1 Version 1.48 February 6, 2021
3 * Add Serbian, Swedish, Brazilian Portuguese and Chinese (simplified)
4 translations of info documentation.
5 * Add Tamil and Chinese (simplified) translations.
6 * Move table of contents to the top of the texi file so that it appears
7 in the correct location in the html page.
8 * Use the package name and version as the default for --source (was
10 * Support packages in version strings without the GNU or Free prefix.
11 * Allow an optional second dash to separate the package name from the
12 version for multi-word packages: "program - package name - version".
13 * Suppress creation of an empty pkglibdir when nls is disabled.
14 * Fix ordering of "other" sections in manual page.
15 * Use POSIX compliant TZ when setting UTC (thanks to Paul Eggert).
17 Version 1.47 June 9, 2015
19 * Set document language for localised info pages.
20 * Add French and Spanish translations of info documentation.
21 * Add Spanish and Danish translations.
22 * Add support for reproducible builds by using $SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH as the
23 date for the generated pages.
25 Version 1.46 July 7, 2014
27 * Add German, Ukranian and Polish translations of info documentation.
28 * Add Hungarian and Norwegian Bokmaal translations.
30 Version 1.45 March 24, 2014
32 * Add recognition of explicit section headings indicated with *Heading*.
33 * Improve handling of tagged paragraphs when body is on a following line.
34 * Add escapes to adjust spacing of italic text at roman/italic boundaries.
36 Version 1.44 February 2, 2014
38 * Parse option lines in the header section of include files using shell word
39 splitting which allows quoting of multiple words and backslash-escaping of
42 Version 1.43 Jun 4, 2013
44 * Add explicit include syntax for prepending, replacing or appending to
45 generated output for a section.
47 Version 1.42 May 28, 2013
49 * Consistently strip path and/or libtool `lt-' prefix from program
52 Version 1.41 December 31, 2012
54 * Set filenames in italics.
55 * Suppress option/filename handling in EXAMPLES section.
56 * Add Croatian translation.
57 * Add Serbian translation.
59 Version 1.40 May 28, 2011
61 * Update texinfo docs.
62 * Document --libtool option.
63 * Allow date format to be localised.
64 * Add Japanese translation.
66 Version 1.39 March 8, 2011
68 * Add --libtool option to remove `lt-' prefix for libtool programs.
69 * Add Ukranian translation.
70 * Add Esperanto translation.
72 Version 1.38 April 26, 2010
74 * Support ENVIRONMENT and FILES sections.
75 * Move all translated text into .po files (previously .h2m include
76 files were handled seperately).
77 * Submit package to the Translation Project (translationproject.org).
78 * Add Vietnamese translation.
79 * Add some comments for translators.
81 Version 1.37 November 14, 2009
84 * Add --version-string option.
85 * Add --no-discard-stderr option.
86 * Add line breaks into bug reporting section.
87 * Add Brazilian Portuguese and German translations.
88 * Select a reasonable configure default for --enable-nls.
89 * Revise preload mechanism to not require preloadable libintl.
91 Version 1.36 October 17, 2005
93 * Add default territory to --locale option.
94 * Add Finnish translations.
96 Version 1.35 November 25, 2004
98 * Set program name to the first word of NAME paragraph in --include
101 Version 1.34 November 20, 2004
103 * Escape all unescaped hyphens in output.
104 * Convert parenthesised options, eg (-F).
105 * Fix info section in SEE ALSO to use $program rather than
106 $info_page when referring to the program.
108 Version 1.33 July 18, 2003
110 * Add Polish translations.
111 * Support for localised "Usage:" output.
112 * configure: add --disable-nls option; verify gettext support.
114 Version 1.32 July 10, 2003
116 * Set modification time on generated help2man script so that generation
117 of man pages is dependent only on changes to the source help2man.PL
120 Version 1.31 July 9, 2003
122 * Check for errors writing to output page.
124 Version 1.30 July 9, 2003
126 * Support for localised manual pages has been added (--locale option).
128 Version 1.29 September 7, 2002
130 * Change info category to "GNU programming support".
132 Version 1.28 June 4, 2002
134 * Add --info-page option.
136 Version 1.27 March 19, 2002
138 * Allow short and long options to be separated by multiple spaces
141 Version 1.26 March 9, 2002
143 * Documentation updates giving suggested --help output.
145 Version 1.25 December 3, 2001
147 * New --source and --manual options to allow the page headers and
148 footers to be specified.
150 * New --help-option and --version-option options to cater for programs
151 which don't support the standard --help and --version.
153 Version 1.24 December 22, 2000
155 * Allow options to be specified in the initial block of include files.
157 Version 1.23 October 31, 2000
159 * Escape leading apostrophes.
161 Version 1.022 July 7, 2000
163 * help2man is now officially a GNU program. Add bug reporting
164 address and `GNU' prefix.
166 * configure now checks for `perl5' as well as `perl'.
168 Version 1.021 April 16, 2000
170 * Create directories if required (Makefile).
172 Version 1.020 December 30, 1999
174 * Remove directory from command name(s) in synopsis.
176 Version 1.019 November 3, 1999
178 * Sadly, 2+ spaces *are* required to unambiguously separate options
181 Version 1.018 November 1, 1999
183 * Recognise additional synopsis lines without requiring `or:' prefix.
184 * Adjust option tagged paragraph matching so that the first option
185 argument does not require an `='.
187 Version 1.017 October 27, 1999
189 * Allow --include to be used multiple times.
190 * Include files may now contain `/pattern/' which will append the text
191 following to any paragraph which matches the pattern.
193 Version 1.016 October 25, 1999
195 * Handle indenting/continuation of things which look like options
196 separately. This removes the requirement for 2+ spaces between
197 option and description, allows the description to occur on the line
198 below the option and relaxes the indent matching rules for continued