
+ * Info Window: clear screen to erase stale data.
+ * Bug Fixes: fixed a compiler warning in string-tolower operation.
+
+--------------------
+0.6.11 (2010-06-14)
+--------------------
+ * Info screen:
+ - fixed a bug in the freq/channel display: some drivers, such as ipw2100,
+ only return the channel number, requiring to look up the frequency;
+ - added a warning to indicate the absence of data from the interface.
+ * Histogram screen:
+ Tag the grid lines with the corresponding dBm levels:
+ - no levels are shown if there is no valid interface data (screen empty);
+ - level tags are restricted to the signal level graph only:
+ o if both signal and noise level data are valid, there are three graphs
+ (signal level, noise level, SNR), which would cause ambiguity,
+ o many cards (e.g. ath5k, rt73usb, iwl3945) do not supply noise data,
+ so that the histogram screen will then only contain the level graph;
+ - since the scale is adjustable, while the grid lines are fixed, the tags
+ are dynamically recomputed based on the y position and current scale;
+ - the min/max bounds of the scale are also shown.
+ Thanks to Sean Muir for this suggestion.
+ * Updated manpage regarding access point screen; as soon there is time, the
+ outdated and restricted SIOCGIWAPLIST ioctl should be replaced by a scan.
+
+--------------------
0.6.10 (2009-10-25)
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* Bug Fixes: