Revelation / ChangeLog

Revelation changelog

---------------[ 2005-03-21 : 0.4.1 ]---------------

2005-03-21  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* don't crash when closing non-modal dialog with escape

	* don't steal clipboard events from widgets in main window

2005-03-18  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* left-align labels in link-buttons (for URLs etc)

	* workaround for gnome-python bug causing crashes on 64-bit

	systems when changing a preference

	* hide any open dialogs when locking the file

	* check generated passwords strength if length >= 8

	* use better lock icon

	* added a password checker dialog

	* use better stock icons for dialog buttons

	* added a more complete word-list

2005-03-17  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fix potential crash on quit with some pygtk versions

	* improve the user interface for copying username/password

	to clipboard

	* added preference to select doubleclick action; go to, or edit

	* cleaned up the build-system and source file layout

	* improved the preference dialog

	* don't crash when attempting to load missing icons

	* use fallback folder icons when not found in theme

	* update icons on theme change

	* bump version number to 0.4.1

2005-03-16  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* make io.file_monitor() handle NotSupportedError from gnome-vfs

	* fixed crash when file saving fails (invalid permissions etc)

	* display non-ascii characters in filenames correctly

	* use correct encoding (utf-8, not iso-8859-1) in data files

	* workaround for files with incorrect encoding (generated by 0.4.0)

	* properly handle datahandler.DataError

	* made the password strength check more thorough

	* make password warnings handle escape as cancel

2005-02-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* make undo actually for for edit actions

	* don't crash when redoing an undone edit action

2005-02-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* make a workaround for a gnome-python 2.9.x crasher bug with

	the session client

2005-02-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* monitor events on preference, password generator and search

	dialogs

	* check data file password strength

2005-02-04  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* preference, password generator and search dialogs are no

	longer modal

	* check password strength while entered, using cracklib

2005-02-03  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added option for autolocking file when inactive

2005-02-02  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* ask user to reload file if it is changed outside revelation

---------------[ 2005-02-08 : 0.4.0 ]---------------

2005-02-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* add --disable-mime-update and --disable-desktop-update

	configure switches, instead of relying on $(DESTDIR)

	* respect --disable-schemas-install configure switch

2005-02-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* autosave after drag/drop, if enabled

2005-02-02  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* build byte-compiled datahandler modules

2005-02-02  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* set default button of "overwrite file?" dialog to Cancel

	* use STOCK_OVERWRITE instead of STOCK_OK for overwrite dialog

	* added plain text datahandler

	* treeview keyboard commands caused unhandled exception

---------------[ 2005-02-01 : 0.4.0-pre2 ]---------------

2005-02-01  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a crasher bug when undoing an entry drag/drop under

	certain circumstances

	* wrote remaining ui module unit tests

2005-01-29  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* check for fd.o shared MIME utils at build-time, and avoid

	rebuilding MIME databases if not found

	* don't update MIME databases at build-time if DESTDIR is set

	* more ui module unit tests

2005-01-28  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* run update-desktop-database on make install so that

	revelation is registered as handler for application/x-revelation

	MIME type

2005-01-26  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fix typo in mimetype icon installation path

2005-01-25  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* build authmanager module with position-independent code

	* don't install authmanager into bindir

	* use Utility category for .desktop file (put into

	Accessories category in GNOME menu)

	* wrote more ui module unit tests

	* fixed a treeview drag'n'drop bug which broke dropping into

	folders directly before or after the source entry

---------------[ 2005-01-24 : 0.4.0-pre1 ]---------------

2005-01-24  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* wrote more ui module unit tests (yawn)

	* renamed launch to go to

	* removed option for launch-on-doubleclick (now default behaviour)

	* on entry goto, the username isn't copied to the clipboard chain

	if the username is given to the goto command

	* fixed a couple of io unit tests

	* fixed a treeview drag/drop bug

	* entry module tried to use the removed stock module

2005-01-08  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* wrote more ui module unit tests (yawn)

2005-01-07  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* wrote more ui module unit tests

2005-01-06  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* various minor HIG tweaks

	* ui.generate_field_edit_widget() takes a field instance as argument

	instead of field type, and sets edit widget contents based on field

	value (corresponds with ui.generate_field_display_widget())

	* ui.Toolbar() no longer uses deprecated methods

	* wrote unit tests for ui module

2005-01-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the netrc datahandler, and wrote unit tests for it

	* updated the xhtml datahandler, and wrote unit tests for it

2005-01-04  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* don't subclass gnome.ui.HRef (abstract widget from

	gnome-python 2.9.x - subclassing causes crash)

	* fall back to False for toolbar_detachable setting from GNOME

	* updated unit tests for util module

	* rewrote gpass datahandler, and wrote unit tests for it

	* updated copyright period to include 2005

2005-01-01  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* renamed Makefile test target to check

2004-12-31  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* updated the data module unit tests with new API

2004-12-21  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* improved the main app class API

2004-12-17  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added clipboard chaining

	* added menu item for copying username and password chain

	to clipboard

	* removed option for copying username to PRIMARY on launch

2004-12-16  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* used generic INSTALL instructions from automake

2004-12-15  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added a preference for launching entries on doubleclick

	* added a preference for copying username to PRIMARY selection

	when launching an entry

	* added gnome session manager support

	* gtk/gnome arguments are properly handled

2004-12-14  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* all entry editing widgets activates default dialog response

	* set default response for filechooser dialogs

	* display tooltips wherever relevant

	* wrapped and used gnome_authentication_manager_init()

2004-12-13  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added support for drag and drop of entries in tree

	* added dynamic menu items for copying username/password to

	clipboard

2004-12-10  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the application code, as well as the dialog and u

	modules

	* the entry clipboard is shared between revelation instances

	* wrote unit tests for new clipboard classes, and updated unit

	tests for config module

	* added a mimetype and icon for Revelation data files

	* files can be dragged to Revelation to open them

	* check file format before asking for password

2004-11-26  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the data module

	* wrote unit tests for the data module

	* moved build-time variables to config module

2004-11-23  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* split configuration handling into a separate module

	* wrote unit tests for the config module

2004-11-19  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* cleaned up the entry module API

	* added unit tests for the entry module

	* moved parse_subst() from misc module to util module

	* added unit tests for parse_subst()

	* removed the misc module

2004-11-03  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the FPM data handler

	* added Makefile target for unit tests

2004-10-30  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the Revelation and RevelationXML data handlers

	* changed the data handler API

	* added unit tests for the Revelation and RevelationXML

	data handlers

2004-10-23  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added util module, moved alot of code to it, and rewrote

	the code

	* added unit tests for util module

2004-10-22  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote file handling to use gnome-vfs

	* added unit tests for io module

	* added unit tests for datahandler module

2004-09-18  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added ellpisis to menu items

	* changed the popular value threshold to 3

2004-09-17  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* prepend the current account username to the username dropdown

	* syncronize searchbar entry text with the entry searcher

2004-09-16  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* copy password or other secret to clipboard when launching

	an account

	* added the users username to the username dropdown

2004-09-15  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* use 18x18 pixel icons in the treeview

2004-09-13  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* adapted the EntryDropdown to work for the search dialog

	* pasting entries now works again

	* the edit entry dialog now works again

	* use improved entry edit widgets

	* display undo/redo actions in menu items again

	* set priority flag on add and launch entry items

2004-09-11  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* the gconf schema check didn't use the DIR_GCONFSCHEMAS

	variable

2004-09-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* use new ConboBox widget for dropdown menus

	* the @schemadir@ make variable wasn't properly expanded

2004-09-06  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* use the gnome icon theme instead of own icons

	* the .desktop file now uses the base icon name, so it is

	looked up in the icon theme

	* added new application icons

2004-09-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* renamed data/images to data/icons

2004-09-04  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* port application ui to gtk.UIManager

2004-08-31  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* try libs in pythonpath from configure first

2004-08-30  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* use new file dialog from GTK+ 2.4

	* reorganized source file tree

	* use GNU autotools instead of python distutils for

	installation

	* bumped version number to 0.4.0

---------------[ 2004-09-27 : 0.3.4 ]---------------

2004-09-27  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* created a workaround for a possible python bug which crashed

	revelation when editing an entry on certain systems

	* bumped version number to 0.3.4

2004-09-23  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* the searchbar follows the detachable toolbar setting in gnome

	* the user may attempt to continue running Revelation when

	an unhandled exception occurs

	* activate searchbar button when hitting return in the entry

2004-09-07  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a bug which displayed the Domain fields tooltip as

	its name

---------------[ 2004-08-30 : 0.3.3 ]---------------

2004-08-30  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* bumped version number to 0.3.3

2004-08-29  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* renamed the XML (eXtensible Markup Language) filetype to XML

2004-08-28  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* improved the xhtml exporter

2004-08-27  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added an xhtml/css exporter

	* fixed a couple of bugs from the change to entry subclasses

2004-08-26  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* created entry subclasses for various types instead of

	using the entry dict

	* created field subclasses for various types instead of

	using the field dict

2004-08-24  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* changed some launcher substitution variables

	* added optional variables and optional substring expansions

	to the launcher expansion syntax

	* changed the default launchers

	* added tooltips to launcher preferences

2004-08-23  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* changed the accelerators for adding, editing and removing

	entries to Control-Insert, Control-Return and Control-Delete

	* added key handler to the tree view to allow Insert, Return

	and Delete to be used when navigating the tree

	* added preference inputs for launcher commands

	* multiple entries can now be launched simultaneously

2004-08-12  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added a password generator dialog

2004-08-11  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* minor tweaks to launcher code

	* added a search toolbar

2004-08-10  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added an exception handler which displays a dialog with

	a traceback whenever an unhandled exception occurs

	* fixed a bug in the edit entry dialog which caused entry

	description to not be set

	* added config_get() and config_connect() functions

	* added initial launcher support

	* added exception handler for KeyboardInterrupt (Control-C)

---------------[ 2004-08-09 : 0.3.2 ]---------------

2004-08-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* don't try to load the removed druid module

	* bumped version number to 0.3.2

---------------[ 2004-08-08 : 0.3.1 ]---------------

2004-08-08  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* merged the ui module into the widget module

	* fixed some bugs introduced during development

	* the window position is stored on quit

2004-08-07  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* minor code cleanups

2004-08-06  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* updated NEWS file

	* bumped version number to 0.3.1

2004-08-03  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* the text entry in the find dialog is activated after

	the "No match found" dialog has been displayed

	* added import/export of GNOME Password Manager files

2004-08-02  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added access keys to popup menus

	* code cleanups

	* updated some of the text files

2004-07-29  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* moved data about the current file into the EntryStore class

2004-07-28  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* added various separate password dialogs, instead of

	using a common class

	* added generate_display_widget() and generate_edit_widget()

	methods to field objects

	* removed gconf schema registration from setup.py to

	make packing less painful - the schema is registered on

	app startup anyways

2004-07-27  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the app configuration handling

	* cleaned up the widget code, and added docstrings to all

	classes, methods and functions

	* the configuration is checked on startup, and if not found

	the schema is automatically registered with the gconf

	daemon

	* cleaned up most of the dialog code

2004-07-15  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* when adding an entry the default type is Generic (not Folder)

	* added a preference for automatically saving data when changed

	* code cleanups; moved all app ui code into main app class

2004-07-14  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the application use of data files and replaced the

	import/export druids with normal file selectors

2004-07-10  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the data file handling, and cleaned up the

	data handlers

2004-07-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote the Undo/Redo code, and moved most of it into the

	UndoQueue class

2004-07-08  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* the OK button in the password dialogs is inactive when it's

	missing input

	* cleaned up the EntryStore code, and merged the DataStore

	and EntryStore classes

2004-06-30  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* file-selectors and the about dialog are set as transients

	for the main app window

2004-06-29  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* miscellaneous code cleanups

	* updated the fpm datahandler to use new Entry class,

	and rewrote conversions routines

	* added importer/exporter for .netrc files

2004-06-22  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* rewrote internal data handling routines to use an Entry

	object instead of a normal dictionary, and Field objects

	instead of a field dict

2004-06-16  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a bug introduced by recent cleanups, which broke

	the TreeView.set_model() method - caused file locking to

	not empty the treeview

2004-06-11  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* most dialogs can now be closed by pressing Escape

2004-06-10  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a bug introduced in yesterday's cleanups, which

	omitted the treeview's scrolledwindow

	* implemented a custom FileEntry widget to use instead of

	the libgnomeui one - will hopefully fix some nasty crasher

	bugs

2004-06-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a bug with spin buttons which made it impossible

	to set a value with the keyboard

	* when saving, missing parent directories are automatically

	created

	* the window size and main pane position is remembered

	* code cleanups in widget and ui code

2004-06-06  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* split out data handlers into separate modules

2004-06-03  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* the vertical scrollbar in the main window is only shown

	when needed

2004-05-09  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* updated all references to the wired-networks.net domain

	to point to the new codepoet.no domain

	* added Id keyword to all code files

2004-04-30  Erik Grinaker <erikg@codepoet.no>

	* fixed a bug which caused the file selector to be opened

	when saving a file on quit confirmation

	* fixed a few bugs which caused fields containing & to

	behave unpredicably (not always displayed)

---------------[ 2004-04-06 : 0.3.0 ]---------------

2004-04-05  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* fixed a bug which caused previously expanded folders to

	retain the open folder icon after the file is unlocked

	* set a sane default button (cancel) for the revert

	confirmation dialog

	* added a NEWS file

	* added note on restarting gconfd to the INSTALL file

2004-03-31  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* fixed the gconf schema installation

	* fixed a couple of bugs introduced in recent changes

2004-03-26  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* make setup.py register the gconf schema with the gconf daemon

2004-03-25  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* fixed a bug in DataStore.iter_traverse_next() which

	caused it to fail when given None as input

	* the password generator now uses a balancing algorithm

	which ensures a minimum amount of the different

	character classes

	* doubleclicking an entry now opens the edit dialog. also

	moved the edit and remove menu items to the top of the

	entry popup menu, for hig compliance

	* added tooltips to preference and find dialogs

	* the find dialog can be closed by pressing Escape

	* removed the Usenet account type - old accounts are

	converted to the Generic type on load

2004-03-22  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* fixed some bugs introduced by the recent code cleanups

	* added a File/Close menu item, for HIG compliance

	* restrict the length of entry fields in the password dialog,

	to prevent passwords longer than the AES key length to be given

	* the password dialog gives the focus to the password entry

	whenever it is run (after displaying an error dialog etc)

2004-03-20  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* code cleanups; split application ui setup and internal

	mechanics into a separate class

2004-03-18  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* code cleanups; minor cleanups in druid module

	* code cleanups; minor cleanups in main application

2004-03-17  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* code cleanups; split the EntryStore class into a generic

	TreeStore class (improved gtk.TreeStore) and an EntryStore

	subclass which handles entry storage

	* code cleanups; cleaned up the data module

	* code cleanups; cleaned up the datafile module

2004-03-16  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* bumped version number to 0.3.0

	* code cleanups; cleaned up the tree widget code

	* code cleanups; moved the EntryDropdown widget into the

	widget module

	* code cleanups; moved entry information and functions into

	a separate module

	* code cleanups; moved the password generator into the misc

	module

	* code cleanups; rewrote the entry search algorithm (and it's

	oh-so-sexy ;p)

2004-03-15  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* code cleanups; rewrote the password dialog and the app file

	handling

	* code cleanups; cleaned up custom widget code

	* code cleanups; moved stock items and icons into a separate

	module

	* code cleanups; created "misc" module, and moved some functionality

	into it

	* code cleanups; rewrote the dataview code

2004-03-14  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* code cleanups; split out custom widgets into own module,

	and set up an abstract gconf synchronization superclass for use

	in various custom widgets

	* code cleanups; removed the EntryTypes class, and used

	functions instead

	* code cleanups; major cleanups in dialog code

2004-03-13  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* added functionality for locking the data file

	* fixed a bug in the find dialog which caused it to remain open

	when the window destroy button was pressed

	* added find options to gconf

	* added a password generation button to password fields in the

	edit dialog

	* added "length" and "avoid ambiguous characters" options for

	the password generator

2004-03-12  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>

	* added an option for obscuring passwords

	* redisplay the password dialog if wrong password was given when

	opening a file

	* the import and export druids will set default files for various

	filetypes when available

2004-03-11  Erik Grinaker <erikg@wired-networks.net>