[Ipe-announce] Ipe 7.2.4 is out

[Otfried Cheong]

Ipe 7.2.4 is now available in source form, as a Windows binary, and as
a Mac OS X app on the Ipe homepage at http://ipe.otfried.org.

There are quite a few new features in this version, including new
drawing modes, links to external documents, and a property
picker/applier. 

Enjoy,
  Otfried

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Ipe 7.2.4 (2016-06-23) Bayreuth edition

 * New modes for making rectangles and parallelograms.

 * Page numbering works again (bug #57).  They are now customizable,
   see the manual.

 * Can now create links to external documents or websites, by
   right-clicking on any top-level group object and using "Set link
   URL" (feature #41).

 * Actions to pick the properties of an object (and set them in the
   properties panel), and to apply all current properties to the
   selected objects.

 * Replaced NSComboBox by NSPopUpButton.  They are more comfortable to
   use (you can click anywhere to change the setting, rather than just
   on the arrow), can display the color icons, and allow to re-select
   the
   currently selected choice (bug #47).
   
 * File format has been updated to 70204, but only if one of the two
   new features is used (external links, non-default pagenumberstyle).

 * Implemented double-clicks on OSX (bug #79).

 * Some support for HiDPI screens in Windows and Qt (use
   prefs.ui_scale and prefs.toolbar_scale).

 * Tested and documented installing Ipe with TeXlive on a USB-stick,
   so that it can be used on any Windows computer without installing
   anything (see manual).

 * Fixed combination of prefs.auto_external_editor and
   prefs.editor_closes_dialog.

 * Removed beginnings of magnification gesture handling on OSX (it
   wasn't finished and broke two-finger gestures for right-click).

 * Fixed Save dialog (bug #78).

 * Fixed behaviour when prefs.terminate_on_close is false on OSX (bug
   #51).

 * Improved width of grid size/angle size selector (bug #48).

 * Obey prefs.editable_textfile for editing style sheets (bug #80).

 * Updated ipe.dtd and manual for the correct Ipe file format (bug
   #67).

 * Customizable order of toolbars on Windows (feature #28).  

 * Fixed angle size menu on Qt.

 * Fixed join path for more than two segments (bug #85).

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