December 2012 Version 0.9.4
- Bugfix: Writing of files automatically made use of UTF8 instead of ANSI
- Bugfix: Crash at loading PolyGlot 1.4
- Bugfix: Comment at start of empty game
- Bugfix: Databases larger than 4G
- Bugfix: Databases with UNIX-LF
- Bugfix: Some nags were not properly accessible from keyboard
- Bugfix: No keyboard nags for first white move
- New Feature: Time Editor for elapsed game time
- New Feature: CR#3580029 Add only first move from engine analysis
- New feature: Close database from the database list with context menu
- New feature: Toggle UTF8 flag in database list
- New feature: Open compressed archives (from HTTP or local file)
- New feature: Open a database from a URL (HTTP)
- New Feature: Clear Nags from keyboard with <Del>
- New Feature: Create Index File thus accelerating re-loading of large PGN enormously
- New Feature: Searching of ranges, e.g. ELO "2000-2300"
- New Feature: Automatic classification with ECO of unclassified / new games
November 2012 Version 0.9.2
- Bugfix: Support engines which send multiple spaces
- Bugfix: Close Database while updateing opening tree
- Bugfix: Filtering for number of moves fails if an empty game is in the database
- Bugfix: Not well behaving Xboard engines crash ChessX
- Bugfix: Search of Board crashes when started together with OpeninTree Update
- Bugfix: Press CTRL+drag to irritate the guessMove implementation
- New Feature: Move Indicator adjusts itself in size (James Coons)
- New Feature: Common Font Size for all widgets except game view
- New Feature: Separate handling of UTF8 files
- New feature: List views can be customized (right click title line)
- New feature: UCI Option Parser
- New Feature: CTRL+drag, CTRL-Shift-Drag replaces or inserts a move
- New Feature: F1 starts Help View and some help contents are already there
- New Feature: Games with errors insided are marked red in game list
- New feature: Added Stockfish as internal Engine in case no engine is configured
- New board themes Brazilwood and Maple
- New Icons
- Usability: Filterflag only influences gamelist
September 2012 Version 0.9
* New Features
- Player List as Dock Window
- New Database List
- Drag and Drop of games
- Drag and Drop of Databases
- Second analysis window
- Locate Databases on harddisk in Explorer/Finder
- Multi-Threading Support for opening DB and updating Opening Tree
- Copy / Paste of PGN
- Create Images of Boards
- New Board Styles
- All Resources internal
- Parsing PGN to draw arrows on board (cf. chessbase)
- Parsing PGN to color Squares (cf. chessbase)
- Parse / Insert Zero Moves to document / analyze threats
- Drag'n'Drop Support setting up a board
- Relaxed FEN handling for easier pasting of FENs
- Version Resource in Windows
- Icon Resource in Windows
- UTF8 Support
* bugfixes in Parser
- Fixed some strange PGN parsing issues - especially issues like the one described in #3396532
* bugfixes in GUI
- It is not possible to add a variation from Analysis to a game text if standing at end of a variation
- Bugfixes starting up engines
- Disabled MultiPV on XBoard engines
- Added elapsed time for analysis lines
* issues closed:
- CR#2984375 Saving Clipboard fails silently
- CR#3043278 Problem with LaTeX output
- CR#3135871 No control performed on input date
- CR#3135871 No control performed on input date
- CR#2872974 Remove->Previous moves should be smarter
- CR#3542101 Changing and saving a file does not update the game list view
- CR#2881228 Crash on File->Close (or Quit) with OpeningTree updating
- CR#3297478 Crash on move gxh2+
- CR#2823746 Crash when trying to analyze with non-existing New Engine
- CR#2881228 Crash on File->Close (or Quit) with OpeningTree updating
- CR#3170534 Crash if start of engine fails (0.8)
- CR#3179203 Do not crash trying to show a special NAG; this should solve bug .
- CR#2824024 Confusion between slash and backslash in file paths
- CR#1773747 "Change guessed move on right click". The feature can be configured, as currently we have "take back a move" om mouse right click (if configured, CTRL+right-mouse will move back instead)
- CR#1651405 "Comments in UTF-8 are broken"
- CR#1715720
- CR#1984912 Names in GameList vs QuickTagSearch
- CR#3043278 Problem with LaTeX output
- CR#3396532 errors reading multi line pgn formats
- CR#2955889.
* Building
- Separate Debug/Release/Static folders
November 20120 Version 0.8
* bug fixes: engine stuff
* feature:Add engine variation to the game
* feature:Implement MultiPV analysis for UCI engines (based on patch by Juan Carlos Girardi)
* feature:Add basic NAG editing
* feature:Simplify adding moves: always add variation if move exists.
* feature:Add menu command to remove/promote variation.
* feature:Show TableBase result in Analysis window.
Wed 10 Feb 2010, 01:40:00 CET Version 0.7
* bugfix: do not crash when removing engines
* bugfix: no problems with more than 10 engines
* bugfix: do not stop running engine on minimize/hide
* usability: browse for executable when adding new engines
* bugfix: correctly display NAGs below the board
* bugfix: correctly truncate previous moves
* feature: global shortcut F2 to start/stop engine
* change: speedup by canceling previous OpeningTree search before the next
* bugfix: ignore clicks on illegal OpeningTree moves like [end]
* feature: make editable PGN size limit configurable
* feature: show progress bar when opening/saving files
* feature: show progress bar for OpeningTree
* feature: promote variation
Wed 1 Jul 2009, 00:50:22 CET Version 0.6
* feature: warn when quitting with unsaved databases
* feature: improve Engine tab of Preferences dialog, add reordering
* feature: remember current engine
* bugfix: show correct score for Crafty
* bugfix: correctly display variations leading to mate in UCI engines
* bugfix: update ECO database for opening detection and move guesser
* bugfix: improve focus handling in game list and game text
* feature: timer-delayed game loading when pressing Ctrl+Down/Up
* bugfix: remove bold column names in TableView
* bugfix: support NAGs not preceeded with space in PGN parser
* bugfix: make PGN parser more robust
* bugfix: optimize PGN output
* bugfix: enable leading comment in mainline and variations
* bugfix: slightly improve PGN export formatting
* feature: allow creating new PGN databases
* change: drop CXD databases support
* bugfix: guess move only with mouse over the board
* feature: truncate from the beginning
* bugfix: correct tag order for QuickSearch
* feature: search games by number or number range
* bugfix: do not read a game beyong the end of file
* feature: allow editing pre-move comments
* bugfix: PGN standard compliant ep square in FEN
* bugfix: reparent some dialogs
* bugfix: remove flickering at startup
* feature: make comments editable
* feature: correctly read PGNs with FEN
* feature: new Leipzig theme
* feature: allow removing variations
* feature: enable HTML export
* feature: allow setting small fonts in chess text widgets (useful for laptops).
* bugfix: save all PGN tags
* bugfix: display correct move number in starting position
* feature: allow copying games between databases
* feature: allow copying pieces in BoardSetup by using Ctrl
* change: add Advanced setting to BoardSetup
* feature: PlayerInfo dialog with player statistics
* feature: display FEN in BoardSetup
* feature: copy/paste position in BoardSetup
* bugfix: correctly recognize promotions in UCI engines
* bugfix: correctly handle promotion in tablebases
* bugfix: support 1/2 as a draw symbol
Wed 13 Jun 2007 19:47:32 CET Version 0.5
* feature: engine analysis
* feature: Opening Tree
* feature: Setup Position dialog enhancements
* feature: use ECO information to guess moves
* feature: option to combine searches
* feature: enable translations
* feature: make frame color configurable
* feature: remove last move with right click
* feature: remember matching position in position search
* feature: improve layout of Game Info
* feature: display game length in Game List
* feature: remove last move with right-click
* feature: shortcuts for Game List and Game Text
* bugfix: fix move loading failure in large databases
* bugfix: open PGN files from command line
* bugfix: don't flood tablebase servers with too many requests
* bugfix: sometimes online tablebase wasn't used even if enabled
* bugfix: flip setup board if main board is flipped
* bugfix: various small fixes to move guesser
* bugfix: some errors in Game/tags handling
* bugfix: do not crash when loading random game from empty filter
* change: lower network usage for EGTB server
* change: new, much faster Board implementation
* change: much faster Tag search
* change: do not highlight first move in starting position
* change: redesign Board tab in Preferences dialog
Wed 9 May 2007 18:59:47 CET Version 0.4
* feature: new, much improved themes
* feature: move guesser
* feature: support for online tablebases
* feature: binary ECO file format (faster startup)
* feature: simple tag search dialog for single tag searches
* feature: improve look&feel and usability of Tip of the day
* feature: Apply button for Preferences dialog
* feature: configurable square highlight color
* bugfix: update theme when pieces are changed
* bugfix: fix some drag&drop problems
* bugfix: segfault when truncating moves from empty game
* bugfix: ask for promoted piece only for legal moves
* bugfix: allow variations in starting position
* bugfix: correctly redraw board frame
* bugfix: correctly show side to move in Setup Position dialog
* bugfix: fix rare bug when # symbol was displayed instead of +
* bugfix: correctly calculate hash value for en passant
* bugfix: re-enable FEN tag support
* change: optimize PGN loading (loads 10-20% faster)
Mon 23 Apr 2007 18:59:47 CET Version 0.3
* feature: display ECO information
* feature: move pieces by drag&drop
* feature: remove moves/variations and truncate moves
* feature: display side to move
* feature: position search
* feature: internal support for editable PGN databases (no GUI yet!)
* feature: export games in filter/all games to PGN
* feature: small sample player database (look for Adams)
* bugfix: fix incorrect SAN representation of en-passant moves
* bugfix: correctly calculate game length displayed in GameInfo
* bugfix: display empty game
* bugfix: more robust PGN parsing
* bugfix: Sun-Solaris compilation (patch by Atul)
* bugfix: some improvements to Windows installer
* bugfix: more usual PGN format (space after move number etc.)
Thu 28 Feb 2007 00:59:47 CET Version 0.2
* feature: highlight and display current move
* feature: add variations
* feature: support promotion when entering moves
* feature: redesign Setup Position to improve usability
* feature: check board validity in Setup position dialog
* bugfix: correctly display move numbers for non-standard games
* bugfix: keep move number and side to move when setting position
* bugfix: copy/paste move number to/from FEN
* bugfix: accept non-standard castling (0-0 instead of O-O)
* bugfix: correctly draw large boards in unscaled pixmap mode
* bugfix: insert all pieces in given color in Setup Position
* bugfix: fix segfault when removing piece from empty square
* bugfix: correctly finding installed data path on Debian.
* change: clean configuration file format
