source-highlight -- History of visible changes.

Copyright (C) 1999-2011 Lorenzo Bettini
http://www.lorenzobettini.it
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite

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Changes after 3.1.9

   * Source highlight now requires C++11 to build

   * Now uses the std::shared_ptr rather than the Boost equivalent

Version 3.1.9

   * changed esc.style to work better with dark theme terminals
   * updated C and C++ to more recent standards
   * fixed zsh.lang
   * added new Python keywords
   * added Rust
   * added ixpe
   * added vim

Version 3.1.8

   * fixed some compilation bugs in some systems
   * fixed tcl.lang
   * fixed bash.lang
   * New language definition files:
   * added coffeescript
   * added Cucumber / feature
   * added Go
   * added Groovy
   * added Json
   * added Zsh
   * New output formats:
   * added HTML5
   * added S-expressions
   * added Groff

Version 3.1.7

   * fixed compilation bugs in MacOsX systems (thanks to 
     Trevor Spiteri)
   * language definition for Lilypond (thanks to Federico Bruni)
   * language definition for R statistics programming language
   * language definition for ISLISP (thanks to Christian Jullien)
   * improved Erlang definition file (thanks to Erik S�e S�rensen)
   * new output format: ESC 256 ascii code (thanks to
     Xavier-Emmanuel Vincent).

Version 3.1.6

   * language definition file for T/Foswiki TML markup (thanks to
     Paul W. Harvey)
   * new output format: ODF (e.g. for LibreOffice or to generate ODF 
     color-highlighted snippets to be used by ODF back-ends,
     like asciidoc-odf).  Thanks to Dag Wieers.
   * new output format: MediaWiki thanks to Abe Skolnik

Version 3.1.5

   * boost m4 macro finds boost in lib64
   * boost m4 macro files are not installed
   * updated php lang definition with new php 5 keywords
   * language definition for Scheme (thanks to Orlando Hill)
   * language definition for Po files (thanks to Mikel Olasagasti)
   * language definition for Opa (thanks to Valentin Gatien-Baron)
   * language definition for Javalog (thanks to Mark Silberbauer)
   * language definition for UPC (thanks to Viraj Sinha)
   * fixed a bug in scala.lang dealing with keywords
   * updated sql.lang (thanks to Xavier-Emmanuel Vincent)
   * Emacs lisp files highlighted as Lisp (thanks to Xavier-Emmanuel Vincent)
   * improved logtalk.lang (thanks to Paulo Moura)
   * embed inputlang in the output file (thanks to Masatake Yamato)
   * highlight _ in variable declarations (thanks to Masatake Yamato)
   * correctly highlight for less when filenames contain spaces

Version 3.1.4

   * fixed compilation problems for Sun CC
   * php handles embedded html
   * html handles embedded css and javascript
   * Google's Protocol Buffers language definition added
     (thanks to Joel Smith)
   * CakePhp template files highlighted as php
   * haskell literate programming highlighting
   * vala language definition (thanks to Luca Bruno)
   * lisp language definition (thanks to Michael McDermott)

Version 3.1.3

   * --tab option is correcly handled
   * install script with the executable bit
   * bash is highlighted

Version 3.1.2

   * infer language for files starting with <? and <!doctype
   * language definition for manifest files, asm, applescript,
     vbscript, awk, bat, clipper, cobol, D, Erlang
   * lang def file for compiler output errors
   * style for label and path
   * label element recognized in C/C++
   * qmake based build system available
   * searches for home directory also on windows
   * improved logtalk.lang
   * improved email regular expression in url.lang

Version 3.1.1

   * access to static global LangDefManager, LangMaps is provided
     through the class Instances
   * mechanism for setting a global data dir value (e.g., to ensure
     consistency in a library) and for checking settings
   * library utility functions to retrieve .lang and .outlang files
   * fixed default output format to "html.outlang" not "html.lang"
   * SourceHighlight class return the output file extension
   * the background color for the document is kept empty if it is
     not specified in the style file
   * SourceHighlight.setLineNumberDigits: to
	 explicitly set the number of digits for line numbers
   * utils.h file is installed in the header directory
   * white is a standard color in style files
   * language definition file for Texinfo
   * language definition file for Haskell (thanks to Sergey Astanin)

Version 3.1

   * library utility functions to retrieve .style and .css files
   * fixed library manual link in index.html
   * doxyfile is now distributed
   * better formatting for < and > in latex output
   * doxygen documentation can be built even when building in
     a separate directory
   * added man page for source-highlight-settings
   * language definition for Oz, thanks to David Bremners

Version 3.0

   * provides a library for highlighting that can be used
     by other programs.
   *  --regex-range (highlight only specified lines of an input file,
     according to specific regular expressions describing the delimiting
     lines).
   * deal with HTML5 features (thanks to Simon Pieters)
   * use --docdir for documentation directory
   * --binary-output command line option to write output files in binary
     mode
   * Added the program source-highlight-settings to write a configuration
     file for source-highlight (and its library) in the user home directory.
   * languange definition for generic configuration files
   * languange definition for pkg-config files
   * the input language is now discovered also using the whole file
     name (besides the file extension if any)
   * in .lang files one can specify the exit level

Version 2.11.1

   * fixed an installation bug in non-root mode (thanks to Britton Kerin)
   * fortran.lang improved with new keywords from Fortran 90 
     through Fortran 2003 (thanks to Jason Blevins)
   * javascript.lang improved (thanks to gnombat)
   * added keywords to caml language definition
   * Ada language definition file (thanks to Reto Buerki)
   * lang and outlang files can also be downloaded independently from
     the source-highlight site

Version 2.11

   * optimized the procedure for finding the best matching expression
   * improved boost regex library search in configure script
   * fixed regexp element in javascript lang definition
   * highlight types used in variable/parameter declarations in C++ and Java
   * fixed language def files for properties and desktop files
   * newline chars can be inserted (and ignored) in regular expression
     specifications
   * --line-range (highlight only specified lines of an input file,
     --range-context to specify the number of surrounding context lines,
     --range-separator the separator line between ranges)
   * language definition for Xorg configuration files
   * language definition for Scala (thanks to Dean Wampler)
   * bash completion file for source-highlight (thanks to Tiziano Muller)

Version 2.10

   * formatting is applied even when generating anchors and references
   * noref is handled also for output languages using onestyle (e.g., xhtml)
   * improved fortran highlighting
   * improved python highlighting
   * fixed title in docbook output
   * language definition for ldap files (e.g., ldiff files)
   * language definition for autoconf files
   * improved m4 language definition
   * improved logtalk language definition
   * url.lang handles ~ in urls
   * language definition for glsl.lang (provided by Cesare Tirabassi)

Version 2.9

   * language definition for C (not C++) files
   * language definition for properties files
   * language definition for KDE desktop and ini files
   * language definition for lsm files (Linux Software Map)
   * language definition for rpm spec files
   * language definition for Haxe files (thanks to Jos Hirth)
   * style.defaults for associating a style for an element (whose style is
     not specified) to the style of another element
   * highlight some KDE programming files (e.g., .rc, .kcfg, etc.)
   * correctly highlight for less when filenames contain paths
   * fixed a bug in file inclusion of langdef files
   * fixed compilation problems for fileutil.cc (thanks to Adrian Reber)
   * xml elements are correctly recognized when containing .
     (thanks to Toby White)
   * references for xhtml output files

Version 2.8

   * lang definition for slang (by John E. Davis)
   * correctly handle words in ' and ` regular expression strings
   * the right delimiter of a delim element can refer to marked subexpressions
     in the left delimiter
   * fixed the definition of C-style comments which are not nested
   * improved perl syntax highlighting
   * javascript regular expression highlighting
   * padding character for line numbers can be specified (thanks to
     Roger Nilsson)
   * removed non standard % make rules

Version 2.7

   * fixed language association for log files.
   * use standard sed arguments
   * check that the ctags program supports the options used by source-highlight
     and disable ctags tests if it does not
   * removed some memory leaks from scanners and parsers
   * fixed regular expression highlighting strings in perl 
     (thanks to Elias Pipping)
   * regexp language element
   * infer script languages also checking for the env specification
   * improved error reporting for lang definition files
   * ` ` syntax for regular expressions that permits backreferences
     and conditionals
   * explicit naming for subexpressions syntax
   * added a program, check-regexp, for checking regular expressions 
     on the command line
   * fix html tag definitions
   * fix ruby regexp definition
   * --doc option and references for docbook output
   * xhtml output with non fixed font

Version 2.6

   * language definition for makefiles
   * language definition for css files
   * language definition for m4 files
   * fixed some problems in xml.lang
   * fixed some problems in sh.lang
   * the ctags found during configure is correctly used in makefiles
   * --quiet option showing no progress information
     (thanks to C. Michael Pilato)
   * handle direct color specifications in double quotes in style files
   * in style files can specify formatting options for more than one
     element on the same line
   * accept css specifications as style specifications (limited support)
   * handle background color for some output formats (e.g., xhtml)
   * in style files the background color (for the entire output)
     can be specified
   * fixed a problem in configure script on some BSD systems
     (thanks to Thomas Klausner)

Version 2.5

   * fixed lang.map for php files
   * fixed url.lang
   * --debug-langdef can be interactive
   * nohilite.lang that does not perform any highlighting, but
     only formats the input file into the output format (dealing
     with output format special characters)
   * default.lang to which source-highlight falls back when no
     input language is specified or available
   * infer script languages
   * --header and --footer options do not require --doc option
   * --statistics print elapsed time
   * highlight cls, dtx and sty LaTeX files
   * language definition for Tcl
   * language definition for Sql
   * language definition for bibtex
   * infer language of script files

Version 2.4

   * language definition for C# (thanks to Hemmi Shigeru)
   * language definition for XML (thanks to Andy Buckley)
   * language definition for shell scripts (thanks to Dirk Jagdmann)
   * fixed language definition for HTML (tags with numbers are highlighted,
     e.g., <h1>)
   * updated language definition for logtalk (thanks to Paulo Moura)
   * produces the list of elements of a language definition file
     (--show-lang-elements)
   * output format definition for HTML where fonts by default are
     not fixed width.
   * bug fix in url regular expressions
   * bug fix with nonsensitive keywords (thanks to Andrea Ercolino)
   * improved documentation concerning installation of Boost regex library

Version 2.3

   * the regex automaton is printed on the standard output
     (instead of the standard error)
   * language definition for postscript
   * DocBook output format
   * fixed bug in .map files with \r characters
   * fixed expression for email

Version 2.2

   * fixed a bug that sigsegv when more than one input file
     is provided
   * fixed a compilation error with gcc 4.0
   * generate references using ctags
   * fixed a bug with LaTeX output of " with some inputencs
     and with latexcolor
   * handle direct color specifications independently from HTML
   * fixed conversion of hexadecimal characters in output language
     definitions
   * fixed compilation error with regex 1.33
   * include man page
   * language definition for diff output
   * fixed bugs in generation of the regular expression automaton
   * extended documentation with some tutorials on input language
     definitions
   * generate more compact output (reduced size)
   * in LaTeX output longtable is not used anymore

Version 2.1

   * Included obsolete man page.
   * output language format specifications are read at run-time
     so that new output languages can be easily added dynamically
     (without recompiling the sources) by using a simple syntax.
   * "fixed" and "notfixed" styles can be specified.
   * fixed the handling of end-of-line (processed only once)
   * LaTeX output
   * TeXinfo output
   * debug of a language definition
   * tags.j2h files are now called style files.
   * renamed --tags-file option in --style-file
   * allows to specify a prefix for the generated line number anchors
   * --header and --footer do not imply --doc
   * language definition for LogTalk (thanks to Paulo Moura) and LaTeX

Version 2.0

   * Language specifications are read at run-time, so that
     new languages can be easily added dynamically (without recompiling
     the sources) by using a simple syntax.
   * "nonsensitive" for simple definitions
   * cgi version not built automatically
   * failsafe option to simply output the input file when no
     language definition is found
   * functionalities with less improved.

Version 1.11.1

   * fixed compilations problems on some Unix compilers

Version 1.11

   * errors in tags error files are reported more correctly and make
     the program exit
   * more tag options added
   * "linenum" tag for specifying the style of line numbers

Version 1.10

   * Added scanner for log files (also for iptables and apache logs)
     thanks to Jan Tatarik
   * Fixed some bugs in the perl scanner (thanks to Geir Nilsen)
   * configure checks for ios_base
   * check for the right ar to use, fixes problems under Sun compilers
     (thanks to Paul Townsend)

Version 1.9

   * --no-doc option added to cancel the --doc option even if
     it is implied (e.g., when css is given) (as suggested by Keith Lea
     and Grant McLean)
   * deal with \r correctly
   * added scanner for language LUA (thanks to Marc Cote')
   * added scanner for CAML and SML (with the help of Jean-Baptiste Rouquier
     and James Riely)
   * fixed a bug in C++ scanner concerning tabs after # (reported by
     Don Stauffer).
   * If not specified, the source language will be guessed from the
     input file extension.
   * Added src-hilite-lesspipe.sh a script that can be used with less
     in order to higlight the files processed with less
     (suggested by Konstantine Serebriany)
   * fixed a bug in perl scanning when \" is used in regular expressions
     (reported by Geir Nilsen)
   * html attribute values are generated in quotes (bug fixed by
     Patrick Wagstrom)
   * can generate anchors for line numbers (thanks to Oliver Fischer)

Version 1.8

   * scanner for Javascript
   * new output format: ESC ascii code (e.g. for less, with the
     help of Konstantine Serebriany).
   * tab character are correctly handled by --tab option is given
     (thanks to Don Stauffer).
   * presence of getopt_long is handled in a cleaner way.
   * some changes in how changelog files are highlighted
   * =head =cut sections in perl sources are correctly handled
     (reported by Grant McLean)
   * added Java keywords true and false

Version 1.7

   * scanner for Ruby programming language (thanks to Noritsugu Nakamura).
   * fixed explicit rules in Makefiles that generated errors with some
     versions of non-GNU makes.

Version 1.6.3

   * Fixed problems in compilation in systems that do not provide
     getopt_long and yywrap (reported by Jackie Goodwin).
   * Added .spec file for generating .rpm and .rpm.src (thanks to
     Christian W. Zuckschwerdt).

Version 1.6.2

   * compliant to C++ standard headers (iostream etc.), no more
     backward compatibility warnings with gcc 3.2 (Thanks to
     Maurizio Loreti for the report).

Version 1.6.1

   * fixed a bug in the configure phase that used to make the compilation
     fail with compilers not providing the function getop_long
     (reported by Horacio Montenegro).

Version 1.6

   * scanners for flex and ChangeLog added by John Millaway
   * default to stdout when no --output is given along with the -i option
     and when --output="STDOUT" (as suggested by Hugh S. Myers)
   * fixed a problem with string comments in Python scanner
   * a separate executable is built, source-highlight-cgi, that can be
     used as a CGI program

Version 1.5.1

   * xhtml doctype generated correctly (thanks to Christian W. Zuckschwerdt
     and Josh Ghiloni) reported
     by Martin Gebert
   * Anonymous CVS Access is now available
     http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/src-highlite

Version 1.5

   * xhtml output format is now handled (thanks to Christian W. Zuckschwerdt
     and Josh Ghiloni)
   * assert is now recognized as a Java keyword (thanks to Fabio Calefato)
   * a scanner for Python has been written by Martin Gebert.
   * when in Php3 strings can span more than one lines and line numbers are
     correctly formatted.

Version 1.4

   * fixed compilation error with some compilers due to headers istream.h
     and ostream.h (thanks to Dan barthel)
   * a scanner for Php3 has been written by Alain Barbet.
   * reading from stdin does not kill line numbers (notified by Keith
     Robertson)
   * line number count is correctly reset when handling multiple files (bug
     fixed)
   * for Java sources, if, while, and other keywords that use '(' ')' are
     now correctly highlighted as keywords instead of as functions (reported
     by Manuel Kauers and Fabio Calefato)
   * tabs are correctly handled for Prolog and Perl sources (reported by
     Martin Gebert)

Version 1.3

   * now there is only one program, namely source-highlight, that accepts a
     command line option, --src-lang or -s, specifying the source language
     (for the moment java, cpp and prolog).  Previous programs, java2html
     and cpp2html are provided as shell scripts, just for compatibility, but
     their use is not advised.
   * --out-format, -f, command line option added for specifying the output
     format (for the moment only html is accepted).  Though only html is
     handled, this option is required.
   * a scanner for Prolog has been written by Martin Gebert.
     This scanner is still to be considered beta,
     and actually it was written for Visual Prolog, so it should be tested
     against other Prolog dialects.
   * a scanner for Perl has been written by Alain Barbet.
   * Correctly check whether it is possible to write to a file (notified by
     Martin)
   * --tab option is correctly handled even for C/C++ files (bug fixed,
     notified by Martin)
   * Added option --line-number (-n) in order to print line numbers (as
     suggested by Ed Scott and Andre Charbonneau).
   * Man page added.

Version 1.2.1

   * Fixed a problem of compilation for gcc 3.0 (thanks to Alexios Zavras
     and Bruno Schweizer)
   * much more recent versions of getopt.h, getopt.c, getopt1.c are provided
     (the previous ones were very very old!), that do not rely on alloca
     anymore.

Version 1.2

   * Added normal text decoration (specify "normal" in tags.j2h) (suggested
     by Bernie Boudet).
   * fixed a bug for multiple input files (notified by Christian Paulsen)

Version 1.1

   * Included some standard headers; otherwise gcc 2.96 didn't compile
     (thanks to Arto Viitanen).
   * fixed bug (seg.fault) with foreign character (thanks to
     Martin Gebert).
   * --output-dir added to specify the output directory.
   * --enable-input-chroot configure option to hardcode the path to prepend
     for input files (useful when the programs are built for CGI, as
     suggested by Robert Wetzel).

Version 1.0

   * This is the first release of source-highlight, but it includes already
     existing programs (cpp2html and java2html), so the changes are related
     to these programs.
   * CGI support enabled (thanks to Robert Wetzel);
     I haven't tested it personally yet, so
     you may ask him directly.
   * newline handled correctly according to HTML specifications (again
     thanks to Robert Wetzel).
   * Added preprocessor highlighting [preproc], symbol (+,-,^, etc.)
     highlighting [symbol], curly bracket highlighting [cbracket], function
     highlighting [function] (thanks to Geurt Vos).
   * for tags.j2h, added support to enter direct RGB color values (#rrggbb)
     and colors teal, gray, and darkblue added (thanks to Geurt Vos).
   * green, darkgreen and brightgreen handled correctly (thanks to Martin
     Gebert).

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