Launchy Changelog

Version 2.4.1 - 2013-11-26

Abstract out the argv of the commandline - copiousfreetime#71

Version 2.4.0 - 2013-11-12

Support Launchy.open( url, :debug => true ) - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/63 - schmich
Fix inconsistencies in debug? and dry_run? methods - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/63 - schmich
Fix detection of missing *nix desktops - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/70
Fix running tests in bare Linux environment - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/67 - gioele
Fix mistaking windows drive as uri schema - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/65
Attempt fixing windows start command oddities, again - http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/62

Version 2.3.0 - 2013-04-11

Add the option to call a block on error instead of raising an exception

Version 2.2.0 - 2013-02-06

Change XFCE detection to not depend on grep http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/52 - bogdan
Suppress forked process output http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/51
Display help/usage if no url is given http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/54
Detect the fluxbox environment http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/53
Automatically detect http url's if they are missing the http:// http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/55
Update to latest project management rake tasks

Version 2.1.2 - 2012-08-06

Fix where HostOS would fail to convert to string on JRuby in 1.9 mode http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/45

Version 2.1.1 - 2012-07-28

Update addressable runtime dependency http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/47
Bring minitest and ffi development dependencies up to date

Version 2.1.0 - 2012-03-18

Fix raising exception when no browser program found http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/42
Add LAUNCHY_DRY_RUN environment variable (Mariusz Pietrzyk / wijet)
Update dependencies

Version 2.0.5 - 2011-07-24

Fix the case where $BROWSER is set and no *nix desktop was found http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/33

Version 2.0.4 - 2011-07-23

Fix windows start commandline http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/5
Add capability to open local files with no file: scheme present http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/29
Added rake how_to_contribute task http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/30
Make better decisions on when to do shell escaping http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/31
Switch to Addressable::URI so UTF-8 urls may be parsed. http://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy/issues/32

Version 2.0.3 - 2011-07-17

Add in Deprecated API wrappers that warn the user

Version 2.0.2 - 2011-07-17

Typo fixes from @mtorrent
Documentation updates explicitly stating the Public API
Increase test coverage

Version 2.0.1 - 2011-07-16

Almost a complete rewrite
JRuby Support
Organization is such that it will be easier to add additional applications
Windows behavior possibly fixed, again

Version 1.0.0 - 2011-03-17

Add JRuby support (Stephen Judkins)
Remove unused Paths module
Switch to using bones
Switch to use minitest
NOTE, this version was never released.

Version 0.4.0 - 2011-01-27

Add support for file:/// schema (postmodern)

Version 0.3.7 - 2010-07-19

Fix launchy on windows (mikefarmer)

Version 0.3.6 - 2010-02-22

add a test:spec task to run tests without rcov support
added testing os family for running tests

Version 0.3.5 - 2009-12-17

clarify that launchy is under ISC license
fix missing data file in released gem needed for running specs

Version 0.3.3 - 2009-02-19

pass command line as discrete items to system() to avoid string interpretation by the system shell. (Suraj N. Kurapati)
rework project layout and tasks

Version 0.3.2 - 2008-05-21

detect aix and mingw as known operating systems.

Version 0.3.1 - 2007-09-08

finalize the command line wrapper around the launchy library.
added more tests

Version 0.3.0 - 2007-08-30

reorganize the code structure, removing Spawnable namespace
removed do_magic method, changed it to open
added override environment variable LAUNCHY_HOST_OS for testing
fix broken cygwin support [Bug #13472]

Version 0.2.1 - 2007-08-18

fix inability to find windows executables [Bug #13132]

Version 0.2.0 - 2007-08-11

rework browser finding
manual override with LAUNCHY_BROWSER environment variable
on *nix use desktop application launcher with fallback to list of browsers
On windows, switch to 'start' command and remove dependency on win32-process
removed win32 gem
Add debug output by setting LAUNCHY_DEBUG environment variable to true

Version 0.1.2 - 2007-08-11

forked child exits without calling at_exit handlers

Version 0.1.1

fixed rubyforge task to release mswin32 gem also

Version 0.1.0

Initial public release
switched to using fork to spawn process and require 'win32/process' if on windows

Version 0.0.2

First attempt at using systemu to spawn processes

Version 0.0.1

Initially working release