Survex 1.1.8 development snapshot uploaded

Carlos "Guâno" Grohmann carlos.grohmann at gmail.com
Fri Jun 30 11:27:24 BST 2006


I couldn't install it on Ubuntu Dapper 6.06.
Gives me an "Error: dependency is not satisfiable: libc6"

Carlos

On 6/29/06, Olly Betts <olly at survex.com> wrote:
> I've just uploaded 1.1.8:
>
> http://www.survex.com/software/1.1.8/
>
> Please note that this is a test build of the development version.
> Things should mostly work, but you're a lot more likely to encounter
> problems than with the stable 1.0.X versions.  I'd certainly not
> recommend installing this as your only survex version and going on
> expedition...
>
> But please do download it, try it out, and report any problems.  I
> think this is getting pretty close to what I'd like to release as
> Survex 1.2, so please report any problems (even if you've reported
> them before!)
>
> Changes in 1.1.8:
>
> * Drop support for building with wxWidgets versions prior to 2.4.0
>   (which was released on 2003-01-07).
>
> * aven: Printing through aven now uses settings from the "[aven]" section
>   of print.ini, and support for hierarchical sections (using "like=")
>   has been disabled.
>
> * aven: Change mouse actions to be compatible with those in Survex 1.0.
>   The mousewheel now zooms in/out (it doesn't do anything in 1.0) and
>   left drag is now smart about not rotating and zooming at the same
>   time.
>
> * aven: Highlighting stations now happens as you type, and pressing
>   "Enter" or clicking the "Find" button now pans and zooms to show the
>   highlighted stations.
>
> * aven: Left-clicking away from a station now cancels measuring line.
>
> * aven: Setting view to North, South, East, or West is now animated like
>   the tilt from plan to elevation.
>
> * aven: Fix presentation saving to also write "." for decimal points and
>   presentation loading to accept either "." or ",".
>
> * (Unix version): aven: Add text for all toolbar items so that aven
>   will work with the Gnome desktop preference for displaying toolbars as
>   icons with text or just text (wxWidgets needs fixing first though).
>
> * (Unix version): aven: Remove the ability to detach the menu bar (yell
>   if you actually used it and I'll restore it!)
>
> * aven: Add "all survey files" option to the "open file" dialog.
>
> * (MS Windows version): aven: Fix cursor keys to pan survey.
>
> * (MS Windows version): Built with wxWidgets 2.6.3 instead of 2.6.2.
>
> * (MS Windows version): Fix installer to work on Windows 2000 or XP if
>   run by an unprivileged user.
>
> * (MS Windows version): Upgrade to the latest version of InnoSetup (the
>   installer builder we use) and include new installer translations for
>   UK English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, and Slovak.
>
> * (MS Windows version): aven: Include Catalan and Brazilian Portuguese
>   translations of messages for wxWidgets (the GUI library we use).
>
> * aven: Disable "Highlight exported points" if there aren't any.
>
> * Updates to French translation from Michel Bovey.  Also updates to German,
>   Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Romanian translations.
>
> * (Unix version): test suite: fix smoke test to pass even without X running
>   (it was meant to but the code had a bug).
>
> * aven: Check if OpenGL is available and exit cleanly with a helpful error
>   if it isn't.
>
> * (Unix version): aven: Fix --help and --version to work without a working
>   X display (provided it's built with wxWidgets 2.5.1 or newer).
>
> * aven: Automatically select the presentation tab of the notebook when the user
>   selects "New Presentation" or "Open Presentation".
>
> * aven: Fix "Delete" in the presentation list to not get passed on (and so not
>   reset to default view as well).
>
> * aven: Fix Ctrl+Insert in the presentation list not to segfault if the list is
>   empty.
>
> * aven: Fix Cursor Up and Down in the presentation list to move the highlight
>   up and down instead of being passed on and moving the survey.
>
> * aven: Improve SVG output compatibility.  Tested with Mozilla Firefox 1.5,
>   Adobe's SVG browser plugin, Gimp 2.2.8, Gqview 2.0.0, Opera 8.5,
>   Safari 2.0.3, and InkScape 0.42.
>
> * aven: Put a 5mm border around exported SVG files to allow for station markers
>   and non-zero width lines.
>
> * aven: Fix crash when exporting as SVG or Sketch if labels or surface data
>   was turned on.
>
> * aven: Actually close the file we're exporting which fixes problems with it
>   not always being fully written.
>
> Cheers,
>     Olly
>
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>


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