1 Changes in 1.4.9 (2024-07-04):
5 + Support showing geodata overlays in Aven. We use the GDAL library to load
6 the data, so this should work for any format which GDAL supports so long as
7 it can be read from the filing system and is geo-referenced vector data -
8 see https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/index.html for a list. Currently the
9 dialog to select a file defaults to showing GPX, KML, GeoJSON and shape
10 files - set the filter to "All Files" to chose other formats.
12 + Reimplement display of cavern output. The old version turned the log into
13 HTML and displayed it using wxHtmlWindow, but that adds a lot of overhead
14 and is especially inefficient if there are many diagnostics - cavern could
15 finish almost instantly yet aven could take many seconds to process the
16 output. The new version renders directly from the log data. It should
17 have most of the features from before - the only missing feature I'm
18 currently aware of is that you can't now select and copy text from the log
19 window, which wxHtmlWindow provided for free. If people miss this feature,
20 we could add it to the new implementation.
22 + (Microsoft Windows version): Clicks in the cavern log window which load
23 files into an editor now protect the filename if it starts with a dash
24 to prevent it being interpreted as a command line option. We already
25 do this for other platforms, but weren't on Microsoft Windows on the
26 assumption that it isn't needed because the filenames will be fully
27 qualified, but that may not be the case if aven if run by hand from the
28 command line or from some other launcher.
32 + Add support for processing Walls format survey data (.SRV and .WPJ files).
33 This support is somewhat experimental but at a point where it seems useful
34 to make it easier for people to try out. See the manual for a list of
35 known shortcomings. Thanks to Eric C. Landgraf for a lot of testing and
38 + Fix bug with Compass DAT diving data. If a survey uses the depth gauge
39 then since 1.4.6 we set its style to "diving", but we weren't clearing that
40 so all surveys after than in the same DAT file were also set as "diving".
42 + When parsing of Compass DAT files we report errors in more cases if the
43 input doesn't conform to the format we expect, rather than potentially
44 quietly misinterpreting the data.
46 + *entrance now suppresses "Unused fixed point" warning. This warning is
47 intended to catch typos, which is much less likely for a station named
48 twice. It's also reasonable to use only *fix and *entrance on a station at
49 the entrance of an unsurveyed cave.
51 + Highlight plumbed clino readings fully in diagnostics. Now the full reading
52 is highlighted instead of just the first character.
54 + Report location of previous fix after "already fixed" error/warning.
56 + Use "info" diagnostic category for "Originally entered here" message. This
57 is more logical as the original *begin isn't something to be warned about,
58 only the reentering is. This was only a warning before because we didn't
59 used to have "info" diagnostics.
61 + Use "info" diagnostic category for message about not reporting further
62 uses of a deprecated feature. Previously this was a warning, but the newer
63 "info" category is more appropriate here.
65 + The message about inventing a fixed point is now an "info" diagnostic which
66 allows us to report a location which is where that station is defined,
67 which may be useful to the user.
69 + Make highlighting position in error reporting more robust. We no longer
70 try to highIight if we calculate a negative column offset, when previously
71 we would print billions of spaces. As far as I know this has never
72 happened in a released version.
74 + Error messages which report the program name now remove any ".exe" suffix.
75 This helps the testsuite by making the expected output the same
76 cross-platform, but also seems slightly nicer for users.
80 + The timestamp reported by DATE_NUMERIC is now printed portably. Previously
81 we were assuming that a time_t is the same size as a long int, which is not
82 true on all platforms.
86 + (Microsoft Windows version): Update information about installation
87 with/without admin rights.
89 + Summarise support for reading CMAP data and its assumptions and
92 + Mention Compass, Walls and CMAP support in the importing data howto
95 + Drop mention of Rosetta Stal from the manual. The referred to link from
96 our website was removed in 2015 because Rosetta Stal hadn't been updated
97 for 13.5 years at that point. Now the domain it was available from has
98 lapsed and is a domain squatter "for sale" page.
102 + The coordinates in CMAP data are in feet but we were dividing rather
103 than multiplying by the conversion factor to get metres so all
104 coordinates were about 10.76 times too large.
106 + Stations in CMAP "station" variant XYZ files are now flagged as
107 underground (as they always have been for "shot" variant XYZ files).
109 + When reading CMAP XYZ files, we no longer emit duplicate img_LABEL for
112 + A CMAP XYZ file without a survey title is now handled correctly (this was
113 reporting a bogus "Out of memory" error).
115 + The img.h header now defines constants IMG_VERSION_SURVEX_POS, etc for the
116 values reported in the version field for non-.3d formats.
118 + (Microsoft Windows version): Workaround limitation of Microsoft's C
119 library so we handle dates before 1970 in Compass PLT files, CMAP XYZ
120 files, and older format .3d files. Previously these were reported
123 * We now support overriding the location of support files by setting the
124 SURVEXLIB environment variable. We no longer look at the srcdir
125 environment variable for this.
127 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now created automatically
128 on Github actions, which has required a few changes. It now packages a
129 64-bit build, and is created with Innosetup 6.3.2 which no longer supports
130 Vista. The installer is also now significantly larger, which is mostly
131 because we now need to include a large number of DLLs, most of which are
132 dependencies of the mingw64 FFmpeg and GDAL packages.
134 * (Microsoft Windows version): If the directory where we expect the PROJ
135 support files to be does not exist for some reason we now avoid triggering
136 a segmentation fault in PROJ.
140 + The GDAL library is now required to build Survex.
142 + (Microsoft Windows version): The probe for GL and GLU libraries now also
143 checks for Microsoft's non-standard library names.
145 + Correct configure --help output for --enable-werror for which the default
146 is actually "no" rather than "maintainer-mode".
150 + aven.tst: Skip a testcase when running on mingw as it seems to hang there.
151 We already skip this testcase on macos for what appears to be the same
154 + Fix comparison of output to work on platforms using DOS line endings.
156 Changes in 1.4.8 (2024-04-23):
160 + The warning for a compass reading on a plumbed leg was already suppressed
161 for a compass or backcompass reading of 0, but is now also suppressed for a
162 backcompass of 180° (or equivalent) which seems to be common in some Compass
163 datasets, but also seems sensible generally. Thanks to Simeon Warner for
164 sharing some data which triggered such warnings.
166 + The error for when a survey and station use the same name is now also
167 emitted in the case where a name was used first for a station, and then as
168 a survey on an explicitly prefixed name. Closes
169 https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/4, reported by Thomas Holder.
171 + The error for when a survey and station use the same name now highlights
172 the problematic name within the line shown for context.
174 + Fix the reported token string reported by some errors with readings. This
175 happened to work on at least x86-64 Linux, but the code was invalid and
176 failed on some architectures.
178 * Fix to build with newer FFmpeg versions.
180 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer now offers the choice to install
181 for just the current user, which allows installing Survex without admin
184 * (Microsoft Windows version): Fix problems with valid coordinate systems being
185 rejected and aven's cavern log window not showing output. Reported by
186 Peter Mašič, Špela Borko, Răzvan Dumbravă and detrito. Thanks especially to
187 Špela Borko for a lot of testing to help track down the cause.
189 Changes in 1.4.7 (2024-04-07):
193 + When using *declination auto we report the range of calculated declinations
194 for each location specified. After doing this we now reset the range
195 information we're tracking. Previously we'd misreport the range for
196 the second and subsequent locations.
198 + Avoid undefined behaviour on handling filename fallback for filenames
199 containing non-ASCII characters.
201 + Show context line with relevant item highlighted for more errors and
204 + The dynamic string handling routines are now more efficient.
206 + Fix memory leak if a Compass MAK file opens folders it doesn't close.
208 + Fix handling of clino-less legs in Compass DAT. These would cause cavern
209 to fail with a lot of "NaN" messages. Now they're treated as having a zero
210 clino with a standard deviation based on the leg length, just like in .svx
215 + Compass PLT: Treat LRUD readings > 900 as omitted readings, which matches
216 what Compass does. Thanks to Larry Fish for clarifying this.
218 + Avoid undefined behaviour after realloc(). We were adjusting a pointer
219 within the reallocated block by subtracting the old block address and
220 adding on the new one. Technically this is undefined behaviour, although
221 in practice it seems likely it'll work and we've not seen misbehaviour due
222 to it. However it's easy to avoid by calculating the offset before the
227 + Provide prototype for getopt() to avoid warnings with very recent compiler
230 + Avoid using sprintf(), which now triggers warnings on some platforms.
234 + Add configure --enable-werror option to turn compiler warnings into errors.
238 + Expand details of Compass MAK CRS support.
240 + Replace very out of date information about binary RPM packages.
242 * Minor translation updates.
244 * (Microsoft Windows version): Now uses PROJ 9.3.0 and ships all of the
245 ancillary files that PROJ comes with. Hoping this fixes use of coordinate
246 system EPSG:3912 failing, which was reported by Peter Mašič but I've not
247 managed to reproduce.
249 Changes in 1.4.6 (2024-03-07):
253 + Workaround bug in PROJ < 9.3.0 with projected coordinate systems with
254 northing/easting axis order (such as EPSG:3042) which results in the grid
255 convergence being wrong by about 90°. Reported by Patrick Warren on the
258 + If *declination auto was used before *cs out we would incorrectly calculate
259 the grid convergence as 0. We now handle this case correctly by
260 calculating lazily when we first read a compass reading, and report an
261 error if the output coordinate system hasn't been set by then.
263 + When opening a file, cavern has fallback handling if the file isn't found
264 to help people processing datasets from platforms with case-insensitive
265 file systems. Previously cavern would fold the filename to lowercase and
266 retry. Now if this fails, it will also try the lower case version but
267 with the initial character of the leaf in upper case, and finally folding
268 the whole specified filename to upper case.
270 + Dynamically pick a suitable level separator character and store it in .3d
271 file, instead of it being hard-coded to '.' (we still use '.' unless it
272 has been *set as a "name" character, or for Compass DAT/MAK files unless it
273 has been used in a station name). This is a step towards addressing the
274 situations raised by Thomas Holder in https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/4
275 and https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/5 .
279 - The shot flag S is now understood to indicate a splay.
281 - The shot flag P is now interpreted as marking surface data. This flag
282 is described as "Exclude this shot from plotting", but the use suggested
283 in the Compass docs is for surface data, and legs flagged with it "[do]
284 not support passage modeling". Even if it's actually being used for a
285 different purpose, Survex programs don't show surface legs by default so
286 the end effect is at least to not plot as intended.
288 - Surveys which indicate a depth gauge was used for azimuth readings are
289 now marked as STYLE_DIVING in the 3d file.
291 - Compass and clino corrections are now implemented for backsights.
293 - The tape correction in Compass DAT files is now handled correctly. The
294 specified value is in feet, but cavern was incorrectly treating it as
297 - We now handle the newer 15 character "FORMAT:" encoding. Previously
298 cavern wouldn't detect when there were backsights in this case.
300 - We now treat survey date January 1st 1901 as "no date specified" since
301 this is the date Compass stores in this situation, and it seems very
302 unlikely to occur in real data.
304 - In Compass DAT files a dummy zero-length leg from a station to itself is
305 used to provide a place to specify LRUD for the start or end of a
306 traverse (depending if dimensions are measured at the from or to
307 station), and so we no longer issue a warning about equating a station to
308 itself for DAT files.
312 - The base location command is now understood. This is how Compass
313 specifies a location to calculate magnetic declination at, and we
314 now handle this like Survex's native "*declination auto X Y Z".
316 - Survex uses the specified UTM zone and datum provided the combination can
317 be expressed as an EPSG code (lack of any EPSG codes for a datum suggests
318 it's obsolete; lack of a code for a particular datum+zone combination
319 suggests the zone is outside of the defined area of use of the datum).
320 Example Compass files we've seen use "North American 1927" outside of
321 where it's defined for use, presumably because some users fail to change
322 the datum from Compass' default. To enable reading such files we return
323 a PROJ4 string of the form "+proj=utm ..." for "North American 1927" and
324 "North American 1983" for UTM zones which don't have an EPSG code.
325 Please let us know if support for additional cases which aren't currently
326 supported would be useful to you.
328 - Folder commands are now understood.
330 - Flag fixed stations as entrances. Experimentation with Compass shows
331 this is how it treats them ("distance from entrance" in a .DAT file
332 counts from 0 at these points).
334 + We now support reading Compass CLP files. These are very like DAT files,
335 except they contain loop-closed data. You might find this useful if you
336 want to keep existing stations at the same adjusted positions Compass gave
337 (for example to be able to draw extensions on an existing drawn-up survey),
338 or if the original DAT file has been lost but you still have the CLP file.
342 + Fix OpenGL scaling on high DPI displays with wxWidgets 3.0. Reported by
345 + Split the filters for DAT and MAK files in the File->Open drop down list.
346 It seems more likely you'd want to see one type or the other, not both
351 + Fix survey filtering when reading Compass PLT files.
353 + .json,.kml: Enable export of surface legs. Currently surface and
354 underground legs aren't differentiated in these export formats when both
357 + .3d: The coordinate system is now set.
359 + .svg: Equated stations now get their correct names in the id attribute
360 of <circle> tags. Previously one of the names would be repeated for
361 all of a set of equated stations.
365 - Anonymous stations previously resulted in an empty name in the PLT
366 file. This isn't explicitly disallowed by the PLT format description,
367 but Compass' viewer gives an error for such lines. Now we invent names
368 by encoding the station coordinates which should be unique.
370 - The S shot flag is now set for splays, and the P shot flag (hide from
371 plotting) is set for surface legs (which matches the use suggested in the
376 + Fix bug handling timestamps before 1970. In C signed integer division
377 rounds towards zero, which previously resulted in timestamps before 1970
378 getting rounded to the end of the day instead of the start when converting
379 them to a count of days so they'd be off by one day unless the time was
380 midnight. This affected reading v3-v7 format 3d files with IMG_API_VERSION
381 set to 1 and writing v8 format 3d files with IMG_API_VERSION set to 0 (the
384 + Improve Compass PLT support (many of these are Compass features added
385 since Survex's support for Compass was originally added):
387 - Survey dates are now handled fully. We treat survey date January 1st
388 1901 as "no date specified" since this is the date Compass stores in this
389 situation, and it seems very unlikely to occur in real data.
391 - LRUD data is now translated to img_XSECT and img_XSECT_END.
393 - We now infer img_SFLAG_ENTRANCE for stations where the "Distance From
394 Entrance" field is present and zero.
396 - The shot flag L is now translated to img_FLAG_DUPLICATE.
398 - The shot flag S is now translated to img_FLAG_SPLAY. A station at the
399 far end of a shot flagged S gets img_SFLAG_WALL set since the Compass PLT
400 format specification says:
402 The shot is a "splay" shot, which is a shot from a station to the
403 wall to define the passage shape.
405 - The shot flag P is now interpreted as marking surface data. This flag
406 is described as "Exclude this shot from plotting", but the use suggested
407 in the Compass docs is for surface data, and legs flagged with it "[do]
408 not support passage modeling". Even if it's actually being used for a
409 different purpose, Survex programs don't show surface legs by default so
410 the end effect is at least to not plot as intended.
412 - The d plot command is now supported (previously img failed to parse
413 PLT files using this command) - it's like D but implies the P shot flag.
415 - If a PLT file only uses one datum and it is "WGS 1984" then the UTM zone
416 is converted to the appropriate EPSG code and this is reported as the
417 coordinate system. Other datums could be handled, but the mapping to
418 EPSG code is less simple. Also it seems Compass supports at least
419 24 datums but it doesn't document all the strings it uses for them.
420 Files with multiple datums could be handled too, but we'd need to convert
421 coordinates to a common coordinate system in the img library, which would
422 need it to depend on PROJ. Please let us know if support for more and/or
423 mixed datums would be useful to you.
425 - Duplicate img_LABEL items are no longer returned - this used to happen
426 for stations where more than two shots met within a single survey.
428 - We now infer img_SFLAG_EXPORTED for any station that appears in more
429 than one survey in the PLT file.
431 - We now set flag img_SFLAG_FIXED for any station which is listed as
432 a fixed point in the PLT file.
434 - If there's only one non-empty section name in a PLT file and we aren't
435 filtering by survey, we now report that section name as the title. If
436 there are multiple different non-empty section names, we still report the
437 basename of the file as before. If we're filtering by survey, we report
438 the comment for that survey as before.
440 - Fix bug handling PLT with omitted LRUD. The format specification
441 documents that LRUD may be omitted, though it seems Compass never
442 actually omits it and at least some versions of Compass failed to handle
443 it being omitted too.
445 * (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.2.4 (was 3.1.6).
449 + Document Compass support in detail.
451 + Improve NATO mils example.
455 + Add a link to the instructions for building from git. Reported by Andrew
456 Northall in https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/13
458 + Document the requirement for a C99 compiler for building from source.
459 We made this a requirement in 1.4.2, but only noted it in NEWS.
461 * doc/TODO.htm: Update.
463 * Replace references to "libav" with "FFmpeg" since the libav project seems to
464 now be defunct, and we've always supported using either.
466 * Update build system to eliminate use of obsolete autotools macros and drop
467 probes for features that we can safely assume now we require a C99 compiler
468 and workarounds for obsolete platforms.
470 * Fix compilation warnings from newer compiler versions.
472 Changes in 1.4.5 (2023-06-29):
474 * aven: Fix rendering of crosses when drawn as sprites. Reported by echarlie.
476 * (macOS version): aven: Fix crash in export dialog. Fixes #133, reported by
477 rixyane. Thanks to Wookey for testing.
479 * manual: Expand docs on connecting to Compass data.
481 * Minor translation updates.
483 Changes in 1.4.4 (2023-02-03):
485 * aven: Fix red line in clino background to be grey (this was introduced in
486 1.4.3 and was a debugging change accidentally left in).
488 * aven: Accept weird .3d files from Therion which have empty components in
489 station names. That's not really valid by Survex's definition of station
490 names, but it's not very helpful to reject such files, so just disable the
491 checks that were rejecting this.
493 The result is empty entries in the survey tree, but I don't see what we can
494 really do that's better than that.
496 Reported by Vasily Vl. Suhachev.
498 * aven: Make it more obvious you can enter a custom scale by adding a "..."
499 entry to the scale combobox - selecting this clears the value and gives focus
500 to the combo box text entry. This control has always supported clicking to
501 enter a custom scale, but there wasn't really any indication that this was
502 possible before. Partly addresses #132, reported by Eric C. Landgraf.
504 * aven: Force export window to resize when the export format is changed as
505 different controls are shown depending on the export format.
507 * aven: Right-align tilt spin control value in print/export dialog to match the
508 bearing spin control.
510 * aven,survexport: Add ability to export as Survex 3d which is useful as you
511 can filter to a subset of surveys, filter out splays, convert from other
512 formats the img library can read, etc. This feature is a bit rough and ready
513 currently but please report issues.
515 * dump3d: Add --legs option which converts MOVE and LINE to a single LEG line
516 per leg with the from and to coordinates. Tools which parse dump3d output
517 should find this easier to process as it avoids having to track a "current
520 * Update manual to have a complete list of quantities which *calibrate accepts.
523 * cavern.tst: Fix testsuite to work with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH set.
525 Changes in 1.4.3 (2022-05-17):
527 * aven: Much improved support for HiDPI monitors on all platforms.
529 * aven: When started without a file make sure the window has focus so menu
530 accelerators and shortcuts work without clicking on the window.
532 * aven,survexport: DXF export now puts splays in a separate layer and uses a
533 dotted linetype for them. Patch from echarlie, see #60.
535 * Improved survexport man page to include command line options and a short
536 note about DXF export. Patch from echarlie.
538 * Minor translation updates.
540 * (Unix version): aven: Fix handling of EGL-based wxGLCanvas (which wxGTK 3.1.5
541 has). Fix a build failure and don't force X11 (as the EGL-based wxGLCanvas
544 * (MacOS version): aven: Fix hang on startup without a file. Fixes #120,
545 reported by Enrico Fratnik.
547 * (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.1.6 (was 3.0.5).
549 * img library: Support reproducible builds which create .3d files by not
550 embedding a timestamp if environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set.
551 Requested by Martin Budaj.
553 Changes in 1.4.2 (2022-02-25):
555 * aven: Fix to be compatible with FFmpeg 5.0.
557 * Improve docs for *cs and *declination.
559 * cavern: Fix "*declination auto" not to crash when built with PROJ < 8.1.0.
560 Bug introduced in 1.4.0.
562 * cavern: For each `*declination auto` command cavern now reports an "info"
563 message showing the range of calculated declination values and the dates at
564 which the ends of the range were obtained, and also the grid convergence
565 (which doesn't vary with time). Fixes #92, reported by Rob Eavis.
567 * cavern: If any of the N-S, E-W or U-D ranges includes an anonymous station
568 then also report the range in that direction excluding anonymous stations.
569 Patch from Thomas Holder.
571 * cavern: The error from a bad `*cs custom` command now highlights the quoted
574 * cavern: "FIX command with no coordinates - fixing at (0,0,0)" is now an
575 "info" rather than a "warning". It's not really reporting a problem and the
576 ability to omit the coordinates is a deliberate feature. It is useful for
577 the user to know where the "*fix" without coordinates is if they want to
578 change the survey to be in real coordinates, so an "info" diagnostic is a
579 good fit. This also means aven will no longer stay on the log view after
580 processing a dataset which fixes without coordinates.
582 * cavern: If "*fix" is used twice with no coordinates we no longer say
583 "FIX command with no coordinates - fixing at (0,0,0)" right before:
585 error: Already had FIX command with no coordinates for station "x"
587 * cavern: Include errors in Compass .mak files now report the error in the line
588 where the included filename is actually specified.
590 * cavern.tst: Add test coverage for warnings for *entrance and *export with
591 a station which doesn't exist otherwise.
593 * aven/survexport: Change JSON export to be valid JSON. This means the output
594 has changed incompatibly, but it wasn't valid JSON before which suggests
595 nobody was actually successfully using it. Fixes #128, reported by Pawczak.
597 * aven.tst: Skip one testcase on macos as it seems to hang, at least when
598 running on the Continuous Integration system.
600 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now generated with a much
601 newer version of Innosetup. This means Microsoft Windows Vista is now the
602 minimum supported version but 2000 and XP are both many years out of support
605 * (Microsoft Windows version): The coordinate system database for PROJ is
606 now included so "*cs" now works (broken since 1.4.0).
608 * Chinese translation updates from Qingqing Li.
610 * Building from source now requires a compiler with support for C99. C99
611 seems to be universally supported by compilers now so we don't expect this to
612 inconvenience anyone.
614 Changes in 1.4.1 (2021-11-08):
616 * This release should work with any PROJ version >= 6.2.0.
618 * cavern.tst: Fix to actually run tests when building outside the source
619 tree. Previously files for testcases weren't found, and tests were skipped
620 with a warning, which lead to 1.4.0 being released with two failing testcase.
621 Fix to find the files, and make not finding them an error.
623 * cavern.tst: Fix testcases gpxexport and require_fail which were failing
626 * 3dformat.htm: Document that coordinate system can be ESRI:<number>.
628 Changes in 1.4.0 (2021-11-06):
630 * New release series to mark that Survex now uses the new PROJ API, and
631 requires PROJ >= 7.2.0. Survex 1.2.x will continue to support PROJ < 8
632 (and won't support newer PROJ versions). Fixes #102, reported by Bas
635 Due to these changes, PROJ will now convert directly between coordinate
636 systems where it knows how to, instead of always converting via WGS84.
637 This means conversions may now be more accurate in some cases, and you may
638 notice station coordinates changing - these should be for the better.
640 Also, the vertical datum is now taken into account automatically, and
641 terrain data now aligns much better vertically with surveys. Fixes #56.
643 * aven: Clicking and holding the left mouse button on the compass or clino,
644 then (while still holding) clicking the right button no longer causes a
645 wxWidgets assertion to fail. Reported by echarlie.
647 * img library: Rewrite certain proj strings when reading 3d files for
648 better compatibility with newer PROJ versions, where use of proj
649 strings is strongly discouraged.
651 `+init=epsg:` followed by a code number is rewritten to `EPSG:`.
653 `+init=esri:` followed by a code number is rewritten to `ESRI:`.
655 The proj strings which cavern used to put in 3d files for UTM zones and
656 S-MERC are rewritten to `EPSG:` follow by the appropriate code number.
658 * Also install survex.lang for gtksourceview 4. Fixes #125, reported by Martin
661 * Fix missing data style in interleaved example in manual. Reported by
664 * Use jw from docbook-utils instead of sgmltools-lite to process the manual.
665 The sgmltools-lite homepage says it's no longer being developed, and suggests
666 docbook-tools (which Debian packages as docbook-utils) as a replacement.
668 * doc/HACKING.htm: Update Debian packages to install
670 * doc/HACKING.htm: Update details of setting up mingw cross-build environment.
672 * Add simple tests for GPX and KML export.
674 * Expand cavern testcase csbad.
676 * cavern.tst: Parse warning/error counts more robustly. Previously we'd get
677 confused if the final line just contained an integer, e.g. if we end listing
678 stations not attached to a fixed point.
680 Changes in 1.2.45 (2021-03-09):
682 * Avoid undefined signed shifts in 3d file handling. Survex itself is only
683 affected on big-endian platforms (so most Linux machine, Microsoft Windows,
684 and current Macs are all OK), but this also affects the img library on all
685 platforms when used in standalone mode as it is in other programs. Fixes
686 #119, reported by Matěj Plch.
690 + When reading cavern output for the log window, we need special handling
691 for the case when a chunk of output ends mid-way through a UTF-8
692 sequence. Previously we lost the first byte of the sequence in this
693 case (and would then show it as an invalid character), but now it is
694 handled correctly. In practice, most of the cavern log output is ASCII so
695 it's quite possible nobody's ever actually hit this.
699 + Suppress reports of leaks on exit from the LeakSanitiser debugging tool.
700 We know we don't release all memory explicitly on exit since doing so would
701 mean extra work for no reason as the OS reclaims all memory when the
704 * Convert OLDNEWS encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8.
706 Changes in 1.2.44 (2021-02-10):
710 + (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.0.5 (was 3.0.4).
714 * Add support for quadrant bearings (e.g. N30E). Patch from echarlie.
716 * Report error if angle units are specified for passage dimension.
717 Previously "*units left degrees" and similar were incorrectly quietly
718 accepted. Spotted by echarlie.
720 * Fix *data with no parameters to keep the current style and reset any state
721 as documented. Previously it actually instead ignored any survey data
722 until the next *data command with parameters.
724 * Fix minor memory leak in *data. We leaked a single memory allocation on
725 "*data default" or an invalid *data command.
727 * Improve test coverage.
731 * The check for whether a format supported --elevation, --plan, --bearing and
732 --tilt was inverted. Reported by echarlie.
734 * Fix reporting of export errors on Microsoft Windows. Reported by Matic Di
737 * img library: Fix img_open() when used in other programs. Patch from Thomas
740 * configure: Add wx-config-gtk3 to WX_CONFIG search for Arch Linux. Patch
743 * Improve documentation of interleaved data. Most notably, we now document
744 that a blank line breaks the current traverse.
746 * Fix typo in manual ('cypolar' -> 'cylpolar'). Patch from Wookey, fixes #117.
748 * Chinese translation updates from Qingqing Li.
750 * Russian translation updates from Vasily Vl. Suhachev.
752 * French translation updates from Jean-Marc and from Wassil Janssen.
754 * Bulgarian translation updates from Wassil Janssen
756 Changes in 1.2.43 (2020-02-28):
758 * cavern: Update to use v13 of the IGRF model for calculating declinations.
759 This was issued in December 2019 and should give slightly more accurate
760 declinations for surveys made since 2010.
764 + Fix colouring of "not in loop" when colouring by error. 1.2.42 introduced
765 a bug where surveys not in a loop were coloured as if they had zero error.
766 Fixes #111, reported by Bruce Mutton.
768 + Fix handling of grid in export. The grid was always getting enabled
769 (probably since 1.2.8) even for formats which don't support exporting with
770 a grid. This resulted in the bounding box being set wrongly for some
771 formats such as SVG, as reported by Richard Knapp on the mailing list.
773 + When showing errors processing the survey data we'd previously crash if
774 cavern incorrectly reported an error as being in a column off the end of
775 the line - now we just ignore the error column in this case.
777 + Support colouring by survey style ("normal", "diving", "nosurvey", etc).
779 Changes in 1.2.42 (2019-09-04):
783 + Allow colouring by horizontal or vertical error.
785 + (Unix version): Disable scaling for HiDPI displays with GTK3. The OpenGL
786 code needs work before this will work usefully, so just disable for now
787 (which simulates how things are when using GTK2).
789 + (Unix version): Fix orientation of notebook tabs when build with wxWidgets
790 3.1 development versions. We want horizontal tab orientation, but were
791 passing a weird flag combination which now results in vertical tab
794 * When exporting to a format where we support rotation in the horizontal
795 plane (such as SVG), the rotation was incorrectly applied to cross section
796 data (except for the default rotation of zero). Fixes #108, reported by
799 * Add a section to the manual covering the command line tools, and what you
800 might still need to use them for.
802 * Fix compiler warning when building from source with GCC 9.
804 * Consistently refer to macOS not OS X - Apple have renamed it yet again.
806 * (macOS version): Revert the workaround for the crash on macOS 10.14. The
807 bug we were working around is fixed in git ready for wxWidgets 3.0.5 and
808 there's a backported fix in the homebrew wxmac 3.0.4-2 package, which is how
809 we now recommend people install on a Mac. Closes #101, reported by floho.
811 * (macOS version): Remove buildmacosx.sh script since installing from homebrew
812 is now the recommended approach.
814 Changes in 1.2.41 (2019-07-10):
818 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error on startup in the pre-built version
819 of 1.2.39 and 1.2.40. This is a recurrence of the same issue as affected
820 1.2.33 - this time I've patched out the unnecessary check in wxWidgets
821 which causes this problem so it shouldn't recur again. Reported by
824 + (macOS version): Add work around for crash on macOS 10.14 (not fully tested
825 as I don't have access to a Mac). Hopefully fixed #101, reported by floho.
827 Changes in 1.2.40 (2019-07-04):
829 * aven: Draw the measuring line ring with an even shape. Previously the exact
830 shape of the ring varied slightly depending on the exact coordinates, which
831 could be visually distracting once you noticed it.
833 * We were casting a function pointer with a bool return type to the same type
834 but with a void return type. In practice this probably works fine on most
835 platforms, but it's undefined behaviour and also gives a compiler warning
838 * Fix bug introduce in 1.2.39 with where the "esri" data file for PROJ is
841 Changes in 1.2.39 (2019-06-29):
843 * Support versions 5.x and 6.x of the PROJ library we use for handling
844 conversions between coordinate systems. Reported by Bas Couwenberg
845 in #102, by Richard Knapp in #103 and by Martin Sluka in email.
847 * (Unix and Mac OS versions): When checking if something is a file or if it is
848 a directory, we no longer treat a symlink as being neither, but instead
849 return an answer based on what the symlink points to.
853 + Improve handling of hidden splay ends. Previously, hidden splay ends still
854 served as "targets" for snapping the mouse pointer to, and still got
855 crosses when crosses were enabled. We don't have a handy flag for "this is
856 the outer end of a splay" and computing that on demand isn't so easy to do,
857 so for now we use the "anonymous station" flag so at least these cases now
858 behave properly for splays to anonymous stations (which is likely to be
859 what people with huge numbers of splays from disto-x, etc are using). This
860 does mean that anonymous stations on continuation passages will incorrectly
861 also be off when splays are hidden, but that seems an OK trade-off for now
862 and a definite improvement over the previous situation. The snapping of
863 the mouse pointer was reported by Frank Tully in #105.
865 + Fix typo in export UI (CVS should be CSV).
869 + Add CSV to documented list of survexport output formats.
871 + Fix *declination syntax synopsis - "auto" is a literal string, not a
874 + Update PROJ project name and website - the name is now "PROJ" (all caps and
875 no ".4" suffix) and the website is now: https://proj.org/
877 * Install gtksourceview-3.0 language file so .svx files now get syntax
878 highlighting in gedit and other GtkSourceView-based editors. Patch
879 from Philip Withnall. Fixes #98.
881 * (Microsoft Windows version): The Survex installer doesn't uninstall the old
882 version when you upgrade, but just overwrites it with the new version. In
883 1.2.35 cad3d.exe was replaced with survexport.exe, but a user upgrading from
884 an older version would still have cad3d.exe from that old version. We now
885 remove any old cad3d.exe left over from a previous install in the same
886 location to avoid confusion.
888 * Add a few more message translations.
890 * Fix warnings when built with a C++11 compiler.
892 Changes in 1.2.38 (2019-03-02):
896 + Deprecate MILS as angular units. Survex has long support MILS as an alias
897 for GRADS. However, this seems to be a bogus definition of a "mil" which
898 is unique to Survex (except that Therion has since copied it) - there are
899 several different definitions of a "mil" but they vary from 6000 to 6400 in
900 a full circle, not 400. Reported by Andy Edwards.
902 + Fix segfault for *include "". This isn't useful, but shouldn't crash. It
903 now reports "file not found" instead.
905 + Use isnan() to check for not-a-number. This is cleaner, more robust and
906 more efficient than formatting the number as a string and checking for
907 "NaN" or "nan" in the result.
909 * Avoid unused variable warning when compiling from source with modern ffmpeg.
911 * Drop support for wxWidgets < 3.0. 3.0.0 was released over 5 years ago and
912 should be easily available everywhere by now. I'm no longer easily able to
913 test with wxWidgets 2.8, and this allows a significant amount of cruft to be
916 * (Linux version): survex.spec: Fedora have removed gcc from the default build
917 environment so need to explicitly list it in the BuildRequires tag. See
918 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Remove_GCC_from_BuildRoot for more
919 information. Patch from James Begley.
921 Changes in 1.2.37 (2018-11-18):
925 + Add basic "Colour by Survey" feature. The colours used aren't currently
928 + Fix export of splays. Patch from Thomas Holder.
930 + Fix KML export to avoid invalid geometry when a tube intersects itself.
931 Patch from Robert Jones.
933 + (Unix version): Fix to work under Wayland by forcing the x11 GDK backend
934 for now. This is a workaround until wxWidgets OpenGL support is updated
935 to work under Wayland. Reported by Philip Balister.
937 + Fix warnings about using deprecated functions when building movie export
938 code using FFmpeg 4.0.
942 + Compass MAK files: Handle fixed point coordinates in feet - previously the
943 units were ignored and the coordinates assumed to be in metres.
945 + Previously the first byte in a MAK file was ignored. Typically MAK files
946 start with a comment, and since cavern currently ignores lines that start
947 with characters it doesn't understand the meaning of, this bug would often
952 + Fix exporting of passages, walls and cross-sections by running the code
953 aven uses to decide how much to rotate each cross-section. Previously all
954 cross-sections were aligned West-East. Reported by Robert Jones.
956 + Default to .pos output if the program name is 3dtopos, and install a second
957 copy (or hardlink under Unix) as 3dtopos. This provides compatibility with
958 current releases of Tunnel. Reported by Becka Lawson, Wookey and
961 * Fix some German translations. Patch from Thomas Holder.
963 * (MacOS X version): Fix aven-create-app to not delete converted icons.
964 Typo spotted by Robert Jones.
966 * Improve documentation for *team. Document the requirement to quote names
967 unless a person is identified by just one name. Document that the roles are
968 optional, as that information may not have been recorded, and to align with
969 therion's team command.
971 Changes in 1.2.36 (2018-07-18):
975 + Add support for exporting as a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file.
977 + Support exporting KML with altitude mode "clamp to ground". In this mode,
978 the altitude in the data is ignored and it's rendered on the surface of the
979 terrain. This is useful if your KML viewer renders the terrain as opaque
980 so underground data isn't visible. Rendering cave passages on the surface
981 isn't great, but is better than not being able to see them at all. This
982 option may also be helpful if you want to see where to look on the surface
985 + Highlight surveys with a white loop as the mouse is moved over them in
986 the survey tree. This is akin to how we highlight a station with a
987 white ring, and allows restoring "double-click survey in tree to zoom"
988 which temporarily required a quadruple-click in 1.2.35.
990 + Only show checkboxes in the survey tree for surveys not stations.
992 + Fix wxWidgets assertion if the user tried to select additional surveys
993 to show via the right-click menu.
995 + Fix multiple survey filtering when both a parent and child survey are
996 selected. In this case it makes most sense to show all child surveys of
997 the parent, but we actually showed a slightly arbitrary subset of the
998 child surveys of the parent.
1000 + The checkbox area in the survey tree is now included in the area which
1001 is considered by mouse-over updates such as highlighting the station or
1004 + Fix display of double quotes in cavern log window (they were being replaced
1005 with control character 0x16 due to a typo in the code).
1007 + Add shortcuts to buttons in cavern log window.
1009 + Eliminate use of gluErrorString() function which eliminates some
1010 deprecation warnings when building on macOS.
1012 + Reject multiple --survey command line options for now (only the last has
1013 been used for a long time, but now we actually support multiple survey
1014 filtering this matters more).
1018 + Report a useful error when trying to convert a .3d file without coordinate
1019 system information to GPS. Reported by Mark Shinwell.
1021 + Handle multiple redundant --survey command line options correctly.
1023 * dump3d: Report station flag "WALL", which was added in 1.2.7.
1025 * Minor translation updates.
1027 * Update manual for Microsoft Windows changes.
1029 * tests/: Add test coverage for warnings about suspect readings
1031 * Fix warning when compiling with clang.
1033 Changes in 1.2.35 (2018-07-03):
1037 + Viewing can now be restricted to multiple surveys. Use the right-button
1038 menu on a survey in the survey tree and select "Show" to enable checkboxes
1039 for that survey and all its siblings. Only the selected surveys are shown
1040 on screen, printed and exported.
1042 + Don't open a survey when its name is double clicked. This was happening
1043 due to code added to "allow double-clicking to work on wxMSW >= 2.8.11".
1044 However, reverting that change still seems to allow double-clicking to work
1045 on both wxMSW and wxGTK, but fixes the unwanted additional opening of the
1048 + Pick initial survey scaling based on whichever of the window width or
1049 height gives the smaller scale. Previously we always used the window
1050 width, which can result in parts of the cave being outside the initial
1051 view. Reported by Wookey.
1053 + Drop ability to specify a PROJ string in the export dialog. This was added
1054 to allow exporting to formats such as GPX before we added support for
1055 specifying the projection in .svx files, and that support is now mature.
1057 + DXF export now uses 2 decimal places (was 6) for the bounding box, for
1058 consistency with the precision used for coordinates.
1060 + Fix handling of surface flag during export. In formats which discriminate,
1061 legs could previously have got assigned the wrong status.
1063 + Fix bug which probably prevented aven starting when OpenGL double buffering
1064 is unavailable. This is unlikely to affect any common configurations.
1066 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix loading of 3d files with non-ASCII
1067 filenames. Issue reported by Matic.
1069 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix incorrect display of some toolbar icons.
1070 Probably broken since 1.2.17.
1072 * survexport: New command-line export program which uses aven's export code.
1073 Replaces 3dtopos, cad3d and findentrances, since it can do all that these
1074 tools could do, plus much more.
1076 * Merge more Spanish i18n updates from Evaristo Quiroga.
1078 * Minor updates to various other translations.
1082 + Now supports reading from and writing to an existing FILE*.
1084 + Improve API documentation.
1086 * (Microsoft Windows version): Fix packaging to include wxWidgets translation
1087 files like it was supposed to, which fixes a few missing translations. This
1088 was probably broken by changes in 1.2.8. Reported by Evaristo Quiroga.
1090 * (Microsoft Windows version): Drop two options from explorer bindings.
1091 "Convert to DXF" and "Convert for hand plotting" have both been supported via
1092 aven for a while, and that's a more useful way to access them as you can
1093 control what gets exported.
1095 Changes in 1.2.34 (2018-03-24):
1099 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error on startup in the pre-built version
1102 + (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.0.4 (was 3.0.2).
1104 Changes in 1.2.33 (2018-03-22):
1108 + Reliably disable scale bar in perspective view. This is supposed to happen
1109 (because the scale across the screen varies in perspective view) but
1110 actually the scale bar stayed around until an update was forced for another
1111 reason. Spotted thanks to Pedro Silva Pinto.
1113 + Make "no date"/"not in loop" colour grey. The white was a bit bright and
1114 made it harder to see the legs that had colours. The grey now used is
1115 within the brightness range of the other colours. Fixes #94, reported by
1118 + Fix KML export - exporting both survey legs and station names resulted in a
1119 malformed KML file. This bug was introduced in 1.2.30 when support for
1120 exporting passages and walls was added. Reported by Erin Lynch in #90.
1122 + Consistently use 2 decimal places for altitude in KML output. Some places
1123 used 8 decimal places which is appropriate for lat and long, but clearly
1124 overkill for an altitude in metres and increases the file size
1127 + Right-align bearing widget in print/export dialog. The change to allow the
1128 value to wrap round from 360 to 0 in 1.2.27 inadvertently made this control
1129 left-aligned (due to incorrect wxWidgets documentation of the default style
1132 + (Unix version): Work around wxWidgets bug so that custom cursors work
1135 + (Unix version): Update GTK version reporting - report GTK3, and don't
1136 bother to report subversions of GTK2 (it seems to be fairly arbitrary
1137 which subversions wxWidgets defines constants for).
1139 + Update code to work without warnings when using wxWidgets 3.1.0 (the
1140 current development version).
1142 + Make movie export code compatible with upcoming FFmpeg 3.5 release.
1143 It should still work with the older versions that worked before this
1144 change. Reported by James Cowgill in https://bugs.debian.org/888334
1148 + Warn about 2 digit years. We can't change the assumption that these are
1149 19xx without risking breaking existing datasets, but the further we get
1150 into this century, the more likely such an assumption is to catch someone
1151 out. The warning can easily be quashed by explicitly adding the assumed
1154 * The Spanish translation is now up to date once more, thanks to updates from
1157 * Merge French translation updates from Jean-Marc.
1159 * Fix transposed German Northing and Easting labels. Fixes #95, reported by
1162 * Fill in missing translations of "Easting", "Northing", "E" and "N" for
1163 Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish and Russian based on other existing
1164 translated messages.
1166 * Align .pos file headings better with columns of coordinates below for
1167 Indonesian and Polish.
1169 * Fix handling of the message string "error" before messages loaded. If
1170 there's an error loading messages, we need this message to report it.
1171 Reported by Martin Sluka.
1173 * Fix a few compiler warnings.
1175 * img library: Fix extracting leaf survey name for survey title. When there
1176 are three or more levels of survey, we were taking everything after the first
1177 dot rather than everything after the last dot.
1179 * Fix problems with testsuite on macOS:
1181 + cavern.tst: Skip "ONELEG" testcase on case-insensitive filing systems
1182 - this test isn't meaningful unless the filing system is case-sensitive,
1183 but happens to fail if it isn't.
1185 + cavern.tst: Workaround limitations of Apple's sed.
1187 + aven.tst: Fix not to hang on macOS.
1189 + smoke.tst: Remove aven testcases which duplicate those in aven.tst.
1191 * Clean up handling of support files in relocatable installs - this is now
1192 detected at run time on macOS.
1194 * Split out macOS Aven.app creation into a make rule so it can be easily used
1195 by the homebrew formula.
1199 + Fix when WX_CONFIG not specified - this was giving a confusing error like:
1200 ./buildmacosx.sh: line 163: --cc: command not found
1202 + Use wxWidgets 3.0.4.
1204 * Stop checking wx-config --ldflags as this option was removed in wxWidgets 2.6
1205 and we currently require 2.8 or newer.
1207 Changes in 1.2.32 (2017-07-08):
1211 + Make splays on printouts a darker shade of grey. Reported by Erin Lynch
1214 + In export formats which include 3 dimensions (DXF, PLT, GPX, KML, JSON,
1215 POS), the value in the Z dimension was negated. Bug introduced by fixes
1216 for export of rotated plans and tilted elevations in 1.2.27. Reported by
1219 + Ignore viewing angles for export formats which work in 3D. When the
1220 rotation and tilt controls are hidden in the export dialog we were still
1221 using their values to transform the data, so if you set them with for one
1222 export format which support them, then switched to an export format which
1223 doesn't, you'd get bogus coordinates in the exported file. Bug probably
1224 introduced in 1.2.27 by fixes for exports of rotated plans and tilted
1227 + Fix exporting to skencil and Survex .pos formats. When aven's export to
1228 .pos was added in 1.2.19, the ordering didn't match up and since then .pos
1229 export has produced skencil files and vice versa.
1231 + Don't leave terrain on if loading terrain data fails. Previously if you
1232 clicked the terrain icon (or via the menu) with no terrain loaded, but no
1233 terrain got loaded (e.g. because the survey data lacks an explicit
1234 coordinate system, or because the file failed to load, or because you
1235 cancelled the dialog) then the terrain icon/menu item was still changed to
1238 + Disable texturing while drawing terrain. Previously the terrain got a bit
1239 darker when "Textured Walls" were enabled.
1241 + Force a refresh when "Textured Walls" are enabled or disabled. Previously
1242 the display wouldn't update right away.
1246 + Document how to specify fixed point altitude in feet.
1248 + Explain why *fix warns about unused fixed points
1250 * Building from source now requires a compiler with decent support for C++11.
1251 If you're using GCC, then GCC 4.7 should suffice. This should not be an
1252 onerous requirement - e.g. Debian wheezy and Ubuntu trusty both have a recent
1253 enough GCC. If special options are needed, these should get probed for and
1254 automatically. Fixes building 1.2.31 with GCC < 6, reported by Wookey.
1256 Changes in 1.2.31 (2017-07-01):
1260 + Use superscript 'g' symbol instead of word 'grads' in status bar. This
1261 conserves the limited space available, and we already do this in the
1262 compass and clino indicators so it's more consistent too.
1264 + Show one decimal place on measure line bearing. Pointed out by Benedikt
1265 Hallinger on the therion list, though I'm sure this has been asked for
1268 + Show gradient of the measuring line when both ends are stations.
1270 + Allow selection of text in cavern log window. Selection was disabled in
1271 1.2.28 because it seemed you couldn't actually copy selected text to the
1272 clipboard, but retesting this now actually works fine for me, both with
1273 current git master with the change reverted, and with code just before the
1276 + More robust parsing of cavern output (cleanly handle context highlighting
1277 which extends beyond the end of the line).
1279 + Allow showing duplicate legs as dashed lines or hiding them entirely,
1280 with dashed now being the default. Implemented by Patrick Warren.
1282 + Also allow "Dashed" for splays and "Faded" for duplicate legs.
1284 + Splay legs in surface data are also shown faded.
1286 + Check environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR when looking for editor to
1287 use when a warning or error is clicked on in the cavern log window. The
1288 specified editor may have a GUI or need to run in a terminal, so we have to
1289 special-case each editor supported, and that means we can pass extra
1290 options needed to position the cursor on the appropriate line/column.
1291 Currently these editors are supported: gvim, nvim, vim, gedit, pluma,
1292 emacs, nano, jed, kate. Suggested by Wookey.
1294 + Fix handling of non-square terrain data files - the X and Y dimensions were
1295 swapped. Reported by detrito.
1297 + Improve parsing of DEM data with .hdr file. Use documented defaults for
1298 more values, and where we only support a subset of values (or a particular
1299 value) check for unsupported values in more cases.
1301 + When colouring by depth, fix colouring and texturing of polygons which
1302 cross depth bands. The previous problems were most obvious with high
1303 chambers and long legs down deep pitches, especially in for surveys without
1304 much vertical range.
1306 + Support for drawing blobs using point sprites was added in 1.2.28,
1307 but caching that this worked wasn't hooked up properly so the test to
1308 see if this worked would happen at the start of each run. This is now
1309 cached as intended which should reduce start up time a little when blobs
1310 are drawn in this way.
1312 + Fix drawing of crosses with lines. This is a fall-back case which is
1313 rarely used as most OpenGL setups will handle a better method, but it was
1314 resulting in crosses with a four-pixel square in the centre - now the
1315 centre should be a single pixel.
1319 + Allow *data with no arguments to reset the current style - useful for
1320 entering passage data where there are side passages.
1322 + Fix hang processing file without newline at end. This bug was introduced
1323 by changes in 1.2.28. Reported by Mark Brown.
1325 + (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions): Build with newer version of
1326 PROJ library which fixes buggy handling of *fix with lat-long coordinates.
1327 Also add a testcase to the testsuite to alert users building for themselves
1328 with an affected PROJ version on any platform. Reported by Ross Davidson.
1330 + Fix cavern to handle Compass .DAT with no survey team. Previously this
1331 resulted in the bogus error: Expecting numeric field, found "FROM"
1332 Reported by Erin Lynch.
1334 + Handle UTF-8 "BOM" at start of .svx files. Unicode doesn't recommend its
1335 use, but Microsoft stuff seems to like to create files with it in, and the
1336 error cavern currently reports for such files is very confusing, so it
1337 seems best to just handle it. Reported by Rob Eavis.
1339 + Change a couple of messages to use double quotes for consistency with all
1344 + Now runs a bit faster.
1346 + Splays are now carried over the extended survey. The current handling
1347 is simplistic, but should do a good enough job to be more useful than
1348 discarding splays. The splays at each station are all rotated together
1349 based on the bearing between the stations either side of the current one
1350 along the first path extended through that station. This nicely handles
1351 dead ends and the situation at the top or bottom of a pitch, and should
1352 tend to pick an angle close to the passage orientation along a traverse.
1353 It's weakest at junctions. Feedback (especially examples which could
1354 be handled better) most welcome.
1356 * French translation is now up to date again, thanks to Jean-Marc.
1358 * Remove erroneous menu shortcut markers from Polish translations.
1360 * Fill in some missing translations in several languages by using message
1361 translations from therion.
1363 * Add note to *fix documentation to clarify the coordinate order with *cs
1364 long-lat. Issue raised by Ross Davidson.
1366 * Fix errors in documentation of *units: "DEG" should be "DEGS", and
1367 "MINUTES" has been supported for ages but wasn't documented. Reported by
1370 * Fix a few typos in the documentation.
1372 * Fix compilation warning with recent GCC.
1374 Changes in 1.2.30 (2016-10-03):
1378 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix crash when trying to print or export
1379 (probably introduced in 1.2.28). Reported by Brian Clipstone.
1381 + Report error if terrain file contains no terrain data in area of survey.
1382 Suggested by detrito.
1384 + Errors when writing an export file were reported with the wrong filename
1385 - the .3d file, not the filename we were trying to write to.
1387 + Export to KML now supports exporting passages, walls and cross-sections.
1388 Addresses the remainder of ticket #4.
1390 * Add man page for dump3d.
1392 Changes in 1.2.29 (2016-09-27):
1396 + Fix SVG output with non-ASCII characters (the charset in the SVG file
1397 is now set to UTF-8 not ISO-8859-1).
1399 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error dialog on startup in pre-built
1400 version. Reported by Brian Clipstone.
1402 * Manual: Add link to TerrainData wiki page. Omission highlighted by Erin
1403 Lynch and "detrito".
1405 * Fix to build without FFmpeg/libav and with older versions, broken by changes
1406 in 1.2.28. Reported by James Begley.
1408 Changes in 1.2.28 (2016-09-24):
1412 + Show the contents of the line after error and warning messages while
1413 processing survey data, and indicate the region of the line in many cases
1414 in the same style that compilers such as GCC and clang use (using the
1415 column number we already have, plus new width information). Based on a
1416 patch from Mateusz Golicz.
1418 + Add column and width information for many more error and warning messages.
1420 + Fix column for "Separator in survey name" warning.
1422 + Improve warnings when using a backclino with range 0-180 degrees (reusing
1423 the same machinery we already have for a forward clino with range 0-180
1428 + Include LRUD in printout/export of extended elevations, broken by
1429 improvements to export of tilted elevations in 1.2.27. Reported by Anthony
1432 + Name <trk> tags in GPX output, so Garmin GPS units name the imported track
1433 usefully. Reported by Anthony Day.
1435 + Remember scale from previous print or export operation in the same run of
1436 aven. Suggested by Stuart Bennett.
1438 + Convert range indication below shown line to a highlight on that region
1439 of the line in cavern log window.
1441 + Fix colouring of error/warning without column in cavern log window.
1443 + Fix click on error/warning without column in cavern log window.
1445 + Fix highlight of translations of "error" or "warning" containing non-ASCII
1446 characters. This fix for this only works with a Unicode build of
1447 wxWidgets, but as of wxWidgets 3.0, all builds are Unicode, so this
1448 shouldn't be much of a problem as wxWidgets 2.x is close to obsolete now.
1449 Reported by Mateusz Golicz.
1451 + Disable selection of text in cavern log window - you can't currently copy
1452 it to the clipboard, so until that's implemented it seems better to disable
1453 the ability to select it. Reported by Wookey.
1455 + Avoid special "1000" scale entry when exporting.
1457 + Show 1 page when "One Page" selected.
1459 + Reload processed data when restricting view. Fixes failure when
1460 restricting view on data just processed via aven. Spotted by Andrew
1461 Atkinson and myself.
1463 + Don't hide blobs and crosses behind terrain. Reported by Jenny Black.
1465 + Fix rendering of crosses using point sprites. The texture being used was
1466 misaligned relative to the image used for the visual fidelity check, so the
1467 check always failed and point sprites would never be used. Where point
1468 sprites are supported, they're probably the fastest option - on my netbook
1469 this change improves FPS by ~6 fold when displaying crosses for a large
1472 + Support drawing blobs using point sprites. About 5 times faster than using
1473 lines on my netbook.
1475 + Recheck how best to draw crosses and blobs on the first run after Survex
1476 is upgraded (or downgraded) as the rendering code may have changed (we
1477 already recheck when the OpenGL hardware or driver changes).
1479 + Change "MPEG" export to be MPEG4 (.mp4) rather than MPEG1 (.mpg).
1480 MPEG4 produces smaller output of higher quality, and should be widely
1481 supported these days. And I can't get the MPEG1 output to work without
1482 buffer underflows, resulting in a file which doesn't play without
1485 + Add OGG video to the list of formats - it's more compact than the others
1486 we currently list, though slower to write.
1488 + Fix export to movie formats for which libav/FFmpeg needs to seek the file
1489 being written. This was broken by changes in 1.2.27.
1491 + Overhaul movie export for the current FFmpeg API, fixing deprecation
1492 warnings when building against a recent version.
1494 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix corrupted exported movie files. 1.2.27
1495 changed the movie export code to allow writing to files with non-ASCII
1496 characters in the names, but the new code failed to open the file in binary
1497 mode, leading to corrupt output. Fixes #81, reported by Erin Lynch.
1499 * (Microsoft Windows version): Pre-built version now uses FFmpeg 3.1.3 for
1502 * (Mac OS X version): Pre-built version now uses FFmpeg 3.1.3 for movie
1505 * Fix to build without FFmpeg/libav, broken by changes in 1.2.27. Reported by
1508 * The Polish translation is now very close to being complete, thanks to a
1509 substantial update from Mateusz Golicz.
1511 * Merge catalan translation updates from Adolfo Jayme.
1513 * (Microsoft Windows version): Map LANG_CHINESE to zh_CN not zh so Chinese
1514 messages get used automatically.
1516 * cavern.tst: Remove random : from after ] - dash ignores the extra character,
1517 but it causes this test to fail if /bin/sh is a different shell (e.g. bash).
1519 * cavern.tst: Add expected output for more testcases.
1521 * Remove unwanted execute bit from some testcase data.
1523 * Use https for more URLs which support it.
1525 Changes in 1.2.27 (2016-06-06):
1529 + Right click on a survey in the survey tree now gives a pop-up menu
1530 with "Hide others", which restricts the view to just that survey
1531 and any subsurveys. Right click on the root of the survey tree
1532 gives a menu with "Show all" to undo any restriction in effect.
1533 (Currently these are implemented by reloading the file and using
1534 the same machinery as the --survey= command line option, but that will
1535 probably change in the future).
1537 + If there's a sub-survey restriction (from the --survey= command line
1538 option or the new UI described above) it is now shown in brackets after
1539 the survey tree root.
1541 + When reloading a survey, preserve the current view position (previously
1542 the view was recentred).
1544 + When reloading a survey, actually preserve the current scale factor
1545 (this was meant to happen, but the adjustment was applied in the
1548 + New "File->Extended Elevation..." menu item provides a way to generate
1549 extended elevations for simple cases without having to use the command
1550 line. Suggested by Fleur Loveridge.
1552 + Don't process key presses if accompanied by an unexpected modifier key.
1553 In particular, this means that aven no longer interferes with Alt+<function
1554 key> (which is typically handled by the desktop) and Alt+<letter> (which is
1555 typically a menu short cut). Reported by Владимир Георгиев.
1557 + Reduce file loading time by ~5%. The station name compare function was
1558 something of a hot spot, and optimising it yielded a nice improvement.
1560 + Allow splay legs to be disabled in when printing and exporting. Mostly
1563 + SVG export now shows splay legs thinner and in grey. See #60.
1565 + Fix export of rotated plans and tilted elevations - previously plans were
1566 always aligned with North up, and elevations which weren't exactly side on
1567 were exported as plans. Reported by Stuart Bennett.
1569 + Fix offset bounding box for exported elevations.
1571 + In print/export dialog the bearing value now wraps if you scroll up past
1574 + Fix greying out of LRUD-based controls in the print/export dialog when the
1575 view is tilted (i.e. not plan or elevation). This stopped working in
1576 1.2.18 when the pan and tilt spin controls were changed from integer- to
1579 + Printouts now show LRUD as pale grey arrows from the station they are
1580 measured from. Based on patch from Michael Sargent. Closes #65.
1582 + Take LRUD into account for printout size. Fixes #72, reported by Erin
1585 + Update movie export code to work with latest version of FFmpeg.
1587 + Make "Show Log" a toggle, so you can click on the button to take a look at
1588 the log, and a second click returns you to the survey view.
1590 + (Microsoft Windows version): Open the font file in binary mode - it looks
1591 like we were lucky and the font file (or at least its current version)
1592 would have loaded OK in text mode despite being binary data.
1594 + (Microsoft Windows version): Exporting to files with non-ASCII filenames
1599 + Allow tape or backtape to be omitted. Reported by Erin Lynch.
1601 + Grid convergence is now corrected for when using automatically
1602 calculated declinations (*declination auto <X> <Y> <Z>). Requested
1603 by Mateusz Golicz on the mailing list.
1605 + Clear any cached calculated declination upon another *declination auto
1606 with different coordinates. Previously if the date stayed the same,
1607 a previously cached declination for the old coordinates was used.
1609 + Fix check for end of version number array in *require. We would check up
1610 to 12 version components, the last 9 being bogus. In practice, *require is
1611 only likely to be used with up to three components, so this wouldn't be an
1614 + *begin with an invalid prefix could cause a crash in some cases. Fixed
1615 by patch from Colin Watson.
1617 + Report column locations for errors to do with readings.
1619 * Merge translation updates from Jean-Marc.
1621 * img library: Better document which members can be set when writing.
1622 Highlighted by email query about use of img API from Владимир Георгиев.
1624 * Document how *declination interacts with *calibrate declination if both are
1625 used in the same dataset.
1627 * doc/3dformat.htm: Update details of how changes to the current label buffer
1628 are encoded to reflect changes in v8. Reported by Angus Sawyer.
1630 * Use docbook2man instead of docbook-to-man to generated Unix man pages
1631 from SGML source. The latter seems to be no longer actively maintained, and
1632 docbook2man now does a similarly good job.
1634 * Use https for survex.com links, and for other sites which support it.
1636 Changes in 1.2.26 (2016-01-07):
1640 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix to be able to process .svx files with
1643 * (Microsoft Windows version): Simplify upgrading process with innosetup
1644 installer - if Survex is already installed, we now just install to the same
1645 location and use the same start menu folder.
1647 * (Linux version): survex.spec: Update for filetype metadata change in 1.2.25.
1648 Fixes #79, reported by James Begley.
1650 * (Linux version): survex.spec: Fix to work with RPM 4.13. Fixes #79, reported
1653 Changes in 1.2.25 (2016-01-05):
1657 + Drop broken code which attempts to fix 2D pitches. Fixes #73, reported by
1658 Erin Lynch. #76 tracks the issue the removed code was trying (but failing)
1661 + When animating, don't try to update station info based on mouse movement
1662 over the survey tree.
1664 + Further improve code to handle cavern subprocess in aven.
1666 + Fix jump to error for filenames containing colons when the error location
1667 doesn't have a column number. Bug noted by Jenny Black.
1669 + If we encounter bad UTF-8 in cavern output, replace it with a red and white
1670 ? in a diamond (previously we gave up showing output at the first bad
1671 sequence). This can happen if you process a .svx file which isn't UTF-8
1674 + (Unix version): Don't try to set the terminal window title when opening an
1675 editor from the cavern log window - gnome-terminal no longer supports this,
1676 and there doesn't seem to be a portable option for specifying the title for
1677 terminals which do still support this.
1679 + (Microsoft Windows version): Also quote for cmd.exe so that paths with
1680 spaces in work reliably. Reported by Marco Cotto.
1684 + Improve error for mismatched fore/back-sight plumbs, reported by Andy
1687 + Fix to use correct sd for backcompass. We were using zero instead, the
1688 most obvious effect of which was that the threshold for warning about
1689 differing COMPASS and BACKCOMPASS was about 71% of what it should have
1690 been, so we were warning in more cases than we should have been.
1692 + Implement support for specifying a length on backsights - if you're using
1693 something like a disto-x, you'll get a distance reading for the backsight
1694 too. Fixes #71, reported by Erin Lynch.
1696 + Make line counting more robust to mixed line ends. Noticed in example file
1697 from Pete Smart (see #69).
1699 * extend: New --show-breaks option which adds a leg flagged as surface survey
1700 between each points at which a loop has been broken. Suggested by Jenny
1703 * (Unix version): Update filetype metadata to work with modern desktops.
1705 * Fix incorrect reporting of errors reading and writing processed survey data.
1706 Since 1.2.8, the error strings corresponding to IMG_CANTOPENOUT,
1707 IMG_BADFORMAT and IMG_DIRECTORY have been mixed up (this doesn't affect
1708 external programs using the img library, only Survex). Reported by Jenny
1711 * Add missing options to extend man page and --help output. Noted by Jenny
1714 * Document Document Ctrl+cursor keys for rotating and tilting in aven man page.
1716 * Fix broken SGML markup in manual.
1718 * Fix typo in manual reported by Jenny Black.
1720 * Update vim syntax file for newer commands, etc.
1722 * Minor translation updates. Thanks to Piotr Strębski and Jean-Marc.
1724 * Fix to compile with FFmpeg 2.9. Reported by Andreas Cadhalpun in
1725 https://bugs.debian.org/803863
1727 * Stop maintaining ChangeLog files. They make merging patches harder, and stop
1728 'git cherry-pick' from working as it should. The git repo history should be
1729 sufficient for complying with GPLv2 2(a).
1731 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer requires admin privileges on Vista
1732 and later and OS versions older than Vista are past end of life, so drop code
1733 which tries to set up the registry differently depending if we have admin
1736 Changes in 1.2.24 (2015-09-23):
1740 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix the cavern log window. Reported by Brian
1743 + (Microsoft Windows version): Add workaround to avoid breakage in Therion.
1744 Reported by Jenny Black.
1746 + If wx was built with thread support, aven now runs cavern from a separate
1747 thread, which works much better under wxMSW (where we can't use select),
1748 and also seems a bit smoother on Linux.
1750 + Fix handling of encoding of filenames when the operating system has no
1751 locale installed corresponding to the language selected for Survex's
1754 + Undo accidentally committed debugging code which was sending message to
1755 the terminal in 1.2.23.
1757 * (Linux version): configure now looks first for wx-config-3.0, which Fedora's
1758 wx3 packages have. Reported by James Begley.
1760 * Indonesian translation fully up to date again.
1762 * Manual: Document anonymous stations, based on the text from NEWS. Reported
1765 Changes in 1.2.23 (2015-09-06):
1769 + Updating the cavern log window is now much smoother, especially on slower
1772 + Show "busy" mouse cursor while processing survey data.
1774 + Fix an assertion if you try to start processing a survex file while one is
1775 already being processed.
1777 + Processing a .svx file with an error now still adds it to the file history.
1778 Reported by Martin Green.
1780 + Fix the orientation of the starting end of tubes.
1784 + New *ref command to allow specifying an external reference (e.g. where to
1785 find the original survey notes).
1787 + Drop support for showing percentage progress in cavern. It's confusing in
1788 a multiple-file dataset as it shows progress in the current file so jumps
1789 around. It also slows down processing, and on a slow machine you'd don't
1790 want that, while on a fast machine processing isn't slow enough for the
1791 progress display to be useful.
1793 * French translation is now completely up to date, thanks to Michel Bovey.
1795 * Bundle proj's EPSG and ESRI code lists in the installers for MS Windows and
1796 OS X so that things like "*cs EPSG:29903" work. Reported by Graham Mullan.
1798 * (Microsoft Windows version): Process survey data with aven rather than
1801 * (Microsoft Windows version): Installer built with InnoSetup 5.5.6 (recent
1802 releases have been built with 5.5.3) to see if that solves Ray Duffy's
1803 reported issue with not having file associations for .svx files created.
1805 Changes in 1.2.22 (2015-08-17):
1809 + Ensure that the window has a depth buffer. Whether it does by default
1810 seems to vary depending on OS and maybe graphics card. Fixes #55 (terrain
1811 is no longer visible through itself), and also the rendering of passage
1812 tubes. Thanks to Martin Green for pointing me in the right direction for
1817 + Fix *declination with an angle to actually work.
1819 + Fix assertion if we try to identify a hanging survey by an anonymous
1822 + Improve errors for invalid survey names in *begin, *end, *equate and
1825 Changes in 1.2.21 (2015-07-28):
1829 + Fix exporting to KML and other text-based formats to always use "." for the
1830 decimal separator - previously "," would be used when the user's locale
1831 specified this for the decimal separator. Reported by Jan Schorn.
1833 + Implement exporting of survey legs in KML format.
1835 + Put "paddle" placemarker icons on stations in exported KML files, using the
1836 same colour coding for entrances, fixed points and exported points as aven
1839 + Remove the "Coordinate projection" field from the print dialog, as it isn't
1840 relevant there. Reported by Wookey.
1842 + Fix the initial scale for small caves (since 1.2.18 the initial scale has
1843 been too small). Reported by Wookey.
1845 + Don't rescale if the same file is reloaded, but adjust the volume diameter
1848 + Use wxGetenv() to read the SURVEXEDITOR variable, so we can accept Unicode
1853 + Fix coordinate systems using latitude and longitude - PROJ.4 wants these in
1854 radians, but we were passing degrees, which would generally cause the
1855 conversion to the output coordinate system to fail. Reported by Wookey.
1857 + Fix *fix with standard deviations when *cs is in use, give an error for use
1858 of *fix with standard deviations before *cs.
1860 + Add new *declination command with support for setting the declination
1861 automatically from the IGRF model based on the survey date. Thanks to the
1862 Therion developers for the IGRF support code, which we're reusing.
1863 Fixes #54, reported by Wookey.
1865 + Allow the units for the zero error to be specified, making it easier to
1866 specify calibration with a scale if you measure the zero error externally
1867 (rather than using the instrument itself). Fixes #61, reported by Andrew
1870 + Report the error from PROJ when coordinate conversion fails as part of the
1871 actual error rather than on a separate line.
1873 + Fix use after free after *solve. This only occurs if a leg between the two
1874 exact same stations appears right before and right after the *solve, which
1875 is unlikely in real data, but the testsuite has an instance of this. This
1876 was introduced by the repeat leg averaging added in 1.2.17.
1878 + Fix small memory leak when solving network. This doesn't really matter
1879 when solving at the end of processing as cavern will exit after that, but
1880 if *solve is used we continue processing after solving.
1882 * Remove compatibility handling for specifying a country variant of a language
1883 in SURVEXLANG using "-" with a lower case country code (e.g. "en-us") - we
1884 changed to the standard "en_US" way back in 2001. This code was mangling
1885 character sets with a "-" in, and is no longer useful.
1887 * Ignore any "@<something>" modifier in the language code.
1889 * Improve documentation of magnetic declination handling, and cover the new
1890 "*DECLINATION" command.
1892 * Document aven's command line options in the manual and its man page.
1893 Reported by Jenny Black.
1895 * Point to '*case' and '*truncate' from the 'SEE ALSO' sections of each other's
1898 * Remove references to SpeleoGen from the documentation - it hasn't been
1899 updated for many years, and can't read recent versions of the .3d format.
1901 * Strip documentation references to obsolete versions of MS Windows.
1903 * doc/HACKING.htm: Update list of debian packages to install to build from git.
1905 Changes in 1.2.20 (2015-06-26):
1909 + When printing, use the top margin rather than the right margin to calculate
1910 the height of the printable area. In practice, the two values seem to be
1911 the same or very similar by default.
1913 + Avoid assertion if the about dialog image fails to load. Reported by Phil
1916 + Optimise the size of the about dialog images.
1918 + Add support for reading terrain data which isn't in a .zip file.
1920 + Force a refresh after loading terrain data so that it gets displayed right
1923 + Make checks for terrain data extensions in zip files case insensitive.
1925 + If reading terrain data fails, always report an error and never try to
1928 * cavern: Allow clino readings in diving style data, suggested by Andrew
1929 Atkinson. Currently these readings are ignored, but a future version will
1930 check that they're consistent with the angle given by the depth gauge and
1931 tape, and perform suitable averaging.
1933 * Remove lingering traces of svxedit.
1935 * configure: Fix to allow compiling without libav/ffmpeg, as was possible
1938 * (Unix version): Install the filetype and aven application icons under
1939 /usr/share/icons/hicolor, which is where they're expected to be these days.
1941 * (Unix version): Add %f to Exec in survex-aven.desktop.
1943 * (Mac OS X version): Remove useless extra copy of about box images from OS X
1946 * (Mac OS X version): Only ship one copy of each of the translations.
1948 * (Mac OS X version): Reduce the size of the aven binary by disabling a load of
1949 libav features we don't use.
1951 * (Microsoft Windows version): Reduce the size of the aven binary by disabling
1952 a load of libav features we don't use.
1954 * (Microsoft Windows version): Update message files to fix a missing Chinese
1955 message in the installer.
1957 Changes in 1.2.19 (2015-06-18):
1961 + Fix exporting to GPX, KML and HPGL, which all failed to write the header to
1962 the exported file in 1.2.18.
1964 + Add exporting to Survex .pos format.
1966 + If the measuring line isn't currently active, pressing "Escape" will now
1967 exit full screen mode.
1969 + (Mac OS X version): Change the shortcut for full screen mode to be the
1970 standard Ctrl+Command+F (rather than Shift+Command+F which we have been
1973 + (Mac OS X version): When we centre the view on the station this can
1974 generate a mouse move event, so clear the variable which says we are
1975 dragging before we process a left click on a station. This avoids random
1976 rotations of the survey when clicking on a station, reported in #47 by Hugh
1979 + (Mac OS X version): Force use of a non-native toolbar to stop the toolbar
1980 icons from being rescaled and looking fuzzy.
1982 + (Mac OS X version): Remove code added in 1.2.18 which tries to set stop the
1983 toolbar icons from being rescaled, but which requires an unreleased version
1984 of wxWidgets, had a typo in, and doesn't actually seem to work anyway.
1986 + (Mac OS X version): Drop out of full screen mode if the mouse is mode to
1987 the top of the screen, since we can't seem to display the menu bar in this
1988 case like we do on other platforms.
1990 + (Mac OS X version): Enable aven's movie export feature.
1992 + (Mac OS X version): Enable wxDisplay when building wxWidgets to better
1993 support multi-monitor setups.
1995 + (Mac OS X version): Silence warning visible when aven is run from a
1996 terminal about a missing CFBundleTypeRole.
1998 + When reading terrain data from a .zip file, report an error if the .zip
1999 file is bad, or if it doesn't contain any terrain data we recognise.
2001 + Tweak error message in terrain reading code to distinguish two failure
2004 + Add viewing angles and scale to footer, and shorten some of the other items
2005 to make room for this extra information. (Fixes ticket #52, reported by
2008 + If the footer is wider than the printout width, scale down the font used
2009 so that it exactly fits; if the footer is narrower, than space out the
2010 items in in so it uses the full width.
2012 + If the saved size for aven's window exceeds the current display size
2013 (mostly likely because we're now plugged into a smaller monitor), then
2014 reduce the size of the window to fit the display. If the saved size is <
2015 (480x320), increase it to at least that, as aven isn't usable in a smaller
2018 + Remove crude bodge which tries to pick a nicer initial window size when
2019 using wxWidgets without wxDisplay on a multi-monitor setup - aven now opens
2020 with the same size window it had when it was closed, so the initial size is
2021 only relevant on the first ever run.
2023 * Assorted translation updates. Notably Indonesian is at 100% again.
2025 * Stop trying to catch and report signals. The only real reason to do it is so
2026 we can say "Bug in program detected! Please report this to the authors"
2027 before we exit, but when the program crashes that's pretty obvious. In aven
2028 we try to pop up a message box for this message, which may fail due to
2029 whatever caused the signal, while with the command line tools there's no
2030 great benefit over just letting the shell report the signal.
2032 * Use pkg-config to probe for libav and proj, which sorts out the correct flags
2033 for building on OS X against a static install of libav.
2035 Changes in 1.2.18 (2015-06-03):
2039 + Add support for reading terrain data (from a zip file containing either an
2040 SRTM .hgt file, or an ESRI .bil file and associated metadata files), and
2041 rendering it as a transparent surface.
2043 + Remove actions from 'Orientation' and 'Rotation' menus which you wouldn't
2044 sanely want to perform from the menu.
2046 + Create a "Colour by" submenu of the "View" menu to house the various
2049 + Add "Colour by Gradient" and "Colour by Length".
2051 + Make the button to dismiss the "About" dialog "OK" rather than "Close",
2052 which seems more logical, and also allows the dialog to be closed by
2055 + Destroy any existing clipping region before we write the page footer.
2056 Hopefully solves ticket #52, reported by Erin Lynch.
2058 + Don't round bearing and tilt angles to integers when printing and
2061 + Add passage export for EPS format. (Partly addresses ticket #4)
2063 + Add JSON export. This should be regarded as experimental, and the format
2064 is quite likely to change.
2066 + Pressing F6 now toggles the display of rendering stats, currently FPS
2067 (Frames Per Second) and the number of triangles in the terrain mesh.
2069 + Add a menu item and toolbar button to show the cavern log window if the
2070 currently shown survey data was processed by aven. Reported by Hugh St
2071 Lawrence in #47, and by Dave Clucas and others previously on the list.
2073 + Add "Save Log" button to Aven's cavern log window.
2075 + In cavern log window, highlight "error" markers in red and "warning"
2078 + Rework code to read cavern's output. In particular, we no longer mix
2079 buffered and non-buffered system calls.
2081 + Aven's support for reading colours and font sizes for printouts from
2082 print.ini has never worked - the contents of the ini files are ignored due
2083 to a bug which has been there since the code was added in 2005 - but nobody
2084 has ever complained. So just strip out that code entirely - we should
2085 support setting the colours and font sizes, but a GUI interface for setting
2086 them would be better.
2088 + Fix to compile with a Unicode build of wxWidgets 2.8. Reported by Bill
2091 + Take the width of the messages used above the compass and clino into
2092 account when calculating how much space to allow for them - now the labels
2093 won't overlap or be cut off in translations where they are long.
2095 + (Mac OS X version): Attempt to address the size of the toolbar icons.
2099 + Reject *fix with SDs which aren't all positive. (fixes#2, reported by
2102 + Use the currently set units when outputting measurements in warnings,
2103 errors, and the stats at the end of the run. Requested by Bill Gee.
2105 + Include column number when a *include file isn't found.
2107 + Show 'error' in front of error messages, like we show 'warning' in front of
2108 warnings. Fixes #48, reported by Wookey.
2110 + Increase the threshold for warning that fore and back measurements differ
2111 from 2 SDs to 3 SDs.
2113 * findentrances: If the 3d file specifies the coordinate system, use it.
2115 * svxedit: Remove svxedit - while an editor with built-in knowledge of survex
2116 would be nice to have, svxedit doesn't really offer that, and it looks ugly
2117 in a modern desktop.
2119 * If we run out of memory while reading a processed survey data file, include
2120 the filename in the error message.
2122 * Many translation updates - notably Indonesian and Russian are now the two
2123 most complete translations.
2125 * (Microsoft Windows version): Add code page 1252 mappings for fancy quotes.
2127 * Transliterate gradient and infinity symbols if the current character set
2130 * Add SVG version of .plt icon.
2134 + Add complete list of quantities you can set SDs for. Thanks for Wookey for
2135 highlighting that the previous list was incomplete.
2137 + Document averaging of a group of repeated readings.
2139 + Add a link to the sample data from the manual.
2141 + Remove references to contact addresses which are no longer there. Remove
2142 offer to post people floppies, and references to a CD image which isn't
2143 available for download.
2145 * Remove non-breaking spaces from the diffpos and extend manual pages, as they
2146 actually make the output formatting worse (presumably these used to work
2147 around a since-fixed bug in one of the docbook processing tools).
2149 * doc/TODO.htm: Update.
2151 * Fix to compile without warnings with 'g++ --std=gnu++11'.
2153 Changes in 1.2.17 (2015-02-24):
2157 + Update INSTALL file with current status.
2159 + Aven.app now has a custom icon.
2161 + Add icons for all the filetypes supported.
2163 + Add Finder actions for .svx, .3d, .plt and .pos files.
2165 + aven: Hide the status bar and tool bar in Full Screen mode, as wx doesn't
2166 currently do this for us.
2168 + aven: Fix short-cut for toggling Full Screen mode.
2170 + aven: Make "About" menu item appear.
2172 + aven: Fix "Close" button in about dialog.
2174 + aven: Make custom cursors black with a white outline to match the standard
2177 + svxedit: Now wrapped up in an application bundle as svxedit.app. It
2178 still doesn't really work like a standard app though - e.g. you can't load
2179 files from Finder (instead run svxedit.app and use File->Open), the font
2180 size of most menu items is wrong, the icon for the app is the wish icon
2181 rather than the svxedit icon, shortcuts use Ctrl not the Cmd key, and
2182 probably more. I'd probably recommend using another editor (OS X comes
2183 with TextEdit.app for example).
2185 + The documentation is now in a "Docs" directory alongside the apps, rather
2186 than in the rather less obvious "share/doc/survex" directory.
2188 + Default to building for x86_64, since all modern Macs are 64 bit.
2190 + Disable use of liblzma when building wxWidgets for OS X, which was
2191 preventing the build from working on OS X 10.6.8.
2193 + Download wx sources from SF via redirecting link. Thanks to David A.
2196 + buildmacosx.sh: Handle the mount point for the disk image containing a
2199 + Link with a static build of PROJ for doing coordinate system conversions.
2201 + Build wx with --disable-webview to avoid a compilation failure on OS X
2204 + Use wx-config --cc and --cxx to get the compilers to use for building
2205 everything else, as wx adds options to them which otherwise cause linking
2208 + The diskimage (.dmg) file is now compressed with bzip2, which gives a
2209 smaller download. This means OS X 10.4 is required, but we probably
2210 already need at least 10.5 because that's the minimum version which the
2211 wxWidgets build supports by default.
2213 + Remove unused files and copies of files from the diskimage.
2215 * cavern: If the same leg is repeated consecutively, average the readings and
2216 treat as a single leg.
2218 * dump3d: Report SEPARATOR used by the file being read.
2220 * aven.svg: Fix visual glitch in SVG icon for aven. Noted by David A. Riggs.
2224 + Greatly reduce flicker when mouse is moved to the top of the screen in full
2225 screen mode and the menu bar reappears.
2227 + For export formats where scaling is supporting, aven now actually uses the
2228 scale specified in the export dialog (previously it ignored this and used
2231 + Reimplement animation so that it's based on angular change per unit of
2232 elapsed time, rather than averaging the time take for the last two scene
2233 redraws. This gives smoother animation in the face of variable load and
2234 scene redraw time, and should be more consistent between platforms.
2236 + Switching to a point of the compass during auto-rotation now jumps straight
2237 there rather than the two animations fighting.
2239 + Reduce the maximum auto-rotation speed, as the previous limit was uselessly
2242 + Disable stepping the rotation angle when animating (previously we only did
2245 + Speed up start-up a bit - rather than loading icons from individual PNG
2246 files on disk, compile them into the aven binary.
2248 * (Unix version): Add "MimeType" field to desktop files so that file
2249 associations work out of the box with modern desktop environments.
2251 * Add start of Hungarian translation from Imre Balogh.
2253 * Merge in many updates to the Russian translation from "vsuhachev".
2255 * Assorted minor updates to other translations.
2257 * Create scalable (SVG) versions of file type icons.
2259 * doc/manual.sgml: Remove $Id and $Date markers, as they don't get expanded now
2262 * tests/: Improve test coverage in a few places:
2264 + Extend tests of fore and back sights to test calibration of the back
2267 + Test "Can't calibrate angular and length quantities together" error.
2269 + Check that "*set names ." works when "." is also the decimal point.
2271 Changes in 1.2.16 (2014-10-17):
2273 * aven: Add KML export (stations only currently).
2275 * aven: Allow measuring line to measure from anonymous stations. (Fixes #44)
2277 * aven: Fix corrupted names in exported files.
2279 * aven: Fix error log window under wxWidgets >= 2.9 to include the system
2280 information before the first log message like it does under wxWidgets 2.8.
2282 * cavern: Add support for "*cs JTSK" and "*cs JTSK03".
2284 * tests/: Improve test coverage.
2286 * Translation updates for many languages, plus the start of translations to
2289 * Fix to build against wxWidgets 3.0 built with assertions disabled. Reported
2292 * Fix warnings when compiling with clang (which is the default compiler on
2293 Mac OS X). Reported by Martin Sluka.
2295 Changes in 1.2.15 (2014-08-14):
2297 * cavern: The *cs command now also supports "long-lat", "s-merc" (for "Web
2298 Mercator"), EPSG and ESRI codes, "eur79z30", "ijtsk" and "ijtsk03". This
2299 means that we now support all the coordinates systems which Therion does,
2300 except for a few which don't have X=East and Y=North. The documentation
2301 for *cs has also been improved.
2303 * aven: We no longer persist full screen mode between runs - it's not a
2304 standard behaviour of desktop programs, and it's too easy to go into full
2305 screen mode from the menu and then not be able to get out again because you
2306 don't know the required key shortcut. (ticket#39)
2308 * aven: When in full screen mode, moving the mouse to the top of the screen now
2309 makes the menu bar appear. This provides a non-shortcut way out of full
2310 screen mode, as well as making it easier to perform other operations while in
2311 full screen mode. The current implementation gives an annoyingly flickery
2312 transition, but hopefully we can improve this in future. (ticket#39)
2314 * (MacOS X version): If built with wxWidgets >= 3.1.0 (which is still in
2315 development), we now call EnableFullScreenView() which improves the full
2316 screen mode experience on OS X 10.7 and later.
2318 * img library: Improve documentation for img_ERROR_INFO.
2320 * tests/: Ship some missing .out files and compare.tst.
2322 * tests/: cavern.tst testcase back2 is now actually used. Fix a bug in this
2323 testcase, and extend it to cover a variant of the situation reported as a bug
2324 in therion by Bill Gee to the therion list.
2326 * (Linux version) survex.spec: Add run-time requirement on proj and proj-epsg
2327 for the survex package and on tk for the svxedit package.
2329 Changes in 1.2.14 (2014-07-05):
2331 * img library: Add ability to store a PROJ4 string describing the coordinate
2332 system in use in 3d v8 files.
2334 * aven: If the 3d file specifies a coordinate system, then use it for exporting
2335 to formats which need to know (currently GPX). If the input file doesn't
2336 specify the coordinate system, allow the user to enter a PROJ4 string in the
2339 * aven: You can now quickly zoom to a particular area by holding down the
2340 "Shift" key and dragging with the left mouse button to create a rectangular
2341 "rubber band box" around the area you wish to zoom to. If you release the
2342 "Shift" key while still dragging, the box is centred on the start point
2343 rather than having one corner there.
2345 * aven: Fix exporting of passage tubes in elevations and extended elevations
2346 - previously up and down were getting drawn across the page!
2348 * aven: Fix "Cancel" to work on the print/export dialog, broken by changes in
2349 1.2.13. (Reported by Brian Clipstone)
2351 * aven: Fix the conditions on which the menu item "Cancel measuring line" is
2352 enabled - previously it was hard to actually cancel it via the menu.
2353 Reported by Hugh St Lawrence.
2355 * aven: Fix wx assertion failures when showing hit test debug view on platforms
2356 such as 64-bit Linux.
2358 * aven: When viewing from above, show "Plan" above the "clino" which indicates
2359 the tilt angle (instead of "Elevation -90°").
2361 * aven: The extended font data now loads faster, and also uses less memory on
2364 * aven: Dragging the vertical divider between the side panel and the 3D view
2365 now only updates when you finish the drag, as redrawing continuously just
2366 looks clunky except on an ultra-fast machine.
2368 * aven: (German translation) Abbreviate "Blickrichtung" so it doesn't overfill
2369 the space available in the aven UI.
2371 * cavern: Add a *cs command to allow setting the coordinate system for *fix
2372 commands, and the coordinate system used for processed survey data. The
2373 latter is now stored in 3d v8 format files.
2375 * cavern: Add support for 'L' flag (exclude from length) in Compass .dat files
2376 and handle it in the same way as the "DUPLICATE" flag in .svx files.
2378 * cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, still
2379 actually fix the second and subsequent ones, to avoid triggering bogus errors
2380 about unconnected surveys.
2382 * cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, report the
2383 station name of the previous one, plus the file and line number where it was.
2385 * cavern: Fix handling of the rather contrived case of *fix with no coordinates
2386 followed by *solve and then another *fix with no coordinates not to access
2389 * dump3d: Report any specified coordinate system.
2391 * doc/3dformat.htm: Update to document how the coordinate system is stored.
2393 * (Microsoft Windows version): Include dump3d in the installer.
2395 * Fix a compiler warning.
2397 * Improve test coverage.
2399 Changes in 1.2.13 (2014-05-15):
2401 * aven: Fix --print option to wait for printing to happen before exiting
2402 (previously it would exit right after opening the print dialog, so you
2403 couldn't actually print anything out using it).
2405 * aven: Increase the threshold for how close the pointer needs to be to a
2406 station from 5 pixels to 7 to try to help touchscreen users. Reported by
2409 * aven: Add "fat finger" mode, toggled by pressing F2, to allow investigating
2410 if increasing the minimum pointer to station threshold helps Hugh's problems
2411 with using aven on a touch screen device.
2413 * aven: The measuring line was unable to see stations which had just been
2414 revealed by toggling surface or underground legs on - this is now fixed.
2416 * aven: Add "hit test grid debug" mode, which shows the hit test grid and how
2417 many entries are in each box (toggled by F3).
2419 * aven: Pressing F4 now allows the user to toggle wxWidgets assertion messages
2422 * aven: Create the empty hit-test grid data structure lazily, to reduce start
2425 * cavern: Improve messages which talk about "tags" and/or "prefixes" in *begin
2426 and *end commands to instead talk about "survey names".
2428 * cavern: For ages cavern has warned if you reentered a survey, but this
2429 warning was suppressed if it occurred at the same line of the same file as
2430 the survey was first entered, but this can only happen if you include the
2431 same survey file more than once, which isn't a sensible thing to do for a
2432 file with actual survey data in (you might reasonably do it to set up survey
2433 grade details or something like that). The warning is now given in this
2436 * cavern: After 5 warnings about reentering a survey we give up warning about
2437 it, but we used to keep reporting where the survey was originally entered -
2438 this secondary diagnostic message is now silenced when the main message is.
2440 * (Microsoft Windows version): Compile C code with optimisation on.
2442 * Add the start of a Russian translation, with messages take from therion.
2444 * Minor translation updates to French.
2446 * Fix compiler warning from GCC.
2448 * Testsuite improvements:
2450 + Test that "..." anon station works.
2452 + cavern.tst: Check number of errors returned by all testcases which should
2453 fail and give an error count.
2455 + cavern.tst: Fix to actually fully test everything when builddir != srcdir.
2457 Changes in 1.2.12 (2014-04-14):
2459 * aven: Fix measuring line to show change in altitude rather than altitude
2460 itself (accidentally broken by changes in 1.2.11). Reported by Brian
2463 * aven: Fix printing when built with wxWidgets 3.0.
2465 * aven: Several visual improvements to printouts:
2467 + Move the numbers below the scale bar down a little so that they don't
2468 overlap the scale bar ticks.
2470 + Set the clipping region after we draw the page border and info box to avoid
2471 clipping the border in print preview.
2473 + Tidy up the appearance of the compass and elevation arrow.
2475 * aven: Fix to build with libav 10. Reported by Moritz Muehlenhoff in
2476 <http://bugs.debian.org/739332>.
2478 * aven: Fix to build with older libav where avcodec_free_frame() isn't
2481 * (Linux version) survex.spec: Update spec file used for building RPM packages.
2483 * (Unix version): Add "Keywords:" entry to .desktop files.
2485 * (Unix version): Enable large file support, mostly to support filing systems
2486 which return 64 bit inode values, such as CIFS mounts.
2488 * (Microsoft Windows version): Only allow "A-Z" or "a-z" for driver letters,
2489 rather than any character which is a letter in the current locale.
2491 * Various translation updates.
2493 Changes in 1.2.11 (2014-01-28):
2495 * aven: Fix wxWidgets assertion when double clicking on an anonymous station.
2496 Reported by Kevin Dixon.
2498 * aven: Embed the font data for the first 256 Unicode characters for use in the
2499 survey pane into the compiled aven binary to reduce start up overhead. Any
2500 additional characters needed are loaded from a data file only if/when a
2501 character >= U+100 is actually needed (as before).
2503 * aven: Fix display of Unicode characters above 256 when there's a character
2504 <= 256 earlier in the same string.
2506 * aven: Use the actual width of Unicode characters above 256 rather than
2507 assuming they are 16 pixels wide.
2509 * aven: If full screen, don't show the side panel when a new file is opened
2512 * aven: Don't give an assertion failure when showing passages for a cave with
2513 no vertical extent. Reported by Jonny Prouty.
2515 * aven: Change terminology in print dialog - say "legend" instead of "info
2518 * aven: Add option to show the tilt angle as a percentage gradient.
2520 * aven: Show the units (degrees, grads, or percent) for the tilt and bearing
2523 * aven: All length units are now translatable.
2525 * aven: Split log_fl_error helper function out of CHECK_GL_ERROR macro, which
2526 will reduce code size and also the number of deprecation warnings about
2527 gluErrorString on Mac OS X 10.9.
2529 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Try to work around redraw issues related
2530 to the measuring line by redrawing the whole window, which doesn't seem to be
2533 * cavern: If *units is used to try to set units for LEVEL, PLUMB, or POSITION,
2534 give an error rather than quietly ignoring the attempt.
2536 * cad3d: Make cad3d remap control characters and spaces in station names when
2537 generating PLT output in the same way aven does.
2539 * Various translation updates (particular thanks to Eric Madelaine and Dennis
2540 Baudys), including the start of a Bulgarian translation, with messages taken
2541 from Therion and elsewhere.
2543 * (Microsoft Windows version): On Microsoft Windows 2000 and newer, use
2544 GetUserDefaultUILanguage() to get the UI language to use. For older
2545 versions, continue to use GetUserDefaultLCID().
2547 * (Microsoft Windows version): The Indonesian translation will now be used
2548 automatically when the system language is set to Indonesian.
2550 * (Mac OS X version): Fix to build with wx 3.0.0 on OS X 10.9. Thanks to David
2551 A. Riggs for his work on this.
2553 * (Mac OS X version): Update buildmacosx.sh script to use wx 3.0.0, and add a
2554 checksum check for the downloaded wx sources.
2556 * Fix a lot of the compiler warnings when building with clang.
2558 * doc/manual.sgml: Add missing quantities to the list documented as accepted by
2559 *units: LEFT, RIGHT, UP/CEILING, DOWN/FLOOR (missing entirely);
2560 BACKCOMPASS/BACKBEARING, BACKCLINO/BACKGRADIENT (missing from the main list,
2561 mentioned in list of the units that can be set for them); COUNT (missing
2562 alternative name for COUNTER); DX/EASTING, DY/NORTHING, DZ/ALTITUDE
2563 (incorrectly listed as X, Y, Z). Reported by Jonny Prouty.
2565 * Test suite: Improve test coverage for cavern.
2567 Changes in 1.2.10 (2014-01-15):
2569 * aven: Fix assertion if two mouse buttons are held down at the same time.
2570 If dragging with more than one mouse button held down, releasing one causes
2571 another which is still held down to take effect. Reported by Brian
2574 * aven: If we fail to start the external editor when the user clicks on an
2575 error or warning from cavern, show an error box.
2577 * aven: If the survey has a title, add it as a top-level <title> element to
2580 * aven: Escape '<', '>', and '&' in labels in exported SVG files.
2582 * aven: In GPX export, set the <time> element to the datestamp from the 3d
2585 * aven: Don't try to write the title if it isn't set or is empty when exporting
2588 * aven: Don't bother looking up the printer page setup info when exporting.
2590 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix crash on "File->Print" or
2591 "File->Export" under Windows XP, reported by Brian Clipstone.
2593 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix error dialog about an incorrectly
2594 encoded filename which could occur if run without being asked to load a file
2597 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Compile with optimisation on.
2599 * img library, aven: Although processed CMAP data files are often referred to
2600 as "CMAP .XYZ files", it seems that actually, the extension .XYZ isn't used,
2601 rather .SHT (shot variant, produced by CMAP v16 and later), .UNA (unadjusted)
2602 and .ADJ (adjusted) extensions are. Since we've long checked for .XYZ, we
2603 continue to do so in case anyone is relying on it, but also check for the
2606 * img library: Add new "datestamp_numeric" field to struct img giving the
2607 datestamp as a time_t in UTC (or (time_t)-1 if there's no datestamp or we
2608 failed to convert it). For .3d >= v8, this field is reliable. We attempt to
2609 convert date strings in .3d <= v7 and CMAP XYZ files, but may get the
2612 * img library: Fix my_strcasecmp() to handle top-bit set characters better.
2614 * cavern: Fix NULL pointer dereference when processing Compass DAT file without
2617 * doc/manual.sgml: Update references to Survex 1.1 which should be to 1.2.
2619 * doc/manual.sgml: Note the station length limit Smaps used.
2621 * Fix some compiler warnings if built with glibc's fortify source feature
2624 Changes in 1.2.9 (2014-01-08):
2626 * Document --3d-version in cavern man page and the manual.
2628 * aven: Fix compilation error in movie export code with recent libavi.
2630 * aven: Fix warning on stderr when export a movie as MPEG.
2632 * img library: In non-hosted mode, don't define GETC and PUTC if they're
2633 already defined, to allow easy overriding with getc_unlocked() and
2634 putc_unlocked() (which are significantly faster on Linux).
2636 * img library: In non-hosted mode, check that int is at least 32 bits,
2637 and if not, use long. In practice, platforms with 16 bit int are mostly
2638 obsolete, but it's not hard to be portable here.
2640 * img library: Add test that img.c and img.h compile in non-hosted mode
2641 (regression test for issue fixed in 1.2.8).
2643 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 3.0.0.
2645 * Update translations from launchpad and from existing similar messages.
2647 * Fix some compiler warnings.
2649 Changes in 1.2.8 (2013-10-29):
2651 * cavern: Fix handling of anonymous wall stations ('..' by default) to
2652 implicitly set the SPLAY leg flag, as was intended. Reported by Thomas
2655 * cavern: Tweak .err file output not to lose the space in front of certain
2656 statistics when the value gets large.
2658 * cavern: Eliminate redundant progress message when solving simultaneous
2661 * aven: Add a format drop down to the export dialog, and only show fields which
2662 are meaningful and supported for the currently selected export format. The
2663 format defaults to that used most recently. The "Elements" and "View" boxes
2664 have been swapped in the print and export dialogs as that layout works much
2665 better when the "View" box is hidden.
2667 * aven: Changing checkboxes in the print or export dialog didn't work in 1.2.7
2668 - now works again. Reported by Anthony Day.
2670 * aven: Add GPX export (based on findentrances patch from Olaf Kähler). In
2671 this release the projection which the survey coordinates are in defaults
2672 to the BMN M31 grid used in the Totes Gebirge in Austria. On Unix, you
2673 can edit ~/.aven and add a new line setting 'input_projection' to a PROJ
2674 projection string. The ability to specify this projection in a better
2677 * aven: New export options "Origin in centre" and "Full coordinates" - the
2678 latter fixes #10. GPX and PLT output implicitly force "full coordinates".
2680 * aven: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some
2681 time ago, so update references.
2683 * aven: Make the Presentation->Play menu item a checkbox, to avoid a warning
2684 with wxMSW 2.9.5. Reported by Brian Clipstone.
2686 * aven: Make right click in an empty presentation mark the current position and
2687 open it to edit, instead of crashing.
2689 * aven: Update movie export code to work with latest libav API. Reported by
2692 * aven: Improve reporting of errors during the process of exporting a movie.
2694 * aven: Don't try to close the movie if we aren't producing one.
2696 * aven: Fix assertion failure when double-clicking on the survey with wx2.9.
2698 * aven: Fix to build with wxMSW 2.9.5.
2700 * aven: Fix to build with wx 2.9.5 with wx2.8 compatibility disabled.
2702 * cad3d: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some time
2703 ago, so add a new --skencil option to specify this output format. The old
2704 name (--sketch) is still recognised for compatibility.
2706 * cad3d: Make --marker-size work for Skencil and SVG output.
2708 * dump3d: Make --show-dates option show dates for XSECT.
2712 + Fix to work once more when used outside of Survex (missing definition of
2713 max() macro and a bad call to free() in img_close() for a file opened for
2716 + Use lround() instead of round(), and make the tests around whether we use
2717 the library function or the our fallback implementation saner.
2719 + Fix // comments in C code for portability to pre-C99 compilers which don't
2720 support these as an extension.
2722 + Can now be compiled as C++ as well as as C.
2724 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now built with a newer version
2725 of Innosetup, and includes translations for all the languages which Survex
2726 itself has any translations for.
2728 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 2.9.5.
2730 * Minor translation updates.
2732 * tests/Makefile.am: Distribute files for "normal_bad" testcase.
2734 Changes in 1.2.7 (2013-07-27):
2736 * Add support for anonymous stations, which are indicated by one, two or three
2737 separator characters - with the default separator of '.', that means '.',
2738 '..', and '...' are anonymous stations. Single separator ('.' by default)
2739 is an anonymous non-wall point, double separator ('..' by default)
2740 is an anonymous wall point at the end of an implicit splay), and triple
2741 separator ('...' by default) is an anonymous point (with nothing special about
2742 the leg). A new *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for
2743 compatibility with pocket topo: *alias station - ..
2745 * New version 8 of the 3d format:
2747 + Supports new flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
2749 + New explicit file-wide flag for 'this is an extended elevation', rather
2750 than modifying the survey title to indicate this.
2752 + The survey prefix is often unchanged from one leg to the next, so use a
2753 spare flag to compactly indicate when there's no label change.
2755 + The data style of each leg is now stored.
2757 + The "processed at" time is stored as seconds since 1970 rather than a
2758 human-readable string.
2760 + Since 3d v8 features significant changes to the format, the format
2761 documentation for v7 and earlier has been split off into 3dformat-old.htm.
2765 + New station flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
2767 + Handle .pos files containing unnamed stations - don't suck the next line in
2768 as the station name, and set img_SFLAG_ANON for them.
2770 + Repurpose the long unused fBinary parameter to img_open_write() as a flags
2771 parameter, and add img_FFLAG_EXTENDED to specify that this is an extended
2772 elevation, in place of appending " (extended)" to the title. Internally we
2773 still append this to the title (and remove it upon reading) when writing
2774 3d v7 or earlier, but for the new 3d v8 format, this flag is stored
2775 explicitly in the file.
2777 + img.h: Add comments for the lists of "Leg flags" and "Station flags".
2781 + We now require at least wxWidgets 2.8.0 - it was released over 6 years ago
2782 now, and the wx developers consider even 2.8 to be rather long in the
2783 tooth. We stopped testing building with wxWidgets 2.6 some time ago, and
2784 formally dropping support for older versions allows a number of workarounds
2785 to be removed from the aven source code. Also, features deprecated in
2786 wxWidgets 2.9 are no longer used in our code.
2788 + Don't run incremental search on every key-press, as on a slow machine the
2789 short initial search(es) will take a while but not be useful. Instead only
2790 actually run the search when we're told there are no more key-presses
2793 + Implement support for including cross-section information in exported SVG
2794 and DXF files (ticket#4). The DXF export is untested currently.
2796 + Show splay legs faded by default, with menu options to hide them or show
2797 them like other legs.
2799 + Speed up loading a .3d file with cross-sections by using a map to convert
2800 station names to positions.
2802 + In the cavern log window, don't highlight a file:linenumber if there's no
2803 message after it, which avoids highlighting the "Included from" lines
2806 + Fix not to crash when trying to report an error while starting up.
2808 + (MacOS X version): Change the menu shortcut for "Full Screen Mode" to be
2809 the OS X standard shortcut Shift-Command-F (previously we used F11, but
2810 that's used by the desktop).
2812 + Add checks for errors when reading the font file.
2814 + Remove useless extra quoting when invoking vim to show the location of an
2817 + Include GL/gl.h before GL/glext.h (needed on Debian wheezy).
2819 + Use wxValidator to simplify keeping svxPrintDlg member variables and fields
2820 in the dialog in sync.
2824 + Demote errors about invalid dates to warnings, since we've accepted *date
2825 for ages without any checks on the value, and so existing datasets
2826 probably contain invalid dates and dates in other formats. (ticket#19)
2828 + New *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for compatibility with
2829 pocket topo: *alias station - ..
2831 + We want to warn if there's a clino reading which it would be impossible to
2832 have read from the instrument (e.g. on a -90 to 90 degree scale you can't
2833 read "93" (it's probably a typo e.g. for "39"). However, the gradient
2834 reading from a topofil is typically in the range 0 to 180, with 90 being
2835 horizontal. Really we should allow the valid range to be explicitly
2836 specified, but for now we infer it from the zero error - if this is within
2837 45 degrees of 90 then we assume the instrument can read between 0 and 180
2840 + If the survey isn't all connected, still run survey tree checks and report
2841 errors and/or warnings which might suggest typo locations. Thanks to Kevin
2842 Dixon for the report which highlighted this issue.
2844 + Report a warning if *begin SURVEY has a separator character in SURVEY.
2846 + Report column numbers as well as line numbers for some cavern errors and
2849 + Adjust width of node stats table to fit longest count when there are more
2850 than 9999 of a particular order of node.
2852 + If the argument to *include has an opening double quote but the closing
2853 double quote is missing, then skip trying to open the file.
2855 + Move "Station X referred to just once" warning after non-existent survey
2856 check - if both fire, the non-existent survey error is likely to be more
2859 + We no longer follow an error for a bad reading in passage data with a bogus
2860 "End of line not blank" error, but instead check the remaining readings on
2863 + We no longer follow an error about OMIT for a required reading with a bogus
2864 "End of line not blank" error.
2866 + Report an error if the scale factor in *calibrate is zero - it doesn't make
2867 sense and probably means someone reversed the arguments to *calibrate.
2869 + Report the parent include files starting from the outermost, as that's more
2870 logical when there are multiple levels involved.
2872 + If we were expecting a numeric field and instead get something which starts
2873 with '+', '-', or '.' but which isn't a number, then fix the error to
2874 include that character in the token reported.
2876 + Simplify handling of quantity lists to only recognise 'DEFAULT' as the
2879 * cad3d: Check for errors from img_rewind() and report them.
2883 + Build, install and package dump3d as standard - it's useful for grabbing
2884 info from 3d files in scripts.
2886 + Add --show-dates option.
2888 + Show only 2 decimal places on coordinates and passage dimensions.
2890 + Report the data style of legs.
2892 + Report if the file is an extended elevation.
2894 + Report img_STOP as STOP rather than CODE_0xffffffff.
2898 + cavern.tst: Fix equatenosuchstn testcase (added in 1.2.6) to normalise the
2899 expected output so it passes reliably.
2901 + cavern.tst: Run diffpos <expected> <actual> so the reports of 'Added' and
2902 'Deleted' stations upon failure are the more natural way round.
2904 + Add more testcases, expand some existing testcases, and add expected output
2907 * (Microsoft Windows version): Use wx-config's --cc and --cxx flags to find the
2908 appropriate C and C++ compilers to use, and link mingw build statically to
2909 avoid needing the libgcc DLL (which newer GCC seems to have by default).
2911 * (Unix version): When determining the character set for command-line tools,
2912 check environmental variable LANG after LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE.
2914 * When determining the language, check environmental variable LC_ALL before
2915 LC_MESSAGES and LANG (but after SURVEXLANG).
2917 * If we don't find the message file, only give an error if it was specified
2918 with SURVEXLANG, since that is an explicit instruction to Survex, whereas
2919 LANG, LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES are essentially system "preferred locale"
2922 * There are a handful of hard-coded English message strings for reporting
2923 errors trying loading message files, etc. These are all now ASCII, as if we
2924 fail trying to open a message file, it's more likely the encoding isn't
2927 * Prune strings we are no longer using and are probably unlikely to use again
2928 into a new file po_codes_dead, so that translators don't get presented with
2931 * Merge lots of translation updates. Most translations are now complete or
2934 * Add start of Indonesian translation from Arief Setiadi Wibowo.
2936 * Fix various compiler warnings when building from source.
2938 * Include scripts gdtconvert and gen_img2aven in the source distribution.
2940 Changes in 1.2.6 (2012-02-23):
2942 * (Mac OS X version): Fix so that cavern finds its messages when run by aven.
2944 * (Microsoft Windows version): Include JPEG images for aven in the installer
2945 package (ticket#35).
2947 * cavern: If we have a reference to a station in a non-existent survey, give a
2948 helpful error rather than saying the station hasn't been exported from the
2949 survey. (Bug reported by Martin Green via email)
2951 * aven: Fix to build with a non-Unicode wxWidgets library. Patch from Olaf
2954 * findentrances: Add findentrances utility from Olaf Kahler which produces a
2955 .gpx file with waypoints for entrances. This needs libproj so is disabled
2956 by default for this release - to enable it install the development stuff for
2957 libproj and build survex with:
2959 make FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
2960 make install FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
2962 * dump3d: Add support for showing img_ERROR_INFO items.
2964 * doc/3dformat.htm: Merge in some improvements from Mike McCombe.
2966 * Incorporate a French translation from launchpad I'd previously copied the
2967 English version of by mistake. Attempt to correct mistranslation of "survey
2970 Changes in 1.2.5 (2012-01-03):
2974 + The survey tree in the left panel is now in sorted order once more.
2976 + No longer fails with an assertion if used for a long time (we were leaking
2977 an OpenGL list each time one had to be regenerated).
2979 + Now builds with newer FFmpeg library.
2981 + Draw measuring line in front of the indicators rather than behind them.
2983 + Loading a new file (or reloading the current one) no longer invalidates
2984 the OpenGL lists for the compass and clino, so will be a fraction faster.
2986 * Improve handling of attempts to look up translated messages before the
2987 message subsystem is fully initialised (which only happens if there's an
2990 * Improve the survex(7) man page text, and fix it to be marked as section 7 in
2991 the man page source as well as in the filename.
2993 Changes in 1.2.4 (2012-01-01):
2997 + A change in 1.2.3 meant that aven tried to use OpenGL before it was
2998 initialised, which doesn't cause problems in some machines, but causes aven
2999 to abort on others. This is now fixed, and there's a check in place to
3000 help avoid similar issues in future. (ticket#34)
3002 + Always use metres or feet for the depth colour key, and chose a consistent
3003 precision by looking at the depth range. (ticket#30)
3005 + Show the depth units below the colour bar rather than after every value.
3007 + When zooming way in, stay in metres rather than switching to cm.
3009 + On the scale bar, say “1 mile” rather than “1 miles”.
3011 * Translation updates for Catalan, French and Slovak.
3013 Changes in 1.2.3 (2011-12-31):
3015 * Fix to build with wxWidgets 2.9.2.
3017 * (Mac OS X version):
3019 + Processing .svx files from aven now works.
3021 + Remove spurious blank lines from the licence text in "Get Info".
3023 + Don't create the help menu at all, as it is empty (because the "About"
3024 entry goes elsewhere) and sometimes seems to appear in the UI.
3026 + INSTALL.OSX: Update to reflect current status.
3030 + Fix Y coordinates of surface surveys on printouts. (Closes #32)
3032 + Improvements to text plotted on the survey pane:
3034 - Support plotting Unicode character points > 256 by lazily loading the
3035 data for them from the font file and plotting them with a direct call to
3036 glBitmap(), which is slower but doesn't require a display list per
3039 - Adjust the spacing from fixed width to putting a one pixel gap either
3040 side of each one character (so two between adjacent glyphs). Mostly this
3041 reduces the horizontal width, but it adds a pixel for characters like "m"
3042 and two in a few cases.
3044 - Fix .pixelfont file generation to correctly handle characters wider than
3047 + Fix expected cross shape so don't always reject using texture mapping to
3050 + As we read a survey file, eliminate tubes consisting of zero XSECTs as well
3051 as those consisting of just one. Previously we would trip over the empty
3052 tube later. Such tubes can for example be created by extend if a splay shot
3053 is the start or end of a tube.
3055 + Make the green colour used for entrances in the survey tree the same
3056 (slightly darker than before) green used for the entrance blobs.
3058 + Report the version of the library we're actually running with if built
3059 against wx >= 2.9.2. Make it clear that the version reported is the
3060 version *built* with for wx < 2.9.2.
3064 + Copy the end markers for passage tubes.
3066 + Preserve left and right data for tubes (previously they were set to -1.0
3067 which means "no info").
3069 * img library: Fix incorrect comment in img.h which claimed that img_XFLAG_END
3070 was no longer used - it certainly is!
3072 * Use curly double quotes instead of "`" and "'" to quote filenames, etc in
3073 messages, and curly single right quote instead of straight ASCII apostrophe.
3074 Fall back to using straight ASCII versions if we can't represent them in the
3075 current character set.
3077 * Translation updates for Catalan, French, Slovak and Spanish.
3081 + Add test coverage for interleaved diving data.
3083 + Add testcase for diving data with topofil-style distance.
3085 Changes in 1.2.2 (2011-10-06):
3089 + Replace the textured-mapped font drawing with an approach based on
3090 glBitmap. This doesn't suffer from the character alignment issues which
3091 the textured-mapped fonts had, and is actually significantly faster on some
3092 machines. The current font used is (mostly) fixed-width, but this isn't an
3093 inherent limitation - it was just the easiest font data to convert to a
3096 + Fix assertion failure due to rounding differences on loading certain .3d
3099 + Fix assertion failure when turning on 3D passages if they stick out higher
3100 or lower than any station. (ticket#29)
3102 + Fix grid not to disappear when blobs are turned on and blobs are drawn
3105 + If a degree sign isn't available in the character set in use, transliterate
3106 it to 'dg' rather than skipping it.
3108 + Fix message which should have been a degree sign but got lost in the format
3109 change for 1.2.0 and then got reassigned in 1.2.1. Externally, this means
3110 that bearings in the status bar now have a degree sign after them if they
3111 are in degrees rather than nothing (1.2.0) or "&Hide Compass" (1.2.1).
3113 + Fix print dialog to calculate the scale required for "One page" right
3114 before it calculates how many pages are required, so we don't end up
3115 something other than 1x1 being shown when the user changes settings.
3117 + Update the calculations for picking a scale and for deciding how many
3118 pages are needed to take into account the change in info box height made
3121 Changes in 1.2.1 (2011-10-04):
3123 * Translation updates for US English.
3127 + Rename the "depth bar" to "colour key" in documentation, menus, etc since
3128 it now shows colours for dates and errors as well as depths.
3130 + In the colour key for "colour by date", change "No info" to "Undated".
3132 + Remove the dark grey background from the colour key and just put a single
3133 pixel black border around the colours. This is more in keeping with the
3134 other controls, and means the colours are now on a black background so more
3135 visually similar to the survey legs.
3137 + Move the colour key's "Undated"/"Not in loop" entry down a little to
3138 improve the appearance. Make each section a pixel taller.
3140 + Allow "Colour by X" to be selected even if there's no data for X or only a
3141 single value of X used (the colour key is much smaller in these cases, and
3142 does still provide some useful information).
3144 + Fix incorrect calculation of depth colouring for survey legs which straddle
3145 a depth band boundary.
3147 + The scale bar, compass, clino, and colour key now all have right click
3148 menus which allow related actions to be performed (especially handy in
3151 + Improve the font used on the survey pane - it now contains the '-'
3152 character (so the clino now shows negative angles as negative, and dates
3153 in the colour key are now hyphenated). Also the spacing and alignment
3154 are a little better, though still not perfect.
3156 + PLT file export now handles spaces and control characters in station names
3157 by escaping them with '%' as in URLs.
3159 + Pressing "Enter" on a station in the tree control now centres the view on
3162 + The scale bar is now cached in an OpenGL display list since it often gets
3163 redrawn exactly the same - for example, when rotating, panning, etc.
3165 + Pressing "F5" forces all cached OpenGL drawing lists to be invalidated and
3166 then forces a refresh of the survey pane. This is intended as a debugging
3167 aid - if pressing F5 changes the display at all then there's a missing case
3168 where a list should have been invalidated (please report if you find such
3169 a case as it is a bug).
3171 + We now automatically track which OpenGL display lists need to be
3172 invalidated on window width or height changes.
3174 + Increase scale bar maximum width from 65% of the window width to 75% as it
3175 was in 1.0.x (except that if that would overlap the clino we now reduce
3176 that proportion down until it reaches 50%). Make the limit of zooming in
3177 the same as in 1.0.x. (ticket#23)
3179 + (Linux version): Previously wxGTK didn't really handle showing a dialog if
3180 the application was fullscreen (the dialog got opened under the main
3181 window!) To work around this, aven would switch out of full screen mode
3182 temporarily while showing a dialog. This case works properly with recent
3183 wxGTK, so disable our workaround with versions we know work. Also, apply
3184 the workaround only for wxGTK, not everywhere except on Microsoft Windows
3185 as there's no reason to think we need it for other platforms.
3187 + Grey out the "View North" action when we're already viewing North, and
3188 similarly for other compass points.
3190 + (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions): Fix missing newline to OpenGL
3191 info in the "About" dialog.
3193 + Fix to set the correct filename on the root of the survey tree - previously
3194 the filename of the previous file loaded was used!
3196 + The movie export code now works with newer versions of the FFmpeg libraries
3197 as well as still working with older versions.
3199 + Fix mixed up messages - the print dialog now says "View" on the left
3200 subgroup of controls rather than some unrelated message.
3202 + On printouts, combine the "Plan View"/"Elevation" info box field with the
3203 field which gives the bearing and reduce the height on the info box by the
3204 removed field, so it's now 3cm for plans and elevations, as for extended
3205 elevations. Report the tilt angle for tilted elevations which it seems has
3206 been missing for ages (it's not in recent 1.0.x either).
3208 + Tweak the exact positioning of informational text on printouts to look
3209 nicer and make better use of the available space.
3211 + Add keyboard mnemonics to the "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in the print
3214 + Make the sign of the tilt angle for printouts consistent with the sign
3215 shown by the "clino" in the survey pane.
3217 + In the "Print" dialog, when in plan view disable the "Plan view" button,
3218 and similarly for the "Elevation" button.
3220 + (Microsoft Windows version): Sort out appearance of custom cursors.
3222 + If a label isn't valid UTF-8 or CP1252, fall back to ISO8859-1.
3224 + (Mac OS X version): F11 puts aven into full screen mode, but apparently
3225 you can't get out again easily, so add code to explicitly check for F11
3226 being pressed and toggle full screen.
3228 * (Linux version): Fix the RPM .spec file for where man pages now get installed
3229 and package aven.svg and the vim support files. (Fixes from James Begley)
3231 * "make check" now performs several checks on the translation files.
3233 * More messages are now available to be translated.
3235 * cavern: Fix reporting of ranges of survey coordinates, which was broken by
3236 the message handling changes in 1.2.0.
3238 * Fix warning when compiling with GCC.
3240 * INSTALL: Mention building wxWidgets with --enable-unicode. Mention using
3241 sudo for installing on Unix.
3243 * In the manual, replace the instructions for building from source with a
3244 pointer to the clearer instructions in INSTALL.
3246 * In the manual, make it clear that installing with administrator rights
3247 also applies to newer platforms than XP.
3249 * doc/TODO.htm: Update.
3251 Changes in 1.2.0 (2011-09-20):
3253 * Translation updates for Catalan, French, Romanian, Spanish, Slovak, and US
3256 * tests/smoke.tst: aven no longer requires an X display for --help or
3257 --version, so replace skip of this check with a check that this remains the
3260 * We now use the standard .po and .pot file formats for storing translations
3261 (rather than the Survex-specific messages.txt format), and then translate
3262 these into Survex's .msg format.
3264 * (Unix version): Move survex man page to section 7 (since it isn't documenting
3267 * (Unix version): Write each generated man page to a temporary file, then
3268 atomically rename, to avoid leaving an empty or partial man page behind if
3269 docbook-to-man dies (1.1.16 had an empty cad3d.1, and we want to avoid a
3270 recurrence of that).
3272 * (Unix version): Default to installing docs into /usr/share/doc/survex rather
3273 than /usr/doc/survex.
3277 + Fix handling of accented characters in the survey pane.
3279 + Aven icon redrawn in SVG format - it's now a vector image which looks
3280 nicer at larger sizes.
3282 + Explicitly request double-buffering, which seems to be needed for systems
3285 + Fix crash while trying to load certain .3d files.
3287 + Movie export code updated to work with more recent versions of FFmpeg.
3288 Currently this is disabled in Microsoft Windows builds, pending getting the
3289 required libraries set up for building releases.
3291 + Reporting of errors during movie export improved.
3293 + Force playback speed to "x1" during movie export.
3295 + Use stock IDs for buttons where appropriate - such buttons may now be
3296 rendered with icons on some platforms.
3298 + If a label isn't valid UTF-8, treat it as CP1252 (the Microsoft superset of
3301 + (Unix version): Remove special handling for toggling "full screen" on wxGTK
3302 as it's no longer required with modern versions.
3304 + Don't redraw the survey on every mouse movement in the survey pane unless
3305 the measuring line is (or just was) active. (ticket #17)
3309 + Drop "non-fatal" from the report of how many errors there were at the end
3310 of the run - it just confuses users - we won't even get here if there's a
3313 + Add --3d-version option to allow the user to specify the version of the 3d
3314 format to output. (ticket#21)
3318 + Make the highest and lowest valid values for img_output_version available
3319 in img.h as IMG_VERSION_MIN and IMG_VERSION_MAX.
3321 * (Mac OS X version): Fix buildmacosx.sh script to check where the temporary
3322 volume actually gets mounted. Fix URL for downloading wxWidgets.
3324 Changes in 1.1.16 (2011-05-16):
3326 * Translation updates for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian
3327 Portuguese, and US English.
3329 * Use horizontal ellipses character rather than '...' and right arrow character
3330 rather than '->' where these characters are available.
3332 * (Unix version): Link with -lGL, if it exists, to support linking with gold or
3333 GNU ld --as-needed (Debian bug #615781).
3337 + Fix code typo for IMG_API_VERSION == 0 case.
3339 + Fix code typo in code used when IMG_HOSTED isn't defined.
3341 * doc/TODO.htm: Remove entries which have now been done.
3343 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: We now include all the available
3344 translations for messages from wxWidgets, which means that standard widgets
3345 will appear translated where available even if Survex messages aren't
3348 Changes in 1.1.15 (2010-10-15):
3352 + In the cavern log window, change the "Rerun" button to "Reprocess" to
3353 follow terminology in manual and elsewhere. Fixes ticket#15.
3355 + When displaying output from cavern, don't update the window after every
3356 line, but only when we don't have data from cavern pending. Hopefully
3357 addresses ticket#12.
3359 + If we aren't using GL_POINTS for blobs, draw them using a series of
3360 abutting lines rather than with gluDisk which is faster and gives a
3363 + Check whether blobs and crosses actually render correctly as points/point
3364 sprites, and if they don't, fall back to drawing them with lines. The
3365 best method is cached on disk, and rechecked automatically if the graphics
3366 hardware is changed or the drivers upgraded.
3368 + Fix non-USE_FNT case to work again (it's limited to ISO-8859-1 characters
3369 though, so we still enable USE_FNT by default).
3371 + Don't offer "All files" wildcard in presentation save dialog.
3373 + (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters in in
3376 + (Microsoft Windows): Quote filenames with spaces and metacharacters in
3377 when running cavern from aven. Fixes ticket#11.
3379 * editwrap: (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters.
3381 * diffpos: Handle files with duplicate labels in better - extend generates
3382 duplicate labels when it breaks a loop.
3384 * Enable eswap-break testcase now that diffpos handles duplicate station names.
3386 * New v7 of .3d format which stores survey dates as number of days since
3387 January 1st 1900, so we now support dates from 1900-2078 (rather than
3388 1970-2037) with a smaller file size. The img API is now versioned - you
3389 can select the new "version 1" by compiling with -DIMG_API_VERSION=1, which
3390 gives the survey dates in days in days1 and days2 instead of as time_t
3391 values in date1 and date2. Fixes ticket#14.
3393 * Consistently use http://survex.com/ rather than http://www.survex.com/ - the
3394 former has been the canonical name for some time, with www.survex.com just
3397 * (Unix version): Use unlocked file I/O if available, which can be much faster
3398 in some cases (we don't need the locking as we don't do multithreaded file
3401 * (Mac version): Fix compilation failure due to clash with Point in Mac OS X
3404 * (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh now works again.
3406 * Most tests weren't actually running any testcases (looks like a sh
3407 portability issue). This is now fixed, and fortunately all tests still pass.
3409 * Include the extra .isl translation files for Innosetup in the source archive.
3411 Changes in 1.1.14 (2010-07-26):
3413 * Restore compatibility with wxWidgets 2.6 (1.1.13 required wxWidgets 2.8).
3417 + After processing survey data, if there were warnings or errors, add a
3418 "Rerun" button to allow easy reprocessing after fixing problems. If there
3419 were only warnings, also add an "OK" button to allow moving on to viewing
3420 the processed survey data (fixes ticket#13).
3422 + Optimise updating of the cavern log window (hopefully fixes ticket#12).
3424 + Fix links in cavern log window to link from exactly '<file>:<line>' (and
3425 not the ': ' after), and to make the title for the terminal the
3426 warning/error message. Avoid false positives by checking that '<line>' is
3429 + Don't double escape the contents of href and target in links in the cavern
3432 + Improve handling of the splitter window, fixing behavioural glitches in
3435 + Highlight stations matching any current search when a file is loaded.
3438 + (Mac version): Fix build issue due to Mac OS X polluting the global
3439 namespace with its own "Point" class.
3441 + (Unix version): The Gnome print dialog has its own preview window so
3442 suppress ours if using the Gnome one.
3444 + (Unix version): Link aven with -lGLU which SuSE Linux needs.
3446 + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix handling of a double-click on the survey
3447 tree when built with wxWidgets >= 2.8.11.
3449 * cavern: Report relevant file and line number for three warnings which didn't
3452 * (Unix and Mac versions): configure: Update the wx-config probing code -
3453 wxmac-config etc aren't present with newer wxWidgets versions so there's no
3454 point looking for them now.
3456 * (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh: This script builds a diskimage with Survex in
3457 for easy installation. Update it to work with the latest Survex versions
3458 (use WX_CONFIG not WXCONFIG; use a Unicode build of wxWidgets; if building a
3459 private wxWidgets, use 2.8.11 not 2.7.0-1).
3463 + Correctly capitalise "GTK".
3465 + Note that on Linux we only regularly test builds with the GTK+ version
3466 (change taken from 1.0).
3468 * Fixed the cad3d man page, which was an empty file in 1.1.13.
3470 Changes in 1.1.13 (2010-06-16):
3472 * Say "wxWidgets" instead of "wxWindows" consistently.
3474 * img.c: Fix small memory leak (filename_opened member).
3476 * cad3d, aven: Fix export to SVG when a label contains a '%' character.
3480 + wxWidgets 2.6.0 or newer is now required.
3482 + A "Unicode" build of wxWidgets is now supported. An "ANSI" build may still
3483 work but hasn't been tested recently (all packaged versions of wxWidgets
3484 seem to be Unicode now).
3486 + Fix potential uses of uninitialised variables which may have been causing
3487 occasional glitches when loading a file on start-up.
3489 + Improvements to the handling of the font used for plotting labels and other
3490 text on the survey pane:
3492 - Loading the font file is more efficient.
3494 - Character spacing is improved.
3496 - Default font is now anti-aliased.
3500 - Add "Copy" button to copy the system info to the clipboard for easier
3503 - List OpenGL extensions last, since there are usually lots of them with a
3506 - Fix 100% CPU usage while the "About" dialog is open.
3508 + Processing .svx files:
3510 - Passing a .svx file on the command line now works better.
3512 - Put the survey data log window in a splitter in the usual frame rather
3513 than opening a separate frame for it.
3515 - Auto-scroll the log window until we've reported a warning or error.
3517 - Fix small memory leak.
3519 + The presentation filename now defaults to using the basename of the
3520 currently loaded dataset, but we always prompt before we first save with
3523 + Reduce memory usage when saving a screenshot.
3525 + Allow "Toggle Fullscreen" to work even if no survey is loaded now that we
3526 persist the window size (and maximised or fullscreen state) between
3529 + Fix reporting of OpenGL errors.
3531 + Fix glitches when tilting while looking East.
3533 + Added Portuguese and Slovak translations of wxWidgets messages.
3537 + Rationalise manual formats - replace PostScript with PDF and drop RTF.
3539 + Drop the "alternative manual formats" self-extracting zip file - people
3540 will generally just want one of the formats, so downloading several
3541 together isn't very useful.
3543 + 3dformat.htm: Update for v6 format (thanks to Mike McCombe).
3545 + GPL.htm: Replace HTML version of licence with a link to the version on
3548 + ChngeLog.htm: Stop generating an HTML version of the ChangeLog - it's too
3549 low level to be of interest to non-developers, and developers can look at
3552 * (Unix version): configure: New preferred name for specifying wx-config script
3553 is WX_CONFIG. WXCONFIG still supported for compatibility.
3555 * (Linux version): Source RPM package dropped as you can just build an RPM
3556 package from the source tarball.
3558 * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now created with a newer
3559 version of InnoSetup, which gives a 10% smaller download.
3561 Changes in 1.1.12 (2007-02-07):
3565 + Remember the window size or maximised/fullscreen state between invocations.
3567 + Add options dialog to "Export" similar to the one for "Print".
3569 + The "number of pages required" in the print dialog now updates when you
3570 change what is to be shown (underground legs/surface legs/station
3573 Changes in 1.1.11 (2006-11-25):
3575 * Updated Czech, Spanish, and Slovak translations.
3577 * (MacOS X version): Assorted OS X specific tweaks and fixes.
3581 + Pick a smaller and clearer font for labels.
3583 + Fix character spacing.
3585 + Tweak display of bearing and elevation angles to look nicer with
3588 + Use the title from the 3d (or plt, etc) file for the window title
3589 rather than the filename.
3591 + Show distances to 2 decimal places rather than the nearest integer.
3593 + Only consider underground legs when calculating the depth bands and
3596 + Add "Colour by Error".
3598 + Add entry for "white" in date and error keys.
3600 + When setting the view to a single point, don't change the scale.
3602 + If reloading the same file, don't change the view
3604 + Fix filetypes selector in open dialog.
3606 + Fix the charset we use for aven in certain cases.
3608 + Call msg_init before using msg_lang or it won't ever be set!
3610 + Pass wx the full language code to initialise the C library locale.
3612 + Fix bug in generating prefix tree view which could lead to a bogus
3613 leading dot on some survey names (bug probably introduced in 1.1.10).
3615 + "New Presentation" now ensures that the side panel is open
3617 + Fix updating of cached opengl lists when the view is reset to the
3620 * Ignore LANG if it starts with a digit to avoid problems with bogus value for
3621 LANG which AutoCAD installation seems to set on MS Windows.
3623 * (Unix version): configure: Allow SGMLTOOLS and DOCBOOK_TO_MAN to be
3624 specified. Either/both can be set to ":".
3626 * dump3d: Report unknown (to dump3d) codes returned by img.
3628 * img library: Flag all stations as underground in the old "ASCII" .3d format.
3630 Changes in 1.1.10 (2006-07-14):
3632 * aven: Clicking on a survey name in the survey tree now highlights it in
3633 the map view. Double-clicking zooms the view to show the clicked survey
3634 highlighted. Clicking the root clears the highlighting and double-clicking
3635 the root restores the default view. To expand/collapse a branch, click
3636 on the "[+]" or "[-]" icon to the left of the survey name.
3638 * aven: The measuring line can now measure to anywhere in plan or elevation
3639 view (not just to a station!) In plan view the horizontal distance and
3640 bearing are shown, while in elevation view the vertical distance is shown.
3642 * aven: Moving the mouse over a station in the survey view now highlights
3643 that station in the survey tree (though it may not be visible if the
3644 survey(s) it is in aren't expanded).
3646 * aven: Clicking on a station to centre the view now moves the mouse pointer
3647 to the new location of the station (except on Mac OS X where this isn't
3650 * aven: Fix which presentation toolbar buttons are shown as depressed.
3652 * Fix infinite loop reading 3d files with LRUD data (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
3654 * vim files are now installed with the correct paths (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
3656 Changes in 1.1.9 (2006-07-04):
3658 * (Unix version): Install desktop files for aven and svxedit contributed to the
3659 Ubuntu package by Phil Bull, and corresponding pixmaps.
3661 * Fix img to filter out cross-sections which don't match the subsurvey (if
3662 specified). The API now returns img_XSECT_END to mark the end of a
3663 passage rather than setting a flag on the last img_XSECT of the passage.
3665 * Enhance integration with the vim editor - this can now colour .err files, run
3666 cavern from vim and parse error output, and run aven from vim. Tweak the
3667 existing vim mode for .svx files to fix a few minor bugs and add support for
3668 the new "*data passage" style.
3670 * aven: fix drawing of the "blob" end of the measuring line on graphics cards
3671 which can't draw large enough blobs for us.
3673 * aven: sort out confusion about what encoding everything is in which means
3674 that the distance measured by the measuring line actually gets displayed
3675 and also fixes problems with empty menu items in non-English locales in
3678 * aven: redraw grey background after a menu is closed over the aven window
3679 with no survey loaded.
3681 * aven: fix bug which caused printing to crash (introduced in 1.1.8).
3683 * aven: avoid crash on some machines when opening "About" dialog before having
3686 * aven: Translate "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in print view dialog.
3688 * (Unix version): aven: Fix character set handling of cavern output.
3690 * cavern: Report an error if a cross-section is specified for a station which
3693 * Updated French and Italian translations.
3695 * (Unix version): aven: Fix "Can't open message file `en_US' using path
3696 `${prefix}/share/survex'" error.
3698 * Fix bug in 3d file reading on 64 bit platforms when used in STANDALONE mode
3699 (doesn't affect Survex itself, but other applications which use img.c should
3702 * (Unix version): Add checks that wxWidgets is a non-unicode version (wx 2.6
3703 and later are caught by configure, whereas older wx versions are caught when
3706 Changes in 1.1.8 (2006.06.30):
3708 * Drop support for building with wxWidgets versions prior to 2.4.0
3709 (which was released on 2003-01-07).
3711 * aven: Printing through aven now uses settings from the "[aven]" section
3712 of print.ini, and support for hierarchical sections (using "like=")
3715 * aven: Change mouse actions to be compatible with those in Survex 1.0.
3716 The mousewheel now zooms in/out (it doesn't do anything in 1.0) and
3717 left drag is now smart about not rotating and zooming at the same
3720 * aven: Highlighting stations now happens as you type, and pressing
3721 "Enter" or clicking the "Find" button now pans and zooms to show the
3722 highlighted stations.
3724 * aven: Left-clicking away from a station now cancels measuring line.
3726 * aven: Setting view to North, South, East, or West is now animated like
3727 the tilt from plan to elevation.
3729 * aven: Fix presentation saving to also write "." for decimal points and
3730 presentation loading to accept either "." or ",".
3732 * (Unix version): aven: Add text for all toolbar items so that aven
3733 will work with the Gnome desktop preference for displaying toolbars as
3734 icons with text or just text (wxWidgets needs fixing first though).
3736 * (Unix version): aven: Remove the ability to detach the menu bar (yell
3737 if you actually used it and I'll restore it!)
3739 * aven: Add "all survey files" option to the "open file" dialog.
3741 * (MS Windows version): aven: Fix cursor keys to pan survey.
3743 * (MS Windows version): Built with wxWidgets 2.6.3 instead of 2.6.2.
3745 * (MS Windows version): Fix installer to work on Windows 2000 or XP if
3746 run by an unprivileged user.
3748 * (MS Windows version): Upgrade to the latest version of InnoSetup (the
3749 installer builder we use) and include new installer translations for
3750 UK English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Slovak.
3752 * (MS Windows version): aven: Include Catalan and Brazilian Portuguese
3753 translations of messages for wxWidgets (the GUI library we use).
3755 * aven: Disable "Highlight exported points" if there aren't any.
3757 * Updates to French translation from Michel Bovey. Also updates to German,
3758 Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian translations.
3760 * (Unix version): test suite: fix smoke test to pass even without X running
3761 (it was meant to but the code had a bug).
3763 * aven: Check if OpenGL is available and exit cleanly with a helpful error
3766 * (Unix version): aven: Fix --help and --version to work without a working
3767 X display (provided it's built with wxWidgets 2.5.1 or newer).
3769 * aven: Automatically select the presentation tab of the notebook when the user
3770 selects "New Presentation" or "Open Presentation".
3772 * aven: Fix "Delete" in the presentation list to not get passed on (and so not
3773 reset to default view as well).
3775 * aven: Fix Ctrl+Insert in the presentation list not to segfault if the list is
3778 * aven: Fix Cursor Up and Down in the presentation list to move the highlight
3779 up and down instead of being passed on and moving the survey.
3781 * aven: Improve SVG output compatibility. Tested with Mozilla Firefox 1.5,
3782 Adobe's SVG browser plugin, Gimp 2.2.8, Gqview 2.0.0, Opera 8.5,
3783 Safari 2.0.3, and InkScape 0.42.
3785 * aven: Put a 5mm border around exported SVG files to allow for station markers
3786 and non-zero width lines.
3788 * aven: Fix crash when exporting as SVG or Sketch if labels or surface data
3791 * aven: Actually close the file we're exporting which fixes problems with it
3792 not always being fully written.
3794 Changes in 1.1.7 (2005.10.18):
3796 * cavern: Add validity checking for dates in *date commands (with feature
3797 test in testsuite). A date entered as just "year" or "year.month" now
3798 becomes a date range for the relevant period (previously it became a single
3799 date near the middle of that period).
3801 * extend: Fixed 2 uninitialised flags (should fix erratic behaviour on
3804 * extend: Default output name for a file called input.3d is now input_extend.3d
3805 rather than just extend.3d (which was annoying if you wanted to extend
3806 several surveys in the same directory).
3808 * aven: OpenGL 2.0 always includes support for point sprites so rework
3809 our check for them to include that knowledge.
3811 * aven: Regenerate depth bar if user switches to/from metric units.
3813 * aven: Don't clear the "there" mark just because the mouse pointer has
3814 moved off a station.
3816 * aven: When processing a .svx file, put the resultant .3d file in the
3817 same directory (since that's where we then try to load it from).
3819 * aven: Fix labelling of date colouring on 32 bit platforms.
3821 * aven: If "colour by date" is on and we load a survey with no date info
3822 (or all surveyed on the same date) then set "colour by none".
3824 * aven: Make the error dialog modal and remove a signal handler once it
3825 has fired to prevent endless (or seemingly endless) cascades of error
3828 * aven: Enforce a minimum object volume diameter of 1m to avoid problems
3829 if a survey file with only one station in is loaded.
3831 * aven: Fix problems with indicators disappearing when we're drawing
3832 blobs and/or crosses the slow (but always supported) way. (Problem
3833 introduced in 1.1.6).
3835 * (Unix version): aven: Really stop setting extra toolbar margin when using
3836 GTK2.0. The attempt to fix this in 1.1.3 failed because __WXGTK12__ is
3837 set for GTK+ 1.2 or *any later release* so is true for GTK+ 2.0 too!
3839 * (Unix version): aven: Add details of which of wxGTK, wxMotif, and wxX11
3840 we've been compiled with, and which GTK+/Motif version where appropriate.
3842 * (Unix version): Fixed build on Fedora Core 3.
3844 * documentation: Updates to 3d file format specification from Mike McCombe.
3846 Changes in 1.1.6 (2005.10.10):
3848 * (MS Windows version): Distribution is about a third smaller than 1.1.5
3849 (mostly because mingwm10.dll is no longer required).
3851 * aven: If aven is asked to load a .svx, .dat, or .mak file, run cavern on
3852 it, showing cavern's output in a window (with errors and warnings clickable
3853 to load the offending file into an editor), and then loading the resulting
3856 * aven: Added "Colour by Date" option.
3858 * aven: Disable "Colour by Depth" option if there's no elevation variation.
3860 * aven: Don't crash if trying to load a survey with no elevation variation.
3861 Instead turn off depth colouring.
3863 * aven: Export as HPGL added.
3865 * aven: Improved update of mouse coordinates and measuring line (thanks to
3868 * aven: Show the coordinates of either the mouse pointer or the nearest
3869 survey station to it (if there is one near enough). Showing both was
3870 confusing and meant the status bar overflowed on smaller displays.
3872 * aven: When printing an extended elevation, don't show bearing and elevation.
3874 * aven: Don't lock "flat" surveys which aren't extended elevations - a
3875 flat survey with LRUD data isn't flat any more!
3877 * aven: When we have to draw blobs and crosses the slow way (because the
3878 graphics hardware doesn't support the fast way), draw them so that they
3879 should appear at the correct depth into the 3D scene instead of on top
3882 * aven: Make "play presentation backwards" icon green to match the other
3885 * (MS Windows version): aven: Mouse clicks on the survey view now set the
3886 keyboard focus there.
3888 * (MS Windows version): aven: Fix first redraw of a newly loaded survey.
3890 * (MS Windows version): aven: Fix redrawing of measuring line.
3892 * cavern: Store dates for img_XSECT.
3894 * cavern: Fixed small one-off memory leak if you specify -o more than once.
3896 * (Unix version): Check environmental variable LC_MESSAGES when deciding what
3897 language to use for messages.
3899 * (MS Windows version): "Print" on a 3d file now prints through aven rather
3900 than the separate printer driver (Unix has done this for some time).
3902 * Removed old printer drivers.
3904 * img library: When creating a 3d file, ignore img_XSECT if we've been asked
3905 to write a file format version which doesn't support it.
3907 Changes in 1.1.5 (2005.09.20):
3909 * (MS Windows version): aven: Fixed crash on start-up (introduced in 1.1.4).
3911 * aven: Make blobs round like they are in Survex 1.0.
3913 * aven: If the graphics drivers don't support drawing blobs using OpenGL
3914 point markers, fall back to drawing filled circles.
3916 * aven: If the graphics drivers support it, draw crosses as texture mapped
3917 OpenGL point markers which is much faster.
3919 * aven: Cross size increased to match Survex 1.0.
3921 * aven: We must update which blobs are displayed if display of surface or
3922 underground legs is toggled.
3924 * cavern: Fix handling of a *solve followed by survey data, none of which is
3925 attached to the previous data.
3927 * cavern: Fixed "No survey data" error when a *solve is followed by another
3928 *solve (or the implicit solve at the end of processing) with no data between
3931 Changes in 1.1.4 (2005.09.19):
3933 * aven: Added Aven's icon to the "About" dialog.
3935 * aven: Use localised character for the decimal point (e.g. "," in most
3936 continental European countries).
3938 * aven: Previously the survey tree would get focus and then take keypresses
3939 (e.g. "P", "L", "Delete"). Now we pass most keypresses across so they
3940 operate on the cave, and transfer the input focus across when we do.
3942 * aven: Make pressing "Return" in the tree control expand/collapse a subtree.
3944 * aven: Speed up intialisation by delaying creation of OpenGL lists until
3947 * aven: Added Mark Shinwell's bounding box with shadow of the survey.
3949 * aven: Disable the "Tubes" button/menu item when there's no LRUD data.
3951 * aven: Reworded "Restore Default Settings" as "Restore Default View".
3953 * (Unix version): aven: Set sensible default margins for printing and preserve
3954 any margin values the user specifies between runs (previously margins
3955 defaulted to 0 each time aven was run).
3957 * Documentation: Document *DATA PASSAGE in the manual.
3959 Changes in 1.1.3 (2005.09.07):
3961 * (Microsoft Windows version): Fixed build problems.
3963 * cavern: Allow OMIT character (-) for left/right/up/down.
3965 * aven: Remove an unnecessary menu separator.
3967 * aven: Fix "Find" and "Hide" toolbar buttons to work with GTK2.0.
3969 * aven: Make the tooltip for "Hide" show the number of found stations.
3971 * aven: If * or ? is used in a glob-style pattern, force a non-substring match.
3973 * aven: Enable "New Presentation" when there's a 3d file loaded, rather than
3974 when there's a presentation loaded.
3976 * aven: Make entrances green in side panel tree list to match green blobs used
3979 * aven: Don't show surface labels if we're not showing surface data, etc.
3981 * aven: Merge "Start Rotation" and "Stop Rotation" into "Toggle Rotation" and
3982 make "Space" the key for this. Keep Return working "Stop Rotation" so
3983 existing users are happy, but don't advertise it.
3985 * aven: Normalise filename by adding any extension used, and use the normalised
3986 filename for file history and window title.
3988 * (Unix version): aven: Stop setting extra toolbar margin when using GTK2.0
3989 as the toolbar buttons already have a sensible margin - the extra margin is
3990 only needed with GTK1.2.
3992 * aven: Fix handling of plumb legs in tube model.
3994 * aven: Fixed swapped L and R in tube model.
3996 * extend: Preserve UD cross-section information in extended elevation.
3998 * extend: Add new messages for John Pybus' enhancements.
4000 Changes in 1.1.2 (never formally released):
4002 * Added support for LRUD data in .svx files, in .3d files, and aven can
4003 now load and display it on screen and on printouts. The ability to "fake"
4004 LRUD data in aven is gone for now but will reappear in some form later.
4006 * cavern: Removed support for writing Chasm's 3dx format. We're going to
4007 fold any desirable missing chasm functionality into aven.
4009 * aven: Rearranged mouse actions as discussed on the mailing list. Added
4010 cursors for each different mouse action to help the user learn what each
4011 does. Also added cursors for the "compass" and "clino" as well as the
4012 scalebar to suggest to the user that they can be dragged to change the view.
4014 * (Unix version): aven: Don't segfault if LANG isn't a known language.
4016 * tests/smoketest.tst: If X windows is running, check that we can run aven
4017 with --help and --version.
4019 * tests/cavern.tst: Fixed cavern.tst to warn if it is skipping a test because
4020 no results are listed for it. This revealed that there was a "newline" test
4021 which should have been called "badnewline", and was a broken testcase too!
4022 Fixed all these problems.
4024 * cavern: Applied Simeon Warner's patch for handling backcompass, backclino,
4025 and omitted forward compass/clino readings in Compass DAT files. Added
4026 a feature test for this to the testsuite.
4028 * It no longer makes sense to have an option not to build aven or to build aven
4029 without OpenGL so remove old machinery for this from configure and the
4032 * (Unix version): configure: Check if "-lXxf86vm" is needed.
4034 * configure: Better output for strcasecmp test.
4036 * aven: Fix crosses to work much better. Not a total fix - their position
4037 in the Z buffer isn't correct and they're rather slow to plot.
4039 * aven: Don't regenerate the hittest grid every time the mouse moves while
4040 animating, which solves the mysterious pausing effect (thanks go to Martin
4041 Green for spotting this!) Also clear all the status bar coordinates when
4044 * aven: Sort out clashing menu shortcuts in some languages.
4046 * aven: Fixed compilation problem on x86_64
4048 * SPUD: Pruned out stuff which has been done or which is not actually relevant
4051 * Merge various changes from 1.0 branch:
4053 + aven: Port over "printing from aven" functionality.
4055 + aven: Port over "export as" functionality,
4057 + Add David Loeffler's vim mode for .svx files.
4059 * aven: Fix check for whether a label is behind us in perspective view.
4061 * aven: Don't use an opengl list for drawing the indicators - we typically make
4062 a new list each time we plot them anyway.
4064 * Remove lingering traces of support for RISC OS and pre-386 MSDOS
4066 * aven: Set icon on non-Windows platforms too. This means that with
4067 WindowMaker on Unix you get an icon on the AppIcon by default.
4069 * configure: Update wxWindows checks to handle newer wx versions.
4071 * Make all maintainer perl scripts "use bytes;" to avoid utf-8 double encoding
4072 problems. They also all require Perl 5.8 now (hopefully this isn't an issue
4073 for anyone building from CVS).
4075 * acinclude.m4: Quote macro name for fix autotools warning.
4077 * Documentation: "tilt up" is "'" not ",".
4079 * aven: Add support for mousewheels (to tilt the cave).
4081 * aven: Fixed twisted transitions to and from pitches in certain cases.
4083 * aven: Pick a sensible initial window size when the user's desktop is spread
4084 over more than one monitor (works best with wx2.5 or newer, but try to do
4085 better with wx2.4 or earlier as well).
4087 * aven: Initialise GfxCore slightly later to avoid visual glitch from notebook
4088 contents being visible before any survey is loaded.
4090 * aven: Allow a coloured texture to be used
4092 * aven: Don't initialise until we have data (to the user, this means the window
4093 is default colour (grey for most systems) not black until a survey is
4096 * aven: Fixed weird "shadowed" icons.
4098 Changes in 1.1.1 (2004-10-06):
4100 * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Hopefully fix loading a survey file at
4103 * aven: Delay loading the bitmap for the "About" dialog until it is first
4104 needed. We want start up to be as quick as possible.
4106 Changes between 1.0.32 and 1.1.0 (never formally released):
4108 * NOTE: Survex 1.1.X releases are development snapshots made available for
4109 the purposes of allowing wider testing and getting more user feedback. Once
4110 the code has stabilised the version number will be raised to 1.2.0.
4112 * aven: Now uses OpenGL for 3d rendering - you may need to install drivers if
4113 you're using Windows 95 - these can be obtained from:
4114 http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/info/1/W95/EN-US/Opengl95.exe
4116 * aven: Solid passages - passage dimensions are currently inferred from
4117 the leg length (pretty effective as you can measure longer legs in
4118 larger passages). Use of real LRUD data coming soon...
4120 * aven: Depth colouring is now continuously varying.
4122 * aven: Colour by depth can now be turned off (and there's the start of a
4123 framework for properly implementing colour by date, error, etc).
4125 * aven: Find stations moved onto the toolbar and now uses a simple wildcarded
4126 match (? matches any character, * matches any number of characters).
4128 * aven: We now use the status bar for coordinates, distances, etc to make
4129 better use of screen space.
4131 * aven: Full screen mode (F11).
4133 * aven: Perspective view.
4135 * aven: Context sensitive cursor shape - needs more work.
4137 * aven: Mouse actions changed (hopefully they're now more natural, but
4138 you may find the change disorientating - feedback wanted on this).
4140 * aven: Added "presentations" which allow you to set up fly-through paths
4141 and load/save/run them.
4143 * aven: A presentation can be exported as a movie file.
4145 * aven: Added Save screenshot facility.
4147 * aven: Depth fogging option.
4149 * aven: Added Smooth Lines option.
4151 * aven: Added Textured Walls option.
4153 * aven: If a survey has surface legs but no underground legs, default to
4154 showing the surface legs.
4156 * cavern: Dates given to *date are now stored in the 3d file.