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- CHANGE/EXTENSION LIST v1 -> v2
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-
- [18/7/93]
- As you no doubt already know (always run first & read later don't
- you ?), CLA has acquired a new GUI in the journey from v1 to v2.
- What you may not have spotted is the new features hidden away inside
- this dazzling array of user interface.
-
- o Multiple drawing windows - all on the same diagram, but each
- can be on a different block of a drawing.
-
- o Scrollable / scaled windows.
-
- o Iconify windows (for when you get to cluttered).
-
- o Multiple toolbars - you can have lots of toolbars open at once
- & even have several copies of the same toolbar.
-
- o 'Rollup' toolbars (like under MSwindows).
-
- o Multiple Logic Analyser windows (which can update in the
- background).
-
- o Non-blocking dialogs in windows - open a dialog, then leave it
- open until you've finished with it, but still carry on using
- anything else within the program.
-
- o GEM pull down menus (though I don't like them, some people did
- ask...).
-
- o Pop-up menus.
-
- o Faster block delete.
-
- o Named inputs.
-
- o New human readable(ish) file format.
-
- o Logic analyser probes are stored with design to allow return
- to the exact point you left off.
-
- o Move Component (at last).
-
- o Word Generator (by popular demand :) ).
-
- o Support for GDOS fonts.
-
- o .GEM metafile output.
-
- o Resolution independant - works in all modes with Min 400 vertical Res.
- including TT & extended Falcon modes (800*600, etc).
-
- o Color support (not ST low or ST medium though, sorry they're just too
- small to work in).
-
- o FontGDOS compatible.
-
- o MultiTOS compatible.
- If MultiTOS is running, then you can also task switch at any
- time - even during printing with FontGDOS.
-
- o FalconScreen compatible.
-
- o NVDI compatible.
-
- o Resources utilise the MSwindows/Motif style 3D switches of TOS 4.x &
- MultiTOS, if present, and a seperate RSC file if not.
-
- [21/9/93]
- Lots of little glitches ironed out of the enviroment now.
- Additions:
- o Status window.
-
- o Up/down/left/right pointing gates.
-
- o Limited VHDL support via the CLA-VHDL compiler, and locking of VHDL blocks
- in a schematic (they don't mean anything anyway if you do look at them,
- all the gates are dumped at one location & there are no visible wires).
-
- o A new librarian
-
- o A new Object Editor for defining new gates sets.
-
- o Proper gate outlines using Arcs & circles for better printed output.
-
- [14/9/93]
- Mostly bugfixes after Beta release 1
- (testers: Julian Coleman-TT, Chris Forker-MegaST, Simon Harrison-STE)
-
- o TT/Crazydots card gfx mode detection bug removed.
-
- o Dialogs & alerts now centred on screen when displayed.
-
- o NEW: Editor display scaling implement at x1,x2 & x4.
-
- o NEW: Component rotation after Place implemented for gates.
-
- o Scrolling of windows & general screen update speeded up by removed floating
- point calculations from display algorithm.
-
- o Colour highlighting of wire links in cut link mode & improved point to point
- connection reporting
-
- o NEW: Boot sequence window added to report configuration at start-up.
-
- [25/11/93]
-
- o Scroll speed improved again (installed WINX and needed the realtime scroll
- to work).
-
- o Windows now titled up properly with 'FILENAME.NET:[BLOCKNAME]'.
-
- o Alert windows now always topped (by popular demand).
-
- o Only one copy of each toolbar allowed (by popular demand), and this can be
- topped by selecting it's pull-down menu option.
-
- o WINX2.1 compatibility problems ironed out.
-
- o NEW: Wow - a totally new tool. The first version of the FSM designer is now
- included as well. This also serves as a simple synthesis tool as well.
-
- [29/11/93]
-
- o Setable page sizes. Not saved yet though......
-
- o Fixed the scaled display.
-
- o Background access to toolbar window buttons is allowed (only on machines
- supporting wind_set(h, WF_BEVENT,...) - ie TOS4/MultiTOS).
-
- [5/12/93]
- o I'm still having problems finding these multiple redraw messages - TOS4 merges
- pending redraws rather efficiently so I tend to only get one redraw message on
- my machine where everyone else can get as many as 3. I killed as many as I
- could spot, but if you still find multiple redraws occuring, WINX will sort you
- out.
-
- o GDOS is now fixed, and now checks for missing drivers instead of crashing.
-