NEWS

This file lists the most important changes to
the previous released version. For a full list of changes
please refer to the ChangeLog file.

New for version 2.6.2:
 - Alternative hex output (to be improved)
 - Print creation date of serial device file (if < 20 hrs), useful for
   identifying just plugged in USB-Serial adapters 
 - Support ':' (colon) in device path names. Note, that this changes old
   behaviour which used ':' as a device path delimiter.
 - Several language updates.

New for version 2.6:
 - Add possibility to add delay after every character transmission.
 - Fix build issues on Mac OS X.
 - Stop providing default modem init and reset strings (still available when
   editing).
 - Added possibility for timestamps in output, added by minicom
 - Added lockdev support.
 - Added new dialdir format that is supposed to be interoperable between 32
   and 64 bits archs.

New for version 2.5:
 - Handle device reconnected more smoothly (USB-serial dongles)
 - Translation updates: Danish
 - Several fixes (see ChangeLog)

New for version 2.4:
 - Add -D and -b options to specify device and baud rate on the command
   line.
 - Do character conversion between local and remote side (-R option)
 - Added indonesian translation
 - Compatibility fixes for recent build environments
 - Remove code that handled very old systems

New for version 2.3:
 - Fix build on Mac OS X
 - New version of the dial format to be little and big endian as well as
   32/64 bit safe
 - Support more baud rates
 - Handle device disappearances (e.g. serial-USB device unplug)
 - Various build and other fixes

New for version 2.2:
 - Vietnamese translation added
 - Norwegian translation added
 - Traditional chinese translation added
 - Swedish translation added
 - Romanian translation added
 - default to 8bit mode if LANG or LC_ALL are set
 - default baud rate set to 115200
 - Various code cleanups and fixes

New for version 2.1:
 - applied some pending patches (see ChangeLog for a complete list)
 - added support for socket connections
 - fixed compiling issues on Solaris
 - new maintainer: Adam Lackorzynski
 - new homepage: http://minicom.alioth.debian.org/
 - new mailinglists (-devel and -announce):
      http://alioth.debian.org/mail/?group_id=31