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Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.0 (2017-12-03)
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* A FLTK1.3-based pinentry has been contributed.

* A TQt3-based pinentry has been contributed.

* New option --ttyalert for pinentry-curses to alert the user.

* Don't show "save passphrase" checkbox if secret service is
   unavailable.

* The GTK Pinentry shows on Linux some information anout the process
   which invoked the Pinentry.

* The GTK Pinentry does not anymore show tooltips when keyboard
   grabbing is enabled.

* Fixed various minor problems.

Noteworthy changes in version 1.0.0 (2016-11-22)
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* Qt pinentry now supports repeat mode in one dialog.

* Qt and GTK pinentries now make it possible to show the entered
   value.

* Qt pinentry now only grabs the keyboard if an entry field is
   focused.

* Fixed foreground handling in pinentry-qt if compiled with Qt5 for
   Windows.

* Fixed potential crash in Qt qualitybar calculation.

* GTK keyboard grabbing is now a bit more robust.  The cursor is
   changed to a big dot as a visual indication that a pinentry has
   popped up and is waiting for input.

* The GNOME pinentry now falls back to curses if it can't use the
   GCR system prompter or a screenlock is active.

* Fixed error output for cached passwords.

* A show/hide passphrase button or checkbox is now available with
   some pinentry flavors.

* Improved diagnostics and error codes.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.7 (2015-12-07)
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* Fix regressions in the Qt pinentry.

* Fix minor problems pinnetyr-tty.

* New option --invisible-char.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.6 (2015-09-10)
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* Many improvements for the dump tty pinentry.

* Use the standard GTK+-2 text entry widget instead of our outdated
   and back-then-it-was-more-secure text widget.

* Use the standard Qt text widget.

* Allow for building a static Qt variant.

* Fix regression in w32 pinentry.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.5 (2015-07-01)
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* Replaced the internal Assuan and gpg-error code by the standard
   libassuan and libgpg-error libraries.

* Add a new Emacs pinentry and use as fallback for GUI programs.

* gnome3: The use-password-manager checkbox does now work.

* Gtk: Improved fallback to curses feature.

* curses: Recognize DEL as backspace.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.4 (2015-06-05)
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* Fix regression in GTK+ and curses pinentries.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.3 (2015-06-01)
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* Improved documentation

* New pinentry-gnome3

* More improvements for pinentry-tty.

* Fixes for pinentry-curses including support for Ctrl-W, Ctrl-U,
   Ctrl-H, Ctrl-L, and Alt-Backspace

* New Assuan command to request clearing an external cache.

* Fixed problems linking to ncursesw.

* All kind of other minor fixes.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.2 (2015-05-11)
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* Support for saving the passphrase with libsecret.

* Escape key works in the Gtk+ pinentry.

* Improvements for pinentry-tty.

* Minor cleanups for the native Windows pinentry.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.1 (2015-03-18)
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* Fixed build problems for systems without ncurses.

* Reworked the option parser to allow building on systems without
   getopt_long.

* Fixed Qt4 build problems.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.9.0 (2014-10-26)
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* New command SETREPEAT.  Currently only supported for Gtk+-2.

* Gtk+-2: Pasting using the mouse is now supported.

* curses: Check that it is actually connected to a tty.

* Removed the old qt-3 and gtk+-1 pinentries.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.8.4 (2014-09-18)
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* New pinentry-tty version for dumb terminals.

* Qt4: New option to enable pasting the passphrase from clipboard

* Qt4: Improved accessiblity

* Qt4: Raise confirm message windows into foreground

* Qt4 (Windows): Improve the way pinentry-qt raises itself in the
   foreground.

* Improved the build system.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.8.3 (2013-04-26)
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* Build fixes for newer mingw32 toolchains.

* Add SETTIMEOUT command for the gtk+-2 pinentry.

Noteworthy changes in version 0.8.2 (2012-08-08)
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* New SETTIMEOUT command for the qt4 pinentry.

* Wide character support for the curses pinentry.

* Various bug fixes.

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 basically 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

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