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Version 0.1.3.1, December 18, 2007

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• fixed image builder
• fixed completion of newcommands

Version History

0.1.3

• open built document even after errors occured
• fixed wrong auto-closing
• escape all messages coming from compiling backends to avoid markup parsing errors
• improved BibTeX parser
• fixed exception when manually changing language features
• fixed exception in completion
• always ask for master file to build when in doubt
• extended LaTeX command definition (thanks to Marciano)
• support for not-floating tabulars and figures
• show the build view on errors if it's hidden
• "Insert BibTeX Entry" dialog
• some refactoring and clean-up
• "Insert Listing" dialog for inserting source code listings

0.1.2

• added support for system-wide installation

• fixed the processor for the output of the latex command (builder.LatexProcessor)

• made it clearer whether a job succeeded or failed
• fixed annoying behaviour of the code completion when there is only one proposal
• fixed deactivation of the plugin
• display "from-to" in line column for multi-line errors
• "relativize" image filename in "Insert Graphics" dialog
• update the document model more frequently
• added another highlight color for warnings
• drag'n drop of snippets
• highlight errors/warnings in the right document when building multi-file projects
• improved startup time a bit by:
  • loading symbols on demand
  • building the console view on demand

• fixed AttributeError in SnippetDialog with gtksourceview2

• fixed parsing of "slave" documents (w/o preamble)
• correctly remembering toolbar state
• fixed parsing of BibTeX files when the key contains ":"
• outline support for BibTeX files
• optionally auto-hide the toolbar
• fixed annoying completion at "\\"
• if the document is a slave:
  • try to find its master in the slave's directory - if this doesn't help...
  • ask the user and store his choice in a metadata file (if the document is "doc.tex" then this
    • file is called ".doc.tex.meta.xml")

0.1.1

• implemented auto closing of environment commands, it now tries to close when:
  • "}" is typed
  • a proposed environment is selected at the code completion of "\begin"
• improved/fixed the "Insert Graphics" wizard:
  • rotating
  • reflecting
  • label
  • new dialog layout
  • free resizing without keeping the aspect ratio
• improved the "Insert Tabular Object" wizard:
  • preview
  • floating
• support for chktex: added the build profile "Syntax Check" which invokes chktex and highlights errors
• support for multi-line errors from rubber
• console view now scrolls on output

• correctly set the number of digits for all SpinButtons connected to a UnitComboBox

• stop completion on focus-out-event
• improved positioning of the completion popup
• always expand the outline tree until we're able to restore the tree's state after parsing
• force toolbar style TOOLBAR_BOTH_HORIZ
• fixed toolbar icon for new build profiles
• preserve the expander state of the symbol groups
• support for gedit 2.19.x / gtksourceview2 (for the moment; the API changes very often)

0.1

• improved auto completion:
  • separate proposal of commands and argument choices
  • immediate trigger per Ctrl+Space, delayed trigger at "\", "{" etc.
  • required packages are automatically inserted when the command is selected (e.g. \mathbb needs amssymb)
  • additional hint popup describing the current argument
  • special commands with intelligent argument choices: \include, \input, \includegraphics, \end,
    • \[no]cite, \bibliography
• parse files that are referenced by \bibliography and propose their entries at the \cite command
• DVI inverse search is back: there's a special build profile for building a DVI with source specials enabled. The output

  • is opened in xdvi. If you hold <Ctrl> and left-click in xdvi then gedit jumps to the according LaTeX source.

• the Builder doesn't block the gui anymore
• don't parse commented out source anymore
• made the command column in the profile dialog editable
• we now respect the real encoding of the document
• save and use the accelerator in the profile dialog
• surround filenames by quotes in the default build profiles
• better workaround when gtksourceview is not available

• fixed exception in QuickstartDialog

20070821

• feature: rewrote the build system: build view in the bottom panel, no static profiles, working accelerators etc.
• feature: finally some entries in the menubar with keyboard shortcuts
• feature: new configuration backend using XML files instead of GConf (settings are migrated on first start)
• feature: icons in the structure view
• bugfix: fixed some bugs in the unit conversion
• bugfix: sometimes you had to restart gedit after loading the plugin, this is fixed
• bugfix: fixed some strange behaviour in image export

20070719

• bugfix: when gtksourceview2 is installed then gtksourceview can not be imported anymore - don't crash in this case

20070608

• bugfix: "Runnning" only has two n's

• bugfix: \eqref now triggers auto-complete for references
• bugfix: pressing enter in an entry now always activates the dialog's default action
• bugfix: fixed status messages
• bugfix: fixed an exception in "New LaTeX Document" dialog
• bugfix: changed compile hotkey to F8 because F7 is reserved for spell check

20070605

• feature: changed compile hotkey to F7 because of strange problems with F6
• feature: size and position of the autocomplete popup can be configured (due to problems with composite extension stuff)
• feature: added tooltips to the toolbar
• feature: switched to XML for autocomplete definitions
• feature: implemented "Custom Build Profiles"
• feature: shell output can be viewed after compile errors
• feature: switch tabs according to error messages selected
• feature: better layout of the symbol map
• feature: page margins and paragraph indentation can now be configured in "New LaTeX Document"
• feature: font size can be set in the toolbar
• feature: text adjustment can be set in the toolbar
• feature: added optional PDF metadata to the "New LaTeX Document" dialog (thanks Edward Duffy)
• feature: simplified the "macros" stuff and made them to "snippets"

• bugfix: fixed the document parser so that clicking on a structure element jumps to right source again (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• bugfix: fixed the \begin{document}-bug: auto completion now doesn't need a \begin{document} anymore

20061231

• bugfix: fixed off-by-one in "Comment"/"Uncomment" functions
• bugfix: don't crash on missing D-BUS bindings
• feature: display \includegraphicS in the structure tree
• feature: added some symbols

20061112

• bugfix: fixed a typo in "New LaTeX Document" dialog that crashed it when the user's locale was unknown (thanks Frederic Brize)
• feature: added some symbols

20061109

• bugfix: fixed the DVI forward search ("Find selection in DVI")

• bugfix: fixed scale factors for figures (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• bugfix: fixed auto-closing for {xyz*}-environments
• bugfix: the autocomplete window now appears below the current line
• feature: enabled import of ASCII tables in the "Insert Tabular Object" dialog

20061021

• bugfix: typo: environment recognition forgot some math environments (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• bugfix: auto-closing can now really be switched off
• bugfix: again, a lot of code clean-up

• feature: improved the "Include Graphics" dialog and the LaTeX resulting from it (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• feature: newcommands can now be edited and deleted

20060928

• bugfix: auto-closing caused gedit to crash in some cases
• bugfix: fixed the dropdown buttons in the toolbar (their initial icon disappeared when starting a second gedit instance)
• feature: improved the table dialog
• feature: did some code clean-up, saving resources and improving start-up time a bit
• feature: using the default gettext dictionary until the plugin is translated

20060924

• feature: also recognize \bibitemS
• feature: introducing a dynamic text completion:
  • \labelS in the document or its master are provided as \ref{LABEL}
  • \bibitemS are provided as \cite{KEY}
  • the suggested commands change according to the included packages
  • \newcommandS in the document or its master are also suggested
• feature: improved the document parser
• feature: when a structure element, label or newcommand is clicked on, the according source is selected instead of just jumping to the line
• feature: save an unsaved document before compiling it (unnamed files are still compiled from a temporary file)
• feature: added some new symbols to "Common Symbols"
• feature: "Common Symbols" are now displayed on a single page
• bugfix: fixed the "Jump to definition" context menu entry in "New Commands"

• bugfix: fixed TypeError in the Backend

20060908

• bugfix: fixed unloading the plugin (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• bugfix: fixed rendering to image
• bugfix: more stability fixes to the "Compile" dialog

20060907

• bugfix: pressing "Enter" in one of the text entries of the "New LaTeX Document" dialog now activates the "OK" button
• bugfix: Backend still caused "Compile" dialog to hang, when rubber provided no error

20060903

• bugfix: Backend caused "Compile" dialog to hang, when rubber provided no error or when using rubber 1.0.x
• bugfix: enable preview of newcommands with references
• bugfix: hiding the progress bar in "Compile" if there's only one step to do
• feature: inverse depency tracking: find and compile the document that includes the current one
• feature: show filenames in "Compile" dialog, when errors occured
• feature: using rubber's cache system to speed up subsequent compilations (configurable)
• feature: jump to the line that an error occured in automatically or per click in the errors list

20060829-2

• bugfix: prevent the QuickstartDialog from crashing when people don't have beamer installed

20060829-1

• bugfix: popup a message if rubber is not installed

• bugfix: rendered images are now opened with the default gnome document handler (thanks AdamSchreiber)

20060829

• feature: added support for references in newcommands (argument is automatically determined)

• bugfix: added "Tools" > "Compile LaTeX to" > "Image..." menu entry

• feature: improved QuickstartDialog:

  • reasonable defaults for author and date (thanks PetarVasic)

  • added beamer theme selection
  • added font size selection
  • using templates for the different document classes
  • further look'n'feel improvements
• bugfix: improved memory usage, now dialogs are loaded faster after they've been loaded once
• feature: introducing a new LaTeX backend using Emmanuel Beffara's rubber (thanks Gwilym T. Still)
• feature: improved "Add Macro"/"Edit Macro"/"Add New Command" dialog:
  • you can now define packages required by a macro
  • smarter preview
  • further look'n'feel improvements

20060813

• feature: documents can now be rendered to a PNG, JPEG or GIF image
• feature: added "(Un-)comment" menu entries
• feature: improved startup time a bit

• bugfix: replaced obsolete "eqnarray" environment by "align" from amsmath (thanks AdamSchreiber)

20060811

• feature: created a PreviewArea: it uses latex, dvips and Johan Vromans's eps2png to quickly render a LaTeX preview.

• feature: added this area to the macro dialogs, a kind of popup preview will follow...

• feature: fixed and improved the TableDialog

• feature: the "Compile" tool button now remembers the last selected format
• bugfix: fixed annoying behaviour of the toolbar's environment recognition
• bugfix: always force the icons-only-style for the toolbar to save space
• bugfix: the document structure stumbled on some unescaped characters
• bugfix: it is now ensured that the compiling log file is recent

• bugfix: finally made PostScript export work

20060810-r1

• bugfix: fixed macro insertion
• bugfix: fixed the headline toolbutton

20060810

• feature: using a custom MenuToolButton (SmartMenuToolButton) in the toolbar that remembers the last selected item

• feature: added typeface selection
• feature: added accent selection
• bugfix: the document jumps to a line selected in the structure again
• bugfix: enabled DVI search in unsaved (temporary) documents
• bugfix: improved cleanup procedure for temporary files
• feature: improved the compile dialog

• bugfix: fixed and improved the "Add new command" and "Add macro" dialogs (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• bugfix: fixed babel package guessing in "New LaTeX document" dialog (thanks PetarVasic)

• bugfix: fixed wrong markup settings in the document structure (thanks AdamSchreiber)

• feature: added a config dialog
• feature: added basic support for tables/matrices

20060726-r1

• feature: added a menu entry to show/hide the toolbar
• feature: added a compile button to the toolbar
• feature: separated the labels from the document structure
• feature: if the compiling exits with errors but an output is written though, it is also opened for viewing
• bugfix: some bugfixes regarding the plugin structure

20060726

• bugfix: fixed math mode recognition
• feature: improved macro insertion (focus grabbing, indentation)
• feature: support for graphics insert
• feature: support for user-defined macros
• feature: support for embedded user-defined macros (\newcommand)
• feature: extended the toolbar by some common commands
• feature: improved GConf backend
• feature: added built-in macros

20060713

• feature: merged Marcianos D-BUS code:
  • forward search: select some LaTeX source in Gedit and find the respective section in xdvi via "Find selection in DVI"
  • reverse search: click on a spot in xdvi and Gedit jumps to the respective line
• feature: improved integration of the menu entries and the toolbar
• feature: improved the compiler backend and disposed the bottom panel
• feature: LaTeX compiling can now be interrupted
• feature: changing between general and math environment is automatically recognized and the toolbar adopts respectively
• feature: the document structure can now be refreshed manually
• feature: added GConf support
• feature: added built-in macros to the side panel (user defined macros will follow)
• feature: the compiling backend doesn't need a saved and local file anymore, it just creates a temporary one

20060619

• bugfix: GtkTreeStore.set_default_sort_func(None) in Structure.init() leads to a TypeError for some users.

• bugfix: Structure.onRowActivated() scrolls to the chosen line before calling GeditDocument.goto_line().

• feature: QuickstartDialog now enables highlighting.

• feature: packages are now included as required by the particular LaTeX command. Removed initial package selection from QuickstartDialog.

• feature: Structure now supports LaTeX labels.
• feature: added a new "s"-page (structuring) to the Toolbar.
• feature: make insertion of tags a bit more intelligent: selected text will now be surrounded by "\begin...\end" style tags