Survex 1.4.22 released

[Brian Clipstone]

Olly.

I can not download 1.4.22 as it goes to a window saying, Forbidden 'You 
don't have permission to access this resource.'

Brian.


On 23/06/2026 23:22, Olly Betts via Survex wrote:
> Survex 1.4.22 is now available:
>
> https://survex.com/download.html
>
> Here's the full NEWS file entry for this release:
>
> Changes in 1.4.22 (2026-06-23):
>
> * cavern:
>
>    + Add more explicit support for station notes with new reading types `note`
>      (for a quoted or single-word note) and `noteall` (for a note which lasts
>      for the rest of the line).
>
>    + Allow omitting any/all dimensions in passage data.  Dimensions not in
>      the style are handled like dimensions explicitly marked as omitted.
>      This may be helpful in cases where only some dimensions have been
>      measured, but probably more usefully it allows using `*data passage
>      note` or `*data passage noteall` to record station descriptions in
>      a survey where splays were used instead of recording LRUD.  Suggested by
>      Andrew Atkinson.
>
>    + "ignoreall" as the final reading in style "nosurvey" was getting
>      ignored - e.g. in:
>
>          *data nosurvey station ignoreall
>
>    + Report a clearer error for a reading after `ignoreall`:
>
>          Reading “...” not allowed after reading “ignoreall”
>
>      Previously we either reported:
>
>          Too few readings for data style “...”
>
>      or:
>
>          End of line not blank
>
>    + Report `NEWLINE can't be the last reading` when the readings list ends
>      `ignoreall newline` (we were reporting the less clear `Too few readings for
>      data style "..."`), e.g.:
>
>          *data cylpolar station depth ignoreall newline
>
>    + Fix reported context for `NEWLINE can't be the last reading` error to
>      indicate the whole `NEWLINE` token.
>
> * Manual:
>
>    + Document Walls `#SYMBOL` handling.
>
>    + Fix typos.
>
> * Test suite:
>
>    + Add test coverage for `ignore`/`ignoreall` in `*data passage`.
>
>    + Add test coverage for `*data normal` error cases.
>
>    + Improve test coverage for `*data cylpolar` and `*data nosurvey` error
>      cases.
>
> * (Microsoft Windows version): aven: Fix the extra blank window which opened
>    under aven's window in recent releases.  Reported by Juan Corrin.  Patch
>    from Philip Schuchardt.  Fixes #146.
>
>
> Here are SHA256 checksums should you want to verify the integrity of the
> files:
>
> a26962d888621cfd2043a7cc6a227fc905130dfbd14c450dc1c4c02fbfdd9dbc  survex-1.4.22.tar.gz
> 9e380ee9f039c3a1f6ffc4a607828df1f09e7ab71f54d081b11215619d649791  survex-microsoft-windows-1.4.22.exe
>
> There are also detached GPG signatures in the download directory:
> https://survex.com/software/1.4.22/
>
> 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/1.4.22
>
> Please report any issues you find which are not covered in the release
> notes to the bug tracker: https://trac.survex.com/
>
> Cheers,
>      Olly
>