Promptu 0.8 change log

0.8.3.10 - August 1, 2010

• At the prompt, Promptu now handles Ctrl+V (Paste) instead of the operating system, in order to upate the current suggestion to match the pasted text.

0.8.3.9 - July 13, 2010

• Fixed a focus issue with Win hotkey overrides.

0.8.3.7 - May 21, 2010

• Shift+Delete is now mapped to delete the selected item in the Suggestion Provider.
• Esc now dismisses the Setup Dialog.

• Fixed an issue with Win hotkey overrides occasionally causing the active window to close.
• Fixed a case-sensitivity issue with editing commands from the prompt.

0.8.3.6 - May 11, 2010

• Fixed an issue preventing Promptu from reading shared lists from read-only locations.

0.8.3.5 - April 17, 2010

• Ctrl+Backspace now also deletes the previous word in the prompt (as Shift+Backspace has done), to be consistent with other programs such as Microsoft Word.
• Esc now dismisses the Notes Window.
• PageDown and PageUp are now supported for scrolling through the Suggestion Provider.
• Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+PageUp are now supported for scrolling to the top or bottom item of the Suggestion Provider.

• Fixed an issue with Shift+Backspace.
• Fixed a minor issue with prompt text parsing that would cause the name of the command to be displayed with the first parameter in the Item Info tooltip window.

0.8.3.4 - April 10, 2010

• The Value List Editor now includes a button to paste the data on the clipboard as new rows.
• The Notes Window now auto-saves every 15 minutes while it is open.

• Fixed an issue that was causing the Notes Window's content to not be saved when Promptu was closed while the Notes Window was open.
• Fixed an issue with multi-select in the Value List Editor where "delete" was only deleting one item and not all selected items.

0.8.3.2 - April 3, 2010

• The Value List Editor now allows pasting data from Excel or other spreadsheet programs. Simply highlight the cells you want to paste into and either press Ctrl+V or right-click and choose Paste.
• New GetProgramFilesPath(string version) function in CommonFunctions.dll, to help with shared lists across machines with different architectures. If 32 is supplied as the version and the current machine is 64 bit, it will return the path to Program Files (x86); otherwise, it returns the path to Program Files.
  
  A corresponding function has been added in the default items. Upgrading users who wish to use this function can either add a new default list or add a new function using the following information:
  
  Name: Environment.GetProgramFilesPath
  Assembly: CommonFunctions
  Class: Promptu.CommonFunctions
  Method: GetProgramFilesPath
  Returns: string
  Parameters: 1 default parameter

• Fixed a directory navigation issue with spaces in the filepath.
• Fixed a one-off parsing error with functions and contextual help tooltips.

0.8.3.1 - March 27, 2010

• Promptu can now override hotkeys that are being used by another program. Simply check the Override if already used checkbox next to the hotkey in the Options tab of the setup dialog.
• The Notes hotkey can now be turned off.
• Modified the behavior of hotkey selection in the new profile setup process and the hotkey is already in use dialog to provide immediate feedback if a hotkey is unavailable.
• The up/down arrows now show the Complex History, which should be more discoverable than PageDown.
• Added a calculator. Type the equal sign ('=') followed by a math expression such as 1*2+3, and press Enter to evaluate it.
  
  The calculator supports the constants pi and e, as well as the following functions:
  log, ln, lg (binary logarithm), abs, sqrt (sqr), sin, cos, tan, csc, sec, cot, arcsin (asin), arccos (acos), arctan (atan), arccsc (acsc), arcsec (asec), and arccot (acot).
  
  (Note: the calculator will be turned into a plug-in as soon as the plug-in API design is completed.)

• Fixed an issue with Complex History being cleared if the user's history hit the maximum number of entries allowed.
• Fixed a one-off parsing error that would interfere with directory navigation.

• The old method of showing Complex History, PageDown, has been deprecated in favor of the up/down arrows. The PageDown method is slated for removal in a future version, but will still remain available for a little while.

0.8.2.1 - March 20, 2010

• Fixed an issue that hindered the clicking of the up/down arrows in the Parameter Help Tooltip.
• Fixed a couple of issues with environment variable expansion.

• Fixed a misspelling of variant.
• Updated the open/save dialog filters to show (*.{file-extension-name}), since XP does not automatically add it.
• Changed the filter for sharing/importing Promptu packages to say "Promptu Package (*.pdc)", instead of "Promptu Package/Shared List (*.pdc)".
• Added some optimizations to a special trie collection.

0.8.2.0 - March 15, 2010

• Added a confirm message to @shutdown@, @reboot@, @hibernate@, and @logoff@, to prevent accidental shutdowns, etc., when the user actually meant to execute a closely named item. (I.e. accidentally choosing shutdown instead of shopping).
• Added information about proxy servers in the message displayed when Check for Update is clicked and Promptu cannot connect to the server.

• Fixed some issues with the complex history mode (PageDown).

• Switched the positions of the Use namespace interpretation and Enable value translation in the Value List Editor
• Added a help message displayed in the Lists area when there are no lists.

0.8.1.4 - March 9, 2010

• Fixed some history related regression bugs introduced in 0.8.1.3.

0.8.1.3 - March 9, 2010

• Fixed a performance issue with long history paths.
• Fixed a bug with deletion of the only list in a profile.

• Optimized the behavior of Promptu in relation to UNC file shares.
• Trimmed down the executable size by reducing the file sizes of some of the images.

0.8.1.2 - March 4, 2010

• Fixed an issue with the Down Arrow and the Parameter Help tooltip window.
• Added handling for saving of profile-related files that are open in another program.

0.8.1.0 - March 3, 2010

• A Notes window (similar to SlickRun's Jot).
• The ability to use environment variables (%variable-name%) in the Executes, Arguments, and Startup Directory fields of the Command Editor.

0.8.0.12 - February 27, 2010

• The ability to use Win+R as a hotkey.
• Cut (Ctrl+X), Copy (Ctrl+C), and Paste (Ctrl+V) between lists.

• Updated the SlickRun import to work with SlickRun's latest .qrs files.

0.8.0.11 - February 21, 2010

• Since the filter for the File System suggestion mode is optional, no longer showing the filter dialog when File System suggestion mode is chosen

0.8.0.10 - February 20, 2010

• Fixed an issue where the taskbar would hide the suggestion provider.

• Promptu 0.8 is now out of beta.

0.8.0.9 - February 3, 2010

• Function Test button in the Function editor now allows you to edit the arguments if an incorrect number are supplied.

• Fixed an issue with argument parsing for function testing.
• Fixed an intermittent issue where Promptu would hang and crash on startup during an attempt to update an assembly in a shared list.

• Removed GlobalizedDocumentationAttribute and GlobalizedParameterDocumentationAttribute from the API.

0.8.0.8 - January 30, 2010

• File Filter for the File System suggestion mode, with ITL support.
• Support for assembly dependencies.
• Argument substitution is now supported in ITL expressions for the Function Return Value suggestion mode.

• Fixed an issue with namespaces and Value List values.
• Fixed an issue with the function testing dialog and parsing the arguments specified.
• Fixed an issue with history deletion in the Complex History Mode.
• Fixed an occasional issue where the suggestion provider icons would be incorrect.
• Fixed an occasional issue where the Item Info tooltip would not go away.

• Updated cmd command in the default items to use the new File Filter.
• Updated the default size for the command editor.

0.8.0.6 - January 24, 2010

• The extension of suggestion support for command and function parameters.

  Choose from:
  • File System: Use Promptu's powerful directory navigation feature from within the parameter.
  • Value List: Create a list of values you want suggested for a parameter, with the option to specify translation values to pass on to the function or command.
  • Function Return Value: Allow a function to generate a String[] or ValueList to use in suggesting for a parameter.

  Plus, any translation specified by the suggestion mode for function parameters (such as command-rooted paths for File System or value translation for Value List and Function Return Value) is also made when the function is used in ITL expressions.

• A Parameter Help tooltip window, showing the signature of the command or function you are currently working with.

  

• An Item Info tooltip window, showing information about the selected item and its description, if it has one.

  

• Commands can now execute file system paths that are relative to another command which opens a folder and takes zero parameters. For example, if you have the command tmp which opens c:\tmp\, you can create a command that opens c:\tmp\otherFolder\ by specifying tmp\otherFolder\ in the command's Executes field.

• All of Promptu's windows have been updated to utilize operating system specific settings and features (default fonts, Windows Vista and Windows 7 effects, etc).

• The command's Startup Directory is now ITL enabled.

• A complex history suggestion mode, accessed by pressing PageDown while the prompt is open, shows all the complex history (i.e. commands and functions with parameters, etc). This feature was implemented to allow you to re-run complex expressions that you will not run more than a few times. If you will be using something complex more than once or twice, you should probably make it into a command. If the complexity relates to parameters, you should consider how to best use the new parameter suggestion support (see above) to make it as simple as possible.

• You can now specify whether the prompt follows the mouse or not under the options tab in the setup dialog.