Module Name:	doc
Committed By:	zuntum
Date:		Sun Apr 22 11:52:57 UTC 2001

Modified Files:
	doc: pkg-CHANGES

Log Message:
Note devtodo update to 0.1.5

Minor changes in Makefile; ChangeLog:

* Added a binary database format. The default is still XML, but you can
  change this using the new --database-loaders option. You can transparently
  convert your existing XML databases to binary format (or vice-versa) by
  simply changing the load order. For example, to change from XML to binary,
  put this in your ~/.todorc: database-loaders binary,xml
  The next time you modify an XML format database, it will be saved in binary
  format. The man page has more information. I recommend only using the binary
  format if you are actually having performance problems, as if something
  goes awry, manually fixing the XML database is *much* easier. But if you do
  use it, it might be an idea to use it in conjunction with --backup.
* Added user-defineable formatting for both display output and TODO generated
  output. This is cool. Look for the section FORMATTING in the man page.
* Added a new filter, which I've wanted for ages. It constists of a single '-',
  '+' or '='. A '-' stops display of all items except those explicitly specified
  in the rest of the filter whereas a '+' overrides all other filters to display
  all items. A '=' is the default behaviour. This is brilliant if you want
  to narrow the view down to just one item: todo --filter -,29 (*Note*: Slightly
  superceded by the modification to the semantics of numeric filters, which now
  display *only* the numbers specified if the = (or no) prefix is used - see
  two points down for more information).
* Modified the numeric filters. Ranges can now be specified by doing this:
  todo --filter 1-20. If a '-' sign precedes the range it explicitly excludes
  all these items. This can also be used in most other places indices are used.
  ie. todo --done 10.1-20 would mark items 10.1 through 10.20 as done.
* Modified behaviour of numeric filters slightly. If prefix is '=' or none,
  *only* those items are displayed. Before, this was a nop.
* Patch to todorl.h courtesy of Philippe M. Chiasson that fixes compilation
  problems on RH 7.0.
* Priority defaults to medium if a blank line is entered at the "priority>"
  prompt (thanks to Alexei Gilchrist for this idea, along with quite a few
  others :))
* Removed --fallback-database - the semantics were too clunky and generally
  confusing.
* Added --global-database <filename> and -G,--global to replace
  --fallback-database. Basically, you specify a file with --global-database
  (defaults to ~/.todo_global) then whenever you pass -G or --global to todo it
  will use the global database. Much simpler than the way --fallback-database
  behaved. This idea was courtesy, once again, of Alexei Gilchrist. Good stuff!
* todo can now automatically backup the database to a user specified number
  of levels. Use the option --database [<n>] to do this, where <n> is the
  optional number of revisions to keep (defaults to 1). This option is best
  specified in your ~/.todorc.
* Numbers can once again be used to specify priorities when entering them from
  the 'priority>' prompt (requested by Alexei Gilchrist).


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