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<h1><img src="analogo.gif" alt=""> Analog 5.21:
What was new in version 2?</h1>
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This section lists the new features which were in version 2 of analog.
<dl>
<dt><b><a href="whatsnew.html">What's new in version 5?</a></b>
<dt><b><a href="wasnew4.html">What was new in version 4?</a></b>
<dt><b><a href="wasnew3.html">What was new in version 3?</a></b>
<dt><b>2.11</b> (14-Mar-97)
<dd>Minor bug fixes to yesterday's release.
<dt><b>2.1</b> (13-Mar-97)
<dd>Language support rewritten, causing reduction in code size of 2200 lines.
<br>New configuration command <kbd>LANGFILE</kbd>.
<br>New Acorn RiscOS version.
<br>Page requests per day reported.
<br>Bug fix: <kbd>CASE INSENSITIVE</kbd> could cause <kbd>%7E</kbd>-type
conversions not to take place.
<dt><b>2.0.2</b> (04-Mar-97)
<dd>DNS lookups and wildcards should now work in the Win32 version.
<br>New configuration command <kbd>PRINTVARS</kbd>.
<br>Fix for zero length hostnames after DNS lookups.
<br>Minor corrections in French and Spanish translations.
<dt><b>2.0</b> (10-Feb-97)
<dd>New native Win32 version.
<br>Wildcards allowed in filenames on Mac.
<br>Ignores browser "-".
<dt><b>1.93beta</b> (18-Jan-97)
<dd>New commands <kbd>BROWALIAS</kbd>, <kbd>CONFIGFILE</kbd> and
<kbd>PROGRESSFREQ</kbd>.
<br>Form program can now call configuration files.
<br>Form program now uses the default choices if none specified.
<br>Domain report prints correctly in preformatted output.
<br>Specifying +1 and +V2 doesn't crash the program.
<br>-v reports dates correctly.
<br>Trailing dots on hostnames removed.
<br>Second argument to <kbd>LOGFILE</kbd> command can't be obliterated
by <kbd>/../</kbd>
<dt><b>1.92beta</b> (08-Oct-96)
<dd>DNS lookups added on Mac.
<br>Netpresenz format understood on Mac.
<br>New languages: Spanish, Italian and Danish.
<br>Extra information when debugging turned on.
<br><code>*.htm</code> are now pages on all machines.
<br>A few small bugs fixed.
<dt><b>1.91beta4</b> (13-Jul-96)
<dd>Cache file now includes page request information.
<br>DNS bug fixed.
<br>New command <kbd>DNSHASHSIZE</kbd>.
<br>Bug in browser reports fixed.
<dt><b>1.91beta3</b> (09-Jul-96)
<dd>BSD/OS compilation bug believed fixed.
<br>Fixed <kbd>HOSTALIAS</kbd> which I broke yesterday.
<br>DNS bug (causing too many lookups) identified,
although not yet fixed.
<dt><b>1.91beta2</b> (08-Jul-96)
<dd>Some bug fixes (including: <kbd>HOSTEXCLUDE</kbd> and <kbd>CASE
INSENSITIVE</kbd> didn't work properly; selecting "no links"
failed on the form; less fussy about what can appear on the form).
<br>Mac version no longer includes source code, so is much shorter.
<dt><b>1.91beta1</b> (05-Jul-96)
<dd>Now DNS code doesn't look up a name twice, even if one is a failed
request.
<dt><b>1.91beta</b> (05-Jul-96)
<dd>Will now output in any of several languages.
<br>Preformatted output introduced.
<br>New File Type Report.
<br>Can limit the number of rows in the time reports.
<br>Number of requests for pages (as opposed to raw requests) now
calculated throughout.
<br>DNS lookup returns, with caching across runs.
<br>Logfiles can include wildcards.
<br>Wildcards can include multiple *'s.
<br>Can process case insensitive logfiles.
<br><kbd>OUTPUTALIAS</kbd> commands introduced.
<br>New commands to specify exactly what is included, and what linked, in
the request report and referrer report.
<br><tt>FILEALIAS a a</tt> and <tt>FILEALIAS a b; FILEALIAS b c</tt>
now work.
<br>New <kbd>ALLOW</kbd> options to cancel <kbd>INCLUDES</kbd>.
<br><kbd>REPSEPCHAR</kbd> and <kbd>DECPOINT</kbd> introduced.
<br><kbd>DIRSUFFIX</kbd> introduced.
<br>Debugging reports number of corrupt lines in other logs.
<br>Hash sizes can now be allocated at run time.
<br>stdin can now be used for any input file, but not for two.
<br>Macintosh version now quits automatically if no warnings have been
issued.
<br>Form interface made more secure.
<br>"Mozilla (compatible)" separated out in Browser Summary.
<br>Major internal changes should improve speed.
<br>Code for non-Unix platforms integrated into main code.
<br>"Referrer" spelled correctly.
<br>Licence introduced.
<br>Update file introduced.
<br>Readme updated to include non-Unix instructions.
<dt><b>(19-Apr-96)</b>
<dd>First Mac version.
<dt><b>1.9beta6</b> (11-Apr-96)
<dd>Two bug fixes (number of bytes was incorrectly reported in some cases,
and <kbd>-v</kbd> would overwrite the <kbd>OUTFILE</kbd>).
<br>Documentation improved.
<dt><b>1.9beta5</b> (06-Mar-96)
<dd>More bug fixes...
<dt><b>1.9beta4</b> (05-Mar-96)
<dd>One important bug fix (I broke <kbd>GRAPHICAL OFF</kbd> in 1.9beta3).
<br>New form cgi options: <kbd>ch</kbd>, <kbd>gr</kbd> and
<kbd>ou=3</kbd>.
<br>Code shortened.
<dt><b>(05-Mar-96)</b>
<dd>First DOS version.
<dt><b>1.9beta3</b> (01-Mar-96)
<dd>Mainly bug fixes and improved documentation.
<br>Browser and referer reports now include failed requests.
<br>The <kbd>WARNINGS</kbd> option can now be specified on the form.
<dt><b>1.9beta2</b> (07-Feb-96)
<dd>Small bug fixes.
<dt><b>1.9beta</b> (06-Feb-96)
<dd>Lots of changes. The most important new features are
<ul>
<li>Six new reports (hourly report, browser report, browser summary,
referer report, status code report and error report).
<li>Analysis of NCSA/Apache referer log, agent log and combined log
formats.
<li>Graphical time reports that still work on text-based browsers.
<li>Configurable columns in the time reports.
<li>Time reports can run backwards.
<li>Time graphs can be plotted by bytes instead of by requests.
<li>Can cache old data so that old logfiles need not be kept.
<li>Can process several logfiles.
<li>Can combine logfiles from several different hosts.
<li>Will uncompress compressed logfiles.
<li>All configuration options can now be specified on the commandline.
<li>Mandatory configuration file added.
<li>Lots of new options in the form processing program.
<li>Wildcards greatly improved throughout.
<li>Alphabetical host report right-aligned.
<li>Bytes now quoted as MBytes etc. instead of long number.
<li>Produces HTML2.0 compliant output.
<li>New sort method <kbd>RANDOM</kbd> (saves time for long reports).
<li>Floors for reports now work properly.
<li>Can now specify a report <kbd>FROM</kbd> 100 or more days ago.
<li>Option to turn off warnings.
<li>Considerable savings in code length over previous versions.
</ul>
<dt><b><a href="wasnew1.html">What was new in version 1?</a></b>
</dl>
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Go to the <a href="http://www.analog.cx/">analog home page</a>.
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<address>Stephen Turner
<br>20 February 2002</address>
<p><em>Need help with analog? <a href="mailing.html">Use the analog-help
mailing list</a>.</em>
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