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author | Willem Ferguson <willemferguson@zoology.up.ac.za> | 2014-12-17 11:34:12 +0200 |
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committer | Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org> | 2014-12-17 07:51:58 -0800 |
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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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One can +specify a combination of different criteria like tags, people who were on +the dive, dive site, suit, etc. While filtering one can see how many dives +match any of the criteria, and how many dives match the combination of the +selected criteria (see image below)</p></div> +<div class="imageblock" style="text-align:center;"> +<div class="content"> +<img src="images/V4.3_Filter.jpg" alt="Filter panel" /> +</div> +</div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>When editing a dive, one can now copy information about a dive +and paste it into one or more other dives. This makes it easy to add the +same equipment, buddies, tags or other aspects of a dive into a group of +dives with similar characteristics.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The dive profile now offers an easy to understand +tissue saturation graph that shows tissue saturation at any +point during the dive. (See image below)</p></div> +<div class="imageblock" style="text-align:center;"> +<div class="content"> +<img src="images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg" alt="Cylinder bars and tissue saturation graph" /> +</div> +</div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>In the dive profile one can turn on an improved visualization of the +gas combinations used during a dive (aka "tank bar" with different gases represented +by different colours, see image above).</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Owners of the Heinrichs & Weikamp OSTC 2 and 3 as well as dive computers +in the popular Suunto Vyper family of dive computers can configure the +settings of their dive computers using <em>Subsurface</em>.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>For a number of dive computers <em>Subsurface</em> now downloads additional data and +shows them in a new tab on the screen. This includes (depending on the +dive computer) information like battery levels, no fly times, Gradient +Factors used during the dive, etc. This feature is enabled in all official +<em>Subsurface</em> binaries and includes the Uemis Zurich SDA. When building +from source this requires a custom +version of libdivecomputer (as explained in the INSTALL file).</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The dive planner now offers the ability to re-plan dives and to create duplicate +dive plans in order to plan multiple scenarios.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>We added support for several new dive computers including the Suunto EON +Steel, Aeris A300 CD, and Aeris F11.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><em>Subsurface</em> can now import dive logs from Liquivision and Cochran software +as well as the new Suuntu DM5.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>We made many improvements for UDDF and CSV import, UDDF export now +complies with the latest version of the standard.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Many issues with the HTML export were addressed.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>Initial support for closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) and pSCR was added. +Dive logs from the Poseidon MkVI +CCR can be imported. Visualization of dive logs as +well as dive planning should work - but this feature is fairly early in +its development and we assume that there may be a few bugs and +mis-features hidden in this area. Here is a dive profile for a Poseidon MkVI:</p></div> +<div class="imageblock" style="text-align:center;"> +<div class="content"> +<img src="images/V4.3_CCR.jpg" alt="CCR dive profile" /> +</div> +</div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Other notable improvements</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +Import of manually logged dives (e.g., from an existing paper logbook) + is now much better documented in the user manual. Instead of having to + individually enter each dive with the graphical profile editor users can + add all their dives in a spreadsheet and import the data from there into + <em>Subsurface</em> in one single operation. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Many other small improvements to the planner +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Many small UI changes for better use on small displays (tighter columns + and column headers on the dive list, the toolbox of icons no longer + forces a minimum height of the profile, etc) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Improvements on HiDPI displays +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +We fixed an annoying bug where when starting to edit a dive the pop-up + with completions would cover the edit line (this usually happened when + editing tags) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +For the (rather unusual) dive computers that send a heading event in + every sample we automatically declutter the profile display now +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The Windows installer is smarter: the 64bit installer refuses to + install its binaries on a 32bit OS and conversely the installer warns + you when installing 32bit binaries on a 64bit OS +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Better synchronization with divelogs.de, including support for multiple + tanks +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Known bugs</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +There appears to be a bug in Qt: when changing the password needed + authenticate with a proxy, <em>Subsurface</em> will not use the new password + until after a restart +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +</div> +<div class="sect1"> +<h2 id="_em_subsurface_em_4_2"><em>Subsurface</em> 4.2</h2> +<div class="sectionbody"> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The <em>Subsurface</em> developer team is proud to announce the release of the +next update of <em>Subsurface</em>.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><em>Subsurface</em> is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac +and Linux.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>Subsurface</em> the user can download dive information directly from a +large number of supported dive computers. <em>Subsurface</em> is able to track +single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix. It displays +a dive profile with all related information including air consumption +and alarms. It also allows logging of information like weights and +exposure protection used, dive masters and dive buddies, and enables +the user to rate dives and provide additional dive notes.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>With <em>Subsurface</em> the user can track dive locations including GPS +coordinates (which can also be conveniently entered using a map +interface). <em>Subsurface</em> calculates a wide variety of statistics of the +user’s diving and keeps track of information like the user’s SAC rate, +partial pressures of O2, N2 and He, calculated deco information, and +many more.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><em>Subsurface</em> allows the user to print out a detailed log book including +dive profiles and other relevant information. The program is localized +in about 20 languages and well supported by an active developer +community. This community also made new and shiny offline manuals in +Spanish and Russian possible.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>One of the major strengths of <em>Subsurface</em> is its support of a wide range +of dive computers (most common dive computers are supported with the help +of libdivecomputer); a detailed list is in the SupportedDivecomputers.txt +file. <em>Subsurface</em> can also import existing dive logs from several sources +including MacDive, Suunto DM3/DM4, JDiveLog and divelogs.de. Another +strength is its ability to visualize the depth profile (and, if +available, the tank pressure curve) in very innovative ways that give +the user additional information on relative velocity (and momentary +air consumption) during the dive through the coloring of the graphs.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Some of the changes since 4.1</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +The Windows installer is now a 64bit installer including Qt5 +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has + several known issues (among others, printing has a number of bugs that + were fixed in Qt5). +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +The Mac installer has also been updated to Qt5 +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +A current development version of libdivecomputer is used for the Windows + and Mac builds. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +A Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor; it + supports different ascent speeds, backgas breaks during deco and many + other interesting features; it allows the user to print just the dive + plan (without graphic profile); one shortcoming is that currently one + cannot re-plan a planned dive, i.e., once you save a dive plan, you can + no longer edit / change the plan; you have to start from scratch again. + This is on the todo list. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Pictures can be associated with dives and shown in the profile +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Printing is much improved (but see above), including a "1 dive per page" + mode, better rendering of dives (in our mind) and better data + presented per dive. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Data entry for dives is much more intuitive and consistent +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +We have a reasonably functional HTML exporter for the dive log (it’s + still work in progress but already quite powerful, even though lacking + localization support). +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +We added a user survey to learn more about the interests and needs of + out users +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved and extended user manuals +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +new translated user manuals in Spanish and Russian +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Known issues:</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +(Windows specific) Many Windows fonts don’t support specific characters, + specifically subscript "2" (eg in pO₂). New installations of <em>Subsurface</em> + will automatically pick a font that contains this character, but if you + had <em>Subsurface</em> installed on a specific system before, it likely has + saved the previous font in its settings. In that case the best solution + is to manually change the font to one that contains this character, + e.g. Calibri. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +(Windows specific) When upgrading from <em>Subsurface</em> 4.1, after saving of a + logfile the logfile’s name may be listed a second time in the files menu + because of a change in the representation of logfiles filename in the + Windows registry. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +There are a number of small inconsistencies in the UI when editing + multiple dives. For example, if multiple dives are edited and some of + them already have coordinates set, under certain circumstances the + changes aren’t saved. To circumvent this bug only edit dives with the + same coordinates or edit the dives individually. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +(Windows specific - only 64bit) If an ad blocker is used and set to + offline mode, the manual check for an update crashes <em>Subsurface</em>. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +When using the globe / map widget to edit dive locations, double clicks + some times fail to set the correct position. +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Sometimes the globe will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom + in or out of the location and give the system time to download the map + tiles in the background - on slower network connections this can take a + while. +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_4_1_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_4_0_3">New in version 4.1 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 4.0.3):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +new and improved profile widget with animations, better info box, and + a new toolbox to turn on and off many of the additional graphs and + information displays +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved CSV import and added CSV export +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +import of exported log files from Sensus (CSV) and Shearwater Desktop + (XML) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved UDDF and divelogs.de support +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +generalized import dialog +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +much improved consistency for dialog boxes, keyboard shortcuts, etc +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved error handling when downloading from divecomputer +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +export an HTML world map with dive sites +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +make backups before overwriting XML files +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +don’t display unused cylinders in the equipment tab (this can be turned + off and the old behavior restored in the preferences) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +lots of code cleanup, style fixes, improved consistency +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improve Qt5 support (but there are still some visual oddities) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +many improvements to the build infrastructure (out of tree builds, + ability to build without Marble, make WIP planner a config option) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +more than 50 bugs fixed +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +new translation (Greek, British-English, Latvian, and Romanian) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +experimental "check for updates" feature (mostly for Windows and Mac) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +experimental undocumented alternative storage format +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_4_0_3_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_4_0_2">New in version 4.0.3 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 4.0.2):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +fixed unitinialized variable bug that caused errors downloading from + divecomputers +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_4_0_2_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_4_0_1">New in version 4.0.2 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 4.0.1):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +fixed potential crash when importing dive data without dive computer + model information +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improve parsing of equipment data; this now accepts localized units + as well as input in units that are not the display units (so if you + run <em>Subsurface</em> in metric, but went diving in a place where weights + are in US Pounds (lbs), you can now enter the weight in lbs and + <em>Subsurface</em> does the right thing) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +fix temperature conversion when downloading data from Uemis SDA +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improve autocompletion to always be case insensitive +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improve selection handling in the dive list +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +include event data in libdivecomputer dump +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improve profiles generated for dives with no depth samples and no + average depth +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_4_0_1_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_4_0">New in version 4.0.1 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 4.0):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +fixed several bugs handling non-ASCII text both in dive info text + fields as well as in Windows file names +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +added support for generating libdivecomputer log and dump files +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +many improvements for import and export of other file formats +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +XSLT files are built-in as resources, avoiding issues with not + finding them +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +support more GPS coordinate formats +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +fixed several bugs around editing of manually entered dives +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +fixed several bugs with entering data for weights and tanks +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +increase the number of tracked weight systems to 6 +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +fixed font setting in preferences +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved look and feel when running dark themes +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +support older versions of Mac OS/X with default DMG (>= 10.5) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +enable https in Windows binaries +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_4_0_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_3_1">New in version 4.0 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 3.1):</h3> +<div class="paragraph"><p>With version 4.0 the <em>Subsurface</em> team switched to a different UI +toolkit. This caused the need to do a complete rewrite of a large +chunk of the <em>Subsurface</em> code base. We decided to keep much of the +logic and core of the existing code around, but used the opportunity +for quite a bit of cleanup and many improvements.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>The basic concepts are the same, most of the basic features are the +same, but trying to create a concise list of changes that summarizes +the more than 1600 commits that have gone in since version 3.1 seems a +daunting task.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Here are some of the highlights:</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +new map widget with a spinning globe to visualize dive locations +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +much more "native" look and feel under Windows and Mac +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +ability to edit dives "in place": simply click on an entry in the + Dive Notes or Equipment tabs to start editing +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +more data about each dive is presented in the Dive Notes and can + be edited without separate dialogs and without having to go through + context menues +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +graphical editor for dive profiles for manually added dives +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +better information overlay for the dive profile +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +addition of a "ruler" tool in the profile window that allows + measuring of many properties between two points in the profile +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +better tag system with both predefined user-specified free text tags +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +better integration with divelogs.de (upload & download support) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +ability to show the user manual from within the application without + a life internet connection and without opening the manual in an + external browser window +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +better statistics (with per-trip statistics available) +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Known issues:</strong></p></div> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +Filter→Select Events is not implemented +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Dive planner has been disabled for now +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +https support for divelogs.de on Windows is disabled +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_3_1_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_3_0_2">New in version 3.1 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 3.0.2):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +track tags for dives (things like <em>boat</em>, <em>shore</em>, <em>deep</em>, etc) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +enable filtering by tags +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +ability to modify events from a context menu in the dive profile + (this includes the ability to add gaschange events) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +direct export / upload to the divelogs.de online logbook +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +import of Suunto DM4 files +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +improved printout formatting and printer dialog +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +support for color printing +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +dive planning: add option for last stop at 6m/20ft +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +added support for Heinrichs Weikamp OSTC3 and Suunto DX +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +native support for the Shearwater Petrel (much faster download) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +various bug fixes +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_3_0_2_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_3_0_1">New in version 3.0.2 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 3.0.1):</h3> +<div class="paragraph"><p>This update was mainly triggered by a bug in the handling of pO₂ +values read from CCR / rebreather dive computers. This bug can lead to +incorrect data being stored in the <em>Subsurface</em> XML file. Installing +<em>Subsurface</em> 3.0.2 and re-downloading the dives will correct the +incorrect data. In order to re-download the dives connect your dive +computer (this should only affect people with certain tec dive +computers like the Shearwater Petrel or Predator that store pO₂ values +read from a pO₂ sensor in their dive log), open the download dialog, +check the box "Force download of all dives" and download your +dives. After you save your data file the correct pO₂ data should be +stored in the samples.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>If you are using one of those dive computers, have saved data files +with <em>Subsurface</em> 3.0 or 3.0.1 and have since deleted those dives from +your dive computers, please contact the developers as we also have an +experimental script that should be able to fix incorrect XML files - +but re-downloading the data is the much more reliable way to address +this issue.</p></div> +<div class="paragraph"><p>In addition to this bug fix, 3.0.2 brings a number of other improvements: +- A Portuguese localization of <em>Subsurface</em> was added. +- <em>Subsurface</em> now remembers its window size and pane layout the next time + it is started. +- Several importers for data for third party dive software were improved. +- Dives from the Heinrichs & Weikamp DR5 and from kenozooid can now be + imported into <em>Subsurface</em>. +- A crash with localized versions of <em>Subsurface</em> on Mac was resolved. +- The map provider for the GPS maps is now configurable. +- The layout of some dialog boxes was changed to improve usability on + small screens. +- It is now easier to edit date and time of existing dives (and you can + now edit duration, maximum and average depth for dives that were + manually entered). +- Several small bugs were addressed.</p></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_3_0_1_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_3_0">New in version 3.0.1 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 3.0):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +Several bug fixes for importing log files from other divelog software; + especially imports from DivingLog should work much better now, but + also new importer functions for UDDF and UDCF +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Fixes for SAC calculation and gas volume estimates at high pressures + (air and nitrox are NOT ideal gases in the physics sense) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Added Help link to the online user manual +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Improved the user manual +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +random other bug fixes +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +<div class="sect2"> +<h3 id="_new_in_version_3_0_compared_to_em_subsurface_em_2_1">New in version 3.0 (compared to <em>Subsurface</em> 2.1):</h3> +<div class="ulist"><ul> +<li> +<p> +Many new divecomputers supported, bugfixes for existing divecomputers +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Cressi Leonardo, Seemann XP5, Mares Matrix, Mares Puck Pro, Mares + Nemo Wide 2, Shearwater Petrel, Shearwater Predator, Aeris A300 + AI, Hollis DG03 +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +significant improvements for the Heinrichs Weiskamp OSTC +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Significantly improved selection of divecomputers for direct download +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Map display of GPS locations of dives and ability to enter and edit those +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Improved automatic dive numbering +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Data overlay for profile plot (with additional statistics information) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Zoom function for profile plot +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Dive planner +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Improved printing support +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Improved dive trip handling +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Support for downloading dives from multiple computers (so for example + both your main and your backup computer) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Added ability to import existing divelogs from Suunto DM3 (no manual + unpacking needed anymore), MacDive and divelogs.de +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Lots of features to make tec divers happy: +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Experimental deco calculation with optional display of a calculated + ceiling (Buhlmann ZH16 with gradient factors) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Display of deco information from some divecomputers that support this +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +TriMix support +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +CCR support (fixed or variable setpoint, on dive computers that support + this) +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Optional pO₂, pN₂ and pHe graphs +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +CNS tracking for supported divecomputers +</p> +</li> +<li> +<p> +Lots of bug fixes +</p> +</li> +</ul></div> +</div> +</div> +</div> +</div> +<div id="footnotes"><hr /></div> +<div id="footer"> +<div id="footer-text"> +Last updated 2014-12-17 11:09:22 SAST +</div> +</div> +</body> +</html> diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8b7ae85b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,416 @@ +// _Subsurface_ 4.3 Release Notes + +_Subsurface_ 4.3 - released December 2014 +--------------------------------------- + +The _Subsurface_ development team proudly announces +release 4.3 of _Subsurface_, an open source divelog and dive planning +program for Windows, Mac and Linux. + +License: GPLv2 + +_Subsurface_ can be found at: http://_Subsurface_-divelog.org + +Some of the changes since _Subsurface_ 4.2 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +_Subsurface_ now supports flexible filtering of the dive list. One can +specify a combination of different criteria like tags, people who were on +the dive, dive site, suit, etc. While filtering one can see how many dives +match any of the criteria, and how many dives match the combination of the +selected criteria (see image below) + +image::images/V4.3_Filter.jpg["Filter panel",align="center"] + +When editing a dive, one can now copy information about a dive +and paste it into one or more other dives. This makes it easy to add the +same equipment, buddies, tags or other aspects of a dive into a group of +dives with similar characteristics. + +The dive profile now offers an easy to understand +tissue saturation graph that shows tissue saturation at any +point during the dive. (See image below) + +image::images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg["Cylinder bars and tissue saturation graph",align="center"] + +In the dive profile one can turn on an improved visualization of the +gas combinations used during a dive (aka "tank bar" with different gases represented +by different colours, see image above). + +Owners of the Heinrichs & Weikamp OSTC 2 and 3 as well as dive computers +in the popular Suunto Vyper family of dive computers can configure the +settings of their dive computers using _Subsurface_. + +For a number of dive computers _Subsurface_ now downloads additional data and +shows them in a new tab on the screen. This includes (depending on the +dive computer) information like battery levels, no fly times, Gradient +Factors used during the dive, etc. This feature is enabled in all official +_Subsurface_ binaries and includes the Uemis Zurich SDA. When building +from source this requires a custom +version of libdivecomputer (as explained in the INSTALL file). + +The dive planner now offers the ability to re-plan dives and to create duplicate +dive plans in order to plan multiple scenarios. + +We added support for several new dive computers including the Suunto EON +Steel, Aeris A300 CD, and Aeris F11. + +_Subsurface_ can now import dive logs from Liquivision and Cochran software +as well as the new Suuntu DM5. + +We made many improvements for UDDF and CSV import, UDDF export now +complies with the latest version of the standard. + +Many issues with the HTML export were addressed. + +Initial support for closed circuit rebreathers (CCR) and pSCR was added. +Dive logs from the Poseidon MkVI +CCR can be imported. Visualization of dive logs as +well as dive planning should work - but this feature is fairly early in +its development and we assume that there may be a few bugs and +mis-features hidden in this area. Here is a dive profile for a Poseidon MkVI: + +image::images/V4.3_CCR.jpg["CCR dive profile",align="center"] + +*Other notable improvements* + +- Import of manually logged dives (e.g., from an existing paper logbook) + is now much better documented in the user manual. Instead of having to + individually enter each dive with the graphical profile editor users can + add all their dives in a spreadsheet and import the data from there into + _Subsurface_ in one single operation. +- Many other small improvements to the planner +- Many small UI changes for better use on small displays (tighter columns + and column headers on the dive list, the toolbox of icons no longer + forces a minimum height of the profile, etc) +- Improvements on HiDPI displays +- We fixed an annoying bug where when starting to edit a dive the pop-up + with completions would cover the edit line (this usually happened when + editing tags) +- For the (rather unusual) dive computers that send a heading event in + every sample we automatically declutter the profile display now +- The Windows installer is smarter: the 64bit installer refuses to + install its binaries on a 32bit OS and conversely the installer warns + you when installing 32bit binaries on a 64bit OS +- Better synchronization with divelogs.de, including support for multiple + tanks + +*Known bugs* + +- There appears to be a bug in Qt: when changing the password needed + authenticate with a proxy, _Subsurface_ will not use the new password + until after a restart + +_Subsurface_ 4.2 +-------------- + +The _Subsurface_ developer team is proud to announce the release of the +next update of _Subsurface_. + +_Subsurface_ is an open source divelog program that runs on Windows, Mac +and Linux. + +With _Subsurface_ the user can download dive information directly from a +large number of supported dive computers. _Subsurface_ is able to track +single- and multi-tank dives using air, Nitrox or TriMix. It displays +a dive profile with all related information including air consumption +and alarms. It also allows logging of information like weights and +exposure protection used, dive masters and dive buddies, and enables +the user to rate dives and provide additional dive notes. + +With _Subsurface_ the user can track dive locations including GPS +coordinates (which can also be conveniently entered using a map +interface). _Subsurface_ calculates a wide variety of statistics of the +user's diving and keeps track of information like the user's SAC rate, +partial pressures of O2, N2 and He, calculated deco information, and +many more. + +_Subsurface_ allows the user to print out a detailed log book including +dive profiles and other relevant information. The program is localized +in about 20 languages and well supported by an active developer +community. This community also made new and shiny offline manuals in +Spanish and Russian possible. + +One of the major strengths of _Subsurface_ is its support of a wide range +of dive computers (most common dive computers are supported with the help +of libdivecomputer); a detailed list is in the SupportedDivecomputers.txt +file. _Subsurface_ can also import existing dive logs from several sources +including MacDive, Suunto DM3/DM4, JDiveLog and divelogs.de. Another +strength is its ability to visualize the depth profile (and, if +available, the tank pressure curve) in very innovative ways that give +the user additional information on relative velocity (and momentary +air consumption) during the dive through the coloring of the graphs. + +*Some of the changes since 4.1* + +- The Windows installer is now a 64bit installer including Qt5 +- There is still a deprecated 32bit installer including Qt4, but that has + several known issues (among others, printing has a number of bugs that + were fixed in Qt5). +- The Mac installer has also been updated to Qt5 +- A current development version of libdivecomputer is used for the Windows + and Mac builds. +- A Dive Planner got added again, using the graphical profile editor; it + supports different ascent speeds, backgas breaks during deco and many + other interesting features; it allows the user to print just the dive + plan (without graphic profile); one shortcoming is that currently one + cannot re-plan a planned dive, i.e., once you save a dive plan, you can + no longer edit / change the plan; you have to start from scratch again. + This is on the todo list. +- Pictures can be associated with dives and shown in the profile +- Printing is much improved (but see above), including a "1 dive per page" + mode, better rendering of dives (in our mind) and better data + presented per dive. +- Data entry for dives is much more intuitive and consistent +- We have a reasonably functional HTML exporter for the dive log (it's + still work in progress but already quite powerful, even though lacking + localization support). +- Support to import dive log files from Seabear dive computers. +- We added a user survey to learn more about the interests and needs of + out users +- improved and extended user manuals +- new translated user manuals in Spanish and Russian + +*Known issues:* + +- (Windows specific) Many Windows fonts don't support specific characters, + specifically subscript "2" (eg in pO₂). New installations of _Subsurface_ + will automatically pick a font that contains this character, but if you + had _Subsurface_ installed on a specific system before, it likely has + saved the previous font in its settings. In that case the best solution + is to manually change the font to one that contains this character, + e.g. Calibri. + +- (Windows specific) When upgrading from _Subsurface_ 4.1, after saving of a + logfile the logfile's name may be listed a second time in the files menu + because of a change in the representation of logfiles filename in the + Windows registry. + +- There are a number of small inconsistencies in the UI when editing + multiple dives. For example, if multiple dives are edited and some of + them already have coordinates set, under certain circumstances the + changes aren't saved. To circumvent this bug only edit dives with the + same coordinates or edit the dives individually. + +- (Windows specific - only 64bit) If an ad blocker is used and set to + offline mode, the manual check for an update crashes _Subsurface_. + +- When using the globe / map widget to edit dive locations, double clicks + some times fail to set the correct position. + +- Sometimes the globe will show the same pane several times. Try to zoom + in or out of the location and give the system time to download the map + tiles in the background - on slower network connections this can take a + while. + + +New in version 4.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.3): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- new and improved profile widget with animations, better info box, and + a new toolbox to turn on and off many of the additional graphs and + information displays +- improved CSV import and added CSV export +- import of exported log files from Sensus (CSV) and Shearwater Desktop + (XML) +- improved UDDF and divelogs.de support +- generalized import dialog +- much improved consistency for dialog boxes, keyboard shortcuts, etc +- improved error handling when downloading from divecomputer +- export an HTML world map with dive sites +- make backups before overwriting XML files +- don't display unused cylinders in the equipment tab (this can be turned + off and the old behavior restored in the preferences) +- lots of code cleanup, style fixes, improved consistency +- improve Qt5 support (but there are still some visual oddities) +- many improvements to the build infrastructure (out of tree builds, + ability to build without Marble, make WIP planner a config option) +- more than 50 bugs fixed +- new translation (Greek, British-English, Latvian, and Romanian) +- experimental "check for updates" feature (mostly for Windows and Mac) +- experimental undocumented alternative storage format + + +New in version 4.0.3 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.2): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- fixed unitinialized variable bug that caused errors downloading from + divecomputers + +New in version 4.0.2 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0.1): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- fixed potential crash when importing dive data without dive computer + model information +- improve parsing of equipment data; this now accepts localized units + as well as input in units that are not the display units (so if you + run _Subsurface_ in metric, but went diving in a place where weights + are in US Pounds (lbs), you can now enter the weight in lbs and + _Subsurface_ does the right thing) +- fix temperature conversion when downloading data from Uemis SDA +- improve autocompletion to always be case insensitive +- improve selection handling in the dive list +- include event data in libdivecomputer dump +- improve profiles generated for dives with no depth samples and no + average depth + +New in version 4.0.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 4.0): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- fixed several bugs handling non-ASCII text both in dive info text + fields as well as in Windows file names +- added support for generating libdivecomputer log and dump files +- many improvements for import and export of other file formats +- XSLT files are built-in as resources, avoiding issues with not + finding them +- support more GPS coordinate formats +- fixed several bugs around editing of manually entered dives +- fixed several bugs with entering data for weights and tanks +- increase the number of tracked weight systems to 6 +- fixed font setting in preferences +- improved look and feel when running dark themes +- support older versions of Mac OS/X with default DMG (>= 10.5) +- enable https in Windows binaries + +New in version 4.0 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.1): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +With version 4.0 the _Subsurface_ team switched to a different UI +toolkit. This caused the need to do a complete rewrite of a large +chunk of the _Subsurface_ code base. We decided to keep much of the +logic and core of the existing code around, but used the opportunity +for quite a bit of cleanup and many improvements. + +The basic concepts are the same, most of the basic features are the +same, but trying to create a concise list of changes that summarizes +the more than 1600 commits that have gone in since version 3.1 seems a +daunting task. + +*Here are some of the highlights:* + +- new map widget with a spinning globe to visualize dive locations +- much more "native" look and feel under Windows and Mac +- ability to edit dives "in place": simply click on an entry in the + Dive Notes or Equipment tabs to start editing +- more data about each dive is presented in the Dive Notes and can + be edited without separate dialogs and without having to go through + context menues +- graphical editor for dive profiles for manually added dives +- better information overlay for the dive profile +- addition of a "ruler" tool in the profile window that allows + measuring of many properties between two points in the profile +- better tag system with both predefined user-specified free text tags +- better integration with divelogs.de (upload & download support) +- ability to show the user manual from within the application without + a life internet connection and without opening the manual in an + external browser window +- better statistics (with per-trip statistics available) + +*Known issues:* + +- Filter->Select Events is not implemented +- Dive planner has been disabled for now +- https support for divelogs.de on Windows is disabled + + + +New in version 3.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0.2): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- track tags for dives (things like 'boat', 'shore', 'deep', etc) +- enable filtering by tags +- ability to modify events from a context menu in the dive profile + (this includes the ability to add gaschange events) +- direct export / upload to the divelogs.de online logbook +- import of Suunto DM4 files +- improved printout formatting and printer dialog +- support for color printing +- dive planning: add option for last stop at 6m/20ft +- added support for Heinrichs Weikamp OSTC3 and Suunto DX +- native support for the Shearwater Petrel (much faster download) +- various bug fixes + + + +New in version 3.0.2 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0.1): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This update was mainly triggered by a bug in the handling of pO₂ +values read from CCR / rebreather dive computers. This bug can lead to +incorrect data being stored in the _Subsurface_ XML file. Installing +_Subsurface_ 3.0.2 and re-downloading the dives will correct the +incorrect data. In order to re-download the dives connect your dive +computer (this should only affect people with certain tec dive +computers like the Shearwater Petrel or Predator that store pO₂ values +read from a pO₂ sensor in their dive log), open the download dialog, +check the box "Force download of all dives" and download your +dives. After you save your data file the correct pO₂ data should be +stored in the samples. + +If you are using one of those dive computers, have saved data files +with _Subsurface_ 3.0 or 3.0.1 and have since deleted those dives from +your dive computers, please contact the developers as we also have an +experimental script that should be able to fix incorrect XML files - +but re-downloading the data is the much more reliable way to address +this issue. + +In addition to this bug fix, 3.0.2 brings a number of other improvements: +- A Portuguese localization of _Subsurface_ was added. +- _Subsurface_ now remembers its window size and pane layout the next time + it is started. +- Several importers for data for third party dive software were improved. +- Dives from the Heinrichs & Weikamp DR5 and from kenozooid can now be + imported into _Subsurface_. +- A crash with localized versions of _Subsurface_ on Mac was resolved. +- The map provider for the GPS maps is now configurable. +- The layout of some dialog boxes was changed to improve usability on + small screens. +- It is now easier to edit date and time of existing dives (and you can + now edit duration, maximum and average depth for dives that were + manually entered). +- Several small bugs were addressed. + + +New in version 3.0.1 (compared to _Subsurface_ 3.0): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- Several bug fixes for importing log files from other divelog software; + especially imports from DivingLog should work much better now, but + also new importer functions for UDDF and UDCF +- Fixes for SAC calculation and gas volume estimates at high pressures + (air and nitrox are NOT ideal gases in the physics sense) +- Added Help link to the online user manual +- Improved the user manual +- random other bug fixes + + +New in version 3.0 (compared to _Subsurface_ 2.1): +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +- Many new divecomputers supported, bugfixes for existing divecomputers + - Cressi Leonardo, Seemann XP5, Mares Matrix, Mares Puck Pro, Mares + Nemo Wide 2, Shearwater Petrel, Shearwater Predator, Aeris A300 + AI, Hollis DG03 + - significant improvements for the Heinrichs Weiskamp OSTC +- Significantly improved selection of divecomputers for direct download +- Map display of GPS locations of dives and ability to enter and edit those +- Improved automatic dive numbering +- Data overlay for profile plot (with additional statistics information) +- Zoom function for profile plot +- Dive planner +- Improved printing support +- Improved dive trip handling +- Support for downloading dives from multiple computers (so for example + both your main and your backup computer) +- Added ability to import existing divelogs from Suunto DM3 (no manual + unpacking needed anymore), MacDive and divelogs.de +- Lots of features to make tec divers happy: + - Experimental deco calculation with optional display of a calculated + ceiling (Buhlmann ZH16 with gradient factors) + - Display of deco information from some divecomputers that support this + - TriMix support + - CCR support (fixed or variable setpoint, on dive computers that support + this) + - Optional pO₂, pN₂ and pHe graphs + - CNS tracking for supported divecomputers +- Lots of bug fixes diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CCR.jpg b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CCR.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..5a9ab413e --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CCR.jpg diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..850d821c0 --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_CylBars.jpg diff --git a/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_Filter.jpg b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_Filter.jpg Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 000000000..47a6c4c2b --- /dev/null +++ b/ReleaseNotes/images/V4.3_Filter.jpg |