2 * Fixed lack of undo for moving objects.
3 * Fixed lack of modified-ness for changing text.
4 * Better URL for help manual.
6 dia-0.91-pre3: 16-Feb-2003
7 * Fixed long-standing bug with antialiasing.
9 * Localized output in SVG floating point removed.
12 dia-0.91-pre2: 9-Feb-2003
13 * Fixed a number of small bugs:
14 - Properties dialog now hides when an object is deleted.
15 - Correct sizing of pixbuf & PS export.
16 - Diagram window not set as toolbar anymore.
17 - Command-line parsing for Gnome.
18 - A number of Windows-specific fixes.
20 * Python plugins now installed.
22 * Pixbuf export added on Unix side, plus several fixes in here.
23 * Better check for finite in configure.in.
24 * Updates of dependencies and RPM spec file.
26 dia-0.91-pre1: 31-Jan-2003
28 * Dia now uses Gtk2 which makes it look much prettier (menu
29 icons, scrolling menus, less flicker, better international
31 * Dia tries to follow the Gnome User Interface Guidelines which
32 should make it more consistent with the Gnome2 desktop
33 * Requires libgtk2.x instead of libgtk1.2. FIXME:
34 document exactly what we need (do it in INSTALL too)
35 * Relies on FreeType (pangoft2) for all Unix-side text handling.
36 * Since text handling is totally changed, old diagrams will have different
38 * Most Dia objects now support setting some defaults. Simply
39 double-click on the respective object button to change them.
40 * Better feedback what will happen by changing cursors e.g. for
41 moving or connecting objects
42 * Revamped DiaRenderers : Beside more maintainable source code
43 this gives export fiters the ability to write e.g. bezier
44 approximations without having to write a single line of code
46 * Improved lines with arrows handling
47 * Autosave support. No automatic restore yet.
48 * The new XSLT plugin uses the gnome libxslt to export documents from
49 DIA. The library is not required at compile time.
50 * There is a new plug-in called 'Pixbuf' to export to jpeg and
51 png (without the need of libart)
52 * The Python plug-in allows to write more powerful scripts now,
53 see diasvg.py for an example. More examples! The only documentation
54 beside examples and C source is on the Dia Twiki
55 (http://faemalia.org/wiki/view/Technical/DiaEditor)
56 * UML classes can carry comments
57 * A bunch of new Shapes
58 * Support for dynamic refresh (animated objects)
63 * identical to 0.90.RC3 save for some makefile juggling.
65 dia-0.90.RC3: 30-May-2002
67 * in FreeType mode, dia now looks for the xfs configuration files too
68 to retrieve the font path.
69 * Polish version of the manual added
70 * a load-time compatibility issue with files produced by 0.88.1 was
71 found and fixed for some UML objects.
72 * we now better use the intltool facilities
73 * various build problems on Solaris fixed and/or documented.
75 dia-0.90.RC2: 24-May-2002
77 * increased tolerance to broken XML files
78 * ER objects can have their text size changed
79 * a couple bugs (i18n, l10n, p9y) fixed
81 dia-0.90.RC1: 13-May-2002
83 * from now on, all XML files produced by dia will be encoded as UTF-8.
84 This version of dia is also capable of reading dia file encoded with
85 any other encoding the libxml2 parser embedded in libxml1 is able to
86 understand. One exception: the encoding declaration >must< be present.
88 * all previously generated XML files (.pluginrc and .dia files,
89 mostly) will now cause a warning about a missing encoding, and the
90 default dia will take. If you have properly compiled dia, it should
91 choose the charset you normally use. This is normal and there is no
92 other sane possible way.
95 * Unicode builds are now mandatory. The software internally always talks UTF-8.
96 * Updated Python interface.
97 * Faster Postscript files.
98 * More options in the UML Class dialog.
99 * An optional menu bar can be added to each display window, in
100 addition to the popup menu.
101 * All RenderObjects have been replaced by equivalent shapes, and
102 RenderObject support code removed.
103 * All Lazyprop objects have been converted to Standard Properties
104 instead. Lazyprop support code removed.
105 * lots of internal changes and cleanups in the StdProp code. This
106 breaks binary compatibility.
107 * ongoing UTF-8 audit.
108 * libxml-1.8.14 is now needed; you can also have libxml2 installed,
109 but don't build with both development packages installed (this will
110 most certanly end up in a library mismatch. To avoid this, the
111 configure script will stop if it detects both libxml development
113 * Shapes can now have a <svg:text> element.
114 * polybeziers and beziergons now have their bounding box properly computed.
115 * autoconf-2.50 is strongly recommended (2.13 should still be fine) if
116 you want to call ./autogen.sh.
117 * You now need libtool-1.4 to build the package.
118 * automake-1.4-p4 is probably needed as well.
119 * gettext-0.10.38 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
120 * intltools-0.12 is now mandatory if you want to call ./autogen.sh.
122 In general, don't call ./autogen.sh at all if your system is not on
125 * You need recent versions of the packages {jade, docbook,
126 docbook-utils, docbook-dsssl, docbook-stylesheets,
127 docbook-style-dsssl, gnome-doc-tools-2-0, cygnus-stylesheets, etc.}
128 of the whole DocBook rendering system, to build the documentation.
129 The exact names of the packages vary from system to system; this
130 list is only a starting point! If compiling the documentation fails,
131 please report on dia-list@gnome.org once you've found which packages
132 to install. However, you can disable the compilation of
133 documentation if it's too much trouble to fix.
134 * a few new shapes have been added.
135 * crashes in the right-click menu have been nailed.
138 dia-0.88: 11-May-2001
139 * Input method support should work correctly now.
140 * SVG shape files now use namespace from final W3C recommendation.
141 Addon shapes will have to be modified to use the
142 http://www.w3.org/2000/SVG namespace for SVG. SVG export filter
143 also uses correct doctype.
144 * menus should now work in both gtk+ and gnome builds and have no i18n
145 related problems. Don't look in app/menus.c.
146 * pstricks renderer output should now work fine without modification now.
147 * gdk-pixbuf is now a requirement for building dia. It no longer
148 falls back to imlib if it can't find gdk-pixbuf.
149 * handle "file not found" errors better in the image object type.
150 * Dia now has documentation thanks to the GDP. The help menu now has
151 more than just an about menu item.
152 * Antialiased drawing mode probably won't crash dia anymore
153 * Dia has a splash screen now (which can be turned off with the
155 * Updated bonobo support (when --enable-bonobo is used)
156 * added expose event compression for the dia canvas, which makes dia
157 more usable over remote X connections.
158 * Many objects updated to use properties interface.
159 * experimental unicode print support (--enable-unicode)
160 * updates to the python plugin and now distribute it with dia (--with-python)
161 * many new shapes and export filter plugins.
164 dia-0.86: 6-August-2000
165 * Dia is now an official GNU program.
166 * Bug fixes to polygon, so that undo/redo of adding a point works correctly,
167 and added extra connection points to shape. (james)
168 * added unfinished DXF import filter (Steffen).
170 * added beziergon object. (james)
171 * The right click menu now behaves correctly when torn off. Actions will be
172 performed on the last active display, which is defined as the last display
173 to receive mouse clicks or keyboard input. (james)
174 * added little button to top left hand corner of display for bringing up
175 the right click menu, as in gimp-1.1. (james)
176 * Layers dialog changes selected diagram when the active display changes.
178 * fixed bug in custom shape code affecting drawing of ellipses/circles.
179 * WPG and HPGL export filters added (Hans)
180 * Updated gnome-print code so that it respects the settings in the page
181 setup dialog. The gnome-print code is still not as good as the straight
183 * Added a diagram properties dialog where you can manipulate the grid
184 settings (which are now saved with the diagram) and background colour.
185 * many other bug fixes.
187 dia-0.85: 18-May-2000
188 * Bug fix for bringing up properties window when a group of objects that don't
189 implement the properties code are selected (james).
190 * New sheets: Pneumatic, Electric and Civil (from Cyrille and Steffen).
191 * New export filters: TeX PSTricks and DXF (from Jacek and Steffen
193 * New polygon object (Lars).
194 * You can now select between symmetric, smooth and cusp as the vertex style
195 for the segments in a bezier line object (Lars, james).
196 * Some fixups to make sure preferences and save files are written with
197 LC_NUMERIC set to C (james).
198 * dia will now use gdk-pixbuf in preference to imlib if it is found on the
199 system when compiling.
200 * there is a simple (unfinished) bonobo component now. To build it, you
201 must pass --enable-bonobo to configure (this will not affect whether the
202 normal dia is built). (Alex)
203 * Bug fixes in FS objects by David Thompson.
204 * new plugin system, along with a plugin manager where you can prevent
205 plugins from being loaded (james).
206 * Objects handled by the custom sheet code now have a better distance
207 algorithm -- before it just used a bounding box (james).
208 * New select submenu in the right click menu that makes it easier to select
209 groups of objects (Lars).
211 dia-0.84: 29-February-2000
212 * Bug fixes in sheet loading and object initialisation code -- this fixes
213 some of the seg faults in 0.83.
214 * Lots of new shapes (GRAFCET, SADT, chronogram and Contact from Cyrille)
215 * Fixed up fit to page so that it adjusts the scaling as you change the
216 size of the diagram. Also allow fit to multiple pages.
217 * Show page breaks on diagram (this can be disabled in the preferences).
218 * CGM export filter fixes (most of this work was by Henk Jan Priester).
219 * SVG export filter fixes -- now it handles images as well.
220 * EPS filter now uses scaling factor set in page setup dialog. This was
221 added because some apps do not allow scaling of an EPS file after importing
223 * High quality anti aliased libart based renderer (Alex).
224 * PNG export filter (requires libpng and libart).
225 * toolbox is resizable kind of like the gimp-1.1 toolbox.
226 * Win32 port by Hans Breuer -- see http://hans.breuer.org/dia/
227 * Start of support for properties code. THIS IS NOT FINISHED AND THE
228 INTERFACES ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT RELEASE. DON'T WRITE NEW
229 OBJECTS AGAINST THESE NEW INTERFACES UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR THEM TO
230 BREAK WITH THE NEXT RELEASE. That said, this adds a number of nice
231 features for users. You can now group a number of properties supporting
232 objects (currently the `standard' objects, custom objects and the
233 flowchart box), and change some of the properties as a group.
236 * Copying/pasting of bezier and image objects should work correctly.
237 * New export filter interface, which allows export filters to be
238 loaded from plugins rather than being integrated into the application.
239 * New CGM export plugin. It currently doesn't handle beziers yet, but
240 it does handle all other aspects of rendering.
241 * Fixed rendering of logo in about dialog.
242 * Don't reencode the symbol font in latin1, as this stops it working.
243 * Renamed the --export-to-ps option to --export (the short form is still -e).
244 It now works out which filter to use based on the file extension.
248 * Dia has a new maintainer now.
249 * It is now possible to rearange the icons in the toolbox by editing
250 simple XML files. You can also create new sheets composed of your
251 favourite shapes. This feature is the work of Cyrille Chepelov
252 * New bezierline object. This object is by Lars Clausen and me (James).
253 * Better integration with the gnome file manager -- dia files now have an
254 icon, and you can double click on a file to launch dia.
255 * more memory leak fixes based on purify runs by Bruce Mitchener.
256 * By holding down shift when using the zoom tool, you can zoom out. This
257 feature was from Patrick Reynolds.
258 * By holding shift when using the move tool, it changes its behaviour to the
259 `grab' type scrolling as seen in acrobat, eog and other programs.
260 * More circuit shapes from Andreas Scherf.
261 * Other bug fixes I haven't mentioned above (see ChangeLog for details).
263 News in version 0.81:
264 * New printing dialog with "Fit to page" and landscape printing
265 * New Circuit objects
266 * Fixed loading saving of flowcharts and custom object. This would
267 make dia crash when loading saved files.
269 * Added undo support for some missing operations
270 * Fixed some memory leaks
271 * Fixed crashing bugs
273 News in version 0.80:
276 * Possibilities to create new objects in XML
277 * Export to SVG capability
278 * Objects can have menus
281 Some new Network objects
284 Electric circuit sheet.
285 * Uses g_module for dll loading (Dia should work on most unixes now).
286 * Somewhat better EPS files created
288 * Ctrl-drag handles restricts movement to horizontal/vertical.
290 * Heaps of new stuff i forgot
291 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.
293 News in version 0.41:
294 * Some internalization bugfixes.
295 Note that some translations still has problems. "sv" works.
297 News in version 0.40:
299 * Internationalization
300 * Preferences handling
302 * New standard objects: polyline
303 * New UML objects: lifeline, object, message, class icon
304 * New network object: printer
305 * Better standard objects
306 * Better gnome compatibility
307 * Statusbar in diagram window
308 * Default properties for objects
309 * Various new features
312 News in version 0.30:
314 * Dia now has a layer system, much like the GIMP.
315 * The fileformat changed from my own binary format to an easily readable
317 * New objects for Entity-Relationship modeling.
318 * New objects for UML and networking diagrams.
319 * Much better properties dialogs for most objects.
320 * Postscript output fixed, should work better now.
321 * Updated to use Gtk 1.1.x features.
322 * New features: Align objects, command line loading, etc.
324 * Lots of bugfixes and cleanups.