ansiform-0.7.8.5: ChangeLog.md

# Revision history for Ansiform

> Formerly Vis. The 0.4.0 release renames the package and the module namespace.

## Functional Versions

### 0.7.8.5 -- 2026-10-20
* Added PVP upper bounds to the directory dependency of the test suite.

### 0.7.8.4 -- 2026-10-18
* Finalized the package metadata with the author name and the project maintainer alias.
* Documented the Hackage candidate workflow for verification before publication.

### 0.7.8.3 -- 2026-10-17
* Removed docs/design-notes.md; the original notes remain available in the Git history.

### 0.7.8.2 -- 2026-10-17
* Changed the Groups shortcut for the philosopher prompt from E to C.
* Added a blank line below the prompt and removed the choose shortcut from the prompt page.
* Removed the local secrets file path from the release guide and repository history.
* Removed personal SSH paths from the release guide and reviewed the documentation, translating the remaining design notes.

### 0.7.8.1 -- 2026-10-17
* Merged the Groups prompt message and input line into a single footer line.

### 0.7.8.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added readLineAt and readLineAtOn to Ansiform.Input for prompts printed inside a page.
* The demo Groups prompt now lives in the footer, above the command keys, so nothing is printed below the footer.
* Fixed the demo losing immediate key input after returning from a philosopher article.
* Translated the demo prompt and the E key label to English.

### 0.7.7.1 -- 2026-10-17
* Updated the README dependency list and documentation index.
* Recorded the initial push and roadmap completion in the release checklist.

### 0.7.7.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added withLineInput and readLine to Ansiform.Input.
* Replaced the Cicero and Locke shortcuts with an E Escolher prompt that accepts any philosopher number.
* Back from a philosopher article now returns to the Groups screen.

### 0.7.6.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added dedicated demo screens and articles for Cicero and Locke.
* Added C and L shortcuts to the Groups footer.
* Added a CI matrix with GHC 9.2.8 and GHC 9.14.1.
* Documented direct command-line Hackage tokens and SSH setup for GitHub.

### 0.7.5.2 -- 2026-10-17
* Renamed CHANGELOG.md back to ChangeLog.md, following the Hackage convention.
* Documented the Hackage token key at the top level of ~/.cabal/config.

### 0.7.5.1 -- 2026-10-17
* Documented every public function and type with Haddock comments; all public modules report 100% coverage.
* Changed the default theme footer to italic white for readability.
* Documented Hackage and GitHub credential configuration in docs/releasing.md.

### 0.7.5.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added Borders with ASCII, light, heavy and double styles.
* Added the printerTableBordered and printerGroupsBordered families.
* Added the GitHub repository metadata and configured the origin remote.
* The demo Rich screen now uses a light bordered table and unknown keys are ignored without a message.

### 0.7.4.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added Ansiform.Theme with Theme and defaultTheme.
* Added blockMenuStyle for menu keys that use a Style instead of a Color.
* Updated the demo header, footer, menus, rules and simple table to use the theme.
* Fixed the demo Tables column width so Tchaikovsky is readable.
* Added docs/theme.md.

### 0.7.3.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added Ansiform.Table with per-column alignment, maximum widths and ellipsis truncation.
* Added printerTableFormat, printerTableFormat', printerTableLimitedFormat and printerTableLimitedFormat'.
* Updated the demo Tables screen to right-align numeric columns and truncate long composer names.
* Added docs/table-format.md.

### 0.7.2.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added handle-aware runners: startOn, drawOn, redrawOn, amendOn, replaceOn and their variants.
* Added runPrinterOn, runPrinterDefaultOn and runPrinterDefaultOn' for writing to a specific handle.
* Added Ansiform.Render with renderPage, renderSection and renderPrinter.
* Added docs/render.md and expanded the demo article for the Article screen.

### 0.7.1.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added Ansiform.Input with withImmediateInput and readKey, making single-key interaction the standard library pattern.
* Updated the demo to use the shared input API and restore terminal state automatically.
* Added Unicode-aware display widths through Ansiform.Width, used for wrapping, alignment, lists and tables.
* Added docs/input.md and updated the README quick start, pages, architecture, content and roadmap.

### 0.7.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Added the ColorMode setting with Auto, Always and Never.
* Auto suppresses ANSI styles when stdout is not a terminal, when NO_COLOR is set or when TERM is dumb.
* Added the colorMode modifier and the autoColors, alwaysColors and neverColors shortcuts.
* Added regression tests for style suppression and forced styling.
* Renamed ChangeLog.md to CHANGELOG.md (reverted in 0.7.5.2).

### 0.6.1 -- 2026-10-17
* Added the GitHub Actions CI workflow.
* Added docs/releasing.md with the Hackage and GitHub checklist.
* Added docs/roadmap.md with prioritized feature suggestions.
* Added module-level Haddock headers to the public modules.

### 0.6.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Renamed the internal vis* builders to form* (formItem, formBlock, formGroup, ...).
* Renamed the low-level style helpers to descriptive names (applyStyle, resetStyle, styleCommands, colorCommands, formatCommands, setBackground, swapBackground).
* Renamed the public visNumber to formNumber.
* Updated the demo, tests and docs for the new builder names.

### 0.5.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Removed the Vis prefix from all public types.
* Renamed VisItem to Item, VisBlock to Block, and so on, including Color, Format, Style, Printer, Section, Page, Settings, Config, State and Sample.
* Updated the demo, tests, README and docs for the new type names.
* Kept the internal vis* builder helpers as implementation details.

### 0.4.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Renamed the package to ansiform and the module namespace to Ansiform.
* Changed the license from GPL-3.0-only to MIT.
* Updated the README, docs, demo and tests for the new name.
* Kept the Vis* type names for now; removing the prefix is future work.

### 0.3.5 -- 2026-10-17
* Modernized the Cabal setup to cabal-version 3.0.
* Added a common stanza and a cabal.project file.
* Removed the obsolete Setup.hs and switched to the SPDX license identifier.
* Documented the existing Hackage Vis package and recommended ansiform for publication.

### 0.3.4 -- 2026-10-17
* Documented the name rationale and its relationship to vis-network.js.
* Added a disambiguation note to the README.

### 0.3.3 -- 2026-10-17
* Fixed printLineCenter so blocks respect the minimum space and never overlap.
* Made the demo menu use the same shortcut presentation as the footer.
* Split the demo footer commands into two rows to keep long labels readable.

### 0.3.2 -- 2026-10-17
* Reflowed the README and documentation to remove hard wrapping.
* Added a blank line above the demo's main header line.
* Changed the demo to read single keys without a prompt or Enter.
* Fixed the Exit key highlight in the demo menu.
* Documented the evaluation of the proposed monadic Printer and Section interface.

### 0.3.1 -- 2026-10-17
* Removed the extra solid bar from the demo header, which covered part of the second line.
* Made the demo footer shortcuts functional with an interactive screen loop.
* Documented the decision to defer the Text and Seq migrations.

### 0.3.0 -- 2026-10-17
* Revival release: removed Example and internal modules from the public Vis module.
* Added public Vis.Number and Vis.Sample modules.
* Added the vis-demo executable and the vis-test suite.
* Made paragraph wrapping, list layout and group layout total for empty and narrow inputs.
* Fixed a division by zero in group overflow handling.
* Preserved section line counts across chained replace calls.
* Added documentation in docs/ and rewrote the README as an index.
* Enabled -Wall and cleaned compiler warnings.

## Early Versions

### 0.2.2.7 -- 2020-05-29
* Implementation of Sample instance for VisNumber.
* Refining of Sample class and instances for all types.

### 0.2.2.5 -- 2020-05-23
* Got rid of the Result type and module.
* Reversal of Show instances to default, creation of Sample class.
* Implementation of sample functions.
* Created Printer for single Item.

### 0.2.2.1 -- 2020-05-21
* Implemented minimum number of lines for Sections.

### 0.2.2.0 -- 2020-05-20
* Finished amend functionality for VisPage and workflow.
* Made Settings update at each redraw.
* Created the new VisConfig type for internal use.
* Made VisSettings the user exposed settings type.
* Made the basic Run functions work with configs, not settings.
* Created Draw module and internal State module.

### 0.2.1.4 -- 2020-05-19
* Exposed the basic builders.
* Reworked type runners to deal with IO separately.
* Defined VisState type and top level functionality.
* Created VisResult type to associate printed line numbers with Sections.
* Separated VisPage internal functionality.

### 0.2.0.9 -- 2020-05-09
* Gave up on verbose mode.
* Moved VisPrinter type to internal module.
* Reworked Show instances for most types and VisPrinter.
* Reworked Show instance for VisSection and moved type to internal module.

### 0.2.0.5 -- 2020-05-08
* Made VisItem remove non-printable characters.
* Creation of Internal folder to separate internal modules.
* Creation of Show Instances to implement the Verbose mode.
* Implementation of Settings type and functions.
* Improved Section type to calculate the total printed lines.

### 0.2.0.0 -- 2020-05-07
* Major change so VisPrinter returns the number of lines printed.
* Major refactoring and module splits.

### 0.1.1.0 -- 2020-04-25
* VisPrinter functionality implemented.

### 0.1.0.5 -- 2020-04-19
* Restarted project.
* Implemented basic content types and styles.

### 0.1.0.0 -- 2018-06-12
* First version, very basic functionality, not commited to VCS.