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Release Notes for gerbv-2.6.0
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The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.6.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog. This release
is primarily a bug fix release.
-libgerbv: Removed all gcc compiler warnings.
-gerbv: Removed all gcc compiler warnings.
-libgerbv: Updated the export code to be more portable in the face of
different locale settings.
-gerbv: Fix compilation on Quartz.
-libgerbv: Fix a bug where very thin flashed rectangles in logos/images
from Eagle CAD were not always rendered.
-examples: Added example on using precedence sensitive calculations of
aperture macros.
-libgerbv: Improve vector output accuracy.
-gerbv: Improve vector output accuracy.
-libgerbv: Fix bug related to minimum line widths in scaled layers
-libgerbv: Increase resolution in exported RS-274X files.
-gerbv: Fix bug around exporting selected layers.
-gerbv: Gray out menu items when no layers are open.
-gerbv: Set secreen size to a default when the board size is not valid.
-libgerbv: Implemented operator precedence in aperture macro
parsing as per updated std
-libgerbv: Fix scaling bug when multiple scale factors are present.
-gerbv: Fix bug where only the bottom layer would print out.
-gerbv: Add file merging to the GUI which allows the user to do basic
panelization via the GUI.
-gerbv: Added "current layer" menuitem to the main menu.
-libgerbv: Fix macro rendering on clear layers (bug 3154966)
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Release Notes for gerbv-2.5.0
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The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.5.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog. This release
is primarily a bug fix release.
- libgerbv: fix leak and possible segfault in drill parser
- libgerbv: fix segfault in pick and place parser
- gerbv: add persistent keyboard accelerators and extra menu options
- gerbv: increase max zoom 4x to allow more accurate measurements
- libgerbv: fix bug which caused the drill parser to crash on an empty line
- gerbv: change F8 shortcut to F7 per GNOME HIG
- gerbv: add psuedo fullscreen mode
- gerbv: add ability to toggle sidebar visibility
- gerbv: speed up cairo rendering.
- libgerbv: improved detection of drill files (comment lines are now
ignored during file type detection)
- libgerbv: fix handling of trailing zero suppression with very large
precisions.
- examples: fix some of the example code showing how to use libgerbv.
- gerbv: fix gdk rendering of macro 22 elements with negative coordinates
- gerbv: fix tooltip for modify layer button
- libgerbv: fix handling of whitespace in the middle of an RS-274X command
- libgerbv: fix bug in exporting outline macros
- gerbv: unselect all items if a layer is hidden
- libgerbv: fix drill parsing when INCH has nothing after it
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Release Notes for gerbv-2.4.0
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The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.4.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog. This release
is primarily a bug fix release. A number of corner cases are handled
more smoothly now.
- libgerbv: fix bug parsing cirular moves with trailing zero suppression.
- libgerbv: catch null strtok results in the aperture parser. Causes
a more graceful failure when parsing bad input files.
- gerbv: fix a bug in the rendering of text in exported PDF files
- libgerbv: fix bugs in the file format recognition code
- libgerbv: allow the RS-274X parser to handle multiple blocks within
a single line per the RS-274X spec.
- gerbv: Fix sidebar bug displaying small scale and translations in X
- gerbv: Show the total aperture uses in the analysis tool
- gerbv: Fix regression in FAST mode rendering of flashed apertures
- libgerbv: If given an RS-274D file, create dummy apertures
- gerbv: Fix FAST mode translation error in Y
- libgerbv: Add #ifdef's to gerbv.h to allow use in a C++ program
- gerbv: Fix segfaults if trying to change orientation of an empty layer
- man page: Remove spurious line
- gerbv: Update some information in the "About..." dialog
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Release Notes for gerbv-2.3.0
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The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.3.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog.
- gerbv: fixed a minor arc rendering bug in fast mode
- gerbv: Make the svg/pdf/ps export use a 1:1 scale instead of
scaling to fit the page.
- configure: Always require cairo now since we make use of some of
the transformation functions even when using gdk rendering.
- gerbv: Fix a bug in the vertical scrollbar calculations.
- libgerbv: Fix a bug where apertures < 10 were potentially ignored in
some drill files
- gerbv: Fix clipping bug when viewing files with image offsets
- gerbv: Fix a bug whereclicking on the message tab caused the keyboard
accelerators stop working
- gerbv: Use a reasonable return code when doing command line processing.
- libgerbv: Improve the macro parser.
- libgerbv: Allow 0 degree rotation
- libgerbv: Fix some drill parser bugs
- libgerbv: Support the Excellon "R" (repeat) command
- testsuite: Add some tests for drill files
- libgerbv: Fix a bug in the Excellon export which sometimes dropped the first
element.
- libgerbv: Fix some additional Excellon export bugs.
- gerbv: Add the ability to rotate/translate layers
- libgerbv: Fix the pkgconfig file to include some needed dependencies.
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Release Notes for gerbv-2.2.0
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The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.2.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog.
- libgerbv: fixed a bug in the min/max calculation.
- libgerbv: improved the ability to parse drill files with
user specified formats.
- libgerbv: Compile with -no-undefined to make it easier to build
windows DLL's.
- configure: Improve detection of tools when cross-compiling.
- libgerbv: Improved example programs.
- gerbv: Changed desktop categories to be more consistent with
the rest of gEDA.
- common: Fixed compilation with SunPRO compilers
- libgerbv: Fixed calculation of pick and place bounding box
- gerbv: Added a rendering benchmark
- gerbv: Various rendering speed improvements
- common: Made an install be relocatable. This is always needed
for proper win32 operation and helps in some cases
on other operating systems. As part of this, improve
how init.scm is located at startup.
- gerbv: Improved the project file load/save dialog.
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Old Releases
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2008-09-07 : 2.1.0 release. Added features for object selection & deletion.
2008-02-07 : 2.0.1 release. This is largely a bugfix release.
2008-01-13 : 2.0.0 general release. Introduced new look for gerbv.
2008-01-09 : 2.0.0-beta release.
2007-12-01 : 1.0.3 release.
2006-07-28 : 1.0.2 release.
2005-01-22 : 1.0.1 release.
2004-12-28 : 1.0.0 release.
2004-10-19 : Another beta of a windows version is released.
2004-10-07 : A beta of a windows version.
2004-05-27 : 0.16 release.
2003-10-19 : 0.15 release.
2003-09-16 : 0.14 release.
2003-07-30 : Michael Ihde updated the ebuild script for Gentoo Linux.
2003-07-17 : Michael Ihde contributed an ebuild script for Gentoo Linux.
2003-03-19 : 0.13 release.
2003-02-10 : 0.12 release.
2002-11-20 : 0.11 release.
2002-10-13 : 0.0.10 release.
2002-07-06 : 0.0.9 release.
2002-05-06 : 0.0.8 release.
2002-02-10 : 0.0.7 release.
2001-12-15 : 0.0.6 release.
2001-11-14 : Fifth relase (0.0.5).
2001-10-27 : Fourth release (0.0.4).
2001-09-09 : Third release (0.0.3).
2001-08-30 : Second release (0.0.2).
2001-08-25 : First release (0.0.1) of source.
