wmcdplay/ChangeLog

   1 RELEASE HISTORY:
   2 ================
   3
   4 Release 0.1    22/01/98    Poor window repaint technique.
   5                            Incorrect display if paused on startup.
   6                            Does not show Tray Open if opened by button on drive,
   7                               (I think this can only be done if the drive is empty).
   8
   9 Release 0.2    23/01/98    Improved window repaints.
  10                            Correct display even if paused on startup.
  11                            Improved interface on 'other' window managers.
  12
  13 Release 0.3    07/02/98    Handles multisession CD properly.
  14                            Now free's ALL pixmaps on exit (i hope).
  15                            And GCs :-).
  16                            Major re-write and interface alterations.
  17                            Option for led display color.
  18                            Smaller and better written.
  19
  20 Release 0.4    12/02/98    Highly customizable user interface. You chose:
  21                               Basic pixmap,
  22                               How many buttons,
  23                               Size, shape, position of buttons (polygons),
  24                               Actions for each button in each state:
  25                                  (Stop, Stop Data, Play, Pause, Ejected),
  26                               Led and symbol pixmaps,
  27                               Position of displays.
  28
  29 Release 0.5    24/02/98    Fixed bug relating to manual window positioning.
  30                            Fixed error in grey.art.
  31
  32 Release 0.6    04/03/98    Rewritten cdctl engine.
  33                            Some more changes to artwork:
  34                               Different states,
  35                               Different actions.
  36                            Random/Repeat track selection.
  37
  38                            Reduced CPU load (thanks to aseltine@cd.umass.edu),
  39                            It wasn't high on my K6 233MHz box :-).
  40
  41 Release 0.7    12/03/98    Better track selection.
  42                            Command line option to set track selection mode.
  43                            Yet more changes to artwork:
  44                               Hiding of do-NOTHING buttons now optional,
  45                               Symbols can be drawn onto non-solid background.
  46                            New name (wmcdplay).
  47                            Now works on 8bpp displays with full colormaps.
  48                               (thanks to devernay@istar.fr on the mailing-list)
  49
  50 Release 0.8    07/05/98    Now GPL.
  51                            Added "-v volume" command line argument.
  52                            Added "-b back_color" command line argument,
  53                               ("-b darkslategrey -l cyan" gives a nice backlit look).
  54                            Reduced cpu load.
  55                            Relative or absolute time display,
  56                               (click time display to switch).
  57                            More changes to artwork:
  58                               Led pixmaps now part of artwork,
  59                               Symbolic color names can now be used in all pixmaps:
  60                                  led_color_high,
  61                                  led_color_med,
  62                                  led_color_low,
  63                                  color_back.
  64                               All pixmaps now use standard names:
  65                                  cdplayer.xpm = cdplayer_xpm,
  66                                  symbols.xpm  = symbols_xpm,
  67                                  led.xpm      = led_xpm,
  68                                  ledsym.xpm   = ledsym_xpm,
  69                                  ledtsel.xpm  = ledtsel_xpm.
  70                               Entries specifying symbol dimensions no longer needed,
  71                               "symbols.xpm" now includes a symbol for NOTHING,
  72                               New piece of artwork, "newstyle.art",
  73                               New directory structure and scripts.
  74                            Track selection should be more reliable now.
  75
  76 Release 1.0    05/09/98    Added some error checking.
  77 Beta1                      "-a artwork_file" is now "-f artwork_file", sorry ;-).
  78                            Added "-a" command line argument for AfterStep users.
  79                            Added "-position position" command line argument.
  80                            Command line arguments, "-a", "-w" and "-s" are now toggle,
  81                              so if you enable one at compile-time, you can override
  82                              it at run-time.
  83                            Track selection actually works now??
  84                               (anyone notice a recurring theme here??)
  85                            Seperate update interval for when drive is empty.
  86                               (thanks to .....)
  87                            Fixed problem with (some?) SCSI devices refusing to
  88                               give LBA values. Thanks to the linux ide-scsi-emulator.
  89                            Now looks in some known directories for artwork files as
  90                               a last resort.
  91                            Improved artwork loading (it was very brain-dead).
  92                            Formatting changes in artwork files (ARTWORK documentation
  93                               is now up-to-date).
  94
  95 Release 1.1    18/12/14    Add -i option so users can specify cd polling
  96                               interval.
  97                            Fix compiler warnings.
  98                            Add FreeBSD and Hurd support.
  99                            Switch build system to autotools.
 100                            Install art script.
 101                            Add manpage from Debian.
 102                            Now maintained by Window Maker Developers Team
 103                               <wmaker-dev@googlegroups.com>.