X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ce3aa86ce867e8dbcc0a75c6cd8bfda6b0b11f71;hb=4eec2ced245a4f86a63ca03781250cc6c82cddf2;hp=cd6c6234f35883f1b82f0bd2408101839b985e12;hpb=bf01374578572bde98774c7366d3ab1ce6e0ff70;p=xboard.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index cd6c623..ce3aa86 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,136 @@ +** Version master 20110822 (not an official release) + + * Main new features + * i18n support via gettext in XBoard, more languages in Winboard + * implement new promotion dialog/method (experimental) + * implement move type-in for XBoard + * engines can be loaded/switch while running + * new tag dialog + * copy game list menu item for XBoard + * added tournament manager + * bugfixes + * lots of them + * code changes + * fixed compiler warnings + * removed flex generated parser + +** 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)