perl-support.vim-mirror/ChangeLog

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 3.0
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+ Adaption for Vim 7.
+ The hotkey \rd now also starts the debugger (perl -d ..) if vim is running without GUI.
+ Debugger starts correctly for scripts with command line arguments (Windows only).
+ Minor bugfixes and improvements.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.9.2
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+ Adaption for 'perlcritic', version 0.15 .
+ New template file for POD documentation files.
+ Minor bugs fixed and improvements.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.9.1
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+ New menu entry for setting perl command line switches (Thanks to Adam MacKinnon).
+ For files with extension 't' (Perl test files) the filetype is set to 'perl'. This
  allows syntax checking, reading help, and checking with perlcritic.
+ There is a new comment template file 'perl-test-header' which will be
  inserted at the beginning of a new test file (extension 't').
+ Comment after some POD directives removed (podchecker showed errors).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.9
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+ perlcritic integrated. Runs like a compiler. Opens a quickfix error window.
+ Help menu entry added (plugin help).
+ A hardcopy shows date and time in the header line.
+ open file/pipe idioms according to Conway's "Perl Best Practices".
+ POSIX class [:blank:] added.
+ Bugfix: Wrong cursor positon in hash idiom.
+ Plugin can be used with autocompletion for (, [, and { .

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.8.2
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+ Bugfix: Starting perltidy calls a wrong function (Thanks to Greg Ferguson).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.8.1
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+ Bugfix: Some key mappings not working/not properly working (Thanks to Edward Wijaya).
+ Bugfix: Unnecessary message 'Made file executable' removed (Thanks to Edward Wijaya).
+ Bugfix: Wrong quoting for script arguments fixed; Windows only (Thanks to Norin Raad).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.8
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+ Podchecker integrated. Runs like a compiler. Opens a quickfix error window.
+ Script will be made executable before running it (e.g. after a "Save As...").
+ Many blanks in 2 POD templates removes which garbled the resulting documents (bugfix).
+ Message now visible if SmallProf is not runable (bugfix).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.7
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+ POD: "invisible POD" added (as suggested in Conway's book "Perl Best Practices").
+ POD: sequence insertion improved; '<E>' added; '=for' added.
+ <S-F1> (read perldoc) now works only for filetype 'perl' .
+ Some idioms improved (e.g. opening files, subroutine stub).
+ Added ':' to the keyword characters; recognizes tokens like 'Net::Cmd' as one keyword.
+ Perltidy integration made safer.
+ Starting an xterm was not possible with some installations (bugfix).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.6
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+ blocks: opening brace not on a new line (adjustable for backward compatibility).
+ output into buffer: cursor goes to top of file.
+ trailing ^M in perldoc window will be removed (UNIX/Linux).
+ Vim (without GUI): new key mappings: all entries in the run menu do have mappings now.
+ Vim (without GUI): perldoc can be read with hotkeys \h and \rp .
+ Vim (without GUI): perldoc displays docs using plain text converter.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.5
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+ Windows support. Most features are now available under Windows.
+ Spaces in path and file names are now possible (Windows and UNIX).
+ Reading documentation with perldoc improved.
+ Minor bugs fixed and improvements.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.4.1
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+ Run the profiler SmallProf from the menu; save different results with time stamps. 
+ Line end comments start in a fixed column now (can be set from the menu).
+ Recommended settings for ctags corrected (Thanks to William McKee).
+ Perl module list generator pmdesc3 again slightly improved.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.4
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+ One of three debuggers can be started with the hotkey F9.
+ Complete file or marked area can be reformatted with perltidy. 
+ Running a perl-script 
  (1) The script can be run from the command line as usual.
  (2) The output can be directed into a window with name "Perl-Output". 
      The buffer and its content will disappear when closing the window. 
      The buffer is reused when still open.
  (3) The script can be run in an xterm (adjustable).
+ The new hotkey Shift-F9 and the menu entry "cmd. line arg." set command line
  arguments for the current buffer (that is, each buffer can have its own arguments).
+ A code snippet with the file name extension "ni" or "noindent" will not be
  indented on insertion.
+ Bug fixed (POD->Text)

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.3.2
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+ Perl module list generator pmdesc3 improved (no double entries, no control
  characters in version numbers, handles DOS-teminated files correctly).
+ Looking up help with Shift-F1 now works also in the perldoc help buffer.
+ Running a Perl-script now opens a window with name "Perl-Output" to display
  the script output. The buffer and its content will disappear when closing
  the window. 

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.3
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+ There is now at most one help window/buffer.
+ There is now at most one Perl module list window/buffer.
+ The perldoc help will now search in FAQs too; 
  search order :  modules - functions - FAQs. 
+ Template files and snippet files are no longer kept in the list of alternate files.
+ A bug fixed in the Perl module list generator pmdesc3.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.2
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+ Better adaption to the Windows plattforms (default directories, running scripts)
+ Templates are more consistent now.
+ 'Line End Comments' ignores blank lines in a marked block.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.1
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+ Installation simplified. 
+ The generation of the module list is a magnitude faster.
+ The version of a module is now shown in the module list. 
+ The Perl documentation (pod::perl*) appears in the module list.
+ The dialog windows (GUI) have been replaced by more flexible command line inputs.
+ User will now be asked before a snippet file will be overwritten.
+ The undocumented and unnecessary hot key F12 has been removed.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 2.0
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+ New menu for regex-construction.
+ New menu with POD items.
+ A list of all installed Perl modules can be built and read in. 
  The documentation for a module can be opened from this list.
+ Extension to ctags + taglist shows POD table of content and enables navigation.
+ Append aligned comments to all lines of a marked block.
+ The root menu can be removed (default is not removed).
+ Documentation improved.
+ Bug fix (template file handling).
+ Install script improved.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.9.2
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+ Only one entry in the gVim root menu.
+ All hotkeys are only defined for Perl files.
+ Install script added.
+ Customization improved. 
+ Documentation improved.

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.9
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+ 58 key mappings for Vim without GUI. See perl-hot-keys.pdf (reference card).
+ A marked region can be surrounded by a for-, if-, do-while- , until-, ... 
  statements (with indentation).
+ The Perl special variables have been added to the file word.list 
  for  dictionary completion.
+ Vim doc added (file perlsupport.txt).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.8
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+ Tag substitution rewritten (Some characters in a substitution text for a tag 
  prevented the tag from being substituted).

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  RELEASE NOTES FOR VERSION 1.7
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+ Block comments are now read as templates or skeletons from files:
    frame Comment,  function description,  file header
+ These templates can contain tags like |FILENAME|, |AUTHOR| etc. which are replaced
  after reading.
+ indentation: multiline inserts and code snippets will be indented after insertion.
+ Most menu entries are now also active in normal mode.
+ Reading the templates is done in one function which can be called in an autocmd.
+ Code cleanup: register z no longer used. Most function calls are silent now.