fim release candidate: 0.6 (rc0) !!

[Michele Martone]

Dear friends of FIM - Fbi IMproved,

after years of little activity, the last months were intense, 
and FIM-0.6-rc0 is now ready for release.

Don't be fooled by the shy numbering -- this is a major release!!

The NEWS file reflects this: it has grown by a few hundred lines.

A summary of major improvements:

 * Colour ASCII-Art output via libcaca, selected with -o ca
 * better mechanism to determine best output device
 * font magnification by integer factors, good for higher resolutions
 * runtime font selection
 * new options to commands "scale", "goto", "limit", "list", ...
 * 'limit' view to relevant image files based on properties (like in 'mutt')
 * pass key presses to be automated at startup with -k and -K options
 * pretty free from memory leaks
 * -X switch inhibits custom external converters
 * new powerful subcommand "list 'mark'"
 * new command-line switches (--sort..) to sort the initial files list
 * use mipmaps for faster scaling
 * open files from a files list with -L
 * load image description files with -D 
 * background recursive scan and load of files with -B
 * search files at startup based on description with -/ and --//
 * new verbosity and debug options
 * better error handling when encountering corrupt files
 * fast in-place switch to high-res file via --load-shadow-directory 
 * improvements in -o aa (Ascii Art output device with aalib)
 * more options for window size selection in -o sdl
 * Keys F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,F10,F11,F12 now usable with 'bind'

Why version name FIM-0.6-rc0 ?

I wish to probe a few versions before converting to FIM-0.6, so I rely
on feedback and bug reports.


The FIM website         : https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/
A NEWS list of changes  : https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/#news
Download instructions   : https://www.nongnu.org/fbi-improved/#download

Yours,
Michele

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