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Update ReleaseNotes and README for the upcoming release of 4.2
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This is the README file for Subsurface 4.2
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This is the README file for Subsurface 4.1.94, the fifth Beta for 4.2
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Please check the ReleaseNotes.txt for details about new features and
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changes since Subsurface 4.1
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It turns out a number of problems were caused by us still relying on Qt4
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for the Windows (and Mac) binaries. In part that was because Qt5 32bit
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installer for Windows were failing in strange ways.
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To work around this issues we made a rather drastic decision - there's now
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a 64bit Windows installer that includes Qt5 (and the Mac binaries have
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been moved over to Qt5 as well).
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While redoing the supporting cast we also switched to a newer Marble build
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and a newer libdivecomputer for the Mac and Windows installers.
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This (plus a bunch of patches) seems to have fixed a respectable number of
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bugs in Beta 4. Let's see how Beta 5 goes...
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Another new feature is a Russian translation of the manual, in addition to
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English and Spanish.
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Please be very careful when using it on your real data - while this is
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reasonably well tested by our developers, there's always a risk that this
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could eat your data file in unexpected ways (as Beta 2 has shown).
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Report bugs and issues at http://trac.hohndel.org
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Report bugs and issues at http://trac.hohndel.org
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Previous REAMDE
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===============
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This is mainly a bug fix release, but there are rather significant changes
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under the hood. Check the ReleaseNotes.txt for details.
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License: GPLv2
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License: GPLv2
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Subsurface can be found at http://subsurface.hohndel.org
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Subsurface can be found at http://subsurface.hohndel.org
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If you want the latest release (instead of the bleeding edge
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If you want the latest release (instead of the bleeding edge
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development version) you can either get this via
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development version) you can either get this via
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git checkout v4.1 (or whatever the last release is)
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git checkout v4.2 (or whatever the last release is)
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if you have already cloned the git repository as shown above or you
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if you have already cloned the git repository as shown above or you
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can get a tar ball from
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can get a tar ball from
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http://subsurface.hohndel.org/downloads/Subsurface-4.1.tgz
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http://subsurface.hohndel.org/downloads/Subsurface-4.2.tgz
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Basic Usage:
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Basic Usage:
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Install and start from the desktop, or you can run it locally from the
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Install and start from the desktop, or you can run it locally from the
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build directory:
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build directory:
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On Linux:
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$ ./subsurface
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$ ./subsurface
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On Mac:
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$ open Subsurface.app
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Native builds on Windows are not really supported (the official Windows
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installers are both cross-built on Linux).
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You can give a data file as command line argument, or (once you have
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You can give a data file as command line argument, or (once you have
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set this up in the Preferences) Subsurface picks a default file for
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set this up in the Preferences) Subsurface picks a default file for
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you when started from the desktop or without an argument.
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you when started from the desktop or without an argument.
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- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has
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- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has
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several known issues (among others, printing has a number of bugs that
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several known issues (among others, printing has a number of bugs that
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were fixed in Qt5).
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were fixed in Qt5).
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- The Mac installer has already been updated to Qt5
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- The Mac installer has also been updated to Qt5
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- A current development version of libdivecomputer is used for the Windows
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- A current development version of libdivecomputer is used for the Windows
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and Mac builds.
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and Mac builds.
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- Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor
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- A Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor; it
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(we still cannot re-plan a planned dive - this is on the todo list)
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supports different ascent speeds, backgas breaks during deco and many
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print of the dive plan (without graphic profile) possible
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other interesting features; it allows the user to print just the dive
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plan (without graphic profile); one shortcoming is that currently one
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cannot re-plan a planned dive, i.e., once you save a dive plan, you can
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no longer edit / change the plan; you have to start from scratch again.
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This is on the todo list.
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- Pictures can be associated with dives and shown in the profile
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- Pictures can be associated with dives and shown in the profile
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- Printing is much improved (but see above)
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- Printing is much improved (but see above), including a "1 dive per page"
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mode and better rendering of dives an (in our mind) better data
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presented per dive.
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- Data entry for dives is much more intuitive and consistent
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- Data entry for dives is much more intuitive and consistent
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- Further work on the HTML exporter
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- We have a reasonably functional HTML exporter for the dive log (it's
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- Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers
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still work in progress but already quite powerful).
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- user survey added to learn more about the needs of out users
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- Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers.
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- new user manuals in Spanish and Russian
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- We added a user survey to learn more about the interests and needs of
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out users
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- improved and extended user manuals
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- improved and extended user manuals
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- new translated user manuals in Spanish and Russian
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Known issues:
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Known issues:
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e.g. Calibri.
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e.g. Calibri.
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- (Windows specific) When upgrading from Subsurface 4.1, after saving of a
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- (Windows specific) When upgrading from Subsurface 4.1, after saving of a
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logfile the logfiles name may be listed a second time in the files menua
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logfile the logfiles name may be listed a second time in the files menue
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because of a change in the representation of logfiles filename in the
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because of a change in the representation of logfiles filename in the
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Windows registry.
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Windows registry.
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Known bugs:
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- There are a number of small inconsistencies in the UI when editing
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- There are a number of small inconsistencies in the UI when editing
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multiple dives. For example, if multiple dives are edited and some of
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multiple dives. For example, if multiple dives are edited and some of
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them already have coordinates set, under certain circumstances the
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them already have coordinates set, under certain circumstances the
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- When using the globe / map widget to edit dive locations, double clicks
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- When using the globe / map widget to edit dive locations, double clicks
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some times fail to set the correct position.
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some times fail to set the correct position.
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- Sometimes Marble will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom in
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- Sometimes the globe will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom
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or out of the location.
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in or out of the location and give the system time to download the map
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tiles in the background - on slower network connections this can take a
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while.
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New in version 4.1 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.3):
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New in version 4.1 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.3):
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