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Changes

Upcoming changes (not yet released):

• New table view, activated by -table, when comparing tables.
• Mercurial support for Directory Diff, Commit, Revert and Log.
• Plugins can define command line options they accept.
• Plugins can read ::argv to know the given command line.
• New plugin for binary files
• New plugin for CSV files
• Added option -sep, to set a separator that makes input be interpreted in a table like manner.
• New plugin for PDF files
• Added option -pluginallow to run plugins in a standard interpreter instead of a safe one. Thus a plugin could use e.g. exec.
• Allow plugins to yield if Eskil is run in Tcl 8.6 or newer. Added swap plugin to exemplify this.

Changes in v2.7 (2015-03-09):

• Directory Diff support for GIT, Fossil and Subversion. Directly browse and compare two revisions.
• Plugins in Directory Diff.
• Added option -printFont to select font for PDF generation. Default font changed to a True Type font. Use "-printFont Courier" to fall back on PDF builtin.
• Mac supported

Changes in v2.6.7 (2014-11-13):

• Fixed Directory Diff that stopped working in 2.6.6

Changes in v2.6.6 (2014-10-27):

• Avoid font error with balloon help.
• Store default prefs as comment in rc file.

Changes in v2.6.5 (2014-01-24):

• Fixed error printing patch with only deleted or inserted files.
• Support direct print in patch mode.
• Detect Subversion 1.7 working copy

Changes in v2.6.4 (2013-08-22):

• Include afm font for consistent PDF printing.
• Add .pdf to print file by default
• Fixed bug that marked extra changes in scroll map when displaying a patch.
• Avoid getting double .-files in dirdiff on Windows.
• Corrected display of ancestor lines in three-way merge.

Changes in v2.6.3 (2012-08-21):

• Added Revert button in Revision mode
• Added -pivot flag to control diff algorithm. This cuts down processing time for certain large files.

Changes in v2.6.2 (2012-06-18):

• Fixed bug where extra lines showed when displaying only diffs (no context).
• Include added files when using -review with Fossil.
• Improved plugin viewer and PDF print dialog.
• Support regsub preprocessing controlled per side.
• Support branches in Subversion.
• Support negative revisions with Fossil.
• Added -nocdiff command line flag for debug.
• Fixed a bug where alignment was not properly shown in output.
• Fixed out-of-stack crash.

Changes in v2.6.1 (2011-11-01):

• Eskil rehosted and changed to use Fossil.
• Fixed directory diff appearance on Windows.
• Fixed bug where copy button in directory diff picked the wrong file.
• Fixed bug where plugins were not found in VFS.

Changes in v2.6 (2011-10-30):

• Support commit in Git and Fossil.
• Support commit, list of files and revisions with -review.
• Added Paste Patch command.
• New -pluginlist option. New GUI for plugin selection.
• Added three-way merge.
• Autodetect line endings in ancestor file to select merge output.
• Fully rewritten directory diff with new design.
• Set alignment with drag & drop.

Changes in v2.5 (2011-04-01):

• Requires Tcl 8.5.
• Plugins: Added dump, better documentation.
• Dir diff: Added step down.
• Dir diff: Redesigned to display less.
• Support for Perforce and Fossil.
• Allow zero lines of context.
• Detect and display annotation in patch view.
• Select colors for PDF print. Command line options for PDF.
• Removed support for Postscript output.
• Support File Drop with TkDnd.
• Handle line endings in conflict and merge.

Changes in v2.4 (2009-01-08):

• Completely redesigned directory diff.
• Added a log viewer in revision mode.
• Added color option for unchanged text.
• Plugins support.
• Support for Subversion, Mercurial and Bazaar.
• Support commit in Subversion.
• Added -review for displaying all changes in a tree.
• Support command line "-" to read a patch from std input.

Changes in v2.3 (2007-12-05):

• Added -printpdf command line option.
• Fixed line numbering in PDF with big line numbers.
• Started on GIT support.
• Anything on the command line is checked for a starkit. Kits are mounted and treated as directories.

Changes in v2.2 (2007-04-05):

• Added experimental -nonewline command option.
• Added -close command option.
• Added experimental PDF print.
• Added dirdiff preferences and filters.
• Smarter save in merge. FR 2957
• Added commit button for CVS. FR 2780
• Bug fixes include: Kits are mounted readonly, fixed dir diff window menu, improved patch file parsing.

Changes in v2.1 (2006-06-02):

• Added -preprocess command line option.
• Added -foreach command line option.
• Added -context command line option.
• Handle starkits as directories in dir diff.
• Support relative -r with CVS.

Changes in v2.0.7 (2004-12-14):

• Added regsub preprocessing option.
• Added -prefix command line option.
• Improved merge window.
• Added ignore keyword option to directory diff.

Changes in v2.0.6 (2004-10-19):

• Added Ignore Digit option.
• Fixed bug in -r for ClearCase.
• Edit Mode made more robust.

Changes in v2.0.5 (2004-08-20):

• Option -r can now be used with ClearCase diff.
• Edit Mode allows simple editing in the diff display and saving.

Changes in v2.0.4 (2004-06-17):

• Added ignore case option.
• Improved alignment function.

Changes in v2.0.3 (2004-05-26):

• Added context options for "Diffs only" mode.
• Rewrote how "Separate Diff" and "Align" works. The latter now only happens after a "Redo Diff".
• Added scroll map and some more context menu options in Directory Diff.

Changes in v2.0.2 (2004-05-03):

• Fixed a bug in ClearCase support.
• Improved enscipt usage in print command.
• Added "mark file" in dirdiff context menu.

Changes in v2.0.1 (2004-02-10):

• Added preference for width and height.
• Added Tools menu to directory diff window.
• Made it simpler to save a conflict in the same file.

First public release v2.0 (2004-01-30):