FcronQ Changelog

What's new in FcronQ 0.4.2

Feb 28, 2013
  • Compensated for a change to Fcron's output format
  • Prevented the column header text from being absent
  • Tidied up the gathering of user environment variables
  • Handled case where list character isn't in UTF set

New in FcronQ 0.4.1 (Jul 7, 2012)

  • Better handling if Fcron config file can't be read
  • Updated the 'clean' Makefile function for Python v3

New in FcronQ 0.4.0 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • The Fcrontabs of other users can now be edited
  • External options can be configured via the GUI
  • A warning message is shown if spool dir is private
  • Now ignoring any unwanted status lines on load
  • Improved the error detection ability when saving
  • Removed enclosing quotes from script pathnames
  • Error messages force the main dialog to be visible
  • Forced the Makefile to build in serial mode
  • Makefile checks dir/file permissions were set
  • Changed the order of execution for the startup code
  • Improved how messages are handled and printed
  • Downsized most icons to 16x16 to reduce bloat
  • Removed support for the old KDE v3 environment
  • Made several minor changes to the code structure

New in FcronQ 0.2.0 (Jun 9, 2009)

  • Run commands: via the right-click context menu
  • Daemon status: is now displayed on a push-button
  • Title-bar: now displays the current user's name
  • Time limit: removed from loading/saving processes
  • Line parsing: for freq sections with '-' or '~'
  • Save aborting: now gives user correct feedback
  • Temp Fcrontabs: now removed after loading/saving
  • Code structure: several minor changes

New in FcronQ 0.1.5 (May 31, 2009)

  • Disabled hiding: to hide disabled lines and spans
  • Line folding: to show/hide all spans in tandem
  • Cloning action: for non-empty lines and spans
  • Clearing action: for non-empty lines and spans
  • Delete all: to remove all lines at once
  • Fcrontab removal: when saving empty Fcrontabs
  • Editing restrictions: increased for correctness
  • Line parsing: now supports those starting with a '*'
  • Code structure: several minor changes

New in FcronQ 0.1 (May 22, 2009)

  • View and edit user's and system Fcrontab
  • In-place editing of tabulated Fcrontab lines
  • Check-boxes to enable or disable each line
  • Inserting, appending, spanning and deleting entries
  • Drag-and-drop moving of entries to new locations
  • The modified Fcrontab is installed when saving
  • A backup of the original is made after loading
  • Ability to revert, losing all recent changes
  • Right-click context menu with editing actions
  • Combo-box to switch between user and system modes
  • Different coloured column texts and line backgrounds
  • Prompt to save before loading or quitting
  • Resolution-relative and resizable main window
  • Tree view to allow spanning multiple lines
  • All general features from Q7Z and Quamachi