3.0.3 -> 3.0.4
Improved volume control function for NetBSD and OpenBSD, minor fixes,
3.0.2 -> 3.0.3
Volume control function, improved locate for external commands
and other functional fixes.
3.0.1 -> 3.0.2
Integrate logbeep sound, minor fixes.
3.0.0 -> 3.0.1
Fix to allow backslash as other than line continuation in cfg files,
change thermal zone limit to >= 0, trap instant restart when child
process error exits, one or four panel calendar function, update
help function, -logbeep to make a noise at message logging.
2.3.4 -> 3.0.0
Complete rewrite:
Convert to long options, unique per line color for most line types,
logging of power and temperature state changes, use shift number keys
to toggle logging, print output for config files, per line temperature
scale option for thermal zones, ./configure --with-detach option to
un/mount file systems, per line memory and swap as percent, "goto :label"
to shorten config files, four panels in one window mode, simplified
configuration, reduced resource usage and network traffic, host specific
wait time for ICMP_ECHOREPLY packets, reset wall clock at startup,
execute user commands at low power or high temperature shutdown, write
all notice, warning and error messages to .../salmon.log, foreground
color change signals shutdown, talking clock, user set interval for
resetting alarms, command line interface to change options/arguments
while running.
2.3.2 -> 2.3.4
Restrict redraw to currently visible window, pixmap and tile backgrounds
and psuedo transparency, limit maximum size to one screen height, non
preset alarm code, unique colors for labels, still another ECHOREPLY fix,
set name as XTextProperty only, fix Makefile.in to stop wasting global
config file, allow forcing adjtime(2) at start, multi line backslash
continuation in config files, multiple environment variable expansion
in config files, remove check for optional label indicator (: \t) when
using personal salmon.cfg, allow passing of parameters to click event
commands, execute command at timer/alarm timeout, explicitly specify
global (:label) or personal (~label) config file for click commands,
execute afterstep internal functions with -C option, reduce command
size limit from 1024 to 64 bytes, --with-commands configuration option
to (dis)allow user button press and timer commands, restrict argument
separator to comma in all except time formats which are restricted to
space, fix idiot key press exit code, improve clarity and accuracy of
help and error messages, default to $TMPDIR as resize directory if
resolved, replace resize command with graphics sequence, trap argument
truncation of user input, remove spurious q from options string, allow
window manager to determine position placement by default, pass hex
values as 0xf... or 0XF... in config files, reduce permissions to real
$UID except when required, resolve differences in starting and stopping
shutdown on the supported OS's (see ERATA), change wording of license
to OSI recognized format.
2.3.0 -> 2.3.2
Adjust function, syncronize network clocks, modify elapsed time pointer
functions for more consistent button behavior, modify Initialize() to
work in all tested hardware/OS/X11 combinations, improved trapping and
reporting of command line errors, fallback call to apm(8) if sysctl(3)
fails to read power info on OpenBSD, allow backslash line continuation
in config files, log adjust and restart activity, restrict adjust and
restart responses to the LAN, another ECHOREPLY fix.
2.2.0 -> 2.3.0
Expanded timer/alarm function, button 1 to cancel, button 3 to reset,
button 2 to set new time to expire, use clicks or number keys to enter
new time, preload one or more timers to start at button 3 event, click
daily reset alarms to advance twenty-four hours, unique sound files for
each timer/alarm, limited button functions in elapsed timers, less likely
to reset time without intent, dedicated moon phase calculator, button 1
advance to the next quarter, button 3 to the previous quarter, button 2
back to current phase, remote control function, use salmon on one computer
to restart salmon on another, improved ECHOREPLY checking, reduced
interference when two or more salmon are pinging hosts, restrict AUDIO
and SUID functions to local machine, improved error and syntax checking
while reading commands from a file or the command line, simplified access
to personal config file $HOME/etc/salmon.cfg, ^q or ^w to exit, removed
SUID kvm() calls to get swap info for FreeBSD, reintegrate and update
GNU/Linux port.
2.1.0 -> 2.2.0
Stop watch function, one to six elapsed time displays, minor cosmetic and
functional changes to code and documentation, provide separate tar balls for
source and data files, update salmon web site, http://grania.freeshell.org
2.0.0 -> 2.1.0
Simplified timer and alarm setting, optional 24 hour alarm reset, positional
pointer event on lines, set one to six commands at pointer event, expanded
capacity of literal text to match pointer events, send ICMP ECHO REQUEST
packets to hosts to display access status.
2.pre -> 2.0.0
Functional autoconf, configure and Makefile, "check" test script that
will build and run salmon through several options without the need to
install, user definable battery state to reach before executing shutdown,
up to six definable thermal zones with optionally settable warning and
shut down temperatures, improved network and device monitoring, updated
man page and README, set up to ten timers with audible alarm for year,
month, day, hour, minute and second and display time remaining for up
to six of them. It's no longer ported to Linux, but it still does the
phase of the moon.
1.3.0 -> 2.pre
Complete rewrite:
Proper full window function, proper geometry (-P) placement, definable
full window size in multiples of 64x64, user definable times using
strftime formats, user definable colors for device, mount and network
states, auto shutdown at low power (if suid), license changed from GPL
to BSD, many new functions including graphical moon phase.
1.3.0
Not distributed.
1.2.1 -> 1.2.2
Changes to the Linux read_meminfo() function so that salmon
displays zero for some memory values when run on versions
greater than 2.4.xx. When running on FreeBSD, salmon now calls
kvm_open() and drops sgid privileges immediately.
1.2.0 -> 1.2.1
The fifteen minute load average line option has been changed from
l(oad) to f(ifteen). The local and universal times may now be
independently displayed in twelve hour format. Use -t(welve) for
local time and -T(welve) for universal time. The local and universal
dates now display by default as [abbreviated day name, abbreviated
month name date]. Use -y(ear) or -Y(ear) to display them as
[abbreviated month name date, year]. Several of the information
lines have improved formatting routines, a few of the global variables
have been de-globalized and a few unnecessary variables were eliminated.
The #if defined(__FreeBSD__) test in read_mem.c has been reduced to
a single instance to improve legibility of the code.
1.0.0 -> 1.2.0
It is no longer necessary to run salmon sgid kmem on FreeBSD.
Swap information will display 0 when running without access to
/dev/kmem. The name of the application as given to the X server can
be specified with the new "-n" option. This allows using two or more
instances of salmon with different names in some versions of the
Afterstep Wharf that would otherwise not allow it. The foreground
pixmap has been expanded to include the first 127 characters of the
ASCII set. The name used for the fifteen minute load average has
been changed from the previous "ten" to more closely reflect objective
reality. The line option switch to display Universal time has been
changed from "g" to "T" and a new option "D" to display the date based
on Universal rather than local time has been added. New options "o"
and "v" to display the OS type and the OS or kernel version have been
added. Salmon will display from one to six lines of information, and
the lines will automatically be spaced evenly in the window. The "."
option to leave a blank line is no longer recognized. Salmon can be
run in daemon mode with the -z option. This is useful for monitoring
a remote file, print or web server without the need to be logged on.
The moon phase now shows the quarters by name from approximately six
hours before until six hours after the event. At other times, the
phase is shown to .1% with an arrow pointing up or down.
0.0.0 -> 1.0.0
Hmm, maybe someone should work on that strftime(3) bug.