1 Version 1.44 February 2, 2014
3 * Parse option lines in the header section of include files using shell word
4 splitting which allows quoting of multiple words and backslash-escaping of
7 Version 1.43 Jun 4, 2013
9 * Add explicit include syntax for prepending, replacing or appending to
10 generated output for a section.
12 Version 1.42 May 28, 2013
14 * Consistently strip path and/or libtool `lt-' prefix from program
17 Version 1.41 December 31, 2012
19 * Set filenames in italics.
20 * Suppress option/filename handling in EXAMPLES section.
21 * Add Croatian translation.
22 * Add Serbian translation.
24 Version 1.40 May 28, 2011
26 * Update texinfo docs.
27 * Document --libtool option.
28 * Allow date format to be localised.
29 * Add Japanese translation.
31 Version 1.39 March 8, 2011
33 * Add --libtool option to remove `lt-' prefix for libtool programs.
34 * Add Ukranian translation.
35 * Add Esperanto translation.
37 Version 1.38 April 26, 2010
39 * Support ENVIRONMENT and FILES sections.
40 * Move all translated text into .po files (previously .h2m include
41 files were handled seperately).
42 * Submit package to the Translation Project (translationproject.org).
43 * Add Vietnamese translation.
44 * Add some comments for translators.
46 Version 1.37 November 14, 2009
49 * Add --version-string option.
50 * Add --no-discard-stderr option.
51 * Add line breaks into bug reporting section.
52 * Add Brazilian Portuguese and German translations.
53 * Select a reasonable configure default for --enable-nls.
54 * Revise preload mechanism to not require preloadable libintl.
56 Version 1.36 October 17, 2005
58 * Add default territory to --locale option.
59 * Add Finnish translations.
61 Version 1.35 November 25, 2004
63 * Set program name to the first word of NAME paragraph in --include
66 Version 1.34 November 20, 2004
68 * Escape all unescaped hyphens in output.
69 * Convert parenthesised options, eg (-F).
70 * Fix info section in SEE ALSO to use $program rather than
71 $info_page when referring to the program.
73 Version 1.33 July 18, 2003
75 * Add Polish translations.
76 * Support for localised "Usage:" output.
77 * configure: add --disable-nls option; verify gettext support.
79 Version 1.32 July 10, 2003
81 * Set modification time on generated help2man script so that generation
82 of man pages is dependent only on changes to the source help2man.PL
85 Version 1.31 July 9, 2003
87 * Check for errors writing to output page.
89 Version 1.30 July 9, 2003
91 * Support for localised manual pages has been added (--locale option).
93 Version 1.29 September 7, 2002
95 * Change info category to "GNU programming support".
97 Version 1.28 June 4, 2002
99 * Add --info-page option.
101 Version 1.27 March 19, 2002
103 * Allow short and long options to be separated by multiple spaces
106 Version 1.26 March 9, 2002
108 * Documentation updates giving suggested --help output.
110 Version 1.25 December 3, 2001
112 * New --source and --manual options to allow the page headers and
113 footers to be specified.
115 * New --help-option and --version-option options to cater for programs
116 which don't support the standard --help and --version.
118 Version 1.24 December 22, 2000
120 * Allow options to be specified in the initial block of include files.
122 Version 1.23 October 31, 2000
124 * Escape leading apostrophes.
126 Version 1.022 July 7, 2000
128 * help2man is now officially a GNU program. Add bug reporting
129 address and `GNU' prefix.
131 * configure now checks for `perl5' as well as `perl'.
133 Version 1.021 April 16, 2000
135 * Create directories if required (Makefile).
137 Version 1.020 December 30, 1999
139 * Remove directory from command name(s) in synopsis.
141 Version 1.019 November 3, 1999
143 * Sadly, 2+ spaces *are* required to unambiguously separate options
146 Version 1.018 November 1, 1999
148 * Recognise additional synopsis lines without requiring `or:' prefix.
149 * Adjust option tagged paragraph matching so that the first option
150 argument does not require an `='.
152 Version 1.017 October 27, 1999
154 * Allow --include to be used multiple times.
155 * Include files may now contain `/pattern/' which will append the text
156 following to any paragraph which matches the pattern.
158 Version 1.016 October 25, 1999
160 * Handle indenting/continuation of things which look like options
161 separately. This removes the requirement for 2+ spaces between
162 option and description, allows the description to occur on the line
163 below the option and relaxes the indent matching rules for continued