From f0f8c2c30e7f5696c8f1d4a8a97f22da5987de92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arun Persaud Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:57:28 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] update NEWS file --- NEWS | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1e7a73a..04893c9 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,85 @@ +** Version 4.8.0 ** + + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.8.0/ ) + + * New features in this release + * Resuming saved unfinished games + * Setting up positions more easily + * Bitbase adjudication + * Showing tablebase hits + * A new ICS window + * Recalling board themes (XBoard) + * Playing moves by clicking them + * Fonts in the XBoard GTK build + * Using the mousewheel (XBoard) + * Displaying a blunder graph + * Slicing up a PGN database + * Auto-install of engines + + * New variant support + * ASEAN Chess + * Chu Shogi + * Mighty Lion + * Highlighting squares on engine command + * Let the engine finish a user move + * Non-standard variant names + * Fischer castling in any variant + * Knowing the moves of unknown pieces + + * Fixed bugs + * Fix crash on using some Browse buttons in dialogs of the GTK + build. + * Fix buffer overflow in PGN parser, when all lines end in + comments. + * Fix crash on specifying non-existent board texture. + * Prevent crash on double-click in XB Game List Tags dialog. + * Fix the auto-display comment control in the General Options + dialog of WinBoard, which was ignored. + * Fix adjusting clocks by clicking them in Xaw build. + * Fix zooming of Evaluation Graph XB with mousewheel, which was + not working at all. + * Fix sticky-windows feature WB for Windows 8, where it did not + work at all. + * WinBoard's seek graph is now sized to also cover any board rim. + * Key bindings XB for non menu items are no longer ignored. + * Set castling rights correctly after loading of game file from + command line. + * Allow castling and e.p. moves to be edited into opening book + (and prevent their disappearance from it). + * The sorting of engine output was made more robust against + engines that send thinking output on fail lows. + * Fix node-count display, which was clipped to 32 bits. + * Suppress board-size oscillations in GTK build. + * Fixed detection of screen size in GTK. (This is a mixed + blessing, as now it picks the largest possible window size, and + in GTK interactive down-sizing is not possible.) + * Fix mode highlighting after refusal of Two Machines mode because + 2nd engine did not support variant. + * Blow up textures that are too small. + * Ignore invalid color specs in stead of treating them as black + (important because Cairo does not understand old xpm color + names). + * Prevent XB and WB from becoming unresponsive during lengthy + tasks such as book building. + * Fix slowdown of WB during loading of huge PGN files due to + Game-List window update. + * Limit width of menu bar for small board sizes in GTK build. + * Improve the code to kill rogue engines in XB. + * Drawing of pieces outside the board (in maximaized windows), + which left lots of debris, is now suppressed. + * Make WB window sizing handle multiple screens. + * 50-move counter is no longer reset on Chess960 castlings. + * Fix legality testing of A-side castling in FRC (which was + allowed with Rook on a- and blocker on b-file). + * Fixed piece ID of Falcon in Falcon Chess, which was written as + '.' and could not be selected on promotion. + * Fix cross-edge e.p. captures in Cylinder Chess (which was not + recognized as e.p.). + * Fix animation of Seirawan Chess castling + gating at Rook + square, which made Rook disappear. + * Fix adjudication of stalemates in variant Giveaway. + + ** Version 4.7.3 ** (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/ ) -- 1.7.0.4