Version 2.3, released February 10, 2004.
    This release adds support for dynamically linked libraries on all
    platforms and includes modifications to accomodate the Open Watcom C
    compiler. Bug fixes for string argument handling and memory allocation
    checking are incorporated, and the arg_free function has been
    deprecated in favour of a more robust version called arg_freetable.
    RPM packages are also now available for RedHat Linux users.

Version 2.2, released December 12, 2003.
    This release fixes a bug in the install script and adds MacOS X (10.3)
    to the list of supported platforms.
    
Version 2.1, released November 16, 2003.
    This is the first stable release of the argtable-2.x series. It fixes
    some bugs in the previous beta version and ships with a built-in
    version of getopt_long for those platforms that do not support it
    natively. It has been tested successfully on Linux 2.2 (RedHat 7.0 on
    x86, Debian 3.0 on Alpha), Linux 2.4 (RedHat 9.0 on x86, Debian 2.2 on
    x86, SuSE 8 ES on AMD64), FreeBSD (version 4.8 on x86), NetBSD (version
    1.6.1 on x86), Sun Solaris (version 9 on Sparc R220), Microsoft Visual
    C .NET.
    
Version 2.0 (BETA), released October 9, 2003.
    Argtable-2.0 is a completely new design. It abandons the argtable-1.x
    style support for arbitrary option tag formats in favour of exclusive
    support for GNU style tags. To this end, it is built on GNU getopt to
    guarantee 100% GNU compatibility. The new design also adds support for
    multiple instances of the same option on the command line, is
    extensible to new types of command line arguments (even custom ones),
    and provides better error reporting mechanisms than were available in
    argtable-1.x. It is also secure against buffer overrun attack from
    maliciously long command line arguments. All in all it is much slicker
    than the original argtable-1.x design despite the restriction to GNU
    style arguments only. Users who require the non-GNU argument tag
    styles are advised to continue using the argtable-1.x versions. Both
    argtable-1.x and argtable-2.x can happily coexist on the same system
    for those who wish to have the best of both worlds.

Version 1.4, released April 9, 2003.
    Ported argtable to Windows and added a Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
    workspace to the distribution for the benefit of Windows users. The
    code only required one change, which was to delete an errant space from
    a scanf format string!
    
Version 1.3, released December 20, 2001.
    Moved argtable to a new home on the Sourceforge site and revamped the
    documentation. Documentation is now created with Doxygen> instead of
    c2man. Also fixed some minor bugs in the Makefiles. The source code
    itself is unaltered.
    
Version 1.2, released August 5, 1999.
    The original makefiles have been replaced by autoconf makefiles. The
    char pointers in the argument table have been redefined as pointers to
    const char. Some of argtable's internal string buffers have been made
    larger to accommodate long command lines, and a bug that occurred when
    program names contained whitespace has been fixed. The documentation has
    also been revised.
    
Version 1.1, released January 20, 1999.
    This version fixes some cross-platform compilation errors, and saw the
    introduction of the multi-platform configuration. It also saw the
    addition of the arg_record function and a change to the arg_scanargv
    function so that it no longer requires argv[0] to be the first entry of
    the argument table. To maintain backwards compatibility, programs written
    for version 1.0 should now define the macro ARGTABLE_COMPATIBILITY_10
    prior to including the argtable.h header file.
    
Version 1.0, released November 13, 1998.
    Argtable's open-source debut.
    
