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** Ecawave - User-visible changes (NEWS)       (last edited: 071200) **
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About the version numbers... "vx.yRt" :

  x = major version  - the overall development status
  y = devel-series   - represents a set of planned features
  z = minor version  - version number of the current development series
  Rt = 'rx'          - stable release number x
  Rt = 'dx'  	     - development version

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Last officially released version is -*> v0.2.2r2 <*-

07122000 (v0.3.3d3)
	- added: extended support for effect parameter descriptions; 
		 all LADSPA parameter hints now supported
	- changed: some layout changes to make resizing work better
	- fixed: fixes to better support the new Qt 2.2.x
26092000 (v0.3.2d3)
	- added: support for effect parameter hint ranges
	- changed: now requires ecasound 1.8.3d15 or newer
	- changed: renamed 'Quit' to 'Close'
	- changed: lots of improvements to layout management
	- changed: user's guide and man page updates
	- fixed: always zoomed out after a processing event
	- fixed: lots of small bugs
	- fixed: better handling of situations where no files
		 are loaded
	- fixed: sane default values for chorus, flanger and phaser
01092000 (v0.3.1d3)
	- added: 'TODO' file
	- added: standard GUI menubars
	- changed: major parts of were rewritten to increase stability
	- changed: small change in licensing - see the file COPYING.Qt
	- changed: now requires ecasound 1.8.1d14 or newer
25062000 (v0.3.0d3)
	- changed: filename now shown on its own line
	- changed: small layout changes
	- changed: updated the 'INSTALL' file
	- changed: all shortcut keys are now ctrl-some_key
	- changed: requires ecasound 1.8.x
	- fixed: Makefile fixes (inline and const macros)
	- fixed: fade-in/out and redraw crashed when no file was
	         opened
	- fixed: crashed when marking a region and going outside 
                 ecawave's window
28052000 (v0.2.2r2)
	- added: --version and --help command-line options (for GNU 
		 compliance)
	- added: fade-in and fade-out effects
	- fixed: configure problems (libecasound not recognized 
		 properly)
	- fixed: unneeded dependence on ALSA headers files
	- fixed: with ecasound 1.7.7r12 and older, 'effect' crashed 
		 if no LADSPA plugins were found
	- fixed: 'cut' bugs
26042000 (v0.2.1d2)
	- added: 'mark all' and 'redraw' buttons
	- changed: new color scheme - hopefully looks better :)
	- fixed: quite a few cut-copy-paste related bugs
	- fixed: statusbar sometimes showed out-of-range values
12042000 (v0.2.0d2)
	- added: 'copy', 'cut' and 'paste' buttons
	- added: 'clipboard-file' entry to ecawaverc - defaults to
	         /tmp/ecawave-clipboard.wav
	- added: configure checks for correct libecasound version
	- added: effect presets and plugins added to effects dialog
	- removed: 'close' button
	- changed: many internal updates - ecasound version 1.7.x is
	           now required to run ecawave
	- fixed: numerous bugs
	- fixed: autoconf macro AC_C_CONST caused compile problems
		 with gcc 2.95.2 and libstdc++-v3
28012000 (v0.1.0r1)  -** public release **-
	- notice: initial release
	
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