Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Release/6.4.3RC4-News

Timestamp:

06/22/13 21:23:13 (12 years ago)

Author:

hamish

Comment:

list some noteworthy changes

Release/6.4.3RC4-News

@@ -46 +46 @@
 ==== Minor module changes ====
 
- * ...
- 
+ * d.grid: Fix geodesic grid overlay text label placement for longitude
+ * r.li.setup: Fix for mouse-based masked area selection
+ * r.in.bin: Fix large file (>2GB) support on 32-bit systems
+ * r.mask: Fix for floating point input maps
+ * v.in.ogr: Detect if unclean import data needs to have nodes snapped closed, and suggest a suitable distance threshold
+ * v.to.rast: Avoid crash when map names were very long
+
 A few more minor changes; see the detailed
 ~~[http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/source/ChangeLog_6.4.3RC4.gz ChangeLog]~~
@@ -55 +60 @@
 ==== GUI changes ====
 
- * ...
+ * wxGUI: Many corner-case traceback errors caught and fixed
+ * wxGUI: Fix module startup for tasks which need a Xterm or Xmonitor
+ * wxGUI: Avoid file compression for live display window to lighten processor load
+ * wxGUI: Recover cleanly if `r.in.wms` support program requirements are not met
+ * wxGUI/attribute table: Avoid error when the vector map's text data contained a pipe (|)
+ * wxGUI/location wizard: Show +proj terms when taking projection data from georeferenced data file or WKT .prj file
+ * wxGUI/location wizard: Datum transform selection support support for PROJ.4 version 4.8.0
  
 (see also closed tickets below)
@@ -61 +72 @@
 ==== Cartography changes ====
 
- * Ten new north arrows and symbols
+ * A dozen new north arrows and symbols
+
 ==== Library changes ====
 
- * ...
+ * Support for a wider array of FFmpeg versions
+ * Fix vector network node costs
+ * Updated Autoconf build helper libraries
  
 (see also closed tickets below)
@@ -76 +90 @@
 (MS-Windows)
 
- * ...
- 
+ * `Cmd.exe` replaces `Rxvt` as the terminal for the MSys UNIX shell startup method 
+ * Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Redistributable package available as a user selectable option in the installer
+ * Uses GRASS's bundled `python.exe` instead of the system's version by default to avoid mismatch in the GUI startup
+ * Fix `d.rast.edit` when called from the wxGUI without specifying an optional aspect map
+ * "--more--" now works as the pager
+ * r.in.wms: A number of fixes and safeguards added
+ * Tcl/Tk GIS.m: Don't corrupt the rc file if GISDBASE contains a drive letter
+ * Shell scripts: Fix support for UNIX scripts called from within other scripts
+
 (Mac OSX)
 
- * ...
+ * Improved support for newer versions of OS X
 
 (All)
@@ -88 +109 @@
 ==== Message translation updates ====
 
- * ...
+ * Many string updates
+ * Romanian translation started
  
 === Closed tickets ===