Appendix B: TWiki Development Timeline

Appendix B: TWiki Development Timeline

01-Feb-2003 Release (Beijing)

18 Jan 2003 - PeterThoeny
- Support for /bin/view/Web.TopicName topic view URL (besides the default /bin/view/Web/TopicName URL); useful for InterwikiPlugin links like TWiki:Codev.ReadmeFirst
31 Dec 2002 - PeterThoeny
- Enhanced Plugin API to manipulate topic data with new functions in TWikiFuncModule: readTopicText, saveTopicText, setTopicEditLock, checkTopicEditLock
31 Dec 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New %NOAUTOLINK% setting in the TWikiPreferences to disable the auto-linking of WikiWords
29 Dec 2002 - AndreaSterbini, PeterThoeny, RichardDonkin, SvenDowideit
- New Plugin hooks registrationHandler, beforeEditHandler, afterEditHandler, beforeSaveHandler, writeHeaderHandler, redirectCgiQueryHandler, getSessionValueHandler, setSessionValueHandler
30 Nov 2002 - RichardDonkin
- Internationalization ('I18N') support 8-bit character sets in WikiWords, such as ISO-8859-15, KOI8-R
25 Nov 2002 - PeterThoeny
- Include previous topic revision with %INCLUDE{ "OtherTopic" rev="1.2" }%
15 Nov 2002 - PeterThoeny
- The Go box understands also URLs, useful for special TWikiSkins handling
08 Nov 2002 - ColasNahaboo, RichardDonkin
- In WebNotify, if only the WikiName is specified, the e-mail is taken from the user's home page; if the WikiName is a group name, a notification is sent to all members of the group
30 Oct 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New %NOP{}% variable in TWikiTemplates topic gets removed at topic creation time; useful to write protect template topics
28 Sep 2002 - PeterThoeny
- The %URLPARAM{}% variable in TWikiTemplates topic gets expanded at topic creation time; useful for dynamic content creation
28 Sep 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New $logDir introduced in TWiki.cfg to set the log directory
13 Sep 2002 - PeterThoeny
- Renamed the Test web to Sandbox
03 Aug 2002 - RichardDonkin
- New setlib.cfg file in the bin directory to set the TWiki library path
02 Aug 2002 - PeterThoeny, RyanFreebern
- Support for outbound HTTP proxy when including URLs based on new %PROXYHOST and %PROXYPORT% settings in the TWikiPreferences
12 Jul 2002 - PeterThoeny
- The page logo is configurable with new %WIKILOGOIMG%, %TWIKILOGOURL% and %WIKILOGOALT% variables in TWikiPreferences; replacing $wikiHomeUrl in TWiki.cfg
12 Jun 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New %WIKITOOLNAME% variable in TWikiPreferences; replacing $wikiToolName in TWiki.cfg
31 May 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New %EDITBOXSTYLE% preferences variable which sets the edit box width automatically to the window width
17 May 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New %URLENCODE{}% variable to encodes a string for using in a URL parameter, e.g. %URLENCODE{"spaced name"}% returns spaced%20name
17 May 2002 - PeterThoeny
- FormattedSearch can be nested
05 May 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New user home pages are now based on the NewUserTemplate, replacing the /twiki/templates/register.tmpl template file
26 Apr 2002 - PeterThoeny
- New markup to exclude heading from a %TOC% table of content, e.g. ---+!! This heading is not shown in a TOC
13 Apr 2002 - PeterThoeny
- Form and script to create new webs, see ManagingWebs
01 Apr 2002 - JohnTalintyre
- New data storage framework that lets you use external RCS commands for revision control, or a new native Perl implementation that does not depend on the external RCS commands
28 Mar 2002 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed IE5/IE6-specific problem whereby going back from preview sometimes removes all edit changes
23 Mar 2002 - JohnTalintyre
- New AND search; with regular expression enabled, use the semicolon ";" as the AND operator in %SEARCH{}% variable, FormattedSearch and WebSearch
21 Mar 2002 - ColasNahaboo, RichardDonkin
- Fixed cache issue where the edit page showed outdated content
06 Mar 2002 - RichardDonkin
- Improved statistics script which uses less memory to process large log files
09 Jan 2002 - JohnTalintyre
- Variables inside <verbatim> tags are no longer expanded

01-Dec-2001 Release (Athens)

25 Oct 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Added FormattedSearch to %SEARCH{}% variable for database like reporting.

01-Sep-2001 Release

30 Aug 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Easier install for Windows, including auto detection in TWiki.cfg
30 Aug 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Ability to move attachments between topics, see FileAttachments
21 Aug 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Convert to XHTML 1.0 function: first step to XHTML-ifying TWiki
26 Jun 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Category information to forms using the TWikiMetaData format, see TWikiForms
07 Jun 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New topic templates as topics instead of templates. Customize by editing the topic. Retired notedited.tmpl, notext.tmpl and notwiki.tmpl templates. More in TWikiTemplates.
07 Jun 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New %TOPICLIST{"format"}% and %WEBLIST{"format"}% variables to get a formatted topic index and web index, respectively. More in TWikiVariables.
01 Jun 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New %URLPARAM{"name"}% variable to query URL parameters. More in TWikiVariables.
01 Jun 2001 - AndreaSterbini
- API to extend TWiki, see TWikiPluginAPI
01 Jun 2001 - KlausWriessnegger, AndreaSterbini
- Forms to change/reset/install passwords, see ChangePassword & ResetPassword
01 May 2001 - AndreaSterbini
- The TWikiAdminGroup (or other group) can be enabled as a SuperAdminGroup. Members have browser edit access to all locked topics.
01 May 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Meta information format, see TWikiMetaData
01 May 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Attachment under revision control See FileAttachment
01 May 2001 - JohnTalintyre
- Ability to rename/move topics, ManagingTopics
27 Mar 2001 - PeterThoeny
- The table syntax has been enhanced to (i) render | *bold* | cells as table headers, (ii) render space padded cells | center aligned | and | right aligned |, (iii) span multiple columns using | empty cells |||. More in TextFormattingRules.
25 Mar 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Security fix Questionable files like PHP scripts (executables) and .htaccess files that are attached to a topic get a .txt suffix appended to the file name. See also TWiki:Codev/FileAttachmentFilterSecurityAlert
28 Feb 2001 - AndreaSterbini, PeterThoeny
- New Wiki rule for headings, i.e. ---++ My Title; and new %TOC% variable to build a table of content from headings in a topic. More in TWikiVariables.
28 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New Wiki rule to specify arbitrary text for external links (i.e. [[http://TWki.org][TWiki]]) and internal links (i.e [[WikiSyntax][syntax]]). More in TWikiVariables.
28 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New Wiki rule for named anchors, e.g. links within a topic. Define a named anchor with #MyAnchor at the beginning of a line, and link to it with [[#MyAnchor]]. More in TWikiVariables.
25 Feb 2001 - NicholasLee, PeterThoeny
- Use Net::SMTP module instead of sendmail if installed.
01 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Added <verbatim> ... </verbatim> tags to show source code "as is". Unlike the <pre> ... </pre> tags, it also shows <, >, & characters "as is".
01 Feb 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed TWiki:Codev/CreateLinkToAttachedFileBug.
21 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Added a "Minor change, don't notify" checkbox in preview. More in DontNotify.
21 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Added Bold Fixed formatting using double-equal signs, e.g. write ==Bold Fixed== to get Bold Fixed.
20 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- Format changed of %GMTIME{"..."}% and %SERVERTIME{"..."}% variables. Format is now "$hour:$min" instead of "hour:min". More in TWikiVariables. Attention: Check your existing topics when you upgrade TWiki!
18 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- WebChanges, WebSearch and e-mail notification indicate also the revision number of a topic (i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 r1.5), or NEW for a new topic (i.e. i.e. 18 Jan 2001 16:43 NEW).
16 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- New variable %STARTINCLUDE% and %STOPINCLUDE% variables to control what gets included of a topic. More in TWikiVariables.
16 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- TWiki skins Define a different page layout with a customized header and footer layout, i.e. a print skin for a printable view of a topic. More in TWikiSkins and TWiki:Codev/TWikiSkins.
07 Jan 2001 - StanleyKnutson
- Better error handling when saving a topic.
05 Jan 2001 - PeterThoeny
- View authorization based on groups. Define who is allowed to see a TWiki web. More in TWikiAccessControl and TWiki:Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups.
05 Dec 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Improved include handling. Infinite recursion of includes are prevented; new variables %BASEWEB%, %INCLUDINGWEB%, %BASETOPIC% and %INCLUDINGTOPIC% to have more control over include handling. More in TWikiVariables and TWiki:Codev/IncludeHandlingImprovements.
03 Dec 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New noheader="on" switch in %SEARCH{...}% to suppress table header. More in TWikiVariables.

01-Dec-2000 Release

03 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Flag $doHidePasswdInRegistration in wikicfg.pm to hide plain text password in registration email.
01 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New variable %VAR{"NAME" web="Web"}% to get web specific preferences. More in TWikiVariables.
01 Nov 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Added a "Cancel" link in edit that releases the edit lock.
23 Oct 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Authorization based on groups. Define fine graned control who is allowed to change or create topics. More in TWikiAccessControl and TWiki:Codev/AuthenticationBasedOnGroups.
05 Oct 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Remember user by IP address so that view "knows" the user once authenticated in edit. More in TWikiUserAuthentication.
26 Sep 2000 - AlWilliams, PeterThoeny
- Fixed TWiki:Codev/UppercaseAttachments bug and added png image support.
26 Sep 2000 - HaroldGottschalk, AndreaSterbini, PeterThoeny
- Allow nesting of variables, i.e. %INCLUDE{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"}%. More in TWiki:Codev/BetterTWikiTagTemplateProcessing.
20 Sep 2000 - ManpreetSingh
- New -q switch in mailnotify to suppress all normal output.
19 Sep 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed TWiki:Codev/AttachedNotificationLinksBug.
18 Sep 2000 - ManpreetSingh, PeterThoeny
- Added forced internal links. Write [[text formatting FAQ]] to get the link text formatting FAQ that points to topic TextFormattingFAQ.
19 Aug 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Ref-By link searches all webs (not just the current web.)
16 Aug 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New TWikiPreferences variables %HTTP_EQUIV_ON_VIEW% , %HTTP_EQUIV_ON_EDIT% and %HTTP_EQUIV_ON_PREVIEW% that define the <meta http-equiv="..."> meta tags for the TWiki templates. This can be used for example to set a document expiration time.
29 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New variables %GMTIME{"..."}% and %SERVERTIME{"..."}% . More in TWikiVariables.
23 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Changed include syntax from %INCLUDE{"Web/TopicName.txt"}% to %INCLUDE{"Web.TopicName"}% . Legacy syntax still supported.
23 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- BookView search allows you show a set of topics for easy printing.
22 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- More forgiving syntax for *bold*, italic, __bold italic__ and fixed , where it is not necessary anymore to have a trailing space before .,;:?! characters.
22 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Split the TWiki.Main web into TWiki.Main (users, company data) and TWiki.TWiki (TWiki related documentation, registration)
07 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Added an "Release edit lock" checkbox in preview to let other people edit the topic immediately without the one hour lock.
07 Jul 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed problem of losing carriage returns when editing topics with KDE KFM browser or W3M browser.
21 Jun 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed problem that a page redirect on some server environments is not working (host name is needed in URL).
21 Jun 2000 - CrisBailiff, PeterThoeny
- Fixed security issue to prevent a server side %INCLUDE% of arbitrary files.
29 May 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New %GMTIME% variable that shows the current GM time.
28 May 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Lock warning shows remaining lock time in minutes.
15 May 2000 - PeterFokkinga
- Each topic can have its own template file. TWikiTemplates has more.
02 May 2000 - KevinKinnell, PeterThoeny
- Advanced search features like search multiple webs; sort by topic name / modified time / author; limit the number of results returned. More in TWikiVariables.

01-May-2000 Release

21 Apr 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New TWikiVariables %HTTP_HOST% , %REMOTE_ADDR% , %REMOTE_PORT% and %REMOTE_USER% .
21 Apr 2000 - JohnAltstadt, PeterThoeny
- TWikiRegistration is done separately for Intranet use (depends on remote_user) or Internet use (depends on .htpasswd file).
20 Mar 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Uploading a file (topic file attachment) will optionally create a link to the uploaded file at the end of the topic. The preference variable %ATTACHLINKBOX% controls the default state of the link check box in the attach file page.
11 Mar 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Better security with taint checking ( Perl -T option )
25 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New preference variables %EDITBOXWIDTH% and %EDITBOXHEIGHT% to specify the edit box size.
25 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Edit preferences topics to set TWiki variables. There are three level of preferences Site-level (TWikiPreferences), web-level (WebPreferences in each web) and user-level preferences (for each of the TWikiUsers). With this, discontinue use of server side include of wikiwebs.inc , wikiwebtable.inc , weblist.inc , webcopyright.inc and webcolors.inc files.
11 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New variable %SCRIPTSUFFIX% / $scriptSuffix containing an optional file extension of the TWiki Perl script. Templates have been changed to use this variable. This allows you to rename the Perl script files to have a file extension like for example ".cgi".
11 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- New variable %SCRIPTURLPATH% / $scriptUrlPath containing the script URL without the domain name. Templates have been changed to use this variable instead of %SCRIPTURL% . This is for performance reasons.
07 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Changed the syntax for server side include variable from %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"% to %INCLUDE{"filename.ext"}% . (Previous syntax still supported. Change was done because of inline search syntax)
07 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Inline search. New variable %SEARCH{"str" ...}% to show a search result embedded in a topic text. TWikiVariables has more on the syntax. Inline search combined with the category table feature can be used for example to create a simple bug tracking system.
04 Feb 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Access statistics. Each web has a WebStatistics topic that shows monthy statistics with number of topic views and changes, most popular topics, and top contributors. (It needs to be enabled, TWikiDocumentation has more.)
29 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed bug where TWiki would not initialize correctly under certain circumstances, i.e. when running it under mod_perl. Sub initialize in wiki.pm did not handle $thePathInfo correctly.
24 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed bug where an email address starting with a WikiName was rendered as an internal Wiki link instead of an email address, i.e. ******** .
10 Jan 2000 - PeterThoeny
- No more escaping for '%' percent characters. (Number of consecutive '%' entered and displayed is identical.)
03 Oct 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Limit the number of revisions shown at the bottom of the topic. Example
  Topic TWikiHistory . { ..... Diffs r1.10 > r1.9 > r1.8 > r1.7 >... }
  Additional revisions can be selected by pressing the >... link.

01-Sep-1999 Release

31 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed Y2K bug. (Date in year 2000 had wrong format.)
08 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny
- New text formatting rule for creating tables. Text gets rendered as a table if enclosed in " " vertical bars. Example line as it is written and how it shows up
03 Aug 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Online registration of new user using web form in TWikiRegistration. Authentication of users.
22 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Flags $doLogTopic* in wikicfg.pm to selectively log topic view, edit, save, rdiff, attach, search and changes to monthly log file.
21 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Flag $doRemovePortNumber in wikicfg.pm to optionally remove the port number from the TWiki URL. Example www.some.domain:1234/twiki gets www.some.domain/twiki .
15 Jul 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Search path for include files in %INCLUDE:"file.inc"% variable. Search first in the current web, then in parent data directory. Useful to overload default include text in the data directory by web-specific text, like for example webcopyright.inc text.
07 Jul 1999 - ChristopheVermeulen
- Link a plural topic to a singular topic in case the plural topic does not exist. Example TestVersion / TestVersions , TestPolicy / TestPolicies , TestAddress / TestAddresses , TestBox / TestBoxes .

01-Jul-1999 Release

23 Jun 1999 - PeterThoeny
- New TextFormattingRules to write bold italic text by enclosing words with double underline characters.
23 Jun 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Separate wiki.pm into configuration (wikicfg.pm) and TWiki core (wiki.pm) . This is to ease the upgrade of TWiki installations, it also allows customized extensions to TWiki without affecting the TWiki core.
21 May 1999 - DavidWarman
- Externalize copyright text at the bottom of every page into a web-specific webcopyright.inc file. This is to easily customize the copyright text.
20 May 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Added meta tag so that robots index only /view/ of topics, not /edit/, /attach/ e.t.c. Tag <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
20 May 1999 - PeterThoeny
- New variables %WIKIHOMEURL% (link when pressing the icon on the upper left corner) and %WIKITOOLNAME% (the name of the wiki tool kyma•tweaky ).
15 Apr 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Topic locking Warn user if a topic has been edited by an other person within one hour. This is to prevent contention, e.g. simultaneous topic updates.
26 Mar 1999 - PeterThoeny
- File attachments Upload and download any file as a topic attachment by using the browser. FileAttachment has more.
26 Mar 1999 - PeterThoeny
- New variables %PUBURL% (Public directory URL) and %ATTACHURL% (URL of topic file attachment).
09 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny
- New text formatting rule for creating fixed font text . Words get showns in fixed font by enclosing them in "=" equal signs. Example Writing =fixed font= will show up as fixed font .
09 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny
- No new topic revision is created if the same person saves a topic again within one hour.
03 Feb 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Possible to view complete revision history of a topic on one page. Access at the linked date in the Changes page, or the Diffs link at the bottom of each topic, e.g.
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit Ref-By Diffs r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny
04 Jan 1999 - PeterThoeny
- Fixed bug when viewing differences between topic revisions that include HTML table tags like <table>, <tr>, <td>.

1998 Releases

08 Dec 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Signature is shown below the text area when editing a topic. Use this to easily copy & paste your signature into the text.
07 Dec 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Possible to add a category table to a TWiki topic. This permits storing and searching for more structured information. Editing a topic shows a HTML form with the usual text area and a table with selectors, checkboxes, radio buttons and text fields. TWikiDocumentation has more on setup. The TWiki.Know web uses this category table to set classification, platform and OS version.
18 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Internal log of topic save actions to the file data/logYYYYMM.txt, where YYYYMM the year and month in numeric format is. Intended for auditing only, not accessible from the web.
10 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny
- The email notification and the Changes topic have now a topic date that is linked. Clicking on the link will show the difference between the two most recent topic revisions.
10 Nov 1998 - PeterThoeny
- View differences between topic revisions. Each topic has a list of revisions (e.g. r1.3) and differences thereof (e.g. >) at the bottom
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit Ref-By r1.3 > r1.2 > r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/11/10 01:34 by PeterThoeny
26 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Added preview of topic changes before saving the topic. This was necessary to prevent unneeded revisions.
26 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Added revision control using RCS. Each topic has now a list of revisions at the bottom and a revision info, e.g.
  Topic TWikiHistory . { Edit Ref-By r1.3 r1.2 r1.1 } Revision r1.3 1998/10/26 01:34:00 by PeterThoeny
14 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Refered-By Find out which topics have a link to the current topic. Each topic has a Ref-By link for that. Note Only references from the current web are shown, not references from other webs.
13 Oct 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Alphabetical topic index in WebSearch.
24 Sep 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Corrected templates for automatic email notification so that MS Outlook can display attachment as an HTML file.
13 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- WikiNotation allows also numbers after the AaA sequence, e.g. AaA1 is a valid WikiTopic name, but not Aa1.
07 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Automatic email notification when something has changed in a TWiki web. Each web has a topic WebNotify where one can subscribe and unsubscribe.
06 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Added server side include of files. Syntax is %INCLUDE:"filename.ext"%
05 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Signature and date is inserted automatically when creating a new topic.
04 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Separate templates for text of non existing topic and default text of new topic. (template file templates/Web/notedited.tmpl)
04 Aug 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Warn user if new topic name is not a valid Wiki name. (template file templates/Web/notwiki.tmpl)
31 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Support for quoted text with a '>' at the beginning of the line.
28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Added TWiki variables, enclosed in % signs %TOPIC% (Topic name), %WEB% (web name), %SCRIPTURL% (script URL), %DATE% (current date), %WIKIWEBMASTER% (Wiki webmaster address), %WIKIVERSION% (Wiki version), %USERNAME% (user name), %WIKIUSERNAME% (Wiki user name).
28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Topic WebChanges shows Wiki username instead of Intranet username, e.g. PeterThoeny instead of thoeny in case the Wiki username exists. Implementation Automatic lookup of Wiki username in topic TWikiUsers.
28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Topic index. (Technically speaking a simple '.*' search on topic names.)
28 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Topic WebSearch allows full text search and and topic search with/without regular expressions.
27 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Added automatic links to topics in other TWiki webs by specifying <web name>.<topic name>, e.g. Know.WebSeach .
23 Jul 1998 - PeterThoeny
- Installed initial version, based on the JOS Wiki. See WikiWikiClones for details.

Dev Flow

The typical TWiki development flow...

TWiki:Codev.FeatureBrainstorming: open forum for new ideas
TWiki:Codev.FeatureEnhancementRequest: specific detailed request
TWiki:Codev.FeatureToDo: prioritized to up-next dev status
TWiki:Codev.FeatureUnderConstruction: currently in development
TWiki:Codev.FeatureDone: completed and implemented
TWiki:Codev.DocRequest: request for documentation
TWiki:Codev.DocsToDo: feature documentation pending
TWiki:Codev.FeatureDocumented: documented feature
TWikiDocumentation: reference manual for the latest TWiki

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