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# 1 Appmon Release Notes

This document describes the changes made to the Appmon application.

### 1.1 Appmon 2.1.14.2

#### Improvements and New Features

- Misc build updates

  Own Id: OTP-10784

- The backend module appmon_info.erl is moved from appmon application to runtime_tools. This allows appmon to be run from a remote erlang node towards a target node which does not have appmon (and its dependencies) installed, as long as runtime_tools is installed there.

  Own Id: OTP-10786

### 1.2 Appmon 2.1.14.1

#### Improvements and New Features

- The GS applications is now deprecated and will be removed in the R16 release. The following GS-based applications have been superseded by the Observer application and will removed in R16: Appmon, Pman, Tv.

  *** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***

  Own Id: OTP-9907

### 1.3 Appmon 2.1.14

#### Improvements and New Features

- Eliminate use of deprecated regexp module

  Own Id: OTP-9810

- Miscellaneous documentation build updates

  Own Id: OTP-9813

### 1.4 Appmon 2.1.13

#### Improvements and New Features

- An obsolete compiler directive for native code generation was removed from a source file.

  Own Id: OTP-8839

### 1.5 Appmon 2.1.12

#### Improvements and New Features

- Warnings due to new autoimported BIFs removed

  Own Id: OTP-8674 Aux Id: OTP-8579

### 1.6 Appmon 2.1.11

#### Improvements and New Features

- The documentation is now possible to build in an open source environment after a number of bugs are fixed and some features are added in the documentation build process.

  - The arity calculation is updated.

  - The module prefix used in the function names for bif's are removed in the generated links so the links will look like "http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#append_element-2" instead of "http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erlang.html#erlang:append_element-2".

  - Enhanced the menu positioning in the html documentation when a new page is loaded.

  - A number of corrections in the generation of man pages (thanks to Sergei Golovan)

  - The legal notice is taken from the xml book file so OTP's build process can be used for non OTP applications.

  Own Id: OTP-8343

### 1.7 Appmon 2.1.10.2

#### Improvements and New Features

- The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.

  Own Id: OTP-8201

### 1.8 Appmon 2.1.10.1

#### Improvements and New Features

- Updated the application with new tags for automatic updates of copyright notices.

  Own Id: OTP-7851

### 1.9 Appmon 2.1.9

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Fixed dialyzer warning in appmon_info.

### 1.10 Appmon 2.1.8

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Removed some dead code from the appmon_info and process_info modules. Also rewritten large parts of process_info to make it easier to read and more efficient.

  Own Id: OTP-6534

### 1.11 Appmon 2.1.7

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Appmon now handles a process name containing the character '@' correctly. (Thanks to Mikael Magnusson).

  Own Id: OTP-6308

- The "Send" button in the application window was broken, it always failed (silently).

  Own Id: OTP-6333

### 1.12 Appmon 2.1.6

#### Improvements and New Features

- Internal change only (using a private digraph instead of a public one).

  Own Id: OTP-5983

- Notification windows are now centered over the parent window (if possible).

  Own Id: OTP-6010 Aux Id: OTP-5987

- Removed some dead code from appmon_info, discovered by Dialyzer.

  Own Id: OTP-6040

### 1.13 Appmon 2.1.5

#### Improvements and New Features

- Eliminated 5 discrepancies found by Dialyzer in the Appmon application.

  Own Id: OTP-5633

### 1.14 Appmon 2.1.4

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- The graphic applications now search for HTML documentation in the correct place.

  Own Id: OTP-5381