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

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