1 2014-04-17: Version 6.0.5
3 * Dos2unix is part of the Translation Project (TP).
4 All translations go via the Translation Project.
5 See http://translationproject.org/
6 * New translations of UI messages: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (traditional),
7 Danish, French, Hungarian, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.
8 * New translations of the manual: Brazilian Portuguese, French, German,
10 * Generated man pages are included in the source package to prevent
11 compilation problems with very old or very new perl/pod2man versions.
12 * Manuals are now generated from gettext PO files with po4a for easier
14 * All manuals are now in UTF-8 encoding.
15 * Skip symbolic links on Windows by default (same as on Unix).
17 2013-12-30: Version 6.0.4
19 * New options -ul and -ub to convert UTF-16 files without BOM.
20 * New Russian translation of the messages.
21 * Build 32 bit Windows binaries with Large File Support (LFS)
22 by using mingw-w64 for 32 bit Windows.
23 * When a binary symbol is encountered the value is printed.
25 2013-01-25: Version 6.0.3
27 * Source code compiles with Microsoft Visual C.
28 * Print system error when writing output fails.
30 2012-09-06: Version 6.0.2
32 * The locale encoding detection has been fixed when NLS was disabled.
33 * Print line number when a binary symbol is found.
34 * Updated makefiles for Watcom C, and added a new one for OS/2.
36 2012-07-25: Version 6.0.1
38 * Update Spanish translations.
41 2012-05-06: Version 6.0
43 * Conversion of Windows UTF-16 files to Unix UTF-8 files.
44 * Conversion of Unix UTF-8 files to Windows UTF-8 files with byte
47 2012-03-10: Version 5.3.3
49 * Enabled wildcard expansion for all versions.
50 * Fixed a compilation error when debug was enabled.
52 2012-01-27: Version 5.3.2
54 * New homepage URL: http://waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/dos2unix.html
55 * Compiles for native MSYS.
56 * Compile with OpenWatcom for DOS32 and Win32.
57 * Detect code page on OS/2.
58 * Support wild cards on OS/2.
60 2011-08-09: Version 5.3.1
62 * Spanish translation of messages and manual.
63 * File ownership is maintained in old file mode (Unix only).
64 * Dos2unix and Unix2dos share the same language files.
67 2011-04-26: Version 5.3
69 * Improved handling of symbolic links. New options -F, -R, -S.
70 * Improved handling and reporting of errors.
71 * Source code improvements for Cygwin. Behave exactly as on Linux.
72 * New option --. Treat all following options as file names.
74 2011-03-04: Version 5.2.1
76 * PDF and PostScript generation is optional. No default dependency on
77 GhostScript and Groff.
78 * Enable optional Large File Support (LFS).
79 * Esperanto x-notation is optional. No longer installation of non-standard
81 * Improved error messages.
83 2011-01-31: Version 5.2
85 * ISO conversion mode supports same DOS code pages as SunOS dos2unix does:
86 CP437 (US), CP850 (Western European), CP860 (Portuguese),
87 CP863 (French Canadian), and CP865 (Nordic).
88 * ISO conversion mode supports Windows code page CP1252 (Western).
89 * SunOS compatible options -ascii, -iso, -7, -437, -850, -860, -863, and -865.
90 * Active code page detection for ISO mode.
91 * Fixed ISO conversion of non-breaking space (NBSP).
92 * ISO and 7bit mode can be used in Mac mode.
93 * Treat ASCII Form Feed control characters as valid text.
94 * Update manual pages.
95 * Don't include generated documentation files in Unix source package.
96 * Create a source package in DOS text format.
98 2010-08-18: Version 5.1.1
100 * Added Dutch translation of the manual.
102 * Win32 binary package uses patched MinGW's libintl, with builtin
103 * relocation support.
104 * Support compilation in DOSBox (8.3 file names where needed).
105 * Fixed compilation on Darwin OS.
107 2010-04-03: Version 5.1
109 * Esperanto translations have been added.
110 * Ports to 16 bit DOS have been made.
111 * Command-line options can be set in stdio mode.
112 * Bugfix dos2unix MAC mode: Don't change DOS line endings.
113 * Create stubs for DOS32 versions of mac2unix and unix2mac.
114 * Localization information has been added to the manual.
115 * Man pages have been merged.
116 * Man page generation from Perl POD file.
119 2010-02-16: Version 5.0
121 * Dos2unix and Unix2dos have been bundled in a single package.
122 * German translations have been added.
123 * Dos2unix -l --newline also works in MAC mode.
124 * Unix2dos also got option -l, --newline.
125 * Added MAC mode to Unix2dos: Convert Unix line endings to Mac line endings.
126 * Cleanup of messages and manual.
128 2010-01-24: Version 4.1.2
130 * Preserves file modes in new file mode.
132 2010-01-21: Version 4.1.1
134 * Fixes a compilation problem on FreeBSD.
136 2009-12-28: Version 4.1
138 Automatically skips binary and non-regular files,
139 and the ISO mode has been cleaned up (see ChangeLog).
141 2009-12-21: Version 4.0.1
143 Adds a port to OS/2 Warp. Two wrong conversions in ISO mode
144 have been fixed. The manual page has been updated.
146 2009-12-15: Version 4.0
148 Adds internationalisation (Native Language Support, NLS). A Dutch
149 translation has been added. Ports to Windows and DOS have been made.
150 The problem in DOS/Windows stdio mode has been fixed. The manual has