From: Uwe Hermann Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 13:33:50 +0000 (+0200) Subject: NEWS: Add list of user-visible changes so far. X-Git-Tag: pulseview-0.4.0~1 X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitaction?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0d2d353682c220daca3ab517ef1d30f9ca26470;p=pulseview.git NEWS: Add list of user-visible changes so far. --- diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5ffbfe81..d5934f45 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,123 @@ +0.4.0 (2017-06-12) +------------------ + + * Updated build requirements: + - A C++ compiler with full C++11 support (g++ >= 4.8.1 or clang++ >= 3.3) + - cmake >= 2.8.12 + - libglib >= 2.28.0 + - glibmm-2.4 >= 2.28.0 + - Boost >= 1.55: + - New requirement: libboost-serialization. + - Dropped requirement: libboost-thread. + - libsigrokcxx >= 0.5.0 (libsigrok C++ bindings) + - libsigrokdecode >= 0.5.0 + - Dropped support for Qt4; PulseView now requires Qt5. + * Add the concepts of sessions and views to PulseView: + - Sessions represent individual files/device instances. + Each session is represented as a tab in PulseView. + - Views are different data representations of one specific session. + For example, different views of a session can have different zoom levels, + can be scrolled to different positions, etc. etc. + Each view is a dock window within the respective session's tab. + - The view docks can be repositioned, resized and extracted out into their + own individual windows. + - Sessions and views are partially saved and restored when PulseView + exits/starts. Not all information is restored yet, though (e.g. decoders). + - Add CTRL-q to close PulseView, CTRL-w to close a session tab (bug #899). + * Add support for saving analog data to .sr files. + * Analog signal traces: + - Add initial implementation of a vertical grid for analog traces. + - Add a dropdown for the vertical resolution setting. + - Show the vertical resolution info on the right-hand side of the trace. + - Make the number of vertical/horizontal divisions configurable. + - Add an option to enable autoranging for analog channels. + * Add a settings icon which allows access to various PulseView config options. + * Settings -> About: + - Show the used libraries, versions, and features (bug #912). + - Fix word-wrapping of the driver/decoder/module names (bug #111). + * The menu bar and "burger menu" have been removed in favor of the + global settings menu (plus various buttons/icons and their hotkeys). + * UI and usability tweaks: + - Try to keep annotation labels within the view if there's enough space. + - Annotation labels can now be pushed aside by the row title. + - Use natural sort order for decode trace's channel selector drop-down. + - Improve icon/theme handling: Don't try to use non-existing theme icons. + - Add a pane splitter for the trace names/arrows, allowing horizontal resize. + - Show a confirmation dialog when closing sessions with unsaved data. + - Add tooltips to various UI elements to increase usability. + - Show a progress dialog while scanning for devices. + * Connect dialog: + - Improve UI to make it easier to use and understand. + - Allow for TCP and VXI connections to supported devices (bug #769). + - Clarify button label to "Scan for devices using driver above". + * Add support for showing the sampling points in traces (bug #485). + * Add support for specifying the (assumed) initial pin states before the + first sample that is being decoded. This can be set to 0/low, 1/high, or + to "use the same value as in the first sample". + * Add support for lists of discrete values for probe factor config. + * Add the -c option to not restore previous sessions on startup (bug #862). + * Performance improvements: + - Improved decoding performance due to larger chunk size. + - Increase session saving chunk size for much better performance. + * Open to-be-imported files in binary mode (bug #733). + * Startup: If last-used device is not available, use other available ones. + * Various internal code fixes and improvements found by clang-tidy. + * Add a check for explicit linking against libatomic (bug #810). + * Import/export/load: Allow file names without dots ("*" vs. "*.*"). + * Improve support for high-DPI displays and scaling (bug #871). + * Improve internal data storage and data handling algorithms. + * Remove FSF postal address from boiler plate license text. + * Fix a clang build issue related to 'override' (bug #737). + * Fix some zoom-dependent annotation block drawing issues (bug #745). + * Fix locking issues when trying to run multiple decoders (bug #181). + * Fix an exception due to incorrect handling of SR_CONF_FILTER. + * Fix an issue with multiple device/session creation upon file imports. + * Fix a drawing issue with "use coloured backgrounds" and markers (bug #771). + * Fix various issues to better handle re-loading of input files. + * Fix a build issue in the PulseView test-suite (bug #808). + * Fix a Qt5 bug related to QMainWindow SVG icons via workaround (bug #814). + * Fix a Boost-related build issue with gcc 6.2.x (bug #863). + * Fix an issue that prevented decoders from being removed (bug #849). + * Fix an issue with incorrect sample rate limits (bug #890). + * Fix decoding issues due to re-feeding old data (bugs #876, #850). + * Fix temporarily non-working 'b' and 's' hotkeys (bugs #907, #908) + * Fix an issue with std::roundf() on Android (bug #945). + * Fix an issue with negative vertical divisions on channel 0 (bug #940). + * Fix an issue when zero vertical divisions were configured (bug #942). + * Fix an issue with the file save progressbar remaining open (bug #895). + * Fix incorrect values when importing raw analog data (bug #958). + * Fix an issue with non-smooth zoom on e.g. some trackpads. + * Fix an issue where the horizontal scrollbar couldn't be moved (bug #957). + * Fix an issue with the pane positioning when loading files (bug #969). + * Fix an issue where the Run button would remain green incorrectly (bug #970). + * Fix a crash when input modules were yielding errors (bug #775). + * Fix a crash with stacked decoders on Mac OS X. + * Fix a crash when no device was found or selected. + * Fix a crash with selected but unusable devices (bug #805). + * Fix a crash when closing PulseView with active triggers (bug #705). + * Fix a crash that occured with certain glibmm versions (bug #777). + * Fix a crash when an unusable device is encountered (bug #829). + * Fix a negative cursor position "Save Selected Range As" crash (bug #792). + * Fix various other unrelated crash conditions. + * Add an AppData/AppStream file for PulseView (bug #859). + - Install the file to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo. + * .desktop file: + - Rename to org.sigrok.PulseView.desktop. + - Add MimeType=application/vnd.sigrok.session field (bug #858). + - Add additional Development category. + - Install the file to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications. + * Rename sigrok-logo-notext.{png,svg,ico} icons to pulseview.{png,svg,ico}. + - Install the icons to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/icons/... + * NSIS: + - Update to Python 3.4.x. We can't use any higher version for the time + being, since 3.4.x is the last version to support Windows XP. + - Place the example .sr files in a separate installer section. + - Limit example .sr files to a small set to shrink the installer size. + - Clarify Start menu links (e.g. "Uninstall") to avoid confusion. + - Allow registering the .sr extension with PulseView (bug #964). + * manpage: Various updates (e.g. hotkeys, command-line options). + * Fix various compiler warnings. + 0.3.0 (2016-01-29) ------------------