Appendix B. Release Notes

Revision History
Revision 0.6pre3 29 Apr 2004enz
  • Remember last Go program attached and automatically attach it on startup.
  • GtpAdapter: new option -fillpasses.
  • Lots of bugfixes.
Revision 0.6pre221 Apr 2004enz
  • TwoGtp: Fix NullPointerException if no komi option was used.
  • GoGui: Fix NullPointerException after leaving setup mode.
  • Lots of other small fixes.
Revision 0.6pre116 Apr 2004enz
  • Support for game trees and navigation in variations.
  • Read, save and edit game information.
  • Detach current Go programs and attach new program.
  • New tools: GtpAdapter and GtpTerminal.
  • GtpServer: port number is now given with option -port. New options -remote and -user to make outgoing connections (e.g. required by the Random Go Challenge).
  • TwoGtp: new option -estimate-score.
  • Nicer HTML output of GtpRegress, and TwoGtp.
  • GoGui: option -fillpasses is no longer supported.
  • Draw stones using highlights and shadows.
  • Other fixes and improvements.
Revision 0.523 Feb 2004enz
  • Use Apache Ant instead of GNU make as a build system.
  • TwoGtp: support an optional third program as a referee.
  • All programs have now the ability to read command line options and arguments from a file with the -config option.
  • SgfToTex: improved output. New options -force, -title.
  • Allow to enter non-standard boardsizes from menu Size.
  • Minor fixes and improvements.
Revision 0.419 Nov 2003enz
  • TwoGtp: new option -force; forward time_settings; fixes in format of result file.
  • New Game menu item Truncate.
  • New Settings menu item Show cursor.
  • GmpToGtp: new option -flow
  • Minor fixes and improvements.
Revision 0.4pre229 Oct 2003enz
  • Improve export as LaTeX document. New option -pass for SgfToTex.
  • Add documentation for main menu bar.
  • TwoGtp: option -analyze also outputs a text file containing a table row with summary information.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.
Revision 0.4pre118 Sep 2003enz
  • New menu items Open Recent and Goto.
  • TwoGtp: new option -analyze.
  • Analyze commands are now selected from a dialog. Lots of new analyze command wildcards and result types.
  • New tool GtpDummy.
  • Remove GoGui option -gtpshell. Instead remember size and visibility of windows with new Settings menu item Remember window sizes.
  • Support for multiple analyze-commands files.
  • Lots of other fixes and enhancements.
Revision 0.3.33 Sep 2003enz
  • Minor bugfixes.
Revision 0.3.21 Sep 2003enz
  • Fix bug when truncating history in GTP shell.
  • Fix bug: marker was not cleared after running analyze command with point argument.
Revision 0.3.129 Aug 2003enz
  • Bugfix release.
Revision 0.3.025 Aug 2003enz
  • TwoGtp: new options for playing a series of games and saving the results; forward GTP extension commands to program that implement them; handle GTP version 2 programs.
  • New Settings menu item Show last move.
  • GoGui uses GTP extension command gogui_title if available.
  • Fix problem in GTP shell: caret was not redrawn after entering command.
  • Use key accelerators more similar to existing UI style guides.
  • Games can be saved in LaTeX format using psgo.sty. Standalone converter SgfToTex.
  • GoGui: Rename GoGui option -autoplay to -auto. Remove option -autofile. New option -command.
  • New tool GtpRegress.
  • Rename GtpNet to GtpServer.
  • Setup and score mode do no longer use their own the menu bar.
  • Go programs that can understand the special comment line # interrupt must indicate this by implementing the command gogui_interrupt.
  • Lots of other fixes and enhancements.
Revision 0.2.22 Aug 2003enz
  • Use GTP command final_status_list if supported by the Go program for initializing dead stones when scoring.
  • Make Japanese rules default and store them in preferences.
  • After setting up a position set last setup color as color to move.
  • Show filename in title bar if game is loaded and not modified.
  • Add option for beep after move.
  • Use time_settings command if -time option is used.
  • New options -autofile, -computer-both, -computer-black.
  • Compile TwoGtp into its own jar file twogtp.jar.
  • Fix bug in GmpToGtp: Black should send NEWGAME if -simple option is used.
  • Fix potential deadlock if program writes to standard error before GUI is visible.
  • Add network tools GtpNet and NetGtp.
  • Lots of other fixes and enhancements.
Revision 0.2.123 Jun 2003enz
  • Fix cursor not positioned at last moves if handicap or setup stones exist.
  • Fix bug: handicap stones were played after setup done.
  • Clear old markups before showing an analyze command with a point list result.
  • Store komi in preferences.
  • Add command reference to documentation.
  • Other small fixes.
Revision 0.223 Apr 2003enz
  • Board uses background image and antialiasing.
  • Cursor keys can be used to enter moves.
  • Documentation in docbook format.
  • Improvements in GmpToGtp adapter.
  • Lots of other small fixes and improvements.
Revision 0.14 Mar 2003enz
  • Initial release.