X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=49db017190b71bfa56b456d75b5d4a166c62ff07;hb=259aca883470b6cd7fc47e417475f05120400d3c;hp=3e4cd6563c6e244d989bb1dc1a88fd76586d1965;hpb=301eb62d44b5fd5d37c9c38efd75ffc98cae669b;p=xboard.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3e4cd65..49db017 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,27 +1,122 @@ -** Version master 20110411 (not an official release, includes changes from 4.5.2) +** Version 4.6.0 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.0/ ) + + * Engine vs. Engine + * Loading and installing engines through the menu + * Running tournaments with more than two partipants + * Stopping a match between two engines + * Replacing a tourney participant + * Playing openings in color-reversed pairs + * Perpetual chasing in Xiangqi + + * Interface Improvements + * Auto-Queen, and still under-promote? + * Piece fonts and figurine fonts + * Displaying PVs as SAN + * Small scores in the Eval Graph + * How close is the 50-move draw? + * Sign of the engine scores + + * Interactive Analysis + * Playing moves from the PV + * Rapidly changing the number of PVs + * Setting the other side to move in analysis + * Annotating a game with an engine + + * Other New Functionality + * Searching a position in a PGN file + * Editing the opening book + + * XBoard -> WinBoard Convergence + * Exporting the game list (XB) + * A move type-in box (XB) + * New-style Move History window (XB) + +** Version 4.5.3a ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.3a/ ) + + * only changes to Winboard : build non JAW by default, fix compile errors + +** Version 4.5.3 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.3/ ) + + * fixes of major bugs: + * In the file-browse dialog . and .. no longer mask other files if they are non-first in the directory + * Fix XBoard crash on showing an empty Engine Settings dialog, printing a message in stead + * The XBoard Game List can now handle files with more than 1900 games, by paging through them + * The state of the Move-History window is now remembered by XBoard even when the Engine-Output window is up + * Fix crash on switching sounds in WinBoard under Windows Vista + * Fix empty-string option values on XBoard command line (which were ignored) + * Fix spurious vertical scrolling in XBoard Engine-Output window on clicking in it + * Obey an engine's san feature when sending book moves to it + * Fix XBoard crash when 'filtering' made Game List empty + * Suppress clearing of Engine-Output window on automatic updates in analyze mode + * Force Move-History refresh after loading/reverting variation + * Fix closing brace, when joining two comments to same move + + * fixes of minor bugs: + * Suppress playing sounds when no -soundProgram is set + * Fix display of last move of last match game + * Update window title after last game of match + * Never one-click move when legality testing is off + * Suppress playing book move when total weigth of all moves is zero + * Restore echo after ^C killed XBoard during ICS password + * Fix default of -remoteUser, which could cause crash when playing remote engines + * Fix recognition of separators between options in -adapterCommand command line + * Fix button sizing in generic popup + * Fix translatability of 'Spartan Chess' menu item WB + * Remove some duplicats from WB language template file + * Fix spurious 'Unfinished' sounds during ICS examining + * Fix bug in handling of partner command in zippy-mode bughouse games + * Create more space in some WB dialogs to accomodate translations + + * Improvements benefitting the speaking version for the visually impaired (WB): + * Implement NVDA support in JAWS version + * Fix translation of spoken composite messages + * Fix JAWS reading of Engine-Settings dialog by removing group-boxes + * Add tab stops in WB generic popup + * Reorder controls in Engine-Setings dialog WB, so they are tabbed through in logical order + + * fixed compiler warnings/errors and portability: + * Fix use of random function in XBoard shuffle dialog callback + * Fix inconsistent type of the variable 'shuffleOpenings' + * Silence warnings during rpm build + * Fix warnings XBoard file browser + * Fix some warnings and header-file improvement + + * misc: + * Add -at and -opt options as alternative for @, as work-around for Windows shortcut bug + * Make occurrence of unknown option in settings file non-fatal + * Stale output no longer lingers in the engine-output window when a new game starts + * Popdown (stale) Comment window on new game + +** Version 4.5.2a (Winboard only)** - * removed flex generated parser - * implement new promotion dialog/method (experimental) - * new tag dialog - * copy game list menu item for XBoard + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.2/ ) + + * Fix Engine Settings button options in WinBoard -** Version 4.5.2 (not yet released) ** +** Version 4.5.2 ** (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.2/ ) - * reworked many option dialogs + * Main new feature: + * Added many option dialogs and reworked some of the old ones + + * bugfixes, packaging and install: * Fix nps bug * Fix flipBlack option XBoard with board texture * Fix two bugs in reading position diagram * Fix parsing bug of FRC castling * Fix bugs in FRC castling rights * Fix display of promotion piece in ICS superchess - * Fix linegap option in board dialog - * Fix animation masks on changing piece pixmaps - * Fix crash on opening ICS Text Menu * Fix path browsing in WinBoard * Fix use of game/position file in first match game * Fix build on Mac OS X + * install bitmaps and sounds during "make install" * some minor bug fixes * code cleanup (e.g. 64 bit warnings, removed malloc.h)