"History"


History

SuperView is NOT related to the program with the same name from AmigaLib
Disk 367, about which I read late _after_ I began programming it. There's
as well no relationship to that PC program, which seems to have "bought"
the name from us...
It also has NOTHING to do with that same-called display interface system.

For the meaning of "Aargh!" see footnotes of
Terry Pratchett's book "Interesting Times".

FOR IMPORTANT BUGFIXES WITHIN THE IMAGE LOADERS, SAVERS, THE OPERATORS
AND DISPLAY DRIVERS: Please take a look into SuperView-Library.guide


Here are the most recent changes in History:

V8.35 (10.4.99):

  - "SView Productivity Suite" users: - YOU HAVE TO REGISTER BEFORE BEING ABLE
                                        TO UPGRADE TO THIS RELEASE! (for free)

  - added "ScrollSlide" tool, which is a mixture between WinSlide and CyberSlide;
    it opens its own screen to allow scrollable displaying of images on
    AGA/CyberGfx screens within a window, using only a minimum of graphics memory

  - minor bugfixes

V8.30 (31.3.99):

  - file requester now correctly sets dosavemode flag
  - default save name for graphics now equals the last load name

  - WinSlide: - MAXSIZE option perhaps was broken in WB mode
              - added CLOSEGAD option

  - included Library 23.1

  - Library V23+ does include basic WOS support (with various options; see SVPrefs),
    however, the new PPC module package (V23.1) yet only does include three
    modules: PNG, JPEG, TIFF - more will follow

V8.22 (1.3.99):

  - screen info and screen grabbing seems to have been broken in
    the last (few ?) versions. Always the first screen would
    have been used (perhaps -> otherwise: crash)
    (-> Thomas Lorenz)
  - while I was at it, ripped out a lot of old code and rewrote
    the complete screen handling

V8.21 (20.2.99):

  - now asks before overwriting existing files;
    as long as ERROR_REPORT=YES; can be switched off via ASK_OVERWRITE=NO
  - please use at least V41.101 of wizard.library.
    The V37 versions could cause several problems with the GUI refresh.
    You should find a copy coming with demo versions of various programs under
    ftp.haage-partner.com

  - included Library 22.2
  - new PPC modules available as well

V8.20 (22.11.98):

  - "SView Productivity Suite" users: - YOU HAVE TO REGISTER BEFORE BEING ABLE
                                        TO UPGRADE TO THIS RELEASE! (for free)

  - fixed wildcard pattern settings in prefs filerequesters (again ?)
  - "SVObjects (all)" didn't feature double-clicks yet. Fixed.
  - completely updated spanish "help" directly
    (-> Dámaso D. Estévez)
  - added reworked nederlands catalog and re-added nederlands GUI catalog
    (-> by ATO, see credits)
  - added spanish guide file version by Dámaso D. Estévez
  - if the two "onlinehelp" texts from sviewII.ct together were more than 80 chars
    in lenght, this could have caused crashes
    (-> Dámaso D. Estévez)
  - AppWindow behaviour now can be changed
    (-> Wolfgang Krause)
  - added MultiCX OpaqueMove note to 'known bugs' section
    (-> Burkhard Breuer)
  - SuperSlide, CyberSlide, WinSlide: - adjusted version requirements
  - SuperViewPalette: - removed some unused data and obsolete code
  - reworked documentation
  - restructed archive organization; archives #6 through #8 now are optional,
    #3b is optional (but recommended) as well
    been missing before
  - now requires superview.library V22+ and superviewsupport.library V13+
  - removed some old fallback-code for svsupport < V9
  - included Library 22.1

V8.10 (5.10.98):

  - introduced double-clicks for Listviews (no more "?" or "Modify")
  - GUI catalog newer was closed
    (-> Niels Bache)
  - updated some of the spanish texts or added notes elsewhere
    (-> Dámaso D. Estévez)
  - lithuanian GUI translation added again
    (-> Levas)
  - if a display window or screen was open during selecting "save",
    the corresponding screen (with Windows.svdriver the WB screen,
    otherwise the display screen) would have been grabbed instead
    of saving the loaded graphics. Fixed.
    (-> Wolfgang Krause)
  - added several new and updated translations by ATO
    (next release may supply that growing number of localizations
    in a separate archive - to the pleasure of the english-native users)
  - included Library 21.9

V8.04 (8.9.98):

  - fixed typos...
  - ...and updated the docs
  - added some more translations (and updates) by Dámaso D. Estévez 
  - added mailinglist information to support section
  - added "known bugs" note about NewMode
  - again added swedish GUI translation
    (-> Torbjörn Aronsson)
  - credit card online registration via RegNet now is possible. Some special @{"Offers" LINK RegNet-Offers/Main 0 }
    have been set up for you, some of wich are derived from the usual @{"Discount" LINK Discount/Main 0 } list.
    Please have a look!
  - english: updated registration FAQ to reflect credit card information
  - for an example, how versatile SViewII's ARexx port is, for example
    take a look at Aminet:gfx/misc/SVProPics.lha for Ulrich Falke's
    highly useful scripting efforts on a solution for automatic image
    conversion and processing with SViewII and SuperView-Library.
  - fixed "error in line 133" problem in installer script (only pretend-mode ?)
    (-> Torbjörn Aronsson)
  - included Library 21.8

V8.03 (9.8.98):

  - V8.02 partially was as fix (only .exe, .wizard and two catalogs) on Aminet

V8.02 (3.8.98):

  - V8.01 was as fix (only .exe and .wizard) on Aminet
  - V8.00 was labeled "5.7.98" - wrong: correctly, it was 30.7.98
  - the "fixed VIEWMODE=..." feature only worked with "Slideview",
    now also works with "Load" (+ "View")
  - in the "SVObjects (all)" prefs menu, "Modify" now is ghosted,
    if there are no settings possible - just as in the other prefs menus
  - during V7.72 to 8.00, a lot of español translations by
    Dámaso D. Estévez  have been added
  - started re-adding GUI localizations (so far: deutsch, español)
  - adjusted version of .wizard file
  - _? shortcut now allowed for the three SV... module types
  - included Library 21.7

V8.01 (1.8.98):

  - old keyfiles were not always recognized
    (-> Georg Rottländer)
  - "module information" did not work
    (-> Georg Rottländer)
  - some "module information" texts had their
    color equal to the background color

V8.00 (30.7.98):

  - reworked the GUI again
  - this is now SViewII - the successor of SViewNG
    (I needed a new name to separate the new GUI and catalog files
    from the old ones ;-)
  - you may use the new and old version(s) in parallel, if you like
  - remember to update your own ARexx scripts accordingly for
    use with the new version (port-name: "SViewNG.rx") - I've already
    done this for the sample scripts
  - included Library 21.6

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