Release history

Added new application poClipboardViewer.

• Improved handling of clipboard content on Windows.
• Adjusted toolbar images according to display scale settings.
• Added theme selection possibility.
• Adaptions for Tcl9 readiness.

• All apps:
  Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements.
• poTcllib:
  Improved image file detection in module poType.tcl. Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. Removed calls to procedures in poApps namespace, so poTcllib is useable without main application.
• poTklib:
  New module poWinClipboard.tcl. Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements. Removed calls to procedures in poApps namespace, so poTklib is useable without main application.
• poDiff:
  Improved speed when immediate update is disabled. Added new command line options: "--immediate", "--marknewer", "--marktypes".
• poImgBrowse:
  Added "Copy as" functionality to use Windows clipboard with different file formats. Added file selection using shortcuts similar to Windows Explorer.
• poImgdiff:
  Pressing the left button in the canvas, prints position and colors into log window.
• poImgview:
  Added "Copy as" and "Paste from" functionality to use Windows clipboard with different file formats. Added menu to open clipboard viewer. Added rollup to add transparency by specifying a transparent color. Pressing the left button in the canvas, prints position and color into log window.

Added support for tablet mode.

• All apps:
  Added more Drag-and-Drop support. Added new RAW pixel types "int" and "double". Added new RAW option "-skipbytes".
• poApps:
  Added options "--gzip" and "--gziplevel" to compress directories and files.
• poImgview:
  Added menu entry and toolbar button to show hexdump of image.
• poSlideShow:
  Added support for tablet mode.

Added PAWT to handle 16-bit and 32-bit images.

• All apps:
  Added test suite for batch processing. Corrected several bugs occuring in batch mode. Added Drag-and-Drop support in FileType settings window.
• poApps:
  Added support for system notifications.
• poDiff:
  Added options to create non-existent directories in context menu or when trying to diff. Clear list contents when selecting new session. Added notifications for long running jobs.
• poImgview, poImgdiff:
  Use new PAWT package to read and handle images with 16-bit or 32-bit values.
• poOffice:
  Added notifications for long running jobs.
• tkdiff:
  Added progress status messages for the two long lasting steps "Mark" and "Reassign". Comparison can now be cancelled by pressing the Escape key.

Added fitsTcl to handle FITS files as images.

• poApps:
  Added command line option --main to show main window on startup.
  Added checkbuttons to display message boxes on Exit, Error or Warning.
  
• poDiff:
  Added button to switch alignment of FileName columns.
  Added new compare mode "Exist", which only checks, if files exist in left or right directory.
  Disable compare and search buttons after pressing.
  Clear file lists after selecting a session.
  
• poImgview:
  Added "Save in original directory" button and menu entry (like in IrfanView).
  Corrected bug, which did not allow to read multiple images via the command line.
  
• poImgdiff:
  Display file and image information in notebook tabs like in poDiff.

Added MuPDF to handle PDF files as images.

• poImgview, poImgdiff, poImgBrowse:
  Added handling of PDF files as images.
  Added handling of multi-page images.
  
• poOffice:
  Miscellaneous improvements.
  

Improved handling of Office tools.

• poOffice:
  Major rewrite and additional functionality.
  Ability to embed Office application into a Tk frame.
  
• poBitmap, poImgview, poImgdiff:
  Only show image files in recently used menu.
  

Maintenance release.

• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements in poTcllib and poTklib.
• All apps: Better look and feel on Linux.
• poDiff:
  Added context menu entries to select left and right diff files.
  Check for existence of EDITOR environment variable.
  
• poImgview:
  Added functionality to display inverse palette views.
  Added functionality to batch generate palette views.
  Added new command line option "--opt" to specify image format options.
  

Improved image handling functionality.

• Potential incompatibility:
  Remove settings file poImgType.cfg before starting this version.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements in poTcllib and poTklib.
• All apps: Added ability to write and check configuration version.
• All image apps:
  Added new image format options introduced with Img 1.5.0.
  Added new module for parsing raw data from PPM files.
  
• poDiff:
  Added "Switch and diff" functionality reachable via Ctrl+Shift+T.
  Added descriptive text and background color to confirmation windows.
  
• poImgview:
  Added widgets to specify image resolution in DPI. Not yet active.
  Added functionality to display palette views.
  Currently supported palette files:
  
  • Trian3DBuilder material XML files.
  • CSV files with column layout as follows:
    # Index Red Green Blue Name
    0,72,154,0,Material_0
    
• poImgBrowse:
  Added columns to display horizontal and vertical DPI information
• Updated external packages: Img 1.5.0

Maintenance release.

• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements in poTcllib and poTklib.
• All apps: Improved checked widgets.
• poDiff: Fixed bug, which caused poDiff to be not responsive during directory comparison.
• poImgview:
  Improved speed of image loading, especially RAW images.
  Corrected display of current and total number of images in current directory.
  
• tkdiff: Only use text selected in one of the text widget as search string, not the clipboard content.
• Updated external packages: Img 1.4.10, Tablelist 6.9, Twapi 4.3.8

Maintenance release.

• All apps:
  Use Tcl/Tk 8.6.10.
  Improved checked widgets.
  Extended list of Linux file browsers: konqueror, dolphin, nautilus.
  
• Updated external packages: scrollutil 1.5, Tablelist 6.8

Maintenance release.

• All apps: Bug fixes in SimpleTextEdit widget.

Graphical user interface improvements and extended functionality.

• Potential incompatibility:
  Remove settings file poImgType.cfg before starting this version.
• Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements in poTcllib and poTklib.
• All apps:
  Replaced autoscroll package with Csaba's new scrollutil package.
  Unified usage of status widget including progress bar.
  Improved combobox functionality: Key press selects entry in drop-down list.
  Improved and unified tk_getSaveFile usage.
  Extended drag and drop support.
  Extended functionality of SimpleTextEdit and Preivew widget.
  
• poImgBrowse:
  Several improvements in graphical user interface.
  Added functionality to load selected images into PowerPoint.
  
• poImgdiff: Improved RAW image comparison.
• poImgview: Integrated test image generation functionality.
• poPresMgr: Added support for creating videos with PowerPoint.
• Updated external packages: CAWT 2.4.7, scrollutil 1.2, Tablelist 6.7, tksvg 0.3