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Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface |
Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface |
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ChangeLog |
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* Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting. |
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- Custom color (palette) theme editor introduced; color |
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(palette) theme changes are now effective immediately, |
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except on default. (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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- Second attempt to fix the yet non-official though |
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CMake build configuration. (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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- When using autotools and ./configure --with-qt=..., |
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it is also necessary to adjust the PKG_CONFIG_PATH |
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environment variable (after a merge request by plcl |
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aka. Pedro López-Cabanillas, while on qmidinet, |
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thanks). (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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0.6.0 2019-10-17 An Autumn'19 Release. |
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- Added alternate yet non-official CMake build option. |
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- Fix HiDPI display screen effective support (Qt >= 5.6). |
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- Make sure compiler flags comply to c++11 as standard. |
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0.5.6 2019-07-12 A Summer'19 Release. |
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- Updated for the newer Qt5 translation tools (>= 5.13). |
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- Configure updated to check for qtchooser availability. |
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- Minor update to Debian packaging control file. |
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0.5.5 2019-04-11 A Spring-Break'19 Release. |
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- Re-defined all main application UNIX signal handling. |
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0.5.4 2019-03-11 Pre-LAC2019 Release Frenzy. |
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- Refactored all singleton/unique application instance |
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setup logic away from X11/Xcb hackery. |
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- HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). |
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- Bumped copyright headers into the New Year (2019). |
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0.5.3 2018-12-06 An End of Autumn'18 Release. |
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- Avoid saving plug-in sampler channels and related devices |
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to regular LSCP (*.lscp) session files. |
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- Fixed MIDI and Audio device selection on the common sampler |
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channel settings dialog. |
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- Old deprecated Qt4 build support is no more. |
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- AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with |
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latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation. |
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0.5.2 2018-07-22 A Summer'18 Release. |
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- AppData/AppStream metadata is now settled under an all |
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permisssive license (FSFAP). |
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0.5.1 2018-05-21 Pre-LAC2018 release frenzy. |
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- Disable singleton/unique application instance setup logic |
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when the display server platform is not X11. |
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- Fixed device management dialog not responding to user changes. |
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- A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. |
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- Fixed minor memory leak in device management dialog. |
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- Fixed unnecessary latency when closing app. |
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0.5.0 2017-12-12 An Autumn'17 release. |
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- French (fr) translation added by Olivier Humbert |
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(qsampler_fr.ts). |
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- Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent |
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from build/configure template chains. |
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- Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo |
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file (formerly AppData). |
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0.4.3 2017-04-27 Pre-LAC2017 release frenzy. |
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- Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). |
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- Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of |
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the configure build date and time stamps. |
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0.4.2 2016-11-14 A Fall'16 release. |
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* Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application |
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instance setup. |
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* Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command |
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line options, wrt. installation directories specification, |
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eg. --prefix, --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir. |
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0.4.1 2016-09-14 End of Summer'16 release. |
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* Fixed a race condition on creating sampler channels that ended |
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in duplicate channel strips; also fixed channel auto-arrange. |
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* Dropped the --enable-qt5 from configure as found redundant |
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given that's the build default anyway (suggestion by Guido |
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Scholz, while for Qtractor, thanks). |
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* Automake: set environment variable GCC_COLORS=auto to allow GCC to |
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auto detect whether it (sh/c)ould output its messages in color. |
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0.4.0 2016-04-05 Spring'16 release frenzy. |
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* Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. |
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* Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms. |
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* Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now |
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in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get. |
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* Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11. |
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0.3.1 2015-07-19 Summer'15 release frenzy. |
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* Fixed configure script's Qt include directory lookup for some |
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64bit Linux flavours. |
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* Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script. |
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* A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore |
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sub-routine is now in effect. |
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* Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds. |
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0.3.0 2015-03-25 Pre-LAC2015 release frenzy. |
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* Added application description as freedesktop.org's AppData. |
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* Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most |
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of the nagging warning/error message boxes. |
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* Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary. |
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* When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to |
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stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes". |
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* Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its |
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main toolbar orientation. |
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* Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved |
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as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available. |
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* Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new --includedir. |
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* A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on |
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debian, thanks). |
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* Translations install directory change. |
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* Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration. |
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* Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when |
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the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among |
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instruments of the same file. |
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* Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new --libdir |
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(impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0). |
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0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee. |
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* Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS. |
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* More preparations for Qt5 configure build. |
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* Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for |
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session files (*.lscp) is now being added. |
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* Preparations for Qt5 migration. |
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* Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures. |
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* Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses. |
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* Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the |
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configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir. |
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* Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle. |
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* Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix. |
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* Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads. |
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* Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows. |
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* Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure |
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and make. |
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* libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase, |
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as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13, |
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Debian 6. |
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* Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling |
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into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy. |
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* Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for |
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other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has |
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been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines |
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instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2). |
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* General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place. |
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* Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has |
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been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to |
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wrong main widget hidden state. |
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* General source tree layout and build configuration change. |
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* Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back- |
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traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure |
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option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build |
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targets (--enable-debug). |
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* Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6. |
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* Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher: |
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now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit |
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(65536), possibly fixing bug #136. |
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* LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap |
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just makes it a shortcut to File/Save. |
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* MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists; |
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a menu separator has been added. |
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* Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices |
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and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed. |
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* MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status |
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widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a |
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lame green solid background :). |
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* Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to |
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disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied. |
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* Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric). |
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0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle. |
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* Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as |
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brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom |
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ever may follow ;) |
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* Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons. |
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* Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting |
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(accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning |
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settings will be saved in case the user modified them and |
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automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to |
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a sampler the next time. |
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* Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes. |
* Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes. |
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* Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions. |
* Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions. |
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* Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding font |
* Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding |
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size configuration, a new global user option is now available to the |
font size configuration, a new global user option is now available |
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rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size (default none). |
to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size |
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(default none). |
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* Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of |
* Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of |
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the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode. |
the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode. |
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(transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks). |
(transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks). |
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* Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and running, |
* Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and |
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with immediate but graceful termination upon startup iif an already |
running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup |
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running instance is detected, which will see its main widget shown |
iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its |
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up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only). |
main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only). |
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* Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance, |
* Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance, |
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with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging. |
with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging. |
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* Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were |
* Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were |
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screwed. |
screwed. |
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* Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed e.g. by |
* Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed |
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other frontends. |
e.g. by other frontends. |
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* Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed, |
* Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed, |
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e.g. on changes caused by other frontends |
e.g. on changes caused by other frontends |
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(fixes segfault on device changes) |
(fixes segfault on device changes) |
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* Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the "View" |
* Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the |
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main menu. |
"View" main menu. |
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* Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips. |
* Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips. |
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* Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips. |
* Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips. |
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* Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel strip, |
* Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel |
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particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds. |
strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds. |
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* Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user decide |
* Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user |
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whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not. |
decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not. |
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0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete. |
0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete. |
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* Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument names in a |
* Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument |
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very fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then the respective |
names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then |
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name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by default. |
the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by |
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default. |
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* The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually |
* The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually |
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evident while in the application workspace (highlighting). |
evident while in the application workspace (highlighting). |
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* Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height. |
* Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height. |
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* Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits |
* Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits |
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the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL). |
the sampler channel dialog, at last! |
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* All widget captions changed to include proper application |
* All widget captions changed to include proper application |
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title name prefix. |
title name prefix. |
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0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough. |
0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough. |
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* Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL). |
* Device configuration is now complete. |
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* [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention |
* [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention |
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consistency, regarding the enumeration of available |
consistency, regarding the enumeration of available |