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

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