Survex 1.4.19 released

[Philip Schuchardt]

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On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM Olly Betts via Survex <survex at survex.com>
wrote:

> Survex 1.4.19 is now available:
>
> https://survex.com/download.html
>
> Here's the full NEWS file entry for this release:
>
> Changes in 1.4.19 (2025-12-17):
>
> * aven/survexport: Rework PLT export to use 2 character escapes for spaces
>   and other characters which aren't valid in Compass station names.  We
> were
>   using 3 character escapes, but that's unhelpful since Compass has a 12
>   character station name limit.
>
> * cavern: The syntax of *instrument commands is now checked and a warning
>   issued for problems.  The information in the command is still not yet
> used.
>
> * cavern: Improve description of --quiet option.  Reported by Wookey.
>
> * (Microsoft Windows version): The installer now always updates DLLs it
>   installs rather than skipping DLLs which declare the same version number.
>   This avoids problems when DLLs change in an upwardly but not downwardly
>   compatible way but keep the same version number.  It also means
> downgrading
>   now gives an install more like installing the older version from scratch
>   would.  Our DLLs are all private and installed into our own install
> directory
>   so there are no concerns with breaking other installed software.  Fixes
> #145.
>   Reported by Footleg and Juan Corrin.
>
> * Fill in some missing Czech translations.
>
> * Update unofficial Inno Setup translations for the installer.
>
> * We now require at least FFmpeg >= 3.2 to build Survex.  This version was
>   released in 2016 so should be easily available everywhere now.
>
> * (Microsoft Windows version): Drop workaround for wx-config --rescomp not
>   working as this has now been fixed in the mingw package of wxWidgets.
>
> * Test suite:
>
>   + Add test coverage for `*data normal` without `clino`.
>
> Here are SHA256 checksums should you want to verify the integrity of the
> files:
>
> 5fc1590994c9ec39197989ebcda2c2ba4461b3f9131f0adef45d534d194adaba
> survex-1.4.19.tar.gz
> 16734ab46ca0d9f1ca7a3390d588fa2aa70a63cfdcb0bb0d4858cb95340b4fec
> survex-microsoft-windows-1.4.19.exe
>
> There are also detached GPG signatures in the download directory:
> https://survex.com/software/1.4.19/
>
> There are "release notes" on the wiki, which I'll try to keep updated
> with any issues found, so take a look there for the latest information:
>
> https://trac.survex.com/wiki/ReleaseNotes/1.4.19
>
> Please report any issues you find which are not covered in the release
> notes to the bug tracker: https://trac.survex.com/
>
> Cheers,
>     Olly
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>
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