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- Versions numbered between 1.5.0 and 1.9.9 are interim releases. No major
- features are planned for these; only tweaks and fixes.
-
- Version 2.0 is much cooler, but I haven't had time to work on it. If
- you send me email, I _will_ read it, but it may take me awhile to get to it,
- and I may not answer. Please don't be offended. I really regret having
- to release code that is such a mess. I should have wrote the code from
- scratch, rather than built it upon the original BSD code (which is a mess
- itself!).
-
- I apologize in advance for bugs I fixed in 2.0 but forgot to re-fix
- in these interim releases (I think I got'em all, though).
-
- Here is a list of things that are in the 2.0 code but not this version:
-
- * Easy-to-read, better organized, commented code.
- * Using my own "style guide," so source is coded uniformly.
- * Unlimited global macros. These are really nice! They take arguments,
- so you can make mini-scripts. The macros can be typed as if they
- were commands; no more $macroname crap.
- * No-longer using .netrc and it's format. This was necessary for the
- global macros anyway, and it allowed me to add some other features,
- like host aliases. Old .netrc's won't work. Sorry!
- * Improved command line parser, that lets any command use > and |, so
- it behaves like a real shell command line (almost).
- * Improved 'redir' that works automatically, can reformat listings with
- different ls flags, all without refetching it over the network. It
- will also facilitate remote globbing... AND remote filename completion!
- * Many little things I can't begin to list.
-
- Keep that in mind if you want to make a feature enhancement. I'm telling
- you this now so you don't spend your time programming something that is
- already done for the 2.0 release. Also note that patches would
- have to be re-coded for 2.0. (The gist is that you should wait until
- 2.0 is done before doing anything major).
-