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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='2008-12-31 06:28:56 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_netinfo.c?h=master&amp;id=9798fe8cbee8d9b26fdbd5167f2b46be574ec140&amp;follow=1'>ported r838 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-18</span>/<span class='insertions'>+34</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:28:11 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/widget.c?h=master&amp;id=509ea3a22fa798ad2f4b506bda5d6bd2eaa6e400&amp;follow=1'>ported r837 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+18</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:26:23 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_netinfo.c?h=master&amp;id=51eb1ecfa9ab1faa133ceed79ace85922a5fb1fe&amp;follow=1'>ported r835 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-6</span>/<span class='insertions'>+35</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:24:35 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_serdisplib.c?h=master&amp;id=a40840b2ff5ed97a31c4d8a10b74d492038bfc2c&amp;follow=1'>ported r834 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+26</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:24:00 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/widget_bar.c?h=master&amp;id=457102be1ccf791d2a70902dfd3eabf408744d8d&amp;follow=1'>r828: 'additional verbose and info messages' ported from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+12</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:15:36 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.c?h=master&amp;id=db6f8bf4db26cc0dd4349f2d67b90c6802c5a772&amp;follow=1'>includes for umask() ported from volker_dev (r827)</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:12:29 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/cfg.c?h=master&amp;id=0caadb6ceed0de07fc0b778b77674c06cd115175&amp;follow=1'>handle config files with &lt;CR&gt;&lt;LF&gt; (DOS line ending) ported from volker_dev (r...</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+6</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:10:37 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=ba0421af855a42e4319472db22586d4d28125391&amp;follow=1'>netinfo plugin ported from volker_dev (r823)</a></td><td>michael</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+255</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:07:29 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/qprintf.c?h=master&amp;id=fff158da0a48a4ae2b32a927f02612d088bd2ebf&amp;follow=1'>format characters in qprintf() with optional length (r821) ported from volker...</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-9</span>/<span class='insertions'>+63</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 06:05:08 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/evaluator.c?h=master&amp;id=503d5e3b7f4a9ec26ab5d5f625948951c7d3fafa&amp;follow=1'>short circuit evaluation ported from volker_dev (r820,r822,r824)</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-8</span>/<span class='insertions'>+52</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-31 05:28:42 +0000'>2008-12-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_asterisk.c?h=master&amp;id=c0cba80bb174c7dcb9f7e4839614eb7c6c5c1fc3&amp;follow=1'>Fixes a buffer underrun error and possible array index issues by mcarey@...</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-6</span>/<span class='insertions'>+13</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-27 08:14:21 +0000'>2008-12-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_X11.c?h=master&amp;id=426e8c3cae8d64abc629da147f26344b87a26799&amp;follow=1'>ported r819 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-17</span>/<span class='insertions'>+21</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-27 08:06:57 +0000'>2008-12-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?h=master&amp;id=86bd0d06e81a18de3e5d330eae4ebddcb756d8c3&amp;follow=1'>ported and modified r818 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-11</span>/<span class='insertions'>+151</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-27 07:28:23 +0000'>2008-12-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=0d315ad93204252fb69e0fed101a51b8c027d096&amp;follow=1'>port r817 from volker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-24</span>/<span class='insertions'>+944</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-27 06:44:47 +0000'>2008-12-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_graphic.c?h=master&amp;id=1c01c975d4ae2ff0489180291fdc7a887039dae8&amp;follow=1'>ported (modified) r815 from voker_dev</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+23</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-24 14:02:47 +0000'>2008-12-24</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?h=master&amp;id=52df507b2fc152a99b816fd88e9bc8bfe05e0d7d&amp;follow=1'>cleanup &amp; cosmetics</a></td><td>michael</td><td>5</td><td><span class='deletions'>-22</span>/<span class='insertions'>+31</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-24 13:44:00 +0000'>2008-12-24</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/lcd4linux.conf.sample?h=master&amp;id=fb997fc9b040a7c49c7073a7bc454bb68891379b&amp;follow=1'>driver for the PHAnderson serial-to-HD44780 adapter boards by Nicolas Weill</a></td><td>michael</td><td>5</td><td><span class='deletions'>-5</span>/<span class='insertions'>+444</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-24 09:40:58 +0000'>2008-12-24</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=6266c2fb61ca14e4c4ff64851d0323fd480c757a&amp;follow=1'>w1retap plugin by Jonathan Hudson</a></td><td>michael</td><td>7</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+298</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-24 08:28:24 +0000'>2008-12-24</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_Pertelian.c?h=master&amp;id=16d014e412692d4479c6e091c11335a07f193e76&amp;follow=1'>Enables/controls the backlight on the Pertelian LCD device by Jonathan Hudson</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-10</span>/<span class='insertions'>+13</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-23 15:46:23 +0000'>2008-12-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugins.m4?h=master&amp;id=91348c5ecee2d7b22b2cb8d0af5a41d309efab91&amp;follow=1'>hddtemp plugin from Scott Bronson</a></td><td>michael</td><td>7</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+343</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-23 14:55:32 +0000'>2008-12-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_Crystalfontz.c?h=master&amp;id=c881473ad3e54d4f9c149358173b52b3405262c7&amp;follow=1'>keypad bug fixed</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='2008-12-23 13:37:07 +0000'>2008-12-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_parport.c?h=master&amp;id=8b185a53fc6c35d570987ab9ff2c194dcaa24cd2&amp;follow=1'>patch from a.nielsen: inverted parport signals, support GPI on HD44780</a></td><td>michael</td><td>2</td><td><span class='deletions'>-24</span>/<span class='insertions'>+89</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-12-23 13:28:14 +0000'>2008-12-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_LCDLinux.c?h=master&amp;id=87b31372d32f6f0a3d90790392b7024823d1cc1e&amp;follow=1'>indent run</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-11-25 20:38:34 +0000'>2008-11-25</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_LCDLinux.c?h=master&amp;id=6ab08ab6c2eb5db99af7d011a9fd8526af3b0aed&amp;follow=1'>fix lcd4linux driver for multible onboard controllers</a></td><td>michux</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-11-23 00:20:58 +0000'>2008-11-23</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drivers.m4?h=master&amp;id=0c9798c9429cabcded458ba127972ea096e69978&amp;follow=1'>fix automake - check for libftdi</a></td><td>michux</td><td>4</td><td><span class='deletions'>-9</span>/<span class='insertions'>+173</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-11-22 23:46:47 +0000'>2008-11-22</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_button_exec.c?h=master&amp;id=5162ea943ae34684aacdb8fe29da91e6a974979e&amp;follow=1'>update button_exec plugin - fix segfault</a></td><td>michux</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-11-22 23:34:20 +0000'>2008-11-22</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_fifo.c?h=master&amp;id=98870dbee74445b3d7de7468fccdb3ef4d6d2ff2&amp;follow=1'>update fifo plugin - untested</a></td><td>michux</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-10-07 19:32:42 +0000'>2008-10-07</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_picoLCDGraphic.c?h=master&amp;id=3654ca81e0aa3116c24d849336560cc96ff73f11&amp;follow=1'>Replace write to external variable usb_debug by calling usb_set_debug().</a></td><td>bwalle</td><td>7</td><td><span class='deletions'>-16</span>/<span class='insertions'>+7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-10-06 04:29:12 +0000'>2008-10-06</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_picoLCD.c?h=master&amp;id=a80978985167df7650209888a5a89ea8089c091d&amp;follow=1'>adding GPI to picoLCD for reading button events  by Igor Mammedov &lt;niallain@g...</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-1</span>/<span class='insertions'>+22</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-10-06 04:25:14 +0000'>2008-10-06</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_time.c?h=master&amp;id=c43556a211b45fefe29b73d912c7cc6ff6d8bfdf&amp;follow=1'>properties fixed</a></td><td>michael</td><td>11</td><td><span class='deletions'>-3290</span>/<span class='insertions'>+2675</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-10-05 16:57:13 +0000'>2008-10-05</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/configure?h=master&amp;id=5592dc410563ea62d44ff341a7b12bf564a809f4&amp;follow=1'>Rebuild auto-generated autoconf stuff due to last change in drivers.m4.</a></td><td>bwalle</td><td>3</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2657</span>/<span class='insertions'>+3297</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-10-05 16:55:26 +0000'>2008-10-05</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drivers.m4?h=master&amp;id=7e4ae629678f086951b4ae213bc3dc17c04b27ee&amp;follow=1'>Add 'ULA200' driver when --with-drivers=all is specified</a></td><td>bwalle</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-09-14 04:00:49 +0000'>2008-09-14</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_time.c?h=master&amp;id=7695365a0e6ffada25b74e1ac8fa0a54bc5aa32d&amp;follow=1'>strftime_tz patch from Bernhard Walle</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+11</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-09-08 01:52:03 +0000'>2008-09-08</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_time.c?h=master&amp;id=a97c5c7ecd9800e86882af4476e2dc6098b78cfb&amp;follow=1'>strftime_tz() plugin by Bernhard Walle</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-0</span>/<span class='insertions'>+25</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-09-03 03:28:52 +0000'>2008-09-03</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?h=master&amp;id=e6f31f6b7949440cd735d0184c846aa2a3330f23&amp;follow=1'>ULA200 driver by Bernhard Walle</a></td><td>michael</td><td>7</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+825</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-09-03 03:26:29 +0000'>2008-09-03</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?h=master&amp;id=1285008c5f75c28d6304ba984c432992c450ba3a&amp;follow=1'>indent</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-4</span>/<span class='insertions'>+4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-08-31 18:27:53 +0000'>2008-08-31</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_generic_serial.c?h=master&amp;id=02b0138a4213eff843990f96531cf31918d6dfe2&amp;follow=1'>Increased the maximum bps to 230400, if defined in &lt;termios.h&gt;.</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-08-27 22:32:47 +0000'>2008-08-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?h=master&amp;id=9e0932674b6e85098e3902f4c3083e80c9590be5&amp;follow=1'>git-svn-id: https://ssl.bulix.org/svn/lcd4linux/trunk@889 3ae390bd-cb1e-0410-...</a></td><td>sonic74</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-18</span>/<span class='insertions'>+11</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-08-27 03:30:06 +0000'>2008-08-27</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_D4D.c?h=master&amp;id=b645e0908429a1ed5c61f2708931bfa026254d52&amp;follow=1'>D4D updates by Sven</a></td><td>michael</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-38</span>/<span class='insertions'>+60</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-08-03 03:10:49 +0000'>2008-08-03</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/smoketest.sh?h=master&amp;id=38367abf672c32015cacd8b469c390a048f2c97f&amp;follow=1'>driver for 4D Systems serial displays by Sven Killig</a></td><td>michael</td><td>9</td><td><span class='deletions'>-45</span>/<span class='insertions'>+846</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-08-03 02:44:22 +0000'>2008-08-03</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/drv_IRLCD.c?h=master&amp;id=e91cbd072ab678b68095a5e81fc37df6ae44c975&amp;follow=1'>signed/unsigned mismatch</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='2008-07-26 14:41:51 +0000'>2008-07-26</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/plugin_mpd.c?h=master&amp;id=58d42c80d71e628ddf8fc32cae477f17cb3a3f25&amp;follow=1'>added command functions</a></td><td>michux</td><td>1</td><td><span class='deletions'>-2</span>/<span class='insertions'>+130</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-07-15 10:22:19 +0000'>2008-07-15</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/svn_version.h?h=master&amp;id=b243fddf0754e8d193febc0598941fd1638ff33b&amp;follow=1'>added IRLCD driver by Jean-Philippe Civade</a></td><td>michael</td><td>10</td><td><span class='deletions'>-5</span>/<span class='insertions'>+467</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2008-07-15 09:55:18 +0000'>2008-07-15</span></td><td><a href='/lcd4linux.git/commit/mkinstalldirs?h=master&amp;id=38a69aee81b48e2df7714310c39b5cdf171b9123&amp;follow=1'>'autoreconf -f -i' run &amp; config.rpath added</a></td><td>michael</td><td>8</td><td><span class='deletions'>-370</span>/<span class='insertions'>+1617</span></td></tr>