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Version 0.5.5
release date : October 7, 2005
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This is a bug fix / minor (?) improvements version
    * widgets are now mostly packed in tables ( Vincent )
    * property notebook pages can now be detached ( Vincent )
    * changed file selectors to file choosers ( Vincent )
    * changed gnome color pickers for gtk color selector ( Vincent )
    * changed deprecated combo boxes for new gtk ones ( Vincent )
    * quit confirmation dialog bug fixed ( Christian ) 
    * font path changed to default font path ( Vincent )
    * menu organisation changed, View / Render menu added  ( Vincent )
    * fullscreen mode added ( Vincent )
    * added an 'edit' button to material selector  ( Vincent )
    * added direct render shortcuts F11/F12 and menu items ( Vincent )
    * povray front end bug fixed ( Vincent & Christian )
    * add Del short cut to delete current object ( Vincent )
    * improved headers for property panel  ( Vincent )
    * added scene pack export ( Christian )
    * added unparent object button to selection tree ( Vincent )
    * updated material library ( Vincent )
    * invalid font warning at file load added ( Vincent )
    * added cut/copy/paste to editors ( Vincent )
    * Updated toolbar & menu to GtkUIManager / GtkAction system ( Vincent )
    * parametric adaptive resolution system added ( Vincent )
    * added radius interpolation ( cubic & bezier ) to sphere sweeps ( Vincent )
    * added Ctrl-wheel & Shift-wheel shortcuts ( Christian )
    * added Python plugins support ( Christian )


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Version 0.5.4
release date : June 11, 2005
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    * fixed splash screen bug - #1176464 ( Christian )
    * change cursor mode icons ( Christian )
    * added Julia fractal, without preview ( Vincent )
    * fixed object selection / deletion bug ( Vincent )
    * fixed athmospheric media selection bug ( Vincent )
    * fixed media save bug ( Vincent )
    * fixed conic sweep prism preview ( Vincent )
    * change grid display in previews ( Christian )
    * added function parser, without pattern / logical operators support ( Vincent )
    * added isosurface ( Vincent )
    * fixed density definition deletion bug ( Vincent )
    * added parametric surface object ( Vincent )
    * added povray script object ( Vincent )
    * added projected_through to lights ( Vincent )
    * added Python scripting engine ( Christian )
    * added man page ( Cyril )
    * added sphere sweeps ( Vincent )
    * added bicubic patches ( Vincent )
    * heightfield preview speedup ( Christian )



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Version 0.5.3
release date : March 30, 2005
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This version is only a bug fix. A major problem was
found in OpenGl preview initialisation on many systems.
This was considered as a major bug, so version 0.5.3 was
released.
    * Fixed no preview bug ( Cyril & Vincent )
    * Fixed link object reference bugs ( Vincent )
    * greatly improved help ( Vincent )



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Version 0.5.2
release date : March 12, 2005. 
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This version corrects a few new bugs and add some new features :

    * CSG material preview now works better
    * undo/redo now works with lathe splines
    * material tree bugs fixed ( most of them i think :)
    * enhanced povray export, now generates ini file
    * link object added
    * added "looks like" to light objects
    * added group object
    * added prism object
    * several other bug fixes... 


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Version 0.5.1
release date :  January 8, 2005.
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This version corrects the first reported bugs :

    * Lack of precision in light fading and fog settings
    * Added split_union to CSG Union object
    * Area light density infinite loop bug fixed
    * Material Finish paste bug fixed
    * Texture tree refresh bug fixed
    * Camera DND bug fixed
    * CSG GL color bug fixed ( still need improvement )
    * Density map bug fixed
    * Help file loading bug fixed ( Oops :)
    * It also seems that mime type settings works better with '--prefix=/usr' in configure...


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Version 0.5.0
release date :   December 29, 2004
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Here are the major changes :

    * added Blob object ( with GL preview )
    * added Lathe object ( with GL preview )
    * added Text object ( with preview from FTGL lib )
    * added Heigthfield object preview
    * added ligth groups
    * added photon interface
    * added help framework & some help files ( wip ! help needed )
    * improved extra materials package ( install )
    * better gnome integration ( mime type etc... )
    * and global update to match pov 3.6 specs
    * and some minor enhancements
    * and a lot of bug fix 


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Version 0.4.0
release date : October 15, 2003.
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There is almost no bug fix and no new features but i now compile with gtk2 / gnome2 and GtkGLExt. 



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Version 0.3.10
release date :  January 1, 2002.
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new features / changes :

    * New scene for material preview ( fisheye also added )
    * Undo / Redo
    * SuperEllipsoid object ( Christian )
    * Fog object( Christian )
    * Many new materials ( Raymond ) and installation script
    * Progress bars for scene save / Load & status
    * Material library loading progress bar
    * Improved performances
    * Material map item duplication function
    * New percent control 

bug fix :

    * gcc 3.0 compile bug fix
    * material copy / paste bugs fix
    * layered / patterned textures bug fix
    * temp files bug fix ( now stored in /tmp )
    * DnD crashes fix
    * deleted material edition bug fixed 
