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Version 7.21 - 2021/12/11
* data files
- Support for AF/AR frequency fields in OpenAir
* devices
- fix inverted cruise/circling mode in borgelt and xcvario driver
* Kobo
- Add support for Clara HD
- Control backlight brightness of the Kobo Glo HD
* Android
- re-enable background location and comply with Google Play Store policy
Version 7.20 - 2021/10/22
* map
- fix crash in the topography loader
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix "URL using bad/illegal format"
* Android
- disable background location access due to Google Play Store policy
- fix compatibility with Android older than 7
Version 7.19 - 2021/10/01
* data files
- fix bug in OpenAir arc parser
- fix crash bug in terrain loader
- support short name in CUP files
- search waypoints via short name
- ability to display short name on map
* devices
- improved support for LXNAV S8x/S10x varios, including task declaration.
- IMI: fix task declaration over Bluetooth
- IMI: show progress bar for flight download
* user interface
- consistent progress bar during startup
* Android
- fix crash with USB serial adapter
- add WCH CH9102F into the list of accepted USB serial adapters
Version 7.18 - 2021/09/10
* data files
- load terrain while XCSoar is running
* devices
- TCP Client: fix crash bug
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix "Show nearby traffic" setting
* user interface
- add 3x5 InfoBoxes layout
* Android
- fix opening waypoint pictures
Version 7.17 - 2021/09/04
* map display
- fix airspace display bug
* user interface
- add 8x3 InfoBoxes portrait layout
* weather
- update RASP provider list
* task management
- add option to score start on entry
* Android
- fix startup crash bug
- use native text entry dialog
* Linux text mode console
- fix program termination for some DRI drivers, e.g. VMWare
in full-screen mode without Window manager.
* Cubieboard
- Mali: Support for old Linux-Sunxi EGL headers, and new Bootlin EGL headers
- Support for KMS/DRI and Lima instead of closed source Mali blob.
Version 7.16 - 2021/08/27
* user interface
- don't draw "---" over graphical InfoBoxes
* Android
- fix deadlock bug with Bluetooth sensors and the internal GPS
Version 7.15 - 2021/08/23
* user interface
- fix crash in Config/System
- fix overlapping axes labels in cross section
- fix graphics error (vertical black lines) in cross section
- fix missing labels in cross section on high-resolution screens
- draw small tick every 10 minutes in analysis dialog (instead of 6)
* Android
- fix crash on Android 5 and 6
Version 7.14 - 2021/08/20
* Android
- keep screen on, even if not in full-screen mode
- fix bottom bar background in non-full-screen mode
- fix touch position in non-full-screen mode
Version 7.13 - 2021/08/19
* fix freeze bug
* fix terrain cache file bug
* task management
- Use task defaults for start and finish height ref (MSL or AGL) when loading
tasks from soarscore.com
* Kobo
- fix crash in Kobo menu
* Android
- fix GPS time from the Flytec Sensbox
- support speed, track and acceleration from Flytec Sensbox
- don't apply Geoid separation to Flytec Sensbox GPS altitude
- use the 8 Hz vario from Flytec Sensbox GPS altitude instead of 1 Hz
- restore full-screen mode properly after returning to XCSoar
- disable full-screen mode in multi-window mode
- make full-screen mode optional
Version 7.12 - 2021/08/13
* calculations
- fix the "Height above takeoff" InfoBox
* devices
- send Pilot Event (PEV) to LXNAV S10x/S8x devices (requires firmware 8.01 or newer)
- correct Pilot Event (PEV) message for PowerFLARM devices
* Android
- fix broken GPS date/time from internal GPS
- various fixes for the Flytec Sensbox driver
* Kobo
- throttle sensor-triggered screen updates
- improve performance of graphical InfoBoxes
Version 7.11 - 2021/07/30
* fix crash bug in pc_met viewer
* user interface
- new vario gauge background
- fix truncated labels in many dialogs
* Lua scripting
- add HTTP client
- prefer Lua gesture handlers
* Android
- show Bluetooth LE device features
- support Bluetooth LE heart rate sensors
- support the Flytec Sensbox
- add DroidSoar/I2C calibration dialog
- fix reconnect to Bluetooth LE devices
- fix distorted colors on some devices
- detect USB serial adapter disconnect
- support baud rate switching on USB serial adapters
* Polars
- new Wassmer WA 26 P Squale polar
Version 7.10 - 2021/07/09
* weather
- work around connection problems to NOAA server (for METAR/TAF)
* Raspberry Pi
- fix text input with touch screen
* Android
- fix crash with reconnected USB serial adapter
Version 7.9 - 2021/07/05
* fix crash bug in terrain renderer
* fix crash bug in IGC file parser
* settings
- allow LiveTrack24 tracking intervals smaller than 5 seconds
* user interface
- support for Pilot Event (PEV) start procedure
- properly update device status in device list dialog
- add alternate 2 glide ratio infobox
* devices
- TCP Client: fix automatic reconnect after connection loss
- GliderLink: fix disappearing configuration
* calculations
- fix AAT task optimization bug
* Android
- support USB serial adapters
- auto-reconnect to IOIO UARTs
Version 7.8 - 2021/06/02
* don't delete old IGC files automatically
* devices
- TCP: fix error "Address already in use" on reconnect
* Android
- fix downloads on Android 10 and later
- fix logging while in background on Android 10 and later
Version 7.7 - 2021/05/14
* user interface
- fix dialog labels
- fix freeze bug in waypoint/airspace list dialog
* devices
- add "Radio" indicator to device list
* Android
- writing to port times out after 5 seconds (to avoid locking up XCSoar)
Version 7.6 - 2021/05/01
* user interface
- fix disappearing aircraft symbol
- fix crash bug in task editor
Version 7.5 - 2021/04/30
* fix crash bug in terrain loader
* fix paths with backslashes
* user interface
- use different colors to indicate relative traffic altitude
* calculations
- support for WeGlide distance contests
* Kobo
- fix touch screen
Version 7.4 - 2021/04/08
* user interface
- properly save and apply updated settings in the configuration dialog
- fix overlapping observation zones in the task point list
- fix text background in the analysis graphs
Version 7.3 - 2021/04/07
* user interface
- fix crash in waypoint editor
- fix swapped longitude/latitude in waypoint editor
- fix "Import" button in waypoint editor
- fix zoom button label in Traffic Radar View
- fix the vario trace infobox
* Android
- fix download progress
Version 7.2 - 2021/04/04
* user interface
- fix task point editor
- display goto button in wp details when called from alternate
* data files
- fix crash bug when loading broken CUP files
* fix crash when loading broken PNG files
Version 7.1 - 2021/03/28
* user interface
- fix crash when canceling a download
- fix crash when repository index download failed
* Android
- handle DownloadManager errors
- show early initialisation errors
- store the terrain cache in the Android cache directory
Version 7.0 - 2021/03/25
* LUA scripting
* user interface
- screen layout with 12 infoboxes on the left, vario+3 infoboxes on right
- new translations: Bulgarian, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Telugu
- new Logger-setting "CoPilot"
- new setting "Thermal Averager needle"
- select position of Thermal Assistant
- new setting "Cruise/Circling mode switch period"
* data files
- optimise the terrain loader
- support runway width in CUP files
* devices
- fix deadlock bug
- parse wind from standard NMEA sentence WMV
- driver for XC Tracer Vario
- driver for KRT2 radio
- driver for Air Control Display altimeter
- show detailed error message in device list
- FLARM/OGN - make it possible to set/download registered device database
- device manager: show flag if device provides data from
environmental sensors (temperature, humidity)
- combine traffic from all FLARM devices (support both FLARM and OGN devices on board)
- GliderLink: new driver
- AirControlDisplay: read radio frequencies from PAAVS,COM sentence
- driver for LXNano modified, so declaration contains copilot
* weather
- merge all weather data in one dialog
- allow showing both terrain and RASP
- RASP download from various well-known providers
- show satellite images from pc_met (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
- show wave forecast from pc_met (Deutscher Wetterdienst)
* calculations
- merge redundant waves
- task restart
* tracking
- use DNS to resolve SkyLines server IP (#2604)
- enable SkyLines traffic display on Windows
- add option to show SkyLines traffic names on the map
- show thermals obtained from the XCSoar Cloud server
* analysis
- enhanced graphics: minor tics, color scheme, layout
- key labels drawn on lines in several pages
- task turnpoint label drawn on relevant pages
- barogram: improved working band ceiling and floor calculation
- climb history: new display uses time of climb as width of bars
- new page: vario histogram in climb and cruise mode
- new page: maccready cross-country speed
- glide polar: dolphin speed line drawn on polar
* map display
- new display: glide range line drawn to working floor
- per page zoom state
* thermal band
- new algorithm, with improved statistics
- separate active climb and encounter-averaged bands
* infoboxes
- improved formula for the title font size
- added ":1" unit for gradient type displays
- new infobox: % time non-circling climb
- new infobox: % climb chart showing proportions of time spent circling climb (gray), cruise,
climbing cruise (green), circling non-climb (orange)
- improved auto-scaling of vario-like graphical infoboxes
- new infobox: "Number Of Satellites"
- new infoboxes for radio frequencies, including setting the frequencies
* Windows
- drop support for Windows CE
- require Windows Vista or later
- allow starting multiple XCSoar instances
* Linux
- drop support for SDL 1.2
- display rotation
* Android
- drop support for ARMv6 and MIPS CPUs
- support devices with aspect ratio greater than 16:9
* Kobo
- support Kobo Glo HD
* Raspberry Pi
- resizable mouse cursor
- autodetect display orientation
Version 6.8.17 - 2020/09/22
* tracking
- SkyLines: update tracking IP address
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs (JasPer)
Version 6.8.16 - 2020/07/26
* input events
- fix two crash bugs with malformed files
* user interface
- fix crash bug in waypoint editor
* devices
- added ports 8880, 8881, 8882 to tcp-client
* glide computer
- fix crash bug
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs (JasPer)
* Android
- fix several crash bugs
- fix rendering errors on very wide text lines
Version 6.8.15 - 2020/06/13
* user interface
- vario: fix overlapping text lines
* tracking
- SkyLines: update tracking IP address
* support for long-form `DTE` header in IGC files
* Windows
- fix buffer overflow causing crashes in the waypoint dialog
* Raspberry Pi
- support 64 bit kernels
- Raspberry Pi 4 support
- detect display dimensions and scale user interface accordingly
* macOS
- add macOS Catalina font path
Version 6.8.14 - 2020/05/14
* user interface
- fix average needle color in inverted mode
* Android
- compatibility with Android 9
- request all permissions without manual restarts
- fix crash bug
* Kobo
- fix crash bug
Version 6.8.13 - 2020/04/08
* devices
- LX: fix buffer overflow
- LX: support downloading flights from LX7000 Pro IGC
* Android
- use the full screen on very narrow/wide displays
* Kobo
- fix build failure with GCC 9
- switch from glibc to Musl
* WinCE
- build with GCC 9
* allow the hyphen in XCI files
Version 6.8.12 - 2019/04/30
* weather
- update source URLs for METARs and TAFs (https://)
* Android
- increase targetSdkVersion to 26 (required by Google Play)
- request storage and GPS permissions on Android 6+
- fix crash when permission to use GPS is revoked
- fix notification on Android 8+
* Task Editor
- fixed task editor crashes (Ticket 3930).
* devices
- IMI: raise max payload size to 2kB
* fix IGC logger crash when no date is available
Version 6.8.11 - 2018/08/18
* terrain
- fix yet another crash bug (libJasper)
* Android
- fix crash on Android 8 due to overzealous seccomp filter
Version 6.8.10 - 2017/10/07
* terrain
- fix crash bug (6.8.9 regression)
Version 6.8.9 - 2017/10/05
* terrain
- fix several crash bugs
* fix two crash bugs
* Kobo
- fix internet access (#3869)
- support for Kobo Glo HD Refurbished
Version 6.8.8 - 2017/09/09
* data files
- support "GSEC" in OpenAir files
* weather
- update source URLs for METARs and TAFs
* devices
- CAI302: fix waypoint download (#3830)
- IMI: fix PGRMZ parsing (was interpreted as altitude, now is pressure altitude)
- LX: fix Nano 3 task declaration (#3858)
* Kobo
- support for Kobo Aura Edition 2
- support for Kobo Glo Refurbished
- fix Wi-Fi on recent Kobo firmware releases (#3850)
- fix USB storage compatibility with Windows 10
* Raspberry Pi
- fix Raspbian Stretch compatibility
* Raspberry Pi / Cubieboard
- fix for freeze on shutdown (#3679)
Version 6.8.7 - 2016/08/12
* data files
- fix freeze after loading malformed topography file
* tracking
- SkyLines: fix SkyLines tracking on non-Android
- SkyLines: fix two buffer overflow bugs
- new client for the experimental "XCSoar Cloud"
* Android
- remove the deprecated crash dumper
Version 6.8.6 - 2016/07/22
* calculations
- show takeoff time after landing (#3786)
* user interface
- fix graphics error on FLARM gauge
- fix crash in waypoint label renderer (#3781)
- fix several crashes in waypoint editor (#3553, #3784)
- fix crash in task manager
- use task speed unit for OLC speed InfoBox (#3785)
* devices
- EW: use first 6 characters of turn point names (was: 3)
- EW: fix broken umlauts in turn point names
- LX: fix Nano 3 firmware 2.0 compatibility (#3764)
* settings
- adjust range and step size of terrain/arrival safety height settings
* map
- increase upper limit of the number of waypoint labels displayed
* Android
- fix crash due to Bluetooth LE connect failure
* Kobo
- support USB-OTG for Kobo Glo HD and Kobo Touch 2.0
Version 6.8.5 - 2016/06/12
* calculations
- update circling percentage only when flying
- fix circling height gain calculation
* user interface
- fix "kg/m^2" and "lb/ft^2" unit display
- fix inverse colors in horizon page
- reduce CPU load of some InfoBoxes (#3757)
* calculations
- add option to disable external wind (#3693, #3773)
* devices
- fix crash on malformed NMEA time stamp
* Android
- improve Bluetooth LE compatibility (#3745)
* Kobo
- reduce ghosting on old Kobo models; regression due to screen
flashing fix in 6.8.4 (#3756)
Version 6.8.4 - 2016/05/18
* airspace cross-section
- use airspace visibility configuration (#3751)
* data files
- accept "Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone" (MATZ) airspaces in
OpenAir files (#3732)
* devices
- CAI302: fix "airspace" marker in waypoint uploader (#3750)
* calculations
- improve landing detection at high wind speeds (#3748)
* logger
- fix crash in NMEA logger
* user interface
- Australian units for weight are kg
* Windows
- fix terrain loader (#3747)
* Android
- fix crash bug in IOIO driver (#3744)
- fix crash bug on Android 1.6 (#3742)
* Kobo
- eliminate screen flashing on Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
- support battery status on Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
Version 6.8.3 - 2016/03/09
* map
- fix distorted terrain when zoomed out
- fix missing airspaces in cross section (#3537)
* calculations
- update SIS-AT to 2016 scoring rules
- fix landing time display (#3690)
- fix AAT range display
* data files
- use correct "comment" field for OziExplorer files
- relax file format detection for OziExplorer files
- fix bogus arrival heights on watched waypoints when GPS unavailable
- fix crash in airspace parser
- fix crash in XML parser
- save user.cup after edit (#3701)
* devices
- GTAltimeter: remove unmaintained driver (#3661)
* Kobo
- support Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0
* fix crash in SkyLines tracking
Version 6.8.2 - 2015/09/19
* Rubik R-26S polar
* user interface
- save settings after copy&pasting an InfoBox set (#3649)
* map
- fix crash in the topography renderer
* calculations
- fix task progress display after finish achieved (#3657)
* devices
- fix wrong baud rate after task declaration (#3654)
* Android
- support the "escape" key (#3647)
- fix all RS232 permissions on Android (#3648)
* Kobo
- fix wrong IP address display (#3650)
* Raspberry Pi / Cubieboard
- support digit and letter keys (#3611)
Version 6.8.1 - 2015/08/27
* fix freeze bug when starting without GPS fix
* fix crash with empty xcsoar-checklist.txt file
* devices
- fix TCP port on Windows (#3428)
* Windows
- fix the airspace file parser (#3633)
* Kobo
- fix overlapping text (#3634)
* Android
- fix USB-RS232-OTG permissions on Android
Version 6.8 - 2015/08/18
* data files
- optimise the topography loader
- faster RASP map change
- show all RASP maps
- fix comments in TNP files
- ignore trailing whitespace in airspace files (#3546)
- store user-edited waypoints and markers in "user.cup"
* devices
- remove option "Ignore checksum"
- CAI302: add sink tone configuration
- LX: implement LXNAV Nano3 task declaration (#3295)
- LX: remove support for LX1600 pass-through mode
- ATR833: new driver
- Volkslogger: support DAeC keyhole declaration
- Westerboer VW921: remove buggy driver (#3215)
- added TCP port 2000 to portlist (part of #3326)
- support LXNAV V7 pass-through mode (#1913, #2808, #2919)
* calculations
- wave assistant
- use maximum speed configured in plane setup as limit for calculations
- use WGS84 earth ellipsoid for distance calculations (#2809)
- remove setting "Prefer external wind"
- reduce EKF wind latency
- fix bogus value in "Nearest Airspace H" InfoBox (#3589)
- obey the maximum start speed (#2841)
* airspace cross-section
- sync map & cross-section view zoom setting (#2913)
* infoboxes
- add "Fin MC0 AltD" infobox (#2824)
- add "Next arrow" infobox (#3128)
* task editor
- added one-click task reversal (#1730)
- show name of loaded/saved tasks in dialog title (#1924)
- support large legs in the FAI triangle renderer (#3413)
- task calculator moved to "Status" dialog
- markers can be used in tasks and for "goto"
* map
- allow "Mark Drop" while panning
- airspace labels
* user interface
- allow horizontal speeds in m/s
- allow mass in lb, wing loading in lb/ft^2
- download data files from site configuration
- remove support for custom status files
- merge airspace warning buttons "ACK Warn" and "ACK Space" (#1086)
- show airspace warning at bottom (#1378, #2628, #3275)
- profile manager
- password-protected profiles (#851)
- checklist remembers last opened list (#3110)
- use configured coordinate format in waypoint editor
- remove custom font support, replaced with global "text size" setting
- improved font sizes
- improved font renderer
- display rotation for Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard (#3238)
- use /dev/input/event* on Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard (#3179)
- support mouse wheel on Raspberry Pi and Cubieboard
- scale touchscreen coordinates to screen size
- bigger icons on high-dpi screens (#2795, #3267, #3397, #3540)
- improved keypad support (#3281)
- new translation: Simplified Chinese
* tracking
- new option disables tracking while roaming on the cell network
- queue SkyLines tracking fixes while data connection is unavailable
- fix SkyLines traffic display on southern hemisphere (#3601)
- show SkyLines traffic even if we have no GPS fix yet
- show nearby waypoint in SkyLines traffic list
- show altitude in list (#3606)
- show all nearby traffic (#2814)
- pass vehicle name to LiveTrack24
* Linux
- Wayland support
* Android
- fix IOIO connection on Android 4.x (#2959, #3260)
- support IOIO-OTG with the Android device in USB host mode
- support IOIO over Bluetooth
- support Bluetooth LE
- timeout for the HTTP client (e.g. LiveTrack24)
* Kobo
- menu button
- add UI allowing the start of external scripts to KoboMenu (#3194)
- support Wifi with WEP (#3138)
- support open Wifi networks (#3391)
- support USB-OTG
- export data partition via USB storage
- support the Kobo Aura screen (#3490)
Version 6.7.9 - 2015/07/03
* user interface
- fix crash in task editor
- fix crash while panning the map
- improved font renderer
* data files
- fix comments in TNP files
* calculations
- faster triangle score calculation
- fix crash in triangle score calculation (#3576)
* Android
- timeout for the HTTP client (e.g. LiveTrack24)
* Kobo
- enable crash dumps in XCSoarData/crash/
Version 6.7.8 - 2015-05-22
* user interface
- draw gray title bar on inactive dialogs
- improved dialog button placement
- fix missing buttons in terrain configuration (#3421)
* task
- support large legs in the FAI triangle renderer (#3413)
- make "Cruise efficiency" read-only
* devices
- fix crash when downloading flight without "logs" folder
* Linux
- support Raspberry Pi 2
- show ports renamed by udev
Version 6.7.7 - 2015/02/20
* airspace
- accept airspaces of class RMZ in OpenAir format files (#3437)
- fix wrong AGL height due to longitude east/west wraparound (#3468)
* infoboxes
- fix data for OLC infoboxes if "OLC League" is used (#3461)
* calculations
- fix handicap factor for "OLC League" scores
- fix reach calculation problems at border of map (#3239)
- simplified EKF wind algorithm (#3062)
* input events
- allow '_' character in event identifiers (#3464)
* replay
- fix replay progress while replay is paused (#3446)
Version 6.7.6 - 2014/10/18
* tracking
- updated SkyLines server IP
* user interface
- fix crash when switching pages with cross section (#3012, #3231, #3395)
* devices
- LX: relax download timeout (#3199)
- OpenVario: new device driver
- Vaulter: new device driver
* replay
- accept "$GNRMC" in replay of NMEA files
* calculations
- improve circling detection when using some external NMEA devices (#3360, #3372)
* configuration
- report missing plane configuration file in log file
Version 6.7.5 - 2014/06/09
* fix crash in task manager (#3305)
* work around crash on Windows (PC) (#3284)
* devices
- fixed attitude data handling
- properly detect LXNAV Nano 3
- FLARM: fix declaration with asterisk in task point name (#3323)
* airspace
- assume all airspaces are active if day of week is not known
- restore "Repetitive Sound" setting on startup (#3308)
* Android
- fix crash when opening IOIO port (#3309)
- allow reconnecting IOIO sensors
* tasks
- fix loading of some tasks from .cup files
Version 6.7.4 - 2014/04/11
* map
- fix topography rendering for polygon shapes (#3245)
- fix SDL clipped polygon rendering algorithm (#3250)
* devices
- Westerboer: ignore implausible values from buggy devices
* logger
- create "logs" directory automatically for external flight downloads
* user interface
- show status message when switching to next turnpoint (#3270)
* airspace
- relax parsing of TNP airspace files (#3272)
* infoboxes
- don't use depreciated content in default configuration (#3278)
Version 6.7.3 - 2014/01/22
* tracking
- changed host for DHV tracking server (#3208)
* user interface
- fix missing battery info in status panels
* map
- fix disappearing observation zones at left/top screen border (#3212)
- fix RASP display
* devices
- LX: improved logger handshake (#3199)
- LX: auto-retry after errors during IGC download
* Android
- load XCSoarData from external SD card if available (#3198)
* Kobo
- fix touch screen bug (#3195, #3204, #3211)
Version 6.7.2 - 2013/12/19
* user interface
- fix crash in alternates list (#3146)
- new translation: Slovenian
* infoboxes
- fix "Fin Dist" infobox for GOTO tasks (#3152)
* configuration
- increase upper limit for plane wing area (#3154)
- fix saving of custom polars (#3173)
* waypoints
- correctly handle S latitudes and W longitudes in waypoint editor (#3155)
- fix saving waypoints to cup format files from waypoint editor
* devices
- auto-reconnect TCP client (#3127)
- handle time warps in NMEA replay
- another midnight wraparound bug fix (#2973)
* Android
- enable Vivante workaround for GC600 (#3184)
- faster map renderer (#3124)
- improved font quality
- enable cursor key navigation in dialogs (#3133)
* Kobo
- fix misassigned passphrase in WiFi dialog (#3151)
- work around Kobo Touch N905B kernel crash in display driver (#3145)
- work around Kobo Touch N905B touch screen bug
- the "Home" button opens the menu
- mount /dev/pts for telnetd (#3135)
- fix crash in file manager and METAR/TAF dialog (#3078)
Version 6.7.1 - 2013/10/11
* replay
- fix crash replaying an IGC file with no B record extensions (#3107)
* data files
- save the previous log file in "xcsoar-old.log"
* user interface
- new translation: Lithuanian
* devices
- CAI302: work around transmission errors during IGC file download (#3074)
* Android
- fix crash in "credits" dialog on Android 4 (#3106)
- work around Vivante GPU texture bugs (#1995, #2228, #2990, #2998, #3105)
* Kobo
- fix passphrase entry in WiFi setup (#3053)
- fix compatibility with old Kobo firmware
Version 6.7 - 2013/09/30
* new target: Kobo e-book readers
* user interface
- resizable main window
- added AutoZoom gesture (up-down)
- obsolete configuration pages "devices", "polar", "logger info" removed
- new page: "horizon" (#1592)
- default page gesture changed right/left sense according to other xc ui interaction pattern
- pressing the Escape key in task manager switches to "Close" tab (#2877)
- separate font for dialogs (#723, #2806)
- repetitive airspace warning sound (#2952)
- never close dialogs due to display rotation
- disable custom fonts on Altair
- improve small dialog font on Altair
- fix loading translations on Linux (#2041)
* map
- terrain countour lines (#2451)
- continue loading terrain/topography without GPS fix (#2723)
- suppress drawing duplicate topography labels
- draw projected path when turning
- additional zoom levels (#3037)
- global "don't fill airspace" setting (#3047)
- fix rendering errors when some airspaces have no border (#3045)
- fix distinct page zoom in conjunction with circling zoom (#2907)
* infoboxes
- new content "Speed task last hour"
- new content "Next distance (nominal)"
- new content "Takeoff distance" (#3059)
- new panel for "Team code" provides quick access to team code settings (#2899)
- new content "OLC speed" (#2352)
* tasks
- custom "start requires arm" setting (#2782)
- new option to disable OLC optimisation
- MAT: ask user whether to add turn points while flying over it
- update the calculator without a GPS fix (#2876)
- fix task speed and time estimates before task start (#2876, #2906)
- show "arm advance" button when manual arming is necessary (#1729)
- support the OLC/DMSt 500km triangle threshold (#2963)
- render finish point as achieved when task is finished (#2140)
- subtract start/finish cylinder radius from task distance (#2308)
- fix parsing of .cup task files
* route planner
- ignore inactive and acknowledged airspaces (#2866)
* calculations
- add more weight to zig-zag wind compared to circling wind
- enable circling wind calculation in IGC replay (#2672)
- fix OLC triangle display (#2775)
* waypoint editor
- delete waypoint implemented
- CUP file support added
* devices
- enabling/disabling devices on-the-fly
- "debug" button
- more robust midnight wraparound handling (#2857)
- new driver from Cambridge L-Nav
- support TCP client connection
* Android
- support IOIO via OpenAccessory (Android 4.x)
- support USB host mode and USB-RS232 adapters on the Nook (#2886)
- show Bluetooth name instead of MAC address in device list
- enable fast refresh mode on Nook Simple Touch
* Analysis
- a retrospective task is compiled that summarises waypoints the aircraft has
visited (within 15km radius). These waypoints are drawn on OLC page of analysis dialog.
* data files
- default profile is called "default.prf" instead of "xcsoar-registry.prf"
- log file is called "xcsoar.log" instead of "xcsoar-startup.log"
- fix name truncation when saving a waypoint file on Windows (#3096)
Version 6.6.5 - 2013/08/21
* user interface
- reduce flickering in system configuration
* map
- reduce CPU usage of airspace and topography renderer
* tasks
- remove keyhole from the BGA start sector zone
* devices
- enable Nook's internal GPS for mock locations (#2999)
* configuration
- fix loading home waypoint on longitudes bigger than 90 degrees
Version 6.6.4 - 2013/07/11
* map
- fix stuttering terrain on Windows CE
- fix multi-touch pan gesture (#2684)
* calculations
- improve robustness of the zig-zag wind algorithm (#2961)
* devices
- FLARM: work around a Garrecht TRX-1090 firmware bug (#2745, #2749)
- LX: faster LXNAV Nano detection over Bluetooth (#2819)
- Volkslogger: increase timeout to calculate security (#2910)
- fix bogus error message after pressing "Cancel"
- show Bluetooth name instead of MAC address in device list
Version 6.6.3 - 2013/07/02
* map
- fill FAI triangle areas on Windows
* devices
- FLARM: improve task declaration reliability
- LX: support Nano firmware 2.10 (#2819)
* Android
- fix compatibility issue with Android 2.2
- detect when internal GPS is lost on Android 2.3 and older (#2929)
* user interface
- fix unit display for pressure in flight setup dialog (#2933)
* data files
- added "Pilatus B4" polar
Version 6.6.2 - 2013/06/12
* map
- fix misplaced topography labels (#2564)
- fix keyboard panning with track up (#2908)
* infoboxes
- ensure that the unit symbol is visible
- fix ballast display in vario gauge (#2911)
* tasks
- update all settings after task type change
* devices
- Volkslogger: fix IGC file download on Windows CE
- EWmicroRecorder: fix corrupt task declaration (#2921)
- fix potential crash when garbage is received from device
- fix IOIO reconnect
- generate G record even when first device has no GPS (#2849)
* cross section
- also display unknown airspace types (#2884)
* Raspberry Pi
- fix instant crash (#2922)
* Altair
- never override data path (#2509)
* Android
- faster startup
Version 6.6.1 - 2013/05/08
* cross section
- fix airspace display after display rotation (#2825)
* user interface
- fix malformed name in airspace warning dialog (#2813)
- don't lost focus to waypoint list on Altair (#2835)
- don't forget map zoom when returning to map (#2805)
* devices
- indicate duplicate devices in list
- allow using more than one TCP/UDP device
- fix spurious errors after IOIO baud rate change (#2733, #2754)
- K6Bt: fix configured baud rate setup on Android (#2836)
- work around Android 2.3 Bluetooth crash bug
* tasks
- prevent moving target out of the cylinder (#2794)
* configuration
- fix regression with polar configuration (#2803)
* support gcc 4.8
Version 6.6 - 2013/04/23
* map
- optional distinct map zoom on each page (#1603)
- add label selection "Task waypoints & airfields"
- allow configuration of "Final glide bar" display (#2554)
- new snail trail option "Vario-scaled dots and lines"
- topography icons
- don't draw pan info over north arrow (#2765)
* cross section
- show airspace names (#1149, #2390)
- use glide polar instead of current glide ratio (#2687)
* infoboxes
- green InfoBox distance when inside observation zone (#2560)
- limit the InfoBox aspect ratio
- new InfoBox styles "Shaded" (#1852), "Glass" (#2466)
- waypoint details button in target dialog (#1967)
- show distance in radial InfoBox comment (#2577)
- new InfoBox "ATC radial" with distance in nautical miles (#2269, #2706)
- improved wind edit panel (#2770)
* user interface
- replay fast-forward
- new waypoint location editor (#343)
- show required glide ratio in waypoint details (#1573)
- add airspace ack button to map item list (#2139)
- additionally show airspace altitude in feet (#2379)
- show more files in replay file picker (#2582)
- clicking with Ctrl key pressed moves the simulator (#199)
- vario bar at the right edge of the map
* tasks
- MAT tasks (#563)
- custom symmetric quadrant (#2125)
- AAT keyhole (#1687)
- add AST point option "Score exit" (#2544)
- optimise start point
- allow up to 30 turn points in racing tasks
- local time for task start open/close time (#2645)
- enforce the task start open/close time (#2678)
- fix start auto-advance
* calculations
- improve the circling wind algorithm (#2690)
* devices
- Volkslogger: support IGC file download (#1972)
- Volkslogger: declaration no longer erases waypoint database from logger
- CAI302: support uploading all waypoint file types (#2054)
- V7: support for QNH synchronization to V7 vario
* Android
- faster map renderer on some Android devices
* other
- new polars for two G 102 Astir variants (#2701)
- new option "auto bugs" increases bug setting every hour (#1526)
* configuration
- fix saving of configuration values in non-metric setups (#2771)
Version 6.5.4 - 2013/04/10
* devices
- Volkslogger: increase timeout for reading flight list
- V7: fix QNH change
* logger
- fix failing IGC logger (#2658, #2735, #2736, #2746, #2751)
Version 6.5.3 - 2013/03/26
* user interface
- eliminate flickering in the cross section on Windows
- fix wrong radial display in target dialog
- start at terrain center when there's no GPS fix and no home location