	
	FIM NEWS -- history of (main) user-visible changes in FIM.

                Version 0.4

 * changed --random semantics and introduced --random-no-seed switch
 * customizable status bar file info string
 * introduced --as-text to render printable bytes as text
 * key r is bound to 'rotate90', key R to 'rotate270'                                                                          
 * bug fixes for the g: namespace, SDL/X mode, "list 'pop'" command, 
   the --offset option, 'ascale' and rotation, documentation.

                Version 0.4-beta

 * interface to the GraphicsMagic library (more graphics formats supported)
 * introduced bitwise AND and OR operators
 * support for rendering "matrix market" numerical matrix files (with librsb)
 * X mode not anymore default in aalib, available at option 
 * libjpeg usage fixes
 * libpng usage fixes (support for PNG_LIBPNG_VER>=10209)
 * documentation improvements (e.g.: fim man page is auto-generated)
 * "imlib2" X-based output device support 
 * "sdl" output device improvements (fullscreen/mouse/windowed options, I/O, ..)
 * more default consolefont options (e.g.: hardcoded consolefonts support)
 * configure option to disable the fim history file
 * improvements to scale, goto, other commands
 * improved directories reading
 * introduced --no-commandline, --no-internal-config switches
 * aggregated some commands for clarity
 * output console can be disabled at configure time
 * important fbdev bug fixes 
 * autocompletion of variable identifiers

        	Version 0.3

 * minor strchr compilation problem on some systems
 * better consolefonts support  
 * much better SDL support (different color modes)
 * 'negate' feature
 * -S, or 'sanity-check' switch 

               Version 0.3-beta-prerelease

 * auto-generated documentation: more consistency 
 * grammar specification, in man fimrc
 * internal commands,variables,autocommands  reference man page, in man fimrc
 * better internal help mechanisms
 * more control (resolution change,windowed mode) in experimental sdl mode
 * new commands (pread,reverse,shuffle,...) 
 * (temporarily) disabled internal windows splitting 
 * pushing files from a directory
 * several minor and major bugfixes

        	Version 0.3-beta

 * full         support for AAlib (Ascii Art rendering) (-o aa)
 * experimental support for SDLlib (Simple Directmedia Layer) (-o sdl) (X!)
 * experimental PDF, PS, DJVU file support
 * history file support (~/.fim_history)
 * seamless caching and prefetching integration
 * viewing of any type files as bitmaps (unset bits black, set bits white)
 * viewing of any type files as pixmaps (as RGB triples)
 * framebuffer driver now can be disabled at compile time
 * colors inversion: saves a significant fraction of power when viewing documents 

        	Version 0.3-alpha

 * experimental support for AAlib (Ascii Art rendering) (-t)
 * reading image files (-i) and scripts (-p) from stdin
 * runs on the powerpc architecure
 * rewritten from scratch the debug console, now buffered and with scrolling
 * achieved speedup in magnifying pictures
 * achieved speedup in displaying dithered images
 * smarter quoting rules (looser quote checking) when "push"ing files
 * dumping to file execution logs as executable scripts (-W/--write-scriptout)
 * implemented regular expressions matching operator (=~)
 * new default key bindings for split windows control
 * could be compiled with no readline library (--disable-readline)

        	Version 0.2
 
 * internal windowing (with splitting, resizing, swapping) support
 * .xcf, .fig, .dia, .svg files now viewable via wrapper calls
 * introduced interactive command iteration ( in the [n]<command key> form )
 * fim will try to run under screen and over ssh now
 * custom framebuffer device, fonts and gamma are supported
 * enriched compile-time options via the ./configure script
 * vim-styled variable scoping g:,i:,v:,w: (local variables)
 * eradicated some bugs
 * introduced new variables, commands

        	Version 0.2-alpha
 
 * first windowing functionalities
 * bugs and subtle flaws handling
 * introduced new variables, commands

            	Version 0.1

 * regular expressions for filtering the viewed image list
 * vim-like autocommands
 * command line autocompletion
 * command line history
 * completely customizable key bindings
 * external/internal scriptability
