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-- name       : ReleaseNews.txt
-- project    : BoarderZone: Development Environment
-- created    : Leon Poyyayil - 2008.04.09
-- language   : English
-- environment: the human readers mind ... ;-)
-- copyright  : (c) 1990-2010 by Leon Poyyayil (private), Switzerland
-- license    : this is free software licensed under the GPL. see COPYING
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This file contains a description of the major changes between builds of the
BoarderZone.net applications which are relevant to end users.
See BuildNews.txt for a more detailed description of these changes and bug-fixes.
See doc/BuildVersioning.txt for a more detailed description of how to read it.


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version: 0.12.545
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.10.10-20:45:26
status:  developmental
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- bug-fixes
- FileHandler plugins:
  - DiaryEditor:
    - changed to display hours in summary table in non-decimal h:mm format
    - added possibility to delete a category with all its sub-categories and
      activities
  - JavaCodeSnippetEditor: changed to compile and execute in a separate thread
  - TextEditor: added support for displaying and changing the line ending
- FixLF:
  - removed support for std-in and std-out (now operates only on files)
  - removed support for explicit output file (now always in-place)
  - added support for directory iteration with include/exclude filters
- TextSearch: added option to only wait/loop when matches are found


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version: 0.12.544
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.04.19-23:59:46
status:  developmental
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- bug-fixes
- FileHandler plugins:
  - DiaryEditor: added support for editing the raw source text of the diary
  - SVGViewer: new viewer plugin for scalable vector graphics (SVG) files


=============================================================================
version: 0.12.543
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.04.07-22:15:25
status:  developmental
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- FileBrowser:
  - new command to display an enlarged portion of the screen: show screen zoom
  - new command to monitor active threads: show thread monitor
- FileHandler plugins:
  - AudioViewer:
    - added support for displaying MP3 frame boundaries
    - added support for displaying MP3 meta data in a sub dialog
    - added support for markers via ctrl-double-click and jumping the cursor
      to those marked positions via player buttons prev/next
    - added support for selection of a range via shift-(double)-click
    - added support for auto repeat of whole file or selected range
    - added support for loading from CUE sheets (audio & index markers)


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version: 0.12.542
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.03.14-18:51:05
status:  developmental
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- FileHandler plugins:
  - AudioViewer:
    - added support for playback
    - added support for mp3 format
  - WavViewer: renamed to AudioViewer


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version: 0.12.541
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.02.08-14:47:29
status:  developmental
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- bug-fixes
- FileBrowser:
  - new commands to arrange desktop and open windows to half of available area
- FileHandler plugins:
  - HexViewer: scrolling via keyboard input possible
  - WavViewer: finished basic implementation
    - added support for zooming by mouse wheel and for horizontal dragging
    - added display of visible range and mouse cursor position
- JavaShell plugins:
  - FileSystem:
    - added command to copy a range of a file
    - added command to copy the contents of an URL to a local file
  - ImageTool: added command to trim unnecessary information from png image files


=============================================================================
version: 0.12.540
creator: Leon Poyyayil
created: 2010.01.19-10:34:29
status:  developmental
----------------------------
- bug-fixes
- all desktop application products:
  - 'full-screen' is now an application config setting -> can be started that way
  - added new config setting 'always-on-top'
  - extended desktop xml schema to allow toolbars to contain menu buttons
- ASNalyzer: changed product desktop:
  - removed fullscreen and desktop arrangement commands
  - added window handling commands
  - extended desktop area popup menu
- FileBrowser:
  - added commands to perform screen captures
  - added a command to create a new file from the contents of the clipboard
  - added commands to arrange multiple open windows in various ways
- MP3Info: changed product desktop:
  - removed fullscreen and desktop arrangement commands
  - added window handling commands
  - extended desktop area popup menu
- FileMatcher: added support for 'DYN_*' date and time variables
- JarTool: added support for inplace rewriting of jars
- JavaShell:
  - added commands to measure time, sleep, toggle the wait-on-exit mode
  - added command to copy config items to variables
  - added 'ver' alias for 'version' command
- FileHandler plugins:
  - DiaryEditor: added more summary rows
  - ExifViewer: added support for copying the thumbnail image to the clipboard
  - GifFrameViewer: added support for copying the frame images to the clipboard
  - IcoViewer: added support for copying the icon images to the clipboard
  - ImageViewer: added support for copying the image to the clipboard
  - MP3InfoViewer: added support for copying found images to the clipboard
  - SerializationViewerHandler:
    - added support for a 'SerializationViewer.Classpath' variable
  - TextLineViewer: fixed to properly support displaying tab stops
  - XmlEditor: added support for detecting the encoding from the xml declaration
    when no UTF byte order mark is found
- JavaShell plugins:
  - FileSystem: added command to test whether a file is existing
  - ImageTool:
    - added command to capture portions of the screen
    - added commands to interact with images on the system clipboard (load/save)
  - Logic: new plugin with commands to evaluate logical expressions and control
    execution of other commands depending on the result
  - Process: new plugin to execute os system commands as separate processes


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