Commit by harris :: r857043 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/tools/ (3 files):

Make Location button functional. Add text label to Print button (still
non-functional). Make default window size smaller for small screens.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r857041 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ksfilereader.cpp:

Apply small patch from Ralf Habacker to fix reading of UTF-8-encoded files on
win32. Though linux systems don't seem to need the call to
QTextStream::setEncoding("UTF-8"), it doesn't seem to do any harm, so I added the
two calls without any #ifdef wrappers.

Thanks for the patch Ralf!

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org
CCMAIL: ralf dot habacker at freenet dot de

Commit by harris :: r854865 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (kstars.kcfg starobject.cpp):

Applying Mederic's patch to make the star images prettier. Also making the
default star color intensity 6 (was 4).

Thanks for the patch!

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r853379 /trunk/www/sites/www/announcements/changelogs/changelog_branch_4_1.xml:

adding kplotwidget fix

Commit by harris :: r852217 kdeui/branches/KDE/4.1/kdelibs/kdeui/plotting/kplotwidget.cpp:

backporting fix from trunk (r851444):

Improved "smart" placement of text labels for plotted points that have
been named. The previous method used a low-resolution "gridding" of the plot
region into a 100x100 array (regardless of the plot widget's size) to serve as
a mask to identify regions which already contain a plot element. Now we use an
actual image for the mask, matched to the size of the widget.

In addition, we use a "downhill simplex" algorithm to search for an
optimal label position near the target point such that the label doesn't overlap with
other plot elements. Before we used a brute-force search.

With the new method, the Solar System tool in KStars takes 85-95 msec to
draw itself (compared to 250 ms with the old code, and 75-85 msec with no
point labels).

Commit by harris :: r852210 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/widgets/draglistbox.cpp:

Final fix for bug #169744. A dragged item is now dropped in the correct
place.

BUG: 169744
CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r851910 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/widgets/ (draglistbox.cpp draglistbox.h):

Fixing bug #169744 (Catalog fields can't be modified because drag events not
working).

Well, the drag events work now, but it's difficult to predict what the order of
items will be when you drop an item. It's supposed to insert the item in the
correct place based on the cursor's position, but it looks like there are some
problems. I'll leave the bug open until this is working as well as it did in
3.5.x...

CCBUG: 169744
CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r851829 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/tools/ (calendarwidget.cpp calendarwidget.h):

Add Month labels to Sky Calendar tool.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r851444 kdeui/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kdeui/plotting/kplotwidget.cpp:

Having received no feedback on k-c-d when I announced this patch, I'll go ahead
and commit it.

Improved "smart" placement of text labels for plotted points that have been
named. The previous method used a low-resolution "gridding" of the plot region
into a 100x100 array (regardless of the plot widget's size) to serve as a mask to
identify regions which already contain a plot element. Now we use an actual image
for the mask, matched to the size of the widget.

In addition, we use a "downhill simplex" algorithm to search for an optimal label
position near the target point such that the label doesn't overlap with other plot
elements. Before we used a brute-force search.

With the new method, the Solar System tool in KStars takes 85-95 msec to draw
itself (compared to 250 ms with the old code, and 75-85 msec with no point
labels).

Commit by harris :: r851305 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/main.cpp:

version microbump

Commit by harris :: r851304 kstars/branches/KDE/4.1/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/main.cpp:

version bump

Commit by harris :: r851302 kstars/branches/KDE/4.1/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (7 files in 2 dirs):

When a custom object catalog is installed with the Get New Stuff tool, it will now
be automatically added to the display. Backported from trunk.

Commit by harris :: r851289 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (3 files in 2 dirs):

clean up some debug statements

Commit by harris :: r851288 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (7 files in 2 dirs):

It is now finally possible to properly handle custom catalogs in the Download
Extra Data tool. If any downloaded file has a filename matching *.cat, it will
attempt to import it as a custom catalog.

You can try it out immediately, because I recently (finally) added Carl Knight's
contribution of the Abell Planetary Nebula catalog to the download tool. When you
install the catalog using Ctrl+D, it will start displaying the PN immediately, you
can search for them in the Find tool, and the catalog will appear in the Catalogs
tab of the config tool. Hooray!

Will backport to 4.1.

If you're using < KDE 4.1.x (where x>0), you'll have to add the catalog manually
after installing the file, using the "Load Catalog" button in the Config tool, and
pointing it to $KDEHOME/share/apps/kstars/catalogname.cat.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r851284 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/dms.cpp:

Get rid of debug statement

Commit by harris :: r850201 kstars/branches/KDE/4.1/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (5 files in 2 dirs):

Backporting fix for FOV symbols (trunk r848577). Original commit
message fllows:

Applying patch from Mederic Boquien. Quoting his message:

"I have made a patch to correct a few problems on the FOV tool:

• It was not possible to use the semitransparent FOV because in kstars.kcfg, the max index was set to 3 whereas the semitransparent FOV had index #4. When selecting a semitransparent FOV, it switched back to #3 (bull's eye)
• Now the FOV preview is anti-aliased and the text indicating the FOV size is correctly centred
• Now the semitransparent FOV is really semitransparent using the alpha channel and not filled with a not-so-pretty pattern
• After having edited a FOV, the preview in the dialog containing the list of FOV is updated" Thanks, Mederic!

Commit by harris :: r849783 /trunk/www/sites/edu/kstars/downloads/ (abell_pn_1.0.tar.bz2 knewstuff.xml):

Adding Abell Planetary Nebula catalog to downloads

Commit by harris :: r849507 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/skycomponents/ (2 files):

Fix for Mederic's transparent trails patch. Set the pen when
trail-fading is not used.

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r848838 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (8 files in 3 dirs):

Adding MW-like contours for the LMC and SMC, a patch submitted by Jerome Sonrier.
Thanks Jerome!

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org

Commit by harris :: r848577 kstars/trunk/KDE/kdeedu/kstars/kstars/ (5 files in 2 dirs):

Applying patch from Mederic Boquien.  Quoting his message:

"I have made a patch to correct a few problems on the FOV tool:
 * It was not possible to use the semitransparent FOV because in kstars.kcfg,
 the max index was set to 3 whereas the semitransparent FOV had index #4. When
 selecting a semitransparent FOV, it switched back to #3 (bull's eye)
 * Now the FOV preview is anti-aliased and the text indicating the FOV size is
 correctly centred
 * Now the semitransparent FOV is really semitransparent using the alpha
 channel and not filled with a not-so-pretty pattern
 * After having edited a FOV, the preview in the dialog containing the list of
 FOV is updated"

Thanks, Mederic!

CCMAIL: kstars-devel at kde dot org