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** Ecawave - User-visible changes (NEWS)       (last edited: 300503) **
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About the version numbers... "vX.Y[.Z][-extraT]" :

  X = major version  - the overall development status
  Y = minor version  - represents a set of planned features (see TODO);
		       an even number means stable while odd marks 
		       development releases
  Z = revision       - small changes to major.minor version (optional)

		
  extraT = extra     - beta, pre and rc releases that are in preparation
		       of major releases (optional)

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Last officially released version is -*> v0.6.1 <*-

30052003 (v0.6.1)
        - fixed: added separate checks for libqt.so and libqt-mt.so
	- fixed: few compilation bugs with gcc-3.3
19012003 (v0.6.0)
	- note: requires ecasound 2.2.0-rc1 or newer
	- note: maintenance release; ecawave development 
		stopped (as of Jan/2003)
	- added: more recent config.guess and config.sub to 
	         the dist package
23082002 (v0.5dev1)
	- note: requires ecasound 2.1dev8 or newer
	- added: added support for non-seekable inputs
		 like ogg, midi and tracker module files 
	- added: --enable-all-static configure option
	- changed: configure.in cleanup
	- fixed: minor changes to posix signal handling
	- fixed: various bugs that were triggered by recent
		 changes in libecasound 2.1dev8
	- fixed: bug that prevented loading of mp3s, ogg,
		 midi files and tracker modules
	- fixed: libecasound's default output device 
		 was used for previewing effects instead
		 of ecawave's default output
21102001 (v0.5dev0)
	- note: verified to work ok with both qt3.0 and qt2.2
	- added: initial support for ecasound's 2.1.x 
		 devel branch
	- added: new operator configuration code ported from 
	         ecamegapedal 0.3dev0
	- added: a confirmation dialog is shown after file 
 	         is saved succesfully
	- added: added '<edit>' marker to the statusbar
	- changed: ecawave can now be compiled against ecasound
		   installed outside system library directories 
		   (/etc/ld.so.conf)
	- changed: temporary filenames are no longer visible
		   on the statusbar
	- fixed: moc-files were not removed by 'make clean'
10102001 (v0.4.1)  -** stable release **-
	- added: support for gcc 3.0
	- added: check for bsd-style thread environment [anarcat]
	- fixed: better handling of situations where ecawave
		 is not able to access the temp directory
	- fixed: effect dialog sometimes grew larger than
		 the whole desktop
	- fixed: better autoconf macro for searching 
		 Qt's moc-compiler
17062001 (v0.4.0)  -** stable release **-
	- note: requires ecasound 2.0.0 or newer (qtecasound 
		is no longer needed!)
	- added: 'control' and 'edit' menus
	- fixed: 'make uninstall' forgot some files and dirs
	- fixed: trying to paste when no file was loaded resulted
		 in crash
	- fixed: closing the first session closed all sessions
24042001 (v0.3dev7)
	- note: requires ecasound 1.9dev6 and qtecasound 0.1dev5
	- changed: licensing change - Qt exception to GPL dropped; ie.
	           all sources are once again GPL licenced without 
		   exceptions
	- fixed: effect preview/process crashes if LADSPA support
		 was disabled in libecasound
22032001 (v0.3dev6)
	- note: requires ecasound 1.9dev5 or newer
	- added: ~/.ecawaverc - clipboard-location; exact location 
		 of copy/cut/paste clipboards; special value 
		 'default' indicates that clipboard should be 
		 treated as a normal temporary file
	- changed: new system for creating temporary files; 
		   all temps are put into a separate directory;
		   $TMPDIR and $TMP are used if available, otherwise 
		   defaults to /tmp
	- removed: ~/.ecawaverc - 'clipboard-file' setting
06032001 (v0.3dev5)
	- changed: man pages are now distributed in nroff 'man' format
	- fixed: changes to match ecasound 1.9dev4 and qtecasound 0.1dev4
02032001 (v0.3dev4)
	- notice: new version numbering scheme
	- fixed: better handling of situations where creating
	         temporary file fails
	- fixed: various autoconf/automake fixes
	- fixed: tempfiles weren't properly removed in certain 
		 situations [robbe]
07122000 (v0.3.3d3)
	- added: extended support for effect parameter descriptions; 
		 all LADSPA parameter hints now supported
	- changed: some layout changes to make resizing work better
	- fixed: fixes to better support the new Qt 2.2.x
26092000 (v0.3.2d3)
	- added: support for effect parameter hint ranges
	- changed: now requires ecasound 1.8.3d15 or newer
	- changed: renamed 'Quit' to 'Close'
	- changed: lots of improvements to layout management
	- changed: user's guide and man page updates
	- fixed: always zoomed out after a processing event
	- fixed: lots of small bugs
	- fixed: better handling of situations where no files
		 are loaded
	- fixed: sane default values for chorus, flanger and phaser
01092000 (v0.3.1d3)
	- added: 'TODO' file
	- added: standard GUI menubars
	- changed: major parts of were rewritten to increase stability
	- changed: small change in licensing - see the file COPYING.Qt
	- changed: now requires ecasound 1.8.1d14 or newer
25062000 (v0.3.0d3)
	- changed: filename now shown on its own line
	- changed: small layout changes
	- changed: updated the 'INSTALL' file
	- changed: all shortcut keys are now ctrl-some_key
	- changed: requires ecasound 1.8.x
	- fixed: Makefile fixes (inline and const macros)
	- fixed: fade-in/out and redraw crashed when no file was
	         opened
	- fixed: crashed when marking a region and going outside 
                 ecawave's window
28052000 (v0.2.2r2)
	- added: --version and --help command-line options (for GNU 
		 compliance)
	- added: fade-in and fade-out effects
	- fixed: configure problems (libecasound not recognized 
		 properly)
	- fixed: unneeded dependence on ALSA headers files
	- fixed: with ecasound 1.7.7r12 and older, 'effect' crashed 
		 if no LADSPA plugins were found
	- fixed: 'cut' bugs
26042000 (v0.2.1d2)
	- added: 'mark all' and 'redraw' buttons
	- changed: new color scheme - hopefully looks better :)
	- fixed: quite a few cut-copy-paste related bugs
	- fixed: statusbar sometimes showed out-of-range values
12042000 (v0.2.0d2)
	- added: 'copy', 'cut' and 'paste' buttons
	- added: 'clipboard-file' entry to ecawaverc - defaults to
	         /tmp/ecawave-clipboard.wav
	- added: configure checks for correct libecasound version
	- added: effect presets and plugins added to effects dialog
	- removed: 'close' button
	- changed: many internal updates - ecasound version 1.7.x is
	           now required to run ecawave
	- fixed: numerous bugs
	- fixed: autoconf macro AC_C_CONST caused compile problems
		 with gcc 2.95.2 and libstdc++-v3
28012000 (v0.1.0r1)  -** public release **-
	- notice: initial release
	
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