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06-Apr-2020 Release 4.0.3

• Move help folder to a more standard path.

Upgrading

From version 2.2.0 - You need to edit your existing configuration file as explained in the 2.3.0 release announcement.

From an earlier version - You need to edit your existing configuration file as explained in the 2.2.0 release announcement.

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24-Jan-2019 Release 4.0.2

• Fix: Selected command not started (involves plugin use only).

13-Jan-2019 Release 4.0.1

Recommended upgrade for all users.

• Critical fix: Built-in fuzzy search displays no results if only search-filenames is enabled in default configuration.
• Fix: Built-in fuzzy search used even though disabled on pristine start.
• Fix: Fuzzy search engine choice displayed incorrectly in About dialog text.
• Update: user documentation and translation template.

3-Jan-2019 Release 4.0.0

Release highlights: * Faster, better, alternative fuzzy and exact search engine using the optional fzf external binary. * Now plugins can call the built-in and fzf search engines.

• New: integrate external search engine fzf for exact and fuzzy search
• New: start-up dialog to download/install fzf
• New: user preference TERMINAL_PROGRAM (defaultterm)
• Change: UI rename "Consider word case" to "A ≠ a"
• Change: UI "Show all icons" and "A ≠ a" swap places
• Change: Toggling "A ≠ a" no longer requires a restart
• Change: Toggling search details no longer requires a restart when fzf is used
• Fix: findnrun-formatter -s splits lines on spaces
• Fix: Run in terminal saves history to .hist- instead of .hist-$ID
• Fix: Null FNR* variables when saving drain invocation history
• Update: credits
• Update: user and plugin documentation
• Update: translation template
• Plugin: New: plugins can call the built-in and fzf search engines
• Plugin: New: plugin Helper Functions
• Dev: extend help system to allow directly opening any markdown file

16-Dec-2018 Release 3.1.0

Release highlights: A new fuzzy search mode (off by default), a new configurable hotkey F6, and a configuration menu that reveals all previously hidden settings (hotkey re-assignment is still hidden in the configuration file ~/.findnrunrc). Press [F10] in the main window to see hoteys settings. Press [F10] again to access the configuration menu, or click the new menu symbol "☰".

• New: add fuzzy search (SEARCHFUZZY setting), off by default
• New: add Options menu.
• New: fuzzy search checkbox in the main window
• New: hidden setting FUZZY_MATCH_FIELD_BONUS
• New: hotkey F6 clears the search input field
• Change: remove user setting SEARCHCOMPLETE
• Fix: work around "&" in .desktop comment field
• Fix: did not show icon for .DirIcon files
• Fix: restart did not reset the search input field
• Update: screenshots
• Update: credits
• Update: user and plugin documentation
• Update: translation template
• Plugin dev: update findnrun-formatter
• Dev: add desktop file lister (debug level 1)

19-Oct-2018 Release 3.0.0

• Faster program start.
• Huge speed increase "Showing all icons".
• New: Dash compatible out-of-the-box (sh, bash and ash too).
• New: Hotkey help - hotkey F10 lists hotkey assignments.
• New: Save results - hotkey F4 saves search results to a file or command pipe defined via RDR in file ~/.findnrunrc.
• New: Run in terminal - hotkey F5 starts selected item in a terminal window.
• New: Run in terminal - UI button to run command entry field in a terminal window.
• New: Icon theme support - icons honor the GTK2 icon theme, if any, e.g. in file ~/.gtkrc-2.0: `gtk-icon-theme-name="Clarity"
• New: Icon theme support - override GTK2 icon them with new preference GTK_ICON_THEME_NAME in file ~/.findnrunrc.
• New: Source property - Add INIT_<source> to built-in and plugin source declarations.
• New: display fallback icon when no app icon exists.
• New: Allow icon names (not just paths) for built-in and plugin sources.
• Changed: Move icons from /usr/share/doc/findnrun to /usr/share/icons.
• Changed: Use icon name 'findnrun' for all sub-windows but Help.
• Changed: Reject non- Type=Application .desktop files.
• Changed: Variables XCLIP (preferences.md) and FNRSAVEFLT (plugin-dev.md) are no longer supported.
• Fix: No window auto-close after hotkey F12.
• Fix: wrong XDG_DATA_HOME initialization.
• Fix: yad --progress still visible after main window exit.
• Fix: Regex search fails for Shell Completion source.
• Several UI messages added and changed (translations needed).
• Help and documentation files updated (translations needed).
• i18n translation template (.pot file) updated.
• Plugins: New INIT_<source>, Saving Search Results.

24-Aug-2018 Release 2.5.0

• Faster application start thanks to new translation lookup method, new icon caching algorithm, and optimized plugin validation.
• New progress dialog for long scans.
• Change: yad replaces Xdialog for sub-dialogs.
• Updated "de" (63%) and "it" (100%) translations.
• Fix: single quote in plugin code was invalid.
• Fix: some documentation typos.
• New translation tools.

13-Sep-2017 Release 2.4.1

• updates the German translation.

6-Sep-2016 Release 2.4.0

• is a recommended feature upgrade for all users.

1-Aug-2016 Release 2.3.0

• is a recommended feature upgrade for all users.

13-Jun-2016 Release 2.2.0

• is a recommended feature upgrade for all users.

25-Apr-2016 Release 2.1.1

• is a recommended upgrade for all users.

11-Mar-2016 Release 2.1.0

• is a recommended upgrade for all users.

23-Jan-2016 Release 2.0.0

• adds plugins and new features!

4-Sep-2015 Version 1.10.6 runs on Lubuntu:

• package information

18-Jun-2015

• As of version 1.10.5 this script replaces the original Find'N'Run