"AM" 8.2.1

Fixed a…distraction issue

With the introduction of colors in some lists (especially in "-l" and "-h") many users without the "less" command started to see "strange" messages that were nothing more than the ASCII characters intended for coloring messages.

In this minor release the "less" command has become a "core" dependency (i.e. without which you cannot use "AM"/"AppMan"), and not only that. Now it is possible to combine the options -a, -f, -h, -l and -q with other commands, in a clean way, without colors and without ASCII characters.

For example, suppose that mistakenly, the unaware user wants to combine the command less with -l (which already includes such a command), this is how the message will appear:

simplescreenrecorder-2024-09-17_00.19.40.mkv.mp4

same thing if you want to project the output of a command into a text file, for example:

simplescreenrecorder-2024-09-17_01.06.53.mkv.mp4

Among other changes

• fixed a bug related to the "downgrade" option, which did not update the downgraded app version at the end of the process;
• fixed a bug in "-l" which did not correctly display the number of available AppImages in the list;
• hijacked the list of available AppImages using the relative catalog page in Markdown format;
• introduced support for "appimageupdatetool" to get delta updates in AppImages (works only if "appimageupdatetool" is installed), by @Samueru-sama ;
• added dozens and dozens of new applications to the database, our database now counts 2260 unique applications (so excluding "helpers"), divided as follows: 2013 Appimages and 247 standalone/portable programs. Yes, our catalog is the first to exceed 2000 applications in AppImage format! Thanks @Sush-ruta

Finally, more categories/tags have been added to the catalog for a total of 23, with more to come (if requested).

Visit https://portable-linux-apps.github.io to learn more.

What's Changed

• Add Neovide install script by @TKK13909 in #927
• Added apps (sorry if I made any mistake) by @Sush-ruta in #932
• Initial appimageupdatetool support by @Samueru-sama in #928
• add appimageupdatetool support to some apps by @Samueru-sama in #935
• disable appimageupdatetool when downgrading, management.am by @Samueru-sama in #938
• added a few apps by @Sush-ruta in #940
• update appimagetool to AppImage/appimagetool by @Samueru-sama in #941
• added more apps by @Sush-ruta in #943
• Added CLI apps by @Sush-ruta in #945
• Create lists of AppImages from the related page of the catalogue by @ivan-hc in #947
• added apps by @Sush-ruta in #948
• Add "less" among core dependences by @ivan-hc in #949
• Allow use of "less", printing messages on files etcetera... by @ivan-hc in #950

New Contributors

• @TKK13909 made their first contribution in #927
• @Sush-ruta made their first contribution in #932

Full Changelog: 8.2...8.2.1