- implemented true continuous viewing mode. 'Continuous scrolling' option moved to 'View' menu.
- cmake-based build system (replaces autoconf/automake).
- all windows/dialogs implemented via QtDesigner's .ui files and handled by uic.
- icons and splash screen are now handled by Qt resources system and compiled-in in the resulting qcomicbook executable.
- new, improved 'System Information' dialog.
- new splash screen.
- removed 'Forward two pages in two pages mode' option.
- fixed splash screen showing.
- lots of internal and architectural changes.
To celebrate this new 0.5.0 release, QComicBook got a new splash screen (see picture above) - thanks again to Adam Mateja for this wonderful piece of work!
Now as 0.5.0 has been released and a few months of work has been concluded, I'm about to start planning for upcoming months. As of now the following two features are on the top of my TODO list:
- zoom lens and/or other ways of zooming.
- on-the-fly image enhancements (brightness, contrast, color adjustements etc.)
As usual, QComicBook can be downloaded from http://linux.bydg.org/~yogin/
Enjoy!
2 comments:
Good program. I've been using it since around 2005/2006, and loved it. But I love it more when:
1. the down-arrow key doesn't change the page in non-continuous mode. The down-arrow key behaviour in 0.5.0 annoys me badly.
2. when some technical info (image size/resolution) is displayed at the statusbar. Some people love to know things like that.
For those reasons, I think I sholud stick with previous release, which is 0.3.4 (from Debian Etch/Lenny repo) :((
Thank you very much.
I'll take a look at the problems you described.
The reason for #1 is that in older versions the 'continuous mode' option (when switched on) was responsible for the down-arrow key behavior you described. In 0.5.0 the meaning of 'continuous mode' has changed and is now used for the new display mode where all pages are displayed in a continuous manner.
I'm going to introduce a new option to allow for turning pages with down-arrow in non-continuous mode; this will be included in 0.5.1.
Problem #2 is obviously a regression bug and it will be fixed.
Thank you for you comment!
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