Update: Jesse (the new upstream maintainer) told me a few minutes ago that this enhancement is on his list. So, let's keep the bug open. I added a new SourceForge issue to track it, and I'll tag the bug as upstream in a few minutes here.
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3025934&group_id=74021&atid=539698 <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3025934&group_id=74021&atid=539698> KEN