From ipe at otfried.org Wed Apr 7 12:34:01 2021 From: ipe at otfried.org (Otfried Cheong) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 12:34:01 +0200 Subject: [Ipe-announce] Ipe 7.2.24 is out Message-ID: <7dd52568-4dcd-47a2-9597-4502ed0b830e@www.fastmail.com> Ipe 7.2.24 is now available in source form, as a Windows binary, as a MacOS app, and as Linux packages on the Ipe homepage at http://ipe.otfried.org. This release was made necessary by bintray stopping to host the Ipe binaries - they are now on github. The most important change is that I applied a patch to the cairo library on Mac OS that stops Ipe from crashing when drawing tiling patterns in El Sur (although I only heard about this from one user). Another change for El Sur: the toolbar is now in the old style, underneath the title bar. The new "unified" title/toolbar left too many tool buttons off the screen. If there are some users with gigantic screens that prefer the new look, I can make this a preference. Large bitmaps are now displayed with much better quality (important if you are filming from the canvas). And there are a few bugfixes and small usability improvements. Enjoy, Otfried ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ipe 7.2.24 (2021-04-07) * Fix a crash on MacOS 11 El Sur by applying a patch to cairo (bug #370). * Switch from CAIRO_FILTER_FAST to CAIRO_FILTER_GOOD for decent display (essential when filming from the canvas). * Make "Select by type/attribute" ipelet work when selecting on an absolute color (#380). * Fix semi-transparent bitmaps as well as bitmaps with color keys not working in Ipepresenter (bug #9). * Fix exporting to EPS when part of the drawing lies outside the paper (bug #369). * Remember online latex service URL in a different file to avoid problems when using old and new Ipe versions. * Improve calling of external editor on Qt, so that keyboard focus is given to the external editor. * Raise Ipe window after returning from external editor on Qt, in case the editor program is still running. * New preference 'freeze_in_latex' to let the Ipe UI freeze during a Latex run. * New shell script 'iperender-par' that allows to run several instances of iperender in parallel (e.g. as part of a parallel make) (#375). * Add Lua API to access (Latex) dimensions of text object. * Silently ignore non-integer grid sizes (#372). * On MacOS 11, return to the classic toolbar underneath the title bar, because the new unified look leaves most tool buttons off the screen (bug #376). ----------------------------------------------------------------------