shellcaster 1.2.0

A terminal-based podcast manager to subscribe to and play podcasts.
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# Changelog

## v1.2.0 (2021-05-11)
- Adds new keybindings for scrolling up/down a quarter of the page,
  scrolling a full page up/down, and scrolling to the top or bottom
  (thanks to contributor [a-kenji](https://github.com/a-kenji))
- Adds support for customizable colors
    - This is a backwards-compatible change and does not require any
      modification; however, if you wish to customize the colors after
      upgrading, you will need to [update your config.toml file](https://github.com/jeff-hughes/shellcaster/blob/master/config.toml)
      to add the new options under the "colors" section
- Filenames of downloaded files now include the publication date, which
  reduces potential conflicts with rebroadcasted episodes
- Bug fix:
    - Fixed issue with "removed" episodes reappearing after syncing the
      podcast again
- Some minor performance improvements, particularly when loading the app

## v1.1.0 (2020-12-01)
- Help menu showing the current keybindings (accessible by pressing
  "?" by default)
- New options for downloading new episodes:
    - Can select whether to always download new episodes when syncing
      podcasts, to never download, or to pop up with a window allowing
      you to select which new episodes to download
- Will now ask for confirmation before removing podcasts/episodes
  (thanks to contributor [dougli1sqrd](https://github.com/dougli1sqrd))
- Bug fixes:
    - Border gets redrawn properly when scrolling (thanks to contributor [a-kenji](https://github.com/a-kenji))
    - Messages at the bottom of the screen properly reset cursor
      position, so they always show up on the far left
- Other notes:
    - Added consistent code formatting style with rustfmt (thanks to
      contributor [thunderbiscuit](https://github.com/thunderbiscuit))


## v1.0.1 (2020-08-18)
- This is a patch release to fix some minor bugs
- Bug fixes:
    - Better tracking of current downloads to avoid re-downloading the same episode twice
    - Fix decoding of HTML entities in episode descriptions to avoid getting cut off in certain cases
    - Properly import OPML v1.0 files
    - Correctly segment titles with Unicode letters
    - Also some fixes to documentation (thanks to contributor [dwvisser](https://github.com/dwvisser))

## v1.0.0 (2020-08-13)
- Adjusted the criteria for checking existing episodes when syncing, which results in a dramatic speedup in the syncing process
- New command line options:
    - `shellcaster sync` performs a full sync of all podcasts and then exits without starting the UI
    - `shellcaster import` imports a list of podcasts from an OPML file
    - `shellcaster export` exports the list of podcasts in the database to an OPML file for easy transfer to other podcast managers
- Support for episodes that are not .mp3 files (e.g., video episodes)
- Bug fixes:
    - HTML entities (e.g., &) in episode descriptions are now decoded
    - Podcasts/episodes referred to internally by ID rather than position in the list, which avoids errors when items are added/removed

## v0.8.2 (2020-07-24)
- Adds details panel on the right-hand side when the screen is large enough, providing more information about the selected episode
- Better notifications for syncing and downloading files
- New config option: Adjust the maximum number of retries to connect when syncing podcasts or downloading episodes
- Changed from `reqwest` package to `ureq` package, which simplifies some things, and also cuts out numerous other dependencies (meaning a smaller binary size!)
- Syncing podcasts now uses the same threadpool as downloading, leading to some efficiencies and somewhat simpler code
- Bug fixes:
    - Creates directory for database if it does not exist
    - Mark episode as played when user plays the episode

## v0.8.1 (2020-07-01)
- Can now remove one or more episodes from the list of episodes, effectively hiding them so they will not be re-synced
- Can also remove podcasts entirely
- Removing podcasts or episodes will also prompt whether you wish to delete any local files associated with them

## v0.8.0 (2020-06-30)
- Can now delete downloaded files
- Bug fixes related to SQLite database constraints

## v0.7.4 (2020-06-29)
- Numerous small bug fixes:
  - Marking the first episode in the list as played/unplayed no longer crashes
  - Marking episodes as played/unplayed updates the metadata in the podcast title
  - Highlighted podcast/episode should now stay highlighted when the menus are refreshed
  - No longer will re-download files if episode has already been downloaded

## v0.7.3 (2020-06-29)
- Fixes fatal error when podcast or episode lists are empty
- Adds some extra styling to welcome screen for first-time users

## v0.7.2 (2020-06-29)
- Adds extra metadata to titles:
  - Podcasts now show (number of unplayed episodes / total number of episodes)
  - Episodes now show the publication date and the total duration of the episode
  - These are flexibly turned on and off based on the size of the terminal window, to ensure readability of the titles of podcasts and episodes

## v0.7.1 (2020-06-28)
- Overhaul to look and feel of UI
- Fix issues with possibility of invalid filenames
- Lots of under-the-hood improvements in the code structure

## v0.7.0 (2020-06-25)
- Major overhaul to download system to ensure multiple downloads do not pause app, nor overload requests to servers
- Set number of simultaneous downloads in config file

## v0.6.0 (2020-06-24)
- Functionality to mark episodes as played/unplayed, or mark all episodes for a podcast as played/unplayed

## v0.5.3 (2020-06-24)
- Adds multi-threading to allow long-running tasks to run in background

## v0.5.2 (2020-05-05)
- Adds welcome screen for when podcast list is empty
- Handles resizing of terminal window
- Messages at bottom of screen no longer pause app

## v0.5.1 (2020-05-01)
- Specify path to config file via command line argument

## v0.5.0 (2020-05-01)
- App officially named "shellcaster"
- Synchronize one podcast feed, or all feeds

## v0.4.1 (2020-04-29)
- Play file with external media player
- Can specify command to use when playing file

## v0.4.0 (2020-04-29)
- Can specify custom paths for config and data files
- Can download single episodes, or all episodes for a podcast

## v0.3.0 (2020-04-18)
- Reads config settings from config.toml file
- Customizable keybindings

## v0.2.1 (2020-04-13)
- Displays list of episodes in menu, and change between podcast and episode menus

## v0.2.0 (2020-04-13)
- Saving data in SQLite database
- Functionality to add new podcast feed

## v0.1.0 (2020-04-02)
- Bare-bones functionality, of a scrolling menu with pancurses