From 47d455dd55be855e4cc691c32f687f723d9247ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdegraphics@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- kolourpaint/NEWS | 349 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 349 insertions(+) create mode 100644 kolourpaint/NEWS (limited to 'kolourpaint/NEWS') diff --git a/kolourpaint/NEWS b/kolourpaint/NEWS new file mode 100644 index 00000000..43828069 --- /dev/null +++ b/kolourpaint/NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,349 @@ + +KolourPaint 1.4_relight Series (branches/KDE/3.5/) +=============================== + +KolourPaint 1.4.9_relight (Frozen ???) + + * Ensure selection operations always repaint correctly + [the effects of this change are unlikely to be functionality visible] + +KolourPaint 1.4.8_relight (Frozen 2007-10-08) + + * Always enable the paste actions to guarantee that pasting from + non-Qt applications is always allowed (non-Qt applications do not + notify KolourPaint when they place objects into the clipboard) + + * Paste transparent pixels as white instead of uninitialized colors, + when the app does not support pasting transparent pixels (such as + OpenOffice.org) + + * Make "Edit / Paste in New Window" always paste white pixels as white + (it used to paste them as transparent when the selection transparency + mode was set to Transparent) + + * Saving, exporting and printing a document with an active text box, + that has opaque text and a transparent background, antialiases the + text with the document below + + * "Edit / Paste From File..." respects the "Transparent" selection mode + + * Focus an input field when the "Skew", "Rotate" and "Resize / Scale" + dialogs are displayed -- this allows the user to edit values without + an extra mouse click + + * Add error dialogs for: + - if scanning support is unavailable + - running out of graphics memory during a scan + + * Other minor changes -- some of these are: + - Finish the current shape in more cases of menu item accesses + - [internal] kpDocument::selectionCopyOntoDocument() marks the document + as modified + - More comments + +KolourPaint 1.4.7_relight (Frozen 2007-05-14) + + * Save local files atomically - KolourPaint will no longer truncate + an existing file if the KImageIO library for the file format is + missing or if you run out of disk space. + + * Add "File / Scan..." feature (Martin Koller) + + * Add global session save/restore (Bug #94651) + + * Make "File / Open Recent" consistently work when multiple windows are + open + + * CTRL+C'ing a text box also places the text in the middle-mouse-button + clipboard, in lieu of being able to highlight the text to do this + + * Change minimum allowed zoom level for the grid from 600% to 400% + +KolourPaint 1.4.6_relight (Frozen 2007-01-13) + + * Fix crash triggered by rapidly deselecting the selection after + drag-scaling it (Bug #117866) + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + +KolourPaint 1.4.5_relight (Frozen 2006-09-19) + + * Translation updates + +KolourPaint 1.4.4_relight (Frozen 2006-07-12) + + * Minor code cleanups and corrections + +KolourPaint 1.4.3_relight (Frozen 2006-05-02) + + * Probably translation updates + +KolourPaint 1.4.2_relight (Frozen 2006-03-12) + + * Printing improvements (Bug #108976) + - Respect image DPI + - Fit image to page if image is too big + - Centre image on page + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + +KolourPaint 1.4.1_relight (Frozen 2006-01-15) + + * Updated documentation (Thurston) + +KolourPaint 1.4_relight (Frozen 2005-11-08) + + * New icons (Danny Allen, Nuno Pinheiro) + + * Tool Box icon size is 22x22, not 16x16, at screen resolution >= 1024x768 + + * CTRL + Mouse Wheel = Zoom + + * While freehand selection scaling, holding Shift maintains aspect ratio + + * Prevent accidental drags in the Colour Palette from pasting text + containing the colour code + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Cells in the bottom row and cells in the rightmost column of the Colour + Palette are now the same size as the other cells + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Text drops to the empty part of the scrollview will not be placed + outside the document + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Rename icons from "hi" to "cr" - back to the state of 1.0 (Danny Allen) + but leave application icons as "hi" (Jonathan Riddell) + + * Enforce text box font height to prevent e.g. Chinese characters in + buggy fonts from enlarging the text box and putting the cursor out of + sync with the text + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Clicking in a text box selects a character based on its midpoint - + not leftmost point - to be consistent with all text editors + (esp. noticeable with big fonts) + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Return and Numpad 5 Key now draw + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Tool Actions placed outside the Tool Box resize with their toolbars + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Ensure Color Similarity maximum is 30, not 29 due to gcc4 + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Tool Box traps right clicks (for the RMB Menu) on top of tool options + widgets and the empty part of the Tool Box + [also in branches/KDE/3.[34]/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + + * Correct and update image format associations to all formats supported + by KDE 3.5 (kdelibs/kimgio/:r466654) + + * String fixes (Stefan Winter) + [also in branches/KDE/3.4/] + + * Other string fixes (Malcolm Hunter, Clarence Dang, Stephan Binner) + + +KolourPaint 1.4_light Series (branches/KDE/3.4/) +============================ + +KolourPaint 1.4_light (Frozen 2005-02-22) + * Antialias text when the text box has a transparent background (Bug #24) + [later backported to branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Add Unzoomed Thumbnail Mode and Thumbnail Rectangle + * Add RMB context menu for when a selection tool is active (closing KDE + Bug #92882) + * More intuitive "Set as Image" behaviour (esp. with selection borders). + Thanks to Michael Lake for the feedback. + [later backported to branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * InputMethod support + [later backported to branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Save "More Effects" dialog's last effect to config file + * Save "Resize / Scale" dialog's last "Keep aspect ratio" setting to + config file + * Add "Help / Acquiring Screenshots" + * Fix selection regressions introduced in 1.2: + - Make selection dragging with CTRL work again (copies selection onto + document) + - When creating freeform selections, include the starting point; also + avoids a QRegion crash with constructing 1-point regions + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Fix other selection bugs: + - When the user drags very quickly on a resize handle, resize the + selection instead of moving it + - Draw resize handles above the grid lines - not below - so that the + handles are always visible if they are supposed to be there + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Smaller selection and text box resize handles (visually not + actually) - covers up fewer selected pixels, doesn't cover up text + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Restore mouse cursor after deselecting selection/text tools + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Empty text clipboard fixes: + - Don't get stuck on a wait cursor after attempting to paste empty + text into a text box + - Prevent pasting text from creating a new text box if text is empty + - Prevent copying of empty text box + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Speed up renderer (most noticeable with diagonal drag-scrolling at + high zoom) + - Don't paint anything outside of the view's visible region + (previously, clipped only on view _widget_ region) + - Region-aware: paint component rectangles of the update region, + rather than the bounding rectangle + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * When changing between colour depth and quality widgets in the save + filedialog, make sure "Convert to:" and "Quality:" are correctly + rendered (hacking around a Qt redraw glitch) + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Fix crash after using the Colour Picker if it was the first used tool + [kolourpaint-1.2.2_kde3-color_picker_crash.diff] + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Fix crash due to text box when scaling image behind it + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Even when the thumbnail has focus (and not the main window), blink the + text cursor in all views + [kolourpaint-1.2.2_kde3-thumbnail_blink_text_cursor.diff] + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Correct "Soften" and "Sharpen" commands' command history names + * Correct invert commands' command history names + * Fix remaining untranslatable strings (closing KDE Bug #85785) + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Update image format associations to all formats supported by KDE 3.4 + * Remove unused images in doc directory + [also in branches/KDE/3.3/, branches/kolourpaint/1.2_kde3/] + * Correct kolourpaint.desktop "Terminal=" and "Categories=" syntax + (Benjamin Meyer) + + +KolourPaint 1.2 Series (branches/KDE/3.3/) +====================== + +Version 1.2 "ByFiat Everytime" (2004-08-18) + * Add up to 500 levels of Undo/Redo (minimum of 10 levels, maximum of + 500 as long as the total history size < 16MB) + * Add freehand resizing of image + * Add freehand smooth scaling of selections + * [also in 1.0 branch] New icons (Kristof Borrey) + * [also in 1.0 branch] Prefer Crystal SVG text icons over KolourPaint's + * [also in 1.0 branch] Add documentation in the KDE Help Centre + * Add drag scrolling + * Add "More Effects" dialog: + - Balance (Brightness, Contrast, Gamma) + - Emboss + - Flatten + - Invert (with choice of channels) + - Reduce Colours + - Soften & Sharpen + * File saving improvements: + - Support colour depths (optional dithering) and "colour monochrome" + - Support JPEG quality + - Realtime file dialog preview with estimated file size + - Retain PNG metadata + - Prompt when attempting lossy save + - Correctly save transparent selections (not as opaque) + * Dither more often when loading (and pasting) images for better quality + * Single key shortcuts for all tools and tool options (automatically + turned off when editing text but can then use Alt+Shift+) + * Arrow keys now move one document pixel - not view pixel - at a time + (more usable when zoomed in) + * Fix selection bugs: + - Fix duplicate "Selection: Create" undo entries (Bug #5a) + - Allow redoing of selection operation if border deselected (Bug #5b) + - Don't print to STDERR when undoing a selection border create + operation and border has already been deselected + - [also in 1.0 branch] When pulling a selection from the document, + only set the bits of the document to the background colour where the + transparent selection is opaque in the same place (this is only + noticeable with colour similarity turned on). Now moving a + selection away and then back to its original place is always a NOP + as it should be. + * Selections can be deselected using Esc or clicking on icon in Tool Box + * Accidental drag detection when deselecting selections or text boxes + * Prevent selection from being moved completely offscreen (at least 1 + pixel of the selection will stay within the view) + * Speed up copying selection when transparency is on + * Improve Text Tool usability: + - Allow single click creation of text box with a sane default size + - Allow freehand resizing of text boxes + - Add Opaque/Transparent selector for greater usability and + consistency with selections + - Minimum size is now 7x7 document pixels (1x1 - not 4x4 - border) + - Text cursor doesn't overlap border anymore + - When dropping text, paste at drop point + - When MMB pasting creates a new text box, do so at mouse position + * When MMB pasting text in an existing box, correctly paste multiline + clipboard contents + * Improve text quality: + - With a transparent background, don't antialias foreground opaque + text with arbitrarily chosen black + - Make sure transparent text shows up on opaque (usually, grey was + problematic) background + * Improve Resize/Scale dialog usability: + - Add Smooth Scale (useful for creating screenshot thumbnails) + - Allow manipulating image when selection is active + - Operation choices stand out as massive, easily clickable buttons + - Default focus on operation choices + * Warn if Resize/Scale, Rotate or Skew will take lots of memory + * Limit startup image size to 2048x2048 + * Eliminate flicker when scrolling + * Thumbnail fixes: + - Reduce flicker when appearing (Bug #2) + - More reasonable minimum size (actually enforce it) + - [also in 1.0 branch] Use deleteLater() + - [also in 1.0 branch] Save geometry even if it's closed very quickly + after a geometry change + * Restore last used tool and tool options on startup + * Add Export, Copy To File, Paste From File, Paste in New Window, + Full Screen Mode + * Add Zoom In/Out buttons to main toolbar + * Rename Crop options in an attempt to reduce confusion: + - "Autocrop" --> "Remove Internal Border" when selection active + - "Crop Outside Selection" --> "Set as Image (Crop)" + * "Set as Image" changes: + - Enable for text boxes + - Underneath transparent bits of selection, fill image with + transparent rather than with background colour + * Permit "reloading" of an empty document + * Fixes when the current URL doesn't exist: + - Don't reload if underlying file disappeared + - Don't add non-existent file to Recent Files history + - Ask to save before mailing or setting as wallpaper + * Only enable Show Path when there is a URL + * Pop up dialog (instead of printing to STDERR) and disable Edit/Paste + on CTRL+V if the clipboard contents disappeared due to the source + application quitting (and Klipper didn't retain clipboard contents) + * Image/Clear now always sets _everything_ within the selection boundary + to the background colour - including transparent pixels + * Add Preview button to Colour Similarity Dialog to work around Bug #4 + regarding spinboxes and enter key + * Colour Picker disallows trying to pick colour outside of image + * Make sure colour palette contains valid and visible colours at 8-bit + * [also in 1.0 branch] Fix (big) memory leak on kpSelection destruction + (Albert Astals Cid) + * Don't leak image dialogs' memory + * [also in 1.0 branch] Don't let C++ destruct the mask bitmap before its + painter when dbl-clicking the color eraser does NOP (avoids + QPaintDevice and X error) + * [also in 1.0 branch] Check for QImageDrag::canDecode() before calling + QImageDrag::decode() (prevents X and valgrind errors) + * [also in 1.0 branch] Fix compilation problem with QT_NO_ASCII_CAST + (Waldo Bastian) + * [also in 1.0 branch] Decrease application preference to below that of + a viewer (Stephan Kulow) + * Remember dialog dimensions + * Remove double dialog margins + * Fix missing i18n()'s + * Fix some untranslatable strings + * [also in 1.0 branch] Corrected several strings + * Remove unused icons + + +KolourPaint 1.0 Series (branches/kolourpaint/1.0/) +====================== + +Version 1.0 "Seagull" (2004-02-29) + * First stable release + -- cgit v1.2.1