From: Arun Persaud Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 04:12:02 +0000 (-0800) Subject: Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into v4.7.x X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=commitdiff_plain;h=15a3ab112c17105b792f756125f91ec18fe38d36;p=xboard.git Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into v4.7.x Conflicts: NEWS --- 15a3ab112c17105b792f756125f91ec18fe38d36 diff --cc NEWS index 819b30a,de8b2f9..28b7f86 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@@ -1,37 -1,85 +1,119 @@@ + ** Version 4.7.0 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.0/ ) + + * Code refactoring of XBoard + * The old X11 front-end has been largely rewritten, + so that all windows are now created by a single + generic routine + * XBoard now uses the Cairo library for all drawing + * Pixmaps and bitmaps no longer supported; + XBoard now uses PNG and SVG images instead. + * An alternative (as yet experimental) front-end + using GTK has been added + + * Interactive Analysis + * Excluding moves from analysis by playing them + * Excluded-moves header in Engine Output window + * Analyzing with two engines simultaneously + * Annotating an entire muti-game file + * Analysing positions by Monte-Carlo play + + * Other New Functionality + * Displaying player logos (XB) + * Player logo on ICS can be based on player handle + * Chat boxes for XBoard + * Narrowing down of position searches + * Copying pieces when editing a position + * Starting WinBoard through drag & drop + * Recalling fully configured engines and ICS + * Creating an opening book from a game file + * Pausing a game + * Automatically observing partner games with dual-board - ++ + * Interface Improvements + * Recognizes file type of lone argument by extension + * Default startup settings configurable per mode + * Separate menu items for loading 1st and 2nd engine + * Engines can be selected from listboxes + * Grouping of engines in the installed-engines list + * Stay in Analyze or Game Start mode after engine loading + * 'Continue Later' button in WB tournament dialog + * A new --help option (XB) + * A second board window for observing ICS games (XB) + * Smoother graphics and a resizable board (XB) + * A rejuvenated file browser (XB Xaw) + * Scrolling listboxes with mouse wheel (XB Xaw) + * Tabbing through dialog etry fields (XB Xaw) + * Adapt width of auxilliary windows on board resize (WB) + * External piece bitmaps (WB) + * Border around the board (WB) + * Saving settings as themes (WB) + + * Bug fixes + * Grayout of Analysis menu item in zippy mode + * Crash on flagging in -st mode + * Keep track of virginity in variant seirawan FENs + * Immunity to capitalized promo pieces + * Avoid board sizes with unavailabile variant pieces + * Work-around for FICS violation of SAN + * Check validity of tourney participants + * Loop-Chess promotions with legality testing on + * Fix -fSAN option in Analyze File mode + * Scrolling of Engine Output after PV walk (XB) + * Start browsing in currently-selected folder (WB) + * Allow entry of fractional timeIncrement (WB) + * Resolve conflict between -mps and -inc options + * Size of mini-Shogi promotion zone + * Adjudication of stalemate and perpetuals in Shogi + * Rep-draw detection in drop games + * Insufficient-material draws in Knightmate + * Replacing of engine in non-last game position + * Sweep selection of promo-piece in click-click move + * Don't save aborted games in tourney PGN + * Remember ponder, book and other settings in tourney file + * Do not erase PGN tags on engine loading + * Solved feature problems with engine loading in match mode + * Re-send option settings to -xreuse engine + * Allow use of 'shadow' promotion pieces in any variant + * WinBoard did not always start in its installation folder + * Initialization of 'Twice' checkbox in Tournament dialog (WB) + * Clearing of marker dots after mode or settings change + +** Version 4.6.2 ** + (for a more detailed list with screenshots see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.2/ ) + bugfix relase for 4.6.1 + * Suppress clear-board message after pasting FEN + * Fix faking of castling rights after editing position with holdings + * Fix second-engine variant test + +** Version 4.6.1 ** + (for a more detailed list with screenshots see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.1/ ) + + bugfix release for 4.6.0 + + * Fix memory corruption bug on second-engine loading (through menu or in tournament), + which could destroy -firstInitString + * Fix bug loading a new engine through the menu (not loading it with the full game, + but just upto the current move) + * Prefix engine command with "./" when a pathname is split up during install, so the engine actually runs (XB) + * Fix fall-back to -ncp mode when engine does not start (cutting short the feature timeout) + * Fix bug in position search for FRC castlings (where a King could 'fall off' the board) + * Add a message to inform the user how to clear the board, in sweep-select edit-position mode + * Fix a bug that could stop the clock when the board window was dragged (XB) + * Fix switching off highlighting during game (so last highlights do not remain for the rest of the game) + * Allow user to enter the name of a non-existing file when browsing for a save file (WB) + * Make sure rarely used engine-related options (such as -firstNPS) are also correctly loaded during session + * Correctly handle parsing of Crazyhouse promotions with legality-testing off + * Fix click-click detour under-promotions, which were not working for non-captures + * Don't strip path from engine command if directory is explicitly given in Load Engine dialog + * Consistently make auxiliary windows top level-shells or not, with new -topLevel option (XB) + * No longer fatal if second engine does not support current variant (just refuse Two Machines mode) + * Scroll XBoard game list to keep selected item in view (XB) + * Suppress spurious error popup when starting observing of bughouse games + * Fix vertical axis ticks in eval graph with drop games + * Put title on same line as menu bar only for -size 72 and larger (with -titleInWindow, XB) + * Properly open and close debug file when switching debug mode through key binding Ctrl-D (XB) ** Version 4.6.0 **