ReleaseNotes.md

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Nift Release Notes

Version 3.0.3 of Nift

• fixed bug with json config on Windows
• fixed bug in Parser::read_paramsStr

Version 3.0.2 of Nift

• fixed bug with variable definitions
• fixed bug with variable if conditions (trying to compile exprtk expression segmentation faults)

Version 3.0.1 of Nift

• fixed bug copying/moving pages with non-default content and/or output extension(s)
• fixed bug with copying whitespace when parsing functionstein, especially for string definitions
• fixed bug with semicolons in quoted string definitions
• fixed bug with using seekp/tellp on Windows when converting config files to json
• changed to adding operator function names with zero params to output rather than throwing errors

Version 3.0.0 of Nift

• now allow relative paths for input/inject

• added duplicate of !i option called !indent for input/inject

• can now have names ending in / or \ for implicit index eg. about/index vs about/

• experimentally allow names containing . (seems to work, lots of find_first_of('.') still though)

• have allowed cp/copy, mv/move and rm/del with nift commands again

• changed silent option to progress for build and status commands

• made some lolcat-cc modifcations

• reverted LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3 to website version

• added 'browse' nift command

• modified default project constructed with 'nift init .html'

• changed to using JSON for all config files (auto updates projects)

• fixed compiler flags on LuaJIT for using LuaRocks

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Version 2.4.12 of Nift

• further improved line number tracing for errors
• added get_pwd and pwd to embedded lua
• updated to newer versions of LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3 and ExprTk

Version 2.4.11 of Nift

• added basic/fast multi-threading options to poke and rmv
• changed to strictly using templatestein when parsing constructed string for join function
• fixed up being able to use "fn" instead of "function"
• fixed up error function to handle multiple parameters
• improved reading bracketless codeblocks inside bracketed codeblocks (no longer need an empty end line)
• hunted down some bugs wth line number tracing for errors

Version 2.4.10 of Nift

• fixed up lolcat to handle finding the end of things with 'm' to avoid so much white
• fixed up bug with reading {} in unbracketed code blocks
• added trying to compile and evaluate unrecognised lines using ExprTk with functionstein (f++)
• added option (default value can be changed with exprtk.eval_params fn) to compile and evaluate params with ExprTk

Version 2.4.9 of Nift

• added in ability to run scripts with nift script-path as well as nift run script-path, makes shebangs nicer for example
• further improved language detection
• improved lolcat piping of system calls across multiple statements and made more consistent across f++/n++/Lua(JIT)/ExprTK
• hopefully fixed bugs with n++ and zero param non-fns output (in particular $ instances)
• added script path as first parameter for argv

Version 2.4.8 of Nift

• added in default of trying system call if failure with lua(jit) or exprtk in interactive (interp/sh) mode, they work better as shell extensions this way
• cleaned up language choice so ExprTk and templatestein and all reasonable derivatives work okay
• fixed up nsm_lang fns for Lua(JIT) and ExprTk to work with both string and char version of language selection
• updated sys/system fn output to use the called fn name rather than defaulting to system
• added in passing parameters to the nift run command with variables 'argc' (int) and 'argv' (vector)

Version 2.4.7 of Nift

• Reverted to handling @fns with f++, too ingrained in the codebase
• Reverted to calling sys call on whole line for zero param functions
• Reverted to breaking at non-escaped @'s when reading function names
• Fixed up allowing for ';' at end of statements (hopefully no bugs/undesirable features), though any potential system call will be called on whole line for possibly multiple statements, use a new line if needed
• cleaned up (hopefully) language choce with interactive REPL's (both interp and sh) and run

Version 2.4.6 of Nift

• Initialised all bLineNo's to zero (started getting warnings on OSX)
• Fixed up "run commands" in-built scripts from last version to handle language names as well as chars for script extensions
• Added skip_whitespace fn to clean Parser.cpp codebase up a little bit
• Can now optionally use fn in place of function, mostly intended for interpreter/shell sessions

Version 2.4.5 of Nift

• You can now do nift sh/interp lang and provided lang starts with the same char as the language you are specifying the prompt will match
• Added prompt.char(string) command
• Added in global $[cmd]rc.$[langChar] "run command" support on start of an interpreter or shell session
• Added in local .nsm/[interp/sh].$[langChar] "run command" support on start of an interpreter or shell session
• Added in treating a single parameter for f++/n++/lua/exprtk function calls as a file-path to a file
• Added in exprtk.file function to read and process ExprTk code at the file-path specified parameter
• Added in f/file option for exprtk and exprtk.compile options

Version 2.4.4 of Nift

• Built-in improvements of uneccessarily repetitious code for lolcat-cc
• Fixed $() syntax to hopefully not conflict with common bash code
• Added lolcat.cmd and lolcat.status functions
• Added alternative inj option for sys/system calls for terminal/cmd line brevity

Version 2.4.3 of Nift

• Fixed lolcat bug - it was a missing a space between nift/nsm and adding lolcat-cc in lolcat_init
• Improved escape code handling for lolcat-cc, now seems to work for most animations
• Stopped Nift from creating hash info files wherever it runs a script (anyone remember what that code is for?)

Version 2.4.2 of Nift

• fixed some rather embarrassing bugs for initialising projects

Version 2.4.1 of Nift

• added duplicate Nift commands edit/open for opening files from page names
• added duplicate Nift commands medit/mopen for opening files for a specific page name from mirror directories
• added Nift command mbcp for running build-commit-push on multiple mirrors

Version 2.4.0 of Nift

• added some general 'unknown error' try-catch blocks to help avoid REPL sessions fully crashing
• made a few alterations to FixIndenting.cpp including a stern "use at your own risk" warning
• fixed a bunch of bugs and added a few try-catch blocks to catch unknown bugs without crashing
• removed info-config command (can now use Nift to open the config files!)

Version 2.3.13 of Nift

• added program with makefile option to clean up indenting for source code
• fixed indenting whitespace for the Makefile
• fixed major bug with reading blocks (both bracketed and non-bracketed)
• patched (ie. reverted LDFLAGS to LINK) makefile for FreeBSD and Gentoo
• cleaned up various ways of using lolcat with Nift
• added native support for external lolcat programs using lolcat.on(lolcat_command)
• (breaking change sorry) had to change to $ before grave accent ExprTk expressions so that functionstein works better as both a scripting extension language and a shell extension language, especially for flashell (hopefully not an issue when using Nift with perl or anything else)
• (breaking change sorry) no longer require @ in front of grave accent ExprTk expressions

Version 2.3.12 of Nift

• one liner fix of not reading terminal config string quoted
• added nsm config global/project command to open config file with configured editor
• added improved mod fn from lolcat-cc to Lolcat.cpp

Version 2.3.11 of Nift

• added config support for number of pagination threads
• have changed to leaving instances of '@' with functionstein (f++) (fixes using @, eg. cloning from bitbucket)
• ran a regression on read block code (python gang assemble)

Version 2.3.10 of Nift

• added '!round' option to console fn
• added 'f++' and 'n++' options to exprtk and exprtk.compile fns
• added '...' option for std::vector definitions (parameters are values)
• added vjoin and ? (ternary operator) fns
• changed options/parameters/types variables for user-defined structs/fns to std::vector
• added add_scope, add_member_fns and replace_vars fns
• added 's' (add scope) option to if, for, while, do-while and fn calls
• added 'mf' option to definitions and fn calls
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.3.9 of Nift

• added exprtk_disable_caseinsensitivity for ExprTk
• merged PR from Mamadou fixing support for compiling with Lua 5.2 and 5.1
• added !mf option to definitions
• added in types std::vector and std::vector
• added in std::vector. fns at, erase, pop_back, push_back, set, size (also member fns)
• added in stream. fns close, open (also member fns)
• added in exprtk.compile, exprtk.eval, exprtk.load and exprtk.str fns for f++/n++
• added in exprtk_compile, exprtk_eval, exprtk_load and exprtk_str fns for Lua
• added in to_string fn for ExprTk
• fixed so that fn name/options/params are parsed with f++ always
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Verstion 2.3.8 of Nift

• added clang support to Makefile (pass CXX=clang to Makefile)
• fixed up Makefile and Lua.h for various versions of Lua and LuaJIT
• changed how pagination works so that paths are not broken
• added b/block, pb, f++ and n++ options to = and write fns
• added exprtk.add_variable fn
• added lua_version fn
• improved errors for lua_tonumber and lua_tostring
• fixed a couple of bugs with tab completion
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.3.7 of Nift

• fixed bug with retrieving present git branch when git is in another language
• cleaned up GitInfo.cpp
• changed new-cont-dir/new-output-dir to mve-cont-dir/mve-output-dir
• removed cp/copy mv/move rm/del from commands (use nift specific)
• added option to embed Lua 5.3 instead of LuaJIT at compile time
• fixed up options for compiling with system installed LuaJIT/5.3 instead of bundled version
• added options to compile version without clear lines, colours and/or progress
• added option to compile binary for Vercel's servers

Version 2.3.6 of Nift

• improved how Nift searches for installed version of lolcat
• fixed bug with lolcat output
• embedded HashTk
• added hash fn
• added hash and hybrid modes for incremental builds
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.3.5 of Nift

• added REPL shortcut support for more terminals
• added support for powershell (add terminal ps to global/project config files)
• made some cosmetic improvements to general output
• now prevent output colour until global/project config is loaded
• renamed type fn to typeof
• made some improvements to cpy/mve/rmv fns with regards to working with permissions
• now switch cat/type cp/copy ls/dir mv/move rm/del fn names on Windows vs (Free)BSD/Linux/OSX
• added in-built version of lolcat-cc
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.3.4 of Nift

• fixed major bug with new copy directory function
• added in more familiar syntax for incrementing and decrementing variables
• modified ExprTk to remove the old variable when registering a duplicate
• added exprtk option to forget fn to remove variables from both Nift variables and ExprTk symbol table
• added skipping whitespace to functions that needed it
• added cpy/mve/rmv commands

Version 2.3.3 of Nift

• fixed major bug where project content directory was deleted when removing a single tracked file

Version 2.3.2 of Nift

• added in proper cpy/lst/mve/rmv functions
• renamed touch fn to poke
• added in more familiar syntax for const and private variable definitions
• added in lolcat, lolcat.on and lolcat.off fns for rainbow output on FreeBSD/Linux/OSX
• cleaned up output (added a few select emojis on Linux/OSX)
• hopefully fixed bug with build status/progress output
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.3.1 of Nift

• added in pagination, including fns:
  • item
  • paginate
  • paginate.no_items_per_page
  • paginate.separator
  • paginate.template and constants:
  • paginate.no_items_per_page
  • paginate.no_pages
  • paginate.page
  • paginate.page_no
  • paginate.separator
• added in getenv, refresh_completions and replace_all functions
• added in sys fn for ExprTk
• added in exprtk and sys fns for Lua
• added in alternative way to define variables, now very similar to other languages
• added in way to add $[] print syntax with user-defined types
• added in f++/n++ options when defining structs/types
• added round option to exprtk fn
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.2 of Nift

• added in mod functions % and %=
• fixed various bugs
• made various improvements

Version 2.1 of Nift

• embedded lua(jit) and exprtk
• added in-built template language n++ and in-built scripting language f++
• added CLI interpreters for f++, n++, lua and exprtk
• added shell extensions for f++ and n++
• added blank/empty/no template option
• changed to $[varname]/$(varname) instead of @[varname]/@
• added - between words for hard-coded constant variables
• added lots of functions to Nift's template languages
• various other smaller changes and bug fixes

Version 2.0.1 of Nift

• fixed bug when cloning a website repository from an empty directory (and any other similar bugs from using remove_path where remove_file is more appropriate, ie. when creating temporary text files)

Version 2.0 of Nift

• changed @inputcontent to @content()
• changed @inputraw(file-path) to @input{raw}(file-path)
• addded if-exists/raw option to @input(file-path) and @content()
• added file/name options to @pathto
• changed @userin(msg) to @in(msg) and @userfilein(msg) to @in{from-file}(msg)
• added if-exists/inject/raw/content options to @script/@system
• changed from using @[varname] and @{varname} to @[varname] and @ when printing variables
• changed to @funcname{options}(params) for function call syntax
• changed from using * option to parse params to {!p} option to NOT parse function name, options and params
• changed from using ^ option to not backup scripts to {!bs} option
• added read_params
• fixup up read_def and read_func_name
• fixed multi-line comments

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Version 1.25 of Nift

• changed the way @ is escaped and removed most escape characters (too likely to conflict in other places)
• added @ent syntax to template language
• added @@, @<, @\ escaping syntax to template language
• improved reading parameters
• changed how strings/variables are done in preparation for more types (to come, type defs and function defs)
• now allow multiple string definitions in the one definition
• improved syntax for inputting tracked file and project/site information, now basically hard-coded constants
• fixed bug with delDir, which fixed bugs with clone etc.
• removed website specific terminology (lots of changes)
• added Nift command backup-scripts (option)
• changed one of the Nift config commands to info-config
• added Nift command info-tracking
• check if new content path etc. exist with new-cont-ext etc.
• check whether content file already exists when moving/copying
• make sure all tracks/untracks/rms will be successful before any of them are done

Versin 1.24 of Nift

• fixed bugs with content/page/script extensions and mv/cp/rm aka move/copy/del
• updated/moved removePath to remove_path and remove_file and now removes now-empty directories
• added in ^ option for @script syntax in template language for not making a backup copy
• added in backupScripts to config files
• added Nift commands track-dir, untrack-dir, rm-dir, track-from-file, untrack-from-file, rm-from-file (note when removing large volumes of pages using rm-from-file can cause significant machine lags while running and not long after)
• added Nift commands watch, unwatch, info-watching
• got rid of pre/post build-all and build-updated scripts, costs too much time and not really needed
• added pre/post build scripts to page dependencies

Version 1.23 of Nift

• fixed Windows bugs and tidied up with pre/post build/serve scripts and @script, @scriptoutput, @scriptraw
• fixed indenting inside pre blocks with methods to input from file
• added allowing quoted string variable names with whitespace and open brackets
• improved filenames for temporary files
• added syntax @\n to template language
• added in syntax for Nift comments to template language:
  • <@-- .. --@> (raw multi line comment)
  • /* .. */ (parsed multi line comment)
  • @--- .. @--- (parsed special multi line comment)
  • @# (raw single line comment)
  • @// (parsed single line comment)
  • @!\n (parsed special single line comment)

Version 1.22 of Nift

• added in scriptExt to config files, better way to do pre/post build/serve scripts
• added command new-script-ext (page-name) scriptExt
• changed/improved how pre/post build/serve scripts are done
• hopefully fixed bugs with @script, @scriptoutput, @scriptraw functions
• added optional parameter string parameter to @script, @scriptoutput, @scriptraw functions
• updated Nift info commands with additional page information
• added pageinfo syntax @pagecontentext, @pagepageext, @pagescriptext to template language
• added siteinfo syntax @scriptext to template language
• added in buildThreads to config files
• added command no-build-thrds (no-threads)

Version 1.21 of Nift

• removed trailing '/' or '' from @contentdir and @sitedir output
• fixed bugs with @contentdir, @sitedir, @contentext syntax
• fixed indenting when parsing parameters
• added more error handling with Nift commands new-[cont/page]-ext
• added file input syntax @rawcontent, @inputraw, @scriptraw, @systemraw to template language
• added user input syntax @userin, @userfilein to template language

Version 1.20 of Nift

• made template language available with input parameters
• added pageinfo syntax @pagename, @pagepath, @contentpath, @templatepath to template language
• added siteinfo syntax @contentdir, @sitedir, @contentext, @pageext, @defaulttemplate to template language
• fixed indenting bugs
• fixed os_mtx functionality
• added optional sleepTime parameter for Nift serve command

Version 1.19 of Nift

• added more error handling
• added string variables
• added rootBranch and siteBranch to config files
• changed/improved/finalised how pre/post build/serve scripts are done
• fixed @script[output] and @system[output/content]
• added pre/post build-[all/updated] script support

Version 1.18 of Nift

• added FileSystem.[h/cpp] to the project
• added cpDir function to FileSystem.[h/cpp]
• renamed trash to ret_val and handle more errors
• fixed numerous minor bugs

Version 1.17 of Nift

• changed std::endl to "\n" when writing to file, 20% improvement in build-all time on some machines, no improvement on others
• changed pages set to pointer in PageBuilder.h, significantly less memory consumption
• added/improved Nift commands new-template, new-site-dir, new-cont-dir, new-cont-ext, new-page-ext
• added @systemcontent(sys-call) syntax to template language
• fixed bug with @system, @systemoutput, @script, @scriptoutput syntax

Version 1.16 of Nift

• improved multithreading
• added @inputhead syntax to the template language
• fixed read_sys_call and read_path
• improved new-page-ext

Version 1.15 of Nift

• added non-default page extension support
• added @dep syntax to the template language

Version 1.14 of Nift

• improved multithreading

Version 1.13 of Nift

• added in user-defined dependency support
• changed the way pre blocks are parsed

Version 1.12 of Nift

• fixed some bugs under the hood
• made some improvements under the hood

Version 1.11 of Nift

• added in Nift commands diff and pull
• fixed major bug with quote string function introduced in v1.10
• fixed various other minor things

Version 1.10 of Nift

• added in @system and @systemout syntax to template language
• added in pre/post build/serve script support

Version 1.9 of Nift

• added in timer for build/build-updated/build-all commands

Version 1.8 of Nift

• improved multithreading support

Version 1.7 of Nift

• added version command

Version 1.6 of Nift

• fixed open file limit bug

Version 1.5 of Nift

• added serve command to serve pages locally

Version 1.4 of Nift

• added -O3 compiler optimisation (significant improvement in build time for 10,000 pages)

Version 1.3 of Nift

• added multithreading when building all pages (significant improvement in build time for 10,000 pages)

Version 1.2 of Nift

• removed output for successful building of pages (significant improvement in build time for 10,000 pages)

Version 1.1 of Nift

• fixed clone bug
• fixed init bug
• added windows flavoured del, copy and move commands