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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-05-07 04:48:35 +0000
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+## lnav v0.12.2
+
+Features:
+* Added mouse support that can be toggled with `F2` or enabled
+ by default with: `:config /ui/mouse/mode enabled`. With
+ mouse support enabled, many of the UI elements will respond to
+ mouse inputs:
+ - clicking on the main view will move the cursor to the given
+ row and dragging will scroll the view as needed;
+ - shift + clicking/dragging in the main view will highlight
+ lines and then toggle their bookmark status on release;
+ - double-clicking in the main view will select the underlying
+ text and drag-selecting within a line will select the given
+ text;
+ - when double-clicking text: if the mouse pointer is inside
+ a quoted string, the contents of the string will be selected;
+ if the mouse pointer is on the quote, the quote will be included
+ in the selection; if the mouse pointer is over a bracket
+ (e.g. [],{},()) where the matching bracket is on the same line,
+ the selection will span from one bracket to the other;
+ - when text is selected, a menu will pop up that can be used
+ to filter based on the current text, search for it, or copy
+ it to the clipboard;
+ - right-clicking the start of a log message in the main view
+ will open the parser details overlay;
+ - the parser details now displays a diamond next to fields to
+ indicate whether they are shown/hidden and this can be
+ clicked to toggle the state;
+ - the parser details will show a bar chart icon for fields with
+ values which, when clicked, will open either the spectrogram
+ view for the given field or open the DB query prompt with a
+ PRQL query to generate a histogram of the field values;
+ - clicking in the scroll area will move the view by a page,
+ double-clicking will move the view to that area, and
+ dragging the scrollbar will move the view to the given spot;
+ - clicking on the breadcrumb bar will select a crumb and
+ selecting a possibility from the popup will move to that
+ location in the view;
+ - clicking on portions of the bottom status bar will trigger
+ a relevant action (e.g. clicking the line number will open
+ the command prompt with `:goto <current-line>`);
+ - clicking on the configuration panel tabs (i.e. Files/Filters)
+ will open the selected panel and clicking parts of the
+ display in there will perform the relevant action (e.g.
+ clicking the diamond will enable/disable the file/filter);
+ - clicking in a prompt will move the cursor to the location;
+ - clicking on a column in the spectrogram view will select it.
+
+ (Note that this is new work, so there are likely to be some
+ glitches.)
+* Added a `journald://` URL handler that will call `journalctl`
+ and pass any query parameters as options. For example, the
+ following command:
+
+ ```
+ $ lnav 'journal://?since=yesterday'
+ ```
+
+ Will execute the following and capture the output:
+
+ ```
+ journalctl --output=json -f --since=yesterday
+ ```
+* Added the "last-word" line-format field shortening algorithm
+ from @flicus.
+* Added a `stats.hist` PRQL transform that produces a histogram
+ of values over time.
+* The preview for the `:open` command will now show a listing
+ of archive contents.
+* Added `humanize_id` SQL function that colorizes a string using
+ ANSI escape codes.
+* Added a `selected_text` column to the `lnav_views` table that
+ reports information about text that was selected with a mouse.
+ This makes it possible to script operations that use the
+ selected text as an input.
+* Added `breadcrumb` as an option to the `:prompt` command so
+ that the breadcrumb hotkey can be configured.
+
+Interface changes:
+* The bar charts in the DB view have now been moved to their
+ individual columns instead of occupying the whole width of
+ the view. The result is much cleaner, so the charts are
+ now enabled by default again.
+* Cursor mode in the main view is now the default instead of
+ using the top line as the focus. You can change back by
+ running:
+
+ `:config /ui/movement/mode top`
+* In the parser details panel (opened by pressing `p`), you
+ can now hide/show fields by moving the cursor line to the
+ given field and pressing the space bar or by clicking on
+ the diamond with the mouse.
+* The `sv` keymap binds `ยง` to focus the breadcrumb bar.
+
+Bug Fixes:
+* With the recent xz backdoor shenanigans, it seems like a good
+ time to add some checks for data being hidden by escape codes:
+ - File names with escape sequences are now displayed in quotes
+ with backslash escapes.
+ - Text that has the same foreground and background colors will
+ have the background set to a contrasting color.
+* Sub-millisecond time values should now be preserved when
+ displaying JSON-lines logs.
+* A crash during initialization on Apple Silicon and MacOS 12
+ has been fixed.
+* A crash when previewing non-text files.
+* Optimized ANSI-escape processing.
+* Various fixes to make lnav usable as a `PAGER`.
+
+## lnav v0.12.1
+
+Features:
+* Database queries can now be written in
+ [PRQL](https://prql-lang.org). When executing a query with `;`,
+ if the query starts with `from`, it will be treated as PRQL.
+ The pipeline structure of PRQL queries is more desirable for
+ interactive use since lnav can make better suggestions and
+ show previews of the stages of the pipeline.
+* Log partitions can automatically be created by defining a log
+ message pattern in a log format. Under a format definition,
+ add an entry into the "partitions" object in a format definition.
+ The "pattern" property specifies the regular expression to match
+ against a line in a file that matches the format. If a match is
+ found, the partition name will be set to the value(s) captured
+ by the regex. To restrict matches to certain files, you can add
+ a "paths" array whose object elements contain a "glob" property
+ that will be matched against file names.
+
+Interface changes:
+* When using PRQL in the database query prompt (`;`),
+ the preview pane will show the results for the pipeline
+ stage the cursor is within along with the results of
+ the previous stage (if there is one). The preview
+ works on a limited data set, so the preview results
+ may differ from the final results.
+* Changed the breadcrumb bar styling to space things out
+ more and make the divisions between items clearer.
+* The `ESC` key can now be used to exit the files/filters
+ configuration panel instead of `q`. This should make
+ it easier to avoid accidentally exiting lnav.
+* Added some default help text for the command prompt.
+* Suggestions are now shown for some commands and can
+ be accepted by pressing the right arrow key. For
+ example, after typing in `:filter-in` the current
+ search term for the view will be suggested (if
+ one is active).
+* The focused line should be preserved more reliably in
+ the LOG/TEXT views.
+* In the LOG view, the current partition name (as set
+ with the `:partition-name` command) is shown as the
+ first breadcrumb in the breadcrumb bar. And, when
+ that breadcrumb is selected, you can select another
+ partition to jump to.
+* The `{` / `}` hotkeys, `:next-section`, and `:prev-section`
+ commands now work in the LOG view and take you to the
+ next/previous partition.
+* The DB view now defaults to not showing bar charts.
+
+Breaking changes:
+* Many of the lesser used column in the log format tables
+ (e.g. `log_tags`) have been moved to after the columns
+ defined by the format. These columns are usually `NULL`
+ and are a distraction when previewing queries.
+
+## lnav v0.12.0
+
+Features:
+* Added a Gantt Chart view to visualize operations over time
+ based on the "opid" in log messages. The view shows
+ the operation IDs, a description of the operation captured
+ from log messages, and a bar representing the period of
+ time that the operation was running.
+* Added the `:sh` command and `-e` option to execute a shell
+ command-line and display its output within **lnav**. The
+ captured output will be displayed in the TEXT view. The
+ lines from stdout and stderr are recorded separately so
+ that the lines from stderr can be shown in the theme's
+ "error" highlight. The time that the lines were received
+ are also recorded internally so that the "time-offset"
+ display (enabled by pressing `Shift` + `T`) can be shown
+ and the "jump to slow-down" hotkeys (`s`/`Shift` + `S`)
+ work. Since the line-by-line timestamps are recorded
+ internally, they will not interfere with timestamps that
+ are in the commands output.
+* Added a `:cd` command to change **lnav**'s current directory.
+* Added support for automatically converting files that are
+ in a format not natively supported by **lnav**. The new
+ `converter` section in a log format definition allows you
+ to specify how a file type can be detected and converted.
+ The built-in PCAP support in **lnav** is implemented using
+ this mechanism.
+* Added a `shell_exec()` SQLite function that executes a
+ command-line with the user's `$SHELL` and returns the
+ output.
+* Added support for custom URL schemes that are handled by an
+ lnav script. Schemes can be defined under
+ `/tuning/url-schemes`. See the main docs for more details.
+* Added `docker://` and `podman://` URL schemes that can be
+ used to tail the logs for containers (e.g.
+ `docker://my-container`) or files within a container (e.g.
+ `docker://my-serv/var/log/dpkg.log`). Containers mentioned
+ in a "Compose" configuration file can be tailed by using
+ `compose` as the host name with the path to the configuration
+ file (e.g. `docker://compose/compose.yaml`).
+* Added an `:annotate` command that can trigger a call-out
+ to a script to analyze a log message and generate an
+ annotation that is attached to the message. The script
+ is executed asynchronously, so it will not block input
+ and the result is saved in the session. Annotations are
+ defined in the `/log/annotations` configuration property.
+* Timestamps with numeric timezone offsets (or `Z`) are now
+ automatically converted to the local time zone. For
+ example, a timestamp ending in `-03:00` will be treated
+ as three hours behind UTC and then adjusted to the local
+ timezone. This feature can be disabled by setting the
+ `/log/date-time/convert-zoned-to-local` configuration
+ property to `false`. Timestamps without a zone or have
+ a symbolic zone name (e.g. `PDT`) are not converted.
+* Added the SQLite JSON functions to the online help.
+* Added `config get` and `config blame` management CLI
+ commands to get the current configuration and the file
+ locations where the configuration options came from.
+* When piping data into **lnav**'s stdin, the input used to
+ only be written to a single file without any rotation.
+ Now, the input is written to a directory of rotating files.
+ The same is true for the command-lines executed through the
+ new `:sh` command. The piped data can be managed using the
+ new `piper` commands in the management CLI.
+* The `$LNAV_HOME_DIR` and `$LNAV_WORK_DIR` environment
+ variables are now defined inside **lnav** and refer to
+ the location of the user's configuration directory and
+ the directory where cached data is stored, respectively.
+* The `<pre>` and `<img>` tags are now recognized in
+ Markdown files.
+* The `style` attribute in `<span>` tags is now supported.
+ The following CSS properties and values are supported:
+ * `color` and `background-color` with CSS color names
+ * `font-weight` with a value of `bold` or `bolder`
+ * `text-decoration` with `underline`
+ * `border-left` and `border-right` with the `solid`,
+ `dashed` and `dotted` line styles and colors.
+* Added an `options` column to the `lnav_views` table
+ to allow more control over overlays.
+* Added a "Dracula" theme as described at:
+ https://draculatheme.com
+* Added the following styles for themes:
+ - `/ui/theme-defs/<theme_name>/syntax-styles/inline-code`
+ - `/ui/theme-defs/<theme_name>/syntax-styles/type`
+ - `/ui/theme-defs/<theme_name>/syntax-styles/function`
+ - `/ui/theme-defs/<theme_name>/syntax-styles/separators-references-accessors`
+* Multi-line block comments (i.e. `/* ... */`) and strings
+ are now recognized and styled as appropriate.
+* Added `error` and `data` columns to the `fstat()`
+ table-valued-function. The `error` column is non-NULL
+ if there is a problem accessing the file. The `data`
+ contains the contents of the file, as such, it is
+ hidden by default.
+* Added a log format for Redis.
+* The `:eval` command will now treat its argument(s) as a
+ script, allowing multiple commands to be executed.
+* Added a `timezone()` SQL function for converting a timestamp
+ to a target timezone.
+* Added a `:convert-time-to` command that converts the
+ timestamp of the focused log message to the given timezone.
+* Added the `:set-file-timezone` and `:clear-file-timezone`
+ commands to set the timezone for log messages that don't
+ include a zone in their timestamp.
+* Added the `options_path` and `options` columns to the
+ `lnav_file` table so you can see what options are applied
+ to a file. Currently, the only option is the default
+ timezone that is set by the `:set-file-timezone` command.
+* Added the `config file-options` management command that
+ can be used to examine the options that will be applied
+ to a given file.
+* When viewing a diff, the sections of the diff for each
+ file is recognized and shown in the breadcrumb bar. So,
+ you can see the file the focused line is in. You can
+ also jump to a particular file by focusing on the
+ breadcrumb bar, selecting the crumb, and then selecting
+ the desired file.
+* Binary files are now displayed as a hex dump with ASCII
+ representation (where applicable).
+* Added a `log_msg_line()` SQL function that will return the
+ line number of the start of the currently focused
+ message in the log view.
+* Added a `log_msg_values` column to the `all_logs` SQL
+ table that contains a JSON object with the top 5 values
+ for the fields extracted from the log message.
+* Added `:next-section` and `:prev-section` commands for
+ moving to the next and previous section of a document.
+ For example, the next section in a man page or JSON
+ array. The default keymap has been changed to bind
+ the curly brace keys to these commands.
+* Added Nextcloud log format from Adam Monsen.
+* Added GitHub Event Log format for files from gharchive.org.
+ It makes a good example of a JSON-Lines format.
+
+Bug Fixes:
+* Binary data piped into stdin should now be treated the same
+ as if it was in a file that was passed on the command-line.
+* The `-I` option is now recognized in the management CLI
+ (i.e. when you run **lnav** with the `-m` flag).
+* Fields in the bro and w3c log formats that were hidden are
+ now saved in the session and restored.
+* A warning will now be issued if a timestamp in a log format's
+ sample message does not match completely. Warnings in the
+ configuration can be viewed by passing the `-W` flag.
+* Importing from regex101.com broke due to some changes in the
+ API.
+* The details overlay for a log message no longer shows keys
+ for unknown JSON properties. These extra fields are now
+ shown with the proper `jget(log_raw_text, '/...')` SQL
+ expression needed to retrieve the value.
+* Improved text-wrapping when rendering Markdown.
+
+Interface changes:
+* The breadcrumb bar hotkey is moving to backtick `` ` ``
+ instead of `ENTER`.
+* The DB view now uses the "alt-text" theme style to draw
+ alternating rows instead of being hard-coded to bold. The
+ alternation is also now done in groups of two rows instead
+ of only a single row. Numbers are also rendered using the
+ "number" theme style as well.
+* The log message overlay in the LOG view is now limited
+ 2/3rds of the height. You can focus on the overlay panel
+ by pressing `CTRL-]`. The "alt-text" theme style is also
+ used to draw the overlay contents now as well. (The
+ overlay is used to display the parser details, comments,
+ and annotations.)
+* The `{` and `}` keys have been changed from moving
+ through the "location history" to moving to the previous
+ and next section in a document.
+* Added indent guidelines when structured data is detected.
+
+Breaking changes:
+* Removed the `-w` command-line option. This option was
+ useful when stdin was not automatically preserved. Since
+ the data is now stored (and cleaned up) as well as being
+ spread across multiple files, this option doesn't make
+ sense anymore.
+* The `-t` command-line flag behaves a little differently
+ behind the scenes now. Timestamps will always be
+ recorded for each line piped into lnav. This flag means
+ that the data should be treated as a log file instead of
+ plain text.
+* Data piped into **lnav** is now stored in the work
+ directory instead of the `stdin-captures` dot-lnav
+ directory.
+* Changed the "Bunyan" log format name from `bunyan` to
+ `bunyan_log` to be consistent with other format names.
+
## lnav v0.11.2
Features:
@@ -12,7 +363,7 @@ Features:
field should automatically be determined by the observed
values.
* Added bunyan log format from Tobias Gruetzmacher.
-* Added cloudlare log format from @minusf.
+* Added cloudflare log format from @minusf.
* Number fields used in a JSON log format `line-format`
array now default to being right-aligned. Also, added
`prefix` and `suffix` to `line-format` elements so a