diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md new file mode 100755 index 00000000..0add33c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/RELEASES.md @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +# Version 0.2.0 (2015-11-13) + +No changes to the API, but many small changes to the implementation. The big +changes include: + + * Support for 64-bit Cygwin and MSYS2 + * Support for Windows 10 + * Better Unicode support (especially East Asian languages) + +Details: + + * The `configure` script recognizes 64-bit Cygwin and MSYS2 environments and + selects the appropriate compiler. + * winpty works much better with the upgraded console in Windows 10. The + `conhost.exe` hang can still occur, but only with certain programs, and + is much less likely to occur. With the new console, use Mark instead of + SelectAll, for better performance. + [#31](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/31) + [#30](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/30) + [#53](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/53) + * The UNIX adapter now calls `setlocale(LC_ALL, "")` to set the locale. + * Improved Unicode support. When a console is started with an East Asian code + page, winpty now chooses an East Asian font rather than Consolas / Lucida + Console. Selecting the right font helps synchronize character widths + between the console and terminal. (It's not perfect, though.) + [#41](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/41) + * winpty now more-or-less works with programs that change the screen buffer + or resize the original screen buffer. If the screen buffer height changes, + winpty switches to a "direct mode", where it makes no effort to track + scrolling. In direct mode, it merely syncs snapshots of the console to the + terminal. Caveats: + * Changing the screen buffer (i.e. `SetConsoleActiveScreenBuffer`) + breaks winpty on Windows 7. This problem can eventually be mitigated, + but never completely fixed, due to Windows 7 bugginess. + * Resizing the original screen buffer can hang `conhost.exe` on Windows 10. + Enabling the legacy console is a workaround. + * If a program changes the screen buffer and then exits, relying on the OS + to restore the original screen buffer, that restoration probably will not + happen with winpty. winpty's behavior can probably be improved here. + * Improved color handling: + * DkGray-on-Black text was previously hiddenly completely. Now it is + output as DkGray, with a fallback to LtGray on terminals that don't + recognize the intense colors. + [#39](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/39). + * The console is always initialized to LtGray-on-Black, regardless of the + user setting, which matches the console color heuristic, which translates + LtGray-on-Black to "reset SGR parameters." + * Shift-Tab is recognized correctly now. + [#19](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/19) + * Add a `--version` argument to `winpty-agent.exe` and the UNIX adapter. The + argument reports the nominal version (i.e. the `VERSION.txt`) file, with a + "VERSION_SUFFIX" appended (defaulted to `-dev`), and a git commit hash, if + the `git` command successfully reports a hash during the build. The `git` + command is invoked by either `make` or `gyp`. + * The agent now combines `ReadConsoleOutputW` calls when it polls the console + buffer for changes, which may slightly reduce its CPU overhead. + [#44](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/44). + * A `gyp` file is added to help compile with MSVC. + * The code can now be compiled as C++11 code, though it isn't by default. + [bde8922e08](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/commit/bde8922e08c3638e01ecc7b581b676c314163e3c) + * If winpty can't create a new window station, it charges ahead rather than + aborting. This situation might happen if winpty were started from an SSH + session. + * Debugging improvements: + * `WINPTYDBG` is renamed to `WINPTY_DEBUG`, and a new `WINPTY_SHOW_CONSOLE` + variable keeps the underlying console visible. + * A `winpty-debugserver.exe` program is built and shipped by default. It + collects the trace output enabled with `WINPTY_DEBUG`. + * The `Makefile` build of winpty now compiles `winpty-agent.exe` and + `winpty.dll` with -O2. + +# Version 0.1.1 (2012-07-28) + +Minor bugfix release. + +# Version 0.1 (2012-04-17) + +Initial release. diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt index 3b04cfb6..0ea3a944 100755 --- a/VERSION.txt +++ b/VERSION.txt @@ -1 +1 @@ -0.2 +0.2.0