AutoREALM alpha 3.0.1 is here

Bérenger Morel — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 13:25:33 -0000

Two more months of development, a stronger configuration syste, menu system was entirely rewritten has has been used as base to implement support of toolbars.

It is also now possible to use cascading configuration files: the software will read
Toolbars works in the same way as menu: it reads an directory tree to grab informations about items to add and the plugin they will enable.

Error messages were also improved, to make it easier to understand what is going wrong.

Again, no binaries are planed, since I lack time and there are still no real features.

For next version, I will try to implement XML support (and so, maybe, aur and aurx support, from previous versions will be doable, as SVG export.), color selector, and maybe another drawer plug-in.
Those plug-ins have the role to make the current plug-in system stronger, and so, a big part of it will probably be remade and improved.
The first step will be to definitely split the plug-in interfaces in distinct plug-in interfaces:
tools, like color selection
file formats
_ drawers

It is not expected that autorealm 3.0.2 will embed essential features like shape selections, so it will still not be end-user friendly.

PS: contributions and messages, advices, opinions are more than welcome.

AutoREALM 2.1 Released

Bérenger Morel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:10:08 -0000

As the work being done on AutoREALM is now all targeted at the wxWidgets port, the Delphi code base will no longer be developed. AutoREALM 2.1 will probably be the last release of AutoREALM using the Delphi code. It contains a number of small fixes that have been commited since the last release, but no significant changes. * Activated "scale of" printing option that should correctly scale the image according to the printers paper size * Added support for a line style with a fixed numeric thickness * Fixed bugs in overlays and grid position * Other internal fixes

AutoREALM 2.00 is available

Bérenger Morel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:10:08 -0000

AutoREALM is a Delphi-based mapping software (a "cartographer"). Everyone can contribute since the project is released under a GNU licence. The contributions range from basic to elaborate maps, symbols, AutoNAME files or just community emails like providing bug reports or thanks. Designed at first for Role-Playing Gamers, this RAD program (Rapid-Application Development) could be used by anyone else. Before downloading the last release, we recommend to google a Download Manager because the file is big (~3MB). AutoREALM is available at http://autorealm.sourceforge.net, and the main discussion group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AutoREALM You are encouraged to share your maps and symbols to the community if you use the program. Thanks. Enjoy. Here the last changes: Version 2.0 July 24, 2003 John Dullea: Added XML support for .AuRX map files and .AuSX symbol files. Whenever a symbol is added, changed, etc., the symbol set is saved as an .AuSX file. !! John Dullea: Implemented object caching to accommodate the additional memory requirements of XML support. !! Jakim Friant: Fixed a bug that prevented restoring a saved View. Jakim Friant: Fixed the problem with saving special grid line types. Jakim Friant: Added Alt+Click as a way to select hyperlinks. Jakim Friant: Added a function to reposition the scroll bars when a toolbar is changed. Jakim Friant: Fixed bug with Viewpoints not being loaded from XML format files. Jakim Friant: Fixed bug that corrupted the list of saved Views. Jakim Friant:Added a dialog to File->New that prompts user to keep the previous map's settings or reset them to the default. Jakim Friant:Fixed the behavior of the scroll bars, now they scroll the page properly and reflect the correct size of the drawn area. Jakim Friant: Added a feature that allows the user to move the grid "up" or "down" to cover individual objects. The AutoREALM Development Team.

AutoREALM 1.21 is available

Bérenger Morel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:10:08 -0000

AutoREALM is a Delphi-based mapping software (a "cartographer"). Everyone can contribute since the project is released under a GNU licence. The contributions range from basic to elaborate maps, symbols, AutoNAME files or just community emails like providing bug reports or thanks. Designed at first for Role-Playing Gamers, this RAD program (Rapid-Application Development) could be used by anyone else. Before downloading the last release, we recommend to google a Download Manager because the file is big (~3MB). AutoREALM is available at http://autorealm.sourceforge.net, and the main discussion group is at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AutoREALM You are encouraged to share your maps and symbols to the community if you use the program. Thanks. Enjoy. Here the last changes: Version 1.21-February 03, 2003 . Tom Deprez: Fixed missing short-cut keys: CTRL+Z for Undo, CTRL+Y for Redo . Andy Gryc: Added ability to flip line style without flipping the end points so the fractal pattern won't change but the line style "sideness" will. . Andy Gryc: Fix to problem that left residual lines with fractals while snapping was on. . Andy Gryc: Added functions to transform lines between fractal and non-fractal forms. . Andy Gryc: Fixed missing short-cut keys: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, and Ctrl+X for Cut, Copy, Paste. . Mikhail Maximov: Various improvements to speed up drawing functions. . John Dullea: Added option for anti-aliased symbol palette bitmaps. . John Dullea: Added snapping along fractal lines and curves. . John Dullea: Made enhancement to Transform...Rotate dialog. . John Dullea: Added non-square snap grids (all except polar). . John Dullea: Changed snap grids so they relate to the graph paper. . John Dullea: Added color translation. . John Dullea: Improved tool accuracy, especially grid snapping. . John Dullea: Added Shift-Scalpel: add node at intersection. . John Dullea: Scalpel can remove endpoints of polylines and polycurves. . John Dullea: Added an option for correctly scaled printing. . John Dullea: Added an option to place a symbol at the same size as when it was originally created. . John Dullea: Added a 3D wizard for creating shaded columns and rooftops. . John Dullea: Made some other bug fixes (e.g. fixed bad polycurve extent; removing sections of fractal polylines and polycurves now preserves the shape of what remains, etc.). The AutoREALM Development Team.

AutoREALM go for wx/Widgets

Bérenger Morel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:10:08 -0000

Here's the last news and state of evolution of coding for AutoREALM... It only concerns of a coding port under a library tool which permits easy cross-platform development and compilation on all sort of Operating Systems. For more information, http://www.wxwidgets.org The authors of this email are on the yahoogroup AutoREALM: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AutoREALM if you want to contact them. No futur spammed addresses will be mentioned here. Subject: Re: [AutoREALM] wxWidgets port of AutoREALM On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 12:56:30PM -0000, zulithe (no spammed address here) wrote: > I heard on another forum about a person (or a group?) that is porting > AutoREALM to wxwidgets. Is there any news on this, or a site where > more information can be gathered? There's no place for news, though I'll gladly talk about it. I'm the main person doing the porting work to wxWidgets. The reason for the lack of news, though, is simple: There's not much by way of news. AutoRealm, the Delphi version, is about 50,000 lines of code intertwined with itself (several circular dependencies have been found already). The main thrust of the porting work is attempting to convert the pascal into C++ directly where possible, and rewriting whatever else has to be, making sure to document as much as possible along the way. One thing that has been ported to wxWidgets successfully is the forms. They're done using XRC files (XML ResourCe), which is a nice, platform independent way of describing the windows. All graphics have been converted to .png files, and overall, they look fairly decent. So, where are things right now? A small shell for the main form has been written. It compiles and runs, bringing up the ever familiar AutoRealm main window. A couple of the minor buttons work (fill pattern, color buttons). A menu item or two (notably File->Exit and Help->About). As to what's being done right now... there are several classes which act as the main "meat" of AutoRealm, if you will, along with some fairly important utility routines. These are being actively ported, and will be finished sometime soon. Once those are done, it is hoped that the remainder of the forms/units will be comparatively easy, allowing me to reach a full alpha state by sometime in March. Now, what do I consider to be alpha, beta, and release works? Alpha: First pass over all code is completed. Many todo items identified, but not yet worked on. User documentation has not been examined at this time at all. Beta: All todo items completed, User documentation completed. Basically, this is (to me) what is coming to be known as "Preview Release" or "Release Candidate". Possibly some still known bugs being worked on. Release: No known bugs, everything completed. Only things which may be missing will be translations to other languages. When do I hope to release? I'm making use of some features in the wxWidgets toolkit which are in the development version only. As a result, I can't do a release until after the wxWidgets toolkit has been released at version 2.6.0. That is planned for April, 2005. After that release, I need to make sure that everything compiles, runs, and tests cleanly, so allow up to another month. Basically, I'm aiming for May, 2005 for release of AutoRealm/wxWidgets. An important note about this version: This version will NOT include new features. This version is nothing but the port to C++/wxWidgets, and is (as much as possible) a line by line port. The intent is that the next version will be a major code cleanup, and also allow for new features to be put in. After that, who knows where it will go? I'm not going to try and guess. Of course, I'm always happy to receive any help that can be given. If you're a coder, let me know, and I'll help you get set up to work on the codebase. If you're a translator, I can use that, too. If you just want to make sure that everything has the correct keyboard shortcuts, I can even help you get set up to do that. I promise, I won't turn down any help :) Wow, lots more typing than I thought I would do. Hope I didn't drown you with too much information. -- Michael J. Pedersen (no addresses spammed here too)

AutoREALM alpha 3.0.0 is here

Bérenger Morel — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:10:08 -0000

After many months of works (and years of waiting), the first alpha version of AutoREALM is finally here. As an alpha version of a total rewrite, it is not intended to be used for real "work", because it lacks most features. So, if you just want something which works out of the box, download the version 2.21 and wait for the next stable release... or contribute :) There are no binaries at the moment, but if someone asks for, I can create debian 64 bit and windows 32 versions.

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