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- AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with
  latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation.
1 capela 491 Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
2 capela 109 ------------------------------------------
3    
4     ChangeLog
5    
6 capela 2718
7 capela 3429 GIT HEAD
8    
9     - AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with
10     latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation.
11    
12    
13 capela 3428 0.5.2 2018-07-22 A Summer'18 Release.
14    
15     - AppData/AppStream metadata is now settled under an all
16     permisssive license (FSFAP).
17    
18    
19 capela 3426 0.5.1 2018-05-21 Pre-LAC2018 release frenzy.
20 schoenebeck 3402
21 capela 3421 - Disable singleton/unique application instance setup logic
22 capela 3426 when the display server platform is not X11.
23 capela 3405
24 capela 3421 - Fixed device management dialog not responding to user changes.
25    
26 capela 3404 - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side.
27 schoenebeck 3402
28 schoenebeck 3413 - Fixed minor memory leak in device management dialog.
29 schoenebeck 3402
30 schoenebeck 3416 - Fixed unnecessary latency when closing app.
31 schoenebeck 3413
32 schoenebeck 3416
33 capela 3401 0.5.0 2017-12-12 An Autumn'17 release.
34 capela 3347
35 capela 3383 - French (fr) translation added by Olivier Humbert
36     (qsampler_fr.ts).
37    
38 capela 3347 - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent
39     from build/configure template chains.
40    
41     - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo
42     file (formerly AppData).
43    
44    
45 capela 3128 0.4.3 2017-04-27 Pre-LAC2017 release frenzy.
46 capela 3049
47 capela 3080 - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks).
48    
49 capela 3049 - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of
50     the configure build date and time stamps.
51    
52    
53 capela 3044 0.4.2 2016-11-14 A Fall'16 release.
54 capela 2987
55 capela 3044 * Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application
56 capela 3001 instance setup.
57    
58 capela 3044 * Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command
59 capela 2987 line options, wrt. installation directories specification,
60     eg. --prefix, --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.
61    
62    
63 capela 2983 0.4.1 2016-09-14 End of Summer'16 release.
64 capela 2874
65 capela 2978 * Fixed a race condition on creating sampler channels that ended
66     in duplicate channel strips; also fixed channel auto-arrange.
67    
68     * Dropped the --enable-qt5 from configure as found redundant
69 capela 2874 given that's the build default anyway (suggestion by Guido
70     Scholz, while for Qtractor, thanks).
71    
72 schoenebeck 2910 * Automake: set environment variable GCC_COLORS=auto to allow GCC to
73     auto detect whether it (sh/c)ould output its messages in color.
74 capela 2874
75 schoenebeck 2910
76 capela 2863 0.4.0 2016-04-05 Spring'16 release frenzy.
77 capela 2839
78 capela 2858 * Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
79    
80 capela 2852 * Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
81    
82 capela 2848 * Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now
83 capela 2863 in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get.
84 capela 2848
85 capela 2839 * Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11.
86    
87    
88 capela 2830 0.3.1 2015-07-19 Summer'15 release frenzy.
89 capela 2730
90 capela 2823 * Fixed configure script's Qt include directory lookup for some
91     64bit Linux flavours.
92    
93     * Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script.
94    
95 capela 2779 * A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore
96 capela 3044 sub-routine is now in effect.
97 capela 2730
98 capela 2779 * Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds.
99 capela 2730
100 capela 2779
101 capela 2725 0.3.0 2015-03-25 Pre-LAC2015 release frenzy.
102 capela 2563
103 capela 2724 * Added application description as freedesktop.org's AppData.
104    
105 capela 2722 * Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most
106 capela 2725 of the nagging warning/error message boxes.
107 capela 2724
108 capela 2718 * Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary.
109    
110     * When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to
111     stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".
112    
113 capela 2681 * Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its
114     main toolbar orientation.
115    
116 capela 2669 * Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved
117 capela 2725 as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available.
118 capela 2669
119 capela 2725 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new --includedir.
120 capela 2660
121 capela 2642 * A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on
122     debian, thanks).
123    
124 capela 2725 * Translations install directory change.
125 capela 2631
126 capela 2563 * Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration.
127    
128 schoenebeck 2569 * Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when
129     the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among
130     instruments of the same file.
131 capela 2563
132 capela 2725 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new --libdir
133 schoenebeck 2591 (impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0).
134 schoenebeck 2569
135 schoenebeck 2591
136 capela 2488 0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee.
137 capela 2028
138 capela 2545 * Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS.
139    
140 capela 2480 * More preparations for Qt5 configure build.
141    
142 capela 2456 * Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for
143     session files (*.lscp) is now being added.
144 capela 2387
145 capela 2456 * Preparations for Qt5 migration.
146    
147 capela 2341 * Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures.
148    
149 capela 2339 * Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses.
150    
151 capela 2284 * Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the
152     configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir.
153 capela 2282
154 capela 2271 * Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle.
155 persson 2210
156 capela 2271 * Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix.
157 persson 2210
158 capela 2181 * Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads.
159    
160 capela 2271 * Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows.
161 persson 2144
162     * Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure
163     and make.
164    
165 capela 2116 * libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase,
166     as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13,
167     Debian 6.
168    
169 capela 2112 * Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling
170 capela 2488 into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy.
171 capela 2112
172 capela 2108 * Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for
173 capela 2110 other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has
174     been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines
175     instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2).
176 capela 2108
177 capela 2107 * General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place.
178    
179 capela 2077 * Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has
180     been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to
181     wrong main widget hidden state.
182    
183 capela 2074 * General source tree layout and build configuration change.
184    
185 capela 2065 * Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back-
186     traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure
187     option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build
188     targets (--enable-debug).
189    
190 capela 2064 * Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6.
191    
192 capela 2059 * Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher:
193     now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit
194     (65536), possibly fixing bug #136.
195    
196 capela 2050 * LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap
197     just makes it a shortcut to File/Save.
198    
199 capela 2038 * MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists;
200     a menu separator has been added.
201 capela 2036
202 capela 2038 * Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices
203     and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed.
204    
205     * MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status
206     widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a
207     lame green solid background :).
208    
209 capela 2036 * Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to
210 capela 2028 disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied.
211    
212 capela 2036 * Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
213 capela 2028
214    
215 capela 1964 0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle.
216 schoenebeck 1626
217 capela 1873 * Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as
218     brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom
219     ever may follow ;)
220    
221 capela 1840 * Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons.
222    
223 capela 1814 * Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting
224     (accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning
225     settings will be saved in case the user modified them and
226     automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to
227     a sampler the next time.
228 schoenebeck 1803
229 capela 1788 * Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes.
230    
231 capela 1787 * Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions.
232    
233 capela 1815 * Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding
234     font size configuration, a new global user option is now available
235     to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size
236     (default none).
237 capela 1749
238 capela 1740 * Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of
239     the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode.
240     (transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
241    
242 capela 1815 * Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and
243     running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup
244     iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its
245     main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
246 capela 1740
247 capela 1738 * Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance,
248     with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging.
249    
250 schoenebeck 1710 * Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were
251     screwed.
252    
253 capela 1815 * Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed
254     e.g. by other frontends.
255 schoenebeck 1702
256 schoenebeck 1699 * Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed,
257     e.g. on changes caused by other frontends
258     (fixes segfault on device changes)
259    
260 capela 1815 * Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the
261     "View" main menu.
262 schoenebeck 1698
263 schoenebeck 1691 * Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips.
264    
265 schoenebeck 1668 * Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips.
266    
267 capela 1815 * Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel
268     strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds.
269 capela 1637
270 capela 1815 * Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user
271     decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not.
272 schoenebeck 1626
273    
274 capela 1570 0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete.
275 schoenebeck 1461
276 capela 1815 * Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument
277     names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then
278     the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by
279     default.
280 schoenebeck 1527
281 capela 1514 * The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
282     evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).
283    
284 capela 1512 * Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
285     the main menu and toobar are not visible.
286    
287 capela 1509 * Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
288     creating a new sampler channel.
289    
290     * README requirements and configuration notes update.
291    
292 schoenebeck 1506 * Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
293     form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
294     users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
295     first time).
296    
297 capela 1499 * Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
298     which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).
299 schoenebeck 1486
300 schoenebeck 1493 * Added Windows file path support.
301    
302 capela 1499 * Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
303     under win32.
304 schoenebeck 1493
305 schoenebeck 1492 * Qt4 port of the application.
306 schoenebeck 1461
307    
308 capela 1437 0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.
309 capela 1234
310 capela 1394 * Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
311     mapping instrument files with special characters in their
312 schoenebeck 1402 filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
313     and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).
314 capela 1394
315 capela 1372 * Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
316     does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
317     instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
318     tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.
319    
320 capela 1255 * Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
321     application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
322     spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.
323    
324 capela 1234 * Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.
325    
326    
327 capela 1166 0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.
328 schoenebeck 736
329 capela 1036 * Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
330     cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
331     highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.
332    
333 capela 1034 * Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.
334    
335 capela 1024 * Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
336     the session state, only at code-level.
337 capela 1036
338 capela 1016 * Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
339 capela 1018 existing instrument file name.
340 capela 1016
341 capela 987 * Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
342     hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
343     keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
344     improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
345     instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
346     corrected some tooltip text strings.
347 capela 971
348 capela 968 * Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
349     which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
350     window managers.
351    
352 capela 961 * Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
353 capela 1016 with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
354     MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
355     the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.
356 capela 957
357 capela 969 * GPL address update.
358 capela 920
359    
360 capela 870 0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?
361    
362     * Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
363     on qsampler.spec (RPM).
364    
365 capela 847 * Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).
366    
367 capela 825 * Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
368     installation paths have been added to configure command
369     arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).
370    
371 capela 824 * Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
372     option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
373     number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
374     increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
375     (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.
376    
377     * The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
378     and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
379     are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
380     before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.
381    
382 capela 772 * Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.
383    
384 capela 758 * Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
385 capela 3044 the sampler channel dialog, at last!
386 capela 758
387 capela 757 * All widget captions changed to include proper application
388     title name prefix.
389    
390 capela 753 * Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
391     sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
392     generated at configure time.
393    
394 schoenebeck 1461 * Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
395     registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
396     to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
397 capela 752 argument have some effect on X11.
398    
399 capela 751 * Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.
400    
401 schoenebeck 736 * Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
402     compiled with -no-stl.
403    
404    
405 capela 680 0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.
406 capela 653
407 schoenebeck 1461 * Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
408 capela 661 turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
409     one, while on qjackctl).
410 capela 653
411 capela 664 * Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
412     minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.
413 capela 661
414 capela 662
415 capela 631 0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.
416 capela 586
417 capela 619 * New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
418 capela 601 to Christian Schoenebeck design.
419 capela 619
420 capela 590 * Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
421 capela 605 in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
422 capela 590 info updates.
423 capela 586
424 capela 622 * Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
425     buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
426     device dialog.
427 capela 586
428 capela 605 * Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).
429    
430 capela 619 * Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
431     Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
432     with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
433 capela 615 Mayat, for pointing these out).
434 capela 590
435 capela 600
436 capela 567 0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough.
437 schoenebeck 519
438 capela 3044 * Device configuration is now complete.
439 capela 426
440 capela 526 * [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
441 capela 619 consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
442 capela 526 sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.
443 capela 567
444 schoenebeck 1461 * [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
445 capela 619 instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.
446 capela 426
447 capela 619 * Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
448 schoenebeck 1461 an instrument.
449 capela 567
450 capela 619 * Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).
451 capela 526
452    
453 capela 421 0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release.
454 capela 327
455 capela 414 * Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
456     which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
457     configurations to the default audio driver type (which
458     is ALSA) unexpectedly.
459    
460 capela 409 * Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
461     session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
462     loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).
463    
464     * Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
465     session file save, as its use is still troublesome.
466    
467 capela 404 * Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.
468    
469     * Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
470     only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
471     change information are now also posted to messages window.
472    
473 capela 388 * Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
474     instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
475     drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
476     files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.
477    
478 schoenebeck 1461 * Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
479     featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
480 capela 395 sampler instrument file.
481    
482 capela 341 * Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
483     from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
484     avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
485     channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.
486    
487     * Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
488 capela 340 available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
489     a JACK client is zombified abruptly.
490    
491 capela 341 * Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
492 capela 327 count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
493 capela 338 maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
494     otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.
495 capela 327
496    
497 capela 303 0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release.
498 capela 115
499 capela 299 * Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
500     actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
501     the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.
502    
503 capela 295 * Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
504     the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
505     following common user-interface guidelines.
506    
507 capela 264 * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
508     control structures.
509    
510 capela 255 * Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.
511    
512     * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
513     the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
514 capela 295 channel (omni mode).
515 capela 255
516     * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
517 capela 267 color to black (was green), being now an user option.
518 capela 255
519     * Minor configure fixes.
520    
521    
522     0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release.
523    
524 capela 145 * Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.
525    
526 capela 176 * Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
527     and on session file save.
528 capela 145
529 capela 176 * Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
530     on create time.
531 capela 161
532 capela 176 * Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.
533    
534    
535 capela 145 0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release.
536    
537 capela 127 * The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
538     over the empty workspace area.
539 capela 130
540 capela 122 * Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
541     so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
542     avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
543     correct salvage of settings and configuration.
544    
545 capela 119 * Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
546     provided to override the default (which is 100%).
547    
548     * Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
549     increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.
550    
551 capela 118 * A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
552     each sampler channel strip.
553 capela 115
554 capela 118 * Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
555     qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.
556    
557     * Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
558 capela 115 a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.
559    
560 capela 118 * An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
561     new sampler channel strip.
562 capela 115
563     * The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
564     suggested in the following lines:
565    
566     SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
567     SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
568     SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
569     LOAD ENGINE ...
570     LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
571     SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...
572    
573    
574 capela 109 0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release.
575    

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