Writeup Change Log

2.40.0

486

• Strict checking --strict option

2.39.0

485

• Refactor $blanklines handling and add tests

2.38.0

484

• Flow control within functions: testing, bug fix and documentation

2.37.0

483

• Major refactor to allow flow control and line-based assignment within functions

2.36.0

482

• Added linz arguments for functions, and obsoleted ‘NL’ marker

2.35.0

481

• lines that begin with // are not preserved as blank lines but discarded

2.34.0

480

• Preserve multiple blank lines in input for use in multi-line arguments

2.33.0

479

• Allow multi-line arguments to functions, using ‘NL’ marker

2.32.0

478

• Allow default value of ANY for $keywordset & $keyworddel

2.31.0

477

• Allow $keywordset to override ]]

2.30.0

476

• Refactored $keywordset

2.29.2

475

• Third stage of $keywordset refactoring

2.29.1

474

• Update syntax for $keyworddel

2.29.0

473

• Tests and documentation for $keywordset refactoring

2.28.2

472

• Second stage of $keywordset refactoring

2.28.1

471

• First stage of $keywordset refactoring

2.28.0

470

• Added $striphtml function

2.27.0

469

• Dot-notation for $set($x) and $pushset($x)

2.26.0

468

• Dot-notation for $modify($x)

2.25.1

467

• Working dot-notation for user-written functions

2.25.0

466

• Working dot-notation for built-in functions with parameters

2.24.0

465

• Added $repeat and improved $removepunct

2.23.0

464

• Working dot-notation for built-in functions with no parameters

2.22.1

463

• Documentation written for new date functions, and old dates disabled by default

2.22.0

462

• New date functions: $yeardate, $monthdate & $customdate

2.21.0

461

• New name for $using is $modify. $using is deprecated

2.20.0

460

• Automatically detect Markdown when .md file extension or //markdown.title... in title line

2.17.0

459

• Added --markdown option to command line

2.16.0

458

• Added $OPT_markdown variable to turn Markdown emulation on or off

2.15.0

457

• Improve Markdown pre emulation with $tabstartreplace and $tabreplace

2.14.0

456

• Completed Markdown emulation for $multiline list support and added tests

2.13.0

455

• Added $codetick allowing the use of Markdown-style `<code>` using backticks

2.12.0

454

• Added $multiline paragraphs for Markdown support

2.11.1

453

• Move $keywordset and $keyworddel into pre-processor to avoid problems with includes

2.11.0

452

• Refactored writeup.cpp, moving variable handling code to variables.cpp

2.10.2

451

• Refactored whole line variable assignment

2.10.1

450

• Added $fixdecimals function and $floatprecision variable

2.10.0

449

• Refactoring and polishing of code that handles $

2.09.3

448

• Continuing to improve single character keyword handling in $keywordset

2.09.2

447

• Change internal constructor assignment prefix from \x3D to ASSIGN_

2.09.1

446

• Continuing to improve single character keyword handling in $keywordset

2.09.0

445

• Improved single character keyword handling in $keywordset

2.01.8

443

• Support of NONE LEFT RIGHT & BOTH options on $keywordset

2.01.7

442

• Keyword replacement ordered from long to short

2.01.6

441

• Added $keyworddel

2.01.5

440

• First go at supporting $keywordset, $keywordpair and $keywordalt

2.01.4

439

• Foundational work for new variable handing which supports keystrings

2.01.3

438

• Markdown links, plus improve handling of ${vars}

2.01.2

434

• Internal refactoring of keyword to variable mapping to support future user defn of keywords

2.01.1

433

• Allow variables to be assigned using the ${var} syntax

2.01.0

432

• Added $OPT_body, $OPT_process & $OPT_verbose to control command line options from within the file

2.00.2

431

• Fixed deref bug, added $decimalplaces, more consistent URL values in links & images

2.00.1

430

• Reorganize repository

2.00.0

421

• Version 2.0!!! plus quickref renamed fullref and some minor tweaks

1.99.27

420

• Added $mediatype; added autolinks for images; refactored --cell
• Added $deref and simplified dereferencing in $whenunset and $(

1.99.26

419

• Added || (for line breaks) and --cell; cleaned out old code

1.99.25

417

• Fully functional and debugged [[ and ]], including images and tests

1.99.24

415

• refactor hyperlink code

1.99.23

414

• First step at using [[ and ]] to define images as well

1.99.22

413

• Added support for using [[ and ]] to define links

1.99.21

412

• Forced tags to lowercase
• Removed newline from start and end of functions
• Begun work on markdown compatibility mode

1.99.20

411

• Added parameters to functions, and fixed bugs in block definitions

1.99.19

410

• Fix block definition to enable tables and single char function names

1.99.18

409

• Added multi-line function definition using {...}

1.99.17

408

• Clean up problems with lists being wrongly identified, so added $forcelista
• Improved handling of Roman numeral lists, adding $forcelisti
• Made flags more consistent with the ability to add ‘1’ to the end
• Corrected bug with empty lines not being preserved in pre and code blocks
• Added !TRUE and !true as valid FALSE values

1.99.16

407

• Improve use of em—dash and en–dash

1.99.15

406

• Add $headingbase variable

1.99.14

405

• More date/time formatting codes supported, especially in MS compiler

1.99.13

404

• Added $elseif, fixed <^ ^> bug and allowed time in date values

1.99.12

403

• Corrected unreliable rendering of <time> tag attributes.

1.99.11

402

• Add $dateformat_title and %Eb format for dates

1.99.10

400

• When used in Drupal module, correct $VER regression and improve $TITLE handling

1.99.9

399

• Cleaner processing of the $TITLE variable and <title> tag
• file is pre-scanned for $VER so it can be used in $includes

1.99.8

398

• Autolink hyperlinks with $autolinks switch

1.99.7

397

• Allow -x NULL, make $TIME HH:MM:SS format, add $hrefroot & $imgroot

1.99.6

396

• Clean up default style sheets and use class as well as style for plainlist indents.

1.99.5

394

• Added $compacttables flag together with more consistent and predictable paragraph tags in table cells

1.99.4

393

• Speed optimization

1.99.3

390

• Improved comment detection to allow valid non-comment // occurrences

1.99.2

389

• Improved comment detection to allow double//in other places

1.99.1

388

• Added $tag_id setting and Mac compile flag

1.99.0

387

• Allow alternative style hyperlinks, fix $pop bug

1.98.4

386

• $iftrue conditional statement

1.98.3

385

• Allow MediaWiki style hyperlinks

1.98.2

384

• Added $DIRSEP constant

1.98.1

383

• Simplified $warningmsg so as not to need $warningmsglevel

1.98.0

382

• Added $warningmsg and $warningmsglevel

1.97.6

381

• Added $ifexists test, and moved some functions into utils.cpp

1.97.5

380

• Improve accuracy of file $TYPE detection

1.97.4

379

• Allow command line to force type detection by setting $VER

1.97.3

378

• Added $TYPE constant to detect file type

1.97.2

377

• Minor changes to handling of old version numbers and non-Writeup files

1.97.1

376

• More improvements to error handling, return codes and messages
• Added $includex function

1.97.0

375

• Added $noerrors flag to improve control over supressing error messages

1.96.4

374

• Added new error level: **Critical —for failure to even open files

1.96.3

373

• Added $INCLUDED constant. Ignore subversion $id in included files

1.96.2

372

• Added $EXTRACTING, change -m to -p, add scripts
• Default value of web for $FOR

1.96.1

371

• Remove .exe from reported program name in Windows error messages

1.96.0

370

• Allow special characters in extract/export commands

1.95.0

369

• More consistent definitions of TRUE and FALSE

1.94.4

368

• Improved DOM tag checking and made error messages much more intelligible

1.94.3

367

• Adjust return code level to 0, 1 or 2

1.94.2

366

• Fixed bug return code

1.94.1

365

• Fixed bug in <`code`> blocks that start half way through a line and go onto the next

1.94.0

364

• Re-ordered and tidied up paragraph/block automatic tag handling

1.93.3

363

• Added $linestart and $lineend hooks

1.93.2

362

• Return an error code for warnings

1.93.1

361

• $litspecialchars now escapes # and .

1.93.0

360

• Changed default value of $LINESPACE from firstlistclass to firstitem

1.92.1

359

• Added $newblock function and changed $FIRSTLISTITEM to $LINESPACE

1.92.0

358

• Added $VERSTRING and modified $VERSION to give number only

1.91.1

357

• bug: out_of_range, under very rare circumstances

1.91.0

356

• $hrefbase default to empty
• Suppress schemes such as http:// from showing in <a> link text

1.90.1

355

• wildcard bug in --export

1.90.0

354

• improved href handling and added ‘:’ prefix to supress $hrefbase

1.89.4

353

• removed zwsp from around em-spaces (unnecessary)

1.89.3

352

• changed $httpbase to $hrefbase

1.89.2

351

• add :- to generate en-space and place zwsp around em-spaces

1.89.1

350

• test and documentation improvements

1.89.0

349

• add class divli# to div-list items and add variable $pagebreakstyle

1.88.2

348

• Improved « and » handling and increased size of variable buffer

1.88.1

347

• --export now works with all test cases

1.88.0

346

• support mailto: in <a> tag and compile with -O3

1.87.4

345

• \ space handling

1.87.3

344

• More accuracy of smart single and double quote direction

1.87.2

343

• \ now defaults to space, -- gives EN-DASH if space both sides
• Enhanced accuracy of smart single and double quote direction

1.87.1

342

• \$ escape improved for use in generating bash commands

1.87.0

341

• --export command now allows $ variables

1.86.2

340

• $removepunct should not remove ‘-’

1.86.1

339

• Enable $( to take delimited string as a value

1.86.0

338

• Added $removepunct function
• Disallow / as value delimiter because of confusion with URLs

1.85.2

337

• Completed $tagname_tag= functionality

1.85.1

336

• Improved $tagname_tag= functionality and added tests

1.85.0

335

• Initial support of tag redefinition using $tagname_tag=

1.84.2

334

• fix compile error

1.84.1

333

• -X command line option functioning fully for bash-type variables

1.84.0

332

• Added basic working -X command line option

1.83.2

331

• bug in $explodeline if first item on line is a variable

1.83.1

330

• added $docNL variable

1.83.0

329

• added $explodeline function

1.82.1

328

• quickref documentation

1.82.0

327

• $explode and $implode no longer set the accumulator

1.81.2

326

• Improve processing of $include and accuracy of $FILENAME

1.81.1

325

• Test files and quickref using 2-pass toc generation

1.81.0

324

• Improve output of -x option to support 2-pass toc generation

1.80.1

323

• Improve detection of literal % in expressions like (-34.45%)

1.80.0

322

• $litdoc now works with <^ ^ ^> and <# # #>

1.79.0

321

• modified $concat function and added $concatv

1.78.2

320

• added table of contents demo test

1.78.1

319

• made $listclasses supress classes in list divs

1.78.0

318

• added $concat function
• fixed bugs in string handling and double __ in variable names

1.77.3

317

• \! will generate a | within documentation

1.77.2

316

• bug in tables when $VB is mixed with | and real newlines occur with a cell

1.77.1

315

• revert adding <br /> to \n processing for documentation
• update copyright dates to 2012

1.77.0

314

• \/ creates   and the effect of ‘\/’ is controlled by $escspace variable

1.76.0

313

• $lowercase and $replacespaces functions added

1.75.0

312

• $litdoc replaces $lithtmltags with much improved escape handling

1.74.0

311

• $copy supports $defaultval
• self closing tags did not always work

1.73.0

310

• use value attribute of <li> rather than start attribute of <ol>, enabling non-sequential lists that do not break.

1.72.0

309

• changed make file: no debug and -Wall warnings. Made all warnings go away.

1.71.0

308

• ordered lists use list-style-type and type attribute for HTML5 compliance

1.70.2

307

• / at the start of a line should break lists
• but should not generate a table cell
• ordered lists use list-style-type unstead of type attribute

1.70.1

306

• implemented $block_attr
• modified page-break to add style to next block tag
• increased max # of variables
• reversed order of changelog, with new format

1.70.0

305

• automatic generation of title tags for images unless overridden by $img_title

1.69.10

304

• implemented $tagname_title

1.69.9

303

• implemented $pushset and allowed pushpop of undefined variables
• reworking of $blocktags and interaction with raw and pre lines
• fixed minor bugs in non-break spacing

1.69.8

302

• implemented $bodystyle

1.69.7

301

• implemented $addmonths

1.69.6

300

• problem in string to c_str conversion with Microsoft c++

1.69.5

299

• implemented $defaultval1 for single-shot defaults

1.69.4

298

• implemented ${++x} for dates, plus clean up getNextToken function

1.69.3

297

• implemented $minus for dates

1.69.2

296

• fixed problem with %e crashing Windows

1.69.1

295

• refactored dates, removing $isodateval & $todate

1.69.0

294

• added $isodateval, $fmtdate, $fmtdateval & $defaultval
• fixed minor bug with <time> attributes

1.68.1

293

• added $isodate and $todate functions

1.68.0

292

• updated array handing to using the ${array$subscript} model

1.67.5

291

• fixed bug: error when $using an unset variable

1.67.4

290

• remove composite variables and add array subscripting, e.g. $array[$i]

1.67.3

289

• add $whenunset function

1.67.2

288

• improved $lithtmltags

1.67.1

287

• improved $PRE, $uppercase & $replacetext and make $firstlistclass lower case only

1.67.0

286

• fixed bug in # list if # is in use as a character macro

1.66.10

285

• added \n escape character and fixed processing of escaped characters in $litcode

1.66.9

284

• added $uppercase and $replacetext functions

1.66.8

283

• finished $eval, changed old $eval into $setval, added $copy,
• functioning $litspecialchars, $lithtmltags & $litcode functions

1.66.7

282

• add $litspecialchars, $lithtmltags, $litcode functions (partially working),
• start to test new version of $eval using $evaln,
• and fix some bugs in $FIRSTLISTITEM list handling

1.66.6

281

• test cases for tag stack, bugs removed, implemented <*>

1.66.5

280

• allow arguments to be grouped by quotes when using explode

1.66.4

279

• tidy up: char arrays → strings

1.66.3

278

• implemented $tag_head and full functionality of block closing tags like div:

1.66.2

277

• end of document will make sure tag stack is empty

1.66.1

276

• basic tag-stack fully operational, plus all HTML 5 tags

1.66.0

275

• better parsing of free-form html tags, leading to some minor bug fixes

1.65.7

274

• fixed compiler warnings, mostly for const char*

1.65.6

273

• major re-working of $eval function, stack operations plus bugs fixed and tests added

1.65.5

272

• minor bug fixes plus in-depth testing of new math and function calls

1.65.4

271

• fixed $FIRSTLINE interfering with with $currentResult plus other issues

1.65.3

270

• add $push, $pop, $explode, $implode and $setline functions

1.65.2

269

• add $( and $) functions for temporary variable calc

1.65.1

268

• remove $add and $sub functions and make $currentResult into a variable

1.65.0

267

• $plus, and $minus and $using functions

1.64.2

262

• improvements to tests

1.64.1

261

• add makefile

1.64.0

260

• add $SMARTQUOTES variable

1.63.1

258

• added support for <` and `> —constructs for embedding code

1.63.0

257

• added support for <( and )> —constructs for <pre> tags not ending in .txt or .wup for security purposes

1.61.5

252

• bug: setting $include=NONE on command line

1.61.4

251

• bug: https not overriding httpbase

1.61.3

250

• tidy code

1.61.2

249

• fix edge cases in the above

1.61.0

247

• cleanup handling of & < and >

1.60.12

246

• fix bug in overriding and added more tests

1.60.11

245

• added more character entities, «angle quotes», allowed overriding of «» “ ” ‘ ’ and –

1.60.10

244

• svg support improved

1.60.9

243

• treat text//comment as a comment but not text://comment

1.60.8

242

• $blocktag and $style vars changed to allow a zero length string. Must now use unset to clear

1.60.7

241

• $unset function

1.60.6

240

• combine $set and $setd into $set

1.60.5

239

• allow <?xxx and <svg> as block tags

1.60.3

237

• fix bug in block tags within tables

1.60.2

236

• add $setd and $evald and get all tests running properly

1.60.1

235

• Fix bug with italics at start of table cell

1.60.0

234

• This version exists for backward compatibility testing

1.59.0

233

• improved comments, plus <!! Invisible comments !!>

1.58.2

231

• tidy up tests and functions

1.58.0

229

• $idiv, $mult, $div functions

1.57.0

228

• Allow all tags to have stylesattributesclasses applied using $style_tagname etc.

1.56.0

227

• UTF-8 handing inside tags, plus full support of \uXXXX unicode operator

1.55.0

226

• overhaul block tags, suppressing list processing. Add -! for ending a list

1.54.1

224

• fixed test problems

1.54.0

223

• $add and $sub functions

1.53.0

221

• convert all tabs to spaces on input

1.52.0

220

• removed old attempts to guess $VER and now make it compulsory

1.51.7

218

• rename main file from cleanwriter to writeup and update test scripts

1.51.5

216

• support \uXXXX for unicode and \xXX for hex byte entry

1.51.2

213

• fixed test framework with UTF-8

1.51.1

212

• improved utf-8 support with detection of windows iso characters

1.51.0

211

• Basic utf-8 support

1.50.10

210

• added -y option to suppress keyboard prompts on server

1.50.9

209

• better table handling

1.50.8

208

• \ at the end of a line will create continuation but also show a line break in output

1.50.7

207

• make $NULL resolve to \x00

1.50.6

206

• include $colgroup support (plus tidy up some function calls)

1.50.5

205

• getTokenDeref honours escape sequences

1.50.4

204

• $VER can now be set from command line

1.50.3

203

• bug in tablelist classes resolved

1.50.0

200

• $tableclasses and $listclasses have to be set to TRUE to generate the css

1.49.4

199

• variable constructors; += operator; $style variable is output as well as $styletagn

1.49.3

198

• added -r option to redirect output to stdout

1.49.2

197

• robust method for escaping input characters

1.49.1

196

• lines really split on $VB character

1.49.0

195

• version 2 of integrated table model

1.48.3

194

• added $ifndef as negation of $ifdef

1.48.2

193

• added $TIME constant for file creation time

1.48.1

192

• new table model implemented

1.48.0

191

• first step in integrated table model

1.47.5

190

• all tabs changed to spaces

1.47.4

189

• changed to transitional for now else self-closing empty elements do not validate

1.47.3

188

• added default doctype html strict

1.47.2

187

• indented tables fail

1.47.1

186

• problem with lists beginning with c

1.47.0

185

• lines beginning with a block tag will not be made into a paragraph by default

1.46.2

183

• release of 1.46 allow $include NONE and define $OS variable

1.46.0

181

• remove old if code and change page break to div

1.45.17

180

• enhanced $if tests

1.45.12

175

• increased size of macro buffer from 500 to 5000

1.45.9

172

• fixed extra blank lines at end of file

1.45.8

171

• v.1.45 feature complete – fully functional nested includes with style handling

1.45.7

170

• v.1.45 working on linux. Greatly improved include file handling

1.45.2

165

• added $postamble instead of bot.txt files

1.45.0

163

• first release of 1.45 – single pass that passes all tests
• Rename project to “Writeup”

1.44.3

154

• Added $firstlistclass for indirection

1.44.0

151

• split out ToHTML.cpp and added firstline class to lists

1.43.2

140

• vertical spaces and spaces after “-” in lists

1.43.0

138

• fixed errors with alternating macro chars and numbered lists

1.42.38

131

• single char macros internal name begins with : not _

1.42.37

130

• bug in auto increment variables under certain circumstances

1.42.36

129

• complete rework of single character macro system to solve outstanding problems

1.42.34

127

• improved handing of single character macros _ # %

1.42.31

124

• fix bug with tables in a list

1.42.28

121

• headings can start with multiple periods

1.42.23

116

• add ----cell and ----row to tables plus blockquote done with div

1.42.21

114

• improved tables functionality plus $set function

1.42.20

113

• work on tables for backwards compatibility

1.42.13

106

• a blank line will reset all alternating macros

1.42.10

103

• first go at dereferencing without changing single character vars

1.42.8

101

• bugs corrected in header system and style integrated into it

1.42.6

99

• $include an alternative top file

1.42.0

93

• header tags implemented

1.41.0

88

• enable any text between <a> and <a> tags, e.g. images

1.40.2

86

• add $blocktag variable

1.40.1

85

• fix bug in unexpected variable assigments

1.40.0

84

• revert htmlbase

1.39.8

82

• htmlbase works with .jpg

1.39.7

81

• extensive replacement of char* with string

1.39.4

78

• add htmlbase variable

1.39.1

75

• bug in recursion of variable expansion

1.39.0

74

• full expressions allowed within stylevars, httpbase etc

1.38.3

73

• getTokenDeref for httpbase & imgbase

1.38.2

72

• wipe SVN after top

1.38.1

71

• numerous bug fixes, add $SVNTIME variable

1.38.0

70

• allow escape characters in hyperlink messages

1.37.0

60

• change max token length from 20 to 30
• add $FILE variable and prevent complete macro re-initialization on 2nd pass
• reorganize pre-parsing code to allow Writeup Change Log tag to be set and read
• change -t tag to -x variable_name for variable extraction

1.36.0

34

• $SP variable, default style sheet for tables
• rebuilt to compile under MS VC 2008
• test for _MSC_VER
• handle CRLF in Linux
• add _strlwr to Linux build

1.35.0

28

• upper-case constants allowed, plus 2.40
• single variables will be recursively dereferenced
• allowed as comment in HTML processor (as well as macro)
• Null variable $NULL

1.34.0

26

• fix bug in charaters > 128 being cast to signed

1.33.0

24

• fix bug in old version detection
• add -t option for title only
• add -f option to set $FOR variable
• $ifdef test implemented

1.32.0

20

• $VER variable handling much improved
• auto increment variables revamped to $\{++x\}

1.31.0

13

• An $ifversion test, $VERBOSITY and $cwVERSION variables
• no trailing $ allowed on variable name, but use $\{vname\} instead

1.30.0

11

• Added --body tag and reduce “unknown macro” to warning

1.29.0

9

• Added support for SVN $Id keyword

1.28.0

6

• moved to SVN for version control and added multiple -s options

1.27.0

0

• $date variable now contains file modification date. $today is today

1.26.0

0

• $if statement variables can have $ in front of them
• Command line variables set before top.txt variables

1.25.0

0

• Added borders class to tables unless a class is supplied
• Added pre-defined variables for ½ , ¼ , ¾ & © .

1.24.0

0

• Fixed bug in $attr variable handling

1.23.0

0

• extended 1.18 to $li_ol1_class= type definitions.
• Added --set command line option (but only for a single variable for now)

1.22.0

0

• Bug in HTML comment handling. Added -m option for macro debug. Handle inline variable definition within macro processor, except for <=style

1.21.0

0

• Correct old bug which gave warnings if no spaces after a variable at the start of a line.
• Correct new bug introduced by 1.18 where all <ol> were numeric
• Plus bits of cleanup and error reporting.

1.20.0

0

• Correct bug that aborted early if warnings or errors

1.19.0

0

• Merged with gopt library to provide command-line option handling

1.18.0

0

• Improved inline styles with $p_class_style1

1.17.0

0

• Minor change to allow lower case TRUE and pre-defined variables such as asterisk and pound

1.16.0

0

• Correct problem with _ not working
• Make compatible with gcclinux
• Move low level initialization to re-start on each file

1.15.0

0

• generate <thead> and <tbody> and read all macro defns again before headers

1.14.0

0

• remove duplicate pocketHTML code

1.13.0

0

• inline macro defn <=macro value> and $p_style1 type macros

1.12.0

0

• all special symbols now generate &codes;

1.11.0

0

• misc updates

1.10.0

0

• misc updates

1.09.0

0

• misc updates

1.08.0

0

• correct bug from 1.07

1.07.0

0

• add autoincrement varables

• Added features

• Added features

• Renamed “CleanWriter”, New numbering system

• Added features

• Added features

• Added features

• Added features

• Added features

• First release of project, under the name “pocketHTML”