Makagiga / 6.3-beta - release notes

See also: Previous releases

2018-09-28  6.3 Beta  Codename: Skyline

Misc.:

* CHANGED: Requires OpenJDK 11 to run
  (OpenJDK is already included in Makagiga binary packages)
* Minor User Interface tweaks and improvements
* NEW: Added AES-256 password encryption option (see file properties)
* CHANGED: Color Chooser dialog: Hide unsupported transparency/alpha UI controls

* NEW: Insert Character window: Added various "Copy" (to clipboard) actions


* Various bugfixes

Notepad:

* Wrap lines in text exported to HTML

Widgets:

* NEW: Added "Snap to Grid" option
* NEW: Added "Spacing" option


* NEW: Note Widget: Added "Show Title and Border" option


Feeds:

* FIXED: Mark updated articles as "Unread" instead of "New"
* CHANGED: Disabled external CSS file fetching if "Load and Show Full Page" option is on (faster page load)
* Improved XML download cache
* Support HTTP/2

Tree:

* CHANGED: Show item count instead of "Click to expand" text

"Tasks" sidebar:



* CHANGED: Added a more practical "Next 7 Days" category
  (this replaces "This Week" category)
* Items are now more readable and more visually consistent with task table view
* NEW: Remember which tree items were expanded/collapsed
* NEW: Added "Add Task..." and "Show Calendar" context menu items
* FIXED: Do not add tasks to "Recently Completed" after password set

Tasks:

* Tab tool bar: Show total progress bar (click to display pie chart)


* New colors in "Complete" column
* New statistics chart colors
* Improved task tool tips
* Markdown Syntax: Render "* " as bullet

Source:

* CHANGED: Requires Java/OpenJDK 11 to compile/run
* Fixed minor issues reported by PMD/SpotBugs
* Minor code cleanups
* CHANGED: "ant test" return non-zero exit code on a test fail
* CHANGED: Port tools written in JavaScript to Java (launched using JEP 330)
* NEW: "ant convert-ent" target
* REMOVED: "ant distinit"

Known Issues:

* CHANGED: GTK+ Look and Feel does not work correctly
  and is temporarily unavailble in this Makagiga version