htop/ChangeLog
2006-05-09 17:59:59 +00:00

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What's new in version 0.6.1
* Accept --with-proc=<dir> in configure, to specify
alternative procfs locations (making htop friendlier
to the Linux compatibility layer in FreeBSD)
* Included icon .desktop and desktop entry
(thanks to Peter Hyman)
* Added a check to make sure that a root-user htop closes
when its parent non-root terminal is closed.
(thanks to Ilya Evseev for the report)
* BUGFIX: does not crash anymore when $HOME is not set
(thanks to Henning Schild for the report)
* Wait for strace child process to die properly.
(thanks to Marcus Fritzsch)
* Support $HTOPRC
(thanks to Luis Limon)
What's new in version 0.6
* Configuration of columns merged into the Setup screen
* Integrated strace (press 's')
(thanks to Marinho Barcellos for the help)
* BUGFIX: some fixes, aided by Valgrind
(thanks to Wolfram Schlich for the report)
* BUGFIX: fixed bug when switching meter modes
(thanks to Eduardo Righes for the report)
* Show processes of a single user
* "SortBy" function now menu-based
* Improved mouse handling
* ...and on top of that reduced memory consumption!
What's new in version 0.5.4
* Color schemes
* -d flag, to configure delay between updates.
Note that the delay value is saved in ~/.htoprc.
* BUGFIX: Update of meters was halting after help screen.
(thanks to Matt Moore)
* BUGFIX: No longer display incorrect information
in first frame.
* BUGFIX: Fix auto-detection of /proc/stat,
correcting CPU usage information on multiprocessor
systems.
What's new in version 0.5.3
* Read new field "steal" on newer /proc/stat files
* Auto-detects format of /proc/stat, to cope
with patched 2.4 kernels which display 2.6-style
information (most notably those on RHEL 3)
(thanks to Fernando Dotta for the report)
* Support $HOME_ETC initiative
(see http://www.pld-linux.org/Docs/home-etc)
(thanks to Roman Barczynski for the tip)
* The configure script now tests for /proc, so
that it fails early on unsupported platforms
instead of during compilation/execution.
* Made presentation of the function keys in the
status bar consistent across views
(thanks to David Mathog for the report)
* Minor changes to make the codebase more friendly
to possible future ports
(thanks to Jari Aalto and David Mathog for the reports)
What's new in version 0.5.2
* BUGFIX: Correct display of user field
(thanks to Marcin Miroslaw for the report)
* Keyboard support improvements
(thanks to Aury Fink Filho for the report)
What's new in version 0.5.1
* BUGFIX: Correctly displays NPTL threads from
/proc/<pid>/task subdirectories
(thanks to Mike Pot for the report)
* BUGFIX: Fixes key handling on Signals listbox
(thanks to Ondrej Vlach)
* Renicing no longer displays temporary illegal values
(thanks to Ondrej Vlach)
* 'Hide userland threads' feature for NPTL threads
What's new in version 0.5
* Tree view
* New column, TIME (user + system time,
like in top, 'T' switches to "sort by time")
* Major reorganization of the underlying code of the
setup screen, to manage setup pages
* New setup page: Display options
* Hide kernel threads ('K' key)
* Colorized memory numbers
* Vastly improved support for monochromatic terminals
* Shadow processes that do not belong to user ('U' key)
* Header margin configuration accessible via setup screen
* Visual feedback on failing incremental search
* BUGFIX: fixed keyboard input issues on 64-bit machines
* BUGFIX: hopefully fixed the incorrect values
that show on status bars in some systems
* BUGFIX: doesn't mess with fields list anymore when
canceling after changing the number of items
* Uptime meter no longer says "1 days" ;)
What's new in version 0.4.1
* BUGFIX: compiles on 64-bit architectures again
(thanks to Bartosz Fenski for the report)
* BUGFIX: multi-processor support fixed on kernels 2.6
(thanks to Wolfram Schlich for the report)
What's new in version 0.4
* Support for multiple processors!
* Basic mouse support
* Modular header based on configurable meters;
supports 4 view modes: bar, text, LED, graph
* Uptime, load average meters
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
* Meters setup screen; should eventually evolve into a
general setup screen, with column setup, keybindings, etc.
* Thread hiding toggleable
(press 'T' to hide the nonstandard dotfiles in /proc)
* BUGFIX: Do not flicker screen on column configuration screen
* Clock and load average meters
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
* BUGFIX: numeric swap indicator was printing bogus value
* BUGFIX: internal fixes on ListBox widget
* Clear the bottom line when exiting
* Press "F3" during search to walk through the results
* Improved navigation on column configuration screen
* BUGFIX: fix segfault on kernels with restricted /proc
enabled
* BUGFIX: a few last-minute bugfixes in the setup UI
(thanks to Gaspare Bruno for the reports)
What's new in version 0.3.3
* Saves column and sorting configuration in ~/.htoprc
* Displays "hidden" threads on RedHat 9
(Thanks to Leonardo Godinho)
* BUGFIX: supports process names with spaces
(Thanks to Marc Calahan)
* BUGFIX: ...and parentheses :)
* BUGFIX: long process names overflowed RichString
(Thanks to Marc Calahan)
What's new in version 0.3.2
* Performance and memory usage improvements, aided by gprof
* BUGFIX: quite a few fixes, aided by Valgrind
* Header preview on column configuration screen
(Thanks to Marc Calahan)
What's new in version 0.3.1
* BUGFIX: crash fixes related to process list handling
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
* Man page
(thanks to Bartosz Fenski)
* Tag processes with the space bar
* Kill multiple process based on tag
* BUGFIX: corrected processing order of updates in list
* Screen refresh function on Ctrl-L
* Large numbers are shown in MB/GB notation in order to fit screen
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
* Realtime priority is correctly displayed
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
* Preliminary support for configurable columns, with 'C'
(thanks to Marc Calahan)
-- not all columns display properly yet
What's new in version 0.3
* BUGFIX: no dirt left on screen on horizontal scrolling
* Signal selection on "kill" command
* Color-coding for users, nice and process status
* "Follow" function
* Fully selectable sort order
* Function bar on last line
* Build system now uses autotools
What's new in version 0.2.1
* Sorting by process or memory usage ('P' and 'M', like top)
* Quicker default update (1.5 second, not yet configurable)
* Now the order of the elements in the process list stay
'locked' for a while after you move the cursor to ease
selecting a process
* Corrected the installation instructions in README
(Thanks to Jeremy Eglen)
* Should now compile cleanly on Conectiva 9 and similar systems
(Thanks to Adriano Frare for the report)
* Friendlier Makefile
* Help screen ('h')
What's new in version 0.2
* Memory indicators in header now show used and total, in MB
* Preliminary support for sorting (CPU% only)
* Memory percentage field (resident memory / used memory)
* BUGFIX: identified source of spurious crashes
* Can search names containing numbers
(Thanks to Rafael Jeffman)
* Correctly calculates memory page size
(Thanks to Rafael Jeffman)
What's new in version 0.13
* Handles terminal resize
* Display all user names (not only those in /etc/passwd)
(Thanks to Julio Biason)
What's new in version 0.12
* Support for 2.6 kernels
* Uses terminal default colors as a background
What's new in version 0.11
* BUGFIX: does not crash when UID is not in /etc/passwd
What's new in version 0.1
* Everything!