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5 <h1 class="about">About gLabels ...</h1>
8 <b>gLabels</b> is a program for creating labels and business cards for the <i>GNOME</i> desktop
9 environment. It is designed to work with various laser/ink-jet peel-off label and business card sheets that
10 you'll find at most office supply stores. gLabels is free software and is distributed under the terms of the
11 <i>GNU General Public License</i> (<?a("http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html","GPL");?>).
17 <h1 class="news">Recent News ...</h1>
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23 <div class="newsdate">30 April 2009</div>
24 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.5 (Stable)</div>
26 Packagers: please update to this version as soon as possible. This release fixes a set of problems
27 that made glabels unusable on the latest distributions which use Gnome 2.26/Gtk 2.16.
30 Changes/fixes since 2.2.4 include
33 <li>Fixed spinbutton/adjustment bugs that made glabels unusable with Gtk 2.16.</li>
34 <li>Fixed default preview colors in color combos.</li>
35 <li>Updated german translation (Mario Blättermann).</li>
36 <li>New templates.</li>
39 <?a("/download/","Download here");?>.
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49 <div class="newsdate">22 December 2008</div>
50 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.4 (Stable)</div>
52 Changes/fixes since 2.2.3 include
55 <li>Corrected button order in "Open" and "Save as" dialogs.</li>
56 <li>Fixed performance problem when large number of fonts are installed.</li>
57 <li>Corrected several i18n problems.</li>
58 <li>Fixed "paste" bug that created phantom object views.</li>
59 <li>Fixed performacne problem when many objects are selected.</li>
60 <li>New templates.</li>
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70 <div class="newsdate">19 August 2008</div>
71 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.3 (Stable)</div>
73 Changes/fixes since 2.2.2 include
76 <li>Explicitely set page size when printing -- don't let print back-end use
77 a default size (Bug #2049431).</li>
78 <li>Sets more appropriate object size limits for any aspect ratio (Bug #1993550).</li>
79 <li>Fixed crash of glabels-batch (Bug #1968653).</li>
80 <li>Fixed bug with barcode and image merge radio buttons (Bug #1959135).</li>
81 <li>Will now attempt to parse newer namespaces (Bug #1872584).</li>
82 <li>Fixed drawing errors when drawing markup on rotated labels.</li>
83 <li>New korean translation (xein@navir.com).</li>
84 <li>New templates.</li>
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94 <div class="newsdate">22 February 2008</div>
95 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.2, "Walt Whitman High" (Stable)</div>
97 Changes/fixes since 2.2.1 include
100 <li>Fixed crash when creating Code128C barcode (Bug #1766425).</li>
101 <li>Explicitely set page size when printing "other" page size.</li>
102 <li>Fixed rendering bug with bitmap fonts.</li>
103 <li>Fixed rendering problem when displaying "Invalid barcode data".</li>
104 <li>Fixed crash when deleting multi-object selections.</li>
105 <li>Enforce minimum size for images to prevent rendering of images of zero size.</li>
106 <li>Fixed problem with image size spinboxes (Bug #1886438).</li>
107 <li>Fixed template example in documentation.</li>
108 <li>Use default units when writing xml files.</li>
117 <div class="newsitem">
118 <div class="newsdate">23 January 2008</div>
119 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.1 (Stable)</div>
121 Changes/fixes since 2.2.0 include
124 <li>Font lists are now sorted alphabetically.</li>
125 <li>Evolution records are now sorted by the "file_under" field.</li>
126 <li>Fixed clipping bug when rotating labels.</li>
135 <div class="newsitem">
136 <div class="newsdate">26 December 2007</div>
137 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.2.0 (Stable)</div>
139 <i>After two years in the making, it's finally here...</i>
142 <i>A new stable release</i>. The underlying technology has been largely overhauled from the 2.0.x branch.
143 The libgnomeprint library has been completely replaced with Cairo and the new GtkPrintOperation API.
144 One side effect of print rendering with Cairo is that image compositing now works at full resolution.
145 Cairo has also replaced GnomeCanvas in the main display and drawing interface.
146 Many other deprecated dependencies have been replaced as well. Because of this, this version requires at least Gnome 2.16.
149 Changes/fixes since 2.0.4 include
153 <li>Migrated from EggRecent to GtkRecentManager</li>
154 <li>Migrated from libgnomeprint to GtkPrintOperation and Cairo.</li>
155 <li>Migrated from libgnomeprint to Pango for text layout.</li>
156 <li>Migrated GnomeDruid to GtkAssistant for template designer.</li>
157 <li>Migrated from GnomeCanvas to Cairo.</li>
158 <li>Removed all deprecated widgets as of Gnome-2.16/Gtk-2.10.</li>
159 <li>Added categorization of templates and an updated New Label dialog.</li>
160 <li>New label dialog now allows selection of recently used templates</li>
161 <li>Removed splash screen.</li>
162 <li>Added initial support for datamatrix 2D barcodes.</li>
163 <li>Added support for Brazilian CEPNet barcodes.</li>
164 <li>Added shadow attribute to label objects.</li>
165 <li>New merge backend for evolution data server</li>
166 <li>Various bug fixes.</li>
167 <li>New templates.</li>
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178 <div class="newsdate">9 December 2007</div>
179 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.5 (Unstable)</div>
181 This is hopefully the final development release before 2.2. Please download
185 Changes/fixes since 2.1.4 include
188 <li>New label dialog now allows selection of recently used templates</li>
189 <li>Store brand and part number as separate fields in templates</li>
190 <li>Major cleanup of libglabels API and documentation</li>
191 <li>Minor bug fixes (and probably some new bugs).</li>
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201 <div class="newsdate">17 August 2007</div>
202 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.4 (Unstable)</div>
204 <i>It's been over a year in the making...</i>
207 Although this latest development snapshot has only a few functional updates, its underlying technology has been largely overhauled.
208 The libgnomeprint library has been completely replaced with the new GtkPrintOperation and Cairo.
209 One side effect of print rendering with Cairo is that image compositing now works at full resolution.
210 Cairo has also replaced GnomeCanvas in the main display and drawing interface.
211 Many other deprecated dependencies have been replaced as well. Because of this, this version requires at least Gnome 2.16.
214 Changes/fixes since 2.1.3 include
218 <li>Added categorization of templates and an updated New Label dialog.</li>
219 <li>Added initial support for datamatrix 2D barcodes.</li>
220 <li>Migrated from EggRecent to GtkRecentManager.</li>
221 <li>Migrated from libgnomeprint to GtkPrintOperation and Cairo.</li>
222 <li>Migrated from libgnomeprint to Pango for text layout.</li>
223 <li>Migrated GnomeDruid to GtkAssistant for template designer.</li>
224 <li>Migrated from GnomeCanvas to Cairo.</li>
225 <li>Removed splash screen.</li>
226 <li>Added support for Brazilian CEPNet barcodes.</li>
227 <li>Updated French translation (Claude Paroz)</li>
228 <li>New Esperanto translation (Antonio C. Codazzi)</li>
229 <li>Minor bug fixes (and probably some new bugs).</li>
230 <li>New templates.</li>
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241 <div class="newsdate">27 May 2006</div>
242 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.3 (Unstable)</div>
244 Changes/fixes since 2.1.2 include
248 <li>Don't print "Invalid barcode data" if data field is empty. Fixes Bug #1479839. (Darren Warner)</li>
249 <li>Fixed hangup when grid or markup have been toggled during a previous session. Fixes Bug #1434324.</li>
250 <li>Added shadow attribute to label objects.</li>
251 <li>Fixed color groups in color combo widgets.</li>
252 <li>Fixed several potential crashes.</li>
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263 <div class="newsdate">26 December 2005</div>
264 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.0.4 (Stable)</div>
266 Changes/fixes since 2.0.3 include
270 <li>Use filechooser for GnomeFileEntrys in merge properties dialog and
271 object editor image page. Fixes #1328173 and #1294692</li>
272 <li>New configure option to disable update-mime-database and update-desktop-database</li>
273 <li>Minor cleanup</li>
274 <li>New templates and fixes</li>
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285 <div class="newsdate">22 December 2005</div>
286 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.2 (Unstable)</div>
288 Changes/fixes since 2.1.1 include
292 <li>Updated Italian translation (Daniele Medri)</li>
293 <li>Fixed double entry in property bar's font family combobox</li>
294 <li>Don't allow zero width or height when drawing pixbufs</li>
295 <li>Fixed various memory leaks</li>
296 <li>New configure option to disable update-mime-database and update-desktop-database</li>
297 <li>New merge backend for evolution data server (Austin Henry)</li>
298 <li>New merge backend for VCards (Austin Henry)</li>
299 <li>New templates and fixes</li>
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310 <div class="newsdate">26 June 2005</div>
311 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.1 (Unstable)</div>
313 Changes/fixes since 2.1.0 include
317 <li>Added document merge tutorial</li>
318 <li>Replaced deprecated widgets (now requires Gnome 2.10 and GTK+ 2.6)</li>
319 <li>Replaced libbonoboui with GtkUIManager (now requires Gnome 2.10 and GTK+ 2.6)</li>
320 <li>Updated Russian translation (Vitaly Lipatov)</li>
321 <li>Updated Spanish translation (Sergio Rivadero)</li>
322 <li>Updated Czech translation (David Makovský and Zbynek Mrkvick)</li>
323 <li>Updated Italian translation (Daniele Medri)</li>
324 <li>Added documentation for libglabels</li>
325 <li>Minor bug fixes and cleanup</li>
326 <li>New templates</li>
336 <div class="newsitem">
337 <div class="newsdate">26 June 2005</div>
338 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.0.3 (Stable)</div>
340 Changes/fixes since 2.0.2 include
344 <li>Added document merge tutorial</li>
345 <li>Updated Russian translation (Vitaly Lipatov)</li>
346 <li>Updated Spanish translation (Sergio Rivadero)</li>
347 <li>Updated Czech translation (David Makovský and Zbynek Mrkvick)</li>
348 <li>Updated Italian translation (Daniele Medri)</li>
349 <li>Fixed packing style of printer selection dialog</li>
350 <li>New templates</li>
360 <div class="newsitem">
361 <div class="newsdate">22 January 2005</div>
362 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.1.0 (Unstable)</div>
364 This is the first development release in preparation for 2.2. New features include
368 <li>Color object properties can be provided through document-merge feature (Frederic Ruaudel)</li>
369 <li>Fixes/changes from 2.0.2</li>
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380 <div class="newsdate">22 January 2005</div>
381 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.0.2 (Stable)</div>
383 Changes/fixes since 2.0.1 include
387 <li>Desktop file reconciled with desktop-entry-spec</li>
388 <li>New cleaned-up icon</li>
389 <li>Added option to glabels-batch to allow selection of first label</li>
390 <li>Added options to glabels-batch to allow selection of merge source and crop marks (José Dapena Paz)</li>
391 <li>Updated french translation (Florent Morel)</li>
392 <li>Fixed translation problem with object editor labels</li>
393 <li>Minor bug fixes and cleanup</li>
394 <li>New templates</li>
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405 <div class="newsdate">15 August 2004</div>
406 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.0.1, "You know it, Bruddah" (Stable)</div>
408 There were a couple of problems with 2.0.0. Changes/fixes include
412 <li>Fixed crash when reading some labels created with 1.93.x</li>
413 <li>Updated japanese translations (Takeshi AIHANA)</li>
414 <li>Fixed crash from improperly freeing translation strings</li>
424 <div class="newsitem">
425 <div class="newsdate">09 August 2004</div>
426 <div class="newstitle">Release 2.0.0, "Zulu as Kono" (Stable)</div>
428 Well it's finally here, 2.0 -- woo hoo!
429 Changes/fixes from 1.93.3 include
433 <li>Fixed crash when encountering old template files</li>
435 <li>Align grid to label center for DVD/CD and round labels</li>
437 <li>Don't touch compression of original file</li>
439 <li>64-bit fixes</li>
441 <li>Added man page</li>
443 <li>Fixed missing outline problem experienced with some printers</li>
445 <li>Added separate horizontal and vertical waste properties for rectangular templates</li>
447 <li>Added option to auto-shrink text during document merge</li>
449 <li>Fixed memory leaks</li>
451 <li>Added format attibute to barcode objects, to allow correct layout of merged labels</li>
453 <li>Added mime type registration for GNOME 2.6</li>
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