============================================== 'gschem and Friends' Electronic Design Suite ============================================== Copyright (C) 1998-2010 gEDA Developers This file documents important user-visible changes in gEDA/gaf. For more information, please consult the `ChangeLog' file. Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.6.1 ================================= * Added accelerator mnemonics for root menus in gschem * Lots of updated and new language translations in libgeda, gschem, and gattrib. (Courtesy of language translators and Launchpad) * Updated the shipped documentation from the official gEDA wiki * Fixed the following bugs: - 2876373: Fix rendering with zoomed out dashed lines - 2901183: Fix for some manpage issues - 2904715: Don't update page connectivity from o_place_rotate() - 2949232: Fix slot editing routines to not edit inherited attributes - Cherry picked some other bug fixes from master that should be in this release Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.6.0 ================================= * Fixed the GtkItemEntry code inside of gattrib code so that it builds using gtk+ > 2.16.x. * In gschem, rubberband pin to pin connections by adding nets. * Cleanup of the slot handling code in libgeda. * Fixes/updates to the MinGW port. * Updated the shipped documentation from the online wiki. Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.5.3/1.5.4 ======================================= * NOTE: gEDA/gaf 1.5.3 was released with some critical bugs, so it was withdrawn before it was widely distributed. * Text rendering using native system fonts: - The various programs in gEDA/gaf no longer uses its own built-in line font. - Native system fonts are used for rendering, giving support for a wider range of symbols, and better looking schematics. * Always use PostScript fonts in gschem's PostScript output. The "output-text", "text-output" and "output-vector-threshold" config functions have been removed. * Image rendering in 'gschem' uses cairo instead of GDK. * Numerous build system changes: - gEDA/gaf is now distributed as a single source archive, called gEDA-<version>.tar.gz. - GTK+ 2.10 or newer and Guile 1.8 or newer are now required. - `intltool' is no longer required. - Documentation is now installed to ${docdir} (usually ${prefix}/share/doc/gEDA). * The attribute edit dialog in `gschem' now has completion of most common attribute names. * The multi-attribute edit dialog in `gschem' now shows unpromoted symbol attributes. * Menu items in `gschem' now have icons and properly aligned key bindings. They also support accelerator keys. * The `gschem2pcb' and `PCBboard' netlist backends have been removed. It is recommended to use `gsch2pcb' instead. * Check for and reject non-footprint PCB files in 'gsch2pcb'. * Removed unimplemented "File->Open" feature in 'gattrib'. * Added --disable-gattrib command line flag to ./configure to disable the building of 'gattrib'. This is useful if you are building against gtk+ 2.17.x which breaks 'gattrib'. * 'gnetlist' does not recommend drc2 every time it runs. The drc2 backend is only useful in certain circumstances. * Assign shortcuts "vd" and "vl" for changing between color schemes in 'gschem'. * Fix problem with attached net attribute not being honored in 'gnetlist'. * Focus the "save" button in the close confirmation dialog in 'gattrib' and 'gschem'. * Accept empty attributes in the src file in 'tragesym'. * Cleaned up the slot dialog box in 'gschem'. * Changed the grip size rendering in 'gschem' to be reasonably sized when zoomed in a lot. * Introduction of a new attribute searching API in 'libgeda' and 'gschem'. * Improvements and cleanup to the 'gnetlist' and 'gsymcheck' test suites. * Fixed the following bugs: - 1758673: Combine source tarballs - 2058707: gschem, gattrib: Dangerous button focus in "Save changes" dialog at quit - 2430369: gschem: Deselect invisible attribs with their parent object. - 2449060: Graphic state left inconsistent cancelling from net mode - 2460301: libgeda: Make o_complex_promote_attribs() respect keep_invisible and libgeda: Make o_complex_copy() actually copy. - 2455061: Gnetlist output changed, and tests fail with recent GLib - 2655088: autogen.sh: Make sure to exit if autopoint fails. - 2823703: gnet-pcbpins.scm: Quote pins names if they contain comma or close parenthesis. - 2823755: gnetlist: Fix DEBUG builds. - 2836109: build-sys: Add check for groff html driver. * Spanish translation were updated. * Lots of code, infrastructure, and doxygen documentation cleanup and refactoring. Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.5.2 ================================= * `gschem' now uses Cairo for all rendering. This allows for everything to be rendered anti-aliased. * `gschem' now uses a mesh grid instead of dots by default. * Net junction cues in `gschem' are drawn smaller now. * Copy and paste now works between different `gschem' instances (using the X selection). * Recent files are no longer opened in a new `gschem' window. * Major, *backwards-incompatible* changes to color handling in `libgeda' and `gschem'. - All colors are specified using hexadecimal `#RRGGBB' or `#RRGGBBAA' syntax. - The print and display color maps are now separate. - A new Scheme syntax is used to inspect and modify color maps. - If you wish to use a light background in `gschem', add the line: (load (build-path geda-rc-path "gschem-colormap-lightbg")) to your personal or project gschemrc file. * Attributes of embedded objects are now shown in the right color. * Bus pins are now supported by `gschem' and `libgeda', but are *not* properly supported by the netlister. The pin type can be modified by selecting a pin, then right-clicking it and selecting `Edit pin type...'. * All of the symbols were modified to use overbar markup tags ("like \_this\_") instead of separate lines. * Log files are now saved to $HOME/.gEDA/logs rather than being dropped in the current directory. Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.5.1 ================================= * GTK+ version 2.8.x or later is now required. * The selection behaviour in `gschem' was changed. - Lines, unfilled boxes, unfilled circles, arcs, pins, nets, and buses must be selected by clicking on the drawn path itself. - Filled boxes, circles, text, and components, may be selected by clicking anywhere in the bounding box. - The default mouse click distance required to select an element was increased to 10 pixels. - Double-clicking on a net segment selects all connected net segments. * The percentage step in or out while zooming the display in `gschem' is now configurable with the `zoom-gain' gschemrc parameter. The default value is 20%. * The size of steps when panning with the mouse wheel or with a trackpad in `gschem' is now adjustable with the `scrollpan-steps' gschemrc parameter. The default setting scrolls in steps of 1/8 of a screen. * A number of improvements were made to the `gschem' component selection dialog. - The dialog now shows a table of top-level attributes in the selected symbol. - It is now possible to expand/collapse a library by clicking anywhere on its row. * Changes to fill- and line-styles in `gschem' can now be undone. * Arcs can now be adjusted in `gschem' using an arc angle dialog. It can be accessed by selecting an arc and selecting Edit->Edit. * It is now possible to rotate objects while placing them in `gschem'. * Support for arbitrary filled and unfilled paths, using a subset of the SVG path syntax. For more information, please see the file format specification. <http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:file_format_spec> - `gschem' does not yet provide a GUI for creating or editing path elements. However, it does support rendering them. They can also be printed. - Some of the symbols in the component library were updated to use paths. * A Scheme evaluation prompt was added to `gschem'. It can be accessed by typing `:'. * Improved algorithm for drawing hatched fills both on screen and in PostScript output. * Color selection dialogs and menus in `gschem' now show the actual color as well as the description. Color names are now translatable. * `gattrib' now prompts to save changes. * All of the unimplemented menu items and pages in `gattrib' were removed. * The `always-promote-attributes' gafrc parameter now takes a list of strings as an argument. The space-delimited string syntax is deprecated. * Some optimisations were made to the `gnetlist' connection traversal algorithm to speed up netlisting large designs. * A new netlist backend was added to support Liquid PCB. <http://www.liquidpcb.org/> * The `bom2' netlist backend now generates a `qty' column. * Several improvements and fixes were made to the `systemc' backend. * The `--gnetlist-arg' option to gsch2pcb can now be used to pass extra `gnetlist' arguments. * `gsch2pcb' now emits files with the latest `pcb' file format. * The `gxyrs' pick-and-place tool was added. Notable changes in gEDA/gaf 1.5.0 ================================= * Magnetic net mode in `gschem'. Magnetic mode lets you draw nets and automatically connect to valid end points (such as pins and other nets). The `magnetic-net-mode' gschemrc parameter can be used to enable/disable this feature. * Rotating a component while moving it in `gschem' now rotates around the current mouse location. * The `verilog' and `vhdl' backends now work again. * Embedded components can now be mirrored. * The `pads' netlist backend now uses CRLF line endings. Older versions ============== Release notes for older versions of gEDA/gaf are available on the gEDA website. <http://www.gpleda.org/news/index.html> .. Local Variables: mode: text End: