3 * Very likely to require libgtk2.0 instead of libgtk1.2. FIXME:
4 document exactly what we need (do it in INSTALL too)
6 * The XSLT plugin uses the gnome libxslt to export documents from
7 DIA. The library is not required at compile time.
11 * identical to 0.90.RC3 save for some makefile juggling.
13 dia-0.90.RC3: 30-May-2002
15 * in FreeType mode, dia now looks for the xfs configuration files too
16 to retrieve the font path.
17 * Polish version of the manual added
18 * a load-time compatibility issue with files produced by 0.88.1 was
19 found and fixed for some UML objects.
20 * we now better use the intltool facilities
21 * various build problems on Solaris fixed and/or documented.
23 dia-0.90.RC2: 24-May-2002
25 * increased tolerance to broken XML files
26 * ER objects can have their text size changed
27 * a couple bugs (i18n, l10n, p9y) fixed
29 dia-0.90.RC1: 13-May-2002
31 * from now on, all XML files produced by dia will be encoded as UTF-8.
32 This version of dia is also capable of reading dia file encoded with
33 any other encoding the libxml2 parser embedded in libxml1 is able to
34 understand. One exception: the encoding declaration >must< be present.
36 * all previously generated XML files (.pluginrc and .dia files,
37 mostly) will now cause a warning about a missing encoding, and the
38 default dia will take. If you have properly compiled dia, it should
39 choose the charset you normally use. This is normal and there is no
40 other sane possible way.
43 * Unicode builds are now mandatory. The software internally always talks UTF-8.
44 * Updated Python interface.
45 * Faster Postscript files.
46 * More options in the UML Class dialog.
47 * An optional menu bar can be added to each display window, in
48 addition to the popup menu.
49 * All RenderObjects have been replaced by equivalent shapes, and
50 RenderObject support code removed.
51 * All Lazyprop objects have been converted to Standard Properties
52 instead. Lazyprop support code removed.
53 * lots of internal changes and cleanups in the StdProp code. This
54 breaks binary compatibility.
55 * ongoing UTF-8 audit.
56 * libxml-1.8.14 is now needed; you can also have libxml2 installed,
57 but don't build with both development packages installed (this will
58 most certanly end up in a library mismatch. To avoid this, the
59 configure script will stop if it detects both libxml development
61 * Shapes can now have a <svg:text> element.
62 * polybeziers and beziergons now have their bounding box properly computed.
63 * autoconf-2.50 is strongly recommended (2.13 should still be fine) if
64 you want to call ./autogen.sh.
65 * You now need libtool-1.4 to build the package.
66 * automake-1.4-p4 is probably needed as well.
67 * gettext-0.10.38 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
68 * intltools-0.12 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
70 In general, don't call ./autogen.sh at all if your system is not on
73 * You need recent versions of the packages {jade, docbook,
74 docbook-utils, docbook-dsssl, docbook-stylesheets,
75 docbook-style-dsssl, gnome-doc-tools-2-0, cygnus-stylesheets, etc.}
76 of the whole DocBook rendering system, to build the documentation.
77 The exact names of the packages vary from system to system; this
78 list is only a starting point! If compiling the documentation fails,
79 please report on dia-list@gnome.org once you've found which packages
80 to install. However, you can disable the compilation of
81 documentation if it's too much trouble to fix.
82 * a few new shapes have been added.
83 * crashes in the right-click menu have been nailed.
87 * Input method support should work correctly now.
88 * SVG shape files now use namespace from final W3C recommendation.
89 Addon shapes will have to be modified to use the
90 http://www.w3.org/2000/SVG namespace for SVG. SVG export filter
91 also uses correct doctype.
92 * menus should now work in both gtk+ and gnome builds and have no i18n
93 related problems. Don't look in app/menus.c.
94 * pstricks renderer output should now work fine without modification now.
95 * gdk-pixbuf is now a requirement for building dia. It no longer
96 falls back to imlib if it can't find gdk-pixbuf.
97 * handle "file not found" errors better in the image object type.
98 * Dia now has documentation thanks to the GDP. The help menu now has
99 more than just an about menu item.
100 * Antialiased drawing mode probably won't crash dia anymore
101 * Dia has a splash screen now (which can be turned off with the
103 * Updated bonobo support (when --enable-bonobo is used)
104 * added expose event compression for the dia canvas, which makes dia
105 more usable over remote X connections.
106 * Many objects updated to use properties interface.
107 * experimental unicode print support (--enable-unicode)
108 * updates to the python plugin and now distribute it with dia (--with-python)
109 * many new shapes and export filter plugins.
112 dia-0.86: 6-August-2000
113 * Dia is now an official GNU program.
114 * Bug fixes to polygon, so that undo/redo of adding a point works correctly,
115 and added extra connection points to shape. (james)
116 * added unfinished DXF import filter (Steffen).
118 * added beziergon object. (james)
119 * The right click menu now behaves correctly when torn off. Actions will be
120 performed on the last active display, which is defined as the last display
121 to receive mouse clicks or keyboard input. (james)
122 * added little button to top left hand corner of display for bringing up
123 the right click menu, as in gimp-1.1. (james)
124 * Layers dialog changes selected diagram when the active display changes.
126 * fixed bug in custom shape code affecting drawing of ellipses/circles.
127 * WPG and HPGL export filters added (Hans)
128 * Updated gnome-print code so that it respects the settings in the page
129 setup dialog. The gnome-print code is still not as good as the straight
131 * Added a diagram properties dialog where you can manipulate the grid
132 settings (which are now saved with the diagram) and background colour.
133 * many other bug fixes.
135 dia-0.85: 18-May-2000
136 * Bug fix for bringing up properties window when a group of objects that don't
137 implement the properties code are selected (james).
138 * New sheets: Pneumatic, Electric and Civil (from Cyrille and Steffen).
139 * New export filters: TeX PSTricks and DXF (from Jacek and Steffen
141 * New polygon object (Lars).
142 * You can now select between symmetric, smooth and cusp as the vertex style
143 for the segments in a bezier line object (Lars, james).
144 * Some fixups to make sure preferences and save files are written with
145 LC_NUMERIC set to C (james).
146 * dia will now use gdk-pixbuf in preference to imlib if it is found on the
147 system when compiling.
148 * there is a simple (unfinished) bonobo component now. To build it, you
149 must pass --enable-bonobo to configure (this will not affect whether the
150 normal dia is built). (Alex)
151 * Bug fixes in FS objects by David Thompson.
152 * new plugin system, along with a plugin manager where you can prevent
153 plugins from being loaded (james).
154 * Objects handled by the custom sheet code now have a better distance
155 algorithm -- before it just used a bounding box (james).
156 * New select submenu in the right click menu that makes it easier to select
157 groups of objects (Lars).
159 dia-0.84: 29-February-2000
160 * Bug fixes in sheet loading and object initialisation code -- this fixes
161 some of the seg faults in 0.83.
162 * Lots of new shapes (GRAFCET, SADT, chronogram and Contact from Cyrille)
163 * Fixed up fit to page so that it adjusts the scaling as you change the
164 size of the diagram. Also allow fit to multiple pages.
165 * Show page breaks on diagram (this can be disabled in the preferences).
166 * CGM export filter fixes (most of this work was by Henk Jan Priester).
167 * SVG export filter fixes -- now it handles images as well.
168 * EPS filter now uses scaling factor set in page setup dialog. This was
169 added because some apps do not allow scaling of an EPS file after importing
171 * High quality anti aliased libart based renderer (Alex).
172 * PNG export filter (requires libpng and libart).
173 * toolbox is resizable kind of like the gimp-1.1 toolbox.
174 * Win32 port by Hans Breuer -- see http://hans.breuer.org/dia/
175 * Start of support for properties code. THIS IS NOT FINISHED AND THE
176 INTERFACES ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT RELEASE. DON'T WRITE NEW
177 OBJECTS AGAINST THESE NEW INTERFACES UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THEM TO
178 BREAK WITH THE NEXT RELEASE. That said, this adds a number of nice
179 features for users. You can now group a number of properties supporting
180 objects (currently the `standard' objects, custom objects and the
181 flowchart box), and change some of the properties as a group.
184 * Copying/pasting of bezier and image objects should work correctly.
185 * New export filter interface, which allows export filters to be
186 loaded from plugins rather than being integrated into the application.
187 * New CGM export plugin. It currently doesn't handle beziers yet, but
188 it does handle all other aspects of rendering.
189 * Fixed rendering of logo in about dialog.
190 * Don't reencode the symbol font in latin1, as this stops it working.
191 * Renamed the --export-to-ps option to --export (the short form is still -e).
192 It now works out which filter to use based on the file extension.
196 * Dia has a new maintainer now.
197 * It is now possible to rearange the icons in the toolbox by editing
198 simple XML files. You can also create new sheets composed of your
199 favourite shapes. This feature is the work of Cyrille Chepelov
200 * New bezierline object. This object is by Lars Clausen and me (James).
201 * Better integration with the gnome file manager -- dia files now have an
202 icon, and you can double click on a file to launch dia.
203 * more memory leak fixes based on purify runs by Bruce Mitchener.
204 * By holding down shift when using the zoom tool, you can zoom out. This
205 feature was from Patrick Reynolds.
206 * By holding shift when using the move tool, it changes its behaviour to the
207 `grab' type scrolling as seen in acrobat, eog and other programs.
208 * More circuit shapes from Andreas Scherf.
209 * Other bug fixes I haven't mentioned above (see ChangeLog for details).
211 News in version 0.81:
212 * New printing dialog with "Fit to page" and landscape printing
213 * New Circuit objects
214 * Fixed loading saving of flowcharts and custom object. This would
215 make dia crash when loading saved files.
217 * Added undo support for some missing operations
218 * Fixed some memory leaks
219 * Fixed crashing bugs
221 News in version 0.80:
224 * Possibilities to create new objects in XML
225 * Export to SVG capability
226 * Objects can have menus
229 Some new Network objects
232 Electric circuit sheet.
233 * Uses g_module for dll loading (Dia should work on most unixes now).
234 * Somewhat better EPS files created
236 * Ctrl-drag handles restricts movement to horizontal/vertical.
238 * Heaps of new stuff i forgot
239 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.
241 News in version 0.41:
242 * Some internalization bugfixes.
243 Note that some translations still has problems. "sv" works.
245 News in version 0.40:
247 * Internationalization
248 * Preferences handling
250 * New standard objects: polyline
251 * New UML objects: lifeline, object, message, class icon
252 * New network object: printer
253 * Better standard objects
254 * Better gnome compatibility
255 * Statusbar in diagram window
256 * Default properties for objects
257 * Various new features
260 News in version 0.30:
262 * Dia now has a layer system, much like the GIMP.
263 * The fileformat changed from my own binary format to an easily readable
265 * New objects for Entity-Relationship modeling.
266 * New objects for UML and networking diagrams.
267 * Much better properties dialogs for most objects.
268 * Postscript output fixed, should work better now.
269 * Updated to use Gtk 1.1.x features.
270 * New features: Align objects, command line loading, etc.
272 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.