1 Version 0.4.7 (July 4, 2012):
2 - insert image tool (based on patches by Victor Saase and Simon Guest)
3 - renamed "Journal" menu to "Page"
4 - paste images and text directly from and to other applications
5 - lasso tool (based on patch by Ian Woo Kim)
7 Version 0.4.6 (May 22, 2012):
8 - win32 portability code (contributed by Dirk Gerrits)
9 - fix bug in PDF export code on 64-bit systems (patch by Robert Buchholz)
10 - fix hand tool bug when exiting canvas (#2905711)
11 - Italian translation (Marco Poletti), German translation (Stefan Lembach)
12 - Spanish translation (Alvaro), Brazil Portuguese translation (Marco Souza)
13 - fix save bug with text boxes containing > 4095 characters
14 - Czech translation (David Kolibac), Dutch translation (Timo Kluck)
15 - fix crash upon unplugging input devices
16 - change close dialog box default to "save" (patch by Kit Barnes)
17 - option to force PDF background rendering via cairo (slower but nicer)
18 - wrapper for missing GdkPixbuf rendering function in newest poppler
19 - disable GTK+ XInput bugfix by default (#3429416)
20 - fix linker flags (#3208984); evdev coordinate fix (#3244118) (Timo Kluck)
21 - specify license version: GPL v2 or later
22 - fix 1.#J coordinates from win32 xoj files
24 Version 0.4.5 (Oct 2, 2009):
25 - bugfixes for GTK+ 2.16/2.17 issues with xinput events
26 - various minor UI bugfixes
27 - gettext internationalization (contributed by David Planella)
28 - Catalan translation (by David Planella), French translation
29 - use poppler instead of pdftoppm to render PDF backgrounds
30 (after patches by Mike Ter Louw and Bob McElrath)
31 - various improvements to UI and to key bindings (including
32 patches by Bob McElrath and Lu Zhihe)
33 - use gtk-print instead of libgnomeprint for printing
34 - custom color chooser (patch contributed by Alex Ray)
35 - option to have tablet buttons toggle the mapping rather than draw
36 - paper color chooser (after a patch by Ole Joergen Broenner)
37 - remove binary installer (due to binary incompatibilities)
38 - UPDATED DEPENDENCIES: need gtk+ 2.10, poppler-glib 0.5.4
40 Version 0.4.2.1 (Mar 27, 2008):
41 - bugfix for #1926757 (crash upon pasting variable-width stroke)
42 - bugfix: set ruler/recognizer setting to default upon switching tools
44 Version 0.4.2 (Mar 25, 2008):
45 - bugfixes for X.org 7.3; allow XInput and core events in reverse order
46 - resize selection (patch contributed by Andy Neitzke)
47 - pressure sensitive pen (variable stroke width) (patch by Andy Neitzke)
48 - geometric shape recognizer (after an idea by Lukasz Kaiser) (see manual)
49 - clean up compiler warnings (patch contributed by Danny Kukawka)
51 Version 0.4.1 (Sep 15, 2007):
52 - bugfix: compatibility with new versions of pdftoppm (thanks to V. Ciancia)
53 - GTK+ 2.11 event processing bugfix
54 - minor bugfixes: hand tool, handling of filenames containing '&'
55 - desktop and MIME files (thanks to Mathieu Bouchard) + updated installer
56 - config options: left-handed scrollbar (contributed by Uwe Winter),
57 hide some menu items (customizable in config file), auto-save preferences
59 Version 0.4.0.1 (Sep 3, 2007):
60 - bugfixes for GTK+ 2.11 behavior (thanks to everyone who reported bugs)
62 Version 0.4 (Aug 15, 2007):
63 - text tool (handles most TrueType and Type1 fonts)
64 - font selection dialog and button
65 - keyboard mappings (arrow keys)
66 - menu mnemonics and shortcuts (suggestions by Jean-Baptiste Rouquier)
67 - more responsive hand tool
68 - bugfix for GTK+ 2.11 XInput behavior (thanks to Robert Gerlach)
69 - various minor bugfixes and enhancements
71 Version 0.3.3 (Jan 31, 2007):
72 - bugfix: upon loading a new file, zoom is set to default startup zoom
73 - config option to allow input from a mouse or other core pointer device
74 - config file entry to specify a default location for open/save
75 (patch contributed by Andy Neitzke)
76 - config file entries to customize visibility and position of toolbars
77 - icon (thanks to Michele Codutti)
79 Version 0.3.2 (Nov 25, 2006):
80 - preferences file and Save Preferences command
81 - extra customization (via preferences file)
82 - minor UI changes (patch contributed by Eduardo de Barros Lima)
83 - hand tool (partially contributed by Vincenzo Ciancia)
84 - a few bugfixes in rendering of bitmap backgrounds
86 Version 0.3.1 (Aug 3, 2006):
87 - fixed a file format bug on systems with non-standard numeric locale
88 (bug reported by Gert Renckens)
90 Version 0.3 (Jul 23, 2006):
91 - new PDF rendering engine: export to PDF generates optimized files
92 (smaller and more accurate)
93 - export to PDF handles PDF backgrounds (up to PDF-1.4) natively
94 (without conversion to bitmap)
95 - default thickness of erasers and highlighters slightly increased
96 - zoom dialog box with input box and "fit to page height" option
97 - file format documentation added to the user's manual
99 Version 0.2.2 (Jun 5, 2006):
100 - mapping of tools to stylus buttons (the options menu has new entries
101 to allow the mapping of buttons 2 and 3 to arbitrary tools; the tools
102 menu and toolbar affect the settings for button 1) (see manual)
103 - moving selection by drag-and-drop works across page boundaries
104 - vertical space tool can move items to next page (only when the entire
105 block being moved has crossed the page boundary; items on the new page
107 - "apply to all pages" is now a toggle button affecting the behavior of
108 paper size, color, and style commands
109 - change in the behavior of the selection upon switching between tools
111 Version 0.2.1 (Jun 3, 2006):
112 - recently used files listed in file menu
113 - can change color or thickness of pen strokes in selection
114 - function to apply paper style to all pages
115 - can specify on command line a PDF file to annotate
116 - suggest a derived file name for PDF annotation
117 - speed up switching between pages
118 - fixed a bug in XInput initialization (thanks to Luca de Cicco)
119 - fixed a bug in print ranges (thanks to Mathieu Bouchard)
120 - fixed a refresh bug in rescaling bitmap backgrounds
122 Version 0.2 (Jan 29, 2006):
123 - PDF file annotation using xpdf's pdftoppm
124 (PDF backgrounds updated asynchronously at all resolutions)
125 - PS/PDF backgrounds (as bitmaps at fixed resolution) using ghostscript
126 - option to antialias and filter bitmap backgrounds when zooming
127 - option to emulate eraser tip with right mouse button
128 - binary installer allows non-root installation without compiling
129 - full-screen mode (patch contributed by Luca De Cicco)
131 Version 0.1.1 (Jan 5, 2006):
133 - backward compatibility with GTK+ 2.4
135 Version 0.1 (Jan 2, 2006): initial release