	
	FIM NEWS -- history of (main) user-visible changes in FIM.

                Version 0.5-trunk

 * changed librsb library detection: now it's 
   LIBS="`librsb-config  --ldflags --extra_libs` " CXXFLAGS="`librsb-config --cflags ` \
   ./configure --enable-matrices-rendering
 * scaling image code faster (thanks to __restrict__ pointers)
 * status bar will not cover image drawing space unless requested (TODO)
 * customizable SDL window caption line with _want_caption_status (TODO: r648*)
 * status bar customizable with _display_status_fmt and _info_fmt_str (TODO: r644,r651*)
 *  "%T" expando to get (and display) total memory used by the program 
 *  "%C" expando to get (and display) file/memory usage by image cache
 *  "%M" expando to get (and display) memory used by the current (displayed) image
 *  "%c" expando to get (and display) centering information
 *  "%m" expando to get (and display) current image mipmap occupation information
 * improved the 'align' command (TODO; FIXME)
 * faster display/scaling of images with mipmaps, set with _use_mipmaps
 * image cache will remember alignment within viewport (TODO)
 * viewport info cache size  (TODO)
 * mouse panning with in SDL mode (TODO: FIXME: disable this)
 * `make fim' goal eliminated
 * BMP format support is now optional (TODO: r664*)
 * PCX format support (TODO: r666*)
 * jump back and forth from the last viewed image with the ' (single quote aka apostrophe)
   key and the _lastfileindex variable (r667*)
 * added --sort and --sort-basename to sort the images list (TODO: r669*)
 * changed meaning of variable _ignorecase: now it affects autocmd's (TODO: r671*)
 * introduced variable _re_search_opts affecting regexp-based search (TODO: r671*)
 * added the 'desc "load"' command to load a textual files comments description file (TODO: 689*,790*)
 * added --load-image-descriptions-file (equivalent to descload) (TODO: r672*)
 * added --image-descriptions-file-separator (TODO: r682*)
 * search (and jump) on image descriptions via 'goto' (TODO: r674*)
 * EXIF tags will be read with libexif and become i:EXIF_-prefixed variables (TODO: r675*)
 * stat() checking of files on load can be disabled with _push_checks (TODO: 678)
 * added --no-stat-push to set _push_checks=0 before initialization (TODO: 679)
 * added the _comment_over_image variable (TODO: r683)
 * default key 'r' is bound to 'rotate90', key 'R' to 'rotate270'
 * can be invoked without stdin; e.g. from an X menu
 * when repeating search with repeat_last, will use last direction (TODO: 696)
 * '?' key is now assigned to backward search (goto '-//')
 * default 'C-p' key is now assigned to repeat last backward search (goto '-//')
 * added "display 'resize'" to resize the SDL window, eventually to image size
 * default SDL mode is windowed  (TODO, to document: 698)
 * default 'C-w' key will resize the SDL window to the original image size (TODO: 698)
 * default 'W' key will resize the SDL window to the image size (TODO: 698)
 * added a --autowindow switch to adapt window size to picture size (TODO: 703)
 * the 'help' command will search in help items if argument starts with /
 * the 'help' command will search also in fim command options (r791*)
 * special image variable expandos/specifiers (TODO: (undocumented) r676)
 * special variable i:* expanding to all the variable name/value pairs of the current image (r724)
 * opening image files in archives with libarchive (experimental, incomplete; TODO: r665)
 * (experimental) JPEG-2000 support via JasPer (TODO: r660)
 * (experimental) exiftool interface (TODO: r654*)
 * added a ':- INTEGER' syntax, so one can specify the file in the list counting from the end (r744*)
 * added a _archive_files variable to specify which file names specify archives (r745*)
 * -R / --recursive switch to turn on recursive push of command line specified directories (r746*)
 * added a 'list "pushdirr"' command, working like "pushdir" but recursive (r746*)
 * the _fbfont variable will contain the current console font file string (r767*)
 * if _want_exif_orientation is set, images will be reoriented according to EXIF
   metadata (i:__exif_orientation, i:__exif_mirrored, i:__exif_flipped). (r769!,805*)
 * mirror/flip is now being applied with respect to the viewport borders (r772,r775*)
 * Pause and Menu keys are now available in -o sdl mode (r776*)
 * added  list 'marked'  to show the list of marked files (r780*)
 * key Del bound to pop the current image from the list (r782*)
 * i:_file loader will store the used loader string (r784*)
 * --offset accepts a range now (using the new _open_offset_retry variable) (EXPERIMENTAL,r795*)
 * if an image has been opened with an offset, i:_open_offset will be set accordingly (EXPERIMENTAL,r796*)
 * i:pagecount is now replaced by i:pages (r806*)
 * put aside the v: b: and w: namespaces until they make more sense (r807*)

                Version 0.4

 * changed --random and introduced --random-no-seed option
 * customizable status bar file info string (--enable-custom-status-bar)
 * introduced --as-text to render printable bytes as text

                Version 0.4-beta

 * interface to the GraphicsMagic library (more graphics formats supported)
 * introduced bitwise AND and OR operators
 * support for rendering "matrix market" numerical matrix files (with librsb)
 * X mode not anymore default in aalib, available at option 
 * libjpeg usage fixes
 * libpng usage fixes (support for PNG_LIBPNG_VER>=10209)
 * documentation improvements (e.g.: fim man page is auto-generated)
 * "imlib2" X-based output device support 
 * "sdl" output device improvements (fullscreen/mouse/windowed options, I/O, ..)
 * more default consolefont options (e.g.: hardcoded consolefonts support)
 * configure option to disable the fim history file
 * improvements to scale, goto, other commands
 * improved directories reading
 * introduced --no-commandline, --no-internal-config switches
 * aggregated some commands for clarity
 * output console can be disabled at configure time
 * important fbdev bug fixes 
 * autocompletion of variable identifiers

        	Version 0.3

 * minor strchr compilation problem on some systems
 * better consolefonts support  
 * much better SDL support (different color modes)
 * 'negate' feature
 * -S, or 'sanity-check' switch 

               Version 0.3-beta-prerelease

 * auto-generated documentation: more consistency 
 * grammar specification, in man fimrc
 * internal commands,variables,autocommands  reference man page, in man fimrc
 * better internal help mechanisms
 * more control (resolution change,windowed mode) in experimental sdl mode
 * new commands (pread,reverse,shuffle,...) 
 * (temporarily) disabled internal windows splitting 
 * pushing files from a directory
 * several minor and major bugfixes

        	Version 0.3-beta

 * full         support for AAlib (Ascii Art rendering) (-o aa)
 * experimental support for SDLlib (Simple Directmedia Layer) (-o sdl) (X!)
 * experimental PDF, PS, DJVU file support
 * history file support (~/.fim_history)
 * seamless caching and prefetching integration
 * viewing of any type files as bitmaps (unset bits black, set bits white)
 * viewing of any type files as pixmaps (as RGB triples)
 * framebuffer driver now can be disabled at compile time
 * colors inversion: saves a significant fraction of power when viewing documents 

        	Version 0.3-alpha

 * experimental support for AAlib (Ascii Art rendering) (-t)
 * reading image files (-i) and scripts (-p) from stdin
 * runs on the powerpc architecure
 * rewritten from scratch the debug console, now buffered and with scrolling
 * achieved speedup in magnifying pictures
 * achieved speedup in displaying dithered images
 * smarter quoting rules (looser quote checking) when "push"ing files
 * dumping to file execution logs as executable scripts (-W/--write-scriptout)
 * implemented regular expressions matching operator (=~)
 * new default key bindings for split windows control
 * could be compiled with no readline library (--disable-readline)

        	Version 0.2
 
 * internal windowing (with splitting, resizing, swapping) support
 * .xcf, .fig, .dia, .svg files now viewable via wrapper calls
 * introduced interactive command iteration ( in the [n]<command key> form )
 * fim will try to run under screen and over ssh now
 * custom framebuffer device, fonts and gamma are supported
 * enriched compile-time options via the ./configure script
 * vim-styled variable scoping g:,i:,v:,w: (local variables)
 * eradicated some bugs
 * introduced new variables, commands

        	Version 0.2-alpha
 
 * first windowing functionalities
 * bugs and subtle flaws handling
 * introduced new variables, commands

            	Version 0.1

 * regular expressions for filtering the viewed image list
 * vim-like autocommands
 * command line autocompletion
 * command line history
 * completely customizable key bindings
 * external/internal scriptability
