Rogue Informant v1.5.2 Copyright 2013 Adrian Price and Rogue Technologies, LLC http://www.rogue-technologies.com/ ===================================================================== Informant is a log monitoring application. It functions as a graphical interface for watching multiple log files simultaneously, inspired by the Unix/Linux "tail" command-line utility. Versions up to an including v1.5.2 are free to use. Please link to the Informant website, http://www.rogue-technologies.com/informant, rather than redistributing or mirroring the software. Contact inquiries@rogue-technologies.com for information on licensing or customization of Informant, and other custom software services. For help and support, visit the Informant User Group at http://goo.gl/IYWKU. Development: Adrian Price Testing: Chandini Lord Clifton Kilby ===================================================================== Changelog: v1.5.2 - April 2013 Bug fixes: * Fixed a bug causing the Close menu item not to respond * Fixed a bug preventing recently-used files from being saved correctly * Fixed a typo in the tooltip for the Clear File button v1.5.1 - March 2013 Bug fixes: * Fixed a crash when clearing a file in Java 6 * Fixed a crash when closing the last open tab * Fixed an occasional crash on startup * Fixed line endings in bash startup script v1.5.0 - March 2013 New features: * You can now assign labels to bookmarks (labelled with filename by default) * You can now specify the encoding to use for an open file (File menu -> Specify Encoding...) * Informant now supports Drag-n-Drop and Open With functionality on most OSes * You can now middle-click a tab to close it (enabled by default, disable in Preferences) * Hidden files will be shown in file chooser dialogs (enabled by default, disable in Preferences) * Improved MacOS support (moved About, Preferences, and Quit menu items to Application menu; fixed Dock icon) * Added Linux bash script to start Informant to Java ZIP distribution package Bug fixes: * Improved performance/reduced system load * Fixed bug causing Informant to arbitrarily lock up, particularly when monitoring busy files on Mac/Linux * Informant will no longer hang at startup when performing its update check if there is no internet connection * Clearing files will now reset the tab highlighting * You will now receive a warning when attempting to open an unreadable file * Opening a file that is already open will now switch to the existing tab instead of opening a duplicate tab * Improved reliability & accuracy of status bar information * Interface labels and behavior should be more consistent throughout v1.4.1 - May 2012 New features: * Icon to replace "X" to clear filter Bug fixes: * Clearing filter now clears filter field correctly * Filters are now correctly updated when switching tabs * Errors clearing a file trigger an alert instead of failing silently v1.4.0 - February 2012 --- You will need to uninstall older versions of Rogue jTail. The new version will not overwrite versions before 1.4.0. Preferences from older versions will be imported when opening Rogue Informant for the first time. New features: * Renamed from jTail to Rogue Informant * Tabs can now be floated so that they stay on top of all other windows (floating windows can be re-docked as tabs) * You can now drag and drop tabs to change their order * Added automatic update checker (enabled by default, disable in preferences; run manually from the Help menu) * You can now clear all open tabs with one action (does not affect floating monitor windows) * Consolidated paused/active status and search status into a single indicator * Added file size to status bar display * Revamped preferences handling; most settings now take effect immediately instead of at next startup Bug fixes: * Improved reliability & accuracy of status bar information * Fix application icon in window title bars and Windows task bar * Fix for toggle buttons showing incorrectly in MacOS * Fix for tabs being paused when cancelling a Find operation on an active tab * Fix for tabs reopened at startup being highlighted as updated * Fix for fatal crash in some rare cases * Improved appearance of tab close button Other news: * Opened the Rogue Informant support forum: http://goo.gl/IYWKU * New Windows ZIP version packaged for thumb drive use v1.3.1 - January 2012 * First release to be packaged as a MacOS .app * Fixed an error that occurred when closing the last open tab * Fixed a bug that caused tabs re-opened at startup to use a default font instead of the user's preferred font * Fixed a minor layout issue in the About dialog * Fixed menu keyboard shortcuts in MacOS * Fixed a bug that prevented the context menu from triggering in MacOS v1.3.0 - January 2012 * Added right-click context menu to tabs with frequently-used functions * Added Find function to search for text in a log file * You can now open multiple files at once by selecting multiple files from the Open dialog * Added Close Others command to close all but the active tab * Added Show in File Browser command to open the file's containing folder in a file browser * Added status bar with current file's path, last update timestamp, and status of monitoring and searching * Paused tabs are now highlighted yellow; changed highlight color of updated tabs to green * Added option to make filters case-insensitive * A history of filters is now stored for re-use * Added clear button to end filtering * First version of the jTail User Manual v1.2.1 - October 2011 * Fixed a bug that would occasionally cause jTail to lock up, requiring the process to be killed v1.2.0 - September 2011 * Background tabs with new data are now highlighted * Added Clear Log command to truncate a logfile * Added Bookmarks menu and bookmark manager * Added About dialog * Added close box on tabs for quickly clearing unneeded tabs * Window size and position are now saved and restored after closing and re-opening jTail * Added Invert option for filters to omit lines that match the filter, rather than only showing lines that match the filter * Added Close All command to close all open tabs * Any tabs open when jTail is closed will be re-opened next time it is started * Tabs now show a tooltip with the full path of the log file * Added Preferences option to omit blank lines in logs * Added Next and Previous Tab commands to allow switching tabs from the keyboard * Switching tabs now updates the Filter field with the active tab's active filter * Allow system look & feel * Added jTail icon * Started packaging jTail in an automated installer v1.1.2 - August 2011 * Fixed bug causing new data to not be appended to the log view in some cases. * Fixed Recent Files list so more recent files appear first. v1.1.1 - August 2011 * Fixed bug causing duplicate files to appear in the Recent Files menu. v1.1.0 - January 2010 * Added Filter function * Added Recent Files list * Made word-wrapping in log viewer a Preferences option v1.0.0 - June 2010 * First official release of jTail.