changelog

A serial programming source code for linux

2001-04-28 <[e-mail]>
Release of Sjinn 0.9.1 (Tx/Rx hex, --hex, and --hex+, support)
 * Added support for \h control character in send strings
   \h enables hex mode the 2nd \h returns to ASCII mode.
   example:  rs232 -s "\h65 66 67\h\n"
 * Added support for --hex and --hex+ options to display read buffer
   in hex or ASCII over hex.
    
2001-04-29 <[e-mail]>
Release of Sjinn 0.9.1.1 (wait/pause options float support)
 * Had added a 'sanity check' on wait/pause options before initial release...
   Sanity check uses isdigit which does not recognize decimal points. Changed
   ck_atof function to accept decimal points (since pause/wait options
   are float values). 
 
2001-05-02 <[e-mail]>
Release of Sjinn 0.9.1.2
 * Changed error handling method in RS232main.c and RS232ctl.c to exit
   more gracefully when errors occur.
 * Changed hex code verbose display from <0x##> to (##), the number is
   actually the hex number converted to decimal. It is now represented 
   properly.
 * Added ChangeLog, sjinn.html, and EXAMPLES.
 * Modified README and INSTALL.  

2001-05-09 <[e-mail]>
Release of Sjinn 1.0
 * Hex codes >0x7F are now displayed correctly for both read and send
 * Verbose mode displays hex values being sent in hex not decimal
 * Removed annoying line feeds after 25 characters are displayed
 * Added --wrap option
 * Added --trim option (truncates line)
 * Added -m, --msec option (allows user to specify --pause and 
         \w wait times in milliseconds instead of seconds
 * Added -n, --nolf option (no line feed)
 * Added support for '\w' in send strings (programmable wait times)
 * Added support for '\\' in send strings (back slash character)
 * Added support for '\-' in send strings (minus-sign/dash character)
 * Unprintable ASCII characters are now displayed with '.' character
 * Verbose now prints status (+ or -) for DTR, RTS, CTS, DSR lines
 * -s"" or -s now displays warning
 * Sjinn with no options now suggests type sjinn --help
 * Added sample scripts and updated sh-install to extract them
 * Makefile removes old symbolic links first before creating new ones
   so that upgrades don't display an error.
 * Added hidden --rand option which uses length from -r## and generates
   random characters using ## from -r as the seed (this reproduces the same
   random characters for the same length - used for debugging purposes.
   Several predefined characters are set "testing\n" is copied to beginning of
   buffer and character 144 at position #9, 160 at #10, and 10 at #100. This
   is used for testing the output formatting.