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1Changes in 1.2.19 (2015-06-17):
2
3* aven:
4
5  + Fix exporting to GPX, KML and HPGL, which all failed to write the header to
6    the exported file in 1.2.18.
7
8  + Add exporting to Survex .pos format.
9
10  + If the measuring line isn't currently active, pressing "Escape" will now
11    exit full screen mode.
12
13  + (Mac OS X version): Change the shortcut for full screen mode to be the
14    standard Ctrl+Command+F (rather than Shift+Command+F which we have been
15    using since 1.2.7).
16
17  + (Mac OS X version): When we centre the view on the station this can
18    generate a mouse move event, so clear the variable which says we are
19    dragging before we process a left click on a station.  This avoids random
20    rotations of the survey when clicking on a station, reported in #47 by Hugh
21    St. Lawrence.
22
23  + (Mac OS X version): Force use of a non-native toolbar to stop the toolbar
24    icons from being rescaled and looking fuzzy.
25
26  + (Mac OS X version): Remove code added in 1.2.18 which tries to set stop the
27    toolbar icons from being rescaled, but which requires an unreleased version
28    of wxWidgets, had a typo in, and doesn't actually seem to work anyway.
29
30  + (Mac OS X version): Drop out of full screen mode if the mouse is mode to
31    the top of the screen, since we can't seem to display the menu bar in this
32    case like we do on other platforms.
33
34  + (Mac OS X version): Enable aven's movie export feature.
35
36  + (Mac OS X version): Enable wxDisplay when building wxWidgets to better
37    support multi-monitor setups.
38
39  + (Mac OS X version): Silence warning visible when aven is run from a
40    terminal about a missing CFBundleTypeRole.
41
42  + When reading terrain data from a .zip file, report an error if the .zip
43    file is bad, or if it doesn't contain any terrain data we recognise.
44
45  + Tweak error message in terrain reading code to distinguish two failure
46    cases.
47
48  + Add viewing angles and scale to footer, and shorten some of the other items
49    to make room for this extra information.  (Fixes ticket #52, reported by
50    Erin Lynch)
51
52  + If the footer is wider than the printout width, scale down the font used
53    so that it exactly fits; if the footer is narrower, than space out the
54    items in in so it uses the full width.
55
56  + If the saved size for aven's window exceeds the current display size
57    (mostly likely because we're now plugged into a smaller monitor), then
58    reduce the size of the window to fit the display.  If the saved size is <
59    (480x320), increase it to at least that, as aven isn't usable in a smaller
60    window.
61
62  + Remove crude bodge which tries to pick a nicer initial window size when
63    using wxWidgets without wxDisplay on a multi-monitor setup - aven now opens
64    with the same size window it had when it was closed, so the initial size is
65    only relevant on the first ever run.
66
67* Assorted translation updates.  Notably Indonesian is at 100% again.
68
69* Stop trying to catch and report signals.  The only real reason to do it is so
70  we can say "Bug in program detected! Please report this to the authors"
71  before we exit, but when the program crashes that's pretty obvious.  In aven
72  we try to pop up a message box for this message, which may fail due to
73  whatever caused the signal, while with the command line tools there's no
74  great benefit over just letting the shell report the signal.
75
76* Use pkg-config to probe for libav and proj, which sorts out the correct flags
77  for building on OS X against a static install of libav.
78
79Changes in 1.2.18 (2015-06-03):
80
81* aven:
82
83  + Add support for reading terrain data (from a zip file containing either an
84    SRTM .hgt file, or an ESRI .bil file and associated metadata files), and
85    rendering it as a transparent surface.
86
87  + Remove actions from 'Orientation' and 'Rotation' menus which you wouldn't
88    sanely want to perform from the menu.
89
90  + Create a "Colour by" submenu of the "View" menu to house the various
91    colouring options.
92
93  + Add "Colour by Gradient" and "Colour by Length".
94
95  + Make the button to dismiss the "About" dialog "OK" rather than "Close",
96    which seems more logical, and also allows the dialog to be closed by
97    pressing "Escape".
98
99  + Destroy any existing clipping region before we write the page footer.
100    Hopefully solves ticket #52, reported by Erin Lynch.
101
102  + Don't round bearing and tilt angles to integers when printing and
103    exporting.
104
105  + Add passage export for EPS format.  (Partly addresses ticket #4)
106
107  + Add JSON export.  This should be regarded as experimental, and the format
108    is quite likely to change.
109
110  + Pressing F6 now toggles the display of rendering stats, currently FPS
111    (Frames Per Second) and the number of triangles in the terrain mesh.
112
113  + Add a menu item and toolbar button to show the cavern log window if the
114    currently shown survey data was processed by aven.  Reported by Hugh St
115    Lawrence in #47, and by Dave Clucas and others previously on the list.
116
117  + Add "Save Log" button to Aven's cavern log window.
118
119  + In cavern log window, highlight "error" markers in red and "warning"
120    markers in orange.
121
122  + Rework code to read cavern's output.  In particular, we no longer mix
123    buffered and non-buffered system calls.
124
125  + Aven's support for reading colours and font sizes for printouts from
126    print.ini has never worked - the contents of the ini files are ignored due
127    to a bug which has been there since the code was added in 2005 - but nobody
128    has ever complained.  So just strip out that code entirely - we should
129    support setting the colours and font sizes, but a GUI interface for setting
130    them would be better.
131
132  + Fix to compile with a Unicode build of wxWidgets 2.8.  Reported by Bill
133    Gee.
134
135  + Take the width of the messages used above the compass and clino into
136    account when calculating how much space to allow for them - now the labels
137    won't overlap or be cut off in translations where they are long.
138
139  + (Mac OS X version): Attempt to address the size of the toolbar icons.
140
141* cavern:
142
143  + Reject *fix with SDs which aren't all positive.  (fixes#2, reported by
144    susscorfa).
145
146  + Use the currently set units when outputting measurements in warnings,
147    errors, and the stats at the end of the run.  Requested by Bill Gee.
148
149  + Include column number when a *include file isn't found.
150
151  + Show 'error' in front of error messages, like we show 'warning' in front of
152    warnings.  Fixes #48, reported by Wookey.
153
154  + Increase the threshold for warning that fore and back measurements differ
155    from 2 SDs to 3 SDs.
156
157* findentrances: If the 3d file specifies the coordinate system, use it.
158
159* svxedit: Remove svxedit - while an editor with built-in knowledge of survex
160  would be nice to have, svxedit doesn't really offer that, and it looks ugly
161  in a modern desktop.
162
163* If we run out of memory while reading a processed survey data file, include
164  the filename in the error message.
165
166* Many translation updates - notably Indonesian and Russian are now the two
167  most complete translations.
168
169* (Microsoft Windows version): Add code page 1252 mappings for fancy quotes.
170
171* Transliterate gradient and infinity symbols if the current character set
172  lacks them.
173
174* Add SVG version of .plt icon.
175
176* Manual:
177
178  + Add complete list of quantities you can set SDs for.  Thanks for Wookey for
179    highlighting that the previous list was incomplete.
180
181  + Document averaging of a group of repeated readings.
182
183  + Add a link to the sample data from the manual.
184
185  + Remove references to contact addresses which are no longer there.  Remove
186    offer to post people floppies, and references to a CD image which isn't
187    available for download.
188
189* Remove non-breaking spaces from the diffpos and extend manual pages, as they
190  actually make the output formatting worse (presumably these used to work
191  around a since-fixed bug in one of the docbook processing tools).
192
193* doc/TODO.htm: Update.
194
195* Fix to compile without warnings with 'g++ --std=gnu++11'.
196
197Changes in 1.2.17 (2015-02-24):
198
199* MacOS X version:
200
201  + Update INSTALL file with current status.
202
203  + Aven.app now has a custom icon.
204
205  + Add icons for all the filetypes supported.
206
207  + Add Finder actions for .svx, .3d, .plt and .pos files.
208
209  + aven: Hide the status bar and tool bar in Full Screen mode, as wx doesn't
210    currently do this for us.
211
212  + aven: Fix short-cut for toggling Full Screen mode.
213
214  + aven: Make "About" menu item appear.
215
216  + aven: Fix "Close" button in about dialog.
217
218  + aven: Make custom cursors black with a white outline to match the standard
219    OS X cursor.
220
221  + svxedit: Now wrapped up in an application bundle as svxedit.app.  It
222    still doesn't really work like a standard app though - e.g. you can't load
223    files from Finder (instead run svxedit.app and use File->Open), the font
224    size of most menu items is wrong, the icon for the app is the wish icon
225    rather than the svxedit icon, shortcuts use Ctrl not the Cmd key, and
226    probably more.  I'd probably recommend using another editor (OS X comes
227    with TextEdit.app for example).
228
229  + The documentation is now in a "Docs" directory alongside the apps, rather
230    than in the rather less obvious "share/doc/survex" directory.
231
232  + Default to building for x86_64, since all modern Macs are 64 bit.
233
234  + Disable use of liblzma when building wxWidgets for OS X, which was
235    preventing the build from working on OS X 10.6.8.
236
237  + Download wx sources from SF via redirecting link.  Thanks to David A.
238    Riggs.
239
240  + buildmacosx.sh: Handle the mount point for the disk image containing a
241    space.
242
243  + Link with a static build of PROJ for doing coordinate system conversions.
244
245  + Build wx with --disable-webview to avoid a compilation failure on OS X
246    10.10.1.
247
248  + Use wx-config --cc and --cxx to get the compilers to use for building
249    everything else, as wx adds options to them which otherwise cause linking
250    errors.
251
252  + The diskimage (.dmg) file is now compressed with bzip2, which gives a
253    smaller download.  This means OS X 10.4 is required, but we probably
254    already need at least 10.5 because that's the minimum version which the
255    wxWidgets build supports by default.
256
257  + Remove unused files and copies of files from the diskimage.
258
259* cavern: If the same leg is repeated consecutively, average the readings and
260  treat as a single leg.
261
262* dump3d: Report SEPARATOR used by the file being read.
263
264* aven.svg: Fix visual glitch in SVG icon for aven.  Noted by David A. Riggs.
265
266* aven:
267
268  + Greatly reduce flicker when mouse is moved to the top of the screen in full
269    screen mode and the menu bar reappears.
270
271  + For export formats where scaling is supporting, aven now actually uses the
272    scale specified in the export dialog (previously it ignored this and used
273    1:500).
274
275  + Reimplement animation so that it's based on angular change per unit of
276    elapsed time, rather than averaging the time take for the last two scene
277    redraws.  This gives smoother animation in the face of variable load and
278    scene redraw time, and should be more consistent between platforms.
279
280  + Switching to a point of the compass during auto-rotation now jumps straight
281    there rather than the two animations fighting.
282
283  + Reduce the maximum auto-rotation speed, as the previous limit was uselessly
284    fast.
285
286  + Disable stepping the rotation angle when animating (previously we only did
287    when rotating).
288
289  + Speed up start-up a bit - rather than loading icons from individual PNG
290    files on disk, compile them into the aven binary.
291
292* (Unix version): Add "MimeType" field to desktop files so that file
293  associations work out of the box with modern desktop environments.
294
295* Add start of Hungarian translation from Imre Balogh.
296
297* Merge in many updates to the Russian translation from "vsuhachev".
298
299* Assorted minor updates to other translations.
300
301* Create scalable (SVG) versions of file type icons.
302
303* doc/manual.sgml: Remove $Id and $Date markers, as they don't get expanded now
304  we're using git.
305
306* tests/: Improve test coverage in a few places:
307
308  + Extend tests of fore and back sights to test calibration of the back
309    compass.
310
311  + Test "Can't calibrate angular and length quantities together" error.
312
313  + Check that "*set names ." works when "." is also the decimal point.
314
315Changes in 1.2.16 (2014-10-17):
316
317* aven: Add KML export (stations only currently).
318
319* aven: Allow measuring line to measure from anonymous stations.  (Fixes #44)
320
321* aven: Fix corrupted names in exported files.
322
323* aven: Fix error log window under wxWidgets >= 2.9 to include the system
324  information before the first log message like it does under wxWidgets 2.8.
325
326* cavern: Add support for "*cs JTSK" and "*cs JTSK03".
327
328* tests/: Improve test coverage.
329
330* Translation updates for many languages, plus the start of translations to
331  Greek and Polish.
332
333* Fix to build against wxWidgets 3.0 built with assertions disabled.  Reported
334  by Martin Sluka.
335
336* Fix warnings when compiling with clang (which is the default compiler on
337  Mac OS X).  Reported by Martin Sluka.
338
339Changes in 1.2.15 (2014-08-14):
340
341* cavern: The *cs command now also supports "long-lat", "s-merc" (for "Web
342  Mercator"), EPSG and ESRI codes, "eur79z30", "ijtsk" and "ijtsk03".  This
343  means that we now support all the coordinates systems which Therion does,
344  except for a few which don't have X=East and Y=North.  The documentation
345  for *cs has also been improved.
346
347* aven: We no longer persist full screen mode between runs - it's not a
348  standard behaviour of desktop programs, and it's too easy to go into full
349  screen mode from the menu and then not be able to get out again because you
350  don't know the required key shortcut. (ticket#39)
351
352* aven: When in full screen mode, moving the mouse to the top of the screen now
353  makes the menu bar appear.  This provides a non-shortcut way out of full
354  screen mode, as well as making it easier to perform other operations while in
355  full screen mode.  The current implementation gives an annoyingly flickery
356  transition, but hopefully we can improve this in future. (ticket#39)
357
358* (MacOS X version): If built with wxWidgets >= 3.1.0 (which is still in
359  development), we now call EnableFullScreenView() which improves the full
360  screen mode experience on OS X 10.7 and later.
361
362* img library: Improve documentation for img_ERROR_INFO.
363
364* tests/: Ship some missing .out files and compare.tst.
365
366* tests/: cavern.tst testcase back2 is now actually used.  Fix a bug in this
367  testcase, and extend it to cover a variant of the situation reported as a bug
368  in therion by Bill Gee to the therion list.
369
370* (Linux version) survex.spec: Add run-time requirement on proj and proj-epsg
371  for the survex package and on tk for the svxedit package.
372
373Changes in 1.2.14 (2014-07-05):
374
375* img library: Add ability to store a PROJ4 string describing the coordinate
376  system in use in 3d v8 files.
377
378* aven: If the 3d file specifies a coordinate system, then use it for exporting
379  to formats which need to know (currently GPX).  If the input file doesn't
380  specify the coordinate system, allow the user to enter a PROJ4 string in the
381  export dialog.
382
383* aven: You can now quickly zoom to a particular area by holding down the
384  "Shift" key and dragging with the left mouse button to create a rectangular
385  "rubber band box" around the area you wish to zoom to.  If you release the
386  "Shift" key while still dragging, the box is centred on the start point
387  rather than having one corner there.
388
389* aven: Fix exporting of passage tubes in elevations and extended elevations
390  - previously up and down were getting drawn across the page!
391
392* aven: Fix "Cancel" to work on the print/export dialog, broken by changes in
393  1.2.13.  (Reported by Brian Clipstone)
394
395* aven: Fix the conditions on which the menu item "Cancel measuring line" is
396  enabled - previously it was hard to actually cancel it via the menu.
397  Reported by Hugh St Lawrence.
398
399* aven: Fix wx assertion failures when showing hit test debug view on platforms
400  such as 64-bit Linux.
401
402* aven: When viewing from above, show "Plan" above the "clino" which indicates
403  the tilt angle (instead of "Elevation -90°").
404
405* aven: The extended font data now loads faster, and also uses less memory on
406  64-bit platforms.
407
408* aven: Dragging the vertical divider between the side panel and the 3D view
409  now only updates when you finish the drag, as redrawing continuously just
410  looks clunky except on an ultra-fast machine.
411
412* aven: (German translation) Abbreviate "Blickrichtung" so it doesn't overfill
413  the space available in the aven UI.
414
415* cavern: Add a *cs command to allow setting the coordinate system for *fix
416  commands, and the coordinate system used for processed survey data.  The
417  latter is now stored in 3d v8 format files.
418
419* cavern: Add support for 'L' flag (exclude from length) in Compass .dat files
420  and handle it in the same way as the "DUPLICATE" flag in .svx files.
421
422* cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, still
423  actually fix the second and subsequent ones, to avoid triggering bogus errors
424  about unconnected surveys.
425
426* cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, report the
427  station name of the previous one, plus the file and line number where it was.
428
429* cavern: Fix handling of the rather contrived case of *fix with no coordinates
430  followed by *solve and then another *fix with no coordinates not to access
431  freed memory.
432
433* dump3d: Report any specified coordinate system.
434
435* doc/3dformat.htm: Update to document how the coordinate system is stored.
436
437* (Microsoft Windows version): Include dump3d in the installer.
438
439* Fix a compiler warning.
440
441* Improve test coverage.
442
443Changes in 1.2.13 (2014-05-15):
444
445* aven: Fix --print option to wait for printing to happen before exiting
446  (previously it would exit right after opening the print dialog, so you
447  couldn't actually print anything out using it).
448
449* aven: Increase the threshold for how close the pointer needs to be to a
450  station from 5 pixels to 7 to try to help touchscreen users.  Reported by
451  Hugh St Lawrence.
452
453* aven: Add "fat finger" mode, toggled by pressing F2, to allow investigating
454  if increasing the minimum pointer to station threshold helps Hugh's problems
455  with using aven on a touch screen device.
456
457* aven: The measuring line was unable to see stations which had just been
458  revealed by toggling surface or underground legs on - this is now fixed.
459
460* aven: Add "hit test grid debug" mode, which shows the hit test grid and how
461  many entries are in each box (toggled by F3).
462
463* aven: Pressing F4 now allows the user to toggle wxWidgets assertion messages
464  off and back on.
465
466* aven: Create the empty hit-test grid data structure lazily, to reduce start
467  up time a little.
468
469* cavern: Improve messages which talk about "tags" and/or "prefixes" in *begin
470  and *end commands to instead talk about "survey names".
471
472* cavern: For ages cavern has warned if you reentered a survey, but this
473  warning was suppressed if it occurred at the same line of the same file as
474  the survey was first entered, but this can only happen if you include the
475  same survey file more than once, which isn't a sensible thing to do for a
476  file with actual survey data in (you might reasonably do it to set up survey
477  grade details or something like that).  The warning is now given in this
478  situation too.
479
480* cavern: After 5 warnings about reentering a survey we give up warning about
481  it, but we used to keep reporting where the survey was originally entered -
482  this secondary diagnostic message is now silenced when the main message is.
483
484* (Microsoft Windows version): Compile C code with optimisation on.
485
486* Add the start of a Russian translation, with messages take from therion.
487
488* Minor translation updates to French.
489
490* Fix compiler warning from GCC.
491
492* Testsuite improvements:
493
494  + Test that "..." anon station works.
495
496  + cavern.tst: Check number of errors returned by all testcases which should
497    fail and give an error count.
498
499  + cavern.tst: Fix to actually fully test everything when builddir != srcdir.
500
501Changes in 1.2.12 (2014-04-14):
502
503* aven: Fix measuring line to show change in altitude rather than altitude
504  itself (accidentally broken by changes in 1.2.11).  Reported by Brian
505  Clipstone.
506
507* aven: Fix printing when built with wxWidgets 3.0.
508
509* aven: Several visual improvements to printouts:
510
511  + Move the numbers below the scale bar down a little so that they don't
512    overlap the scale bar ticks.
513
514  + Set the clipping region after we draw the page border and info box to avoid
515    clipping the border in print preview.
516
517  + Tidy up the appearance of the compass and elevation arrow.
518
519* aven: Fix to build with libav 10.  Reported by Moritz Muehlenhoff in
520  <http://bugs.debian.org/739332>.
521
522* aven: Fix to build with older libav where avcodec_free_frame() isn't
523  available.
524
525* (Linux version) survex.spec: Update spec file used for building RPM packages.
526
527* (Unix version): Add "Keywords:" entry to .desktop files.
528
529* (Unix version): Enable large file support, mostly to support filing systems
530  which return 64 bit inode values, such as CIFS mounts.
531
532* (Microsoft Windows version): Only allow "A-Z" or "a-z" for driver letters,
533  rather than any character which is a letter in the current locale.
534
535* Various translation updates.
536
537Changes in 1.2.11 (2014-01-28):
538
539* aven: Fix wxWidgets assertion when double clicking on an anonymous station.
540  Reported by Kevin Dixon.
541
542* aven: Embed the font data for the first 256 Unicode characters for use in the
543  survey pane into the compiled aven binary to reduce start up overhead.  Any
544  additional characters needed are loaded from a data file only if/when a
545  character >= U+100 is actually needed (as before).
546
547* aven: Fix display of Unicode characters above 256 when there's a character
548  <= 256 earlier in the same string.
549
550* aven: Use the actual width of Unicode characters above 256 rather than
551  assuming they are 16 pixels wide.
552
553* aven: If full screen, don't show the side panel when a new file is opened
554  (e.g. via Ctrl+O).
555
556* aven: Don't give an assertion failure when showing passages for a cave with
557  no vertical extent.  Reported by Jonny Prouty.
558
559* aven: Change terminology in print dialog - say "legend" instead of "info
560  box".
561
562* aven: Add option to show the tilt angle as a percentage gradient.
563
564* aven: Show the units (degrees, grads, or percent) for the tilt and bearing
565  indicators.
566
567* aven: All length units are now translatable.
568
569* aven: Split log_fl_error helper function out of CHECK_GL_ERROR macro, which
570  will reduce code size and also the number of deprecation warnings about
571  gluErrorString on Mac OS X 10.9.
572
573* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Try to work around redraw issues related
574  to the measuring line by redrawing the whole window, which doesn't seem to be
575  measurably slower.
576
577* cavern: If *units is used to try to set units for LEVEL, PLUMB, or POSITION,
578  give an error rather than quietly ignoring the attempt.
579
580* cad3d: Make cad3d remap control characters and spaces in station names when
581  generating PLT output in the same way aven does.
582
583* Various translation updates (particular thanks to Eric Madelaine and Dennis
584  Baudys), including the start of a Bulgarian translation, with messages taken
585  from Therion and elsewhere.
586
587* (Microsoft Windows version): On Microsoft Windows 2000 and newer, use
588  GetUserDefaultUILanguage() to get the UI language to use.  For older
589  versions, continue to use GetUserDefaultLCID().
590
591* (Microsoft Windows version): The Indonesian translation will now be used
592  automatically when the system language is set to Indonesian.
593
594* (Mac OS X version): Fix to build with wx 3.0.0 on OS X 10.9.  Thanks to David
595  A. Riggs for his work on this.
596
597* (Mac OS X version): Update buildmacosx.sh script to use wx 3.0.0, and add a
598  checksum check for the downloaded wx sources.
599
600* Fix a lot of the compiler warnings when building with clang.
601
602* doc/manual.sgml: Add missing quantities to the list documented as accepted by
603  *units: LEFT, RIGHT, UP/CEILING, DOWN/FLOOR (missing entirely);
604  BACKCOMPASS/BACKBEARING, BACKCLINO/BACKGRADIENT (missing from the main list,
605  mentioned in list of the units that can be set for them); COUNT (missing
606  alternative name for COUNTER); DX/EASTING, DY/NORTHING, DZ/ALTITUDE
607  (incorrectly listed as X, Y, Z).  Reported by Jonny Prouty.
608
609* Test suite: Improve test coverage for cavern.
610
611Changes in 1.2.10 (2014-01-15):
612
613* aven: Fix assertion if two mouse buttons are held down at the same time.
614  If dragging with more than one mouse button held down, releasing one causes
615  another which is still held down to take effect.  Reported by Brian
616  Clipstone.
617
618* aven: If we fail to start the external editor when the user clicks on an
619  error or warning from cavern, show an error box.
620
621* aven: If the survey has a title, add it as a top-level <title> element to
622  exported SVG files.
623
624* aven: Escape '<', '>', and '&' in labels in exported SVG files.
625
626* aven: In GPX export, set the <time> element to the datestamp from the 3d
627  file.
628
629* aven: Don't try to write the title if it isn't set or is empty when exporting
630  GPX files.
631
632* aven: Don't bother looking up the printer page setup info when exporting.
633
634* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix crash on "File->Print" or
635  "File->Export" under Windows XP, reported by Brian Clipstone.
636
637* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix error dialog about an incorrectly
638  encoded filename which could occur if run without being asked to load a file
639  on startup.
640
641* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Compile with optimisation on.
642
643* img library, aven: Although processed CMAP data files are often referred to
644  as "CMAP .XYZ files", it seems that actually, the extension .XYZ isn't used,
645  rather .SHT (shot variant, produced by CMAP v16 and later), .UNA (unadjusted)
646  and .ADJ (adjusted) extensions are.  Since we've long checked for .XYZ, we
647  continue to do so in case anyone is relying on it, but also check for the
648  other extensions.
649
650* img library: Add new "datestamp_numeric" field to struct img giving the
651  datestamp as a time_t in UTC (or (time_t)-1 if there's no datestamp or we
652  failed to convert it).  For .3d >= v8, this field is reliable.  We attempt to
653  convert date strings in .3d <= v7 and CMAP XYZ files, but may get the
654  timezone wrong.
655
656* img library: Fix my_strcasecmp() to handle top-bit set characters better.
657
658* cavern: Fix NULL pointer dereference when processing Compass DAT file without
659  'SURVEY DATE:'.
660
661* doc/manual.sgml: Update references to Survex 1.1 which should be to 1.2.
662
663* doc/manual.sgml: Note the station length limit Smaps used.
664
665* Fix some compiler warnings if built with glibc's fortify source feature
666  enabled.
667
668Changes in 1.2.9 (2014-01-08):
669
670* Document --3d-version in cavern man page and the manual.
671
672* aven: Fix compilation error in movie export code with recent libavi.
673
674* aven: Fix warning on stderr when export a movie as MPEG.
675
676* img library: In non-hosted mode, don't define GETC and PUTC if they're
677  already defined, to allow easy overriding with getc_unlocked() and
678  putc_unlocked() (which are significantly faster on Linux).
679
680* img library: In non-hosted mode, check that int is at least 32 bits,
681  and if not, use long.  In practice, platforms with 16 bit int are mostly
682  obsolete, but it's not hard to be portable here.
683
684* img library: Add test that img.c and img.h compile in non-hosted mode
685  (regression test for issue fixed in 1.2.8).
686
687* (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 3.0.0.
688
689* Update translations from launchpad and from existing similar messages.
690
691* Fix some compiler warnings.
692
693Changes in 1.2.8 (2013-10-29):
694
695* cavern: Fix handling of anonymous wall stations ('..' by default) to
696  implicitly set the SPLAY leg flag, as was intended.  Reported by Thomas
697  Holder.
698
699* cavern: Tweak .err file output not to lose the space in front of certain
700  statistics when the value gets large.
701
702* cavern: Eliminate redundant progress message when solving simultaneous
703  equations.
704
705* aven: Add a format drop down to the export dialog, and only show fields which
706  are meaningful and supported for the currently selected export format.  The
707  format defaults to that used most recently.  The "Elements" and "View" boxes
708  have been swapped in the print and export dialogs as that layout works much
709  better when the "View" box is hidden.
710
711* aven: Changing checkboxes in the print or export dialog didn't work in 1.2.7
712  - now works again.  Reported by Anthony Day.
713
714* aven: Add GPX export (based on findentrances patch from Olaf Kähler).  In
715  this release the projection which the survey coordinates are in defaults
716  to the BMN M31 grid used in the Totes Gebirge in Austria.  On Unix, you
717  can edit ~/.aven and add a new line setting 'input_projection' to a PROJ
718  projection string.  The ability to specify this projection in a better
719  way is coming soon.
720
721* aven: New export options "Origin in centre" and "Full coordinates" - the
722  latter fixes #10.  GPX and PLT output implicitly force "full coordinates".
723
724* aven: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some
725  time ago, so update references.
726
727* aven: Make the Presentation->Play menu item a checkbox, to avoid a warning
728  with wxMSW 2.9.5.  Reported by Brian Clipstone.
729
730* aven: Make right click in an empty presentation mark the current position and
731  open it to edit, instead of crashing.
732
733* aven: Update movie export code to work with latest libav API.  Reported by
734  Sebastian Ramacher.
735
736* aven: Improve reporting of errors during the process of exporting a movie.
737
738* aven: Don't try to close the movie if we aren't producing one.
739
740* aven: Fix assertion failure when double-clicking on the survey with wx2.9.
741
742* aven: Fix to build with wxMSW 2.9.5.
743
744* aven: Fix to build with wx 2.9.5 with wx2.8 compatibility disabled.
745
746* cad3d: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some time
747  ago, so add a new --skencil option to specify this output format.  The old
748  name (--sketch) is still recognised for compatibility.
749
750* cad3d: Make --marker-size work for Skencil and SVG output.
751
752* dump3d: Make --show-dates option show dates for XSECT.
753
754* img library:
755
756  + Fix to work once more when used outside of Survex (missing definition of
757    max() macro and a bad call to free() in img_close() for a file opened for
758    reading).
759
760  + Use lround() instead of round(), and make the tests around whether we use
761    the library function or the our fallback implementation saner.
762
763  + Fix // comments in C code for portability to pre-C99 compilers which don't
764    support these as an extension.
765
766  + Can now be compiled as C++ as well as as C.
767
768* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now built with a newer version
769  of Innosetup, and includes translations for all the languages which Survex
770  itself has any translations for.
771
772* (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 2.9.5.
773
774* Minor translation updates.
775
776* tests/Makefile.am: Distribute files for "normal_bad" testcase.
777
778Changes in 1.2.7 (2013-07-27):
779
780* Add support for anonymous stations, which are indicated by one, two or three
781  separator characters - with the default separator of '.', that means '.',
782  '..', and '...' are anonymous stations.  Single separator ('.' by default)
783  is an anonymous non-wall point, double separator ('..' by default)
784  is an anoymous wall point at the end of an implicit splay), and triple
785  separator ('...' by default) is an anoymous point (with nothing special about
786  the leg).  A new *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for
787  compatibility with pocket topo: *alias station - ..
788
789* New version 8 of the 3d format:
790
791  + Supports new flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
792
793  + New explicit file-wide flag for 'this is an extended elevation', rather
794    than modifying the survey title to indicate this.
795
796  + The survey prefix is often unchanged from one leg to the next, so use a
797    spare flag to compactly indicate when there's no label change.
798
799  + The data style of each leg is now stored.
800
801  + The "processed at" time is stored as seconds since 1970 rather than a
802    human-readable string.
803
804  + Since 3d v8 features significant changes to the format, the format
805    documentation for v7 and earlier has been split off into 3dformat-old.htm.
806
807* img library:
808
809  + New station flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
810
811  + Handle .pos files containing unnamed stations - don't suck the next line in
812    as the station name, and set img_SFLAG_ANON for them.
813
814  + Repurpose the long unused fBinary parameter to img_open_write() as a flags
815    parameter, and add img_FFLAG_EXTENDED to specify that this is an extended
816    elevation, in place of appending " (extended)" to the title.  Internally we
817    still append this to the title (and remove it upon reading) when writing
818    3d v7 or earlier, but for the new 3d v8 format, this flag is stored
819    explicitly in the file.
820
821  + img.h: Add comments for the lists of "Leg flags" and "Station flags".
822
823* aven:
824
825  + We now require at least wxWidgets 2.8.0 - it was released over 6 years ago
826    now, and the wx developers consider even 2.8 to be rather long in the
827    tooth.  We stopped testing building with wxWidgets 2.6 some time ago, and
828    formally dropping support for older versions allows a number of workarounds
829    to be removed from the aven source code.  Also, features deprecated in
830    wxWidgets 2.9 are no longer used in our code.
831
832  + Don't run incremental search on every key-press, as on a slow machine the
833    short initial search(es) will take a while but not be useful.  Instead only
834    actually run the search when we're told there are no more key-presses
835    queued up.
836
837  + Implement support for including cross-section information in exported SVG
838    and DXF files (ticket#4).  The DXF export is untested currently.
839
840  + Show splay legs faded by default, with menu options to hide them or show
841    them like other legs.
842
843  + Speed up loading a .3d file with cross-sections by using a map to convert
844    station names to positions.
845
846  + In the cavern log window, don't highlight a file:linenumber if there's no
847    message after it, which avoids highlighting the "Included from" lines
848    wrongly.
849
850  + Fix not to crash when trying to report an error while starting up.
851
852  + (MacOS X version): Change the menu shortcut for "Full Screen Mode" to be
853    the OS X standard shortcut Shift-Command-F (previously we used F11, but
854    that's used by the desktop).
855
856  + Add checks for errors when reading the font file.
857
858  + Remove useless extra quoting when invoking vim to show the location of an
859    error from cavern.
860
861  + Include GL/gl.h before GL/glext.h (needed on Debian wheezy).
862
863  + Use wxValidator to simplify keeping svxPrintDlg member variables and fields
864    in the dialog in sync.
865
866* cavern:
867
868  + Demote errors about invalid dates to warnings, since we've accepted *date
869    for ages without any checks on the value, and so existing datasets
870    probably contain invalid dates and dates in other formats.  (ticket#19)
871
872  + New *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for compatibility with
873    pocket topo: *alias station - ..
874
875  + We want to warn if there's a clino reading which it would be impossible to
876    have read from the instrument (e.g. on a -90 to 90 degree scale you can't
877    read "93" (it's probably a typo e.g. for "39").  However, the gradient
878    reading from a topofil is typically in the range 0 to 180, with 90 being
879    horizontal.  Really we should allow the valid range to be explicitly
880    specified, but for now we infer it from the zero error - if this is within
881    45 degrees of 90 then we assume the instrument can read between 0 and 180
882    degrees.
883
884  + If the survey isn't all connected, still run survey tree checks and report
885    errors and/or warnings which might suggest typo locations.  Thanks to Kevin
886    Dixon for the report which highlighted this issue.
887
888  + Report a warning if *begin SURVEY has a separator character in SURVEY.
889
890  + Report column numbers as well as line numbers for some cavern errors and
891    warnings.
892
893  + Adjust width of node stats table to fit longest count when there are more
894    than 9999 of a particular order of node.
895
896  + If the argument to *include has an opening double quote but the closing
897    double quote is missing, then skip trying to open the file.
898
899  + Move "Station X referred to just once" warning after non-existent survey
900    check - if both fire, the non-existent survey error is likely to be more
901    relevant.
902
903  + We no longer follow an error for a bad reading in passage data with a bogus
904    "End of line not blank" error, but instead check the remaining readings on
905    the same line.
906
907  + We no longer follow an error about OMIT for a required reading with a bogus
908    "End of line not blank" error.
909
910  + Report an error if the scale factor in *calibrate is zero - it doesn't make
911    sense and probably means someone reversed the arguments to *calibrate.
912
913  + Report the parent include files starting from the outermost, as that's more
914    logical when there are multiple levels involved.
915
916  + If we were expecting a numeric field and instead get something which starts
917    with '+', '-', or '.' but which isn't a number, then fix the error to
918    include that character in the token reported.
919
920  + Simplify handling of quantity lists to only recognise 'DEFAULT' as the
921    first item.
922
923* cad3d: Check for errors from img_rewind() and report them.
924
925* dump3d:
926
927  + Build, install and package dump3d as standard - it's useful for grabbing
928    info from 3d files in scripts.
929
930  + Add --show-dates option.
931
932  + Show only 2 decimal places on coordinates and passage dimensions.
933
934  + Report the data style of legs.
935
936  + Report if the file is an extended elevation.
937
938  + Report img_STOP as STOP rather than CODE_0xffffffff.
939
940* Test suite:
941
942  + cavern.tst: Fix equatenosuchstn testcase (added in 1.2.6) to normalise the
943    expected output so it passes reliably.
944
945  + cavern.tst: Run diffpos <expected> <actual> so the reports of 'Added' and
946    'Deleted' stations upon failure are the more natural way round.
947
948  + Add more testcases, expand some existing testcases, and add expected output
949    for more.
950
951* (Microsoft Windows version): Use wx-config's --cc and --cxx flags to find the
952  appropriate C and C++ compilers to use, and link mingw build statically to
953  avoid needing the libgcc DLL (which newer GCC seems to have by default).
954
955* (Unix version): When determining the character set for command-line tools,
956  check environmental variable LANG after LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE.
957
958* When determining the language, check environmental variable LC_ALL before
959  LC_MESSAGES and LANG (but after SURVEXLANG).
960
961* If we don't find the message file, only give an error if it was specified
962  with SURVEXLANG, since that is an explicit instruction to Survex, whereas
963  LANG, LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES are essentially system "preferred locale"
964  settings.
965
966* There are a handful of hard-coded English message strings for reporting
967  errors trying loading message files, etc.  These are all now ASCII, as if we
968  fail trying to open a message file, it's more likely the encoding isn't
969  set correctly.
970
971* Prune strings we are no longer using and are probably unlikely to use again
972  into a new file po_codes_dead, so that translators don't get presented with
973  them to translate.
974
975* Merge lots of translation updates.  Most translations are now complete or
976  close to complete.
977
978* Add start of Indonesian translation from Arief Setiadi Wibowo.
979
980* Fix various compiler warnings when building from source.
981
982* Include scripts gdtconvert and gen_img2aven in the source distribution.
983
984Changes in 1.2.6 (2012-02-23):
985
986* (Mac OS X version): Fix so that cavern finds its messages when run by aven.
987
988* (Microsoft Windows version): Include JPEG images for aven in the installer
989  package (ticket#35).
990
991* cavern: If we have a reference to a station in a non-existent survey, give a
992  helpful error rather than saying the station hasn't been exported from the
993  survey.  (Bug reported by Martin Green via email)
994
995* aven: Fix to build with a non-Unicode wxWidgets library.  Patch from Olaf
996  Kahler.
997
998* findentrances: Add findentrances utility from Olaf Kahler which produces a
999  .gpx file with waypoints for entrances.  This needs libproj so is disabled
1000  by default for this release - to enable it install the development stuff for
1001  libproj and build survex with:
1002
1003      make FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
1004      make install FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
1005
1006* dump3d: Add support for showing img_ERROR_INFO items.
1007
1008* doc/3dformat.htm: Merge in some improvements from Mike McCombe.
1009
1010* Incorporate a French translation from launchpad I'd previously copied the
1011  English version of by mistake.  Attempt to correct mistranslation of "survey
1012  file".
1013
1014Changes in 1.2.5 (2012-01-03):
1015
1016* aven:
1017
1018  + The survey tree in the left panel is now in sorted order once more.
1019
1020  + No longer fails with an assertion if used for a long time (we were leaking
1021    an OpenGL list each time one had to be regenerated).
1022
1023  + Now builds with newer FFmpeg library.
1024
1025  + Draw measuring line in front of the indicators rather than behind them.
1026
1027  + Loading a new file (or reloading the current one) no longer invalidates
1028    the OpenGL lists for the compass and clino, so will be a fraction faster.
1029
1030* Improve handling of attempts to look up translated messages before the
1031  message subsystem is fully initialised (which only happens if there's an
1032  error early on).
1033
1034* Improve the survex(7) man page text, and fix it to be marked as section 7 in
1035  the man page source as well as in the filename.
1036
1037Changes in 1.2.4 (2012-01-01):
1038
1039* aven:
1040
1041  + A change in 1.2.3 meant that aven tried to use OpenGL before it was
1042    initialised, which doesn't cause problems in some machines, but causes aven
1043    to abort on others.  This is now fixed, and there's a check in place to
1044    help avoid similar issues in future. (ticket#34)
1045
1046  + Always use metres or feet for the depth colour key, and chose a consistent
1047    precision by looking at the depth range. (ticket#30)
1048
1049  + Show the depth units below the colour bar rather than after every value.
1050
1051  + When zooming way in, stay in metres rather than switching to cm.
1052
1053  + On the scale bar, say “1 mile” rather than “1 miles”.
1054
1055* Translation updates for Catalan, French and Slovak.
1056
1057Changes in 1.2.3 (2011-12-31):
1058
1059* Fix to build with wxWidgets 2.9.2.
1060
1061* (Mac OS X version):
1062
1063  + Processing .svx files from aven now works.
1064
1065  + Remove spurious blank lines from the licence text in "Get Info".
1066
1067  + Don't create the help menu at all, as it is empty (because the "About"
1068    entry goes elsewhere) and sometimes seems to appear in the UI.
1069
1070  + INSTALL.OSX: Update to reflect current status.
1071
1072* aven:
1073
1074  + Fix Y coordinates of surface surveys on printouts.  (Closes #32)
1075
1076  + Improvements to text plotted on the survey pane:
1077
1078    - Support plotting Unicode character points > 256 by lazily loading the
1079      data for them from the font file and plotting them with a direct call to
1080      glBitmap(), which is slower but doesn't require a display list per
1081      character.
1082
1083    - Adjust the spacing from fixed width to putting a one pixel gap either
1084      side of each one character (so two between adjacent glyphs).  Mostly this
1085      reduces the horizontal width, but it adds a pixel for characters like "m"
1086      and two in a few cases.
1087
1088    - Fix .pixelfont file generation to correctly handle characters wider than
1089      8 pixels.
1090
1091  + Fix expected cross shape so don't always reject using texture mapping to
1092    draw crosses.
1093
1094  + As we read a survey file, eliminate tubes consisting of zero XSECTs as well
1095    as those consisting of just one.  Previously we would trip over the empty
1096    tube later.  Such tubes can for example be created by extend if a splay shot
1097    is the start or end of a tube.
1098
1099  + Make the green colour used for entrances in the survey tree the same
1100    (slightly darker than before) green used for the entrance blobs.
1101
1102  + Report the version of the library we're actually running with if built
1103    against wx >= 2.9.2.  Make it clear that the version reported is the
1104    version *built* with for wx < 2.9.2.
1105
1106* extend:
1107
1108  + Copy the end markers for passage tubes.
1109
1110  + Preserve left and right data for tubes (previously they were set to -1.0
1111    which means "no info").
1112
1113* img library: Fix incorrect comment in img.h which claimed that img_XFLAG_END
1114  was no longer used - it certainly is!
1115
1116* Use curly double quotes instead of "`" and "'" to quote filenames, etc in
1117  messages, and curly single right quote instead of straight ASCII apostrophe.
1118  Fall back to using straight ASCII versions if we can't represent them in the
1119  current character set.
1120
1121* Translation updates for Catalan, French, Slovak and Spanish.
1122
1123* Test suite:
1124
1125  + Add test coverage for interleaved diving data.
1126
1127  + Add testcase for diving data with topofil-style distance.
1128
1129Changes in 1.2.2 (2011-10-06):
1130
1131* aven:
1132
1133  + Replace the textured-mapped font drawing with an approach based on
1134    glBitmap.  This doesn't suffer from the character alignment issues which
1135    the textured-mapped fonts had, and is actually significantly faster on some
1136    machines.  The current font used is (mostly) fixed-width, but this isn't an
1137    inherent limitation - it was just the easiest font data to convert to a
1138    usable format.
1139
1140  + Fix assertion failure due to rounding differences on loading certain .3d
1141    files.  (ticket#26)
1142
1143  + Fix assertion failure when turning on 3D passages if they stick out higher
1144    or lower than any station.  (ticket#29)
1145
1146  + Fix grid not to disappear when blobs are turned on and blobs are drawn
1147    using lines.
1148
1149  + If a degree sign isn't available in the character set in use, transliterate
1150    it to 'dg' rather than skipping it.
1151
1152  + Fix message which should have been a degree sign but got lost in the format
1153    change for 1.2.0 and then got reassigned in 1.2.1.  Externally, this means
1154    that bearings in the status bar now have a degree sign after them if they
1155    are in degrees rather than nothing (1.2.0) or "&Hide Compass" (1.2.1).
1156
1157  + Fix print dialog to calculate the scale required for "One page" right
1158    before it calculates how many pages are required, so we don't end up
1159    something other than 1x1 being shown when the user changes settings.
1160
1161  + Update the calculations for picking a scale and for deciding how many
1162    pages are needed to take into account the change in info box height made
1163    in 1.2.1.
1164
1165Changes in 1.2.1 (2011-10-04):
1166
1167* Translation updates for US English.
1168
1169* aven:
1170
1171  + Rename the "depth bar" to "colour key" in documentation, menus, etc since
1172    it now shows colours for dates and errors as well as depths.
1173
1174  + In the colour key for "colour by date", change "No info" to "Undated".
1175
1176  + Remove the dark grey background from the colour key and just put a single
1177    pixel black border around the colours.  This is more in keeping with the
1178    other controls, and means the colours are now on a black background so more
1179    visually similar to the survey legs.
1180
1181  + Move the colour key's "Undated"/"Not in loop" entry down a little to
1182    improve the appearance.  Make each section a pixel taller.
1183
1184  + Allow "Colour by X" to be selected even if there's no data for X or only a
1185    single value of X used (the colour key is much smaller in these cases, and
1186    does still provide some useful information).
1187
1188  + Fix incorrect calculation of depth colouring for survey legs which straddle
1189    a depth band boundary.
1190
1191  + The scale bar, compass, clino, and colour key now all have right click
1192    menus which allow related actions to be performed (especially handy in
1193    full-screen mode).
1194
1195  + Improve the font used on the survey pane - it now contains the '-'
1196    character (so the clino now shows negative angles as negative, and dates
1197    in the colour key are now hyphenated).  Also the spacing and alignment
1198    are a little better, though still not perfect.
1199
1200  + PLT file export now handles spaces and control characters in station names
1201    by escaping them with '%' as in URLs.
1202
1203  + Pressing "Enter" on a station in the tree control now centres the view on
1204    that station.
1205
1206  + The scale bar is now cached in an OpenGL display list since it often gets
1207    redrawn exactly the same - for example, when rotating, panning, etc.
1208
1209  + Pressing "F5" forces all cached OpenGL drawing lists to be invalidated and
1210    then forces a refresh of the survey pane.  This is intended as a debugging
1211    aid - if pressing F5 changes the display at all then there's a missing case
1212    where a list should have been invalidated (please report if you find such
1213    a case as it is a bug).
1214
1215  + We now automatically track which OpenGL display lists need to be
1216    invalidated on window width or height changes.
1217
1218  + Increase scale bar maximum width from 65% of the window width to 75% as it
1219    was in 1.0.x (except that if that would overlap the clino we now reduce
1220    that proportion down until it reaches 50%).  Make the limit of zooming in
1221    the same as in 1.0.x.  (ticket#23)
1222
1223  + (Linux version): Previously wxGTK didn't really handle showing a dialog if
1224    the application was fullscreen (the dialog got opened under the main
1225    window!)  To work around this, aven would switch out of full screen mode
1226    temporarily while showing a dialog.  This case works properly with recent
1227    wxGTK, so disable our workaround with versions we know work.  Also, apply
1228    the workaround only for wxGTK, not everywhere except on Microsoft Windows
1229    as there's no reason to think we need it for other platforms.
1230
1231  + Grey out the "View North" action when we're already viewing North, and
1232    similarly for other compass points.
1233
1234  + (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions): Fix missing newline to OpenGL
1235    info in the "About" dialog.
1236
1237  + Fix to set the correct filename on the root of the survey tree - previously
1238    the filename of the previous file loaded was used!
1239
1240  + The movie export code now works with newer versions of the FFmpeg libraries
1241    as well as still working with older versions.
1242
1243  + Fix mixed up messages - the print dialog now says "View" on the left
1244    subgroup of controls rather than some unrelated message.
1245
1246  + On printouts, combine the "Plan View"/"Elevation" info box field with the
1247    field which gives the bearing and reduce the height on the info box by the
1248    removed field, so it's now 3cm for plans and elevations, as for extended
1249    elevations.  Report the tilt angle for tilted elevations which it seems has
1250    been missing for ages (it's not in recent 1.0.x either).
1251
1252  + Tweak the exact positioning of informational text on printouts to look
1253    nicer and make better use of the available space.
1254
1255  + Add keyboard mnemonics to the "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in the print
1256    dialog.
1257
1258  + Make the sign of the tilt angle for printouts consistent with the sign
1259    shown by the "clino" in the survey pane.
1260
1261  + In the "Print" dialog, when in plan view disable the "Plan view" button,
1262    and similarly for the "Elevation" button.
1263
1264  + (Microsoft Windows version): Sort out appearance of custom cursors.
1265
1266  + If a label isn't valid UTF-8 or CP1252, fall back to ISO8859-1.
1267
1268  + (Mac OS X version): F11 puts aven into full screen mode, but apparently
1269    you can't get out again easily, so add code to explicitly check for F11
1270    being pressed and toggle full screen.
1271
1272* (Linux version): Fix the RPM .spec file for where man pages now get installed
1273  and package aven.svg and the vim support files.  (Fixes from James Begley)
1274
1275* "make check" now performs several checks on the translation files.
1276
1277* More messages are now available to be translated.
1278
1279* cavern: Fix reporting of ranges of survey coordinates, which was broken by
1280  the message handling changes in 1.2.0.
1281
1282* Fix warning when compiling with GCC.
1283
1284* INSTALL: Mention building wxWidgets with --enable-unicode.  Mention using
1285  sudo for installing on Unix.
1286
1287* In the manual, replace the instructions for building from source with a
1288  pointer to the clearer instructions in INSTALL.
1289
1290* In the manual, make it clear that installing with administrator rights
1291  also applies to newer platforms than XP.
1292
1293* doc/TODO.htm: Update.
1294
1295Changes in 1.2.0 (2011-09-20):
1296
1297* Translation updates for Catalan, French, Romanian, Spanish, Slovak, and US
1298  English.
1299
1300* tests/smoke.tst: aven no longer requires an X display for --help or
1301  --version, so replace skip of this check with a check that this remains the
1302  case.
1303
1304* We now use the standard .po and .pot file formats for storing translations
1305  (rather than the Survex-specific messages.txt format), and then translate
1306  these into Survex's .msg format.
1307
1308* (Unix version): Move survex man page to section 7 (since it isn't documenting
1309  an actual command).
1310
1311* (Unix version): Write each generated man page to a temporary file, then
1312  atomically rename, to avoid leaving an empty or partial man page behind if
1313  docbook-to-man dies (1.1.16 had an empty cad3d.1, and we want to avoid a
1314  recurrence of that).
1315
1316* (Unix version): Default to installing docs into /usr/share/doc/survex rather
1317  than /usr/doc/survex.
1318
1319* aven:
1320
1321  + Fix handling of accented characters in the survey pane.
1322
1323  + Aven icon redrawn in SVG format - it's now a vector image which looks
1324    nicer at larger sizes.
1325
1326  + Explicitly request double-buffering, which seems to be needed for systems
1327    with GLX >= 1.3.
1328
1329  + Fix crash while trying to load certain .3d files.
1330
1331  + Movie export code updated to work with more recent versions of FFmpeg.
1332    Currently this is disabled in Microsoft Windows builds, pending getting the
1333    required libraries set up for building releases.
1334
1335  + Reporting of errors during movie export improved.
1336
1337  + Force playback speed to "x1" during movie export.
1338
1339  + Use stock IDs for buttons where appropriate - such buttons may now be
1340    rendered with icons on some platforms.
1341
1342  + If a label isn't valid UTF-8, treat it as CP1252 (the Microsoft superset of
1343    ISO8859-1).
1344
1345  + (Unix version): Remove special handling for toggling "full screen" on wxGTK
1346    as it's no longer required with modern versions.
1347
1348  + Don't redraw the survey on every mouse movement in the survey pane unless
1349    the measuring line is (or just was) active.  (ticket #17)
1350
1351* cavern:
1352
1353  + Drop "non-fatal" from the report of how many errors there were at the end
1354    of the run - it just confuses users - we won't even get here if there's a
1355    fatal error!
1356
1357  + Add --3d-version option to allow the user to specify the version of the 3d
1358    format to output.  (ticket#21)
1359
1360* img library:
1361
1362  + Make the highest and lowest valid values for img_output_version available
1363    in img.h as IMG_VERSION_MIN and IMG_VERSION_MAX.
1364
1365* (Mac OS X version): Fix buildmacosx.sh script to check where the temporary
1366  volume actually gets mounted.  Fix URL for downloading wxWidgets.
1367
1368Changes in 1.1.16 (2011-05-16):
1369
1370* Translation updates for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian
1371  Portuguese, and US English.
1372
1373* Use horizontal ellipses character rather than '...' and right arrow character
1374  rather than '->' where these characters are available.
1375
1376* (Unix version): Link with -lGL, if it exists, to support linking with gold or
1377  GNU ld --as-needed (Debian bug #615781).
1378
1379* img.c:
1380
1381  + Fix code typo for IMG_API_VERSION == 0 case.
1382
1383  + Fix code typo in code used when IMG_HOSTED isn't defined.
1384
1385* doc/TODO.htm: Remove entries which have now been done.
1386
1387* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: We now include all the available
1388  translations for messages from wxWidgets, which means that standard widgets
1389  will appear translated where available even if Survex messages aren't
1390  translated.
1391
1392Changes in 1.1.15 (2010-10-15):
1393
1394* aven:
1395
1396  + In the cavern log window, change the "Rerun" button to "Reprocess" to
1397    follow terminology in manual and elsewhere.  Fixes ticket#15.
1398
1399  + When displaying output from cavern, don't update the window after every
1400    line, but only when we don't have data from cavern pending.  Hopefully
1401    addresses ticket#12.
1402
1403  + If we aren't using GL_POINTS for blobs, draw them using a series of
1404    abutting lines rather than with gluDisk which is faster and gives a
1405    consistent shape.
1406
1407  + Check whether blobs and crosses actually render correctly as points/point
1408    sprites, and if they don't, fall back to drawing them with lines.  The
1409    best method is cached on disk, and rechecked automatically if the graphics
1410    hardware is changed or the drivers upgraded.
1411
1412  + Fix non-USE_FNT case to work again (it's limited to ISO-8859-1 characters
1413    though, so we still enable USE_FNT by default).
1414
1415  + Don't offer "All files" wildcard in presentation save dialog.
1416
1417  + (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters in in
1418    more places.
1419
1420  + (Microsoft Windows): Quote filenames with spaces and metacharacters in
1421    when running cavern from aven.  Fixes ticket#11.
1422
1423* editwrap: (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters.
1424
1425* diffpos: Handle files with duplicate labels in better - extend generates
1426  duplicate labels when it breaks a loop.
1427
1428* Enable eswap-break testcase now that diffpos handles duplicate station names.
1429
1430* New v7 of .3d format which stores survey dates as number of days since
1431  January 1st 1900, so we now support dates from 1900-2078 (rather than
1432  1970-2037) with a smaller file size.  The img API is now versioned - you
1433  can select the new "version 1" by compiling with -DIMG_API_VERSION=1, which
1434  gives the survey dates in days in days1 and days2 instead of as time_t
1435  values in date1 and date2.  Fixes ticket#14.
1436
1437* Consistently use http://survex.com/ rather than http://www.survex.com/ - the
1438  former has been the canonical name for some time, with www.survex.com just
1439  redirecting to it.
1440
1441* (Unix version): Use unlocked file I/O if available, which can be much faster
1442  in some cases (we don't need the locking as we don't do multithreaded file
1443  I/O).
1444
1445* (Mac version): Fix compilation failure due to clash with Point in Mac OS X
1446  headers.
1447
1448* (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh now works again.
1449
1450* Most tests weren't actually running any testcases (looks like a sh
1451  portability issue).  This is now fixed, and fortunately all tests still pass.
1452
1453* Include the extra .isl translation files for Innosetup in the source archive.
1454
1455Changes in 1.1.14 (2010-07-26):
1456
1457* Restore compatibility with wxWidgets 2.6 (1.1.13 required wxWidgets 2.8).
1458
1459* aven:
1460
1461  + After processing survey data, if there were warnings or errors, add a
1462    "Rerun" button to allow easy reprocessing after fixing problems.  If there
1463    were only warnings, also add an "OK" button to allow moving on to viewing
1464    the processed survey data (fixes ticket#13).
1465
1466  + Optimise updating of the cavern log window (hopefully fixes ticket#12).
1467
1468  + Fix links in cavern log window to link from exactly '<file>:<line>' (and
1469    not the ': ' after), and to make the title for the terminal the
1470    warning/error message.  Avoid false positives by checking that '<line>' is
1471    a number.
1472
1473  + Don't double escape the contents of href and target in links in the cavern
1474    log window.
1475
1476  + Improve handling of the splitter window, fixing behavioural glitches in
1477    various cases.
1478
1479  + Highlight stations matching any current search when a file is loaded.
1480    (ticket#9)
1481
1482  + (Mac version): Fix build issue due to Mac OS X polluting the global
1483    namespace with its own "Point" class.
1484
1485  + (Unix version): The Gnome print dialog has its own preview window so
1486    suppress ours if using the Gnome one.
1487
1488  + (Unix version): Link aven with -lGLU which SuSE Linux needs.
1489
1490  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix handling of a double-click on the survey
1491    tree when built with wxWidgets >= 2.8.11.
1492
1493* cavern: Report relevant file and line number for three warnings which didn't
1494  give them before.
1495
1496* (Unix and Mac versions): configure: Update the wx-config probing code -
1497  wxmac-config etc aren't present with newer wxWidgets versions so there's no
1498  point looking for them now.
1499
1500* (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh: This script builds a diskimage with Survex in
1501  for easy installation.  Update it to work with the latest Survex versions
1502  (use WX_CONFIG not WXCONFIG; use a Unicode build of wxWidgets; if building a
1503  private wxWidgets, use 2.8.11 not 2.7.0-1).
1504
1505* manual:
1506
1507  + Correctly capitalise "GTK".
1508
1509  + Note that on Linux we only regularly test builds with the GTK+ version
1510    (change taken from 1.0).
1511
1512* Fixed the cad3d man page, which was an empty file in 1.1.13.
1513
1514Changes in 1.1.13 (2010-06-16):
1515
1516* Say "wxWidgets" instead of "wxWindows" consistently.
1517
1518* img.c: Fix small memory leak (filename_opened member).
1519
1520* cad3d, aven: Fix export to SVG when a label contains a '%' character.
1521
1522* aven:
1523
1524  + wxWidgets 2.6.0 or newer is now required.
1525
1526  + A "Unicode" build of wxWidgets is now supported.  An "ANSI" build may still
1527    work but hasn't been tested recently (all packaged versions of wxWidgets
1528    seem to be Unicode now).
1529
1530  + Fix potential uses of uninitialised variables which may have been causing
1531    occasional glitches when loading a file on start-up.
1532
1533  + Improvements to the handling of the font used for plotting labels and other
1534    text on the survey pane:
1535
1536    - Loading the font file is more efficient.
1537
1538    - Character spacing is improved.
1539
1540    - Default font is now anti-aliased.
1541
1542  + "About" dialog:
1543
1544    - Add "Copy" button to copy the system info to the clipboard for easier
1545      bug reporting.
1546
1547    - List OpenGL extensions last, since there are usually lots of them with a
1548      modern gfx card.
1549
1550    - Fix 100% CPU usage while the "About" dialog is open.
1551
1552  + Processing .svx files:
1553
1554    - Passing a .svx file on the command line now works better.
1555
1556    - Put the survey data log window in a splitter in the usual frame rather
1557      than opening a separate frame for it.
1558
1559    - Auto-scroll the log window until we've reported a warning or error.
1560
1561    - Fix small memory leak.
1562
1563  + The presentation filename now defaults to using the basename of the
1564    currently loaded dataset, but we always prompt before we first save with
1565    such a name.
1566
1567  + Reduce memory usage when saving a screenshot.
1568
1569  + Allow "Toggle Fullscreen" to work even if no survey is loaded now that we
1570    persist the window size (and maximised or fullscreen state) between
1571    invocations.
1572
1573  + Fix reporting of OpenGL errors.
1574
1575  + Fix glitches when tilting while looking East.
1576
1577  + Added Portuguese and Slovak translations of wxWidgets messages.
1578
1579* Documentation:
1580
1581  + Rationalise manual formats - replace PostScript with PDF and drop RTF.
1582
1583  + Drop the "alternative manual formats" self-extracting zip file - people
1584    will generally just want one of the formats, so downloading several
1585    together isn't very useful.
1586
1587  + 3dformat.htm: Update for v6 format (thanks to Mike McCombe).
1588
1589  + GPL.htm: Replace HTML version of licence with a link to the version on
1590    the FSF website.
1591
1592  + ChngeLog.htm: Stop generating an HTML version of the ChangeLog - it's too
1593    low level to be of interest to non-developers, and developers can look at
1594    the source code.
1595
1596* (Unix version): configure: New preferred name for specifying wx-config script
1597  is WX_CONFIG.  WXCONFIG still supported for compatibility.
1598
1599* (Linux version): Source RPM package dropped as you can just build an RPM
1600  package from the source tarball.
1601
1602* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now created with a newer
1603  version of InnoSetup, which gives a 10% smaller download.
1604
1605Changes in 1.1.12 (2007-02-07):
1606
1607* aven:
1608
1609  + Remember the window size or maximised/fullscreen state between invocations.
1610
1611  + Add options dialog to "Export" similar to the one for "Print".
1612
1613  + The "number of pages required" in the print dialog now updates when you
1614    change what is to be shown (underground legs/surface legs/station
1615    names/crosses).
1616
1617Changes in 1.1.11 (2006-11-25):
1618
1619* Updated Czech, Spanish, and Slovak translations.
1620
1621* (MacOS X version): Assorted OS X specific tweaks and fixes.
1622
1623* aven:
1624
1625  + Pick a smaller and clearer font for labels.
1626
1627  + Fix character spacing.
1628
1629  + Tweak display of bearing and elevation angles to look nicer with
1630    proportional fonts.
1631
1632  + Use the title from the 3d (or plt, etc) file for the window title
1633    rather than the filename.
1634
1635  + Show distances to 2 decimal places rather than the nearest integer.
1636
1637  + Only consider underground legs when calculating the depth bands and
1638    depth colouring.
1639
1640  + Add "Colour by Error".
1641
1642  + Add entry for "white" in date and error keys.
1643
1644  + When setting the view to a single point, don't change the scale.
1645
1646  + If reloading the same file, don't change the view
1647
1648  + Fix filetypes selector in open dialog.
1649
1650  + Fix the charset we use for aven in certain cases.
1651
1652  + Call msg_init before using msg_lang or it won't ever be set!
1653
1654  + Pass wx the full language code to initialise the C library locale.
1655
1656  + Fix bug in generating prefix tree view which could lead to a bogus
1657    leading dot on some survey names (bug probably introduced in 1.1.10).
1658
1659  + "New Presentation" now ensures that the side panel is open
1660
1661  + Fix updating of cached opengl lists when the view is reset to the
1662    default.
1663
1664* Ignore LANG if it starts with a digit to avoid problems with bogus value for
1665  LANG which AutoCAD installation seems to set on MS Windows.
1666
1667* (Unix version): configure: Allow SGMLTOOLS and DOCBOOK_TO_MAN to be
1668  specified.  Either/both can be set to ":".
1669
1670* dump3d: Report unknown (to dump3d) codes returned by img.
1671
1672* img library: Flag all stations as underground in the old "ASCII" .3d format.
1673
1674Changes in 1.1.10 (2006-07-14):
1675
1676* aven: Clicking on a survey name in the survey tree now highlights it in
1677  the map view.  Double-clicking zooms the view to show the clicked survey
1678  highlighted.  Clicking the root clears the highlighting and double-clicking
1679  the root restores the default view.  To expand/collapse a branch, click
1680  on the "[+]" or "[-]" icon to the left of the survey name.
1681
1682* aven: The measuring line can now measure to anywhere in plan or elevation
1683  view (not just to a station!)  In plan view the horizontal distance and
1684  bearing are shown, while in elevation view the vertical distance is shown.
1685
1686* aven: Moving the mouse over a station in the survey view now highlights
1687  that station in the survey tree (though it may not be visible if the
1688  survey(s) it is in aren't expanded).
1689
1690* aven: Clicking on a station to centre the view now moves the mouse pointer
1691  to the new location of the station (except on Mac OS X where this isn't
1692  allowed).
1693
1694* aven: Fix which presentation toolbar buttons are shown as depressed.
1695
1696* Fix infinite loop reading 3d files with LRUD data (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
1697
1698* vim files are now installed with the correct paths (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
1699
1700Changes in 1.1.9 (2006-07-04):
1701
1702* (Unix version): Install desktop files for aven and svxedit contributed to the
1703  Ubuntu package by Phil Bull, and corresponding pixmaps.
1704
1705* Fix img to filter out cross-sections which don't match the subsurvey (if
1706  specified).  The API now returns img_XSECT_END to mark the end of a
1707  passage rather than setting a flag on the last img_XSECT of the passage.
1708
1709* Enhance integration with the vim editor - this can now colour .err files, run
1710  cavern from vim and parse error output, and run aven from vim.  Tweak the
1711  existing vim mode for .svx files to fix a few minor bugs and add support for
1712  the new "*data passage" style.
1713
1714* aven: fix drawing of the "blob" end of the measuring line on graphics cards
1715  which can't draw large enough blobs for us.
1716
1717* aven: sort out confusion about what encoding everything is in which means
1718  that the distance measured by the measuring line actually gets displayed
1719  and also fixes problems with empty menu items in non-English locales in
1720  some cases.
1721
1722* aven: redraw grey background after a menu is closed over the aven window
1723  with no survey loaded.
1724
1725* aven: fix bug which caused printing to crash (introduced in 1.1.8).
1726
1727* aven: avoid crash on some machines when opening "About" dialog before having
1728  loaded a survey.
1729
1730* aven: Translate "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in print view dialog.
1731
1732* (Unix version): aven: Fix character set handling of cavern output.
1733
1734* cavern: Report an error if a cross-section is specified for a station which
1735  doesn't exist.
1736
1737* Updated French and Italian translations.
1738
1739* (Unix version): aven: Fix "Can't open message file `en_US' using path
1740  `${prefix}/share/survex'" error.
1741
1742* Fix bug in 3d file reading on 64 bit platforms when used in STANDALONE mode
1743  (doesn't affect Survex itself, but other applications which use img.c should
1744  update their copy).
1745
1746* (Unix version): Add checks that wxWidgets is a non-unicode version (wx 2.6
1747  and later are caught by configure, whereas older wx versions are caught when
1748  trying to compile).
1749
1750Changes in 1.1.8 (2006.06.30):
1751
1752* Drop support for building with wxWidgets versions prior to 2.4.0
1753  (which was released on 2003-01-07).
1754
1755* aven: Printing through aven now uses settings from the "[aven]" section
1756  of print.ini, and support for hierarchical sections (using "like=")
1757  has been disabled.
1758
1759* aven: Change mouse actions to be compatible with those in Survex 1.0.
1760  The mousewheel now zooms in/out (it doesn't do anything in 1.0) and
1761  left drag is now smart about not rotating and zooming at the same
1762  time.
1763
1764* aven: Highlighting stations now happens as you type, and pressing
1765  "Enter" or clicking the "Find" button now pans and zooms to show the
1766  highlighted stations.
1767
1768* aven: Left-clicking away from a station now cancels measuring line.
1769
1770* aven: Setting view to North, South, East, or West is now animated like
1771  the tilt from plan to elevation.
1772
1773* aven: Fix presentation saving to also write "." for decimal points and
1774  presentation loading to accept either "." or ",".
1775
1776* (Unix version): aven: Add text for all toolbar items so that aven
1777  will work with the Gnome desktop preference for displaying toolbars as
1778  icons with text or just text (wxWidgets needs fixing first though).
1779
1780* (Unix version): aven: Remove the ability to detach the menu bar (yell
1781  if you actually used it and I'll restore it!)
1782
1783* aven: Add "all survey files" option to the "open file" dialog.
1784
1785* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix cursor keys to pan survey.
1786
1787* (MS Windows version): Built with wxWidgets 2.6.3 instead of 2.6.2.
1788
1789* (MS Windows version): Fix installer to work on Windows 2000 or XP if
1790  run by an unprivileged user.
1791
1792* (MS Windows version): Upgrade to the latest version of InnoSetup (the
1793  installer builder we use) and include new installer translations for
1794  UK English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Slovak.
1795
1796* (MS Windows version): aven: Include Catalan and Brazilian Portuguese
1797  translations of messages for wxWidgets (the GUI library we use).
1798
1799* aven: Disable "Highlight exported points" if there aren't any.
1800
1801* Updates to French translation from Michel Bovey.  Also updates to German,
1802  Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian translations.
1803
1804* (Unix version): test suite: fix smoke test to pass even without X running
1805  (it was meant to but the code had a bug).
1806
1807* aven: Check if OpenGL is available and exit cleanly with a helpful error
1808  if it isn't.
1809
1810* (Unix version): aven: Fix --help and --version to work without a working
1811  X display (provided it's built with wxWidgets 2.5.1 or newer).
1812
1813* aven: Automatically select the presentation tab of the notebook when the user
1814  selects "New Presentation" or "Open Presentation".
1815
1816* aven: Fix "Delete" in the presentation list to not get passed on (and so not
1817  reset to default view as well).
1818
1819* aven: Fix Ctrl+Insert in the presentation list not to segfault if the list is
1820  empty.
1821
1822* aven: Fix Cursor Up and Down in the presentation list to move the highlight
1823  up and down instead of being passed on and moving the survey.
1824
1825* aven: Improve SVG output compatibility.  Tested with Mozilla Firefox 1.5,
1826  Adobe's SVG browser plugin, Gimp 2.2.8, Gqview 2.0.0, Opera 8.5,
1827  Safari 2.0.3, and InkScape 0.42.
1828
1829* aven: Put a 5mm border around exported SVG files to allow for station markers
1830  and non-zero width lines.
1831
1832* aven: Fix crash when exporting as SVG or Sketch if labels or surface data
1833  was turned on.
1834
1835* aven: Actually close the file we're exporting which fixes problems with it
1836  not always being fully written.
1837
1838Changes in 1.1.7 (2005.10.18):
1839
1840* cavern: Add validity checking for dates in *date commands (with feature
1841  test in testsuite).  A date entered as just "year" or "year.month" now
1842  becomes a date range for the relevant period (previously it became a single
1843  date near the middle of that period).
1844
1845* extend: Fixed 2 uninitialised flags (should fix erratic behaviour on
1846  with MS Windows).
1847
1848* extend: Default output name for a file called input.3d is now input_extend.3d
1849  rather than just extend.3d (which was annoying if you wanted to extend
1850  several surveys in the same directory).
1851
1852* aven: OpenGL 2.0 always includes support for point sprites so rework
1853  our check for them to include that knowledge.
1854
1855* aven: Regenerate depth bar if user switches to/from metric units.
1856
1857* aven: Don't clear the "there" mark just because the mouse pointer has
1858  moved off a station.
1859
1860* aven: When processing a .svx file, put the resultant .3d file in the
1861  same directory (since that's where we then try to load it from).
1862
1863* aven: Fix labelling of date colouring on 32 bit platforms.
1864
1865* aven: If "colour by date" is on and we load a survey with no date info
1866  (or all surveyed on the same date) then set "colour by none".
1867
1868* aven: Make the error dialog modal and remove a signal handler once it
1869  has fired to prevent endless (or seemingly endless) cascades of error
1870  dialogs.
1871
1872* aven: Enforce a minimum object volume diameter of 1m to avoid problems
1873  if a survey file with only one station in is loaded.
1874
1875* aven: Fix problems with indicators disappearing when we're drawing
1876  blobs and/or crosses the slow (but always supported) way.  (Problem
1877  introduced in 1.1.6).
1878
1879* (Unix version): aven: Really stop setting extra toolbar margin when using
1880  GTK2.0.  The attempt to fix this in 1.1.3 failed because __WXGTK12__ is
1881  set for GTK+ 1.2 or *any later release* so is true for GTK+ 2.0 too!
1882
1883* (Unix version): aven: Add details of which of wxGTK, wxMotif, and wxX11
1884  we've been compiled with, and which GTK+/Motif version where appropriate.
1885
1886* (Unix version): Fixed build on Fedora Core 3.
1887
1888* documentation: Updates to 3d file format specification from Mike McCombe.
1889
1890Changes in 1.1.6 (2005.10.10):
1891
1892* (MS Windows version): Distribution is about a third smaller than 1.1.5
1893  (mostly because mingwm10.dll is no longer required).
1894
1895* aven: If aven is asked to load a .svx, .dat, or .mak file, run cavern on
1896  it, showing cavern's output in a window (with errors and warnings clickable
1897  to load the offending file into an editor), and then loading the resulting
1898  3d file.
1899
1900* aven: Added "Colour by Date" option.
1901
1902* aven: Disable "Colour by Depth" option if there's no elevation variation.
1903
1904* aven: Don't crash if trying to load a survey with no elevation variation.
1905  Instead turn off depth colouring.
1906
1907* aven: Export as HPGL added.
1908
1909* aven: Improved update of mouse coordinates and measuring line (thanks to
1910  Martin Green).
1911
1912* aven: Show the coordinates of either the mouse pointer or the nearest
1913  survey station to it (if there is one near enough).  Showing both was
1914  confusing and meant the status bar overflowed on smaller displays.
1915
1916* aven: When printing an extended elevation, don't show bearing and elevation.
1917
1918* aven: Don't lock "flat" surveys which aren't extended elevations - a
1919  flat survey with LRUD data isn't flat any more!
1920
1921* aven: When we have to draw blobs and crosses the slow way (because the
1922  graphics hardware doesn't support the fast way), draw them so that they
1923  should appear at the correct depth into the 3D scene instead of on top
1924  of everything else.
1925
1926* aven: Make "play presentation backwards" icon green to match the other
1927  presentation icons.
1928
1929* (MS Windows version): aven: Mouse clicks on the survey view now set the
1930  keyboard focus there.
1931
1932* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix first redraw of a newly loaded survey.
1933
1934* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix redrawing of measuring line.
1935
1936* cavern: Store dates for img_XSECT.
1937
1938* cavern: Fixed small one-off memory leak if you specify -o more than once.
1939
1940* (Unix version): Check environmental variable LC_MESSAGES when deciding what
1941  language to use for messages.
1942
1943* (MS Windows version): "Print" on a 3d file now prints through aven rather
1944  than the separate printer driver (Unix has done this for some time).
1945
1946* Removed old printer drivers.
1947
1948* img library: When creating a 3d file, ignore img_XSECT if we've been asked
1949  to write a file format version which doesn't support it.
1950
1951Changes in 1.1.5 (2005.09.20):
1952
1953* (MS Windows version): aven: Fixed crash on start-up (introduced in 1.1.4).
1954
1955* aven: Make blobs round like they are in Survex 1.0.
1956
1957* aven: If the graphics drivers don't support drawing blobs using OpenGL
1958  point markers, fall back to drawing filled circles.
1959
1960* aven: If the graphics drivers support it, draw crosses as texture mapped
1961  OpenGL point markers which is much faster.
1962
1963* aven: Cross size increased to match Survex 1.0.
1964
1965* aven: We must update which blobs are displayed if display of surface or
1966  underground legs is toggled.
1967
1968* cavern: Fix handling of a *solve followed by survey data, none of which is
1969  attached to the previous data.
1970
1971* cavern: Fixed "No survey data" error when a *solve is followed by another
1972  *solve (or the implicit solve at the end of processing) with no data between
1973  them.
1974
1975Changes in 1.1.4 (2005.09.19):
1976
1977* aven: Added Aven's icon to the "About" dialog.
1978
1979* aven: Use localised character for the decimal point (e.g. "," in most
1980  continental European countries).
1981
1982* aven: Previously the survey tree would get focus and then take keypresses
1983  (e.g. "P", "L", "Delete").  Now we pass most keypresses across so they
1984  operate on the cave, and transfer the input focus across when we do.
1985
1986* aven: Make pressing "Return" in the tree control expand/collapse a subtree.
1987
1988* aven: Speed up intialisation by delaying creation of OpenGL lists until
1989  they're needed.
1990
1991* aven: Added Mark Shinwell's bounding box with shadow of the survey.
1992
1993* aven: Disable the "Tubes" button/menu item when there's no LRUD data.
1994
1995* aven: Reworded "Restore Default Settings" as "Restore Default View".
1996
1997* (Unix version): aven: Set sensible default margins for printing and preserve
1998  any margin values the user specifies between runs (previously margins
1999  defaulted to 0 each time aven was run).
2000
2001* Documentation: Document *DATA PASSAGE in the manual.
2002
2003Changes in 1.1.3 (2005.09.07):
2004
2005* (Microsoft Windows version): Fixed build problems.
2006
2007* cavern: Allow OMIT character (-) for left/right/up/down.
2008
2009* aven: Remove an unnecessary menu separator.
2010
2011* aven: Fix "Find" and "Hide" toolbar buttons to work with GTK2.0.
2012
2013* aven: Make the tooltip for "Hide" show the number of found stations.
2014
2015* aven: If * or ? is used in a glob-style pattern, force a non-substring match.
2016
2017* aven: Enable "New Presentation" when there's a 3d file loaded, rather than
2018  when there's a presentation loaded.
2019
2020* aven: Make entrances green in side panel tree list to match green blobs used
2021  in cave view.
2022
2023* aven: Don't show surface labels if we're not showing surface data, etc.
2024
2025* aven: Merge "Start Rotation" and "Stop Rotation" into "Toggle Rotation" and
2026  make "Space" the key for this.  Keep Return working "Stop Rotation" so
2027  existing users are happy, but don't advertise it.
2028
2029* aven: Normalise filename by adding any extension used, and use the normalised
2030  filename for file history and window title.
2031
2032* (Unix version): aven: Stop setting extra toolbar margin when using GTK2.0
2033  as the toolbar buttons already have a sensible margin - the extra margin is
2034  only needed with GTK1.2.
2035
2036* aven: Fix handling of plumb legs in tube model.
2037
2038* aven: Fixed swapped L and R in tube model.
2039
2040* extend: Preserve UD cross-section information in extended elevation.
2041
2042* extend: Add new messages for John Pybus' enhancements.
2043
2044Changes in 1.1.2 (never formally released):
2045
2046* Added support for LRUD data in .svx files, in .3d files, and aven can
2047  now load and display it on screen and on printouts.  The ability to "fake"
2048  LRUD data in aven is gone for now but will reappear in some form later.
2049
2050* cavern: Removed support for writing Chasm's 3dx format.  We're going to
2051  fold any desirable missing chasm functionality into aven.
2052
2053* aven: Rearranged mouse actions as discussed on the mailing list.  Added
2054  cursors for each different mouse action to help the user learn what each
2055  does.  Also added cursors for the "compass" and "clino" as well as the
2056  scalebar to suggest to the user that they can be dragged to change the view.
2057
2058* (Unix version): aven: Don't segfault if LANG isn't a known language.
2059
2060* tests/smoketest.tst: If X windows is running, check that we can run aven
2061  with --help and --version.
2062
2063* tests/cavern.tst: Fixed cavern.tst to warn if it is skipping a test because
2064  no results are listed for it.  This revealed that there was a "newline" test
2065  which should have been called "badnewline", and was a broken testcase too!
2066  Fixed all these problems.
2067
2068* cavern: Applied Simeon Warner's patch for handling backcompass, backclino,
2069  and omitted forward compass/clino readings in Compass DAT files.  Added
2070  a feature test for this to the testsuite.
2071
2072* It no longer makes sense to have an option not to build aven or to build aven
2073  without OpenGL so remove old machinery for this from configure and the
2074  sources.
2075
2076* (Unix version): configure: Check if "-lXxf86vm" is needed.
2077
2078* configure: Better output for strcasecmp test.
2079
2080* aven: Fix crosses to work much better.  Not a total fix - their position
2081  in the Z buffer isn't correct and they're rather slow to plot.
2082
2083* aven: Don't regenerate the hittest grid every time the mouse moves while
2084  animating, which solves the mysterious pausing effect (thanks go to Martin
2085  Green for spotting this!)  Also clear all the status bar coordinates when
2086  animating.
2087
2088* aven: Sort out clashing menu shortcuts in some languages.
2089
2090* aven: Fixed compilation problem on x86_64
2091
2092* SPUD: Pruned out stuff which has been done or which is not actually relevant
2093  to this branch.
2094
2095* Merge various changes from 1.0 branch:
2096
2097  + aven: Port over "printing from aven" functionality.
2098
2099  + aven: Port over "export as" functionality,
2100
2101  + Add David Loeffler's vim mode for .svx files.
2102
2103* aven: Fix check for whether a label is behind us in perspective view.
2104
2105* aven: Don't use an opengl list for drawing the indicators - we typically make
2106  a new list each time we plot them anyway.
2107
2108* Remove lingering traces of support for RISC OS and pre-386 MSDOS
2109
2110* aven: Set icon on non-Windows platforms too.  This means that with
2111  WindowMaker on Unix you get an icon on the AppIcon by default.
2112
2113* configure: Update wxWindows checks to handle newer wx versions.
2114
2115* Make all maintainer perl scripts "use bytes;" to avoid utf-8 double encoding
2116  problems.  They also all require Perl 5.8 now (hopefully this isn't an issue
2117  for anyone building from CVS).
2118
2119* acinclude.m4: Quote macro name for fix autotools warning.
2120
2121* Documentation: "tilt up" is "'" not ",".
2122
2123* aven: Add support for mousewheels (to tilt the cave).
2124
2125* aven: Fixed twisted transitions to and from pitches in certain cases.
2126
2127* aven: Pick a sensible initial window size when the user's desktop is spread
2128  over more than one monitor (works best with wx2.5 or newer, but try to do
2129  better with wx2.4 or earlier as well).
2130
2131* aven: Initialise GfxCore slightly later to avoid visual glitch from notebook
2132  contents being visible before any survey is loaded.
2133
2134* aven: Allow a coloured texture to be used
2135
2136* aven: Don't initialise until we have data (to the user, this means the window
2137  is default colour (grey for most systems) not black until a survey is
2138  loaded).
2139
2140* aven: Fixed weird "shadowed" icons.
2141
2142Changes in 1.1.1 (2004-10-06):
2143
2144* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Hopefully fix loading a survey file at
2145  startup.
2146
2147* aven: Delay loading the bitmap for the "About" dialog until it is first
2148  needed.  We want start up to be as quick as possible.
2149
2150Changes between 1.0.32 and 1.1.0 (never formally released):
2151
2152* NOTE: Survex 1.1.X releases are development snapshots made available for
2153  the purposes of allowing wider testing and getting more user feedback.  Once
2154  the code has stabilised the version number will be raised to 1.2.0.
2155
2156* aven: Now uses OpenGL for 3d rendering - you may need to install drivers if
2157  you're using Windows 95 - these can be obtained from:
2158  http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/info/1/W95/EN-US/Opengl95.exe
2159
2160* aven: Solid passages - passage dimensions are currently inferred from
2161  the leg length (pretty effective as you can measure longer legs in
2162  larger passages).  Use of real LRUD data coming soon...
2163
2164* aven: Depth colouring is now continuously varying.
2165
2166* aven: Colour by depth can now be turned off (and there's the start of a
2167  framework for properly implementing colour by date, error, etc).
2168
2169* aven: Find stations moved onto the toolbar and now uses a simple wildcarded
2170  match (? matches any character, * matches any number of characters).
2171
2172* aven: We now use the status bar for coordinates, distances, etc to make
2173  better use of screen space.
2174
2175* aven: Full screen mode (F11).
2176
2177* aven: Perspective view.
2178
2179* aven: Context sensitive cursor shape - needs more work.
2180
2181* aven: Mouse actions changed (hopefully they're now more natural, but
2182  you may find the change disorientating - feedback wanted on this).
2183
2184* aven: Added "presentations" which allow you to set up fly-through paths
2185  and load/save/run them.
2186
2187* aven: A presentation can be exported as a movie file.
2188
2189* aven: Added Save screenshot facility.
2190
2191* aven: Depth fogging option.
2192
2193* aven: Added Smooth Lines option.
2194
2195* aven: Added Textured Walls option.
2196
2197* aven: If a survey has surface legs but no underground legs, default to
2198  showing the surface legs.
2199
2200* cavern: Dates given to *date are now stored in the 3d file.
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