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Update of the release notes for V4.3
This updates the V4.3 release notes. 1) The release notes text is moved into a newly-created directory ReleaseNotes 2) Three images for the release notes are created in a subdirectory within the ReleaseNotes directory. 3) Light editing of the complete text of the release notes was done. Signed-off-by: willem ferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za> Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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Subsurface 4.3
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// _Subsurface_ 4.3 Release Notes
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Some of the changes since Subsurface 4.2
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_Subsurface_ 4.3 - released December 2014
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---------------------------------------
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Subsurface now supports flexible filtering of the dive list. You can
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The _Subsurface_ development team proudly announces
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release 4.3 of _Subsurface_, an open source divelog and dive planning
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program for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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License: GPLv2
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_Subsurface_ can be found at: http://_Subsurface_-divelog.org
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Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.2
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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_Subsurface_ now supports flexible filtering of the dive list. One can
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specify a combination of different criteria like tags, people who were on
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the dive, location, suit, etc. While filtering you can see how many dives
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the dive, dive site, suit, etc. While filtering one can see how many dives
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match any of the criteria, and how many dives match the combination of the
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criteria that you selected.
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selected criteria (see image below)
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When editing dive, you can now cut and paste selected components of a dive
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and paste them into one or more other dives. This makes it easy to add the
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same equipment, buddies, tags or other aspects of a dive into others
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image::images/V4.3_Filter.jpg["Filter panel",align="center"]
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The information overlay on the profile now offers an easy to understand
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tissue saturation visualization that shows your tissue saturation at any
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point of the dive.
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When editing a dive, one can now copy information about a dive
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and paste it into one or more other dives. This makes it easy to add the
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same equipment, buddies, tags or other aspects of a dive into a group of
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dives with similar characteristics.
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The dive profile now offers an easy to understand
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tissue saturation graph that shows tissue saturation at any
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point during the dive. (See image below)
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image::images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg["Cylinder bars and tissue saturation graph",align="center"]
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In the dive profile one can turn on an improved visualization of the
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gas combinations used during a dive (aka "tank bar" with different gases represented
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by different colours, see image above).
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Owners of the Heinrichs & Weikamp OSTC 2 and 3 as well as dive computers
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in the popular Suunto Vyper family of dive computers can configure the
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settings of their dive computers with Subsurface.
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settings of their dive computers using _Subsurface_.
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For a number of dive computers Subsurface now downloads additinal data and
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For a number of dive computers _Subsurface_ now downloads additional data and
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shows them in a new tab on the screen. This includes (depending on the
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dive computer) information like battery levels, no fly times, Gradient
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Factors used during the dive, etc. This feature is enabled in all official
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Subsurface binaries; when building from source this requires a custom
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version of libdivecomputer (as explained in the INSTALL file) oder a Uemis
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Zurich SDA.
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_Subsurface_ binaries and includes the Uemis Zurich SDA. When building
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from source this requires a custom
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version of libdivecomputer (as explained in the INSTALL file).
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In the dive profile you can now turn on an improved visualization of the
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gases used during a dive (aka "tank bar").
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The dive planner now offers the ability to re-plan dives and copy dive
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plans in order to plan multiple scenarios.
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The dive planner now offers the ability to re-plan dives and to create duplicate
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dive plans in order to plan multiple scenarios.
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We added support for several new dive computers including the Suunto EON
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Steel, Aeris A300 CD, and Aeris F11.
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Subsurface can now import dive logs from Liquivision and Cochran software
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_Subsurface_ can now import dive logs from Liquivision and Cochran software
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as well as the new Suuntu DM5.
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Additionally, dive logs from the Poseidon Mk6 CCR can be imported as well.
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We made many improvements for UDDF and CSV import, UDDF export now
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complies with the latest version of the standard.
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Many issues with the HTML export were addressed.
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Initial support for CCR and pSCR was added. Visualization of dive logs as
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Initial support for closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) and pSCR was added.
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Dive logs from the Poseidon MkVI
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CCR can be imported. Visualization of dive logs as
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well as dive planning should work - but this feature is fairly early in
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its development and we assume that there may be a few bugs and
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mis-features hidden in this area.
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mis-features hidden in this area. Here is a dive profile for a Poseidon MkVI:
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image::images/V4.3_CCR.jpg["CCR dive profile",align="center"]
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*Other notable improvements*
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Other, notable improvements:
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- Import of manually logged dives (e.g., from an existing paper logbook)
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is now much better documented in the user manual. Instead of having to
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individually enter each dive with the graphical profile editor users can
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add all their dives in a spreadsheet and import the data from there
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add all their dives in a spreadsheet and import the data from there into
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_Subsurface_ in one single operation.
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- Many other small improvements to the planner
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- Many small UI changes for better use on small displays (tighter columns
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and column headers on the dive list, the toolbox of icons no longer
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editing tags)
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- For the (rather unusual) dive computers that send a heading event in
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every sample we automatically declutter the profile display now
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- The Windows installer are smarter: the 64bit installer refuses to
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- The Windows installer is smarter: the 64bit installer refuses to
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install its binaries on a 32bit OS and conversely the installer warns
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you when installing 32bit binaries on a 64bit OS
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- Better synchronization with divelogs.de, including support for multiple
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tanks
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Known bugs
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*Known bugs*
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- this appears to be a bug in Qt. When changing the password needed
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authenticate with a proxy, Subsurface will not use the new password
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- There appears to be a bug in Qt: when changing the password needed
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authenticate with a proxy, _Subsurface_ will not use the new password
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until after a restart
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Subsurface 4.2
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==============
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_Subsurface_ 4.2
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--------------
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The Subsurface developer team is proud to announce the release of the
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next update of Subsurface.
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The _Subsurface_ developer team is proud to announce the release of the
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next update of _Subsurface_.
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Subsurface is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac
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_Subsurface_ is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac
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and Linux.
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With Subsurface the user can download dive information directly from a
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large number of supported dive computers. Subsurface is able to track
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With _Subsurface_ the user can download dive information directly from a
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large number of supported dive computers. _Subsurface_ is able to track
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single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix. It displays
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a dive profile with all related information including air consumption
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and alarms. It also allows logging of information like weights and
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exposure protection used, dive masters and dive buddies, and enables
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the user to rate dives and provide additional dive notes.
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With Subsurface the user can track dive locations including GPS
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With _Subsurface_ the user can track dive locations including GPS
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coordinates (which can also be conveniently entered using a map
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interface). Subsurface calculates a wide variety of statistics of the
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interface). _Subsurface_ calculates a wide variety of statistics of the
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user's diving and keeps track of information like the user's SAC rate,
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partial pressures of O2, N2 and He, calculated deco information, and
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many more.
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Subsurface allows the user to print out a detailed log book including
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_Subsurface_ allows the user to print out a detailed log book including
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dive profiles and other relevant information. The program is localized
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in about 20 languages and well supported by an active developer
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community. This community also made new and shiny offline manuals in
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Spanish and Russian possible.
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One of the major strengths of Subsurface is its support of a wide range
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One of the major strengths of _Subsurface_ is its support of a wide range
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of dive computers (most common dive computers are supported with the help
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of libdivecomputer); a detailed list is in the SupportedDivecomputers.txt
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file. Subsurface can also import existing dive logs from several sources
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file. _Subsurface_ can also import existing dive logs from several sources
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including MacDive, Suunto DM3/DM4, JDiveLog and divelogs.de. Another
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strength is its ability to visualize the depth profile (and, if
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available, the tank pressure curve) in very innovative ways that give
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the user additional information on relative velocity (and momentary
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air consumption) during the dive through the coloring of the graphs.
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Some of the changes since 4.1
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*Some of the changes since 4.1*
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- The Windows installer is now a 64bit installer including Qt5
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- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has
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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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- (Windows specific) Many Windows fonts don't support specific characters,
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specifically subscript "2" (eg in pO₂). New installations of Subsurface
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specifically subscript "2" (eg in pO₂). New installations of _Subsurface_
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will automatically pick a font that contains this character, but if you
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had Subsurface installed on a specific system before, it likely has
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had _Subsurface_ installed on a specific system before, it likely has
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saved the previous font in its settings. In that case the best solution
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is to manually change the font to one that contains this character,
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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 logfile's name may be listed a second time in the files menu
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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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same coordinates or edit the dives individually.
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- (Windows specific - only 64bit) If an ad blocker is used and set to
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offline mode, the manual check for an update crashes subsurface.
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offline mode, the manual check for an update crashes _Subsurface_.
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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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while.
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New in version 4.1 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.3):
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--------------------------------------------------
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New in version 4.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.3):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- new and improved profile widget with animations, better info box, and
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a new toolbox to turn on and off many of the additional graphs and
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- experimental undocumented alternative storage format
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New in version 4.0.3 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.2):
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----------------------------------------------------
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New in version 4.0.3 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.2):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- fixed unitinialized variable bug that caused errors downloading from
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divecomputers
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New in version 4.0.2 (compared to Subsurface 4.0.1):
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----------------------------------------------------
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New in version 4.0.2 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.1):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- fixed potential crash when importing dive data without dive computer
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model information
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- improve parsing of equipment data; this now accepts localized units
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as well as input in units that are not the display units (so if you
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run Subsurface in metric, but went diving in a place where weights
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run _Subsurface_ in metric, but went diving in a place where weights
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are in US Pounds (lbs), you can now enter the weight in lbs and
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Subsurface does the right thing)
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_Subsurface_ does the right thing)
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- fix temperature conversion when downloading data from Uemis SDA
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- improve autocompletion to always be case insensitive
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- improve selection handling in the dive list
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- improve profiles generated for dives with no depth samples and no
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average depth
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New in version 4.0.1 (compared to Subsurface 4.0):
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--------------------------------------------------
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New in version 4.0.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- fixed several bugs handling non-ASCII text both in dive info text
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- support older versions of Mac OS/X with default DMG (>= 10.5)
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- enable https in Windows binaries
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New in version 4.0 (compared to Subsurface 3.1):
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------------------------------------------------
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New in version 4.0 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.1):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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With version 4.0 the Subsurface team switched to a different UI
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With version 4.0 the _Subsurface_ team switched to a different UI
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toolkit. This caused the need to do a complete rewrite of a large
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chunk of the Subsurface code base. We decided to keep much of the
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chunk of the _Subsurface_ code base. We decided to keep much of the
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logic and core of the existing code around, but used the opportunity
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for quite a bit of cleanup and many improvements.
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the more than 1600 commits that have gone in since version 3.1 seems a
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daunting task.
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Here are some of the highlights:
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*Here are some of the highlights:*
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- new map widget with a spinning globe to visualize dive locations
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- much more "native" look and feel under Windows and Mac
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external browser window
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- better statistics (with per-trip statistics available)
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Known issues:
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*Known issues:*
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- Filter->Select Events is not implemented
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- Dive planner has been disabled for now
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New in version 3.1 (compared to Subsurface 3.0.2):
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--------------------------------------------------
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New in version 3.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0.2):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- track tags for dives (things like 'boat', 'shore', 'deep', etc)
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- enable filtering by tags
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New in version 3.0.2 (compared to Subsurface 3.0.1):
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----------------------------------------------------
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New in version 3.0.2 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0.1):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This update was mainly triggered by a bug in the handling of pO₂
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values read from CCR / rebreather dive computers. This bug can lead to
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incorrect data being stored in the Subsurface XML file. Installing
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Subsurface 3.0.2 and re-downloading the dives will correct the
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incorrect data being stored in the _Subsurface_ XML file. Installing
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_Subsurface_ 3.0.2 and re-downloading the dives will correct the
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incorrect data. In order to re-download the dives connect your dive
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computer (this should only affect people with certain tec dive
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computers like the Shearwater Petrel or Predator that store pO₂ values
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If you are using one of those dive computers, have saved data files
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with Subsurface 3.0 or 3.0.1 and have since deleted those dives from
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with _Subsurface_ 3.0 or 3.0.1 and have since deleted those dives from
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your dive computers, please contact the developers as we also have an
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experimental script that should be able to fix incorrect XML files -
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but re-downloading the data is the much more reliable way to address
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this issue.
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In addition to this bug fix, 3.0.2 brings a number of other improvements:
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- A Portuguese localization of Subsurface was added.
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- Subsurface now remembers its window size and pane layout the next time
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- A Portuguese localization of _Subsurface_ was added.
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- _Subsurface_ now remembers its window size and pane layout the next time
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it is started.
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- Several importers for data for third party dive software were improved.
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- Dives from the Heinrichs & Weikamp DR5 and from kenozooid can now be
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imported into Subsurface.
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- A crash with localized versions of Subsurface on Mac was resolved.
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- The map provider for the GPS maps is now configurable.
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- The layout of some dialog boxes was changed to improve usability on
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- Several importers for data for third party dive software were improved.
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- Dives from the Heinrichs & Weikamp DR5 and from kenozooid can now be
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imported into _Subsurface_.
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- A crash with localized versions of _Subsurface_ on Mac was resolved.
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- The map provider for the GPS maps is now configurable.
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- The layout of some dialog boxes was changed to improve usability on
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small screens.
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- It is now easier to edit date and time of existing dives (and you can
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- It is now easier to edit date and time of existing dives (and you can
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now edit duration, maximum and average depth for dives that were
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manually entered).
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- Several small bugs were addressed.
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- Several small bugs were addressed.
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New in version 3.0.1 (compared to Subsurface 3.0):
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New in version 3.0.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Several bug fixes for importing log files from other divelog software;
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especially imports from DivingLog should work much better now, but
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- random other bug fixes
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------------------------------------------------
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New in version 3.0 (compared to _Subsurface_ 2.1):
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- Many new divecomputers supported, bugfixes for existing divecomputers
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- Cressi Leonardo, Seemann XP5, Mares Matrix, Mares Puck Pro, Mares
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- Optional pO₂, pN₂ and pHe graphs
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- CNS tracking for supported divecomputers
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- Lots of bug fixes
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License: GPLv2
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Subsurface can be found at http://subsurface-divelog.org
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