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* Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most
  of the nagging warning/error message boxes. (EXPERIMENTAL)
1 Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
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4 ChangeLog
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7 GIT HEAD
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9 * Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most
10 of the nagging warning/error message boxes. (EXPERIMENTAL)
11
12 * Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary.
13
14 * When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to
15 stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".
16
17 * Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its
18 main toolbar orientation.
19
20 * Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved
21 as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available. (EXPERIMENTAL)
22
23 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new includedir.
24
25 * A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on
26 debian, thanks).
27
28 * Translations install directory change. (EXPERIMENTAL)
29
30 * Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration.
31 (EXPERIMENTAL)
32
33 * Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when
34 the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among
35 instruments of the same file.
36
37 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new libdir
38 (impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0).
39
40
41 0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee.
42
43 * Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS.
44
45 * More preparations for Qt5 configure build.
46
47 * Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for
48 session files (*.lscp) is now being added.
49
50 * Preparations for Qt5 migration.
51
52 * Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures.
53
54 * Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses.
55
56 * Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the
57 configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir.
58
59 * Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle.
60
61 * Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix.
62
63 * Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads.
64
65 * Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows.
66
67 * Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure
68 and make.
69
70 * libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase,
71 as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13,
72 Debian 6.
73
74 * Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling
75 into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy.
76
77 * Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for
78 other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has
79 been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines
80 instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2).
81
82 * General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place.
83
84 * Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has
85 been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to
86 wrong main widget hidden state.
87
88 * General source tree layout and build configuration change.
89
90 * Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back-
91 traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure
92 option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build
93 targets (--enable-debug).
94
95 * Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6.
96
97 * Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher:
98 now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit
99 (65536), possibly fixing bug #136.
100
101 * LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap
102 just makes it a shortcut to File/Save.
103
104 * MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists;
105 a menu separator has been added.
106
107 * Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices
108 and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed.
109
110 * MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status
111 widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a
112 lame green solid background :).
113
114 * Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to
115 disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied.
116
117 * Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
118
119
120 0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle.
121
122 * Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as
123 brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom
124 ever may follow ;)
125
126 * Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons.
127
128 * Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting
129 (accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning
130 settings will be saved in case the user modified them and
131 automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to
132 a sampler the next time.
133
134 * Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes.
135
136 * Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions.
137
138 * Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding
139 font size configuration, a new global user option is now available
140 to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size
141 (default none).
142
143 * Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of
144 the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode.
145 (transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
146
147 * Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and
148 running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup
149 iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its
150 main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
151
152 * Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance,
153 with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging.
154
155 * Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were
156 screwed.
157
158 * Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed
159 e.g. by other frontends.
160
161 * Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed,
162 e.g. on changes caused by other frontends
163 (fixes segfault on device changes)
164
165 * Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the
166 "View" main menu.
167
168 * Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips.
169
170 * Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips.
171
172 * Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel
173 strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds.
174
175 * Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user
176 decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not.
177
178
179 0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete.
180
181 * Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument
182 names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then
183 the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by
184 default.
185
186 * The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
187 evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).
188
189 * Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
190 the main menu and toobar are not visible.
191
192 * Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
193 creating a new sampler channel.
194
195 * README requirements and configuration notes update.
196
197 * Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
198 form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
199 users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
200 first time).
201
202 * Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
203 which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).
204
205 * Added Windows file path support.
206
207 * Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
208 under win32.
209
210 * Qt4 port of the application.
211
212
213 0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.
214
215 * Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
216 mapping instrument files with special characters in their
217 filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
218 and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).
219
220 * Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
221 does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
222 instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
223 tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.
224
225 * Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
226 application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
227 spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.
228
229 * Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.
230
231
232 0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.
233
234 * Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
235 cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
236 highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.
237
238 * Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.
239
240 * Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
241 the session state, only at code-level.
242
243 * Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
244 existing instrument file name.
245
246 * Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
247 hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
248 keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
249 improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
250 instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
251 corrected some tooltip text strings.
252
253 * Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
254 which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
255 window managers.
256
257 * Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
258 with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
259 MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
260 the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.
261
262 * GPL address update.
263
264
265 0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?
266
267 * Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
268 on qsampler.spec (RPM).
269
270 * Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).
271
272 * Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
273 installation paths have been added to configure command
274 arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).
275
276 * Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
277 option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
278 number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
279 increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
280 (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.
281
282 * The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
283 and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
284 are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
285 before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.
286
287 * Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.
288
289 * Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
290 the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL).
291
292 * All widget captions changed to include proper application
293 title name prefix.
294
295 * Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
296 sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
297 generated at configure time.
298
299 * Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
300 registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
301 to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
302 argument have some effect on X11.
303
304 * Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.
305
306 * Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
307 compiled with -no-stl.
308
309
310 0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.
311
312 * Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
313 turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
314 one, while on qjackctl).
315
316 * Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
317 minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.
318
319
320 0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.
321
322 * New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
323 to Christian Schoenebeck design.
324
325 * Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
326 in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
327 info updates.
328
329 * Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
330 buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
331 device dialog.
332
333 * Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).
334
335 * Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
336 Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
337 with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
338 Mayat, for pointing these out).
339
340
341 0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough.
342
343 * Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL).
344
345 * [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
346 consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
347 sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.
348
349 * [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
350 instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.
351
352 * Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
353 an instrument.
354
355 * Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).
356
357
358 0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release.
359
360 * Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
361 which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
362 configurations to the default audio driver type (which
363 is ALSA) unexpectedly.
364
365 * Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
366 session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
367 loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).
368
369 * Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
370 session file save, as its use is still troublesome.
371
372 * Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.
373
374 * Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
375 only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
376 change information are now also posted to messages window.
377
378 * Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
379 instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
380 drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
381 files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.
382
383 * Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
384 featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
385 sampler instrument file.
386
387 * Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
388 from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
389 avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
390 channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.
391
392 * Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
393 available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
394 a JACK client is zombified abruptly.
395
396 * Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
397 count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
398 maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
399 otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.
400
401
402 0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release.
403
404 * Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
405 actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
406 the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.
407
408 * Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
409 the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
410 following common user-interface guidelines.
411
412 * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
413 control structures.
414
415 * Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.
416
417 * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
418 the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
419 channel (omni mode).
420
421 * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
422 color to black (was green), being now an user option.
423
424 * Minor configure fixes.
425
426
427 0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release.
428
429 * Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.
430
431 * Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
432 and on session file save.
433
434 * Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
435 on create time.
436
437 * Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.
438
439
440 0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release.
441
442 * The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
443 over the empty workspace area.
444
445 * Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
446 so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
447 avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
448 correct salvage of settings and configuration.
449
450 * Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
451 provided to override the default (which is 100%).
452
453 * Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
454 increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.
455
456 * A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
457 each sampler channel strip.
458
459 * Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
460 qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.
461
462 * Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
463 a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.
464
465 * An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
466 new sampler channel strip.
467
468 * The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
469 suggested in the following lines:
470
471 SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
472 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
473 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
474 LOAD ENGINE ...
475 LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
476 SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...
477
478
479 0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release.
480

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