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diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index 8b32325b..8aaeb418 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,1032 +1,5 @@ -Mon Jun 13 22:28:02 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> +2011-06-23 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - * gawk.texi: Document that POSIX now says [a-z] is undefined outside - the C and POSIX locales, so gawk treats it as the Good Lord intended - in all cases. Thanks to Paul Eggert for letting me know about this - and providing URLs to cite. - -Fri May 27 09:59:38 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, gawk.texi: Minor edits w.r.t. the bug reporting address. - -Wed May 25 22:03:53 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, gawk.texi: Straighten out owners of the different - Windows ports. - -Thu May 19 17:52:46 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Igawk, have pathto check for "-". - Thanks to Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>, - from email dated 27, December 2008. - -Thu May 19 16:57:28 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Revised to reflect the reality - that -d and -p don't allow a space before the file name. - Thanks to Pat Rankin. - -Mon May 16 16:40:50 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Remove last vestiges of old PROCINFO sorting - description. - -Mon May 9 15:58:33 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Finish array sorting and do a spell check. - -Fri May 6 13:21:20 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Finish edits after full read through. - * gawk.1: Update array sorting information. - -Wed May 4 23:39:09 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Start at revamping array sorting doc. Still - needs work. - -Wed Apr 27 21:49:23 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Minor edit. - * awkcard.in: Document third arg to asort and asorti. - -Thu Apr 7 21:55:27 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Nextfile Function): Removed, along with all references, - since only gawk and MKS awk allow next from a function, so this - function was useless for most people. Strange that noone noticed. - I wonder who really reads the doc? - - Lots of other fixes have been going in too. - -Sun Mar 27 21:10:55 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> - - * gawk.texi (Builit-in Variables: PROCINFO array, Scanning All - Elements of an Array: `for' statement): Update the documentation - for PROCINFO["sorted_in"]; add "ascending index number", - "descending index string", "ascending value", and "descending - value" as supported sort orderings. - * gawk.1 (PROCINFO array): Update PROCINFO["sorted_in"] to - reflect that the value matters, and list the supported sort orders. - -Tue Feb 15 17:11:26 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> - - * gawk.texi (Builit-in Variables: PROCINFO array, Scanning All - Elements of an Array: `for' statement): Document that the value - of PROCINFO["sorted_in"] matters; sort orders "ascending index - string", "descending index string", and "unsorted" are supported. - -Sun Feb 13 19:58:35 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Fix typos - and spelling errors. - -Thu Feb 10 21:48:18 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> - - * gawk.texi: Update VMS section. - -Thu Feb 10 21:31:36 2011 Andreas Buening <andreas.buening@nexgo.de> - - * gawk.texi: Update OS/2 information. - -Thu Feb 10 21:06:14 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * lflashlight-small.xpic: Renamed from lflashlight.small.xpic. - * rflashlight-small.xpic: Renamed from rflashlight.small.xpic. - * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Adjusted. - -Tue Feb 1 10:21:22 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, awkcard.in, gawk.1: Document isarray function, - magic string in PROCINFO for array sorting. Needs a little - more work in gawk.texi. - -Mon Jan 10 21:52:21 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * lflashlight.small.xpic, rflashlight.small.xpic: Original - source files for flashlight files from xpic tool. - It only took over 10 years to put them into the dist. - * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the new files. - -Thu Jan 6 22:13:11 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Replace xpic figures in Appendix D with figures - from xfig. - * general-program.eps, general-program.fig, general-program.pdf, - process-flow.eps, process-flow.fig, process-flow.pdf: New files. - * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the new files. - -Wed Jan 5 14:33:51 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am: Sanitize making of different PDF files. - -Sun Jan 2 20:30:37 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from texinfo CVS repository. - -Tue Dec 28 21:46:21 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * README.DGAWK: Removed, since there is now a chapter on the - debugger. - * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove README.DGAWK. - -Tue Dec 28 07:13:20 2010 John Haque <j.eh@mchsi.com> - - * gawk.texi: Update dgawk examples. Document condition command - without an expression. Fix a typo. - -Tue Dec 21 10:06:05 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (pdf): Renamed from `all-pdf'. Much more logical - and easier to remember. - -Sat Dec 18 20:14:58 2010 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> - - * gawk.texi (DOS Quoting): Fix a typo. - (Top, PC Installation): Remove "PC Dynamic" from the menus. - (PC Installation, PC Compiling, PC Using): Remove obsolete stuff. - Fix whitespace between sentences. Add indexing. - (PC Testing): New node, stuff moved from "PC Compiling". - (PC Dynamic): Node removed. - (Cygwin): Fix wording. - (MSYS): Fix whitespace between sentences. - -Thu Dec 9 22:27:53 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Remove discussion - of raw option in making sockets, since it was never implemented. - -Wed Dec 1 21:39:15 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in, gawk.1: Document arrays of arrays. - * gawk.texi: General progress. - -Mon Nov 8 22:24:21 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Minor fix from Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> - to help Emacs fontification. - -Tue Nov 2 12:15:56 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi: --lint --> -L, - --lint-old --> -t. - -Mon Nov 1 22:01:26 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi: -l renamed -t. - -Sat Oct 30 05:53:25 2010 John Haque <j.eh@mchsi.com> - - * gawk.texi: Added section on Array of Arrays. - -Sat Oct 23 20:36:58 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Updated, cleaned up. - * gawk.1: Updated, some clean up. - -Wed Sep 22 05:29:43 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Added section on @include files. - -Wed Aug 18 22:14:19 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Minor edits. - * Makefile.am (LN): Use `ln -f' when installing link for - pgawk.1. Thanks to Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>. - -Thu Jul 1 21:29:25 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document `/inet4' and `/inet6'. - -Sun Jun 27 21:58:47 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document all short options. - -Wed Jun 2 22:06:22 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document FPAT variable and patsplit - function. - -Fri Jun 12 13:28:24 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Remove --disable-directories-fatal configuration - option. - -Thu Feb 26 20:36:18 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document BEGINFILE and ENDFILE. - -Mon Feb 16 21:53:22 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document switch statements as always available. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Thu Feb 12 22:36:32 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document that interval expressions are now on by default. - Also that --gen-po is now --gen-pot. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Sat Jan 17 20:03:43 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document indirect function calls. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Tue Dec 30 22:22:04 2008 Assaf Gordon <gordon@cshl.edu> - - * gawk.texi: Document new --sandbox option. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Tue Dec 30 22:21:11 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Change --binary to --characters-as-bytes, per Karl Berry. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Thu Dec 18 05:30:13 2008 Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com> - - * gawk.texi: Documented fourth parameter of split(). - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Thu Dec 18 05:16:48 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Minimally document `-b' / --binary. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Sun Nov 16 22:03:50 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Fully documented `-r' as synonym for --re-interval. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Tue Aug 3 13:35:15 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document that gawk now uses the 2001 POSIX - rules for `sub' and `gsub'. - -Wed Dec 26 22:15:05 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Documented that process special files are gone. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Thu May 6 20:55:14 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.8: Release tar file made. - -Tue Apr 20 11:48:31 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from texinfo git repository. - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Update version and copyright dates. - -Thu Mar 25 21:51:58 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Clarify the socket timeout environment variables. - -Wed Mar 10 21:28:12 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Reworded 'index in array' so that there's no chance of - someone using 'index' as a real subscript. Thanks to Hermann - Peifer for the push. - -Thu Feb 4 20:54:48 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Multiple cleanups and bringing of things up to date. - * gawk.1: Ditto, only not as much. - * Makefile.am: New `all-pdf' target to make PDF files of manpage - and reference card. - -Tue Aug 4 06:07:35 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document that 0 flag in - printf applies only to the numeric formats. - -Tue Aug 4 05:58:52 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to current version. - -Tue Jul 21 22:28:56 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.7: Release tar file made. - -Tue Jul 21 22:20:25 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Update mawk site information now - that Thomas Dickey is maintaining it. - -Mon Jul 13 07:53:32 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (SEDME2): New macro, used in making awkcard.ps, - removes last empty page. Finally! - -Fri Jul 10 10:35:29 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Rearrange items for better formatting and - organization. - * gawk.texi (Exit Status): New node to document exit values. - (Exit Statement): Give portability advice about exit value. - -Wed Jul 8 08:55:50 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Really fix table option for --verbose. Other - fixes and improvements, including document %'d flag. - -Tue Jul 7 09:13:02 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Fix table option for --verbose. - -Mon Jun 8 00:40:26 2009 Tommi Vainikainen <thv@iki.fi> - - * gawk.1: Bug fix to restore space between paragraphs at - entry for "--". - -Thu May 21 21:09:59 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document new -O / --optimize option. - * gawk.texi (Options): Likewise. - -Fri May 15 14:34:37 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (User-defined): Document that you can't use - the name of a built-in variable as a function parameter. - -Sat May 2 23:36:10 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Other Versions): Add Quiktrim awk. - (How to Contribute): Change things to point to awk.info. - -Mon Apr 6 22:29:47 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Bell Labs awk also supports fflush() - and fflush(""). Thanks to Steffen Schuler - <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. - -Mon Mar 30 21:26:04 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Simple Server): Fix bug since 3.1.0 where error - message from typo was in the middle of the HandleGet function. - Thanks to Tim Menzies for catching this. - -Mon Feb 9 22:11:16 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Translate Program): Bug fix in stranslate - function from Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. - -Tue Feb 3 22:06:10 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Regexp Field Splitting): Documented dark corner - of ^ in FS. - -Sat Jan 17 20:37:12 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Plain Getline): Bug fix in code. Thanks to - Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. - -Mon Jan 5 22:47:42 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document that getline returns 1 - on sucess. Thanks to Paolo <oopla@users.sf.net> for - the report. - -Fri Dec 26 14:45:39 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Update to FDL 1.3. - -Mon Dec 1 21:20:39 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (File Checking): Correct the text at the end; getline - isn't fatal, period, not related to POSIX. Thanks to - Seb <sbb@tuxfamily.org> for pointing this out. - (Round-Function): Change initial return when equal to return ival, - which lops off any digits, e.g. if given 121.0. Thanks to - Timothy J. Stefanski <TJStefanski@magellanhealth.com>. - -Fri Aug 1 17:34:55 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Signature Program): Added new subsection. - -Thu Jul 31 21:38:08 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Variable Typing): Document that array elements created - by `match' also get strnum attribute. - -Mon Jun 2 22:47:08 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Control Letters): Add a note about %c only - taking values from 0 to 255. - (DOS Quoting): New node. - -Thu Jan 31 16:17:27 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Updated the Back-Cover text per - latest from the FSF. - -Fri Jan 25 12:13:39 2008 Dave Pitts <dpitts@cozx.com> - - * gawk.texi (pwcat.c, grcat.c): Added ZOS_USS changes. - -Mon Jan 14 05:30:16 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Add maintainer contact info for z/OS. - -Mon Oct 22 08:49:05 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.6: Release tar file made. - -Fri Oct 19 04:13:33 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Add length(array) to list of extensions at end. - Revise date. - -Thu Oct 18 08:40:59 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.11. - -Sun Oct 14 20:37:59 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Fix version numbers and copyright info, minor - cleanups to format nicely. - -Sun Sep 30 22:30:05 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Conversion): Add table describing locale decimal - point versus period. - -Sat Sep 8 23:53:46 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: A number of minor fixes based on suggestions - from Jack Kelley <Jack.Kelley@epa.qld.gov.au>. - -Sat Aug 11 22:46:14 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Copying): Move to GPL 3. - -Wed May 30 17:11:19 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added, so that even "make distclean" - will do the right thing. - (clean): Removed, let automake to do it. - -Tue May 29 22:49:16 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document --use-lc-numeric. Document that some - VMS systems come with an old version of gawk. - -Mon May 28 08:21:51 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document --use-lc-numeric. - -Tue May 15 13:27:38 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Documented --disable-directories-fatal - configure option. - -Wed May 9 21:50:44 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Reviewed and updated, minor typos fixed. - * awkcard.in: Added mention of %F. - -Wed May 2 19:55:02 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Cleaned up discussion of string concatenation - where needed, including a note about the mixed treatment - of `"echo " "date" | getline'. Sigh. - -Sun Apr 29 13:33:27 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Time Functions): Update description of strftime - for third utc-flag argument. Other minor fixes. - * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Same. - -Tue Apr 3 22:47:40 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (New Ports): Update list of files for all of - regex that should not be messed with lightly. - -Wed Mar 21 09:02:53 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Removed last vestiges of arnold@gnu.org - email address. - -Wed Mar 7 13:06:31 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Getopt Function): Add a note that user level - code must clear out ARGV from 1 to Optind. - Thanks to Matthew.Hall1@VerizonWireless.com, from mail - dated Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:04:37 -0700. - -Wed Mar 7 08:48:02 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Fix my personal email address. Sheesh. - Thanks again to Sahak Petrosyan <petrosyan@gmail.com>. - -Tue Mar 6 09:13:38 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Fix link to online version of the manual. - Thanks to Sahak Petrosyan <petrosyan@gmail.com>. - -Wed Feb 14 19:40:33 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Add discussion of magic values for Inf, NaN, - and hexadecimal floating point in appendix on numbers. - Other minor updates for date, trademarks, etc. - -Sun Jan 21 12:59:33 2007 "Ennio-(Sr)" <ennio@WouldBe-ei.net> - - * gawk.1: Add note that locale settings can influence the - choice of decimal point character. - -Sat Jan 13 22:43:39 2007 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> - - * gawk.texi: Fix some typos. - * gawkinet.texi: Likewise. - -Sat Jan 13 21:25:28 2007 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> - - * awkcard.in: next is POSIX. - * gawk.texi: V7/SVR3.1: Mention assignable `$0', `var in index' - as expression. Specify `FS' limitation. - -Fri Jan 12 12:28:51 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated upon move to current autotools. - -Thu Jan 4 19:56:45 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Applied patch from Eric Raymond to stop his stupid - automated email kvetching about the wonders of docbook. - -2006-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> - - * gawk.texi: Document that `$$0++--' isn't valid even though it - is unambiguous according to the Awk grammar. This is in response - to Open Group XCU ERN 86 - <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark/latest/xcubug2.txt>. - -Fri Oct 21 12:50:19 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - Better support for PDF, thanks to Marty Leisner - <leisner@rochester.rr.com> for the prodding. - - * Makefile.am: Add lflashlight.pdf, rflashlight.pdf, statist.pdf - to EXTRADIST and add gawk.pdf and gawkinet.pdf to list of files - to remove for `clean'. - * lflashlight.pdf, rflashlight.pdf, statist.pdf: New files, created - with `epstopdf foo.eps > foo.pdf'. - -Tue Jul 26 21:46:16 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.5: Release tar file made. - -Sun Jun 26 16:24:07 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Document `length(array)'. - * gawk.1: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Ditto. - -Mon May 23 20:56:32 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Removed references to `--with-included-gettext'. - -Fri Apr 1 06:25:30 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2005-01-30.17. - -Wed Feb 9 11:39:38 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am: Per Stepan Kasal, removed html rules, since - Automake does it for us. - -Tue Jan 4 18:47:34 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-11-25.16. - -Mon Jan 3 14:09:57 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-10-31.06. - -Wed Sep 22 11:40:06 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1, gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Documented new --exec option. - -Mon Aug 2 12:18:15 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.4: Release tar file made. - -Wed Jul 28 17:03:16 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (TROFF): Add -U flag to invocation. Makes it - possible to format ref card from a build directory that isn't - the source directory. - (distclean): Removed target. Let automake handle it. - -Tue Jun 15 12:21:09 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-06-14.14. - * gawk.texi (Dynamic Extensions): Text revised to follow - current implementation: new APIs, info on `n->param_cnt' - fixed. - - Also in all index entries where comma does not separate - primary, secondary or tertiary terms, replaced the comma - with @comma{} and removed the corresponding comments. - -Mon May 31 09:11:01 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * ad.block, awkcard.in, cardfonts, colors, no.colors: Change - old email address to current one. - -Mon May 3 09:54:46 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Automake 1.8.4. - -Mon Mar 22 10:53:13 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated. - -Tue Jan 6 17:38:40 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated. - * gawk.texi: All @strong{Note:} changed to `@quotation NOTE'. - -Mon Jul 7 11:01:43 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.3: Release tar file made. - -Mon Jun 9 16:06:30 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Set automatic-xref-title and change all cross - references to be of the single-argument type. Made all - @node lines have just the node name. - - Should have done both of these years ago. - -Sun May 11 16:08:58 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (html, gawk.html, gawkinet.html): New targets. - -Mon Mar 31 17:15:23 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (install-data-hook, uninstall-hook): Added code to - hard link gawk.1 to pgawk.1 upon install and remove pgawk.1 upon - uninstall. Avoids MANPATH search problems, etc. etc. - (man_MANS): Removed pgawk.1 from the list. - * pgawk.1: Removed. - -Wed Mar 19 14:10:31 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - This time for sure. - -- Bullwinkle - - * Release 3.1.2: Release tar file made. - -Tue Mar 11 11:22:36 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.am (man_MANS): Add pgawk.1. - * pgawk.1: New file, does `.so gawk.1' so that `man pgawk' will work. - Thanks to Nelson Beebe for pointing the need for this. - -Sun Feb 9 09:45:06 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Per Karl Berry, change dircategory - to follow current standards. In gawkinet.texi, remove - bracketing ifinfo. - -Thu Feb 6 12:06:22 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-02-03.16 from Texinfo 4.5. - -Tue Feb 4 15:21:46 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * awkcard.in: Redid the page-breaking. - -Tue Feb 4 14:28:06 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - All relevant files: Copyright year updated to 2003. - -Sun Jan 26 11:13:01 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-01-24.17 from prep. - * gawk.texi: Documented asorti(), new elements in match() 3rd arg, - misc cleanups. Updated to FDL 1.2. - * awkcard.in, gawk.1: Ditto for asorti(), match(). - * gawkinet.texi: Updated to FDL 1.2. - -Thu Jan 16 18:34:54 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-01-12.11 from prep. - -Sun Nov 24 17:55:23 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2002-11-05.11 from Texinfo 4.3. - -Sun Nov 17 21:34:35 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2002-10-13.14 from automake 1.7.1. - -Fri Nov 1 11:25:00 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - From Kaveh Ghazi: - - * gawk.texi (grcat.c): Include stdlib.h. - (main): Fix format specifier warnings. - * gawk.texi (pwcat.c): Include config.h/stdlib.h. - (main): Fix format specifier warnings. - -Tue Jun 11 23:08:04 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Fix grcat code ifdef for HAVE_GETGRENT. - -2002-05-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> - - [ ADR: Some minor post-patch editing was required. ] - - * gawk.texi (igawk): Do not put temporary files in /tmp, as that - has some security problems. This fixes a problem originally - reported by Jarno Huuskonen via solar@openwall.com. - - Fix the following problems with igawk while we're at it. - - * Report missing operands of options; this fixes e.g. an - infinite loop with "igawk -W". - - * Check for --source and -Wsource only, not -.source (which matches - errors). Similarly for other multichar options. - - * Do not use 'echo', as that mishandles backslashes. - -Mon May 13 01:25:40 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawkinet.texi: Change `ifinfo' to `ifnottex' around - the Top node. Thanks to Eli Zaretskii. - -Wed May 1 16:41:32 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.1: Release tar file made. - -Tue Apr 16 13:26:13 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: FINALLY. All O'Reilly production and - indexing changes integrated. Index reviewed and - cleaned up. - * gawkinet.texi: Ditto. - * awkcard.in: Redid page breaking. - * Makefile.am (clean): Add `awkcard.tr' to list of files - that are removed. - (distclean): Depend on clean to REALLY GET `awkcard.tr'. - Sheesh. - -Mon Apr 15 14:43:51 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.2. - * gawk.texi: Modified to use new @copying command. - * gawkinet.texi: Ditto. - -Wed Mar 20 17:07:50 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.1. - -2002-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> - - * gawk.texi (Word Sorting): Don't use sort +1, as POSIX 1003.1-2001 - no longer allows it. Use sort -k instead. - -2002-01-27 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> - - * gawk.texi: Document the dcngettext function. - * awkcard.in: Likewise. - * gawk.1: Likewise. - -Mon Jan 28 18:41:02 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawkinet.texi, Makefile.am: Removed User Friendly cartoon. - Sigh. - -Wed Dec 19 16:00:39 2001 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> - - * gawk.texi (Profiling): Describe the signals used for profile - dumping in the DJGPP version. - -Mon Sep 3 18:30:13 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi (Top): Put in @ifnottex so that makeinfo - --html is now happy. - -Sun Jun 3 13:04:44 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.1.0: Release tar file made. And there was - rejoicing. - -Mon May 14 19:57:31 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Versions for distribution - put in place. - * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Minor edits for consistency of - usage, formatting. - -Wed Nov 22 14:57:59 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Removed all documentation - of abort. - -Sun Aug 13 11:23:50 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: documented sort function - and optional third argument to match. - -Sun Aug 13 00:40:41 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: hardwired publisher info. - * publisher.texi: Removed. Not needed any more. - * gawkinet.texi: Added title page stuff. - -Thu Jul 5 21:05:57 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: moved to use of @command, @option everywhere - appropriate. Removed all @page and @group in anticipation - of re-page breaking. Updated stuff for install-info. - Added FDL. - -Tue Nov 10 11:42:26 1998 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * publisher.texi: new file with publisher related info. - * Makefile.in: updated dvi and postscript targets to make - them lots smarter about not reformatting if need be. - -Mon Aug 7 15:23:00 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.0.6: Release tar file made. - -Sun Jun 25 15:08:19 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Release 3.0.5: Release tar file made. - -Wed May 17 19:04:54 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Documented %u. Ooops. - -Tue May 2 11:44:13 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 1999-10-01.07. - * gawk.texi: Redid page breaking for new texinfo.tex. - -Thu Apr 6 12:32:49 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: Change info dir file entry to `(gawk)' from - `(gawk.info)'. - * Makefile.in [$(infodir)/gawk.info]: Fix grep test is - accordance with above. - -Sun Feb 13 15:36:32 2000 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> - - * gawk.texi: Mention that arithmetic is done in double - precision floating point, and point to Goldberg's paper for - people who want to know more. Fix some other minor floating - point discussion issues. - -Wed Nov 3 17:04:35 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.1: Lots of troff ``lint'' from Paul Eggert. Not all - of his changes, just the ones I thought worth doing. - -Mon Oct 11 16:53:54 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.in (gawk.dvi): Put $(srcdir) first in TEXINPUTS, - and also just use texi2dvi, don't run texindex and tex - manually. Doing so is no longer necessary. - -Mon Aug 9 13:06:01 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * gawk.texi: New node `Array Efficiency' on the best use - of subscripting to avoid memory bloat. - -Thu Jul 29 23:15:34 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Removed loop around - $(INSTALL_DATA), since there's only one Info file to install, - install it directly. - -Wed Jun 30 16:14:36 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * Release 3.0.4: Release tar file made. This time for sure. - -Wed Oct 7 21:59:33 1998 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.227, from Texinfo 3.12. - -Sun Oct 19 12:26:08 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * ALL: change references to arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu to arnold@gnu.org. - -Tue Sep 23 10:31:17 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.218, from Texinfo 3.11. - -Fri Jul 4 08:19:00 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Don't make dependent upon - gawk.info, in case installed one is newer. Instead, check that - an installed gawk.info exists and is identical to current one. - If so, just exit; otherwise do the install. - -Wed Jul 2 14:55:12 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): typo fix. - -Thu May 15 12:49:08 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Release 3.0.3: Release tar file made. - -Fri Apr 18 07:55:47 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * BETA Release 3.0.34: Release tar file made. - -Sun Apr 13 15:39:20 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): exit 0 in case install-info - fails. - -Thu Jan 2 23:17:53 1997 Fred Fish <fnf@ninemoons.com> - - * Makefile.in (awkcard.tr): Use ':' chars to separate parts of - sed command, since $(srcdir) may expand to something with '/' - characters in it, which confuses sed terribly. - * gawk.texi (Amiga Installation): Note change of configuration - from "m68k-cbm-amigados" to "m68k-amigaos". Point ftp users - towards current ADE distribution and not obsolete Aminet - "gcc" distribution. Change "FreshFish" to "Geek Gadgets". - -Wed Dec 25 11:25:22 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Release 3.0.2: Release tar file made. - -Wed Dec 25 11:17:32 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in ($(mandir)/igawk$(manext),$(mandir)/gawk$(manext)): - remove chmod command; let $(INSTALL_DATA) use -m. - -Tue Dec 17 22:38:28 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in (gawk.info,gawk.dvi,postscript): run makeinfo, TeX, - and/or troff against files in $(srcdir). Thanks to Ulrich Drepper. - ($(infodir)/gawk.info): use --info-dir to install-info, not - --infodir. - -Tue Dec 10 23:09:26 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Release 3.0.1: Release tar file made. - -Mon Dec 9 12:48:54 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * no.colors: new file from Michal for old troffs. - * Makefile.in [AWKCARD]: changes to parameterize old/new troff. - -Sun Dec 1 15:04:56 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.193, from Karl Berry. - -Tue Nov 26 22:57:15 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Change option in call - to `install-info' to `--info-dir' from `--infodir'. - -Mon Nov 4 13:30:39 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in: updates for reference card. - (ad.block, awkcard.in, cardfonts, colors, macros, setter.outline): - new files for reference card. - -Wed Oct 16 12:43:02 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.185, from texinfo-3.9 dist. - -Sun Aug 11 23:12:08 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): correct use of - $(INSTALL_DATA) and remove chmod command. - -Thu Jul 11 22:06:50 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in ($(mandir)/gawk.$(ext), $(mandir)/igawk.$(ext)): - made dependant on files in $(srcdir). - -Fri Mar 15 06:45:35 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in (clean): add `*~' to list of files to be removed. - -Thu Jan 25 23:40:15 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in (dvi): run texindex and tex an extra time. - This gets the cross references right. Sigh. - -Wed Jan 24 11:51:54 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> - - * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): - Depend on distclean, not the other way around. - Output warning message as per GNU standards. + * ChangeLog.0: Rotated ChangeLog into this file. + * ChangeLog: Created anew for gawk 4.0.0 and on. + * 4.0.0: Release tar ball made. diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog.0 b/doc/ChangeLog.0 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8b32325b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/ChangeLog.0 @@ -0,0 +1,1032 @@ +Mon Jun 13 22:28:02 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document that POSIX now says [a-z] is undefined outside + the C and POSIX locales, so gawk treats it as the Good Lord intended + in all cases. Thanks to Paul Eggert for letting me know about this + and providing URLs to cite. + +Fri May 27 09:59:38 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, gawk.texi: Minor edits w.r.t. the bug reporting address. + +Wed May 25 22:03:53 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, gawk.texi: Straighten out owners of the different + Windows ports. + +Thu May 19 17:52:46 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Igawk, have pathto check for "-". + Thanks to Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>, + from email dated 27, December 2008. + +Thu May 19 16:57:28 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Revised to reflect the reality + that -d and -p don't allow a space before the file name. + Thanks to Pat Rankin. + +Mon May 16 16:40:50 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Remove last vestiges of old PROCINFO sorting + description. + +Mon May 9 15:58:33 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Finish array sorting and do a spell check. + +Fri May 6 13:21:20 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Finish edits after full read through. + * gawk.1: Update array sorting information. + +Wed May 4 23:39:09 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Start at revamping array sorting doc. Still + needs work. + +Wed Apr 27 21:49:23 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Minor edit. + * awkcard.in: Document third arg to asort and asorti. + +Thu Apr 7 21:55:27 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Nextfile Function): Removed, along with all references, + since only gawk and MKS awk allow next from a function, so this + function was useless for most people. Strange that noone noticed. + I wonder who really reads the doc? + + Lots of other fixes have been going in too. + +Sun Mar 27 21:10:55 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> + + * gawk.texi (Builit-in Variables: PROCINFO array, Scanning All + Elements of an Array: `for' statement): Update the documentation + for PROCINFO["sorted_in"]; add "ascending index number", + "descending index string", "ascending value", and "descending + value" as supported sort orderings. + * gawk.1 (PROCINFO array): Update PROCINFO["sorted_in"] to + reflect that the value matters, and list the supported sort orders. + +Tue Feb 15 17:11:26 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> + + * gawk.texi (Builit-in Variables: PROCINFO array, Scanning All + Elements of an Array: `for' statement): Document that the value + of PROCINFO["sorted_in"] matters; sort orders "ascending index + string", "descending index string", and "unsorted" are supported. + +Sun Feb 13 19:58:35 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Fix typos + and spelling errors. + +Thu Feb 10 21:48:18 2011 Pat Rankin <rankin@pactechdata.com> + + * gawk.texi: Update VMS section. + +Thu Feb 10 21:31:36 2011 Andreas Buening <andreas.buening@nexgo.de> + + * gawk.texi: Update OS/2 information. + +Thu Feb 10 21:06:14 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * lflashlight-small.xpic: Renamed from lflashlight.small.xpic. + * rflashlight-small.xpic: Renamed from rflashlight.small.xpic. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Adjusted. + +Tue Feb 1 10:21:22 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in, gawk.1: Document isarray function, + magic string in PROCINFO for array sorting. Needs a little + more work in gawk.texi. + +Mon Jan 10 21:52:21 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * lflashlight.small.xpic, rflashlight.small.xpic: Original + source files for flashlight files from xpic tool. + It only took over 10 years to put them into the dist. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the new files. + +Thu Jan 6 22:13:11 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Replace xpic figures in Appendix D with figures + from xfig. + * general-program.eps, general-program.fig, general-program.pdf, + process-flow.eps, process-flow.fig, process-flow.pdf: New files. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add the new files. + +Wed Jan 5 14:33:51 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am: Sanitize making of different PDF files. + +Sun Jan 2 20:30:37 2011 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from texinfo CVS repository. + +Tue Dec 28 21:46:21 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * README.DGAWK: Removed, since there is now a chapter on the + debugger. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove README.DGAWK. + +Tue Dec 28 07:13:20 2010 John Haque <j.eh@mchsi.com> + + * gawk.texi: Update dgawk examples. Document condition command + without an expression. Fix a typo. + +Tue Dec 21 10:06:05 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (pdf): Renamed from `all-pdf'. Much more logical + and easier to remember. + +Sat Dec 18 20:14:58 2010 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> + + * gawk.texi (DOS Quoting): Fix a typo. + (Top, PC Installation): Remove "PC Dynamic" from the menus. + (PC Installation, PC Compiling, PC Using): Remove obsolete stuff. + Fix whitespace between sentences. Add indexing. + (PC Testing): New node, stuff moved from "PC Compiling". + (PC Dynamic): Node removed. + (Cygwin): Fix wording. + (MSYS): Fix whitespace between sentences. + +Thu Dec 9 22:27:53 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Remove discussion + of raw option in making sockets, since it was never implemented. + +Wed Dec 1 21:39:15 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1: Document arrays of arrays. + * gawk.texi: General progress. + +Mon Nov 8 22:24:21 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Minor fix from Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> + to help Emacs fontification. + +Tue Nov 2 12:15:56 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi: --lint --> -L, + --lint-old --> -t. + +Mon Nov 1 22:01:26 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in, gawk.1, gawk.texi: -l renamed -t. + +Sat Oct 30 05:53:25 2010 John Haque <j.eh@mchsi.com> + + * gawk.texi: Added section on Array of Arrays. + +Sat Oct 23 20:36:58 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Updated, cleaned up. + * gawk.1: Updated, some clean up. + +Wed Sep 22 05:29:43 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Added section on @include files. + +Wed Aug 18 22:14:19 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Minor edits. + * Makefile.am (LN): Use `ln -f' when installing link for + pgawk.1. Thanks to Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de>. + +Thu Jul 1 21:29:25 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document `/inet4' and `/inet6'. + +Sun Jun 27 21:58:47 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document all short options. + +Wed Jun 2 22:06:22 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document FPAT variable and patsplit + function. + +Fri Jun 12 13:28:24 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Remove --disable-directories-fatal configuration + option. + +Thu Feb 26 20:36:18 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document BEGINFILE and ENDFILE. + +Mon Feb 16 21:53:22 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document switch statements as always available. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Thu Feb 12 22:36:32 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document that interval expressions are now on by default. + Also that --gen-po is now --gen-pot. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Sat Jan 17 20:03:43 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document indirect function calls. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Tue Dec 30 22:22:04 2008 Assaf Gordon <gordon@cshl.edu> + + * gawk.texi: Document new --sandbox option. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Tue Dec 30 22:21:11 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Change --binary to --characters-as-bytes, per Karl Berry. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Thu Dec 18 05:30:13 2008 Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com> + + * gawk.texi: Documented fourth parameter of split(). + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Thu Dec 18 05:16:48 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Minimally document `-b' / --binary. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Sun Nov 16 22:03:50 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Fully documented `-r' as synonym for --re-interval. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Tue Aug 3 13:35:15 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document that gawk now uses the 2001 POSIX + rules for `sub' and `gsub'. + +Wed Dec 26 22:15:05 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Documented that process special files are gone. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Thu May 6 20:55:14 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.8: Release tar file made. + +Tue Apr 20 11:48:31 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Update to latest from texinfo git repository. + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Update version and copyright dates. + +Thu Mar 25 21:51:58 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Clarify the socket timeout environment variables. + +Wed Mar 10 21:28:12 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Reworded 'index in array' so that there's no chance of + someone using 'index' as a real subscript. Thanks to Hermann + Peifer for the push. + +Thu Feb 4 20:54:48 2010 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Multiple cleanups and bringing of things up to date. + * gawk.1: Ditto, only not as much. + * Makefile.am: New `all-pdf' target to make PDF files of manpage + and reference card. + +Tue Aug 4 06:07:35 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document that 0 flag in + printf applies only to the numeric formats. + +Tue Aug 4 05:58:52 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to current version. + +Tue Jul 21 22:28:56 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.7: Release tar file made. + +Tue Jul 21 22:20:25 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Update mawk site information now + that Thomas Dickey is maintaining it. + +Mon Jul 13 07:53:32 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (SEDME2): New macro, used in making awkcard.ps, + removes last empty page. Finally! + +Fri Jul 10 10:35:29 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Rearrange items for better formatting and + organization. + * gawk.texi (Exit Status): New node to document exit values. + (Exit Statement): Give portability advice about exit value. + +Wed Jul 8 08:55:50 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Really fix table option for --verbose. Other + fixes and improvements, including document %'d flag. + +Tue Jul 7 09:13:02 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Fix table option for --verbose. + +Mon Jun 8 00:40:26 2009 Tommi Vainikainen <thv@iki.fi> + + * gawk.1: Bug fix to restore space between paragraphs at + entry for "--". + +Thu May 21 21:09:59 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document new -O / --optimize option. + * gawk.texi (Options): Likewise. + +Fri May 15 14:34:37 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (User-defined): Document that you can't use + the name of a built-in variable as a function parameter. + +Sat May 2 23:36:10 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Other Versions): Add Quiktrim awk. + (How to Contribute): Change things to point to awk.info. + +Mon Apr 6 22:29:47 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Bell Labs awk also supports fflush() + and fflush(""). Thanks to Steffen Schuler + <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. + +Mon Mar 30 21:26:04 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Simple Server): Fix bug since 3.1.0 where error + message from typo was in the middle of the HandleGet function. + Thanks to Tim Menzies for catching this. + +Mon Feb 9 22:11:16 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Translate Program): Bug fix in stranslate + function from Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. + +Tue Feb 3 22:06:10 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Regexp Field Splitting): Documented dark corner + of ^ in FS. + +Sat Jan 17 20:37:12 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Plain Getline): Bug fix in code. Thanks to + Steffen Schuler <schuler.steffen@googlemail.com>. + +Mon Jan 5 22:47:42 2009 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document that getline returns 1 + on sucess. Thanks to Paolo <oopla@users.sf.net> for + the report. + +Fri Dec 26 14:45:39 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Update to FDL 1.3. + +Mon Dec 1 21:20:39 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (File Checking): Correct the text at the end; getline + isn't fatal, period, not related to POSIX. Thanks to + Seb <sbb@tuxfamily.org> for pointing this out. + (Round-Function): Change initial return when equal to return ival, + which lops off any digits, e.g. if given 121.0. Thanks to + Timothy J. Stefanski <TJStefanski@magellanhealth.com>. + +Fri Aug 1 17:34:55 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Signature Program): Added new subsection. + +Thu Jul 31 21:38:08 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Variable Typing): Document that array elements created + by `match' also get strnum attribute. + +Mon Jun 2 22:47:08 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Control Letters): Add a note about %c only + taking values from 0 to 255. + (DOS Quoting): New node. + +Thu Jan 31 16:17:27 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Updated the Back-Cover text per + latest from the FSF. + +Fri Jan 25 12:13:39 2008 Dave Pitts <dpitts@cozx.com> + + * gawk.texi (pwcat.c, grcat.c): Added ZOS_USS changes. + +Mon Jan 14 05:30:16 2008 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Add maintainer contact info for z/OS. + +Mon Oct 22 08:49:05 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.6: Release tar file made. + +Fri Oct 19 04:13:33 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Add length(array) to list of extensions at end. + Revise date. + +Thu Oct 18 08:40:59 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.11. + +Sun Oct 14 20:37:59 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Fix version numbers and copyright info, minor + cleanups to format nicely. + +Sun Sep 30 22:30:05 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Conversion): Add table describing locale decimal + point versus period. + +Sat Sep 8 23:53:46 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: A number of minor fixes based on suggestions + from Jack Kelley <Jack.Kelley@epa.qld.gov.au>. + +Sat Aug 11 22:46:14 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Copying): Move to GPL 3. + +Wed May 30 17:11:19 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (CLEANFILES): Added, so that even "make distclean" + will do the right thing. + (clean): Removed, let automake to do it. + +Tue May 29 22:49:16 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document --use-lc-numeric. Document that some + VMS systems come with an old version of gawk. + +Mon May 28 08:21:51 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Document --use-lc-numeric. + +Tue May 15 13:27:38 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1: Documented --disable-directories-fatal + configure option. + +Wed May 9 21:50:44 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Reviewed and updated, minor typos fixed. + * awkcard.in: Added mention of %F. + +Wed May 2 19:55:02 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Cleaned up discussion of string concatenation + where needed, including a note about the mixed treatment + of `"echo " "date" | getline'. Sigh. + +Sun Apr 29 13:33:27 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Time Functions): Update description of strftime + for third utc-flag argument. Other minor fixes. + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Same. + +Tue Apr 3 22:47:40 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (New Ports): Update list of files for all of + regex that should not be messed with lightly. + +Wed Mar 21 09:02:53 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Removed last vestiges of arnold@gnu.org + email address. + +Wed Mar 7 13:06:31 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Getopt Function): Add a note that user level + code must clear out ARGV from 1 to Optind. + Thanks to Matthew.Hall1@VerizonWireless.com, from mail + dated Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:04:37 -0700. + +Wed Mar 7 08:48:02 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Fix my personal email address. Sheesh. + Thanks again to Sahak Petrosyan <petrosyan@gmail.com>. + +Tue Mar 6 09:13:38 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Fix link to online version of the manual. + Thanks to Sahak Petrosyan <petrosyan@gmail.com>. + +Wed Feb 14 19:40:33 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Add discussion of magic values for Inf, NaN, + and hexadecimal floating point in appendix on numbers. + Other minor updates for date, trademarks, etc. + +Sun Jan 21 12:59:33 2007 "Ennio-(Sr)" <ennio@WouldBe-ei.net> + + * gawk.1: Add note that locale settings can influence the + choice of decimal point character. + +Sat Jan 13 22:43:39 2007 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * gawk.texi: Fix some typos. + * gawkinet.texi: Likewise. + +Sat Jan 13 21:25:28 2007 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de> + + * awkcard.in: next is POSIX. + * gawk.texi: V7/SVR3.1: Mention assignable `$0', `var in index' + as expression. Specify `FS' limitation. + +Fri Jan 12 12:28:51 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated upon move to current autotools. + +Thu Jan 4 19:56:45 2007 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Applied patch from Eric Raymond to stop his stupid + automated email kvetching about the wonders of docbook. + +2006-07-29 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * gawk.texi: Document that `$$0++--' isn't valid even though it + is unambiguous according to the Awk grammar. This is in response + to Open Group XCU ERN 86 + <http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark/latest/xcubug2.txt>. + +Fri Oct 21 12:50:19 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + Better support for PDF, thanks to Marty Leisner + <leisner@rochester.rr.com> for the prodding. + + * Makefile.am: Add lflashlight.pdf, rflashlight.pdf, statist.pdf + to EXTRADIST and add gawk.pdf and gawkinet.pdf to list of files + to remove for `clean'. + * lflashlight.pdf, rflashlight.pdf, statist.pdf: New files, created + with `epstopdf foo.eps > foo.pdf'. + +Tue Jul 26 21:46:16 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.5: Release tar file made. + +Sun Jun 26 16:24:07 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Document `length(array)'. + * gawk.1: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Ditto. + +Mon May 23 20:56:32 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Removed references to `--with-included-gettext'. + +Fri Apr 1 06:25:30 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2005-01-30.17. + +Wed Feb 9 11:39:38 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am: Per Stepan Kasal, removed html rules, since + Automake does it for us. + +Tue Jan 4 18:47:34 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-11-25.16. + +Mon Jan 3 14:09:57 2005 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-10-31.06. + +Wed Sep 22 11:40:06 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1, gawk.texi, awkcard.in: Documented new --exec option. + +Mon Aug 2 12:18:15 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.4: Release tar file made. + +Wed Jul 28 17:03:16 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (TROFF): Add -U flag to invocation. Makes it + possible to format ref card from a build directory that isn't + the source directory. + (distclean): Removed target. Let automake handle it. + +Tue Jun 15 12:21:09 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2004-06-14.14. + * gawk.texi (Dynamic Extensions): Text revised to follow + current implementation: new APIs, info on `n->param_cnt' + fixed. + + Also in all index entries where comma does not separate + primary, secondary or tertiary terms, replaced the comma + with @comma{} and removed the corresponding comments. + +Mon May 31 09:11:01 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * ad.block, awkcard.in, cardfonts, colors, no.colors: Change + old email address to current one. + +Mon May 3 09:54:46 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Automake 1.8.4. + +Mon Mar 22 10:53:13 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + +Tue Jan 6 17:38:40 2004 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated. + * gawk.texi: All @strong{Note:} changed to `@quotation NOTE'. + +Mon Jul 7 11:01:43 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.3: Release tar file made. + +Mon Jun 9 16:06:30 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Set automatic-xref-title and change all cross + references to be of the single-argument type. Made all + @node lines have just the node name. + + Should have done both of these years ago. + +Sun May 11 16:08:58 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (html, gawk.html, gawkinet.html): New targets. + +Mon Mar 31 17:15:23 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (install-data-hook, uninstall-hook): Added code to + hard link gawk.1 to pgawk.1 upon install and remove pgawk.1 upon + uninstall. Avoids MANPATH search problems, etc. etc. + (man_MANS): Removed pgawk.1 from the list. + * pgawk.1: Removed. + +Wed Mar 19 14:10:31 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + This time for sure. + -- Bullwinkle + + * Release 3.1.2: Release tar file made. + +Tue Mar 11 11:22:36 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.am (man_MANS): Add pgawk.1. + * pgawk.1: New file, does `.so gawk.1' so that `man pgawk' will work. + Thanks to Nelson Beebe for pointing the need for this. + +Sun Feb 9 09:45:06 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Per Karl Berry, change dircategory + to follow current standards. In gawkinet.texi, remove + bracketing ifinfo. + +Thu Feb 6 12:06:22 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-02-03.16 from Texinfo 4.5. + +Tue Feb 4 15:21:46 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * awkcard.in: Redid the page-breaking. + +Tue Feb 4 14:28:06 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + All relevant files: Copyright year updated to 2003. + +Sun Jan 26 11:13:01 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-01-24.17 from prep. + * gawk.texi: Documented asorti(), new elements in match() 3rd arg, + misc cleanups. Updated to FDL 1.2. + * awkcard.in, gawk.1: Ditto for asorti(), match(). + * gawkinet.texi: Updated to FDL 1.2. + +Thu Jan 16 18:34:54 2003 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2003-01-12.11 from prep. + +Sun Nov 24 17:55:23 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2002-11-05.11 from Texinfo 4.3. + +Sun Nov 17 21:34:35 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2002-10-13.14 from automake 1.7.1. + +Fri Nov 1 11:25:00 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + From Kaveh Ghazi: + + * gawk.texi (grcat.c): Include stdlib.h. + (main): Fix format specifier warnings. + * gawk.texi (pwcat.c): Include config.h/stdlib.h. + (main): Fix format specifier warnings. + +Tue Jun 11 23:08:04 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Fix grcat code ifdef for HAVE_GETGRENT. + +2002-05-09 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> + + [ ADR: Some minor post-patch editing was required. ] + + * gawk.texi (igawk): Do not put temporary files in /tmp, as that + has some security problems. This fixes a problem originally + reported by Jarno Huuskonen via solar@openwall.com. + + Fix the following problems with igawk while we're at it. + + * Report missing operands of options; this fixes e.g. an + infinite loop with "igawk -W". + + * Check for --source and -Wsource only, not -.source (which matches + errors). Similarly for other multichar options. + + * Do not use 'echo', as that mishandles backslashes. + +Mon May 13 01:25:40 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawkinet.texi: Change `ifinfo' to `ifnottex' around + the Top node. Thanks to Eli Zaretskii. + +Wed May 1 16:41:32 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.1: Release tar file made. + +Tue Apr 16 13:26:13 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: FINALLY. All O'Reilly production and + indexing changes integrated. Index reviewed and + cleaned up. + * gawkinet.texi: Ditto. + * awkcard.in: Redid page breaking. + * Makefile.am (clean): Add `awkcard.tr' to list of files + that are removed. + (distclean): Depend on clean to REALLY GET `awkcard.tr'. + Sheesh. + +Mon Apr 15 14:43:51 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.2. + * gawk.texi: Modified to use new @copying command. + * gawkinet.texi: Ditto. + +Wed Mar 20 17:07:50 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version from Texinfo 4.1. + +2002-02-10 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> + + * gawk.texi (Word Sorting): Don't use sort +1, as POSIX 1003.1-2001 + no longer allows it. Use sort -k instead. + +2002-01-27 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + * gawk.texi: Document the dcngettext function. + * awkcard.in: Likewise. + * gawk.1: Likewise. + +Mon Jan 28 18:41:02 2002 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawkinet.texi, Makefile.am: Removed User Friendly cartoon. + Sigh. + +Wed Dec 19 16:00:39 2001 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> + + * gawk.texi (Profiling): Describe the signals used for profile + dumping in the DJGPP version. + +Mon Sep 3 18:30:13 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi (Top): Put in @ifnottex so that makeinfo + --html is now happy. + +Sun Jun 3 13:04:44 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.1.0: Release tar file made. And there was + rejoicing. + +Mon May 14 19:57:31 2001 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawkinet.texi: Versions for distribution + put in place. + * gawk.1, awkcard.in: Minor edits for consistency of + usage, formatting. + +Wed Nov 22 14:57:59 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Removed all documentation + of abort. + +Sun Aug 13 11:23:50 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: documented sort function + and optional third argument to match. + +Sun Aug 13 00:40:41 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: hardwired publisher info. + * publisher.texi: Removed. Not needed any more. + * gawkinet.texi: Added title page stuff. + +Thu Jul 5 21:05:57 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: moved to use of @command, @option everywhere + appropriate. Removed all @page and @group in anticipation + of re-page breaking. Updated stuff for install-info. + Added FDL. + +Tue Nov 10 11:42:26 1998 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * publisher.texi: new file with publisher related info. + * Makefile.in: updated dvi and postscript targets to make + them lots smarter about not reformatting if need be. + +Mon Aug 7 15:23:00 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.0.6: Release tar file made. + +Sun Jun 25 15:08:19 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Release 3.0.5: Release tar file made. + +Wed May 17 19:04:54 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi, gawk.1, awkcard.in: Documented %u. Ooops. + +Tue May 2 11:44:13 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 1999-10-01.07. + * gawk.texi: Redid page breaking for new texinfo.tex. + +Thu Apr 6 12:32:49 2000 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: Change info dir file entry to `(gawk)' from + `(gawk.info)'. + * Makefile.in [$(infodir)/gawk.info]: Fix grep test is + accordance with above. + +Sun Feb 13 15:36:32 2000 Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> + + * gawk.texi: Mention that arithmetic is done in double + precision floating point, and point to Goldberg's paper for + people who want to know more. Fix some other minor floating + point discussion issues. + +Wed Nov 3 17:04:35 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.1: Lots of troff ``lint'' from Paul Eggert. Not all + of his changes, just the ones I thought worth doing. + +Mon Oct 11 16:53:54 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.in (gawk.dvi): Put $(srcdir) first in TEXINPUTS, + and also just use texi2dvi, don't run texindex and tex + manually. Doing so is no longer necessary. + +Mon Aug 9 13:06:01 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * gawk.texi: New node `Array Efficiency' on the best use + of subscripting to avoid memory bloat. + +Thu Jul 29 23:15:34 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Removed loop around + $(INSTALL_DATA), since there's only one Info file to install, + install it directly. + +Wed Jun 30 16:14:36 1999 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * Release 3.0.4: Release tar file made. This time for sure. + +Wed Oct 7 21:59:33 1998 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.227, from Texinfo 3.12. + +Sun Oct 19 12:26:08 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * ALL: change references to arnold@gnu.ai.mit.edu to arnold@gnu.org. + +Tue Sep 23 10:31:17 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.218, from Texinfo 3.11. + +Fri Jul 4 08:19:00 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Don't make dependent upon + gawk.info, in case installed one is newer. Instead, check that + an installed gawk.info exists and is identical to current one. + If so, just exit; otherwise do the install. + +Wed Jul 2 14:55:12 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@gnu.org> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): typo fix. + +Thu May 15 12:49:08 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Release 3.0.3: Release tar file made. + +Fri Apr 18 07:55:47 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * BETA Release 3.0.34: Release tar file made. + +Sun Apr 13 15:39:20 1997 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): exit 0 in case install-info + fails. + +Thu Jan 2 23:17:53 1997 Fred Fish <fnf@ninemoons.com> + + * Makefile.in (awkcard.tr): Use ':' chars to separate parts of + sed command, since $(srcdir) may expand to something with '/' + characters in it, which confuses sed terribly. + * gawk.texi (Amiga Installation): Note change of configuration + from "m68k-cbm-amigados" to "m68k-amigaos". Point ftp users + towards current ADE distribution and not obsolete Aminet + "gcc" distribution. Change "FreshFish" to "Geek Gadgets". + +Wed Dec 25 11:25:22 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Release 3.0.2: Release tar file made. + +Wed Dec 25 11:17:32 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in ($(mandir)/igawk$(manext),$(mandir)/gawk$(manext)): + remove chmod command; let $(INSTALL_DATA) use -m. + +Tue Dec 17 22:38:28 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in (gawk.info,gawk.dvi,postscript): run makeinfo, TeX, + and/or troff against files in $(srcdir). Thanks to Ulrich Drepper. + ($(infodir)/gawk.info): use --info-dir to install-info, not + --infodir. + +Tue Dec 10 23:09:26 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Release 3.0.1: Release tar file made. + +Mon Dec 9 12:48:54 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * no.colors: new file from Michal for old troffs. + * Makefile.in [AWKCARD]: changes to parameterize old/new troff. + +Sun Dec 1 15:04:56 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.193, from Karl Berry. + +Tue Nov 26 22:57:15 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): Change option in call + to `install-info' to `--info-dir' from `--infodir'. + +Mon Nov 4 13:30:39 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in: updates for reference card. + (ad.block, awkcard.in, cardfonts, colors, macros, setter.outline): + new files for reference card. + +Wed Oct 16 12:43:02 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * texinfo.tex: Updated to version 2.185, from texinfo-3.9 dist. + +Sun Aug 11 23:12:08 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in ($(infodir)/gawk.info): correct use of + $(INSTALL_DATA) and remove chmod command. + +Thu Jul 11 22:06:50 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in ($(mandir)/gawk.$(ext), $(mandir)/igawk.$(ext)): + made dependant on files in $(srcdir). + +Fri Mar 15 06:45:35 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in (clean): add `*~' to list of files to be removed. + +Thu Jan 25 23:40:15 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in (dvi): run texindex and tex an extra time. + This gets the cross references right. Sigh. + +Wed Jan 24 11:51:54 1996 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.atl.ga.us> + + * Makefile.in (maintainer-clean): + Depend on distclean, not the other way around. + Output warning message as per GNU standards. |