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