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1 dia-0.89: XX-XXX-2001
3 * from now on, all XML files produced by dia will be encoded as UTF-8.
4 This version of dia is also capable of reading dia file encoded with
5 any other encoding the libxml2 parser embedded in libxml1 is able to
6 understand. One exception: the encoding declaration >must< be present.
8 * all previously generated XML files (.pluginrc and .dia files,
9 mostly) will now cause a warning about a missing encoding, and the
10 default dia will take. If you have properly compiled dia, it should
11 choose the charset you normally use. This is normal and there is no
12 other sane possible way.
14 * Metapost renderer
15 * Updated Python interface.
16 * Faster Postscript files when using an Unicode-enabled build.
17 * More options in the UML Class dialog.
18 * An optional menu bar can be added to each display window, in
19 addition to the popup menu.
20 * All RenderObjects have been replaced by equivalent shapes, and
21 RenderObject support code removed.
22 * All Lazyprop objects have been converted to Standard Properties
23 instead. Lazyprop support code removed.
24 * lots of internal changes and cleanups in the StdProp code. This
25 breaks binary compatibility.
26 * ongoing UTF-8 audit.
27 * libxml-1.8.14 is now needed; you can also have libxml2 installed,
28 but don't build with both development packages installed (this will
29 most certanly end up in a library mismatch. To avoid this, the
30 configure script will stop if it detects both libxml development
31 packages)
32 * Shapes can now have a <svg:text> element.
33 * polybeziers and beziergons now have their bounding box properly computed.
34 * autoconf-2.50 is strongly recommended (2.13 should still be fine) if
35 you want to call ./autogen.sh.
36 * You now need libtool-1.4 to build the package.
37 * automake-1.4-p4 is probably needed as well.
38 * gettext-0.10.38 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
39 * intltools-0.12 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
41 In general, don't call ./autogen.sh at all if your system is not on
42 the bleeding edge.
44 * You need recent versions of the packages {jade, docbook,
45 docbook-utils, docbook-dsssl, docbook-stylesheets,
46 docbook-style-dsssl, gnome-doc-tools-2-0, cygnus-stylesheets, etc.}
47 of the whole DocBook rendering system, to build the documentation.
48 The exact names of the packages vary from system to system; this
49 list is only a starting point! If compiling the documentation fails,
50 please report on dia-list@gnome.org once you've found which packages
51 to install. However, you can disable the compilation of
52 documentation if it's too much trouble to fix.
53 * a few new shapes have been added.
54 * crashes in the right-click menu have been nailed.
57 dia-0.88: 11-May-2001
58 * Input method support should work correctly now.
59 * SVG shape files now use namespace from final W3C recommendation.
60 Addon shapes will have to be modified to use the
61 http://www.w3.org/2000/SVG namespace for SVG. SVG export filter
62 also uses correct doctype.
63 * menus should now work in both gtk+ and gnome builds and have no i18n
64 related problems. Don't look in app/menus.c.
65 * pstricks renderer output should now work fine without modification now.
66 * gdk-pixbuf is now a requirement for building dia. It no longer
67 falls back to imlib if it can't find gdk-pixbuf.
68 * handle "file not found" errors better in the image object type.
69 * Dia now has documentation thanks to the GDP. The help menu now has
70 more than just an about menu item.
71 * Antialiased drawing mode probably won't crash dia anymore
72 * Dia has a splash screen now (which can be turned off with the
73 --nosplash option).
74 * Updated bonobo support (when --enable-bonobo is used)
75 * added expose event compression for the dia canvas, which makes dia
76 more usable over remote X connections.
77 * Many objects updated to use properties interface.
78 * experimental unicode print support (--enable-unicode)
79 * updates to the python plugin and now distribute it with dia (--with-python)
80 * many new shapes and export filter plugins.
81 * other bug fixes.
83 dia-0.86: 6-August-2000
84 * Dia is now an official GNU program.
85 * Bug fixes to polygon, so that undo/redo of adding a point works correctly,
86 and added extra connection points to shape. (james)
87 * added unfinished DXF import filter (Steffen).
88 * XIM support added.
89 * added beziergon object. (james)
90 * The right click menu now behaves correctly when torn off. Actions will be
91 performed on the last active display, which is defined as the last display
92 to receive mouse clicks or keyboard input. (james)
93 * added little button to top left hand corner of display for bringing up
94 the right click menu, as in gimp-1.1. (james)
95 * Layers dialog changes selected diagram when the active display changes.
96 (james)
97 * fixed bug in custom shape code affecting drawing of ellipses/circles.
98 * WPG and HPGL export filters added (Hans)
99 * Updated gnome-print code so that it respects the settings in the page
100 setup dialog. The gnome-print code is still not as good as the straight
101 postscript code.
102 * Added a diagram properties dialog where you can manipulate the grid
103 settings (which are now saved with the diagram) and background colour.
104 * many other bug fixes.
106 dia-0.85: 18-May-2000
107 * Bug fix for bringing up properties window when a group of objects that don't
108 implement the properties code are selected (james).
109 * New sheets: Pneumatic, Electric and Civil (from Cyrille and Steffen).
110 * New export filters: TeX PSTricks and DXF (from Jacek and Steffen
111 respectively).
112 * New polygon object (Lars).
113 * You can now select between symmetric, smooth and cusp as the vertex style
114 for the segments in a bezier line object (Lars, james).
115 * Some fixups to make sure preferences and save files are written with
116 LC_NUMERIC set to C (james).
117 * dia will now use gdk-pixbuf in preference to imlib if it is found on the
118 system when compiling.
119 * there is a simple (unfinished) bonobo component now. To build it, you
120 must pass --enable-bonobo to configure (this will not affect whether the
121 normal dia is built). (Alex)
122 * Bug fixes in FS objects by David Thompson.
123 * new plugin system, along with a plugin manager where you can prevent
124 plugins from being loaded (james).
125 * Objects handled by the custom sheet code now have a better distance
126 algorithm -- before it just used a bounding box (james).
127 * New select submenu in the right click menu that makes it easier to select
128 groups of objects (Lars).
130 dia-0.84: 29-February-2000
131 * Bug fixes in sheet loading and object initialisation code -- this fixes
132 some of the seg faults in 0.83.
133 * Lots of new shapes (GRAFCET, SADT, chronogram and Contact from Cyrille)
134 * Fixed up fit to page so that it adjusts the scaling as you change the
135 size of the diagram. Also allow fit to multiple pages.
136 * Show page breaks on diagram (this can be disabled in the preferences).
137 * CGM export filter fixes (most of this work was by Henk Jan Priester).
138 * SVG export filter fixes -- now it handles images as well.
139 * EPS filter now uses scaling factor set in page setup dialog. This was
140 added because some apps do not allow scaling of an EPS file after importing
141 it.
142 * High quality anti aliased libart based renderer (Alex).
143 * PNG export filter (requires libpng and libart).
144 * toolbox is resizable kind of like the gimp-1.1 toolbox.
145 * Win32 port by Hans Breuer -- see http://hans.breuer.org/dia/
146 * Start of support for properties code. THIS IS NOT FINISHED AND THE
147 INTERFACES ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT RELEASE. DON'T WRITE NEW
148 OBJECTS AGAINST THESE NEW INTERFACES UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THEM TO
149 BREAK WITH THE NEXT RELEASE. That said, this adds a number of nice
150 features for users. You can now group a number of properties supporting
151 objects (currently the `standard' objects, custom objects and the
152 flowchart box), and change some of the properties as a group.
154 dia-0.83:
155 * Copying/pasting of bezier and image objects should work correctly.
156 * New export filter interface, which allows export filters to be
157 loaded from plugins rather than being integrated into the application.
158 * New CGM export plugin. It currently doesn't handle beziers yet, but
159 it does handle all other aspects of rendering.
160 * Fixed rendering of logo in about dialog.
161 * Don't reencode the symbol font in latin1, as this stops it working.
162 * Renamed the --export-to-ps option to --export (the short form is still -e).
163 It now works out which filter to use based on the file extension.
164 * Portability fixes.
166 dia-0.82:
167 * Dia has a new maintainer now.
168 * It is now possible to rearange the icons in the toolbox by editing
169 simple XML files. You can also create new sheets composed of your
170 favourite shapes. This feature is the work of Cyrille Chepelov
171 * New bezierline object. This object is by Lars Clausen and me (James).
172 * Better integration with the gnome file manager -- dia files now have an
173 icon, and you can double click on a file to launch dia.
174 * more memory leak fixes based on purify runs by Bruce Mitchener.
175 * By holding down shift when using the zoom tool, you can zoom out. This
176 feature was from Patrick Reynolds.
177 * By holding shift when using the move tool, it changes its behaviour to the
178 `grab' type scrolling as seen in acrobat, eog and other programs.
179 * More circuit shapes from Andreas Scherf.
180 * Other bug fixes I haven't mentioned above (see ChangeLog for details).
182 News in version 0.81:
183 * New printing dialog with "Fit to page" and landscape printing
184 * New Circuit objects
185 * Fixed loading saving of flowcharts and custom object. This would
186 make dia crash when loading saved files.
187 * Portability fixes
188 * Added undo support for some missing operations
189 * Fixed some memory leaks
190 * Fixed crashing bugs
192 News in version 0.80:
193 * Undo capabilities
194 * Printing support
195 * Possibilities to create new objects in XML
196 * Export to SVG capability
197 * Objects can have menus
198 * New objects:
199 uml state object.
200 Some new Network objects
201 flowchart sheet.
202 Sybase sheet.
203 Electric circuit sheet.
204 * Uses g_module for dll loading (Dia should work on most unixes now).
205 * Somewhat better EPS files created
206 * More preferences
207 * Ctrl-drag handles restricts movement to horizontal/vertical.
208 * New logos.
209 * Heaps of new stuff i forgot
210 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.
212 News in version 0.41:
213 * Some internalization bugfixes.
214 Note that some translations still has problems. "sv" works.
216 News in version 0.40:
218 * Internationalization
219 * Preferences handling
220 * Image objects
221 * New standard objects: polyline
222 * New UML objects: lifeline, object, message, class icon
223 * New network object: printer
224 * Better standard objects
225 * Better gnome compatibility
226 * Statusbar in diagram window
227 * Default properties for objects
228 * Various new features
229 * Asorted bugfixes
231 News in version 0.30:
233 * Dia now has a layer system, much like the GIMP.
234 * The fileformat changed from my own binary format to an easily readable
235 XML format.
236 * New objects for Entity-Relationship modeling.
237 * New objects for UML and networking diagrams.
238 * Much better properties dialogs for most objects.
239 * Postscript output fixed, should work better now.
240 * Updated to use Gtk 1.1.x features.
241 * New features: Align objects, command line loading, etc.
242 * Internal updates.
243 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.