X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=49db017190b71bfa56b456d75b5d4a166c62ff07;hb=6d2eb06e7ad56484b364a517cea83c85919f2bd8;hp=5a7ef93fd8b933f4197e1cfbe6afa8d9ee90f091;hpb=6d6208ef7ee56c40655591109efc6b76318b56ed;p=xboard.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5a7ef93..49db017 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,208 @@ -** Version 4.5.0 (not yet released)** +** 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)** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.2/ ) + + * Fix Engine Settings button options in WinBoard + +** Version 4.5.2 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.2/ ) + + * 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 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) + +** Version 4.5.1 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.1/ ) + + * bugfixes: + * Revert "Implement -reset option feature in WinBoard" + * Fix deselection of greyed-out variant button (WB) + * Put warning in HTML help + * Fix unmarked translation + * Fix Alfil bug + * Fix variant janus size prefix + * Fix Xiangqi King facing + * Fix showing of user move after adjudication + * Make language choice from menu persistent + * Fix ICS channel 0 + * Fix some resource leaks + + * fixed packaging issues: + * add DIFFSTAT and SHORTLOG to tar-ball + * added history.c to the tar-ball. Needed for Winboard + + * fixed compiler warnings/errors: + * added missing header file for sprintf + * added missing #includes and missing prototypes to filebrowser + * Fix MSVC compilability + * Fix 64-bit Windows compilability + * Fix MSVC snprintf problem + + * fixed configure problems: + * fixed configure script to correctly detect Xaw3d library + * updated configure.ac to check for Xaw header files + + * misc: + * Fix two typos in option names in texi file + + +** Version 4.5.0 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.5.0/ for more details) + + General + ------- + * User specific settings files + * More logical (and standard) menu structure + * Translation into other languages (WB) + * Walking the PV of an engine + * Exploring variations + * Playing through PGN variations + * Annotating a game with analysis results + * Editing Comments + * Controlling move choice of the GUI book + * Keeping the clock in sync in tournaments + * Starting an engine match from the menu + * Fixed thinking time per move + * Improved multi-PV support + * Where your pieces can move to + * Editing crazyhouse holdings + * Thai Chess (Makruk) and Seirawan Chess + * Non-compliant FEN and SAN input + * Improved Xiangqi adjudications + * Allowing engines to setup a position + + Merging XBoard & WinBoard + ------------------------------ + * Evaluation graph (XB) + * Settings file (XB) + * Filtering the game list (XB) + * Game-List options dialog (XB) + * Recalling the ICS input history (XB) + * Aribtrary board textures (XB) + * Highlight arrow (XB) + + ICS-client Enhancements + ----------------------- + * Maintaining a healty ICS connection + * Claiming a draw after your move + * ICS seek graph + * One-click moving + * Observing your bughouse partner + * Improved Chat-Box interface (WB) + * Uploading games to an ICS + * Side-by-side boards - * ** Version 4.4.4 **