version 0.1 (May 9 1999)
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* initial public release

version 0.2 (May 15 1999)
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* chbg can now act as screensaver (use option -screensaver)
* inteval is now float value -> you can specify lower period than 1 minute
* pictures bigger than half of screen are shown in smart mode when 
  selected tile or mirror mode

version 0.3 (May 23 1999)
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* added picture name drop to picture list based on Steffen Kern patch for pavuk
* added "Select All" button to picture selection dialog
* added toolbar
* added preview window to picture selection dialog
* all fileselection dialogs now remembers last selected file/directory
* added support for xscreensaver (with 8 bit display  you should use default
  colormap for xscreensaver window)
* preview menu field in picture list for previewing listed pictures
* new -blank option
* removed some bugs

version 0.4 (May 30 1999)
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* repared bug in writing scenario files
* per picture properties
* Japanese translation of messages
* new randomize algoritm

version 0.5 (Jun 07 1999)
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* repared typo in randomize code
* background color added to per picture properties
* optional support for Eterm transparent mode by Nagano Daisuke

version 0.6 (Jul 16 1999)
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* optional picture changing efects
* new option -R allows to scan directories for pictures
* several bugfixes
* reinitializing of locale environment variables for proper functionality in
  internationalized environment

version 0.6pl1 (Aug 02 1999)
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* fixed portability problems to SYS V systems (setenv/unsetenv)
* new picture changing efects

version 0.6pl2 (Aug 30 1999)
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* fixed segfaults when blanking screen
* new -inwindow option to run chbg in own toplevel window
* new -windowid to run chbg in foreign X window

version 0.7 (Sep 13 1999)
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* fixed oddly redraw, when using efects and inwindow preview
* several new picture changing efects
* setup window can now live while changing pictures - more interactivity
* new option -run

version 0.8 (Nov 11 1999)
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* new French message catalog by Jean-Pierre PEDRON
* new -pattern option for pattern checking in recursive traversing 
  throught directories
* all picture names are converted to absolute simplified path
* changed all numbers for picture changing efects
* implemented background shading efects
* randomizing of background color implemented
* new option -cycle_blank for cycling blank screens optionaly with
  enabled shading and colors randomizing

version 0.8pl1 (Nov 17 1999)
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* many new shading efects
* new picture changing effect

version 0.9 (Jan 14 2000)
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* changed UI layout
* added new option -min_psize for rejecting small pictures when recursing
  directories
* new options -deffects for disabling some effects when randomizing effects
* new options -dshaders for disabling some shaders when randomizing shaders
* added statusbar at bottom of config window
* speedup of some slow picture changing effects
* named all picture changing effects (thank to Adam Sleight)
* added manual page (thank to Mikko Kilponen)
* different bug fixes (thank to Adam Sleight)
* new button for reseting configuration (idea by Adam Sleight)
* fixed behavior of -R option with -pattern & -max_psize options (thank to
  Adam Sleight)
* fixed many random bugs (thank to Adam Sleight reports)
* language & spelling fixes of messages (thank to Martin Pool and
  Adam Sleight)

version 0.9pl1 (Feb ?? 2000)
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* many UI changes (proposed by Adam Sleight)
* added tooltips (proposed by Adam Sleight)
* fixed bugs when running without selected any pictures in screensaver mode
  or in own toplevel window
* moved sources to src/ directory
* made abstarction layer for picture loading & handling libraries
* implemented loaders for Imlib1, gdk_imlib1, gdk-pixbuf, Imlib2
* fixed bug which causes some random disapearing of setup window when stoping
* many new background shading effects
* fixed few broken picture changing effects
* new dialog for previewing shading effects

version 1.0 (May 29 2000)
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* adjusted and corrected all Makefile.am files and configure.in script for
  better functionality
* several new fractal based shading effects
* new thumbnail preview window
* added chance to change number of iterations in frctal based background
  shading effects (option -friter)
* added chance to change size of used size rectangle in picture changing
  effects (option -rect_size)
* implemented saving of configured shortcuts to ~/.chbg_prop file
* implemented preserving of list of n last used scenarios
* new better looking logo in About dialog
* new posibility to use GIMP gradients with shading effects 
  (options -grad_dir, -grad, -use_grad)
* new per page thumbnails preview window
* new per directory thumbnails preview dialog
* added Refresh button to Shaders preview dialog
* tooltips in shader prview now shows used Gradient or Colors
* you can now doubleclick selected shader in preview dialog to be shown
  in desktop background window
* rewrote engine for adding new shading effects
* enhanced thumbnails preview to be able to preview images fullscreen or set
  image as wallpaper (left button doubleclick - view picture, 
                      midle button doubleclick - fullscreen view,
		      right singleclick - menu for selecting acctions)
* huge amount of new beautifull fractal based shading effects
* added progressbar to thumbnail & shaders preview dialog
* added chance to preview shading effects in standalone resizable window
* added Gnome menu entry file to distribution
* improved picture preview dialog
* added fullscreen preview
* added slideshow posibility to picture preview
* added support for gdk-pixbuf >= 0.7.0 
* added posibility to open pictures with external prorams using RMB menus
* added posibility to set properties to multiple selected picture list entries
* added posibility to save shading effects as PNG picture of specified size
* added posibility to open shading effects pictures in other programs using
  PNG image format
* implemented removing of pictures from thumbnails previewer
* changed shaders preview to show shaders on multiple pages
* corrected Makefiles and .spec file to properly build RPMS
* fixed one dirty long living bug which causes segfault when you run in one
  session screensaver mode and also root_window mode
* added posibility to remember last picture and retore it in next chbg 
  session (thanks to Emmanuel Guyot's patch)
* added posibility to switch picture from outside of ChBg by using of
  USR1 signal (thanks to Emmanuel Guyot's patch)
* fixed segfault when popping multiple times per picture properties dialog
* updated message catalogs (many thanks to authors)

version 1.0.1 (Jun ?? 2000)
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* got rid of few GDK warnings when stoping during changing effects
* corrected scenario file updating when -remember option is active and
  recursion through directories is enabled (thanks to Emmanuel Guyot)
* implenmented sorting of pictures (thanks to Emmanuel Guyot's patch)
* implemented smother&faster scroling of picture view in scrolled view
  using window backing pixmaps.
* fixed minor bug in shaders preview dialog
* two new shading effects
* added five new picture rendering modes - center tiled, integer tiled,
  symetrical tiled, integer mirrored and symetrical mirrored (proposed by
  Juhapekka Tolvanen)
* fixed bug with fast respawning when only one picture is in list

