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1Changes in 1.4.9 (2024-07-04):
2
3* aven:
4
5  + Support showing geodata overlays in Aven.  We use the GDAL library to load
6    the data, so this should work for any format which GDAL supports so long as
7    it can be read from the filing system and is geo-referenced vector data -
8    see https://gdal.org/drivers/vector/index.html for a list.  Currently the
9    dialog to select a file defaults to showing GPX, KML, GeoJSON and shape
10    files - set the filter to "All Files" to chose other formats.
11
12  + Reimplement display of cavern output.  The old version turned the log into
13    HTML and displayed it using wxHtmlWindow, but that adds a lot of overhead
14    and is especially inefficient if there are many diagnostics - cavern could
15    finish almost instantly yet aven could take many seconds to process the
16    output.  The new version renders directly from the log data.  It should
17    have most of the features from before - the only missing feature I'm
18    currently aware of is that you can't now select and copy text from the log
19    window, which wxHtmlWindow provided for free.  If people miss this feature,
20    we could add it to the new implementation.
21
22  + (Microsoft Windows version): Clicks in the cavern log window which load
23    files into an editor now protect the filename if it starts with a dash
24    to prevent it being interpreted as a command line option.  We already
25    do this for other platforms, but weren't on Microsoft Windows on the
26    assumption that it isn't needed because the filenames will be fully
27    qualified, but that may not be the case if aven if run by hand from the
28    command line or from some other launcher.
29
30* cavern:
31
32  + Add support for processing Walls format survey data (.SRV and .WPJ files).
33    This support is somewhat experimental but at a point where it seems useful
34    to make it easier for people to try out.  See the manual for a list of
35    known shortcomings.  Thanks to Eric C. Landgraf for a lot of testing and
36    encouragement.
37
38  + Fix bug with Compass DAT diving data.  If a survey uses the depth gauge
39    then since 1.4.6 we set its style to "diving", but we weren't clearing that
40    so all surveys after than in the same DAT file were also set as "diving".
41
42  + When parsing of Compass DAT files we report errors in more cases if the
43    input doesn't conform to the format we expect, rather than potentially
44    quietly misinterpreting the data.
45
46  + *entrance now suppresses "Unused fixed point" warning.  This warning is
47    intended to catch typos, which is much less likely for a station named
48    twice.  It's also reasonable to use only *fix and *entrance on a station at
49    the entrance of an unsurveyed cave.
50
51  + Highlight plumbed clino readings fully in diagnostics.  Now the full reading
52    is highlighted instead of just the first character.
53
54  + Report location of previous fix after "already fixed" error/warning.
55
56  + Use "info" diagnostic category for "Originally entered here" message.  This
57    is more logical as the original *begin isn't something to be warned about,
58    only the reentering is.  This was only a warning before because we didn't
59    used to have "info" diagnostics.
60
61  + Use "info" diagnostic category for message about not reporting further
62    uses of a deprecated feature.  Previously this was a warning, but the newer
63    "info" category is more appropriate here.
64
65  + The message about inventing a fixed point is now an "info" diagnostic which
66    allows us to report a location which is where that station is defined,
67    which may be useful to the user.
68
69  + Make highlighting position in error reporting more robust.  We no longer
70    try to highIight if we calculate a negative column offset, when previously
71    we would print billions of spaces.  As far as I know this has never
72    happened in a released version.
73
74  + Error messages which report the program name now remove any ".exe" suffix.
75    This helps the testsuite by making the expected output the same
76    cross-platform, but also seems slightly nicer for users.
77
78* dump3d:
79
80  + The timestamp reported by DATE_NUMERIC is now printed portably.  Previously
81    we were assuming that a time_t is the same size as a long int, which is not
82    true on all platforms.
83
84* manual:
85
86  + (Microsoft Windows version): Update information about installation
87    with/without admin rights.
88
89  + Summarise support for reading CMAP data and its assumptions and
90    limitations.
91
92  + Mention Compass, Walls and CMAP support in the importing data howto
93    section.
94
95  + Drop mention of Rosetta Stal from the manual.  The referred to link from
96    our website was removed in 2015 because Rosetta Stal hadn't been updated
97    for 13.5 years at that point.  Now the domain it was available from has
98    lapsed and is a domain squatter "for sale" page.
99
100* img library:
101
102  + The coordinates in CMAP data are in feet but we were dividing rather
103    than multiplying by the conversion factor to get metres so all
104    coordinates were about 10.76 times too large.
105
106  + Stations in CMAP "station" variant XYZ files are now flagged as
107    underground (as they always have been for "shot" variant XYZ files).
108
109  + When reading CMAP XYZ files, we no longer emit duplicate img_LABEL for
110    stations in loops.
111
112  + A CMAP XYZ file without a survey title is now handled correctly (this was
113    reporting a bogus "Out of memory" error).
114
115  + The img.h header now defines constants IMG_VERSION_SURVEX_POS, etc for the
116    values reported in the version field for non-.3d formats.
117
118  + (Microsoft Windows version): Workaround limitation of Microsoft's C
119    library so we handle dates before 1970 in Compass PLT files, CMAP XYZ
120    files, and older format .3d files.  Previously these were reported
121    as "unknown date".
122
123* We now support overriding the location of support files by setting the
124  SURVEXLIB environment variable.  We no longer look at the srcdir
125  environment variable for this.
126
127* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now created automatically
128  on Github actions, which has required a few changes.  It now packages a
129  64-bit build, and is created with Innosetup 6.3.2 which no longer supports
130  Vista.  The installer is also now significantly larger, which is mostly
131  because we now need to include a large number of DLLs, most of which are
132  dependencies of the mingw64 FFmpeg and GDAL packages.
133
134* (Microsoft Windows version): If the directory where we expect the PROJ
135  support files to be does not exist for some reason we now avoid triggering
136  a segmentation fault in PROJ.
137
138* Build system:
139
140  + The GDAL library is now required to build Survex.
141
142  + (Microsoft Windows version): The probe for GL and GLU libraries now also
143    checks for Microsoft's non-standard library names.
144
145  + Correct configure --help output for --enable-werror for which the default
146    is actually "no" rather than "maintainer-mode".
147
148* testsuite:
149
150  + aven.tst: Skip a testcase when running on mingw as it seems to hang there.
151    We already skip this testcase on macos for what appears to be the same
152    problem.
153
154  + Fix comparison of output to work on platforms using DOS line endings.
155
156Changes in 1.4.8 (2024-04-23):
157
158* cavern:
159
160  + The warning for a compass reading on a plumbed leg was already suppressed
161    for a compass or backcompass reading of 0, but is now also suppressed for a
162    backcompass of 180° (or equivalent) which seems to be common in some Compass
163    datasets, but also seems sensible generally.  Thanks to Simeon Warner for
164    sharing some data which triggered such warnings.
165
166  + The error for when a survey and station use the same name is now also
167    emitted in the case where a name was used first for a station, and then as
168    a survey on an explicitly prefixed name.  Closes
169    https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/4, reported by Thomas Holder.
170
171  + The error for when a survey and station use the same name now highlights
172    the problematic name within the line shown for context.
173
174  + Fix the reported token string reported by some errors with readings.  This
175    happened to work on at least x86-64 Linux, but the code was invalid and
176    failed on some architectures.
177
178* Fix to build with newer FFmpeg versions.
179
180* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer now offers the choice to install
181  for just the current user, which allows installing Survex without admin
182  rights.
183
184* (Microsoft Windows version): Fix problems with valid coordinate systems being
185  rejected and aven's cavern log window not showing output.  Reported by
186  Peter Mašič, Špela Borko, Răzvan Dumbravă and detrito.  Thanks especially to
187  Špela Borko for a lot of testing to help track down the cause.
188
189Changes in 1.4.7 (2024-04-07):
190
191* cavern:
192
193  + When using *declination auto we report the range of calculated declinations
194    for each location specified.  After doing this we now reset the range
195    information we're tracking.  Previously we'd misreport the range for
196    the second and subsequent locations.
197
198  + Avoid undefined behaviour on handling filename fallback for filenames
199    containing non-ASCII characters.
200
201  + Show context line with relevant item highlighted for more errors and
202    warnings.
203
204  + The dynamic string handling routines are now more efficient.
205
206  + Fix memory leak if a Compass MAK file opens folders it doesn't close.
207
208  + Fix handling of clino-less legs in Compass DAT.  These would cause cavern
209    to fail with a lot of "NaN" messages.  Now they're treated as having a zero
210    clino with a standard deviation based on the leg length, just like in .svx
211    files.
212
213* img library:
214
215  + Compass PLT: Treat LRUD readings > 900 as omitted readings, which matches
216    what Compass does.  Thanks to Larry Fish for clarifying this.
217
218  + Avoid undefined behaviour after realloc().  We were adjusting a pointer
219    within the reallocated block by subtracting the old block address and
220    adding on the new one.  Technically this is undefined behaviour, although
221    in practice it seems likely it'll work and we've not seen misbehaviour due
222    to it.  However it's easy to avoid by calculating the offset before the
223    realloc().
224
225* Portability:
226
227  + Provide prototype for getopt() to avoid warnings with very recent compiler
228    versions.
229
230  + Avoid using sprintf(), which now triggers warnings on some platforms.
231
232* Build system:
233
234  + Add configure --enable-werror option to turn compiler warnings into errors.
235
236* Manual:
237
238  + Expand details of Compass MAK CRS support.
239
240  + Replace very out of date information about binary RPM packages.
241
242* Minor translation updates.
243
244* (Microsoft Windows version): Now uses PROJ 9.3.0 and ships all of the
245  ancillary files that PROJ comes with.  Hoping this fixes use of coordinate
246  system EPSG:3912 failing, which was reported by Peter Mašič but I've not
247  managed to reproduce.
248
249Changes in 1.4.6 (2024-03-07):
250
251* cavern:
252
253  + Workaround bug in PROJ < 9.3.0 with projected coordinate systems with
254    northing/easting axis order (such as EPSG:3042) which results in the grid
255    convergence being wrong by about 90°.  Reported by Patrick Warren on the
256    mailing list.
257
258  + If *declination auto was used before *cs out we would incorrectly calculate
259    the grid convergence as 0.  We now handle this case correctly by
260    calculating lazily when we first read a compass reading, and report an
261    error if the output coordinate system hasn't been set by then.
262
263  + When opening a file, cavern has fallback handling if the file isn't found
264    to help people processing datasets from platforms with case-insensitive
265    file systems.  Previously cavern would fold the filename to lowercase and
266    retry.  Now if this fails, it will also try the lower case version but
267    with the initial character of the leaf in upper case, and finally folding
268    the whole specified filename to upper case.
269
270  + Dynamically pick a suitable level separator character and store it in .3d
271    file, instead of it being hard-coded to '.' (we still use '.' unless it
272    has been *set as a "name" character, or for Compass DAT/MAK files unless it
273    has been used in a station name).  This is a step towards addressing the
274    situations raised by Thomas Holder in https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/4
275    and https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/5 .
276
277  + Compass DAT files:
278
279    - The shot flag S is now understood to indicate a splay.
280
281    - The shot flag P is now interpreted as marking surface data.  This flag
282      is described as "Exclude this shot from plotting", but the use suggested
283      in the Compass docs is for surface data, and legs flagged with it "[do]
284      not support passage modeling".  Even if it's actually being used for a
285      different purpose, Survex programs don't show surface legs by default so
286      the end effect is at least to not plot as intended.
287
288    - Surveys which indicate a depth gauge was used for azimuth readings are
289      now marked as STYLE_DIVING in the 3d file.
290
291    - Compass and clino corrections are now implemented for backsights.
292
293    - The tape correction in Compass DAT files is now handled correctly.  The
294      specified value is in feet, but cavern was incorrectly treating it as
295      being in metres.
296
297    - We now handle the newer 15 character "FORMAT:" encoding.  Previously
298      cavern wouldn't detect when there were backsights in this case.
299
300    - We now treat survey date January 1st 1901 as "no date specified" since
301      this is the date Compass stores in this situation, and it seems very
302      unlikely to occur in real data.
303
304    - In Compass DAT files a dummy zero-length leg from a station to itself is
305      used to provide a place to specify LRUD for the start or end of a
306      traverse (depending if dimensions are measured at the from or to
307      station), and so we no longer issue a warning about equating a station to
308      itself for DAT files.
309
310  + Compass MAK files:
311
312    - The base location command is now understood.  This is how Compass
313      specifies a location to calculate magnetic declination at, and we
314      now handle this like Survex's native "*declination auto X Y Z".
315
316    - Survex uses the specified UTM zone and datum provided the combination can
317      be expressed as an EPSG code (lack of any EPSG codes for a datum suggests
318      it's obsolete; lack of a code for a particular datum+zone combination
319      suggests the zone is outside of the defined area of use of the datum).
320      Example Compass files we've seen use "North American 1927" outside of
321      where it's defined for use, presumably because some users fail to change
322      the datum from Compass' default.  To enable reading such files we return
323      a PROJ4 string of the form "+proj=utm ..." for "North American 1927" and
324      "North American 1983" for UTM zones which don't have an EPSG code.
325      Please let us know if support for additional cases which aren't currently
326      supported would be useful to you.
327
328    - Folder commands are now understood.
329
330    - Flag fixed stations as entrances.  Experimentation with Compass shows
331      this is how it treats them ("distance from entrance" in a .DAT file
332      counts from 0 at these points).
333
334  + We now support reading Compass CLP files.  These are very like DAT files,
335    except they contain loop-closed data.  You might find this useful if you
336    want to keep existing stations at the same adjusted positions Compass gave
337    (for example to be able to draw extensions on an existing drawn-up survey),
338    or if the original DAT file has been lost but you still have the CLP file.
339
340* aven:
341
342  + Fix OpenGL scaling on high DPI displays with wxWidgets 3.0. Reported by
343    Philip Balister.
344
345  + Split the filters for DAT and MAK files in the File->Open drop down list.
346    It seems more likely you'd want to see one type or the other, not both
347    together.
348
349* aven/survexport:
350
351  + Fix survey filtering when reading Compass PLT files.
352
353  + .json,.kml: Enable export of surface legs.  Currently surface and
354    underground legs aren't differentiated in these export formats when both
355    are enabled.
356
357  + .3d: The coordinate system is now set.
358
359  + .svg: Equated stations now get their correct names in the id attribute
360    of <circle> tags.  Previously one of the names would be repeated for
361    all of a set of equated stations.
362
363  + .plt:
364
365    - Anonymous stations previously resulted in an empty name in the PLT
366      file.  This isn't explicitly disallowed by the PLT format description,
367      but Compass' viewer gives an error for such lines.  Now we invent names
368      by encoding the station coordinates which should be unique.
369
370    - The S shot flag is now set for splays, and the P shot flag (hide from
371      plotting) is set for surface legs (which matches the use suggested in the
372      Compass docs).
373
374* img library:
375
376  + Fix bug handling timestamps before 1970.  In C signed integer division
377    rounds towards zero, which previously resulted in timestamps before 1970
378    getting rounded to the end of the day instead of the start when converting
379    them to a count of days so they'd be off by one day unless the time was
380    midnight.  This affected reading v3-v7 format 3d files with IMG_API_VERSION
381    set to 1 and writing v8 format 3d files with IMG_API_VERSION set to 0 (the
382    default).
383
384  + Improve Compass PLT support (many of these are Compass features added
385    since Survex's support for Compass was originally added):
386
387    - Survey dates are now handled fully.  We treat survey date January 1st
388      1901 as "no date specified" since this is the date Compass stores in this
389      situation, and it seems very unlikely to occur in real data.
390
391    - LRUD data is now translated to img_XSECT and img_XSECT_END.
392
393    - We now infer img_SFLAG_ENTRANCE for stations where the "Distance From
394      Entrance" field is present and zero.
395
396    - The shot flag L is now translated to img_FLAG_DUPLICATE.
397
398    - The shot flag S is now translated to img_FLAG_SPLAY.  A station at the
399      far end of a shot flagged S gets img_SFLAG_WALL set since the Compass PLT
400      format specification says:
401
402          The shot is a "splay" shot, which is a shot from a station to the
403          wall to define the passage shape.
404
405    - The shot flag P is now interpreted as marking surface data.  This flag
406      is described as "Exclude this shot from plotting", but the use suggested
407      in the Compass docs is for surface data, and legs flagged with it "[do]
408      not support passage modeling".  Even if it's actually being used for a
409      different purpose, Survex programs don't show surface legs by default so
410      the end effect is at least to not plot as intended.
411
412    - The d plot command is now supported (previously img failed to parse
413      PLT files using this command) - it's like D but implies the P shot flag.
414
415    - If a PLT file only uses one datum and it is "WGS 1984" then the UTM zone
416      is converted to the appropriate EPSG code and this is reported as the
417      coordinate system.  Other datums could be handled, but the mapping to
418      EPSG code is less simple.  Also it seems Compass supports at least
419      24 datums but it doesn't document all the strings it uses for them.
420      Files with multiple datums could be handled too, but we'd need to convert
421      coordinates to a common coordinate system in the img library, which would
422      need it to depend on PROJ.  Please let us know if support for more and/or
423      mixed datums would be useful to you.
424
425    - Duplicate img_LABEL items are no longer returned - this used to happen
426      for stations where more than two shots met within a single survey.
427
428    - We now infer img_SFLAG_EXPORTED for any station that appears in more
429      than one survey in the PLT file.
430
431    - We now set flag img_SFLAG_FIXED for any station which is listed as
432      a fixed point in the PLT file.
433
434    - If there's only one non-empty section name in a PLT file and we aren't
435      filtering by survey, we now report that section name as the title.  If
436      there are multiple different non-empty section names, we still report the
437      basename of the file as before.  If we're filtering by survey, we report
438      the comment for that survey as before.
439
440    - Fix bug handling PLT with omitted LRUD.  The format specification
441      documents that LRUD may be omitted, though it seems Compass never
442      actually omits it and at least some versions of Compass failed to handle
443      it being omitted too.
444
445* (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.2.4 (was 3.1.6).
446
447* manual:
448
449  + Document Compass support in detail.
450
451  + Improve NATO mils example.
452
453* INSTALL:
454
455  + Add a link to the instructions for building from git.  Reported by Andrew
456    Northall in https://github.com/ojwb/survex/pull/13
457
458  + Document the requirement for a C99 compiler for building from source.
459    We made this a requirement in 1.4.2, but only noted it in NEWS.
460
461* doc/TODO.htm: Update.
462
463* Replace references to "libav" with "FFmpeg" since the libav project seems to
464  now be defunct, and we've always supported using either.
465
466* Update build system to eliminate use of obsolete autotools macros and drop
467  probes for features that we can safely assume now we require a C99 compiler
468  and workarounds for obsolete platforms.
469
470* Fix compilation warnings from newer compiler versions.
471
472Changes in 1.4.5 (2023-06-29):
473
474* aven: Fix rendering of crosses when drawn as sprites.  Reported by echarlie.
475
476* (macOS version): aven: Fix crash in export dialog.  Fixes #133, reported by
477  rixyane.  Thanks to Wookey for testing.
478
479* manual: Expand docs on connecting to Compass data.
480
481* Minor translation updates.
482
483Changes in 1.4.4 (2023-02-03):
484
485* aven: Fix red line in clino background to be grey (this was introduced in
486  1.4.3 and was a debugging change accidentally left in).
487
488* aven: Accept weird .3d files from Therion which have empty components in
489  station names.  That's not really valid by Survex's definition of station
490  names, but it's not very helpful to reject such files, so just disable the
491  checks that were rejecting this.
492
493  The result is empty entries in the survey tree, but I don't see what we can
494  really do that's better than that.
495
496  Reported by Vasily Vl. Suhachev.
497
498* aven: Make it more obvious you can enter a custom scale by adding a "..."
499  entry to the scale combobox - selecting this clears the value and gives focus
500  to the combo box text entry. This control has always supported clicking to
501  enter a custom scale, but there wasn't really any indication that this was
502  possible before.  Partly addresses #132, reported by Eric C. Landgraf.
503
504* aven: Force export window to resize when the export format is changed as
505  different controls are shown depending on the export format.
506
507* aven: Right-align tilt spin control value in print/export dialog to match the
508  bearing spin control.
509
510* aven,survexport: Add ability to export as Survex 3d which is useful as you
511  can filter to a subset of surveys, filter out splays, convert from other
512  formats the img library can read, etc.  This feature is a bit rough and ready
513  currently but please report issues.
514
515* dump3d: Add --legs option which converts MOVE and LINE to a single LEG line
516  per leg with the from and to coordinates.  Tools which parse dump3d output
517  should find this easier to process as it avoids having to track a "current
518  position".
519
520* Update manual to have a complete list of quantities which *calibrate accepts.
521  Reported by echarlie
522
523* cavern.tst: Fix testsuite to work with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH set.
524
525Changes in 1.4.3 (2022-05-17):
526
527* aven: Much improved support for HiDPI monitors on all platforms.
528
529* aven: When started without a file make sure the window has focus so menu
530  accelerators and shortcuts work without clicking on the window.
531
532* aven,survexport: DXF export now puts splays in a separate layer and uses a
533  dotted linetype for them.  Patch from echarlie, see #60.
534
535* Improved survexport man page to include command line options and a short
536  note about DXF export.  Patch from echarlie.
537
538* Minor translation updates.
539
540* (Unix version): aven: Fix handling of EGL-based wxGLCanvas (which wxGTK 3.1.5
541  has).  Fix a build failure and don't force X11 (as the EGL-based wxGLCanvas
542  works on Wayland).
543
544* (MacOS version): aven: Fix hang on startup without a file.  Fixes #120,
545  reported by Enrico Fratnik.
546
547* (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.1.6 (was 3.0.5).
548
549* img library: Support reproducible builds which create .3d files by not
550  embedding a timestamp if environment variable SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set.
551  Requested by Martin Budaj.
552
553Changes in 1.4.2 (2022-02-25):
554
555* aven: Fix to be compatible with FFmpeg 5.0.
556
557* Improve docs for *cs and *declination.
558
559* cavern: Fix "*declination auto" not to crash when built with PROJ < 8.1.0.
560  Bug introduced in 1.4.0.
561
562* cavern: For each `*declination auto` command cavern now reports an "info"
563  message showing the range of calculated declination values and the dates at
564  which the ends of the range were obtained, and also the grid convergence
565  (which doesn't vary with time).  Fixes #92, reported by Rob Eavis.
566
567* cavern: If any of the N-S, E-W or U-D ranges includes an anonymous station
568  then also report the range in that direction excluding anonymous stations.
569  Patch from Thomas Holder.
570
571* cavern: The error from a bad `*cs custom` command now highlights the quoted
572  string properly.
573
574* cavern: "FIX command with no coordinates - fixing at (0,0,0)" is now an
575  "info" rather than a "warning".  It's not really reporting a problem and the
576  ability to omit the coordinates is a deliberate feature.  It is useful for
577  the user to know where the "*fix" without coordinates is if they want to
578  change the survey to be in real coordinates, so an "info" diagnostic is a
579  good fit.  This also means aven will no longer stay on the log view after
580  processing a dataset which fixes without coordinates.
581
582* cavern: If "*fix" is used twice with no coordinates we no longer say
583  "FIX command with no coordinates - fixing at (0,0,0)" right before:
584
585  error: Already had FIX command with no coordinates for station "x"
586
587* cavern: Include errors in Compass .mak files now report the error in the line
588  where the included filename is actually specified.
589
590* cavern.tst: Add test coverage for warnings for *entrance and *export with
591  a station which doesn't exist otherwise.
592
593* aven/survexport: Change JSON export to be valid JSON.  This means the output
594  has changed incompatibly, but it wasn't valid JSON before which suggests
595  nobody was actually successfully using it. Fixes #128, reported by Pawczak.
596
597* aven.tst: Skip one testcase on macos as it seems to hang, at least when
598  running on the Continuous Integration system.
599
600* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now generated with a much
601  newer version of Innosetup.  This means Microsoft Windows Vista is now the
602  minimum supported version but 2000 and XP are both many years out of support
603  anyway.
604
605* (Microsoft Windows version): The coordinate system database for PROJ is
606  now included so "*cs" now works (broken since 1.4.0).
607
608* Chinese translation updates from Qingqing Li.
609
610* Building from source now requires a compiler with support for C99.  C99
611  seems to be universally supported by compilers now so we don't expect this to
612  inconvenience anyone.
613
614Changes in 1.4.1 (2021-11-08):
615
616* This release should work with any PROJ version >= 6.2.0.
617
618* cavern.tst: Fix to actually run tests when building outside the source
619  tree.  Previously files for testcases weren't found, and tests were skipped
620  with a warning, which lead to 1.4.0 being released with two failing testcase.
621  Fix to find the files, and make not finding them an error.
622
623* cavern.tst: Fix testcases gpxexport and require_fail which were failing
624  in 1.4.0.
625
626* 3dformat.htm: Document that coordinate system can be ESRI:<number>.
627
628Changes in 1.4.0 (2021-11-06):
629
630* New release series to mark that Survex now uses the new PROJ API, and
631  requires PROJ >= 7.2.0.  Survex 1.2.x will continue to support PROJ < 8
632  (and won't support newer PROJ versions).  Fixes #102, reported by Bas
633  Couwenberg.
634
635  Due to these changes, PROJ will now convert directly between coordinate
636  systems where it knows how to, instead of always converting via WGS84.
637  This means conversions may now be more accurate in some cases, and you may
638  notice station coordinates changing - these should be for the better.
639
640  Also, the vertical datum is now taken into account automatically, and
641  terrain data now aligns much better vertically with surveys.  Fixes #56.
642
643* aven: Clicking and holding the left mouse button on the compass or clino,
644  then (while still holding) clicking the right button no longer causes a
645  wxWidgets assertion to fail.  Reported by echarlie.
646
647* img library: Rewrite certain proj strings when reading 3d files for
648  better compatibility with newer PROJ versions, where use of proj
649  strings is strongly discouraged.
650
651  `+init=epsg:` followed by a code number is rewritten to `EPSG:`.
652
653  `+init=esri:` followed by a code number is rewritten to `ESRI:`.
654
655  The proj strings which cavern used to put in 3d files for UTM zones and
656  S-MERC are rewritten to `EPSG:` follow by the appropriate code number.
657
658* Also install survex.lang for gtksourceview 4. Fixes #125, reported by Martin
659  Green.
660
661* Fix missing data style in interleaved example in manual.  Reported by
662  echarlie.
663
664* Use jw from docbook-utils instead of sgmltools-lite to process the manual.
665  The sgmltools-lite homepage says it's no longer being developed, and suggests
666  docbook-tools (which Debian packages as docbook-utils) as a replacement.
667
668* doc/HACKING.htm: Update Debian packages to install
669
670* doc/HACKING.htm: Update details of setting up mingw cross-build environment.
671
672* Add simple tests for GPX and KML export.
673
674* Expand cavern testcase csbad.
675
676* cavern.tst: Parse warning/error counts more robustly.  Previously we'd get
677  confused if the final line just contained an integer, e.g. if we end listing
678  stations not attached to a fixed point.
679
680Changes in 1.2.45 (2021-03-09):
681
682* Avoid undefined signed shifts in 3d file handling.  Survex itself is only
683  affected on big-endian platforms (so most Linux machine, Microsoft Windows,
684  and current Macs are all OK), but this also affects the img library on all
685  platforms when used in standalone mode as it is in other programs.  Fixes
686  #119, reported by Matěj Plch.
687
688* aven:
689
690  + When reading cavern output for the log window, we need special handling
691    for the case when a chunk of output ends mid-way through a UTF-8
692    sequence.  Previously we lost the first byte of the sequence in this
693    case (and would then show it as an invalid character), but now it is
694    handled correctly.  In practice, most of the cavern log output is ASCII so
695    it's quite possible nobody's ever actually hit this.
696
697* testsuite:
698
699  + Suppress reports of leaks on exit from the LeakSanitiser debugging tool.
700    We know we don't release all memory explicitly on exit since doing so would
701    mean extra work for no reason as the OS reclaims all memory when the
702    process exits.
703
704* Convert OLDNEWS encoding from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8.
705
706Changes in 1.2.44 (2021-02-10):
707
708* aven:
709
710  + (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.0.5 (was 3.0.4).
711
712* cavern:
713
714  * Add support for quadrant bearings (e.g. N30E).  Patch from echarlie.
715
716  * Report error if angle units are specified for passage dimension.
717    Previously "*units left degrees" and similar were incorrectly quietly
718    accepted.  Spotted by echarlie.
719
720  * Fix *data with no parameters to keep the current style and reset any state
721    as documented.  Previously it actually instead ignored any survey data
722    until the next *data command with parameters.
723
724  * Fix minor memory leak in *data.  We leaked a single memory allocation on
725    "*data default" or an invalid *data command.
726
727  * Improve test coverage.
728
729* survexport:
730
731  * The check for whether a format supported --elevation, --plan, --bearing and
732    --tilt was inverted.  Reported by echarlie.
733
734  * Fix reporting of export errors on Microsoft Windows.  Reported by Matic Di
735    Batista.
736
737* img library: Fix img_open() when used in other programs.  Patch from Thomas
738  Holder.
739
740* configure: Add wx-config-gtk3 to WX_CONFIG search for Arch Linux.  Patch
741  from Thomas Holder.
742
743* Improve documentation of interleaved data.  Most notably, we now document
744  that a blank line breaks the current traverse.
745
746* Fix typo in manual ('cypolar' -> 'cylpolar').  Patch from Wookey, fixes #117.
747
748* Chinese translation updates from Qingqing Li.
749
750* Russian translation updates from Vasily Vl. Suhachev.
751
752* French translation updates from Jean-Marc and from Wassil Janssen.
753
754* Bulgarian translation updates from Wassil Janssen
755
756Changes in 1.2.43 (2020-02-28):
757
758* cavern: Update to use v13 of the IGRF model for calculating declinations.
759  This was issued in December 2019 and should give slightly more accurate
760  declinations for surveys made since 2010.
761
762* aven:
763
764  + Fix colouring of "not in loop" when colouring by error.  1.2.42 introduced
765    a bug where surveys not in a loop were coloured as if they had zero error.
766    Fixes #111, reported by Bruce Mutton.
767
768  + Fix handling of grid in export.  The grid was always getting enabled
769    (probably since 1.2.8) even for formats which don't support exporting with
770    a grid.  This resulted in the bounding box being set wrongly for some
771    formats such as SVG, as reported by Richard Knapp on the mailing list.
772
773  + When showing errors processing the survey data we'd previously crash if
774    cavern incorrectly reported an error as being in a column off the end of
775    the line - now we just ignore the error column in this case.
776
777  + Support colouring by survey style ("normal", "diving", "nosurvey", etc).
778
779Changes in 1.2.42 (2019-09-04):
780
781* aven:
782
783  + Allow colouring by horizontal or vertical error.
784
785  + (Unix version): Disable scaling for HiDPI displays with GTK3.  The OpenGL
786    code needs work before this will work usefully, so just disable for now
787    (which simulates how things are when using GTK2).
788
789  + (Unix version): Fix orientation of notebook tabs when build with wxWidgets
790    3.1 development versions.  We want horizontal tab orientation, but were
791    passing a weird flag combination which now results in vertical tab
792    orientation.
793
794* When exporting to a format where we support rotation in the horizontal
795  plane (such as SVG), the rotation was incorrectly applied to cross section
796  data (except for the default rotation of zero).  Fixes #108, reported by
797  Richard Knapp.
798
799* Add a section to the manual covering the command line tools, and what you
800  might still need to use them for.
801
802* Fix compiler warning when building from source with GCC 9.
803
804* Consistently refer to macOS not OS X - Apple have renamed it yet again.
805
806* (macOS version): Revert the workaround for the crash on macOS 10.14.  The
807  bug we were working around is fixed in git ready for wxWidgets 3.0.5 and
808  there's a backported fix in the homebrew wxmac 3.0.4-2 package, which is how
809  we now recommend people install on a Mac.  Closes #101, reported by floho.
810
811* (macOS version): Remove buildmacosx.sh script since installing from homebrew
812  is now the recommended approach.
813
814Changes in 1.2.41 (2019-07-10):
815
816* aven:
817
818  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error on startup in the pre-built version
819    of 1.2.39 and 1.2.40.  This is a recurrence of the same issue as affected
820    1.2.33 - this time I've patched out the unnecessary check in wxWidgets
821    which causes this problem so it shouldn't recur again.  Reported by
822    Brian Clipstone.
823
824  + (macOS version): Add work around for crash on macOS 10.14 (not fully tested
825    as I don't have access to a Mac).  Hopefully fixed #101, reported by floho.
826
827Changes in 1.2.40 (2019-07-04):
828
829* aven: Draw the measuring line ring with an even shape.  Previously the exact
830  shape of the ring varied slightly depending on the exact coordinates, which
831  could be visually distracting once you noticed it.
832
833* We were casting a function pointer with a bool return type to the same type
834  but with a void return type.  In practice this probably works fine on most
835  platforms, but it's undefined behaviour and also gives a compiler warning
836  with some compilers.
837
838* Fix bug introduce in 1.2.39 with where the "esri" data file for PROJ is
839  installed.
840
841Changes in 1.2.39 (2019-06-29):
842
843* Support versions 5.x and 6.x of the PROJ library we use for handling
844  conversions between coordinate systems.  Reported by Bas Couwenberg
845  in #102, by Richard Knapp in #103 and by Martin Sluka in email.
846
847* (Unix and Mac OS versions): When checking if something is a file or if it is
848  a directory, we no longer treat a symlink as being neither, but instead
849  return an answer based on what the symlink points to.
850
851* aven:
852
853  + Improve handling of hidden splay ends.  Previously, hidden splay ends still
854    served as "targets" for snapping the mouse pointer to, and still got
855    crosses when crosses were enabled.  We don't have a handy flag for "this is
856    the outer end of a splay" and computing that on demand isn't so easy to do,
857    so for now we use the "anonymous station" flag so at least these cases now
858    behave properly for splays to anonymous stations (which is likely to be
859    what people with huge numbers of splays from disto-x, etc are using).  This
860    does mean that anonymous stations on continuation passages will incorrectly
861    also be off when splays are hidden, but that seems an OK trade-off for now
862    and a definite improvement over the previous situation.  The snapping of
863    the mouse pointer was reported by Frank Tully in #105.
864
865  + Fix typo in export UI (CVS should be CSV).
866
867* Documentation:
868
869  + Add CSV to documented list of survexport output formats.
870
871  + Fix *declination syntax synopsis - "auto" is a literal string, not a
872    placeholder.
873
874  + Update PROJ project name and website - the name is now "PROJ" (all caps and
875    no ".4" suffix) and the website is now: https://proj.org/
876
877* Install gtksourceview-3.0 language file so .svx files now get syntax
878  highlighting in gedit and other GtkSourceView-based editors.  Patch
879  from Philip Withnall.  Fixes #98.
880
881* (Microsoft Windows version): The Survex installer doesn't uninstall the old
882  version when you upgrade, but just overwrites it with the new version.  In
883  1.2.35 cad3d.exe was replaced with survexport.exe, but a user upgrading from
884  an older version would still have cad3d.exe from that old version.  We now
885  remove any old cad3d.exe left over from a previous install in the same
886  location to avoid confusion.
887
888* Add a few more message translations.
889
890* Fix warnings when built with a C++11 compiler.
891
892Changes in 1.2.38 (2019-03-02):
893
894* cavern:
895
896  + Deprecate MILS as angular units.  Survex has long support MILS as an alias
897    for GRADS.  However, this seems to be a bogus definition of a "mil" which
898    is unique to Survex (except that Therion has since copied it) - there are
899    several different definitions of a "mil" but they vary from 6000 to 6400 in
900    a full circle, not 400.  Reported by Andy Edwards.
901
902  + Fix segfault for *include "".  This isn't useful, but shouldn't crash.  It
903    now reports "file not found" instead.
904
905  + Use isnan() to check for not-a-number.  This is cleaner, more robust and
906    more efficient than formatting the number as a string and checking for
907    "NaN" or "nan" in the result.
908
909* Avoid unused variable warning when compiling from source with modern ffmpeg.
910
911* Drop support for wxWidgets < 3.0.  3.0.0 was released over 5 years ago and
912  should be easily available everywhere by now.  I'm no longer easily able to
913  test with wxWidgets 2.8, and this allows a significant amount of cruft to be
914  removed.
915
916* (Linux version): survex.spec: Fedora have removed gcc from the default build
917  environment so need to explicitly list it in the BuildRequires tag.  See
918  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Remove_GCC_from_BuildRoot for more
919  information.  Patch from James Begley.
920
921Changes in 1.2.37 (2018-11-18):
922
923* aven:
924
925  + Add basic "Colour by Survey" feature.  The colours used aren't currently
926    controllable.
927
928  + Fix export of splays.  Patch from Thomas Holder.
929
930  + Fix KML export to avoid invalid geometry when a tube intersects itself.
931    Patch from Robert Jones.
932
933  + (Unix version): Fix to work under Wayland by forcing the x11 GDK backend
934    for now.  This is a workaround until wxWidgets OpenGL support is updated
935    to work under Wayland.  Reported by Philip Balister.
936
937  + Fix warnings about using deprecated functions when building movie export
938    code using FFmpeg 4.0.
939
940* cavern:
941
942  + Compass MAK files: Handle fixed point coordinates in feet - previously the
943    units were ignored and the coordinates assumed to be in metres.
944
945  + Previously the first byte in a MAK file was ignored.  Typically MAK files
946    start with a comment, and since cavern currently ignores lines that start
947    with characters it doesn't understand the meaning of, this bug would often
948    go unnoticed.
949
950* survexport:
951
952  + Fix exporting of passages, walls and cross-sections by running the code
953    aven uses to decide how much to rotate each cross-section.  Previously all
954    cross-sections were aligned West-East.  Reported by Robert Jones.
955
956  + Default to .pos output if the program name is 3dtopos, and install a second
957    copy (or hardlink under Unix) as 3dtopos.  This provides compatibility with
958    current releases of Tunnel.  Reported by Becka Lawson, Wookey and
959    Stephen Crabtree.
960
961* Fix some German translations.  Patch from Thomas Holder.
962
963* (MacOS X version): Fix aven-create-app to not delete converted icons.
964  Typo spotted by Robert Jones.
965
966* Improve documentation for *team.  Document the requirement to quote names
967  unless a person is identified by just one name.  Document that the roles are
968  optional, as that information may not have been recorded, and to align with
969  therion's team command.
970
971Changes in 1.2.36 (2018-07-18):
972
973* aven:
974
975  + Add support for exporting as a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) file.
976
977  + Support exporting KML with altitude mode "clamp to ground".  In this mode,
978    the altitude in the data is ignored and it's rendered on the surface of the
979    terrain.  This is useful if your KML viewer renders the terrain as opaque
980    so underground data isn't visible.  Rendering cave passages on the surface
981    isn't great, but is better than not being able to see them at all.  This
982    option may also be helpful if you want to see where to look on the surface
983    for new entrances.
984
985  + Highlight surveys with a white loop as the mouse is moved over them in
986    the survey tree.  This is akin to how we highlight a station with a
987    white ring, and allows restoring "double-click survey in tree to zoom"
988    which temporarily required a quadruple-click in 1.2.35.
989
990  + Only show checkboxes in the survey tree for surveys not stations.
991
992  + Fix wxWidgets assertion if the user tried to select additional surveys
993    to show via the right-click menu.
994
995  + Fix multiple survey filtering when both a parent and child survey are
996    selected.  In this case it makes most sense to show all child surveys of
997    the parent, but we actually showed a slightly arbitrary subset of the
998    child surveys of the parent.
999
1000  + The checkbox area in the survey tree is now included in the area which
1001    is considered by mouse-over updates such as highlighting the station or
1002    survey.
1003
1004  + Fix display of double quotes in cavern log window (they were being replaced
1005    with control character 0x16 due to a typo in the code).
1006
1007  + Add shortcuts to buttons in cavern log window.
1008
1009  + Eliminate use of gluErrorString() function which eliminates some
1010    deprecation warnings when building on macOS.
1011
1012  + Reject multiple --survey command line options for now (only the last has
1013    been used for a long time, but now we actually support multiple survey
1014    filtering this matters more).
1015
1016* survexport:
1017
1018  + Report a useful error when trying to convert a .3d file without coordinate
1019    system information to GPS.  Reported by Mark Shinwell.
1020
1021  + Handle multiple redundant --survey command line options correctly.
1022
1023* dump3d: Report station flag "WALL", which was added in 1.2.7.
1024
1025* Minor translation updates.
1026
1027* Update manual for Microsoft Windows changes.
1028
1029* tests/: Add test coverage for warnings about suspect readings
1030
1031* Fix warning when compiling with clang.
1032
1033Changes in 1.2.35 (2018-07-03):
1034
1035* aven:
1036
1037  + Viewing can now be restricted to multiple surveys.  Use the right-button
1038    menu on a survey in the survey tree and select "Show" to enable checkboxes
1039    for that survey and all its siblings.  Only the selected surveys are shown
1040    on screen, printed and exported.
1041
1042  + Don't open a survey when its name is double clicked.  This was happening
1043    due to code added to "allow double-clicking to work on wxMSW >= 2.8.11".
1044    However, reverting that change still seems to allow double-clicking to work
1045    on both wxMSW and wxGTK, but fixes the unwanted additional opening of the
1046    survey.
1047
1048  + Pick initial survey scaling based on whichever of the window width or
1049    height gives the smaller scale.  Previously we always used the window
1050    width, which can result in parts of the cave being outside the initial
1051    view.  Reported by Wookey.
1052
1053  + Drop ability to specify a PROJ string in the export dialog.  This was added
1054    to allow exporting to formats such as GPX before we added support for
1055    specifying the projection in .svx files, and that support is now mature.
1056
1057  + DXF export now uses 2 decimal places (was 6) for the bounding box, for
1058    consistency with the precision used for coordinates.
1059
1060  + Fix handling of surface flag during export.  In formats which discriminate,
1061    legs could previously have got assigned the wrong status.
1062
1063  + Fix bug which probably prevented aven starting when OpenGL double buffering
1064    is unavailable.  This is unlikely to affect any common configurations.
1065
1066  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix loading of 3d files with non-ASCII
1067    filenames.  Issue reported by Matic.
1068
1069  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix incorrect display of some toolbar icons.
1070    Probably broken since 1.2.17.
1071
1072* survexport: New command-line export program which uses aven's export code.
1073  Replaces 3dtopos, cad3d and findentrances, since it can do all that these
1074  tools could do, plus much more.
1075
1076* Merge more Spanish i18n updates from Evaristo Quiroga.
1077
1078* Minor updates to various other translations.
1079
1080* img library:
1081
1082  + Now supports reading from and writing to an existing FILE*.
1083
1084  + Improve API documentation.
1085
1086* (Microsoft Windows version): Fix packaging to include wxWidgets translation
1087  files like it was supposed to, which fixes a few missing translations.  This
1088  was probably broken by changes in 1.2.8.  Reported by Evaristo Quiroga.
1089
1090* (Microsoft Windows version): Drop two options from explorer bindings.
1091  "Convert to DXF" and "Convert for hand plotting" have both been supported via
1092  aven for a while, and that's a more useful way to access them as you can
1093  control what gets exported.
1094
1095Changes in 1.2.34 (2018-03-24):
1096
1097* aven:
1098
1099  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error on startup in the pre-built version
1100    of 1.2.33.
1101
1102  + (Microsoft Windows version): Now using wxWidgets 3.0.4 (was 3.0.2).
1103
1104Changes in 1.2.33 (2018-03-22):
1105
1106* aven:
1107
1108  + Reliably disable scale bar in perspective view.  This is supposed to happen
1109    (because the scale across the screen varies in perspective view) but
1110    actually the scale bar stayed around until an update was forced for another
1111    reason.  Spotted thanks to Pedro Silva Pinto.
1112
1113  + Make "no date"/"not in loop" colour grey.  The white was a bit bright and
1114    made it harder to see the legs that had colours.  The grey now used is
1115    within the brightness range of the other colours.  Fixes #94, reported by
1116    Erin Lynch.
1117
1118  + Fix KML export - exporting both survey legs and station names resulted in a
1119    malformed KML file.  This bug was introduced in 1.2.30 when support for
1120    exporting passages and walls was added.  Reported by Erin Lynch in #90.
1121
1122  + Consistently use 2 decimal places for altitude in KML output.  Some places
1123    used 8 decimal places which is appropriate for lat and long, but clearly
1124    overkill for an altitude in metres and increases the file size
1125    unnecessarily.
1126
1127  + Right-align bearing widget in print/export dialog.  The change to allow the
1128    value to wrap round from 360 to 0 in 1.2.27 inadvertently made this control
1129    left-aligned (due to incorrect wxWidgets documentation of the default style
1130    for this control).
1131
1132  + (Unix version): Work around wxWidgets bug so that custom cursors work
1133    under GTK3.
1134
1135  + (Unix version): Update GTK version reporting - report GTK3, and don't
1136    bother to report subversions of GTK2 (it seems to be fairly arbitrary
1137    which subversions wxWidgets defines constants for).
1138
1139  + Update code to work without warnings when using wxWidgets 3.1.0 (the
1140    current development version).
1141
1142  + Make movie export code compatible with upcoming FFmpeg 3.5 release.
1143    It should still work with the older versions that worked before this
1144    change.  Reported by James Cowgill in https://bugs.debian.org/888334
1145
1146* cavern:
1147
1148  + Warn about 2 digit years.  We can't change the assumption that these are
1149    19xx without risking breaking existing datasets, but the further we get
1150    into this century, the more likely such an assumption is to catch someone
1151    out.  The warning can easily be quashed by explicitly adding the assumed
1152    "19".
1153
1154* The Spanish translation is now up to date once more, thanks to updates from
1155  Evaristo Quiroga.
1156
1157* Merge French translation updates from Jean-Marc.
1158
1159* Fix transposed German Northing and Easting labels.  Fixes #95, reported by
1160  milosch.
1161
1162* Fill in missing translations of "Easting", "Northing", "E" and "N" for
1163  Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish and Russian based on other existing
1164  translated messages.
1165
1166* Align .pos file headings better with columns of coordinates below for
1167  Indonesian and Polish.
1168
1169* Fix handling of the message string "error" before messages loaded.  If
1170  there's an error loading messages, we need this message to report it.
1171  Reported by Martin Sluka.
1172
1173* Fix a few compiler warnings.
1174
1175* img library: Fix extracting leaf survey name for survey title.  When there
1176  are three or more levels of survey, we were taking everything after the first
1177  dot rather than everything after the last dot.
1178
1179* Fix problems with testsuite on macOS:
1180
1181  + cavern.tst: Skip "ONELEG" testcase on case-insensitive filing systems
1182    - this test isn't meaningful unless the filing system is case-sensitive,
1183    but happens to fail if it isn't.
1184
1185  + cavern.tst: Workaround limitations of Apple's sed.
1186
1187  + aven.tst: Fix not to hang on macOS.
1188
1189  + smoke.tst: Remove aven testcases which duplicate those in aven.tst.
1190
1191* Clean up handling of support files in relocatable installs - this is now
1192  detected at run time on macOS.
1193
1194* Split out macOS Aven.app creation into a make rule so it can be easily used
1195  by the homebrew formula.
1196
1197* buildmacosx.sh:
1198
1199  + Fix when WX_CONFIG not specified - this was giving a confusing error like:
1200    ./buildmacosx.sh: line 163: --cc: command not found
1201
1202  + Use wxWidgets 3.0.4.
1203
1204* Stop checking wx-config --ldflags as this option was removed in wxWidgets 2.6
1205  and we currently require 2.8 or newer.
1206
1207Changes in 1.2.32 (2017-07-08):
1208
1209* aven:
1210
1211  + Make splays on printouts a darker shade of grey.  Reported by Erin Lynch
1212    and Anthony Day.
1213
1214  + In export formats which include 3 dimensions (DXF, PLT, GPX, KML, JSON,
1215    POS), the value in the Z dimension was negated.  Bug introduced by fixes
1216    for export of rotated plans and tilted elevations in 1.2.27.  Reported by
1217    Erin Lynch in #89.
1218
1219  + Ignore viewing angles for export formats which work in 3D.  When the
1220    rotation and tilt controls are hidden in the export dialog we were still
1221    using their values to transform the data, so if you set them with for one
1222    export format which support them, then switched to an export format which
1223    doesn't, you'd get bogus coordinates in the exported file.  Bug probably
1224    introduced in 1.2.27 by fixes for exports of rotated plans and tilted
1225    elevations.
1226
1227  + Fix exporting to skencil and Survex .pos formats.  When aven's export to
1228    .pos was added in 1.2.19, the ordering didn't match up and since then .pos
1229    export has produced skencil files and vice versa.
1230
1231  + Don't leave terrain on if loading terrain data fails.  Previously if you
1232    clicked the terrain icon (or via the menu) with no terrain loaded, but no
1233    terrain got loaded (e.g. because the survey data lacks an explicit
1234    coordinate system, or because the file failed to load, or because you
1235    cancelled the dialog) then the terrain icon/menu item was still changed to
1236    "on".
1237
1238  + Disable texturing while drawing terrain.  Previously the terrain got a bit
1239    darker when "Textured Walls" were enabled.
1240
1241  + Force a refresh when "Textured Walls" are enabled or disabled.  Previously
1242    the display wouldn't update right away.
1243
1244* Manual:
1245
1246  + Document how to specify fixed point altitude in feet.
1247
1248  + Explain why *fix warns about unused fixed points
1249
1250* Building from source now requires a compiler with decent support for C++11.
1251  If you're using GCC, then GCC 4.7 should suffice.  This should not be an
1252  onerous requirement - e.g. Debian wheezy and Ubuntu trusty both have a recent
1253  enough GCC.  If special options are needed, these should get probed for and
1254  automatically.  Fixes building 1.2.31 with GCC < 6, reported by Wookey.
1255
1256Changes in 1.2.31 (2017-07-01):
1257
1258* aven:
1259
1260  + Use superscript 'g' symbol instead of word 'grads' in status bar.  This
1261    conserves the limited space available, and we already do this in the
1262    compass and clino indicators so it's more consistent too.
1263
1264  + Show one decimal place on measure line bearing.  Pointed out by Benedikt
1265    Hallinger on the therion list, though I'm sure this has been asked for
1266    before by others.
1267
1268  + Show gradient of the measuring line when both ends are stations.
1269
1270  + Allow selection of text in cavern log window.  Selection was disabled in
1271    1.2.28 because it seemed you couldn't actually copy selected text to the
1272    clipboard, but retesting this now actually works fine for me, both with
1273    current git master with the change reverted, and with code just before the
1274    original change.
1275
1276  + More robust parsing of cavern output (cleanly handle context highlighting
1277    which extends beyond the end of the line).
1278
1279  + Allow showing duplicate legs as dashed lines or hiding them entirely,
1280    with dashed now being the default.  Implemented by Patrick Warren.
1281
1282  + Also allow "Dashed" for splays and "Faded" for duplicate legs.
1283
1284  + Splay legs in surface data are also shown faded.
1285
1286  + Check environment variables VISUAL and EDITOR when looking for editor to
1287    use when a warning or error is clicked on in the cavern log window.  The
1288    specified editor may have a GUI or need to run in a terminal, so we have to
1289    special-case each editor supported, and that means we can pass extra
1290    options needed to position the cursor on the appropriate line/column.
1291    Currently these editors are supported: gvim, nvim, vim, gedit, pluma,
1292    emacs, nano, jed, kate.  Suggested by Wookey.
1293
1294  + Fix handling of non-square terrain data files - the X and Y dimensions were
1295    swapped.  Reported by detrito.
1296
1297  + Improve parsing of DEM data with .hdr file.  Use documented defaults for
1298    more values, and where we only support a subset of values (or a particular
1299    value) check for unsupported values in more cases.
1300
1301  + When colouring by depth, fix colouring and texturing of polygons which
1302    cross depth bands.  The previous problems were most obvious with high
1303    chambers and long legs down deep pitches, especially in for surveys without
1304    much vertical range.
1305
1306  + Support for drawing blobs using point sprites was added in 1.2.28,
1307    but caching that this worked wasn't hooked up properly so the test to
1308    see if this worked would happen at the start of each run.  This is now
1309    cached as intended which should reduce start up time a little when blobs
1310    are drawn in this way.
1311
1312  + Fix drawing of crosses with lines.  This is a fall-back case which is
1313    rarely used as most OpenGL setups will handle a better method, but it was
1314    resulting in crosses with a four-pixel square in the centre - now the
1315    centre should be a single pixel.
1316
1317* cavern:
1318
1319  + Allow *data with no arguments to reset the current style - useful for
1320    entering passage data where there are side passages.
1321
1322  + Fix hang processing file without newline at end.  This bug was introduced
1323    by changes in 1.2.28.  Reported by Mark Brown.
1324
1325  + (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions): Build with newer version of
1326    PROJ library which fixes buggy handling of *fix with lat-long coordinates.
1327    Also add a testcase to the testsuite to alert users building for themselves
1328    with an affected PROJ version on any platform.  Reported by Ross Davidson.
1329
1330  + Fix cavern to handle Compass .DAT with no survey team.  Previously this
1331    resulted in the bogus error: Expecting numeric field, found "FROM"
1332    Reported by Erin Lynch.
1333
1334  + Handle UTF-8 "BOM" at start of .svx files.  Unicode doesn't recommend its
1335    use, but Microsoft stuff seems to like to create files with it in, and the
1336    error cavern currently reports for such files is very confusing, so it
1337    seems best to just handle it.  Reported by Rob Eavis.
1338
1339  + Change a couple of messages to use double quotes for consistency with all
1340    other messages.
1341
1342* extend:
1343
1344  + Now runs a bit faster.
1345
1346  + Splays are now carried over the extended survey.  The current handling
1347    is simplistic, but should do a good enough job to be more useful than
1348    discarding splays.  The splays at each station are all rotated together
1349    based on the bearing between the stations either side of the current one
1350    along the first path extended through that station.  This nicely handles
1351    dead ends and the situation at the top or bottom of a pitch, and should
1352    tend to pick an angle close to the passage orientation along a traverse.
1353    It's weakest at junctions.  Feedback (especially examples which could
1354    be handled better) most welcome.
1355
1356* French translation is now up to date again, thanks to Jean-Marc.
1357
1358* Remove erroneous menu shortcut markers from Polish translations.
1359
1360* Fill in some missing translations in several languages by using message
1361  translations from therion.
1362
1363* Add note to *fix documentation to clarify the coordinate order with *cs
1364  long-lat.  Issue raised by Ross Davidson.
1365
1366* Fix errors in documentation of *units: "DEG" should be "DEGS", and
1367  "MINUTES" has been supported for ages but wasn't documented.  Reported by
1368  Footleg.
1369
1370* Fix a few typos in the documentation.
1371
1372* Fix compilation warning with recent GCC.
1373
1374Changes in 1.2.30 (2016-10-03):
1375
1376* aven:
1377
1378  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix crash when trying to print or export
1379    (probably introduced in 1.2.28).  Reported by Brian Clipstone.
1380
1381  + Report error if terrain file contains no terrain data in area of survey.
1382    Suggested by detrito.
1383
1384  + Errors when writing an export file were reported with the wrong filename
1385    - the .3d file, not the filename we were trying to write to.
1386
1387  + Export to KML now supports exporting passages, walls and cross-sections.
1388    Addresses the remainder of ticket #4.
1389
1390* Add man page for dump3d.
1391
1392Changes in 1.2.29 (2016-09-27):
1393
1394* aven:
1395
1396  + Fix SVG output with non-ASCII characters (the charset in the SVG file
1397    is now set to UTF-8 not ISO-8859-1).
1398
1399  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix error dialog on startup in pre-built
1400    version.  Reported by Brian Clipstone.
1401
1402* Manual: Add link to TerrainData wiki page.  Omission highlighted by Erin
1403  Lynch and "detrito".
1404
1405* Fix to build without FFmpeg/libav and with older versions, broken by changes
1406  in 1.2.28.  Reported by James Begley.
1407
1408Changes in 1.2.28 (2016-09-24):
1409
1410* cavern:
1411
1412  + Show the contents of the line after error and warning messages while
1413    processing survey data, and indicate the region of the line in many cases
1414    in the same style that compilers such as GCC and clang use (using the
1415    column number we already have, plus new width information).  Based on a
1416    patch from Mateusz Golicz.
1417
1418  + Add column and width information for many more error and warning messages.
1419
1420  + Fix column for "Separator in survey name" warning.
1421
1422  + Improve warnings when using a backclino with range 0-180 degrees (reusing
1423    the same machinery we already have for a forward clino with range 0-180
1424    degrees).
1425
1426* aven:
1427
1428  + Include LRUD in printout/export of extended elevations, broken by
1429    improvements to export of tilted elevations in 1.2.27.  Reported by Anthony
1430    Day.
1431
1432  + Name <trk> tags in GPX output, so Garmin GPS units name the imported track
1433    usefully.  Reported by Anthony Day.
1434
1435  + Remember scale from previous print or export operation in the same run of
1436    aven.  Suggested by Stuart Bennett.
1437
1438  + Convert range indication below shown line to a highlight on that region
1439    of the line in cavern log window.
1440
1441  + Fix colouring of error/warning without column in cavern log window.
1442
1443  + Fix click on error/warning without column in cavern log window.
1444
1445  + Fix highlight of translations of "error" or "warning" containing non-ASCII
1446    characters.  This fix for this only works with a Unicode build of
1447    wxWidgets, but as of wxWidgets 3.0, all builds are Unicode, so this
1448    shouldn't be much of a problem as wxWidgets 2.x is close to obsolete now.
1449    Reported by Mateusz Golicz.
1450
1451  + Disable selection of text in cavern log window - you can't currently copy
1452    it to the clipboard, so until that's implemented it seems better to disable
1453    the ability to select it.  Reported by Wookey.
1454
1455  + Avoid special "1000" scale entry when exporting.
1456
1457  + Show 1 page when "One Page" selected.
1458
1459  + Reload processed data when restricting view.  Fixes failure when
1460    restricting view on data just processed via aven.  Spotted by Andrew
1461    Atkinson and myself.
1462
1463  + Don't hide blobs and crosses behind terrain.  Reported by Jenny Black.
1464
1465  + Fix rendering of crosses using point sprites.  The texture being used was
1466    misaligned relative to the image used for the visual fidelity check, so the
1467    check always failed and point sprites would never be used.  Where point
1468    sprites are supported, they're probably the fastest option - on my netbook
1469    this change improves FPS by ~6 fold when displaying crosses for a large
1470    survey.
1471
1472  + Support drawing blobs using point sprites.  About 5 times faster than using
1473    lines on my netbook.
1474
1475  + Recheck how best to draw crosses and blobs on the first run after Survex
1476    is upgraded (or downgraded) as the rendering code may have changed (we
1477    already recheck when the OpenGL hardware or driver changes).
1478
1479  + Change "MPEG" export to be MPEG4 (.mp4) rather than MPEG1 (.mpg).
1480    MPEG4 produces smaller output of higher quality, and should be widely
1481    supported these days.  And I can't get the MPEG1 output to work without
1482    buffer underflows, resulting in a file which doesn't play without
1483    glitches.
1484
1485  + Add OGG video to the list of formats - it's more compact than the others
1486    we currently list, though slower to write.
1487
1488  + Fix export to movie formats for which libav/FFmpeg needs to seek the file
1489    being written.  This was broken by changes in 1.2.27.
1490
1491  + Overhaul movie export for the current FFmpeg API, fixing deprecation
1492    warnings when building against a recent version.
1493
1494  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix corrupted exported movie files.  1.2.27
1495    changed the movie export code to allow writing to files with non-ASCII
1496    characters in the names, but the new code failed to open the file in binary
1497    mode, leading to corrupt output.  Fixes #81, reported by Erin Lynch.
1498
1499  * (Microsoft Windows version): Pre-built version now uses FFmpeg 3.1.3 for
1500    movie export.
1501
1502  * (Mac OS X version): Pre-built version now uses FFmpeg 3.1.3 for movie
1503    export.
1504
1505* Fix to build without FFmpeg/libav, broken by changes in 1.2.27.  Reported by
1506  James Begley.
1507
1508* The Polish translation is now very close to being complete, thanks to a
1509  substantial update from Mateusz Golicz.
1510
1511* Merge catalan translation updates from Adolfo Jayme.
1512
1513* (Microsoft Windows version): Map LANG_CHINESE to zh_CN not zh so Chinese
1514  messages get used automatically.
1515
1516* cavern.tst: Remove random : from after ] - dash ignores the extra character,
1517  but it causes this test to fail if /bin/sh is a different shell (e.g. bash).
1518
1519* cavern.tst: Add expected output for more testcases.
1520
1521* Remove unwanted execute bit from some testcase data.
1522
1523* Use https for more URLs which support it.
1524
1525Changes in 1.2.27 (2016-06-06):
1526
1527* aven:
1528
1529  + Right click on a survey in the survey tree now gives a pop-up menu
1530    with "Hide others", which restricts the view to just that survey
1531    and any subsurveys.  Right click on the root of the survey tree
1532    gives a menu with "Show all" to undo any restriction in effect.
1533    (Currently these are implemented by reloading the file and using
1534    the same machinery as the --survey= command line option, but that will
1535    probably change in the future).
1536
1537  + If there's a sub-survey restriction (from the --survey= command line
1538    option or the new UI described above) it is now shown in brackets after
1539    the survey tree root.
1540
1541  + When reloading a survey, preserve the current view position (previously
1542    the view was recentred).
1543
1544  + When reloading a survey, actually preserve the current scale factor
1545    (this was meant to happen, but the adjustment was applied in the
1546    wrong direction).
1547
1548  + New "File->Extended Elevation..." menu item provides a way to generate
1549    extended elevations for simple cases without having to use the command
1550    line.  Suggested by Fleur Loveridge.
1551
1552  + Don't process key presses if accompanied by an unexpected modifier key.
1553    In particular, this means that aven no longer interferes with Alt+<function
1554    key> (which is typically handled by the desktop) and Alt+<letter> (which is
1555    typically a menu short cut).  Reported by Владимир Георгиев.
1556
1557  + Reduce file loading time by ~5%.  The station name compare function was
1558    something of a hot spot, and optimising it yielded a nice improvement.
1559
1560  + Allow splay legs to be disabled in when printing and exporting.  Mostly
1561    addresses #60.
1562
1563  + SVG export now shows splay legs thinner and in grey.  See #60.
1564
1565  + Fix export of rotated plans and tilted elevations - previously plans were
1566    always aligned with North up, and elevations which weren't exactly side on
1567    were exported as plans.  Reported by Stuart Bennett.
1568
1569  + Fix offset bounding box for exported elevations.
1570
1571  + In print/export dialog the bearing value now wraps if you scroll up past
1572    360 or down past 0.
1573
1574  + Fix greying out of LRUD-based controls in the print/export dialog when the
1575    view is tilted (i.e. not plan or elevation).  This stopped working in
1576    1.2.18 when the pan and tilt spin controls were changed from integer- to
1577    real-valued ones.
1578
1579  + Printouts now show LRUD as pale grey arrows from the station they are
1580    measured from.  Based on patch from Michael Sargent.  Closes #65.
1581
1582  + Take LRUD into account for printout size.  Fixes #72, reported by Erin
1583    Lynch.
1584
1585  + Update movie export code to work with latest version of FFmpeg.
1586
1587  + Make "Show Log" a toggle, so you can click on the button to take a look at
1588    the log, and a second click returns you to the survey view.
1589
1590  + (Microsoft Windows version): Open the font file in binary mode - it looks
1591    like we were lucky and the font file (or at least its current version)
1592    would have loaded OK in text mode despite being binary data.
1593
1594  + (Microsoft Windows version): Exporting to files with non-ASCII filenames
1595    should now work.
1596
1597* cavern:
1598
1599  + Allow tape or backtape to be omitted.  Reported by Erin Lynch.
1600
1601  + Grid convergence is now corrected for when using automatically
1602    calculated declinations (*declination auto <X> <Y> <Z>).  Requested
1603    by Mateusz Golicz on the mailing list.
1604
1605  + Clear any cached calculated declination upon another *declination auto
1606    with different coordinates.  Previously if the date stayed the same,
1607    a previously cached declination for the old coordinates was used.
1608
1609  + Fix check for end of version number array in *require.  We would check up
1610    to 12 version components, the last 9 being bogus.  In practice, *require is
1611    only likely to be used with up to three components, so this wouldn't be an
1612    issue.
1613
1614  + *begin with an invalid prefix could cause a crash in some cases.  Fixed
1615    by patch from Colin Watson.
1616
1617  + Report column locations for errors to do with readings.
1618
1619* Merge translation updates from Jean-Marc.
1620
1621* img library: Better document which members can be set when writing.
1622  Highlighted by email query about use of img API from Владимир Георгиев.
1623
1624* Document how *declination interacts with *calibrate declination if both are
1625  used in the same dataset.
1626
1627* doc/3dformat.htm: Update details of how changes to the current label buffer
1628  are encoded to reflect changes in v8.  Reported by Angus Sawyer.
1629
1630* Use docbook2man instead of docbook-to-man to generated Unix man pages
1631  from SGML source.  The latter seems to be no longer actively maintained, and
1632  docbook2man now does a similarly good job.
1633
1634* Use https for survex.com links, and for other sites which support it.
1635
1636Changes in 1.2.26 (2016-01-07):
1637
1638* aven:
1639
1640  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix to be able to process .svx files with
1641    cavern again.
1642
1643* (Microsoft Windows version): Simplify upgrading process with innosetup
1644  installer - if Survex is already installed, we now just install to the same
1645  location and use the same start menu folder.
1646
1647* (Linux version): survex.spec: Update for filetype metadata change in 1.2.25.
1648  Fixes #79, reported by James Begley.
1649
1650* (Linux version): survex.spec: Fix to work with RPM 4.13.  Fixes #79, reported
1651  by James Begley.
1652
1653Changes in 1.2.25 (2016-01-05):
1654
1655* aven:
1656
1657  + Drop broken code which attempts to fix 2D pitches.  Fixes #73, reported by
1658    Erin Lynch.  #76 tracks the issue the removed code was trying (but failing)
1659    to address.
1660
1661  + When animating, don't try to update station info based on mouse movement
1662    over the survey tree.
1663
1664  + Further improve code to handle cavern subprocess in aven.
1665
1666  + Fix jump to error for filenames containing colons when the error location
1667    doesn't have a column number.  Bug noted by Jenny Black.
1668
1669  + If we encounter bad UTF-8 in cavern output, replace it with a red and white
1670    ? in a diamond (previously we gave up showing output at the first bad
1671    sequence).  This can happen if you process a .svx file which isn't UTF-8
1672    encoded.
1673
1674  + (Unix version): Don't try to set the terminal window title when opening an
1675    editor from the cavern log window - gnome-terminal no longer supports this,
1676    and there doesn't seem to be a portable option for specifying the title for
1677    terminals which do still support this.
1678
1679  + (Microsoft Windows version): Also quote for cmd.exe so that paths with
1680    spaces in work reliably.  Reported by Marco Cotto.
1681
1682* cavern:
1683
1684  + Improve error for mismatched fore/back-sight plumbs, reported by Andy
1685    Edwards (see #78).
1686
1687  + Fix to use correct sd for backcompass.  We were using zero instead, the
1688    most obvious effect of which was that the threshold for warning about
1689    differing COMPASS and BACKCOMPASS was about 71% of what it should have
1690    been, so we were warning in more cases than we should have been.
1691
1692  + Implement support for specifying a length on backsights - if you're using
1693    something like a disto-x, you'll get a distance reading for the backsight
1694    too.  Fixes #71, reported by Erin Lynch.
1695
1696  + Make line counting more robust to mixed line ends.  Noticed in example file
1697    from Pete Smart (see #69).
1698
1699* extend: New --show-breaks option which adds a leg flagged as surface survey
1700  between each points at which a loop has been broken.  Suggested by Jenny
1701  Black.
1702
1703* (Unix version): Update filetype metadata to work with modern desktops.
1704
1705* Fix incorrect reporting of errors reading and writing processed survey data.
1706  Since 1.2.8, the error strings corresponding to IMG_CANTOPENOUT,
1707  IMG_BADFORMAT and IMG_DIRECTORY have been mixed up (this doesn't affect
1708  external programs using the img library, only Survex).  Reported by Jenny
1709  Black.
1710
1711* Add missing options to extend man page and --help output.  Noted by Jenny
1712  Black.
1713
1714* Document Document Ctrl+cursor keys for rotating and tilting in aven man page.
1715
1716* Fix broken SGML markup in manual.
1717
1718* Fix typo in manual reported by Jenny Black.
1719
1720* Update vim syntax file for newer commands, etc.
1721
1722* Minor translation updates.  Thanks to Piotr Strębski and Jean-Marc.
1723
1724* Fix to compile with FFmpeg 2.9.  Reported by Andreas Cadhalpun in
1725  https://bugs.debian.org/803863
1726
1727* Stop maintaining ChangeLog files.  They make merging patches harder, and stop
1728  'git cherry-pick' from working as it should.  The git repo history should be
1729  sufficient for complying with GPLv2 2(a).
1730
1731* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer requires admin privileges on Vista
1732  and later and OS versions older than Vista are past end of life, so drop code
1733  which tries to set up the registry differently depending if we have admin
1734  privileges or not.
1735
1736Changes in 1.2.24 (2015-09-23):
1737
1738* aven:
1739
1740  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix the cavern log window.  Reported by Brian
1741    Clipstone.
1742
1743  + (Microsoft Windows version): Add workaround to avoid breakage in Therion.
1744    Reported by Jenny Black.
1745
1746  + If wx was built with thread support, aven now runs cavern from a separate
1747    thread, which works much better under wxMSW (where we can't use select),
1748    and also seems a bit smoother on Linux.
1749
1750  + Fix handling of encoding of filenames when the operating system has no
1751    locale installed corresponding to the language selected for Survex's
1752    messages.
1753
1754  + Undo accidentally committed debugging code which was sending message to
1755    the terminal in 1.2.23.
1756
1757* (Linux version): configure now looks first for wx-config-3.0, which Fedora's
1758  wx3 packages have.  Reported by James Begley.
1759
1760* Indonesian translation fully up to date again.
1761
1762* Manual: Document anonymous stations, based on the text from NEWS.  Reported
1763  by Wookey.
1764
1765Changes in 1.2.23 (2015-09-06):
1766
1767* aven:
1768
1769  + Updating the cavern log window is now much smoother, especially on slower
1770    machines.
1771
1772  + Show "busy" mouse cursor while processing survey data.
1773
1774  + Fix an assertion if you try to start processing a survex file while one is
1775    already being processed.
1776
1777  + Processing a .svx file with an error now still adds it to the file history.
1778    Reported by Martin Green.
1779
1780  + Fix the orientation of the starting end of tubes.
1781
1782* cavern:
1783
1784  + New *ref command to allow specifying an external reference (e.g. where to
1785    find the original survey notes).
1786
1787  + Drop support for showing percentage progress in cavern.  It's confusing in
1788    a multiple-file dataset as it shows progress in the current file so jumps
1789    around.  It also slows down processing, and on a slow machine you'd don't
1790    want that, while on a fast machine processing isn't slow enough for the
1791    progress display to be useful.
1792
1793* French translation is now completely up to date, thanks to Michel Bovey.
1794
1795* Bundle proj's EPSG and ESRI code lists in the installers for MS Windows and
1796  OS X so that things like "*cs EPSG:29903" work.  Reported by Graham Mullan.
1797
1798* (Microsoft Windows version): Process survey data with aven rather than
1799  running cavern.
1800
1801* (Microsoft Windows version): Installer built with InnoSetup 5.5.6 (recent
1802  releases have been built with 5.5.3) to see if that solves Ray Duffy's
1803  reported issue with not having file associations for .svx files created.
1804
1805Changes in 1.2.22 (2015-08-17):
1806
1807* aven:
1808
1809  + Ensure that the window has a depth buffer.  Whether it does by default
1810    seems to vary depending on OS and maybe graphics card.  Fixes #55 (terrain
1811    is no longer visible through itself), and also the rendering of passage
1812    tubes.  Thanks to Martin Green for pointing me in the right direction for
1813    finding this fix.
1814
1815* cavern:
1816
1817  + Fix *declination with an angle to actually work.
1818
1819  + Fix assertion if we try to identify a hanging survey by an anonymous
1820    station.
1821
1822  + Improve errors for invalid survey names in *begin, *end, *equate and
1823    *export.
1824
1825Changes in 1.2.21 (2015-07-28):
1826
1827* aven:
1828
1829  + Fix exporting to KML and other text-based formats to always use "." for the
1830    decimal separator - previously "," would be used when the user's locale
1831    specified this for the decimal separator.  Reported by Jan Schorn.
1832
1833  + Implement exporting of survey legs in KML format.
1834
1835  + Put "paddle" placemarker icons on stations in exported KML files, using the
1836    same colour coding for entrances, fixed points and exported points as aven
1837    does.
1838
1839  + Remove the "Coordinate projection" field from the print dialog, as it isn't
1840    relevant there.  Reported by Wookey.
1841
1842  + Fix the initial scale for small caves (since 1.2.18 the initial scale has
1843    been too small).  Reported by Wookey.
1844
1845  + Don't rescale if the same file is reloaded, but adjust the volume diameter
1846    as appropriate.
1847
1848  + Use wxGetenv() to read the SURVEXEDITOR variable, so we can accept Unicode
1849    values on Windows.
1850
1851* cavern:
1852
1853  + Fix coordinate systems using latitude and longitude - PROJ.4 wants these in
1854    radians, but we were passing degrees, which would generally cause the
1855    conversion to the output coordinate system to fail.  Reported by Wookey.
1856
1857  + Fix *fix with standard deviations when *cs is in use, give an error for use
1858    of *fix with standard deviations before *cs.
1859
1860  + Add new *declination command with support for setting the declination
1861    automatically from the IGRF model based on the survey date.  Thanks to the
1862    Therion developers for the IGRF support code, which we're reusing.
1863    Fixes #54, reported by Wookey.
1864
1865  + Allow the units for the zero error to be specified, making it easier to
1866    specify calibration with a scale if you measure the zero error externally
1867    (rather than using the instrument itself).  Fixes #61, reported by Andrew
1868    Atkinson.
1869
1870  + Report the error from PROJ when coordinate conversion fails as part of the
1871    actual error rather than on a separate line.
1872
1873  + Fix use after free after *solve.  This only occurs if a leg between the two
1874    exact same stations appears right before and right after the *solve, which
1875    is unlikely in real data, but the testsuite has an instance of this.  This
1876    was introduced by the repeat leg averaging added in 1.2.17.
1877
1878  + Fix small memory leak when solving network.  This doesn't really matter
1879    when solving at the end of processing as cavern will exit after that, but
1880    if *solve is used we continue processing after solving.
1881
1882* Remove compatibility handling for specifying a country variant of a language
1883  in SURVEXLANG using "-" with a lower case country code (e.g. "en-us") - we
1884  changed to the standard "en_US" way back in 2001.  This code was mangling
1885  character sets with a "-" in, and is no longer useful.
1886
1887* Ignore any "@<something>" modifier in the language code.
1888
1889* Improve documentation of magnetic declination handling, and cover the new
1890  "*DECLINATION" command.
1891
1892* Document aven's command line options in the manual and its man page.
1893  Reported by Jenny Black.
1894
1895* Point to '*case' and '*truncate' from the 'SEE ALSO' sections of each other's
1896  documentation.
1897
1898* Remove references to SpeleoGen from the documentation - it hasn't been
1899  updated for many years, and can't read recent versions of the .3d format.
1900
1901* Strip documentation references to obsolete versions of MS Windows.
1902
1903* doc/HACKING.htm: Update list of debian packages to install to build from git.
1904
1905Changes in 1.2.20 (2015-06-26):
1906
1907* aven:
1908
1909  + When printing, use the top margin rather than the right margin to calculate
1910    the height of the printable area.  In practice, the two values seem to be
1911    the same or very similar by default.
1912
1913  + Avoid assertion if the about dialog image fails to load.  Reported by Phil
1914    Maynard.
1915
1916  + Optimise the size of the about dialog images.
1917
1918  + Add support for reading terrain data which isn't in a .zip file.
1919
1920  + Force a refresh after loading terrain data so that it gets displayed right
1921    away.
1922
1923  + Make checks for terrain data extensions in zip files case insensitive.
1924
1925  + If reading terrain data fails, always report an error and never try to
1926    display it.
1927
1928* cavern: Allow clino readings in diving style data, suggested by Andrew
1929  Atkinson.  Currently these readings are ignored, but a future version will
1930  check that they're consistent with the angle given by the depth gauge and
1931  tape, and perform suitable averaging.
1932
1933* Remove lingering traces of svxedit.
1934
1935* configure: Fix to allow compiling without libav/ffmpeg, as was possible
1936  before 1.2.19.
1937
1938* (Unix version): Install the filetype and aven application icons under
1939  /usr/share/icons/hicolor, which is where they're expected to be these days.
1940
1941* (Unix version): Add %f to Exec in survex-aven.desktop.
1942
1943* (Mac OS X version): Remove useless extra copy of about box images from OS X
1944  disk image.
1945
1946* (Mac OS X version): Only ship one copy of each of the translations.
1947
1948* (Mac OS X version): Reduce the size of the aven binary by disabling a load of
1949  libav features we don't use.
1950
1951* (Microsoft Windows version): Reduce the size of the aven binary by disabling
1952  a load of libav features we don't use.
1953
1954* (Microsoft Windows version): Update message files to fix a missing Chinese
1955  message in the installer.
1956
1957Changes in 1.2.19 (2015-06-18):
1958
1959* aven:
1960
1961  + Fix exporting to GPX, KML and HPGL, which all failed to write the header to
1962    the exported file in 1.2.18.
1963
1964  + Add exporting to Survex .pos format.
1965
1966  + If the measuring line isn't currently active, pressing "Escape" will now
1967    exit full screen mode.
1968
1969  + (Mac OS X version): Change the shortcut for full screen mode to be the
1970    standard Ctrl+Command+F (rather than Shift+Command+F which we have been
1971    using since 1.2.7).
1972
1973  + (Mac OS X version): When we centre the view on the station this can
1974    generate a mouse move event, so clear the variable which says we are
1975    dragging before we process a left click on a station.  This avoids random
1976    rotations of the survey when clicking on a station, reported in #47 by Hugh
1977    St. Lawrence.
1978
1979  + (Mac OS X version): Force use of a non-native toolbar to stop the toolbar
1980    icons from being rescaled and looking fuzzy.
1981
1982  + (Mac OS X version): Remove code added in 1.2.18 which tries to set stop the
1983    toolbar icons from being rescaled, but which requires an unreleased version
1984    of wxWidgets, had a typo in, and doesn't actually seem to work anyway.
1985
1986  + (Mac OS X version): Drop out of full screen mode if the mouse is mode to
1987    the top of the screen, since we can't seem to display the menu bar in this
1988    case like we do on other platforms.
1989
1990  + (Mac OS X version): Enable aven's movie export feature.
1991
1992  + (Mac OS X version): Enable wxDisplay when building wxWidgets to better
1993    support multi-monitor setups.
1994
1995  + (Mac OS X version): Silence warning visible when aven is run from a
1996    terminal about a missing CFBundleTypeRole.
1997
1998  + When reading terrain data from a .zip file, report an error if the .zip
1999    file is bad, or if it doesn't contain any terrain data we recognise.
2000
2001  + Tweak error message in terrain reading code to distinguish two failure
2002    cases.
2003
2004  + Add viewing angles and scale to footer, and shorten some of the other items
2005    to make room for this extra information.  (Fixes ticket #52, reported by
2006    Erin Lynch)
2007
2008  + If the footer is wider than the printout width, scale down the font used
2009    so that it exactly fits; if the footer is narrower, than space out the
2010    items in in so it uses the full width.
2011
2012  + If the saved size for aven's window exceeds the current display size
2013    (mostly likely because we're now plugged into a smaller monitor), then
2014    reduce the size of the window to fit the display.  If the saved size is <
2015    (480x320), increase it to at least that, as aven isn't usable in a smaller
2016    window.
2017
2018  + Remove crude bodge which tries to pick a nicer initial window size when
2019    using wxWidgets without wxDisplay on a multi-monitor setup - aven now opens
2020    with the same size window it had when it was closed, so the initial size is
2021    only relevant on the first ever run.
2022
2023* Assorted translation updates.  Notably Indonesian is at 100% again.
2024
2025* Stop trying to catch and report signals.  The only real reason to do it is so
2026  we can say "Bug in program detected! Please report this to the authors"
2027  before we exit, but when the program crashes that's pretty obvious.  In aven
2028  we try to pop up a message box for this message, which may fail due to
2029  whatever caused the signal, while with the command line tools there's no
2030  great benefit over just letting the shell report the signal.
2031
2032* Use pkg-config to probe for libav and proj, which sorts out the correct flags
2033  for building on OS X against a static install of libav.
2034
2035Changes in 1.2.18 (2015-06-03):
2036
2037* aven:
2038
2039  + Add support for reading terrain data (from a zip file containing either an
2040    SRTM .hgt file, or an ESRI .bil file and associated metadata files), and
2041    rendering it as a transparent surface.
2042
2043  + Remove actions from 'Orientation' and 'Rotation' menus which you wouldn't
2044    sanely want to perform from the menu.
2045
2046  + Create a "Colour by" submenu of the "View" menu to house the various
2047    colouring options.
2048
2049  + Add "Colour by Gradient" and "Colour by Length".
2050
2051  + Make the button to dismiss the "About" dialog "OK" rather than "Close",
2052    which seems more logical, and also allows the dialog to be closed by
2053    pressing "Escape".
2054
2055  + Destroy any existing clipping region before we write the page footer.
2056    Hopefully solves ticket #52, reported by Erin Lynch.
2057
2058  + Don't round bearing and tilt angles to integers when printing and
2059    exporting.
2060
2061  + Add passage export for EPS format.  (Partly addresses ticket #4)
2062
2063  + Add JSON export.  This should be regarded as experimental, and the format
2064    is quite likely to change.
2065
2066  + Pressing F6 now toggles the display of rendering stats, currently FPS
2067    (Frames Per Second) and the number of triangles in the terrain mesh.
2068
2069  + Add a menu item and toolbar button to show the cavern log window if the
2070    currently shown survey data was processed by aven.  Reported by Hugh St
2071    Lawrence in #47, and by Dave Clucas and others previously on the list.
2072
2073  + Add "Save Log" button to Aven's cavern log window.
2074
2075  + In cavern log window, highlight "error" markers in red and "warning"
2076    markers in orange.
2077
2078  + Rework code to read cavern's output.  In particular, we no longer mix
2079    buffered and non-buffered system calls.
2080
2081  + Aven's support for reading colours and font sizes for printouts from
2082    print.ini has never worked - the contents of the ini files are ignored due
2083    to a bug which has been there since the code was added in 2005 - but nobody
2084    has ever complained.  So just strip out that code entirely - we should
2085    support setting the colours and font sizes, but a GUI interface for setting
2086    them would be better.
2087
2088  + Fix to compile with a Unicode build of wxWidgets 2.8.  Reported by Bill
2089    Gee.
2090
2091  + Take the width of the messages used above the compass and clino into
2092    account when calculating how much space to allow for them - now the labels
2093    won't overlap or be cut off in translations where they are long.
2094
2095  + (Mac OS X version): Attempt to address the size of the toolbar icons.
2096
2097* cavern:
2098
2099  + Reject *fix with SDs which aren't all positive.  (fixes#2, reported by
2100    susscorfa).
2101
2102  + Use the currently set units when outputting measurements in warnings,
2103    errors, and the stats at the end of the run.  Requested by Bill Gee.
2104
2105  + Include column number when a *include file isn't found.
2106
2107  + Show 'error' in front of error messages, like we show 'warning' in front of
2108    warnings.  Fixes #48, reported by Wookey.
2109
2110  + Increase the threshold for warning that fore and back measurements differ
2111    from 2 SDs to 3 SDs.
2112
2113* findentrances: If the 3d file specifies the coordinate system, use it.
2114
2115* svxedit: Remove svxedit - while an editor with built-in knowledge of survex
2116  would be nice to have, svxedit doesn't really offer that, and it looks ugly
2117  in a modern desktop.
2118
2119* If we run out of memory while reading a processed survey data file, include
2120  the filename in the error message.
2121
2122* Many translation updates - notably Indonesian and Russian are now the two
2123  most complete translations.
2124
2125* (Microsoft Windows version): Add code page 1252 mappings for fancy quotes.
2126
2127* Transliterate gradient and infinity symbols if the current character set
2128  lacks them.
2129
2130* Add SVG version of .plt icon.
2131
2132* Manual:
2133
2134  + Add complete list of quantities you can set SDs for.  Thanks for Wookey for
2135    highlighting that the previous list was incomplete.
2136
2137  + Document averaging of a group of repeated readings.
2138
2139  + Add a link to the sample data from the manual.
2140
2141  + Remove references to contact addresses which are no longer there.  Remove
2142    offer to post people floppies, and references to a CD image which isn't
2143    available for download.
2144
2145* Remove non-breaking spaces from the diffpos and extend manual pages, as they
2146  actually make the output formatting worse (presumably these used to work
2147  around a since-fixed bug in one of the docbook processing tools).
2148
2149* doc/TODO.htm: Update.
2150
2151* Fix to compile without warnings with 'g++ --std=gnu++11'.
2152
2153Changes in 1.2.17 (2015-02-24):
2154
2155* MacOS X version:
2156
2157  + Update INSTALL file with current status.
2158
2159  + Aven.app now has a custom icon.
2160
2161  + Add icons for all the filetypes supported.
2162
2163  + Add Finder actions for .svx, .3d, .plt and .pos files.
2164
2165  + aven: Hide the status bar and tool bar in Full Screen mode, as wx doesn't
2166    currently do this for us.
2167
2168  + aven: Fix short-cut for toggling Full Screen mode.
2169
2170  + aven: Make "About" menu item appear.
2171
2172  + aven: Fix "Close" button in about dialog.
2173
2174  + aven: Make custom cursors black with a white outline to match the standard
2175    OS X cursor.
2176
2177  + svxedit: Now wrapped up in an application bundle as svxedit.app.  It
2178    still doesn't really work like a standard app though - e.g. you can't load
2179    files from Finder (instead run svxedit.app and use File->Open), the font
2180    size of most menu items is wrong, the icon for the app is the wish icon
2181    rather than the svxedit icon, shortcuts use Ctrl not the Cmd key, and
2182    probably more.  I'd probably recommend using another editor (OS X comes
2183    with TextEdit.app for example).
2184
2185  + The documentation is now in a "Docs" directory alongside the apps, rather
2186    than in the rather less obvious "share/doc/survex" directory.
2187
2188  + Default to building for x86_64, since all modern Macs are 64 bit.
2189
2190  + Disable use of liblzma when building wxWidgets for OS X, which was
2191    preventing the build from working on OS X 10.6.8.
2192
2193  + Download wx sources from SF via redirecting link.  Thanks to David A.
2194    Riggs.
2195
2196  + buildmacosx.sh: Handle the mount point for the disk image containing a
2197    space.
2198
2199  + Link with a static build of PROJ for doing coordinate system conversions.
2200
2201  + Build wx with --disable-webview to avoid a compilation failure on OS X
2202    10.10.1.
2203
2204  + Use wx-config --cc and --cxx to get the compilers to use for building
2205    everything else, as wx adds options to them which otherwise cause linking
2206    errors.
2207
2208  + The diskimage (.dmg) file is now compressed with bzip2, which gives a
2209    smaller download.  This means OS X 10.4 is required, but we probably
2210    already need at least 10.5 because that's the minimum version which the
2211    wxWidgets build supports by default.
2212
2213  + Remove unused files and copies of files from the diskimage.
2214
2215* cavern: If the same leg is repeated consecutively, average the readings and
2216  treat as a single leg.
2217
2218* dump3d: Report SEPARATOR used by the file being read.
2219
2220* aven.svg: Fix visual glitch in SVG icon for aven.  Noted by David A. Riggs.
2221
2222* aven:
2223
2224  + Greatly reduce flicker when mouse is moved to the top of the screen in full
2225    screen mode and the menu bar reappears.
2226
2227  + For export formats where scaling is supporting, aven now actually uses the
2228    scale specified in the export dialog (previously it ignored this and used
2229    1:500).
2230
2231  + Reimplement animation so that it's based on angular change per unit of
2232    elapsed time, rather than averaging the time take for the last two scene
2233    redraws.  This gives smoother animation in the face of variable load and
2234    scene redraw time, and should be more consistent between platforms.
2235
2236  + Switching to a point of the compass during auto-rotation now jumps straight
2237    there rather than the two animations fighting.
2238
2239  + Reduce the maximum auto-rotation speed, as the previous limit was uselessly
2240    fast.
2241
2242  + Disable stepping the rotation angle when animating (previously we only did
2243    when rotating).
2244
2245  + Speed up start-up a bit - rather than loading icons from individual PNG
2246    files on disk, compile them into the aven binary.
2247
2248* (Unix version): Add "MimeType" field to desktop files so that file
2249  associations work out of the box with modern desktop environments.
2250
2251* Add start of Hungarian translation from Imre Balogh.
2252
2253* Merge in many updates to the Russian translation from "vsuhachev".
2254
2255* Assorted minor updates to other translations.
2256
2257* Create scalable (SVG) versions of file type icons.
2258
2259* doc/manual.sgml: Remove $Id and $Date markers, as they don't get expanded now
2260  we're using git.
2261
2262* tests/: Improve test coverage in a few places:
2263
2264  + Extend tests of fore and back sights to test calibration of the back
2265    compass.
2266
2267  + Test "Can't calibrate angular and length quantities together" error.
2268
2269  + Check that "*set names ." works when "." is also the decimal point.
2270
2271Changes in 1.2.16 (2014-10-17):
2272
2273* aven: Add KML export (stations only currently).
2274
2275* aven: Allow measuring line to measure from anonymous stations.  (Fixes #44)
2276
2277* aven: Fix corrupted names in exported files.
2278
2279* aven: Fix error log window under wxWidgets >= 2.9 to include the system
2280  information before the first log message like it does under wxWidgets 2.8.
2281
2282* cavern: Add support for "*cs JTSK" and "*cs JTSK03".
2283
2284* tests/: Improve test coverage.
2285
2286* Translation updates for many languages, plus the start of translations to
2287  Greek and Polish.
2288
2289* Fix to build against wxWidgets 3.0 built with assertions disabled.  Reported
2290  by Martin Sluka.
2291
2292* Fix warnings when compiling with clang (which is the default compiler on
2293  Mac OS X).  Reported by Martin Sluka.
2294
2295Changes in 1.2.15 (2014-08-14):
2296
2297* cavern: The *cs command now also supports "long-lat", "s-merc" (for "Web
2298  Mercator"), EPSG and ESRI codes, "eur79z30", "ijtsk" and "ijtsk03".  This
2299  means that we now support all the coordinates systems which Therion does,
2300  except for a few which don't have X=East and Y=North.  The documentation
2301  for *cs has also been improved.
2302
2303* aven: We no longer persist full screen mode between runs - it's not a
2304  standard behaviour of desktop programs, and it's too easy to go into full
2305  screen mode from the menu and then not be able to get out again because you
2306  don't know the required key shortcut. (ticket#39)
2307
2308* aven: When in full screen mode, moving the mouse to the top of the screen now
2309  makes the menu bar appear.  This provides a non-shortcut way out of full
2310  screen mode, as well as making it easier to perform other operations while in
2311  full screen mode.  The current implementation gives an annoyingly flickery
2312  transition, but hopefully we can improve this in future. (ticket#39)
2313
2314* (MacOS X version): If built with wxWidgets >= 3.1.0 (which is still in
2315  development), we now call EnableFullScreenView() which improves the full
2316  screen mode experience on OS X 10.7 and later.
2317
2318* img library: Improve documentation for img_ERROR_INFO.
2319
2320* tests/: Ship some missing .out files and compare.tst.
2321
2322* tests/: cavern.tst testcase back2 is now actually used.  Fix a bug in this
2323  testcase, and extend it to cover a variant of the situation reported as a bug
2324  in therion by Bill Gee to the therion list.
2325
2326* (Linux version) survex.spec: Add run-time requirement on proj and proj-epsg
2327  for the survex package and on tk for the svxedit package.
2328
2329Changes in 1.2.14 (2014-07-05):
2330
2331* img library: Add ability to store a PROJ4 string describing the coordinate
2332  system in use in 3d v8 files.
2333
2334* aven: If the 3d file specifies a coordinate system, then use it for exporting
2335  to formats which need to know (currently GPX).  If the input file doesn't
2336  specify the coordinate system, allow the user to enter a PROJ4 string in the
2337  export dialog.
2338
2339* aven: You can now quickly zoom to a particular area by holding down the
2340  "Shift" key and dragging with the left mouse button to create a rectangular
2341  "rubber band box" around the area you wish to zoom to.  If you release the
2342  "Shift" key while still dragging, the box is centred on the start point
2343  rather than having one corner there.
2344
2345* aven: Fix exporting of passage tubes in elevations and extended elevations
2346  - previously up and down were getting drawn across the page!
2347
2348* aven: Fix "Cancel" to work on the print/export dialog, broken by changes in
2349  1.2.13.  (Reported by Brian Clipstone)
2350
2351* aven: Fix the conditions on which the menu item "Cancel measuring line" is
2352  enabled - previously it was hard to actually cancel it via the menu.
2353  Reported by Hugh St Lawrence.
2354
2355* aven: Fix wx assertion failures when showing hit test debug view on platforms
2356  such as 64-bit Linux.
2357
2358* aven: When viewing from above, show "Plan" above the "clino" which indicates
2359  the tilt angle (instead of "Elevation -90°").
2360
2361* aven: The extended font data now loads faster, and also uses less memory on
2362  64-bit platforms.
2363
2364* aven: Dragging the vertical divider between the side panel and the 3D view
2365  now only updates when you finish the drag, as redrawing continuously just
2366  looks clunky except on an ultra-fast machine.
2367
2368* aven: (German translation) Abbreviate "Blickrichtung" so it doesn't overfill
2369  the space available in the aven UI.
2370
2371* cavern: Add a *cs command to allow setting the coordinate system for *fix
2372  commands, and the coordinate system used for processed survey data.  The
2373  latter is now stored in 3d v8 format files.
2374
2375* cavern: Add support for 'L' flag (exclude from length) in Compass .dat files
2376  and handle it in the same way as the "DUPLICATE" flag in .svx files.
2377
2378* cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, still
2379  actually fix the second and subsequent ones, to avoid triggering bogus errors
2380  about unconnected surveys.
2381
2382* cavern: If there's more than one *fix command with coordinates, report the
2383  station name of the previous one, plus the file and line number where it was.
2384
2385* cavern: Fix handling of the rather contrived case of *fix with no coordinates
2386  followed by *solve and then another *fix with no coordinates not to access
2387  freed memory.
2388
2389* dump3d: Report any specified coordinate system.
2390
2391* doc/3dformat.htm: Update to document how the coordinate system is stored.
2392
2393* (Microsoft Windows version): Include dump3d in the installer.
2394
2395* Fix a compiler warning.
2396
2397* Improve test coverage.
2398
2399Changes in 1.2.13 (2014-05-15):
2400
2401* aven: Fix --print option to wait for printing to happen before exiting
2402  (previously it would exit right after opening the print dialog, so you
2403  couldn't actually print anything out using it).
2404
2405* aven: Increase the threshold for how close the pointer needs to be to a
2406  station from 5 pixels to 7 to try to help touchscreen users.  Reported by
2407  Hugh St Lawrence.
2408
2409* aven: Add "fat finger" mode, toggled by pressing F2, to allow investigating
2410  if increasing the minimum pointer to station threshold helps Hugh's problems
2411  with using aven on a touch screen device.
2412
2413* aven: The measuring line was unable to see stations which had just been
2414  revealed by toggling surface or underground legs on - this is now fixed.
2415
2416* aven: Add "hit test grid debug" mode, which shows the hit test grid and how
2417  many entries are in each box (toggled by F3).
2418
2419* aven: Pressing F4 now allows the user to toggle wxWidgets assertion messages
2420  off and back on.
2421
2422* aven: Create the empty hit-test grid data structure lazily, to reduce start
2423  up time a little.
2424
2425* cavern: Improve messages which talk about "tags" and/or "prefixes" in *begin
2426  and *end commands to instead talk about "survey names".
2427
2428* cavern: For ages cavern has warned if you reentered a survey, but this
2429  warning was suppressed if it occurred at the same line of the same file as
2430  the survey was first entered, but this can only happen if you include the
2431  same survey file more than once, which isn't a sensible thing to do for a
2432  file with actual survey data in (you might reasonably do it to set up survey
2433  grade details or something like that).  The warning is now given in this
2434  situation too.
2435
2436* cavern: After 5 warnings about reentering a survey we give up warning about
2437  it, but we used to keep reporting where the survey was originally entered -
2438  this secondary diagnostic message is now silenced when the main message is.
2439
2440* (Microsoft Windows version): Compile C code with optimisation on.
2441
2442* Add the start of a Russian translation, with messages take from therion.
2443
2444* Minor translation updates to French.
2445
2446* Fix compiler warning from GCC.
2447
2448* Testsuite improvements:
2449
2450  + Test that "..." anon station works.
2451
2452  + cavern.tst: Check number of errors returned by all testcases which should
2453    fail and give an error count.
2454
2455  + cavern.tst: Fix to actually fully test everything when builddir != srcdir.
2456
2457Changes in 1.2.12 (2014-04-14):
2458
2459* aven: Fix measuring line to show change in altitude rather than altitude
2460  itself (accidentally broken by changes in 1.2.11).  Reported by Brian
2461  Clipstone.
2462
2463* aven: Fix printing when built with wxWidgets 3.0.
2464
2465* aven: Several visual improvements to printouts:
2466
2467  + Move the numbers below the scale bar down a little so that they don't
2468    overlap the scale bar ticks.
2469
2470  + Set the clipping region after we draw the page border and info box to avoid
2471    clipping the border in print preview.
2472
2473  + Tidy up the appearance of the compass and elevation arrow.
2474
2475* aven: Fix to build with libav 10.  Reported by Moritz Muehlenhoff in
2476  <http://bugs.debian.org/739332>.
2477
2478* aven: Fix to build with older libav where avcodec_free_frame() isn't
2479  available.
2480
2481* (Linux version) survex.spec: Update spec file used for building RPM packages.
2482
2483* (Unix version): Add "Keywords:" entry to .desktop files.
2484
2485* (Unix version): Enable large file support, mostly to support filing systems
2486  which return 64 bit inode values, such as CIFS mounts.
2487
2488* (Microsoft Windows version): Only allow "A-Z" or "a-z" for driver letters,
2489  rather than any character which is a letter in the current locale.
2490
2491* Various translation updates.
2492
2493Changes in 1.2.11 (2014-01-28):
2494
2495* aven: Fix wxWidgets assertion when double clicking on an anonymous station.
2496  Reported by Kevin Dixon.
2497
2498* aven: Embed the font data for the first 256 Unicode characters for use in the
2499  survey pane into the compiled aven binary to reduce start up overhead.  Any
2500  additional characters needed are loaded from a data file only if/when a
2501  character >= U+100 is actually needed (as before).
2502
2503* aven: Fix display of Unicode characters above 256 when there's a character
2504  <= 256 earlier in the same string.
2505
2506* aven: Use the actual width of Unicode characters above 256 rather than
2507  assuming they are 16 pixels wide.
2508
2509* aven: If full screen, don't show the side panel when a new file is opened
2510  (e.g. via Ctrl+O).
2511
2512* aven: Don't give an assertion failure when showing passages for a cave with
2513  no vertical extent.  Reported by Jonny Prouty.
2514
2515* aven: Change terminology in print dialog - say "legend" instead of "info
2516  box".
2517
2518* aven: Add option to show the tilt angle as a percentage gradient.
2519
2520* aven: Show the units (degrees, grads, or percent) for the tilt and bearing
2521  indicators.
2522
2523* aven: All length units are now translatable.
2524
2525* aven: Split log_fl_error helper function out of CHECK_GL_ERROR macro, which
2526  will reduce code size and also the number of deprecation warnings about
2527  gluErrorString on Mac OS X 10.9.
2528
2529* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Try to work around redraw issues related
2530  to the measuring line by redrawing the whole window, which doesn't seem to be
2531  measurably slower.
2532
2533* cavern: If *units is used to try to set units for LEVEL, PLUMB, or POSITION,
2534  give an error rather than quietly ignoring the attempt.
2535
2536* cad3d: Make cad3d remap control characters and spaces in station names when
2537  generating PLT output in the same way aven does.
2538
2539* Various translation updates (particular thanks to Eric Madelaine and Dennis
2540  Baudys), including the start of a Bulgarian translation, with messages taken
2541  from Therion and elsewhere.
2542
2543* (Microsoft Windows version): On Microsoft Windows 2000 and newer, use
2544  GetUserDefaultUILanguage() to get the UI language to use.  For older
2545  versions, continue to use GetUserDefaultLCID().
2546
2547* (Microsoft Windows version): The Indonesian translation will now be used
2548  automatically when the system language is set to Indonesian.
2549
2550* (Mac OS X version): Fix to build with wx 3.0.0 on OS X 10.9.  Thanks to David
2551  A. Riggs for his work on this.
2552
2553* (Mac OS X version): Update buildmacosx.sh script to use wx 3.0.0, and add a
2554  checksum check for the downloaded wx sources.
2555
2556* Fix a lot of the compiler warnings when building with clang.
2557
2558* doc/manual.sgml: Add missing quantities to the list documented as accepted by
2559  *units: LEFT, RIGHT, UP/CEILING, DOWN/FLOOR (missing entirely);
2560  BACKCOMPASS/BACKBEARING, BACKCLINO/BACKGRADIENT (missing from the main list,
2561  mentioned in list of the units that can be set for them); COUNT (missing
2562  alternative name for COUNTER); DX/EASTING, DY/NORTHING, DZ/ALTITUDE
2563  (incorrectly listed as X, Y, Z).  Reported by Jonny Prouty.
2564
2565* Test suite: Improve test coverage for cavern.
2566
2567Changes in 1.2.10 (2014-01-15):
2568
2569* aven: Fix assertion if two mouse buttons are held down at the same time.
2570  If dragging with more than one mouse button held down, releasing one causes
2571  another which is still held down to take effect.  Reported by Brian
2572  Clipstone.
2573
2574* aven: If we fail to start the external editor when the user clicks on an
2575  error or warning from cavern, show an error box.
2576
2577* aven: If the survey has a title, add it as a top-level <title> element to
2578  exported SVG files.
2579
2580* aven: Escape '<', '>', and '&' in labels in exported SVG files.
2581
2582* aven: In GPX export, set the <time> element to the datestamp from the 3d
2583  file.
2584
2585* aven: Don't try to write the title if it isn't set or is empty when exporting
2586  GPX files.
2587
2588* aven: Don't bother looking up the printer page setup info when exporting.
2589
2590* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix crash on "File->Print" or
2591  "File->Export" under Windows XP, reported by Brian Clipstone.
2592
2593* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix error dialog about an incorrectly
2594  encoded filename which could occur if run without being asked to load a file
2595  on startup.
2596
2597* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Compile with optimisation on.
2598
2599* img library, aven: Although processed CMAP data files are often referred to
2600  as "CMAP .XYZ files", it seems that actually, the extension .XYZ isn't used,
2601  rather .SHT (shot variant, produced by CMAP v16 and later), .UNA (unadjusted)
2602  and .ADJ (adjusted) extensions are.  Since we've long checked for .XYZ, we
2603  continue to do so in case anyone is relying on it, but also check for the
2604  other extensions.
2605
2606* img library: Add new "datestamp_numeric" field to struct img giving the
2607  datestamp as a time_t in UTC (or (time_t)-1 if there's no datestamp or we
2608  failed to convert it).  For .3d >= v8, this field is reliable.  We attempt to
2609  convert date strings in .3d <= v7 and CMAP XYZ files, but may get the
2610  timezone wrong.
2611
2612* img library: Fix my_strcasecmp() to handle top-bit set characters better.
2613
2614* cavern: Fix NULL pointer dereference when processing Compass DAT file without
2615  'SURVEY DATE:'.
2616
2617* doc/manual.sgml: Update references to Survex 1.1 which should be to 1.2.
2618
2619* doc/manual.sgml: Note the station length limit Smaps used.
2620
2621* Fix some compiler warnings if built with glibc's fortify source feature
2622  enabled.
2623
2624Changes in 1.2.9 (2014-01-08):
2625
2626* Document --3d-version in cavern man page and the manual.
2627
2628* aven: Fix compilation error in movie export code with recent libavi.
2629
2630* aven: Fix warning on stderr when export a movie as MPEG.
2631
2632* img library: In non-hosted mode, don't define GETC and PUTC if they're
2633  already defined, to allow easy overriding with getc_unlocked() and
2634  putc_unlocked() (which are significantly faster on Linux).
2635
2636* img library: In non-hosted mode, check that int is at least 32 bits,
2637  and if not, use long.  In practice, platforms with 16 bit int are mostly
2638  obsolete, but it's not hard to be portable here.
2639
2640* img library: Add test that img.c and img.h compile in non-hosted mode
2641  (regression test for issue fixed in 1.2.8).
2642
2643* (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 3.0.0.
2644
2645* Update translations from launchpad and from existing similar messages.
2646
2647* Fix some compiler warnings.
2648
2649Changes in 1.2.8 (2013-10-29):
2650
2651* cavern: Fix handling of anonymous wall stations ('..' by default) to
2652  implicitly set the SPLAY leg flag, as was intended.  Reported by Thomas
2653  Holder.
2654
2655* cavern: Tweak .err file output not to lose the space in front of certain
2656  statistics when the value gets large.
2657
2658* cavern: Eliminate redundant progress message when solving simultaneous
2659  equations.
2660
2661* aven: Add a format drop down to the export dialog, and only show fields which
2662  are meaningful and supported for the currently selected export format.  The
2663  format defaults to that used most recently.  The "Elements" and "View" boxes
2664  have been swapped in the print and export dialogs as that layout works much
2665  better when the "View" box is hidden.
2666
2667* aven: Changing checkboxes in the print or export dialog didn't work in 1.2.7
2668  - now works again.  Reported by Anthony Day.
2669
2670* aven: Add GPX export (based on findentrances patch from Olaf Kähler).  In
2671  this release the projection which the survey coordinates are in defaults
2672  to the BMN M31 grid used in the Totes Gebirge in Austria.  On Unix, you
2673  can edit ~/.aven and add a new line setting 'input_projection' to a PROJ
2674  projection string.  The ability to specify this projection in a better
2675  way is coming soon.
2676
2677* aven: New export options "Origin in centre" and "Full coordinates" - the
2678  latter fixes #10.  GPX and PLT output implicitly force "full coordinates".
2679
2680* aven: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some
2681  time ago, so update references.
2682
2683* aven: Make the Presentation->Play menu item a checkbox, to avoid a warning
2684  with wxMSW 2.9.5.  Reported by Brian Clipstone.
2685
2686* aven: Make right click in an empty presentation mark the current position and
2687  open it to edit, instead of crashing.
2688
2689* aven: Update movie export code to work with latest libav API.  Reported by
2690  Sebastian Ramacher.
2691
2692* aven: Improve reporting of errors during the process of exporting a movie.
2693
2694* aven: Don't try to close the movie if we aren't producing one.
2695
2696* aven: Fix assertion failure when double-clicking on the survey with wx2.9.
2697
2698* aven: Fix to build with wxMSW 2.9.5.
2699
2700* aven: Fix to build with wx 2.9.5 with wx2.8 compatibility disabled.
2701
2702* cad3d: The "Sketch" vector drawing program got renamed to "Skencil" some time
2703  ago, so add a new --skencil option to specify this output format.  The old
2704  name (--sketch) is still recognised for compatibility.
2705
2706* cad3d: Make --marker-size work for Skencil and SVG output.
2707
2708* dump3d: Make --show-dates option show dates for XSECT.
2709
2710* img library:
2711
2712  + Fix to work once more when used outside of Survex (missing definition of
2713    max() macro and a bad call to free() in img_close() for a file opened for
2714    reading).
2715
2716  + Use lround() instead of round(), and make the tests around whether we use
2717    the library function or the our fallback implementation saner.
2718
2719  + Fix // comments in C code for portability to pre-C99 compilers which don't
2720    support these as an extension.
2721
2722  + Can now be compiled as C++ as well as as C.
2723
2724* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now built with a newer version
2725  of Innosetup, and includes translations for all the languages which Survex
2726  itself has any translations for.
2727
2728* (Microsoft Windows version): aven is now built with wxWidgets 2.9.5.
2729
2730* Minor translation updates.
2731
2732* tests/Makefile.am: Distribute files for "normal_bad" testcase.
2733
2734Changes in 1.2.7 (2013-07-27):
2735
2736* Add support for anonymous stations, which are indicated by one, two or three
2737  separator characters - with the default separator of '.', that means '.',
2738  '..', and '...' are anonymous stations.  Single separator ('.' by default)
2739  is an anonymous non-wall point, double separator ('..' by default)
2740  is an anonymous wall point at the end of an implicit splay), and triple
2741  separator ('...' by default) is an anonymous point (with nothing special about
2742  the leg).  A new *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for
2743  compatibility with pocket topo: *alias station - ..
2744
2745* New version 8 of the 3d format:
2746
2747  + Supports new flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
2748
2749  + New explicit file-wide flag for 'this is an extended elevation', rather
2750    than modifying the survey title to indicate this.
2751
2752  + The survey prefix is often unchanged from one leg to the next, so use a
2753    spare flag to compactly indicate when there's no label change.
2754
2755  + The data style of each leg is now stored.
2756
2757  + The "processed at" time is stored as seconds since 1970 rather than a
2758    human-readable string.
2759
2760  + Since 3d v8 features significant changes to the format, the format
2761    documentation for v7 and earlier has been split off into 3dformat-old.htm.
2762
2763* img library:
2764
2765  + New station flags img_SFLAG_ANON and img_SFLAG_WALL.
2766
2767  + Handle .pos files containing unnamed stations - don't suck the next line in
2768    as the station name, and set img_SFLAG_ANON for them.
2769
2770  + Repurpose the long unused fBinary parameter to img_open_write() as a flags
2771    parameter, and add img_FFLAG_EXTENDED to specify that this is an extended
2772    elevation, in place of appending " (extended)" to the title.  Internally we
2773    still append this to the title (and remove it upon reading) when writing
2774    3d v7 or earlier, but for the new 3d v8 format, this flag is stored
2775    explicitly in the file.
2776
2777  + img.h: Add comments for the lists of "Leg flags" and "Station flags".
2778
2779* aven:
2780
2781  + We now require at least wxWidgets 2.8.0 - it was released over 6 years ago
2782    now, and the wx developers consider even 2.8 to be rather long in the
2783    tooth.  We stopped testing building with wxWidgets 2.6 some time ago, and
2784    formally dropping support for older versions allows a number of workarounds
2785    to be removed from the aven source code.  Also, features deprecated in
2786    wxWidgets 2.9 are no longer used in our code.
2787
2788  + Don't run incremental search on every key-press, as on a slow machine the
2789    short initial search(es) will take a while but not be useful.  Instead only
2790    actually run the search when we're told there are no more key-presses
2791    queued up.
2792
2793  + Implement support for including cross-section information in exported SVG
2794    and DXF files (ticket#4).  The DXF export is untested currently.
2795
2796  + Show splay legs faded by default, with menu options to hide them or show
2797    them like other legs.
2798
2799  + Speed up loading a .3d file with cross-sections by using a map to convert
2800    station names to positions.
2801
2802  + In the cavern log window, don't highlight a file:linenumber if there's no
2803    message after it, which avoids highlighting the "Included from" lines
2804    wrongly.
2805
2806  + Fix not to crash when trying to report an error while starting up.
2807
2808  + (MacOS X version): Change the menu shortcut for "Full Screen Mode" to be
2809    the OS X standard shortcut Shift-Command-F (previously we used F11, but
2810    that's used by the desktop).
2811
2812  + Add checks for errors when reading the font file.
2813
2814  + Remove useless extra quoting when invoking vim to show the location of an
2815    error from cavern.
2816
2817  + Include GL/gl.h before GL/glext.h (needed on Debian wheezy).
2818
2819  + Use wxValidator to simplify keeping svxPrintDlg member variables and fields
2820    in the dialog in sync.
2821
2822* cavern:
2823
2824  + Demote errors about invalid dates to warnings, since we've accepted *date
2825    for ages without any checks on the value, and so existing datasets
2826    probably contain invalid dates and dates in other formats.  (ticket#19)
2827
2828  + New *alias command allows '-' to be mapped to '..' for compatibility with
2829    pocket topo: *alias station - ..
2830
2831  + We want to warn if there's a clino reading which it would be impossible to
2832    have read from the instrument (e.g. on a -90 to 90 degree scale you can't
2833    read "93" (it's probably a typo e.g. for "39").  However, the gradient
2834    reading from a topofil is typically in the range 0 to 180, with 90 being
2835    horizontal.  Really we should allow the valid range to be explicitly
2836    specified, but for now we infer it from the zero error - if this is within
2837    45 degrees of 90 then we assume the instrument can read between 0 and 180
2838    degrees.
2839
2840  + If the survey isn't all connected, still run survey tree checks and report
2841    errors and/or warnings which might suggest typo locations.  Thanks to Kevin
2842    Dixon for the report which highlighted this issue.
2843
2844  + Report a warning if *begin SURVEY has a separator character in SURVEY.
2845
2846  + Report column numbers as well as line numbers for some cavern errors and
2847    warnings.
2848
2849  + Adjust width of node stats table to fit longest count when there are more
2850    than 9999 of a particular order of node.
2851
2852  + If the argument to *include has an opening double quote but the closing
2853    double quote is missing, then skip trying to open the file.
2854
2855  + Move "Station X referred to just once" warning after non-existent survey
2856    check - if both fire, the non-existent survey error is likely to be more
2857    relevant.
2858
2859  + We no longer follow an error for a bad reading in passage data with a bogus
2860    "End of line not blank" error, but instead check the remaining readings on
2861    the same line.
2862
2863  + We no longer follow an error about OMIT for a required reading with a bogus
2864    "End of line not blank" error.
2865
2866  + Report an error if the scale factor in *calibrate is zero - it doesn't make
2867    sense and probably means someone reversed the arguments to *calibrate.
2868
2869  + Report the parent include files starting from the outermost, as that's more
2870    logical when there are multiple levels involved.
2871
2872  + If we were expecting a numeric field and instead get something which starts
2873    with '+', '-', or '.' but which isn't a number, then fix the error to
2874    include that character in the token reported.
2875
2876  + Simplify handling of quantity lists to only recognise 'DEFAULT' as the
2877    first item.
2878
2879* cad3d: Check for errors from img_rewind() and report them.
2880
2881* dump3d:
2882
2883  + Build, install and package dump3d as standard - it's useful for grabbing
2884    info from 3d files in scripts.
2885
2886  + Add --show-dates option.
2887
2888  + Show only 2 decimal places on coordinates and passage dimensions.
2889
2890  + Report the data style of legs.
2891
2892  + Report if the file is an extended elevation.
2893
2894  + Report img_STOP as STOP rather than CODE_0xffffffff.
2895
2896* Test suite:
2897
2898  + cavern.tst: Fix equatenosuchstn testcase (added in 1.2.6) to normalise the
2899    expected output so it passes reliably.
2900
2901  + cavern.tst: Run diffpos <expected> <actual> so the reports of 'Added' and
2902    'Deleted' stations upon failure are the more natural way round.
2903
2904  + Add more testcases, expand some existing testcases, and add expected output
2905    for more.
2906
2907* (Microsoft Windows version): Use wx-config's --cc and --cxx flags to find the
2908  appropriate C and C++ compilers to use, and link mingw build statically to
2909  avoid needing the libgcc DLL (which newer GCC seems to have by default).
2910
2911* (Unix version): When determining the character set for command-line tools,
2912  check environmental variable LANG after LC_ALL and LC_CTYPE.
2913
2914* When determining the language, check environmental variable LC_ALL before
2915  LC_MESSAGES and LANG (but after SURVEXLANG).
2916
2917* If we don't find the message file, only give an error if it was specified
2918  with SURVEXLANG, since that is an explicit instruction to Survex, whereas
2919  LANG, LC_ALL and LC_MESSAGES are essentially system "preferred locale"
2920  settings.
2921
2922* There are a handful of hard-coded English message strings for reporting
2923  errors trying loading message files, etc.  These are all now ASCII, as if we
2924  fail trying to open a message file, it's more likely the encoding isn't
2925  set correctly.
2926
2927* Prune strings we are no longer using and are probably unlikely to use again
2928  into a new file po_codes_dead, so that translators don't get presented with
2929  them to translate.
2930
2931* Merge lots of translation updates.  Most translations are now complete or
2932  close to complete.
2933
2934* Add start of Indonesian translation from Arief Setiadi Wibowo.
2935
2936* Fix various compiler warnings when building from source.
2937
2938* Include scripts gdtconvert and gen_img2aven in the source distribution.
2939
2940Changes in 1.2.6 (2012-02-23):
2941
2942* (Mac OS X version): Fix so that cavern finds its messages when run by aven.
2943
2944* (Microsoft Windows version): Include JPEG images for aven in the installer
2945  package (ticket#35).
2946
2947* cavern: If we have a reference to a station in a non-existent survey, give a
2948  helpful error rather than saying the station hasn't been exported from the
2949  survey.  (Bug reported by Martin Green via email)
2950
2951* aven: Fix to build with a non-Unicode wxWidgets library.  Patch from Olaf
2952  Kahler.
2953
2954* findentrances: Add findentrances utility from Olaf Kahler which produces a
2955  .gpx file with waypoints for entrances.  This needs libproj so is disabled
2956  by default for this release - to enable it install the development stuff for
2957  libproj and build survex with:
2958
2959      make FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
2960      make install FINDENTRANCES=findentrances
2961
2962* dump3d: Add support for showing img_ERROR_INFO items.
2963
2964* doc/3dformat.htm: Merge in some improvements from Mike McCombe.
2965
2966* Incorporate a French translation from launchpad I'd previously copied the
2967  English version of by mistake.  Attempt to correct mistranslation of "survey
2968  file".
2969
2970Changes in 1.2.5 (2012-01-03):
2971
2972* aven:
2973
2974  + The survey tree in the left panel is now in sorted order once more.
2975
2976  + No longer fails with an assertion if used for a long time (we were leaking
2977    an OpenGL list each time one had to be regenerated).
2978
2979  + Now builds with newer FFmpeg library.
2980
2981  + Draw measuring line in front of the indicators rather than behind them.
2982
2983  + Loading a new file (or reloading the current one) no longer invalidates
2984    the OpenGL lists for the compass and clino, so will be a fraction faster.
2985
2986* Improve handling of attempts to look up translated messages before the
2987  message subsystem is fully initialised (which only happens if there's an
2988  error early on).
2989
2990* Improve the survex(7) man page text, and fix it to be marked as section 7 in
2991  the man page source as well as in the filename.
2992
2993Changes in 1.2.4 (2012-01-01):
2994
2995* aven:
2996
2997  + A change in 1.2.3 meant that aven tried to use OpenGL before it was
2998    initialised, which doesn't cause problems in some machines, but causes aven
2999    to abort on others.  This is now fixed, and there's a check in place to
3000    help avoid similar issues in future. (ticket#34)
3001
3002  + Always use metres or feet for the depth colour key, and chose a consistent
3003    precision by looking at the depth range. (ticket#30)
3004
3005  + Show the depth units below the colour bar rather than after every value.
3006
3007  + When zooming way in, stay in metres rather than switching to cm.
3008
3009  + On the scale bar, say “1 mile” rather than “1 miles”.
3010
3011* Translation updates for Catalan, French and Slovak.
3012
3013Changes in 1.2.3 (2011-12-31):
3014
3015* Fix to build with wxWidgets 2.9.2.
3016
3017* (Mac OS X version):
3018
3019  + Processing .svx files from aven now works.
3020
3021  + Remove spurious blank lines from the licence text in "Get Info".
3022
3023  + Don't create the help menu at all, as it is empty (because the "About"
3024    entry goes elsewhere) and sometimes seems to appear in the UI.
3025
3026  + INSTALL.OSX: Update to reflect current status.
3027
3028* aven:
3029
3030  + Fix Y coordinates of surface surveys on printouts.  (Closes #32)
3031
3032  + Improvements to text plotted on the survey pane:
3033
3034    - Support plotting Unicode character points > 256 by lazily loading the
3035      data for them from the font file and plotting them with a direct call to
3036      glBitmap(), which is slower but doesn't require a display list per
3037      character.
3038
3039    - Adjust the spacing from fixed width to putting a one pixel gap either
3040      side of each one character (so two between adjacent glyphs).  Mostly this
3041      reduces the horizontal width, but it adds a pixel for characters like "m"
3042      and two in a few cases.
3043
3044    - Fix .pixelfont file generation to correctly handle characters wider than
3045      8 pixels.
3046
3047  + Fix expected cross shape so don't always reject using texture mapping to
3048    draw crosses.
3049
3050  + As we read a survey file, eliminate tubes consisting of zero XSECTs as well
3051    as those consisting of just one.  Previously we would trip over the empty
3052    tube later.  Such tubes can for example be created by extend if a splay shot
3053    is the start or end of a tube.
3054
3055  + Make the green colour used for entrances in the survey tree the same
3056    (slightly darker than before) green used for the entrance blobs.
3057
3058  + Report the version of the library we're actually running with if built
3059    against wx >= 2.9.2.  Make it clear that the version reported is the
3060    version *built* with for wx < 2.9.2.
3061
3062* extend:
3063
3064  + Copy the end markers for passage tubes.
3065
3066  + Preserve left and right data for tubes (previously they were set to -1.0
3067    which means "no info").
3068
3069* img library: Fix incorrect comment in img.h which claimed that img_XFLAG_END
3070  was no longer used - it certainly is!
3071
3072* Use curly double quotes instead of "`" and "'" to quote filenames, etc in
3073  messages, and curly single right quote instead of straight ASCII apostrophe.
3074  Fall back to using straight ASCII versions if we can't represent them in the
3075  current character set.
3076
3077* Translation updates for Catalan, French, Slovak and Spanish.
3078
3079* Test suite:
3080
3081  + Add test coverage for interleaved diving data.
3082
3083  + Add testcase for diving data with topofil-style distance.
3084
3085Changes in 1.2.2 (2011-10-06):
3086
3087* aven:
3088
3089  + Replace the textured-mapped font drawing with an approach based on
3090    glBitmap.  This doesn't suffer from the character alignment issues which
3091    the textured-mapped fonts had, and is actually significantly faster on some
3092    machines.  The current font used is (mostly) fixed-width, but this isn't an
3093    inherent limitation - it was just the easiest font data to convert to a
3094    usable format.
3095
3096  + Fix assertion failure due to rounding differences on loading certain .3d
3097    files.  (ticket#26)
3098
3099  + Fix assertion failure when turning on 3D passages if they stick out higher
3100    or lower than any station.  (ticket#29)
3101
3102  + Fix grid not to disappear when blobs are turned on and blobs are drawn
3103    using lines.
3104
3105  + If a degree sign isn't available in the character set in use, transliterate
3106    it to 'dg' rather than skipping it.
3107
3108  + Fix message which should have been a degree sign but got lost in the format
3109    change for 1.2.0 and then got reassigned in 1.2.1.  Externally, this means
3110    that bearings in the status bar now have a degree sign after them if they
3111    are in degrees rather than nothing (1.2.0) or "&Hide Compass" (1.2.1).
3112
3113  + Fix print dialog to calculate the scale required for "One page" right
3114    before it calculates how many pages are required, so we don't end up
3115    something other than 1x1 being shown when the user changes settings.
3116
3117  + Update the calculations for picking a scale and for deciding how many
3118    pages are needed to take into account the change in info box height made
3119    in 1.2.1.
3120
3121Changes in 1.2.1 (2011-10-04):
3122
3123* Translation updates for US English.
3124
3125* aven:
3126
3127  + Rename the "depth bar" to "colour key" in documentation, menus, etc since
3128    it now shows colours for dates and errors as well as depths.
3129
3130  + In the colour key for "colour by date", change "No info" to "Undated".
3131
3132  + Remove the dark grey background from the colour key and just put a single
3133    pixel black border around the colours.  This is more in keeping with the
3134    other controls, and means the colours are now on a black background so more
3135    visually similar to the survey legs.
3136
3137  + Move the colour key's "Undated"/"Not in loop" entry down a little to
3138    improve the appearance.  Make each section a pixel taller.
3139
3140  + Allow "Colour by X" to be selected even if there's no data for X or only a
3141    single value of X used (the colour key is much smaller in these cases, and
3142    does still provide some useful information).
3143
3144  + Fix incorrect calculation of depth colouring for survey legs which straddle
3145    a depth band boundary.
3146
3147  + The scale bar, compass, clino, and colour key now all have right click
3148    menus which allow related actions to be performed (especially handy in
3149    full-screen mode).
3150
3151  + Improve the font used on the survey pane - it now contains the '-'
3152    character (so the clino now shows negative angles as negative, and dates
3153    in the colour key are now hyphenated).  Also the spacing and alignment
3154    are a little better, though still not perfect.
3155
3156  + PLT file export now handles spaces and control characters in station names
3157    by escaping them with '%' as in URLs.
3158
3159  + Pressing "Enter" on a station in the tree control now centres the view on
3160    that station.
3161
3162  + The scale bar is now cached in an OpenGL display list since it often gets
3163    redrawn exactly the same - for example, when rotating, panning, etc.
3164
3165  + Pressing "F5" forces all cached OpenGL drawing lists to be invalidated and
3166    then forces a refresh of the survey pane.  This is intended as a debugging
3167    aid - if pressing F5 changes the display at all then there's a missing case
3168    where a list should have been invalidated (please report if you find such
3169    a case as it is a bug).
3170
3171  + We now automatically track which OpenGL display lists need to be
3172    invalidated on window width or height changes.
3173
3174  + Increase scale bar maximum width from 65% of the window width to 75% as it
3175    was in 1.0.x (except that if that would overlap the clino we now reduce
3176    that proportion down until it reaches 50%).  Make the limit of zooming in
3177    the same as in 1.0.x.  (ticket#23)
3178
3179  + (Linux version): Previously wxGTK didn't really handle showing a dialog if
3180    the application was fullscreen (the dialog got opened under the main
3181    window!)  To work around this, aven would switch out of full screen mode
3182    temporarily while showing a dialog.  This case works properly with recent
3183    wxGTK, so disable our workaround with versions we know work.  Also, apply
3184    the workaround only for wxGTK, not everywhere except on Microsoft Windows
3185    as there's no reason to think we need it for other platforms.
3186
3187  + Grey out the "View North" action when we're already viewing North, and
3188    similarly for other compass points.
3189
3190  + (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows versions): Fix missing newline to OpenGL
3191    info in the "About" dialog.
3192
3193  + Fix to set the correct filename on the root of the survey tree - previously
3194    the filename of the previous file loaded was used!
3195
3196  + The movie export code now works with newer versions of the FFmpeg libraries
3197    as well as still working with older versions.
3198
3199  + Fix mixed up messages - the print dialog now says "View" on the left
3200    subgroup of controls rather than some unrelated message.
3201
3202  + On printouts, combine the "Plan View"/"Elevation" info box field with the
3203    field which gives the bearing and reduce the height on the info box by the
3204    removed field, so it's now 3cm for plans and elevations, as for extended
3205    elevations.  Report the tilt angle for tilted elevations which it seems has
3206    been missing for ages (it's not in recent 1.0.x either).
3207
3208  + Tweak the exact positioning of informational text on printouts to look
3209    nicer and make better use of the available space.
3210
3211  + Add keyboard mnemonics to the "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in the print
3212    dialog.
3213
3214  + Make the sign of the tilt angle for printouts consistent with the sign
3215    shown by the "clino" in the survey pane.
3216
3217  + In the "Print" dialog, when in plan view disable the "Plan view" button,
3218    and similarly for the "Elevation" button.
3219
3220  + (Microsoft Windows version): Sort out appearance of custom cursors.
3221
3222  + If a label isn't valid UTF-8 or CP1252, fall back to ISO8859-1.
3223
3224  + (Mac OS X version): F11 puts aven into full screen mode, but apparently
3225    you can't get out again easily, so add code to explicitly check for F11
3226    being pressed and toggle full screen.
3227
3228* (Linux version): Fix the RPM .spec file for where man pages now get installed
3229  and package aven.svg and the vim support files.  (Fixes from James Begley)
3230
3231* "make check" now performs several checks on the translation files.
3232
3233* More messages are now available to be translated.
3234
3235* cavern: Fix reporting of ranges of survey coordinates, which was broken by
3236  the message handling changes in 1.2.0.
3237
3238* Fix warning when compiling with GCC.
3239
3240* INSTALL: Mention building wxWidgets with --enable-unicode.  Mention using
3241  sudo for installing on Unix.
3242
3243* In the manual, replace the instructions for building from source with a
3244  pointer to the clearer instructions in INSTALL.
3245
3246* In the manual, make it clear that installing with administrator rights
3247  also applies to newer platforms than XP.
3248
3249* doc/TODO.htm: Update.
3250
3251Changes in 1.2.0 (2011-09-20):
3252
3253* Translation updates for Catalan, French, Romanian, Spanish, Slovak, and US
3254  English.
3255
3256* tests/smoke.tst: aven no longer requires an X display for --help or
3257  --version, so replace skip of this check with a check that this remains the
3258  case.
3259
3260* We now use the standard .po and .pot file formats for storing translations
3261  (rather than the Survex-specific messages.txt format), and then translate
3262  these into Survex's .msg format.
3263
3264* (Unix version): Move survex man page to section 7 (since it isn't documenting
3265  an actual command).
3266
3267* (Unix version): Write each generated man page to a temporary file, then
3268  atomically rename, to avoid leaving an empty or partial man page behind if
3269  docbook-to-man dies (1.1.16 had an empty cad3d.1, and we want to avoid a
3270  recurrence of that).
3271
3272* (Unix version): Default to installing docs into /usr/share/doc/survex rather
3273  than /usr/doc/survex.
3274
3275* aven:
3276
3277  + Fix handling of accented characters in the survey pane.
3278
3279  + Aven icon redrawn in SVG format - it's now a vector image which looks
3280    nicer at larger sizes.
3281
3282  + Explicitly request double-buffering, which seems to be needed for systems
3283    with GLX >= 1.3.
3284
3285  + Fix crash while trying to load certain .3d files.
3286
3287  + Movie export code updated to work with more recent versions of FFmpeg.
3288    Currently this is disabled in Microsoft Windows builds, pending getting the
3289    required libraries set up for building releases.
3290
3291  + Reporting of errors during movie export improved.
3292
3293  + Force playback speed to "x1" during movie export.
3294
3295  + Use stock IDs for buttons where appropriate - such buttons may now be
3296    rendered with icons on some platforms.
3297
3298  + If a label isn't valid UTF-8, treat it as CP1252 (the Microsoft superset of
3299    ISO8859-1).
3300
3301  + (Unix version): Remove special handling for toggling "full screen" on wxGTK
3302    as it's no longer required with modern versions.
3303
3304  + Don't redraw the survey on every mouse movement in the survey pane unless
3305    the measuring line is (or just was) active.  (ticket #17)
3306
3307* cavern:
3308
3309  + Drop "non-fatal" from the report of how many errors there were at the end
3310    of the run - it just confuses users - we won't even get here if there's a
3311    fatal error!
3312
3313  + Add --3d-version option to allow the user to specify the version of the 3d
3314    format to output.  (ticket#21)
3315
3316* img library:
3317
3318  + Make the highest and lowest valid values for img_output_version available
3319    in img.h as IMG_VERSION_MIN and IMG_VERSION_MAX.
3320
3321* (Mac OS X version): Fix buildmacosx.sh script to check where the temporary
3322  volume actually gets mounted.  Fix URL for downloading wxWidgets.
3323
3324Changes in 1.1.16 (2011-05-16):
3325
3326* Translation updates for German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Brazilian
3327  Portuguese, and US English.
3328
3329* Use horizontal ellipses character rather than '...' and right arrow character
3330  rather than '->' where these characters are available.
3331
3332* (Unix version): Link with -lGL, if it exists, to support linking with gold or
3333  GNU ld --as-needed (Debian bug #615781).
3334
3335* img.c:
3336
3337  + Fix code typo for IMG_API_VERSION == 0 case.
3338
3339  + Fix code typo in code used when IMG_HOSTED isn't defined.
3340
3341* doc/TODO.htm: Remove entries which have now been done.
3342
3343* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: We now include all the available
3344  translations for messages from wxWidgets, which means that standard widgets
3345  will appear translated where available even if Survex messages aren't
3346  translated.
3347
3348Changes in 1.1.15 (2010-10-15):
3349
3350* aven:
3351
3352  + In the cavern log window, change the "Rerun" button to "Reprocess" to
3353    follow terminology in manual and elsewhere.  Fixes ticket#15.
3354
3355  + When displaying output from cavern, don't update the window after every
3356    line, but only when we don't have data from cavern pending.  Hopefully
3357    addresses ticket#12.
3358
3359  + If we aren't using GL_POINTS for blobs, draw them using a series of
3360    abutting lines rather than with gluDisk which is faster and gives a
3361    consistent shape.
3362
3363  + Check whether blobs and crosses actually render correctly as points/point
3364    sprites, and if they don't, fall back to drawing them with lines.  The
3365    best method is cached on disk, and rechecked automatically if the graphics
3366    hardware is changed or the drivers upgraded.
3367
3368  + Fix non-USE_FNT case to work again (it's limited to ISO-8859-1 characters
3369    though, so we still enable USE_FNT by default).
3370
3371  + Don't offer "All files" wildcard in presentation save dialog.
3372
3373  + (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters in in
3374    more places.
3375
3376  + (Microsoft Windows): Quote filenames with spaces and metacharacters in
3377    when running cavern from aven.  Fixes ticket#11.
3378
3379* editwrap: (Microsoft Windows): Handle filenames with non-Latin1 characters.
3380
3381* diffpos: Handle files with duplicate labels in better - extend generates
3382  duplicate labels when it breaks a loop.
3383
3384* Enable eswap-break testcase now that diffpos handles duplicate station names.
3385
3386* New v7 of .3d format which stores survey dates as number of days since
3387  January 1st 1900, so we now support dates from 1900-2078 (rather than
3388  1970-2037) with a smaller file size.  The img API is now versioned - you
3389  can select the new "version 1" by compiling with -DIMG_API_VERSION=1, which
3390  gives the survey dates in days in days1 and days2 instead of as time_t
3391  values in date1 and date2.  Fixes ticket#14.
3392
3393* Consistently use http://survex.com/ rather than http://www.survex.com/ - the
3394  former has been the canonical name for some time, with www.survex.com just
3395  redirecting to it.
3396
3397* (Unix version): Use unlocked file I/O if available, which can be much faster
3398  in some cases (we don't need the locking as we don't do multithreaded file
3399  I/O).
3400
3401* (Mac version): Fix compilation failure due to clash with Point in Mac OS X
3402  headers.
3403
3404* (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh now works again.
3405
3406* Most tests weren't actually running any testcases (looks like a sh
3407  portability issue).  This is now fixed, and fortunately all tests still pass.
3408
3409* Include the extra .isl translation files for Innosetup in the source archive.
3410
3411Changes in 1.1.14 (2010-07-26):
3412
3413* Restore compatibility with wxWidgets 2.6 (1.1.13 required wxWidgets 2.8).
3414
3415* aven:
3416
3417  + After processing survey data, if there were warnings or errors, add a
3418    "Rerun" button to allow easy reprocessing after fixing problems.  If there
3419    were only warnings, also add an "OK" button to allow moving on to viewing
3420    the processed survey data (fixes ticket#13).
3421
3422  + Optimise updating of the cavern log window (hopefully fixes ticket#12).
3423
3424  + Fix links in cavern log window to link from exactly '<file>:<line>' (and
3425    not the ': ' after), and to make the title for the terminal the
3426    warning/error message.  Avoid false positives by checking that '<line>' is
3427    a number.
3428
3429  + Don't double escape the contents of href and target in links in the cavern
3430    log window.
3431
3432  + Improve handling of the splitter window, fixing behavioural glitches in
3433    various cases.
3434
3435  + Highlight stations matching any current search when a file is loaded.
3436    (ticket#9)
3437
3438  + (Mac version): Fix build issue due to Mac OS X polluting the global
3439    namespace with its own "Point" class.
3440
3441  + (Unix version): The Gnome print dialog has its own preview window so
3442    suppress ours if using the Gnome one.
3443
3444  + (Unix version): Link aven with -lGLU which SuSE Linux needs.
3445
3446  + (Microsoft Windows version): Fix handling of a double-click on the survey
3447    tree when built with wxWidgets >= 2.8.11.
3448
3449* cavern: Report relevant file and line number for three warnings which didn't
3450  give them before.
3451
3452* (Unix and Mac versions): configure: Update the wx-config probing code -
3453  wxmac-config etc aren't present with newer wxWidgets versions so there's no
3454  point looking for them now.
3455
3456* (Mac version): buildmacosx.sh: This script builds a diskimage with Survex in
3457  for easy installation.  Update it to work with the latest Survex versions
3458  (use WX_CONFIG not WXCONFIG; use a Unicode build of wxWidgets; if building a
3459  private wxWidgets, use 2.8.11 not 2.7.0-1).
3460
3461* manual:
3462
3463  + Correctly capitalise "GTK".
3464
3465  + Note that on Linux we only regularly test builds with the GTK+ version
3466    (change taken from 1.0).
3467
3468* Fixed the cad3d man page, which was an empty file in 1.1.13.
3469
3470Changes in 1.1.13 (2010-06-16):
3471
3472* Say "wxWidgets" instead of "wxWindows" consistently.
3473
3474* img.c: Fix small memory leak (filename_opened member).
3475
3476* cad3d, aven: Fix export to SVG when a label contains a '%' character.
3477
3478* aven:
3479
3480  + wxWidgets 2.6.0 or newer is now required.
3481
3482  + A "Unicode" build of wxWidgets is now supported.  An "ANSI" build may still
3483    work but hasn't been tested recently (all packaged versions of wxWidgets
3484    seem to be Unicode now).
3485
3486  + Fix potential uses of uninitialised variables which may have been causing
3487    occasional glitches when loading a file on start-up.
3488
3489  + Improvements to the handling of the font used for plotting labels and other
3490    text on the survey pane:
3491
3492    - Loading the font file is more efficient.
3493
3494    - Character spacing is improved.
3495
3496    - Default font is now anti-aliased.
3497
3498  + "About" dialog:
3499
3500    - Add "Copy" button to copy the system info to the clipboard for easier
3501      bug reporting.
3502
3503    - List OpenGL extensions last, since there are usually lots of them with a
3504      modern gfx card.
3505
3506    - Fix 100% CPU usage while the "About" dialog is open.
3507
3508  + Processing .svx files:
3509
3510    - Passing a .svx file on the command line now works better.
3511
3512    - Put the survey data log window in a splitter in the usual frame rather
3513      than opening a separate frame for it.
3514
3515    - Auto-scroll the log window until we've reported a warning or error.
3516
3517    - Fix small memory leak.
3518
3519  + The presentation filename now defaults to using the basename of the
3520    currently loaded dataset, but we always prompt before we first save with
3521    such a name.
3522
3523  + Reduce memory usage when saving a screenshot.
3524
3525  + Allow "Toggle Fullscreen" to work even if no survey is loaded now that we
3526    persist the window size (and maximised or fullscreen state) between
3527    invocations.
3528
3529  + Fix reporting of OpenGL errors.
3530
3531  + Fix glitches when tilting while looking East.
3532
3533  + Added Portuguese and Slovak translations of wxWidgets messages.
3534
3535* Documentation:
3536
3537  + Rationalise manual formats - replace PostScript with PDF and drop RTF.
3538
3539  + Drop the "alternative manual formats" self-extracting zip file - people
3540    will generally just want one of the formats, so downloading several
3541    together isn't very useful.
3542
3543  + 3dformat.htm: Update for v6 format (thanks to Mike McCombe).
3544
3545  + GPL.htm: Replace HTML version of licence with a link to the version on
3546    the FSF website.
3547
3548  + ChngeLog.htm: Stop generating an HTML version of the ChangeLog - it's too
3549    low level to be of interest to non-developers, and developers can look at
3550    the source code.
3551
3552* (Unix version): configure: New preferred name for specifying wx-config script
3553  is WX_CONFIG.  WXCONFIG still supported for compatibility.
3554
3555* (Linux version): Source RPM package dropped as you can just build an RPM
3556  package from the source tarball.
3557
3558* (Microsoft Windows version): The installer is now created with a newer
3559  version of InnoSetup, which gives a 10% smaller download.
3560
3561Changes in 1.1.12 (2007-02-07):
3562
3563* aven:
3564
3565  + Remember the window size or maximised/fullscreen state between invocations.
3566
3567  + Add options dialog to "Export" similar to the one for "Print".
3568
3569  + The "number of pages required" in the print dialog now updates when you
3570    change what is to be shown (underground legs/surface legs/station
3571    names/crosses).
3572
3573Changes in 1.1.11 (2006-11-25):
3574
3575* Updated Czech, Spanish, and Slovak translations.
3576
3577* (MacOS X version): Assorted OS X specific tweaks and fixes.
3578
3579* aven:
3580
3581  + Pick a smaller and clearer font for labels.
3582
3583  + Fix character spacing.
3584
3585  + Tweak display of bearing and elevation angles to look nicer with
3586    proportional fonts.
3587
3588  + Use the title from the 3d (or plt, etc) file for the window title
3589    rather than the filename.
3590
3591  + Show distances to 2 decimal places rather than the nearest integer.
3592
3593  + Only consider underground legs when calculating the depth bands and
3594    depth colouring.
3595
3596  + Add "Colour by Error".
3597
3598  + Add entry for "white" in date and error keys.
3599
3600  + When setting the view to a single point, don't change the scale.
3601
3602  + If reloading the same file, don't change the view
3603
3604  + Fix filetypes selector in open dialog.
3605
3606  + Fix the charset we use for aven in certain cases.
3607
3608  + Call msg_init before using msg_lang or it won't ever be set!
3609
3610  + Pass wx the full language code to initialise the C library locale.
3611
3612  + Fix bug in generating prefix tree view which could lead to a bogus
3613    leading dot on some survey names (bug probably introduced in 1.1.10).
3614
3615  + "New Presentation" now ensures that the side panel is open
3616
3617  + Fix updating of cached opengl lists when the view is reset to the
3618    default.
3619
3620* Ignore LANG if it starts with a digit to avoid problems with bogus value for
3621  LANG which AutoCAD installation seems to set on MS Windows.
3622
3623* (Unix version): configure: Allow SGMLTOOLS and DOCBOOK_TO_MAN to be
3624  specified.  Either/both can be set to ":".
3625
3626* dump3d: Report unknown (to dump3d) codes returned by img.
3627
3628* img library: Flag all stations as underground in the old "ASCII" .3d format.
3629
3630Changes in 1.1.10 (2006-07-14):
3631
3632* aven: Clicking on a survey name in the survey tree now highlights it in
3633  the map view.  Double-clicking zooms the view to show the clicked survey
3634  highlighted.  Clicking the root clears the highlighting and double-clicking
3635  the root restores the default view.  To expand/collapse a branch, click
3636  on the "[+]" or "[-]" icon to the left of the survey name.
3637
3638* aven: The measuring line can now measure to anywhere in plan or elevation
3639  view (not just to a station!)  In plan view the horizontal distance and
3640  bearing are shown, while in elevation view the vertical distance is shown.
3641
3642* aven: Moving the mouse over a station in the survey view now highlights
3643  that station in the survey tree (though it may not be visible if the
3644  survey(s) it is in aren't expanded).
3645
3646* aven: Clicking on a station to centre the view now moves the mouse pointer
3647  to the new location of the station (except on Mac OS X where this isn't
3648  allowed).
3649
3650* aven: Fix which presentation toolbar buttons are shown as depressed.
3651
3652* Fix infinite loop reading 3d files with LRUD data (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
3653
3654* vim files are now installed with the correct paths (bug introduced in 1.1.9).
3655
3656Changes in 1.1.9 (2006-07-04):
3657
3658* (Unix version): Install desktop files for aven and svxedit contributed to the
3659  Ubuntu package by Phil Bull, and corresponding pixmaps.
3660
3661* Fix img to filter out cross-sections which don't match the subsurvey (if
3662  specified).  The API now returns img_XSECT_END to mark the end of a
3663  passage rather than setting a flag on the last img_XSECT of the passage.
3664
3665* Enhance integration with the vim editor - this can now colour .err files, run
3666  cavern from vim and parse error output, and run aven from vim.  Tweak the
3667  existing vim mode for .svx files to fix a few minor bugs and add support for
3668  the new "*data passage" style.
3669
3670* aven: fix drawing of the "blob" end of the measuring line on graphics cards
3671  which can't draw large enough blobs for us.
3672
3673* aven: sort out confusion about what encoding everything is in which means
3674  that the distance measured by the measuring line actually gets displayed
3675  and also fixes problems with empty menu items in non-English locales in
3676  some cases.
3677
3678* aven: redraw grey background after a menu is closed over the aven window
3679  with no survey loaded.
3680
3681* aven: fix bug which caused printing to crash (introduced in 1.1.8).
3682
3683* aven: avoid crash on some machines when opening "About" dialog before having
3684  loaded a survey.
3685
3686* aven: Translate "Plan" and "Elevation" buttons in print view dialog.
3687
3688* (Unix version): aven: Fix character set handling of cavern output.
3689
3690* cavern: Report an error if a cross-section is specified for a station which
3691  doesn't exist.
3692
3693* Updated French and Italian translations.
3694
3695* (Unix version): aven: Fix "Can't open message file `en_US' using path
3696  `${prefix}/share/survex'" error.
3697
3698* Fix bug in 3d file reading on 64 bit platforms when used in STANDALONE mode
3699  (doesn't affect Survex itself, but other applications which use img.c should
3700  update their copy).
3701
3702* (Unix version): Add checks that wxWidgets is a non-unicode version (wx 2.6
3703  and later are caught by configure, whereas older wx versions are caught when
3704  trying to compile).
3705
3706Changes in 1.1.8 (2006.06.30):
3707
3708* Drop support for building with wxWidgets versions prior to 2.4.0
3709  (which was released on 2003-01-07).
3710
3711* aven: Printing through aven now uses settings from the "[aven]" section
3712  of print.ini, and support for hierarchical sections (using "like=")
3713  has been disabled.
3714
3715* aven: Change mouse actions to be compatible with those in Survex 1.0.
3716  The mousewheel now zooms in/out (it doesn't do anything in 1.0) and
3717  left drag is now smart about not rotating and zooming at the same
3718  time.
3719
3720* aven: Highlighting stations now happens as you type, and pressing
3721  "Enter" or clicking the "Find" button now pans and zooms to show the
3722  highlighted stations.
3723
3724* aven: Left-clicking away from a station now cancels measuring line.
3725
3726* aven: Setting view to North, South, East, or West is now animated like
3727  the tilt from plan to elevation.
3728
3729* aven: Fix presentation saving to also write "." for decimal points and
3730  presentation loading to accept either "." or ",".
3731
3732* (Unix version): aven: Add text for all toolbar items so that aven
3733  will work with the Gnome desktop preference for displaying toolbars as
3734  icons with text or just text (wxWidgets needs fixing first though).
3735
3736* (Unix version): aven: Remove the ability to detach the menu bar (yell
3737  if you actually used it and I'll restore it!)
3738
3739* aven: Add "all survey files" option to the "open file" dialog.
3740
3741* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix cursor keys to pan survey.
3742
3743* (MS Windows version): Built with wxWidgets 2.6.3 instead of 2.6.2.
3744
3745* (MS Windows version): Fix installer to work on Windows 2000 or XP if
3746  run by an unprivileged user.
3747
3748* (MS Windows version): Upgrade to the latest version of InnoSetup (the
3749  installer builder we use) and include new installer translations for
3750  UK English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Slovak.
3751
3752* (MS Windows version): aven: Include Catalan and Brazilian Portuguese
3753  translations of messages for wxWidgets (the GUI library we use).
3754
3755* aven: Disable "Highlight exported points" if there aren't any.
3756
3757* Updates to French translation from Michel Bovey.  Also updates to German,
3758  Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian translations.
3759
3760* (Unix version): test suite: fix smoke test to pass even without X running
3761  (it was meant to but the code had a bug).
3762
3763* aven: Check if OpenGL is available and exit cleanly with a helpful error
3764  if it isn't.
3765
3766* (Unix version): aven: Fix --help and --version to work without a working
3767  X display (provided it's built with wxWidgets 2.5.1 or newer).
3768
3769* aven: Automatically select the presentation tab of the notebook when the user
3770  selects "New Presentation" or "Open Presentation".
3771
3772* aven: Fix "Delete" in the presentation list to not get passed on (and so not
3773  reset to default view as well).
3774
3775* aven: Fix Ctrl+Insert in the presentation list not to segfault if the list is
3776  empty.
3777
3778* aven: Fix Cursor Up and Down in the presentation list to move the highlight
3779  up and down instead of being passed on and moving the survey.
3780
3781* aven: Improve SVG output compatibility.  Tested with Mozilla Firefox 1.5,
3782  Adobe's SVG browser plugin, Gimp 2.2.8, Gqview 2.0.0, Opera 8.5,
3783  Safari 2.0.3, and InkScape 0.42.
3784
3785* aven: Put a 5mm border around exported SVG files to allow for station markers
3786  and non-zero width lines.
3787
3788* aven: Fix crash when exporting as SVG or Sketch if labels or surface data
3789  was turned on.
3790
3791* aven: Actually close the file we're exporting which fixes problems with it
3792  not always being fully written.
3793
3794Changes in 1.1.7 (2005.10.18):
3795
3796* cavern: Add validity checking for dates in *date commands (with feature
3797  test in testsuite).  A date entered as just "year" or "year.month" now
3798  becomes a date range for the relevant period (previously it became a single
3799  date near the middle of that period).
3800
3801* extend: Fixed 2 uninitialised flags (should fix erratic behaviour on
3802  with MS Windows).
3803
3804* extend: Default output name for a file called input.3d is now input_extend.3d
3805  rather than just extend.3d (which was annoying if you wanted to extend
3806  several surveys in the same directory).
3807
3808* aven: OpenGL 2.0 always includes support for point sprites so rework
3809  our check for them to include that knowledge.
3810
3811* aven: Regenerate depth bar if user switches to/from metric units.
3812
3813* aven: Don't clear the "there" mark just because the mouse pointer has
3814  moved off a station.
3815
3816* aven: When processing a .svx file, put the resultant .3d file in the
3817  same directory (since that's where we then try to load it from).
3818
3819* aven: Fix labelling of date colouring on 32 bit platforms.
3820
3821* aven: If "colour by date" is on and we load a survey with no date info
3822  (or all surveyed on the same date) then set "colour by none".
3823
3824* aven: Make the error dialog modal and remove a signal handler once it
3825  has fired to prevent endless (or seemingly endless) cascades of error
3826  dialogs.
3827
3828* aven: Enforce a minimum object volume diameter of 1m to avoid problems
3829  if a survey file with only one station in is loaded.
3830
3831* aven: Fix problems with indicators disappearing when we're drawing
3832  blobs and/or crosses the slow (but always supported) way.  (Problem
3833  introduced in 1.1.6).
3834
3835* (Unix version): aven: Really stop setting extra toolbar margin when using
3836  GTK2.0.  The attempt to fix this in 1.1.3 failed because __WXGTK12__ is
3837  set for GTK+ 1.2 or *any later release* so is true for GTK+ 2.0 too!
3838
3839* (Unix version): aven: Add details of which of wxGTK, wxMotif, and wxX11
3840  we've been compiled with, and which GTK+/Motif version where appropriate.
3841
3842* (Unix version): Fixed build on Fedora Core 3.
3843
3844* documentation: Updates to 3d file format specification from Mike McCombe.
3845
3846Changes in 1.1.6 (2005.10.10):
3847
3848* (MS Windows version): Distribution is about a third smaller than 1.1.5
3849  (mostly because mingwm10.dll is no longer required).
3850
3851* aven: If aven is asked to load a .svx, .dat, or .mak file, run cavern on
3852  it, showing cavern's output in a window (with errors and warnings clickable
3853  to load the offending file into an editor), and then loading the resulting
3854  3d file.
3855
3856* aven: Added "Colour by Date" option.
3857
3858* aven: Disable "Colour by Depth" option if there's no elevation variation.
3859
3860* aven: Don't crash if trying to load a survey with no elevation variation.
3861  Instead turn off depth colouring.
3862
3863* aven: Export as HPGL added.
3864
3865* aven: Improved update of mouse coordinates and measuring line (thanks to
3866  Martin Green).
3867
3868* aven: Show the coordinates of either the mouse pointer or the nearest
3869  survey station to it (if there is one near enough).  Showing both was
3870  confusing and meant the status bar overflowed on smaller displays.
3871
3872* aven: When printing an extended elevation, don't show bearing and elevation.
3873
3874* aven: Don't lock "flat" surveys which aren't extended elevations - a
3875  flat survey with LRUD data isn't flat any more!
3876
3877* aven: When we have to draw blobs and crosses the slow way (because the
3878  graphics hardware doesn't support the fast way), draw them so that they
3879  should appear at the correct depth into the 3D scene instead of on top
3880  of everything else.
3881
3882* aven: Make "play presentation backwards" icon green to match the other
3883  presentation icons.
3884
3885* (MS Windows version): aven: Mouse clicks on the survey view now set the
3886  keyboard focus there.
3887
3888* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix first redraw of a newly loaded survey.
3889
3890* (MS Windows version): aven: Fix redrawing of measuring line.
3891
3892* cavern: Store dates for img_XSECT.
3893
3894* cavern: Fixed small one-off memory leak if you specify -o more than once.
3895
3896* (Unix version): Check environmental variable LC_MESSAGES when deciding what
3897  language to use for messages.
3898
3899* (MS Windows version): "Print" on a 3d file now prints through aven rather
3900  than the separate printer driver (Unix has done this for some time).
3901
3902* Removed old printer drivers.
3903
3904* img library: When creating a 3d file, ignore img_XSECT if we've been asked
3905  to write a file format version which doesn't support it.
3906
3907Changes in 1.1.5 (2005.09.20):
3908
3909* (MS Windows version): aven: Fixed crash on start-up (introduced in 1.1.4).
3910
3911* aven: Make blobs round like they are in Survex 1.0.
3912
3913* aven: If the graphics drivers don't support drawing blobs using OpenGL
3914  point markers, fall back to drawing filled circles.
3915
3916* aven: If the graphics drivers support it, draw crosses as texture mapped
3917  OpenGL point markers which is much faster.
3918
3919* aven: Cross size increased to match Survex 1.0.
3920
3921* aven: We must update which blobs are displayed if display of surface or
3922  underground legs is toggled.
3923
3924* cavern: Fix handling of a *solve followed by survey data, none of which is
3925  attached to the previous data.
3926
3927* cavern: Fixed "No survey data" error when a *solve is followed by another
3928  *solve (or the implicit solve at the end of processing) with no data between
3929  them.
3930
3931Changes in 1.1.4 (2005.09.19):
3932
3933* aven: Added Aven's icon to the "About" dialog.
3934
3935* aven: Use localised character for the decimal point (e.g. "," in most
3936  continental European countries).
3937
3938* aven: Previously the survey tree would get focus and then take keypresses
3939  (e.g. "P", "L", "Delete").  Now we pass most keypresses across so they
3940  operate on the cave, and transfer the input focus across when we do.
3941
3942* aven: Make pressing "Return" in the tree control expand/collapse a subtree.
3943
3944* aven: Speed up intialisation by delaying creation of OpenGL lists until
3945  they're needed.
3946
3947* aven: Added Mark Shinwell's bounding box with shadow of the survey.
3948
3949* aven: Disable the "Tubes" button/menu item when there's no LRUD data.
3950
3951* aven: Reworded "Restore Default Settings" as "Restore Default View".
3952
3953* (Unix version): aven: Set sensible default margins for printing and preserve
3954  any margin values the user specifies between runs (previously margins
3955  defaulted to 0 each time aven was run).
3956
3957* Documentation: Document *DATA PASSAGE in the manual.
3958
3959Changes in 1.1.3 (2005.09.07):
3960
3961* (Microsoft Windows version): Fixed build problems.
3962
3963* cavern: Allow OMIT character (-) for left/right/up/down.
3964
3965* aven: Remove an unnecessary menu separator.
3966
3967* aven: Fix "Find" and "Hide" toolbar buttons to work with GTK2.0.
3968
3969* aven: Make the tooltip for "Hide" show the number of found stations.
3970
3971* aven: If * or ? is used in a glob-style pattern, force a non-substring match.
3972
3973* aven: Enable "New Presentation" when there's a 3d file loaded, rather than
3974  when there's a presentation loaded.
3975
3976* aven: Make entrances green in side panel tree list to match green blobs used
3977  in cave view.
3978
3979* aven: Don't show surface labels if we're not showing surface data, etc.
3980
3981* aven: Merge "Start Rotation" and "Stop Rotation" into "Toggle Rotation" and
3982  make "Space" the key for this.  Keep Return working "Stop Rotation" so
3983  existing users are happy, but don't advertise it.
3984
3985* aven: Normalise filename by adding any extension used, and use the normalised
3986  filename for file history and window title.
3987
3988* (Unix version): aven: Stop setting extra toolbar margin when using GTK2.0
3989  as the toolbar buttons already have a sensible margin - the extra margin is
3990  only needed with GTK1.2.
3991
3992* aven: Fix handling of plumb legs in tube model.
3993
3994* aven: Fixed swapped L and R in tube model.
3995
3996* extend: Preserve UD cross-section information in extended elevation.
3997
3998* extend: Add new messages for John Pybus' enhancements.
3999
4000Changes in 1.1.2 (never formally released):
4001
4002* Added support for LRUD data in .svx files, in .3d files, and aven can
4003  now load and display it on screen and on printouts.  The ability to "fake"
4004  LRUD data in aven is gone for now but will reappear in some form later.
4005
4006* cavern: Removed support for writing Chasm's 3dx format.  We're going to
4007  fold any desirable missing chasm functionality into aven.
4008
4009* aven: Rearranged mouse actions as discussed on the mailing list.  Added
4010  cursors for each different mouse action to help the user learn what each
4011  does.  Also added cursors for the "compass" and "clino" as well as the
4012  scalebar to suggest to the user that they can be dragged to change the view.
4013
4014* (Unix version): aven: Don't segfault if LANG isn't a known language.
4015
4016* tests/smoketest.tst: If X windows is running, check that we can run aven
4017  with --help and --version.
4018
4019* tests/cavern.tst: Fixed cavern.tst to warn if it is skipping a test because
4020  no results are listed for it.  This revealed that there was a "newline" test
4021  which should have been called "badnewline", and was a broken testcase too!
4022  Fixed all these problems.
4023
4024* cavern: Applied Simeon Warner's patch for handling backcompass, backclino,
4025  and omitted forward compass/clino readings in Compass DAT files.  Added
4026  a feature test for this to the testsuite.
4027
4028* It no longer makes sense to have an option not to build aven or to build aven
4029  without OpenGL so remove old machinery for this from configure and the
4030  sources.
4031
4032* (Unix version): configure: Check if "-lXxf86vm" is needed.
4033
4034* configure: Better output for strcasecmp test.
4035
4036* aven: Fix crosses to work much better.  Not a total fix - their position
4037  in the Z buffer isn't correct and they're rather slow to plot.
4038
4039* aven: Don't regenerate the hittest grid every time the mouse moves while
4040  animating, which solves the mysterious pausing effect (thanks go to Martin
4041  Green for spotting this!)  Also clear all the status bar coordinates when
4042  animating.
4043
4044* aven: Sort out clashing menu shortcuts in some languages.
4045
4046* aven: Fixed compilation problem on x86_64
4047
4048* SPUD: Pruned out stuff which has been done or which is not actually relevant
4049  to this branch.
4050
4051* Merge various changes from 1.0 branch:
4052
4053  + aven: Port over "printing from aven" functionality.
4054
4055  + aven: Port over "export as" functionality,
4056
4057  + Add David Loeffler's vim mode for .svx files.
4058
4059* aven: Fix check for whether a label is behind us in perspective view.
4060
4061* aven: Don't use an opengl list for drawing the indicators - we typically make
4062  a new list each time we plot them anyway.
4063
4064* Remove lingering traces of support for RISC OS and pre-386 MSDOS
4065
4066* aven: Set icon on non-Windows platforms too.  This means that with
4067  WindowMaker on Unix you get an icon on the AppIcon by default.
4068
4069* configure: Update wxWindows checks to handle newer wx versions.
4070
4071* Make all maintainer perl scripts "use bytes;" to avoid utf-8 double encoding
4072  problems.  They also all require Perl 5.8 now (hopefully this isn't an issue
4073  for anyone building from CVS).
4074
4075* acinclude.m4: Quote macro name for fix autotools warning.
4076
4077* Documentation: "tilt up" is "'" not ",".
4078
4079* aven: Add support for mousewheels (to tilt the cave).
4080
4081* aven: Fixed twisted transitions to and from pitches in certain cases.
4082
4083* aven: Pick a sensible initial window size when the user's desktop is spread
4084  over more than one monitor (works best with wx2.5 or newer, but try to do
4085  better with wx2.4 or earlier as well).
4086
4087* aven: Initialise GfxCore slightly later to avoid visual glitch from notebook
4088  contents being visible before any survey is loaded.
4089
4090* aven: Allow a coloured texture to be used
4091
4092* aven: Don't initialise until we have data (to the user, this means the window
4093  is default colour (grey for most systems) not black until a survey is
4094  loaded).
4095
4096* aven: Fixed weird "shadowed" icons.
4097
4098Changes in 1.1.1 (2004-10-06):
4099
4100* (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Hopefully fix loading a survey file at
4101  startup.
4102
4103* aven: Delay loading the bitmap for the "About" dialog until it is first
4104  needed.  We want start up to be as quick as possible.
4105
4106Changes between 1.0.32 and 1.1.0 (never formally released):
4107
4108* NOTE: Survex 1.1.X releases are development snapshots made available for
4109  the purposes of allowing wider testing and getting more user feedback.  Once
4110  the code has stabilised the version number will be raised to 1.2.0.
4111
4112* aven: Now uses OpenGL for 3d rendering - you may need to install drivers if
4113  you're using Windows 95 - these can be obtained from:
4114  http://download.microsoft.com/download/win95upg/info/1/W95/EN-US/Opengl95.exe
4115
4116* aven: Solid passages - passage dimensions are currently inferred from
4117  the leg length (pretty effective as you can measure longer legs in
4118  larger passages).  Use of real LRUD data coming soon...
4119
4120* aven: Depth colouring is now continuously varying.
4121
4122* aven: Colour by depth can now be turned off (and there's the start of a
4123  framework for properly implementing colour by date, error, etc).
4124
4125* aven: Find stations moved onto the toolbar and now uses a simple wildcarded
4126  match (? matches any character, * matches any number of characters).
4127
4128* aven: We now use the status bar for coordinates, distances, etc to make
4129  better use of screen space.
4130
4131* aven: Full screen mode (F11).
4132
4133* aven: Perspective view.
4134
4135* aven: Context sensitive cursor shape - needs more work.
4136
4137* aven: Mouse actions changed (hopefully they're now more natural, but
4138  you may find the change disorientating - feedback wanted on this).
4139
4140* aven: Added "presentations" which allow you to set up fly-through paths
4141  and load/save/run them.
4142
4143* aven: A presentation can be exported as a movie file.
4144
4145* aven: Added Save screenshot facility.
4146
4147* aven: Depth fogging option.
4148
4149* aven: Added Smooth Lines option.
4150
4151* aven: Added Textured Walls option.
4152
4153* aven: If a survey has surface legs but no underground legs, default to
4154  showing the surface legs.
4155
4156* cavern: Dates given to *date are now stored in the 3d file.
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