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Noteworthy changes in version 0.8.1 (2010-12-16)
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 * The W32 pinentry now supports WindowsCE.

 * The GTK pinentry now always sticks to the top and properly grabs
   the keyboard.

 * The protocol options default-cancel and default-ok now work for the
   pinentry-gtk2 and pinentry-qt (that is QT3).


Noteworthy changes in version 0.8.0 (2010-03-03)
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 * Beautified the qt4 pinentry

 * Minor enhancements.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.6 (2009-06-19)
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 * Make Gtk+-2 pinentry transient to the root window.

 * Add Qt4 pinentry.

 * Add native W32 pinentry.

 * Fix utf-8 problem in Qt pinentries.

 * Return GPG_ERR_CANCELED if during a "CONFIRM" command the user
   closed the window.

 * Add quality bar.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.5 (2008-02-15)
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 * Fix cross compilation for Gtk+-2 pinentry.

 * New Assuan command GETINFO with subcommands "version" and "pid".


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.4 (2007-11-29)
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 * Pinentry-gtk-2 and pinentry-qt now support a simple passphrase
   quality indicator. 


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.3 (2007-07-06)
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 * New command MESSAGE and --one-button compatibility option to
   CONFIRM.

 * New Assuan option touch-file to set a file which will be touched
   after ncurses does not need the display anymore.

 * New option --colors=FG,BG,SO to set the colors for the curses
   pinentry.

 * Pinentry-w32 does now basicaly work.  It needs some finishing
   though.  For example the buttons should resize themself according
   to the size of the text.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.2 (2005-01-27)
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 * Remove bug in configure script that would use installed version of
   Qt even if another path was explicitely specified with QTDIR.

 * Honor the rpath setting for Qt.

 * Add GTK+-2 pinentry.

 * Install a symbolic link under the name "pinentry" that defaults to
   pinentry-gtk, pinentry-qt, pinentry-gtk-2, or pinentry-curses, in
   that order.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.1 (2004-04-21)
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 * Removed unneeded Assuan cruft.

 * Fixes for *BSD.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.7.0 (2003-12-23)
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 * Make UTF8 description (prompt, error message, button texts) work.

 * Make sure that secmem_term is called before program termination.

 * Make assuan in Gtk and Curses pinentry use secure memory for
   storage.

 * Fixed a bug that would occur if a canceled GETPIN was immediately
   followed by a CONFIRM.

 * Disabled undo/redo in Qt pinentry.

 * Print diagnostics for locale problems and return a new error code
   in that case.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.8 (2003-02-07)
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 * Bug fix in pinentry-qt.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.7 (2002-11-20)
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 * Workaround for a bug in the curses version which led to an infinite
   loop.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.6 (2002-11-09)
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 * Fixed handling of DISPLAY and --display for the sake of the curses
   fallback.

 * UTF-8 conversion does now work for the GTK+ and CURSES version.


Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.5 (2002-09-30)
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  * Handle Assuan options in the qt version.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.4 (2002-08-19)
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  * Handle CONFIRM command in the qt version.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.3 (2002-06-26)
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  * Minor bug fixes to the qt version.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.2 (2002-05-13)
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  * Error texts can now be percent-escaped.

  * The Curses pinentry supports multi-line error texts.

  * The GTK+ and Qt pinentry can fall back to curses if no display is
    available.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.1 (2002-04-25)
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  * The Curses pinentry supports user-provided button texts via the
    new SETOK and SETCANCEL commands.

  * The Curses pinentry supports setting the desired character set
    locale with --lc-ctype and correctly translates the UTF-8 strings
    into that.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.6.0 (2002-04-05)
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  * Merged all pinentry frontends into a single module.

  * There is now a Curses frontend.

  * The curses pinentry supports --ttyname and --ttytype options to
    set the desired input/output terminal and its type.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.5.1 (2002-02-18)
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  * CONFIRM command works

Noteworthy changes in version 0.5.0 (2002-01-04)
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 * Window layout is somewhat nicer

 * percent escape sequences do now work for SETDESC and SETERROR