history.md

Version History

2.5.0

• added menu.execute_command_id

2.4.0

• added internet.url_escape
• added internet.report_errors
• added process.run_event_loop
• tightened up https error reporting

2.3.2

• internet.launch_website now internally encloses the URL in quotes if it isn't already quoted. Some complicated URLs (such as Google spreadsheets) require quotes to launch correctly, especially on macOS.

2.3.1

• Added optional custom error handler for when luaosutils is embedded. (Not built.)

2.3.0

• Added crypto namespace.
• Updated to use Lua 5.4.6.
• Modified Windows HTTP functions to use asynchronous WinINet calls.
• General cleanup of internet utilities.
• Added internet.close_session function.

2.2.0

• Added post functions to the internet namespace, along with the option to specify html headers.
• Rename download_url functions as get, but maintain download_url functions as aliases.
• Windows version of menu.find_item now skips '&' on the search string as well as the menu item strings.
• Prebuilt binaries compiled with Lua 5.4
• Added a variant for unverified code that can be loaded with require('luaosutils.restricted').
• Added launch_website and server_name to the internet namespace.
• Added list_dir and make_dir to the process namespace.

2.1.1

• Add explicit Objective-C memory management (macOS) to allow memory-safe embedding in RGP Lua.
• The window_handle is now a required parameter for the Windows version of menu.redraw.

2.1.0

• Refactored url download functions into internet namespace.
• Added menu namespace with APIs for rearranging menu options.
• Added process namespace with APIs for silent process launching and execution.
• Added text namespace with APIs for text encoding.

1.1.1

• Better windows error handling

1.1.0

• original release