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description: Version history and release notes
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# Changelog

All notable changes to BBS-MD are documented here.

## v1.0.0 — 2026-03-01

The initial release. Four phases of development, ten plans executed.

### Phase 1: Safety Foundation

- Panic hook restores terminal state before unwinding
- SIGHUP and SIGTERM signal handlers for graceful shutdown
- Login shell detection (`argv[0]` dash prefix)
- TOML configuration via `bbs.toml`
- Double Ctrl+C quit confirmation (critical for login shell mode)

### Phase 2: Vault Core and Rendering

- Full GFM markdown rendering pipeline via pulldown-cmark
- Syntax-highlighted fenced code blocks with box-drawing borders
- Tables with aligned columns and full grid borders
- Scrolling with j/k, arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn
- Error screens for missing or unreadable documents
- Terminal resize re-rendering

### Phase 3: Navigation and Links

- Wiki-link resolution (`[[Page Name]]` to `page-name.md`)
- Standard markdown link following (`[text](path.md)`)
- Browser-style back/forward navigation history
- Modal link cycling with Tab to enter, Up/Down to navigate
- Draw-time REVERSED highlight on selected links
- Breadcrumb path display in status bar
- Broken wiki-link detection at render time (red strikethrough)

### Phase 4: BBS Polish and Live Content

- ANSI art splash screen on index.md via `splash.txt`
- File metadata in status bar (last modified date, file size)
- Virtual `[[Directory]]` page with tree view of all vault files
- Live filesystem watching with 300ms debounce auto-refresh
- Arrow key navigation (Left/Right for back/forward)
- Frontmatter description display in directory listing

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## Roadmap

Future ideas (not yet planned):

- Theming support (different color palettes)
- Search across vault documents
- Bookmarks and favorites
- Multi-vault support
- SSH server built-in (no external sshd needed)
- User authentication and access control

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