FidoCadJ 0.24.8

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.

• Show a grid made of lines instead of dots for large zooms (issue #188).
• Implement subscripts and superscripts (issue #71).
• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).
• Makes sort that the zoom box does not receive focus too often (issue #180).
• Get back to editing mode (arrow) with [ESC] (issue #182).
• Right click when inserting macros switches to edit state (issue #144).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 eta

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.
GOALS: test new functions for version 0.24.8. Implement subscripts and superscripts.
KNOWN ISSUES: Text with subscripts and superscripts is not rendered correctly in vector file exports.

• Show a grid made of lines instead of dots for large zooms (issue #188).
• Implement subscripts and superscripts (issue #71).
• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).
• Makes sort that the zoom box does not receive focus too often (issue #180).
• Get back to editing mode (arrow) with [ESC] (issue #182).
• Right click when inserting macros switches to edit state (issue #144).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 zeta

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.
GOALS: test new functions for version 0.24.8. Implement subscripts and superscripts.
KNOWN ISSUES: Text with subscripts and superscripts is not rendered correctly in vector file exports.

• Implement subscripts and superscripts (issue #71).
• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).
• Makes sort that the zoom box does not receive focus too often (issue #180).
• Get back to editing mode (arrow) with [ESC] (issue #182).
• Right click when inserting macros switches to edit state (issue #144).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 epsilon

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.
Corrected some bugs of the version 0.24.8 delta. Line width for Bézier curves is now correctly calculated.
GOALS: test new functions for version 0.24.8

• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).
• Makes sort that the zoom box does not receive focus too often (issue #180).
• Get back to editing mode (arrow) with [ESC] (issue #182).
• Right click when inserting macros switches to edit state (issue #144).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 gamma

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.
NOTE: this version is known to NOT WORK on Linux (and possibly Windows). Use the delta version, instead!
GOALS: test the MacOSX distribution and new features.

• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 delta (Δ)

NOTE: requires Java 9 or more recent, compiled with JDK 14.
It tries to solve the issue seen with the 0.24.8 gamma that does not work on Linux (and possibly Windows).
GOALS: test the MacOSX distribution and new features.

• Fix incorrect export of dashed lines (issue #142).
• Export splitting layers on multiple files (issue #154).
• Fix Inverted filter symbols (issue #153).
• Enter image size when exporting in bitmap format (issue #147).
• The arrow length and half widths may be floating point (issue #111).
• Increase precision of arrows (issue #172).
• Avoid that certain characters in text break the SVG export (issue #162).
• Fix certain components (issue #173).
• Fix a performance issue with Linux and certain zoom factors (issue #166).
• Add norator and nullator symbols for the EY library (issue #167).
• More precise handling of dashed curves (issue #161).
• Correct handling of accented characters for Java >7 (issue #149).
• Fix incompatibility with Java versions >=9 (issue #150).
• Implement "Copy as image" feature (issue #146).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.8 alpha

• Address issue #150, so that FidoCadJ can run on Java 9 and MacOS Mojave.
• Fix issue #142: Incorrect export of dashed lines.
• Implement issue #147: Implement size-based export, and show the expected size of the image in pixels when exporting with a certain resolution. Remember if the last export was resolution-based or size-based.

FidoCadJ version 0.24.7

• Improvement of the building tools and scripts.
• Improved backwards compatibility with PCB tracks with non integer size (#107).
• Increased to 10000 the number of processable tokens (#129).
• FidoCadJ stores the position of the current window (#126).
• The libraries can be hidden to increase the drawing area (#127).
• Change field color when a key is invalid while defining a new symbol (#120).
• Export towards gEDA PCB file format (#132).
• Use a bitmap image as background to draw over it (#99).
• Better user interface with high resolution monitors (#133).
• Correct export of some characters in PDF (#115).
• Correct problem in the selected objects while define a new symbol (#102)
• Correct FidoCadJ does not remember the save/open file directory (#116)
• Show invalid keys when creating new components (#120).
• Eliminate the "Export complete" message box (#117).
• Correct an issue with printing sizes (#137).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.7 epsilon

RELEASE CANDIDATE FOR 0.24.7

• Improvement of the building tools and scripts.
• Improved backwards compatibility with PCB tracks with non integer size (#107).
• Increased to 10000 the number of processable tokens (#129).
• FidoCadJ stores the position of the current window (#126).
• The libraries can be hidden to increase the drawing area (#127).
• Change field color when a key is invalid while defining a new symbol (#120).
• Export towards gEDA PCB file format (#132).
• Use a bitmap image as background to draw over it (#99).
• Better user interface with high resolution monitors (#133).
• Correct export of some characters in PDF (#115).
• Correct problem in the selected objects while define a new symbol (#102)
• Correct FidoCadJ does not remember the save/open file directory (#116)
• Show invalid keys when creating new components (#120).
• Eliminate the "Export complete" message box (#117).

FidoCadJ version 0.24.7 delta

• Improvement of the building tools and scripts.
• Improved backwards compatibility with PCB tracks with non integer size (#107).
• Increased to 10000 the number of processable tokens (#129).
• FidoCadJ stores the position of the current window (#126).
• The libraries can be hidden to increase the drawing area (#127).
• Change field color when a key is invalid while defining a new symbol (#120).
• Export towards gEDA PCB file format (#132).
• Use a bitmap image as background to draw over it (#99).
• Solve issue #102