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1Changes in 1.1.4:
2
3* aven: Added Aven's icon to the "About" dialog.
4
5* aven: Use localised character for the decimal point (e.g. "," in most
6  continental European countries).
7
8* aven: Previously the survey tree would get focus and then take keypresses
9  (e.g. "P", "L", "Delete").  Now we pass most keypresses across so they
10  operate on the cave, and transfer the input focus across when we do.
11
12* aven: Make pressing "Return" in the tree control expand/collapse a subtree.
13
14* aven: Added the Aven icon to the "About" dialog.
15
16* aven: Speed up intialisation by delaying creation of OpenGL lists until
17  they're needed.
18
19* aven: Added Mark Shinwell's bounding box with shadow of the survey.
20
21* aven: Disable the "Tubes" button/menu item when there's no LRUD data.
22
23* aven: Reworded "Restore Default Settings" as "Restore Default View".
24
25* (Unix version): aven: Set sensible default margins for printing and preserve
26  any margin values the user specifies between runs (previously margins
27  defaulted to 0 each time aven was run).
28
29* Documentation: Document *DATA PASSAGE in the manual.
30
31Changes in 1.1.3:
32
33* (Microsoft Windows version): Fixed build problems.
34
35* cavern: Allow OMIT character (-) for left/right/up/down.
36
37* aven: Remove an unnecessary menu separator.
38
39* aven: Fix "Find" and "Hide" toolbar buttons to work with GTK2.0.
40
41* aven: Make the tooltip for "Hide" show the number of found stations.
42
43* aven: If * or ? is used in a glob-style pattern, force a non-substring match.
44
45* aven: Enable "New Presentation" when there's a 3d file loaded, rather than
46  when there's a presentation loaded.
47
48* aven: Make entrances green in side panel tree list to match green blobs used
49  in cave view.
50
51* aven: Don't show surface labels if we're not showing surface data, etc.
52
53* aven: Merge "Start Rotation" and "Stop Rotation" into "Toggle Rotation" and
54  make "Space" the key for this.  Keep Return working "Stop Rotation" so
55  existing users are happy, but don't advertise it.
56
57* aven: Normalise filename by adding any extension used, and use the normalised
58  filename for file history and window title.
59
60* (Unix version): aven: Stop setting extra toolbar margin when using GTK2.0
61  as the toolbar buttons already have a sensible margin - the extra margin is
62  only needed with GTK1.2.
63
64* aven: Fix handling of plumb legs in tube model.
65
66* aven: Fixed swapped L and R in tube model.
67
68* extend: Preserve UD cross-section information in extended elevation.
69
70* extend: Add new messages for John Pybus' enhancements.
71
72Changes in 1.1.2 (never formally released):
73
74* Added support for LRUD data in .svx files, in .3d files, and aven can
75  now load and display it on screen and on printouts.  The ability to "fake"
76  LRUD data in aven is gone for now but will reappear in some form later.
77
78* cavern: Removed support for writing Chasm's 3dx format.  We're going to
79  fold any desirable missing chasm functionality into aven.
80
81* aven: Rearranged mouse actions as discussed on the mailing list.  Added
82  cursors for each different mouse action to help the user learn what each
83  does.  Also added cursors for the "compass" and "clino" as well as the
84  scalebar to suggest to the user that they can be dragged to change the view.
85
86* (Unix version): aven: Don't segfault if LANG isn't a known language.
87
88* tests/smoketest.tst: If X windows is running, check that we can run aven
89  with --help and --version.
90
91* tests/cavern.tst: Fixed cavern.tst to warn if it is skipping a test because
92  no results are listed for it.  This revealed that there was a "newline" test
93  which should have been called "badnewline", and was a broken testcase too!
94  Fixed all these problems.
95
96* cavern: Applied Simeon Warner's patch for handling backcompass, backclino,
97  and omitted forward compass/clino readings in Compass DAT files.  Added
98  a feature test for this to the testsuite.
99
100* It no longer makes sense to have an option not to build aven or to build aven
101  without OpenGL so remove old machinery for this from configure and the
102  sources.
103
104* (Unix version): configure: Check if "-lXxf86vm" is needed.
105
106* configure: Better output for strcasecmp test.
107
108* aven: Fix crosses to work much better.  Not a total fix - their position
109  in the Z buffer isn't correct and they're rather slow to plot.
110
111* aven: Don't regenerate the hittest grid every time the mouse moves while
112  animating, which solves the mysterious pausing effect (thanks go to Martin
113  Green for spotting this!)  Also clear all the status bar coordinates when
114  animating.
115
116* aven: Sort out clashing menu shortcuts in some languages.
117
118* aven: Fixed compilation problem on x86_64
119
120* SPUD: Pruned out stuff which has been done or which is not actually relevant
121  to this branch.
122
123* Merge various changes from 1.0 branch:
124
125  + aven: Port over "printing from aven" functionality.
126
127  + aven: Port over "export as" functionality,
128
129  + Add David Loeffler's vim mode for .svx files.
130
131* aven: Fix check for whether a label is behind us in perspective view.
132
133* aven: Don't use an opengl list for drawing the indicators - we typically make
134  a new list each time we plot them anyway.
135
136* Remove lingering traces of support for RISC OS and pre-386 MSDOS
137
138* aven: Set icon on non-Windows platforms too.  This means that with
139  WindowMaker on Unix you get an icon on the AppIcon by default.
140
141* configure: Update wxWindows checks to handle newer wx versions.
142
143* Make all maintainer perl scripts "use bytes;" to avoid utf-8 double encoding
144  problems.  They also all require Perl 5.8 now (hopefully this isn't an issue
145  for anyone building from CVS).
146
147* acinclude.m4: Quote macro name for fix autotools warning.
148
149* Documentation: "tilt up" is "'" not ",".
150
151* aven: Add support for mousewheels (to tilt the cave).
152
153* aven: Fixed twisted transitions to and from pitches in certain cases.
154
155* aven: Pick a sensible initial window size when the user's desktop is spread
156  over more than one monitor (works best with wx2.5 or newer, but try to do
157  better with wx2.4 or earlier as well).
158
159* aven: Initialise GfxCore slightly later to avoid visual glitch from notebook
160  contents being visible before any survey is loaded.
161
162* aven: Allow a coloured texture to be used
163
164* aven: Don't initialise until we have data (to the user, this means the window
165  is default colour (grey for most systems) not black until a survey is
166  loaded).
167
168* aven: Fixed weird "shadowed" icons.
169
170Changes in 1.1.1:
171
172* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Hopefully fix loading a survey file at
173  startup.
174
175* aven: Delay loading the bitmap for the "About" dialog until it is first
176  needed.  We want start up to be as quick as possible.
177
178Changes between 1.0.32 and 1.1.0:
179
180* NOTE: Survex 1.1.X releases are development snapshots made available for
181  the purposes of allowing wider testing and getting more user feedback.  Once
182  the code has stabilised the version number will be raised to 1.2.0.
183
184* aven: Now uses OpenGL for 3d rendering - you may need to install drivers if
185  you're using Windows 95 - these can be obtained from:
186  http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/info/1/W95/EN-US/Opengl95.exe
187
188* aven: Solid passages - passage dimensions are currently inferred from
189  the leg length (pretty effective as you can measure longer legs in
190  larger passages).  Use of real LRUD data coming soon...
191
192* aven: Depth colouring is now continuously varying.
193
194* aven: Colour by depth can now be turned off (and there's the start of a
195  framework for properly implementing colour by date, error, etc).
196
197* aven: Find stations moved onto the toolbar and now uses a simple wildcarded
198  match (? matches any character, * matches any number of characters).
199
200* aven: We now use the status bar for coordinates, distances, etc to make
201  better use of screen space.
202
203* aven: Full screen mode (F11).
204
205* aven: Perspective view.
206
207* aven: Context sensitive cursor shape - needs more work.
208
209* aven: Mouse actions changed (hopefully they're now more natural, but
210  you may find the change disorientating - feedback wanted on this).
211
212* aven: Added "presentations" which allow you to set up fly-through paths
213  and load/save/run them.
214
215* aven: A presentation can be exported as a movie file.
216
217* aven: Added Save screenshot facility.
218
219* aven: Depth fogging option.
220
221* aven: Added Smooth Lines option.
222
223* aven: Added Textured Walls option.
224
225* aven: If a survey has surface legs but no underground legs, default to
226  showing the surface legs.
227
228* cavern: Dates given to *date are now stored in the 3d file.
229
230Changes in 1.0.32:
231
232* aven: Fixed font sizes in "Print Preview" and printouts.
233
234* aven: In the print setup dialog, replaced "Orientation" radio buttons with
235  "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons.
236
237* aven: Fixed info box on printouts of elevations, tilted views, and
238  extend elevations.
239
240* aven: Added "fit on one page" option, and make it the default.
241
242* aven: Reorder "Cancel", "Preview", "Print" buttons and make "Print" the
243  default button.
244
245* aven: Read settings back from the print dialog when the "Print" button is
246  pressed (was only done for "Preview" previously).
247
248* aven: Sorted out the initial size of the "Print Preview" window.
249
250* aven: Fixed the window manager's close button on the "Print Preview" window
251  - previously this was being ignored.
252
253* aven: Sorted out initial survey scaling when loading a survey at startup.
254
255* aven: Fixed the measuring line to work better when the survey tree is
256  manipulated with keys.  Tweaked redrawing of the measuring line to be a
257  smidgen more efficient.  Fixed the blob and ring size which were one
258  pixel too small on Windows.
259
260* aven: Added "System Information:" section to the "About" dialog to hold
261  information useful when reporting bugs.  Currently it contains the wxWindows
262  version, OS version, and colour depth information.
263
264* aven: Changed the "About" dialog's "Close" button to be "OK" for consistency
265  with pretty much every other application.
266
267* aven: Added "File->Export as..." which integrates cad3d's functionality
268  within aven.
269
270* aven: Updated a few icons.
271
272* cad3d: Added SVG export support from John Pybus
273
274* (Unix version): Fixed to allow compilation with GCC 3.4
275
276* (MS Windows version): Upgrade to using innosetup 4 for the installer
277  (we were using innosetup 2).  This results in a much smaller download
278  and the installer now translates itself into the currently set language.
279  The installer will no longer work on Windows NT 3.51, but I seriously
280  doubt anyone is still using that...
281
282* Updates to German translation.
283
284Changes in 1.0.31:
285
286* (MS Windows version): Fixed problems with the new printing code by building
287  with a newer version of wxWindows (2.5.2 instead of 2.4.1).
288
289* aven: Fixed grid menu item so that it always correctly reflects whether the
290  grid is enabled or not.
291
292* aven: Minor improvements to appearance of a few toolbar icons.
293
294* Updates to Catalan, French, Italian, Romanian, Slovak, and Spanish
295  translations.
296
297* cavern: Fixed Romanian message which was appearing in English .err files.
298
299Changes in 1.0.30:
300
301* aven: Added printing directly from Aven!
302
303* aven: Fixed memory leak when showing the "About" dialog.
304
305* (MacOS X version): Now installable from a disk image package.
306
307* cavern: Equates are no longer considered when deciding which stations are
308  flagged as surface and underground.
309
310* Romanian translation mostly completed.
311
312* (Unix version): Debian: Minor packaging tweaks.
313
314Changes in 1.0.29:
315
316* cad3d: Fixed problem with DXF files which stopped them loading with some
317  drawing packages (introduced in 1.0.27).
318
319* aven: Changed File->Exit to File->Quit.
320
321* Removed some unused messages from the message files.
322
323* (Unix version): Fixed SRPMs to build on RedHat 9 and Fedora Core 1 (patch
324  from John Pybus).
325
326* Romanian translation started.
327
328* (Unix version): Debian: Fixed new lintian warnings about missing quotes in
329  menu files.
330
331Changes in 1.0.28:
332
333* Fixed 3d file reading code to fix incorrect unpacking of compressed station
334  names in a rare case.  Also checked other rare cases work correctly.
335
336Changes in 1.0.27:
337
338* cad3d: DXF output now puts surface legs, stations, and labels in separate
339  layers.
340
341* (Unix version): distribute desc-svxedit.txt.
342
343Changes in 1.0.26:
344
345* cavern: Fixed interleaved topofil data style - the length was always being
346  calculated as zero.
347
348* (Unix version): aven: "All Files" now shows files without extensions too.
349
350* aven: added Ctrl+Q as shortcut for File->Exit.
351
352* aven: depth colouring now uses a proper colour gradient.
353
354* (MacOS X version): aven: the keyboard and mouse now work!  It turns out that
355  we must apply resources *after* installing.
356
357* (MacOS X version): aven: now works when run from the MacOS X Finder.
358
359* (MacOS X version): look for message files and other resources relative to the
360  binaries so that the user can install Survex from a disk image in the location
361  of their choice.
362
363* (MacOS X version): fixed not to try to build aven if wxWindows isn't
364  installed.
365
366* cad3d: fixed -e and -r options to not crash (the long versions have always
367  worked).
368
369* extend: fixed to initialise an internal structure - failing to do so was
370  probably causing crashes on some platforms.
371
372* Fixed standard graphics for "Note", "Warning", etc in the PostScript manual.
373
374* Documentation updated.
375
376* (Unix version): fixed svxedit man page which previously contained xcaverot
377  documentation!
378
379* test suite: check that cavern doesn't report "nan" or "NaN" for any values.
380
381* (Unix version): fixed configure --enable-defaultlang=XX to work.
382
383* (Unix version): fixed configure code to turn on lots of GCC warnings and fixed
384  most of them.
385
386* (MS Windows version): assorted tweaks to allow building with MS Visual C/C++.
387
388Changes in 1.0.25:
389
390* (MacOS X version): hopefully fixed building of aven.
391
392* (Unix version): updated config.guess and config.sub so should build out of
393  the box on more Unix platforms.
394
395* (Unix version): Debian: added missing Build-Depends on xlibs-dev.
396
397* (Unix version): RPMs: give up supplying binary RPMs due to apparently
398  insurmountable technical problems.
399
400Changes in 1.0.24:
401
402* cavern: fixed LEVEL (broken since around 1.0.8) and added test case.
403
404* cavern: corrected handling of declination in Compass DAT files and added test
405  case; also added tests for other aspects of Compass DAT file reading.
406
407* printps/printpcl: fixed blank page detection in some obscure cases.
408
409* Documentation: started manual section on working with Compass data files.
410
411* (Unix version): fixed compilation problems with aven and getopt.h on MacOS X
412  (and probably some other Unix versions).
413
414* (Unix version): Debian package now Build-Depends on gcc-3.2 and g++-3.2.
415
416Changes in 1.0.23:
417
418* Documentation: include 3d v3 file format description on MS Windows, MS DOS,
419  and RISC OS too; include PNG graphics for manual on MS Windows; minor updates
420  to manual.
421
422* Prefer wxWindows 2.4 if it's available.
423
424* (MacOS X version): detect MacOS X and look for MacOS X build of wxWindows;
425  automatically add resource fork to aven binary.
426
427* Disabled experimental support for Chinese (LANG=zh) - it isn't currently
428  working and makes the printer drivers unusable on Chinese versions of MS
429  Windows.
430
431* (Unix version): tweaked debian packaging.
432
433* cavern: Handling of "*:" at start of file wasn't fully fixed in 1.0.19.
434
435Changes in 1.0.22:
436
437* aven: Fixed handling of extended elevations (and other flat surveys) -
438  they are meant to be "locked flat" but this wasn't fully working before.
439
440* Documentation: 3d v3 file format description: fixed error in description of
441  codes 0x01-0x0e; include it in binary packages (not only with the source
442  code).
443
444Changes in 1.0.21:
445
446* cavern: when reading Compass DAT files, we now processes compass and clino
447  backsights, and recognise the "X" flag which indicates a leg should be
448  entirely ignored.  And we now report correct line number with errors in
449  Compass .MAK files.
450
451* cavern: if "*infer plumbs on", don't infer a plumb if the clino is
452  +/- 90 degrees, but the backclino isn't (and vice versa).
453
454* cavern: fixed 3dx output so it actually works with Chasm once more.
455
456* cavern: don't allocate extra space needed for producing 3dx output for
457  Chasm unless we're actually producing that output - saves about 8 bytes
458  per station.
459
460* cavern: removed slightly too keen sanity check which could misfire in very
461  unusual circumstances.
462
463* (MS Windows version): all .ico files except 3d.ico have been missing since
464  1.0.17 (or maybe 1.0.16) - fixed.  You wouldn't notice this if you installed
465  over an previous version.
466
467Changes in 1.0.20:
468
469* aven: update display when "Metric" or "Degrees" is toggled.
470
471* cavern: fixed handling of compass and clino corrections in Compass survey
472  data - these were interpreted as radians rather than degrees so the
473  correction was about 57 times too large!)
474
475* Improved handling of Compass PLT files - if the survey name is empty, don't
476  insert a survey separator character.
477
478* Documentation: fixed incorrect markup which resulted in a bogus footnote.
479
480Changes in 1.0.19:
481
482* cavern: you can now process Compass format survey data (.DAT and .MAK files) -
483  these can even be linked into a Survex dataset with "*include fulford.dat" or
484  "*include lech.mak" to allow processing of mixed datasets.
485
486* cavern: major speedup (up to 60%) when reading in survey data containing
487  a lot of stations in the same survey hierarchy level (which is how Compass
488  files are handled).
489
490* cavern: don't warn about a compass reading on a plumbed leg if the
491  plumb was inferred and the compass reading is zero.
492
493* cavern: reduced memory usage in code which reads a survey station name.
494
495* cavern: reported CPU time would go negative if cavern ran for more than
496  about 36 minutes (highly unlikely but not impossible on a slow machine
497  with a large, highly interconnect survey) - fixed.
498
499* cavern: avoid unnecessary work when --percentage isn't specified.
500
501* cavern: Writing "*:" at the start of a .svx file would crash cavern - fixed
502  and added test case.  This is an error anyway, but it shouldn't cause a
503  crash.
504
505* Don't distribute unused toolbar icons.
506
507* Documentation: minor updates.
508
509Changes in 1.0.18:
510
511* (Unix version): Fixed "Process" action on .svx files.
512
513* (Unix version): File associations: if svxedit isn't installed, run gnome-edit
514  instead.
515
516* (Unix version): In Debian packages, now include file associations and file
517  icons in the survex package rather than survex-aven.
518
519* (Unix version): File associations were missing from RPM packages; moved
520  aven and svxedit man pages to their respective subpackages; moved aven icons
521  to the aven subpackage.
522
523* Documentation: added details of the 3d file format (version 3).
524
525* Updated TODO list.
526
527Changes in 1.0.17:
528
529* (MS Windows version): Fixed "Open in SvxEdit" to work (and if tcl isn't
530  install this action now falls back to using notepad).  SvxEdit now has
531  its own icon.
532
533* (Unix version): Install mime types, icons, and file associations for Gnome.
534  Note: at present GMC doesn't seem to notice new files being created (e.g.
535  Process on a .svx file creates .3d and .err files) - you have to manually
536  refresh the view.
537
538* Minor update to manual.
539
540Changes in 1.0.16:
541
542* (MS Windows version): Really fixed bug introduced in 1.0.14 which often stops
543  programs from finding the message files.
544
545* (MS Windows version): Remove any existing "Open" file association for .svx
546  files.
547
548Changes in 1.0.15:
549
550* (MS Windows version): Fixed bug introduced in 1.0.14 which often stops
551  programs from finding the message files.
552
553* (MS Windows version): "Open in Notepad" is now the double-click action
554  for .svx files once again, "Open in SvxEdit" is an action in the menu
555  obtained with the right mouse button.
556
557Changes in 1.0.14:
558
559* svxedit: This is a Survex data entry editor from the therion team.  It needs
560  tcl and wish installed - for MS Windows an installer is available for free
561  from Activeware.
562
563* Improved handling of Compass PLT files and CMAP xyz files - no longer change
564  dots to spaces in survey and station names - instead use a space as the
565  separator between survey name and station name.
566
567* aven: when picking non-overlapping labels, show a slight preference to shorter
568  labels with the aim of displaying more labels.
569
570* aven: fixed hard to notice problem which could cause the cave to appear
571  tilted sideways after a lot of manipulation.
572
573* cavern: Modest speed improvement (0.5% for sample dataset).
574
575* cavern: fixed a rarely sighted bug which caused erroneous error about some
576  stations not being attached to a fixed point.
577
578* cavern: fixed clino readings and DIRECTION to work in interleaved data.
579
580* cavern: improved error reporting when an invalid value is given for a
581  DIRECTION reading.
582
583* cavern: fixed "singular matrix" error when very low SDs were specified.
584
585* print*: if the --raw is used, the survey can now use the space this would
586  have taken up.
587
588* Reading of ASCII 3d files now copes with MSDOS/MS Windows line endings
589  once again.  Added regression test for this.
590
591* (MS Windows version): Programs run from the command line now find message
592  files without SURVEXHOME needing to be set.
593
594* Updated documentation.
595
596Changes in 1.0.13:
597
598* aven: Fixed bug which caused the occasional spurious leg to be shown
599  connecting arbitrary stations.
600
601* extend: try to extend along a survey, and make breaks where other surveys
602  join.
603
604* cavern: Number reading code reworked to allow repeat readings to be
605  supported, but the actual repeat reading code is currently disabled,
606  and everything should work exactly as before.
607
608* Experimental support for Chinese (LANG=zh) - only a few messages are
609  currently translated.
610
611Changes in 1.0.12:
612
613* diffpos: fixed to work on 64bit architectures.
614
615* sorterr: fixed to work with more than 1024 traverses.
616
617* Fixed handling of iso-8859-2 character set and MS Windows code page 1250
618  (both cover Eastern European languages).
619
620* (MS Windows version): install file associations for Compass .plt and .plf
621  files and for CMAP .xyz files.  Also install the file icon for .plt and
622  .plf files in case Compass isn't installed (thanks to Larry Fish for
623  permission to include the icon).
624
625* (Unix version): running an installed program with an explicit path works
626  again.
627
628* (Unix version): xcaverot: automatically switch on PDA mode if the screen is
629  less than 640 pixels wide or less than 480 pixels high.
630
631* (Unix version): minor portability improvements.
632
633* Updates to Portuguese translation - all translations are now up-to-date.
634
635Changes in 1.0.11:
636
637* aven: improvements in 1.0.10 to the file type selector only work properly
638  on MS Windows, and with wxGtk >= 2.3 on Unix (the latest stable release is
639  2.2.9 where this doesn't work).  Fixed to work as well as possible on 2.2.9,
640  and as intended on 2.3.
641
642* aven: fixed so that loading PLT files works regardless of the current locale
643  (previously it would fail for locales where the decimal character wasn't
644  '.').
645
646* aven: key actions during autorotation no longer temporarily pause
647  autorotation.
648
649* aven: switching to plan or elevation while rotating is now smooth.
650
651* aven: removed undocumented and confusing "free rotation mode".
652
653* (MS Windows version): aven: focus now set correctly after loading a file by
654  double-clicking or from the command line.
655
656* cad3d: write dummy passage dimensions to .plt files to avoid Compass bug.
657
658* printwin/printps: now support coloured printouts.
659
660* print*: fixed to work correctly with PLT files.
661
662* extend: fixed to work correctly with PLT files.
663
664* Updates to Italian translation.
665
666* Minor documentation updates.
667
668Changes in 1.0.10:
669
670* (MS Windows version): aven: fixed assert failure upon turning on station
671  names.
672
673* aven: only add a file to the list of recently used files if it was opened
674  successfully.
675
676* aven: recognise ".plf" as a Compass PLT file too; and on Unix list "*.PLT",
677  "*.PLF", "*.XYZ", and "*.3D" as well as the lowercase versions to help people
678  who transfer files from MSDOS/MS Windows.
679
680* cavern: fixed bogus warning triggered by "*begin abc.def" (I'm not sure
681  that this should be valid, but the warning given wasn't appropriate).
682
683* Fixed scaling problem when reading PLT file (feet->metres conversion
684  factor was being applied backwards!)
685
686* Fixed potential problem when reading or writing a 3d file which couldn't
687  be opened.
688
689* Translate dots to spaces in survey names in Compass PLT files.
690
691* Better handling of PLT files which have a D command before any M command.
692
693* Updates to German and Italian translations.
694
695Changes in 1.0.9:
696
697* aven: Fixed jerky start when auto-rotation begins.
698
699* cavern: Fixed Direction reading - bug previously made it unusable.
700
701* (MS Windows version): cad3d: fixed broken PLT output (had a double CR at the
702  end of each line).
703
704* (Unix version): RPMs now have the docs in /usr/share/doc and the man pages
705  in /usr/share/man to conform with the FHS (and where RedHat packages put
706  them).
707
708* Updates to French, Spanish, Catalan, and Slovak translations.
709
710Changes in 1.0.8:
711
712* Slovak translation added; updated German, Catalan, and Spanish translations.
713
714* aven: reduced memory usage by around 25% and increased speed and
715  responsiveness.
716
717* aven: rate of rotation and switching between plan and elevation now adjusted
718  to the speed of redraw, so aven behaves in a similar way independent of the
719  speed of the computer or size of the survey.
720
721* aven: provide list of most recently loaded files (preserved between runs of
722  the program).
723
724* aven: settings for "Metric" and "Degrees" are preserved between runs.
725
726* aven: moved some menu items from "View" to "Controls" as they probably
727  belong there and the "View" menu was getting out of hand.
728
729* aven: cursor keys now translate cave in the same way the mouse does (i.e. now
730  work as in caverot and xcaverot).
731
732* aven: eliminated the "twinkling label" effect when dragging the cave with the
733  right mouse button.
734
735* aven: the measuring line moves much more smoothly now: the mouse cursor now
736  snaps to the nearest station, rather than just a near station; and when the
737  line moves, we now only redraw the affected area of the window.
738
739* aven: resolved annoying limit on zooming in on large surveys.  This was a
740  crude way of preventing random lines due to overflow in the windowing system.
741  Aven now clips lines itself at high zoom levels, and limits zoom in to
742  approximately 1mm/pixel.
743
744* aven: zoom in/out with keyboard wasn't subject to any limits - now restricted
745  to sane values as with zoom in/out with the mouse.
746
747* print*: added --raw switch to turn of info box, scale bar, and page footer.
748  This can be useful if you want to import the output into another application.
749
750* print*: improved output when --no-border is used.
751
752* printpcl/printdm: Added new .ini setting "font_bitmap" which allows the user
753  to choose between alternative fonts.  Current we supply "default" and "bold".
754
755* printps/printhpgl: Fixed --skip-blanks which would incorrectly skip non-blank
756  pages on rare occasions.
757
758* cavern: added support for BackCompass and BackClino.
759
760* cavern: implemented "*units clino percent".
761
762* cavern: added "*infer exports on".  Any stations seen while this is on will
763  have the necessary *export-s inferred when accessed from outside their
764  own survey.  This allows linking a survey which uses *export to one which
765  doesn't.  It's also useful for a maze cave where so many stations can
766  be linked to that listing them explicitly isn't desirable.
767
768* cavern: N-S, E-W, and vertical ranges now only count stations which are in
769  underground surveys.
770
771* cavern: *infer plumbs wasn't inferring -90 to be DOWN - fixed.
772
773* cavern: *infer was giving an internal error if the argument was unknown -
774  now it gives the correct error message.
775
776* cavern: fixed handling of omitted clino readings when OMIT is *set to be
777  different from MINUS and PLUS (new test omitclino).
778
779* cavern: fixed a bogus warning for any station which was only used in a line
780  of data which was rejected because of an error.
781
782* cavern: added error if the *units factor is zero (e.g. "*units tape 0 feet").
783
784* cavern: removed the ill-thought-out and never implemented LENGTHOUTPUT
785  and ANGLEOUTPUT quantities.
786
787* cavern: resolved mismatch between bcra5.svx and the default SDs, and the
788  odd values in bcra3.svx.  We are now interpreting the BCRA limits as 2
789  standard deviations (previously bcra5.svx used 3 sds, bcra3 used 3.33 sds for
790  tape and position, and .75 sds for compass and clino, and cavern used 1 sd
791  by default).
792
793* ChangeLog now only includes entries since the previous release (the full file
794  is 220K or so, and of interest to very few people).  MSDOS and MS Windows
795  versions now comfortably fit on a 1.44M floppy once again.
796
797* Test suite now checks that all programs will run successfully with "--help"
798  and with "--version".  This should avoid problems such as that which broke
799  the printer drivers in 1.0.4-1.0.6.
800
801* (Unix version): uninstalled binaries now use the path they are run with to
802  find support files, which means SURVEXHOME is no longer required, and has
803  been removed.
804
805Changes in 1.0.7:
806
807* print*: halted with a failed assertion in 1.0.4-1.0.6.
808
809Changes in 1.0.6:
810
811* aven: "Reverse Controls" now works as in xcaverot and caverot.
812
813* aven: free rotation mode (engage by pressing control while left dragging,
814  exit with Delete) improved.
815
816* aven: using File->Open when a file was already loaded caused a crash
817  if a station was "grey highlighted" in the survey tree - fixed.
818
819* aven: added hourglass for "find" operation.
820
821* aven: reenabled loading of files by drag-and-drop (accidentally disabled
822  in 1.0.4 and 1.0.5).
823
824* aven: improved handling of flat surveys (e.g. output of extend, surveys
825  with no clino information).
826
827* aven: surveys with stations but no legs no longer cause the labels and
828  crosses buttons to behave oddly.
829
830* aven: removed quite a bit of unused and superfluous code.
831
832* Spell-checked documentation.
833
834Changes in 1.0.5:
835
836* Fixed bug in img_open_survey() which could cause a crash if you tried to
837  open an unrecognised file (i.e. not .3d, .pos, .plt, or .xyz format).
838
839* North and East were the wrong way round when reading in .plt files.
840
841* cad3d: Improved .plt file output a little - there's probably enough file
842  structure for Compass to read them now.
843
844* Documentation updates.
845
846Changes in 1.0.4:
847
848* extend: previously only kept one name for an equated group of stations in the
849  extended .3d file; now keeps all the names.
850
851* cad3d: if an output filename is given, use its extension to pick the default
852  output format.
853
854* aven: movement with keyboard is now accelerated by Shift as in caverot.
855
856* print*: --no-borders fixed to work as documented; --no-cutlines added to
857  turn off the dashed lines where pages join on multi-page printouts.
858
859* aven: tracked down two uninitialised variables which seems to fix the
860  failure to load a survey on startup which some people have been experiencing
861  on Microsoft Windows.
862
863* aven: code cleaned up - should improve performance a little.
864
865* img routines: img_rewind() now returns a value indicating success/failure.
866
867* Improvements to .plt file reading, notably that distances in the file are
868  now interpreted as being in feet rather than metres.  Also .plt files should
869  now be recognised even with a different extension, and we cope with an odd
870  special case better.
871
872* Added support for reading CMAP XYZ files.  There are two variants of these
873  - the "shot" format is fully implemented, the "station" format currently
874  just reads the station names and positions - the legs are ignored (sadly
875  the sample files I have do not match the format specification).
876
877* (MacOS X version): aven: aven now builds on MacOS X - we just need to sort
878  out packaging now...
879
880* (MSDOS version): upgraded graphics library used to Allegro 4.0.1.
881
882* Documentation updates.
883
884Changes in 1.0.3:
885
886* aven: you can now select distances to be displayed in feet (or miles when
887  you zoom right out) instead of metres, and angles to be in grads instead
888  of degrees.
889
890* aven: show altitude of mouse pointer when in elevation view.
891
892* cad3d: fixed bug which caused --plt to crash on some platforms.
893
894* print*: added "Printing to `XXX'..." message to say where output is being
895  written.
896
897* Updated French translation; minor updates to other translations (mostly
898  sorting out clashing menu shortcuts in aven).
899
900* (Unix version): assorted portability tweaks.
901
902Changes in 1.0.2:
903
904* printdm/printpcl/printwin: take notice of font_size_labels setting in
905  print.ini etc.
906
907* cavern: Topofil can now be used with DIVING and CYLPOLAR styles; TOPOFIL
908  style is now synonymous with NORMAL.
909
910* cavern: *INFER EQUATES and *DATA TOPOFIL now work together correctly.
911
912* cavern: *FIX with 3 standard deviations but no covariances now works.
913
914* (MacOS X version): command line programs now build.  We're working on Aven.
915
916* Updates to the Catalan and Spanish translations.
917
918* xcaverot: documented environmental variables XCAVEROT_INDICATOR_RADIUS and
919  XCAVEROT_FONTNAME.
920
921* cad3d: added --plt option to produce crude approximation to Compass .plt
922  files - should be good enough for reading into Carto.
923
924* img library enhanced to allow Compass .plt files to be read as if they were
925  .3d files.
926
927Changes in 1.0.1:
928
929* (MS Windows version): printwin: fixed sizes of cross and page alignment
930  ticks.
931
932* Updates to the Portuguese and Italian translations.
933
934Changes in 1.0.0:
935
936* Fixed --survey option supported by many programs which was broken in 0.99.
937
938* aven: altered colours of "fixed points" and "entrances" buttons to match
939  the coloured blobs used to indicate them.
940
941* (MS Windows version): aven: changed current point highlighting in the
942  survey tree to use a light grey background rather than bold (bold causes
943  the text to "wriggle" as the highlight runs up or down).
944
945* (MS Windows version): file icons now have transparent backgrounds.
946
947* survex: removed conversion wrapper - you should use "cavern file.svx"
948  instead of "survex file.svx".
949
950* (Unix version): GCC 2.95 sometimes fails with an internal error when trying
951  to compile gfxcore.cc - if it does, the Makefile will now try recompiling
952  with a lower optimisation level.
953
954* (Unix version): when doing an "in directory" build from source, the HTML
955  manual is now installed in its own subdirectory as when doing a non
956  "in directory" build.
957
958* German translation now completely up-to-date.
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