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1 == Mesk 0.3.2 - 2007.07.10 (Dead Edge of Town) ==
2   * New features:
3     o New playlist keybindings 'Q' and menuitem for adding tracks to the front
4       of the playlist queue.
5     o New playlist keybinding Alt+q for clearing the queue.
6     o Album covers fetched from amazon are now cached (upper-limit is 8)
7     o Better notification using "busy cursor" during large playlist adds
8     o Gentoo ebuild uses 'mp3' instead of the 'mad' USE flag.
9   * Bugs fixes:
10     o Relative paths in playlist URIs now work.
11     o Gajim status plugin talks directly with the Gajim DBus service rather
12       than through the shell which fixes the problem encoding '♫'
13     o Playlist name is exported correctly.
14     o Prefer the latest python version installed instead of the minimal version
15     o Fix configure options and ebuild USE flags.
16
17 == Mesk 0.3.1 - 2007.05.07 (Stoner Jam) ==
18   Bugs fixes since 0.3.0:
19     * Fixed process renaming bug. Removed since it never really worked and was
20       not portable.
21   New features since 0.3.0:
22     * Lyrics plugin that will load a Google search in a web browser.
23     * Better filtering and selection of album art search results.
24     * Added Swedish (sv) translation, by Daniel Nylander <po@danielnylander.se>
25
26 == Mesk 0.3.0 - 2007.04.20 (Blood On The Wall) ==
27   Changes since 0.2.x
28     * DBus service and interface for remote control (e.g. to bind to multimedia
29       keys)
30     * CD audio support.
31     * System tray icon (requires Gtk+ 2.10)
32     * Playlists can now be exported to any of the supported playlist types.
33     * Support for read-only playlists and annotations (i.e. comments).
34     * More feedback for potentially long operations via status bar.
35     * Improved startup time for large/many playlists.
36     * Refactored plugin API to ease writing plugins and the ability to add
37       menu items to the View menu.
38     * XSPF (Spiff) playlists used as internal playlist format.
39     * PLS playlist support.
40     * Jump to current (Ctrl+j) is now in the View menu and will display the
41       playlist tab if necessary.
42     * Toggle compact UI mode with Alt+c
43     * Many playlist errors which resulted in a dialog are now reported in a
44       message window that can be opened by clicking on the status bar image.
45     * A new log window (View->Logs) for viewing logs when not started from the
46       command line.
47   Plugin changes since 0.2.x
48     * Download album covers from amazon.com with the albumart plugin.
49     * Gajim status plugin allows customization of the format through the
50       preference dialog.
51     * Last.FM status and stats shown in plugin configuration dialog and home
52       page link added to view menu.
53
54 == Mesk 0.2.1 - 2006.09.23 (Meat Puppets) ==
55  * Window title is now updated with the current track info.
56  * File chooser directory select checkbox state is now remembered.
57  * Playlist search entry expands with window.
58  * Fixed startup failure when an audio format is not found in the python
59    mimetypes database.
60  * Audioscrobber plugin leaks less file handles.
61  * Minor UI tweaks.
62
63 == Mesk 0.2.0 - 2006.09.16 (Tragedy) ==
64  * Using Gstreamer 0.10 (0.8 is no longer supported).
65  * Multiple playlists with the ability to cut, copy, and paste between them.
66  * Support for ogg Vorbis audio format.
67  * Remote (http) audio and playlist support including http authentication.
68  * Added playlist context menu for remove, cut, copy, paste and queueing
69    functions.
70  * Volume can now be controlled using mouse wheel, scale slider, or
71    context menu.
72  * Find previous in playlist search.
73  * Album covers can now be loaded from the ID3 tag.
74  * Remote playlists and extended m3u support.
75  * Gajim status plugin prefixes tune status with '♫:' instead of 'np:'
76    (when the user locale supports unicode).
77  * A new user tips window.
78  * Command line argument for controlling logging (-l/--log-level).
79  * Added a manpage (mesk(1)).
80
81 == Mesk 0.1.2 - 2006.06.10 ==
82  * Desktop file and window icon sandbox installation fixes
83  * Gajim status plugin now displays the album title
84  * Workaround for Fedora gnome python wrappers (Ticket #137)
85
86 == Mesk 0.1.1 - 2006.06.03 ==
87  * Playlist Add button
88  * Playlist context menu supporting add, remove, and queue functions
89  * Show version in About Dialog
90  * Handle drag-and-drop from konqueror (ACTION_MOVE)
91  * Language files install correctly now (ebuild)
92  * CTRL+f will open the playlist search UI
93  * Be explicit about librsvg being a dependency (ebuild)
94  * Bug fix: Clear album cover when playlist is cleared
95
96 == Mesk 0.1.0 - 2006.05.29 ==
97  * The basics; play, pause, stop, next, previous (mp3 only at the moment)
98  * Playlist supports shuffle, repeat, and queueing
99  * Playlist supports drag-and-drop for adding files and row reordering
100  * Saved playlist including state (shuffle, queue, current, etc.)
101  * Normal and compact window modes
102  * Album cover display when the cover image file exists in same directory as
103    audio file
104  * Playlist search.  Use / to open and Esc to close search UI
105  * Simple plugin API
106  * Audioscrobbler (last.fm) plugin with queue-file support
107  * Gajim (a Gtk+ Jabber client) status plugin
108  * Preferences window for plugin management
109  * Internationalization support including a Spanish (es) Babelfish translation
110    (i.e., needs work)
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