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| ASCIIweb Times-Tribune                                 Vol. I Issue I. | 
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.------------.                  CHANGELOG                         |. . .| 
| Welcome to |                                                    | . . | 
| ASCIIweb!  | old sk00l asciiweb                                 |. . .| 
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| intro      | ASCIIweb version one was a series of scripts       | . . | 
'------------' that generated static pages.                       |. . .| 
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| manual     | The current version of ASCIIweb is essentially a   |. . .| 
'------------' rewrite and basically all "features" of asciiweb   | . . | 
.------------. were added since the original version was          |. . .| 
| license    | finished.                                          | . . | 
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.------------. version 0.0-0.5                                    | . . | 
| directory  | ---------------                                    |. . .| 
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.------------.   * rewrote asciiweb as a cgi. added all           |. . .| 
| changelog  |     features, including r_menus, fillers, and      | . . | 
'------------'     colors.                                        |. . .| 
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| bugs       |   * wrote directory parsing routines               |. . .| 
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.------------. version 0.6                                        |. . .| 
| wishlist   | -----------                                        | . . | 
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.------------.   * fixed .conf file system to support             | . . | 
|  website   |     directories as well as .rfk files.             |. . .| 
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.------------.   * added readcolor feature to allow               |. . .| 
| beta v0.90 |     separate color for the main text.              | . . | 
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 \......  . |  version 0.65                                       | . . | 
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        |. .|    * added "persistent" directory confs so          |. . .| 
        | . |      that a conf can persist down a dir             | . . | 
        |. .|      tree if the user wants one but doesn't         |. . .| 
        | . |      want to write a conf for each step of the      | . . | 
        |. .|      tree. Persistence will be something to         |. . .| 
        | . |      think about in the future.                     | . . | 
        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |    * added comments to the .conf format and         | . . | 
        |. .|      prettied up the stock aw.conf. ahhhh.          |. . .| 
        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    w                                                |. . .| 
        | . |    * Added the @messages debugging array that       | . . | 
        |. .|      I liked so much in Scribble.                   |. . .| 
        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * Added CGI::Carp so that fatals go to the       |. . .| 
        | . |      browser.                                       | . . | 
        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |    * Moved confs into a separate directory.         | . . | 
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        | . |  version 0.66                                       | . . | 
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        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * ASCIIweb now uses the 'strict' pragma          |. . .| 
        | . |      in an effort to tighten up the code.           | . . | 
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        | . |    * ASCIIweb now behaves intelligently when        | . . | 
        |. .|      users hose their configuration files.          |. . .| 
        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * ASCIIweb now supports multidot                 |. . .| 
        | . |      filenames in directory mode.                   | . . | 
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        | . |  version 0.70                                       | . . | 
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        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * ASCIIweb now reads local files on STDIN        |. . .| 
        | . |      rather than through LWP! This provides         | . . | 
        |. .|      an almost 100% speed increase, not to          |. . .| 
        | . |      mention the load *decrease* since each         | . . | 
        |. .|      request is no longer being handled by          |. . .| 
        | . |      Apache! Beaujolais! (It can still use          | . . | 
        |. .|      LWP if needed.)                                |. . .| 
        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * ASCIIweb can now execute code and embed        |. . .| 
        | . |      it within page data or use it as page          | . . | 
        |. .|      data! This presents a certain security         |. . .| 
        | . |      risk; some users may wish to disable it.       | . . | 
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        | . |  version 0.80                                       | . . | 
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        |. .|    * ASCIIweb is now capable of static page         |. . .| 
        | . |      generation and now includes a utility,         | . . | 
        |. .|      'gp', to help with static page/site            |. . .| 
        | . |      generation.                                    | . . | 
        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |    * Fixed a security hole in that ASCIIweb         | . . | 
        |. .|      would read *any* file from the                 |. . .| 
        | . |      filesystem that www-data could read,           | . . | 
        |. .|      including things like /etc/passwd.             |. . .| 
        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|      ASCIIweb now includes a new parameter,         |. . .| 
        | . |      docdir, which is the highest                   | . . | 
        |. .|      filesystem directory ASCIIweb will             |. . .| 
        | . |      read from.                                     | . . | 
        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |  versions 0.81-84a                                  | . . | 
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        |. .|    * Important security enhancements and            |. . .| 
        | . |      other minor fixes. PLEASE do not run           | . . | 
        |. .|      any version prior to 0.84a.                    |. . .| 
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        |. .|  version 0.85                                       |. . .| 
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        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |    * First public release.                          | . . | 
        |. .|    * Full page includes now work again.             |. . .| 
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        |. .|  version 0.86                                       |. . .| 
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        |. .|                                                     |. . .| 
        | . |    * Fixed pesky directory download issue.          | . . | 
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        | . |  version 0.87                                       | . . | 
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        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * Fixed some URL issues with directories         |. . .| 
        | . |      and downloadables. Added 'dressing'            | . . | 
        |. .|      directive in aw.conf for configuring the       |. . .| 
        | . |      'src' directory of window dressing.            | . . | 
        |. .|    * included alpha version of 'gp' utility         |. . .| 
        | . |      for building static pages.                     | . . | 
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        | . |  version 0.90                                       | . . | 
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        | . |                                                     | . . | 
        |. .|    * Linewrapping now functional thanks to David    |. . .| 
        | . |  Gardner!!!                                         | . . | 
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        | . |  << go to online documentation...                   | . . | 
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