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+1.7.0
+
+ * New translations
+ - Chinese (Simplified) translation added thanks to 林雪凡.
+
+ * User interface changes
+ - All the settings for the current type of list can be changed directly
+ below the list, on the bottom left of the application. By default,
+ the settings panel is hidden, but it can be shown by dragging the
+ separator.
+ - It's now possible to define default values for the fields when adding
+ a new item to a collection.
+ - New menu to show/hide menu, tool and status bars. This also appears
+ in the context menu shown when right-clicking on an element in the
+ list. It contains an option to use fullscreen mode.
+ - Slight animations have been added in image mode.
+ - A popup is displayed in image mode to show a summary of the item.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - There was a bug when saving an item which date is the current one.
+ - The list of saved searches in toolbar was not reset when displaying
+ all collection items.
+ - Ranges were not handled correctly when searching.
+ - With collections of video games, the units field was not hidden if
+ user chose to hide file size.
+ - In image mode, some items were not displayed correctly when grouping.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins for books
+ Allocine
+ Bedetheque
+ CSFD
+ Discogs
+ GameSpot
+ IMDb
+ jeuxvideo.com
+ MobyGames
+ Saraiva
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.6.2
+
+ * New features
+ - Option added for sorting items while in image views
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - Amazon book plugins now use the Amazon Web Service, for more reliable
+ plugin operation
+ - New plugin for batch importing with a barcode scanner. It can be used
+ with GCstar Scanner for Android or any barcode scanner acting like a
+ keyboard.
+ * Default collections changes
+ - Film collection: Country field is now a list box, allowing multiple countries
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites
+ - Books:
+ Douban (ZH) provided by BW.
+ - Movies:
+ Douban (ZH) provided by BW.
+ - Music:
+ Douban (ZH) provided by BW.
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Set focus to the title field automatically after adding an item
+ - Correctly handle foreign characters in external filenames under Windows
+ - Correctly sort numeric fields used for grouping in image lists
+ - It was not possible to delete a unique item in image mode
+ - Fixed bug with image caching
+ - HTTP return code 302 managed correctly
+ - Removed use of Switch.pm as it is deprecated
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ Alapage
+ Allocine
+ Bedetheque
+ Bol
+ Comic Book DB
+ CSFD.cz
+ IMDb
+ jeuxvideo.com
+ jeuxvideo.fr
+ Moby Games
+ The Movie DB
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.6.1
+
+ * New features
+ - CSV plugin now allows you to select which field to use to search for
+ internet results
+ - Graphs generated from statistics are smoothed, to eliminate sharp lines
+ * Default collections changes
+ - New default collections:
+ TV shows (series) collection model. Useful for tracking dvd
+ collections of tv shows.
+ Computer Software collection, written by Qoolman
+ - Video games collection:
+ New fields: Region, Serial Number.
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites
+ - TV shows (series):
+ Thetvdb
+ Themoviedb
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Unable to remove more than 9 items from a collection at a time
+ - Crash when trying to create a cached image from a missing picture, or when
+ image does not exist
+ - Some characters were incorrectly encoded in read only views
+ - Add option in collection read only views for fields to "collapse" and hide
+ when they have no content
+ - Fixed problem at startup when some items were hidden in the toolbar.
+ - The "View modules" menu was not working anymore.
+ - Add play toolbar button for tv episodes collections.
+ - Item window was not properly re-constructed after changing collections.
+ - Dependency on Sort::Naturally removed.
+ - Date::Calc module was not shown as an optional dependency while it is
+ needed for statistics.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.6.0
+ * New features
+ - Generation of statistics:
+ New item in 'File' menu to create pictures based on number of items
+ having the same value for a given field (e.g. you can see how many
+ video games you have for each genre).
+ Options to select the type of graphic (bars, area, pie).
+ Histories can be created showing the evolution of the collection.
+ - Images thumbnails are now cached. This results in a dramatic speed up
+ of loading collections when hi-resolution pictures are used.
+ - Dragging and dropping a file to a collection will add it to the
+ collection if the file is:
+ A video file on a movie collection.
+ An ebook file on a book collection.
+ * New translations
+ - Chinese (Traditional) translation added thanks to 林雪凡.
+ * User interface changes
+ - Language strings are now collection dependant. This results in a
+ nicer user experience, replacing strings like "New item" with
+ "New movie", "New game", etc.
+ - New right click context menu on file chooser control, with the option
+ of choosing a folder instead of a file. Useful for dvd rips stored in
+ folders, where the folder path needs to be passed to an external
+ program.
+ - Added Update button to items, which refreshes the current item's
+ details from the web page it was originally fetched from.
+ - Fields with a history have an auto-completion feature when user
+ starts to enter text.
+ - Right click context menu works as expected when multiple items are
+ selected.
+ - The collection may be saved if something was changed without clicking
+ on an item in the list.
+ - When closing an collection without a filename, you now have the
+ option to save, cancel or discard the changes.
+ - File open dialog is no longer case sensitive when filtering
+ extensions.
+ - Video and Ebooks file chooser filters files to valid file types
+ - Lots of new skins and skin remakes thanks to Qoolman
+ - Items are now sorted using a 'natural sort' routine, for more
+ predictable sorting of mixed numeric/text titles
+ * Default collections changes
+ - New default collections:
+ Smart cards (by jimjim92).
+ - Books collections can now link to a local or online 'digital version'
+ of the book.
+ - Video games collection:
+ New fields: Exclusive, Press rating, Size and Display resolutions.
+ - Music collection
+ New fields: Press rating
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - New plugin to export to an external disk. It just copies the
+ collection to a directory with all the pictures in a sub-directory.
+ Everything can also be compressed in one single file. Useful to copy
+ a collection for GCstar Viewer on Android.
+ http://wiki.gcstar.org/en/gcstar_viewer
+ - New plugin to export in Palm PDB format.
+ - Some plugins are now preferred by gcstar, these are for sites with
+ high quality data and with fully operational plugins. These sites are
+ now shown first in the plugins list, and are marked by a star.
+ - Default plugin choice now matches with the user's language settings.
+ - CSV Import plugin now has the option to pull information from
+ websites during import.
+ - DVDFr plugin (Movies - FR) now supports searching by EAN. That means
+ it can directly be used with a barcode scanner.
+ - Importing from Tellico handles ISBN and rank for book collections and
+ developers for game collections (patch from DanielS).
+ - HTML export handles pictures and link with generic models (e.g.
+ Shelf).
+ - Folder import is not shown when an incompatible collection is open.
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites
+ - Movies:
+ Amazon UK (EN) and DVDEmpire (EN) provided by dingsi.
+ CartelesPeliculas (ES) provided by DoVerMan.
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Bug fixed preventing opening of collections with custom fields in
+ some circumstances.
+ - When fields are hidden, they don't appear anymore in the expanders
+ (e.g. subtitles in movies collections).
+ - Tonight window works as expected after changing collections.
+ - Menus were not updated on Windows systems.
+ - Some urls where misinterpreted as collections when drag and dropped
+ onto main window
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ - Massive amount of plugin fixes provided by Tenbaht, including:
+ DVDFr
+ OFDb
+ Imdb
+ Alpacine
+ BeyazPerde
+ Csfd
+ Moviemeter
+ Onet
+ Mediadis
+ * Removed plugins:
+ - dvdspot.com was shut down Oct. 2008, removed the GCfilm
+ plugin GCDVDSpot.pm
+ - movieclub.be shut down, removed GCfilm plugins
+ GCMovieClubFR.pm and GCMovieClubNL.pm
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.5.0
+
+ * User interface changes
+ - When too many fields are shown in the dialog box to select which of
+ them should be displayed, scrollbars are used.
+ * Collection changes
+ - Added an optional attribute to collection fields, sorttype, which
+ overrides the sorting method for that field. Can be either 'number'
+ or 'date'.
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Preview when fetching information was broken.
+ - Button to open the web page associated to an item was disabled when
+ locking a collection.
+ - It was not possible to modify the title to search for on websites.
+ - Some collections may not be opened if custom fields were added.
+ - The groups of fields were shown more than once in some places when
+ adding custom fields.
+ - Many bugs fixed for image mode.
+ - Cast was not fetched for every title when using imdb with an import
+ plugin
+ - Sorting by movie release date was not working with non 'yyyy-mm-dd'
+ formats
+ - On Windows systems, GCstar now stores its configuration files in the
+ users Application Data folder, rather than in the GCstar program
+ folder. This should stop GCstar needing admin rights to run. On first
+ run of the new version, GCstar should copy the configuration from the
+ old path.
+ - Exporting only visible items now works properly with "items matching
+ any of the criteria" type filters.
+ - Searching OFDB with German characters works properly
+ - No more storable warnings when searching from plugins
+ - Fix star rating widget display with small screen sizes
+ - Better sizing of image display window
+ - GCstar now correctly installs icons in the hicolor theme, and now includes
+ a scalable svg icon
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.5.0 beta1
+
+ * User interface changes
+ - Items can be grouped in picture mode as in detailed mode.
+ - Pictures are resized if needed when displayed in a window.
+ - User filters can be added to toolbar.
+ - A right-click on the "Fetch information" button displays a menu
+ where the mode to use can be selected.
+ - Column used for quick searches is the one used for ordering in
+ detailed mode.
+ - File associated to an item can be a URL (http or ftp) instead of a
+ local file.
+ - Search box displays a message when no field have been selected in
+ personal model.
+
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - User can choose for each field from which sites information should be
+ fetched and in which order (if missing from 1st, choose 2nd, etc...).
+ - FolderImport changes (by BubbleGum)
+ Can add only recent items from a folder.
+ Can update path from moved files.
+ Parse filename to retrieve infos and test for subtitle file.
+ Remove custom regular expression from filename.
+ More options when no or many results.
+
+ * Default collections changes
+ - New default collections:
+ Stamps (by Bigoud)
+ Periodicals (by yggdrasiil)
+ Mini vehicles (by jimjim92)
+ - Rank in series added to books collections
+ - Press rating added to movies collections
+
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites:
+ - Video games:
+ Amazon (CA - EN) and NextGame (IT) provided by TPF.
+ - Movies:
+ Internet Bookshop (IT) provided by t-storm.
+ Alpacine and CartelesMetropoliGlobal (ES) provided by DoVerMan.
+ Kinopoisk (RU) provided by Nazarov Pavel.
+ - Books:
+ Saraiva (PT) provided by nirev.
+ - Comics:
+ Manga-Sanctuary (FR) provided by Biggriffon.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Collections with invalid characters are auto-repaired instead of
+ generating error message and being unusable.
+ - Prevent data corruption if a crash occurs while saving collection.
+ - Histories were lost when editing the collection model.
+ - Issues fixed with grouping when there are some spaces in lists.
+ - Default size for history of opened files is 5 instead of 1.
+ - Item window was shown after closing a picture window.
+ - Fixed problems when saving searches with numeric comparisons.
+ - Fixed issues with suffixes in plugin to import from a folder.
+ - Disable items in popup menu for pictures when collection is locked.
+ - Correctly export value in options fields when using personal models.
+ - Bug fixed when performing a search while the current item has been
+ modified.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ All Tvdb plugins (TV shows episodes)
+ Adlibris (Books - FI, SV)
+ Alapage (Books - FR)
+ Alapage (Video Games - FR)
+ Allocine (Movies - FR)
+ Bedetheque (Comics - FR)
+ Bol (Books - IT)
+ Buscape (Books - PT)
+ Cinemotions (Movies - FR)
+ DicoDuNet (Video Games - FR)
+ Discogs (Music - EN)
+ FilmWeb (Movies - PL)
+ Fnac (Books - FR)
+ GameSpot (Video Games - EN)
+ IMDb (Movies - EN)
+ ISBNdb (Books - EN)
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+ MobyGames (Video games - EN)
+ nooSFere (Books - FR)
+ OFDb (Movies - DE)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.4.3
+
+ * New translations
+ - Dutch translation added thanks to kim.
+
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - Improved performances for plugins fetching data from websites.
+ - Discogs plugin (Music - EN) supports searches using artist or label.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Fixed display problem in image mode when removing or renaming items.
+ - Shortcuts can also be defined on saved searches.
+ - Use system ACL when ckecking file permissions.
+ - The default options were not used on first startup.
+ - Problems fixed with find-as-you-type in image mode.
+ - Web searches were broken with new versions of Storable.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ Amazon (Books - FR)
+ Amazon (Movies - FR)
+ Discogs (Music - EN)
+ FilmAffinity (Movies - EN and ES)
+ GameSpot (Video Games - EN)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.4.2
+
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - Fetch can be done using writer for comics collections. Supported by
+ Bedetheque plugin.
+ - More plugins use big pictures if option is checked (Thanks to adiGuba).
+ Allocine (Movies - FR)
+ Cinemotions (Movies - FR)
+ - Import identifier and media labels from movies collections created with
+ Ant Movie Catalog.
+
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites:
+ - nooSFere (Books - FR) provided by TPF
+ - TheLegacy (Video games - DE) provided by TPF
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Title when opening items in windows was not updated.
+ - Rating was lost when displayed with stars and fetched from a website.
+ - Title in the list was incorrect for some collections when modifying
+ many items together.
+ - When changing a picture, the previous one was not always selected in
+ the file manager window.
+ - Duplicating an item also duplicates the pictures that are managed by
+ GCstar.
+ - An extra dot was added on the end of borrowers email when sending a
+ message.
+ - The option to use big pictures from websites were ignored when
+ importing from a list of name or from a directory.
+ - .tar.gz import was failing for default collections with added fields.
+ - Exporting from command line didn't copy the pictures.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Tvdb plugins (TV shows episodes)
+ Allocine (Movies - FR)
+ Bedetheque (Comics - FR). Thanks to Ogddit
+ Cinemotions (Movies - FR)
+ Fnac (Books - FR)
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.4.1
+
+ * New plugin to import collections from MyMovies done by Rob Maas.
+
+ * Missing translations added for Greek and Polish.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Music collections were corrupted.
+ - Export plugins had problems with pictures without suffixes.
+ - Option to fetch big pictures from websites was hidden on Windows
+ systems.
+ - A few texts were left untranslated.
+ - Bug fixed in image mode when updating an item and filtering.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ - Amazon (Video games - FR)
+ - Fnac (Books - FR)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.4.0
+
+ * Default models can be modified through the graphical user interface
+ to add some user-defined fields. These fields will be in separate tabs
+ (one for each group) or in expanders depending on the kind of panel used.
+ These additional fields are stored in the collection itself to let users
+ share it between different machines/systems.
+
+ * New default models to manage comic books and episodes of TV shows.
+
+ * New translations
+ - Ukrainian translation added thanks to Ailandar.
+ - Hungarian translation added thanks to Takács László Krisztián.
+ - Greek translation added thanks to Dimitri Glentadakis.
+
+ * Toolbar improvements
+ - User can choose what controls are shown and their order.
+ - Useful items from menus can also be used as buttons in toolbar.
+ - A quick search can be added to the toolbar.
+ - New controls can be added to change the list view or the information
+ layout.
+
+ * Options/preferences changes
+ - Number of columns in image mode can be automatically calculated by
+ GCstar.
+ - A language can be specified in the properties for a collection. It will
+ be used for spell checking.
+ - Tear-off menus can be disabled.
+ - Different sizes may be specified for pictures in image and detailed
+ modes.
+ - Behaviour of user specified programs has changed, now GCstar will use
+ the system default applications for any categories with an empty command.
+ This allows the user to override the application for individual formats,
+ while leaving the other applications at the default.
+ - Added the option for a user-specified image editor.
+
+ * Search improvements
+ - Users can save an advanced search or the current one to create a
+ filter.
+ - New kinds of comparison in advanced search: 'Does not contain' and
+ 'Regular expression'.
+ - An option has been added in advanced search to select if it should be
+ case-sensitive or not.
+ - Another option in advanced search is available to ignore accents and
+ other diacritics.
+ - When comparison is 'Range', there are 2 fields to enter values in
+ criteria of advanced search.
+ - An option has been added in find and replace to select if it should
+ be case-sensitive or not.
+ - Performance enhancements.
+
+ * User interface changes
+ - New default images when none is specified.
+ - User can change default picture in the collection properties.
+ - Main picture for some default collections can be flipped to see back.
+ Flipping is done by clicking on the button that appears when hovering
+ picture or by pressing F or BackSpace when it is active.
+ - Ratings are now shown graphically, with a new star-rating control.
+ - Fields selections are done through a hierarchical view.
+ - Standard confirmation is used when trying to overwrite a file.
+ - Window title conforms to GNOME HIG with collection name first.
+ - Right clicking on an image field gives the option to open with an image
+ editor. If Gnome2::VFS is present, this list will be populated with
+ all installed applications associated with images on the system.
+ - The button linking to the web page displays the plugin used to fetch
+ the information.
+
+ * Export/Import/Fetch/Extract changes
+ - Information could be extracted from audio CDs using FreeDB thanks to
+ DomiX.
+ - It's possible to add items or to create a new collection of movies or
+ music from files in a directory (Menu File > Import > Folder).
+ - A new option is available to fetch big pictures when available. For
+ the moment, it only has some effect with:
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+ MobyGames (Video games - EN)
+ - The order for sorting can be specified when exporting.
+ - The HTML export resizes the pictures using specified height.
+ - New template for HTML export for board games collections created by
+ Piwi.
+ - Default templates for HTML export are available even if specific ones
+ are defined.
+ - A charset can be speficied for CSV export.
+
+ * Default collections changes
+ - A back cover added to these collections: Video Games.
+ - New field 'Region' for movies collections.
+ - New field 'Origin' for music collections.
+
+ * New plugins to fetch information from websites:
+ - Books:
+ Chapitre.com and Le-Livre (FR) provided by TPF
+ - Comics:
+ Bedetheque (FR) provided by Chessnico
+ - Movies:
+ Onet and Stopklatka (PL) provided by Marek Cendrowicz
+ - Video games:
+ Amazon (JP) provided by TPF
+
+ * Other improvements
+ - It's possible to set an item as returned from the window displaying
+ the list of borrowed items. It also displays the lending history.
+ - When opening a collection that was created with a more recent
+ version, a warning is displayed to let the user know some data could
+ be lost if it is saved.
+ - Install script registers mime-types and .desktop files, to properly
+ associate .gcs files with the system.
+ - When trying to play the file associated to an item, an error is
+ displayed if it can't be found.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Borrowers filter was empty when using read-only layout.
+ - Problem fixed when there was special characters in the mail template
+ for borrowers.
+ - Date format was not used in the read-only panel, the advanced search
+ and the history of borrowings.
+ - There was a problem when filtering a collection with grouped items.
+ - Find and Replace was broken for complex fields.
+ - After importing, the item count was not updated in detailed list.
+ - Next button when using 'Many sites' for information fetching was broken.
+ - Prevented a problem with user-defined collections if a field has been
+ removed.
+ - .tar.gz export didn't add the model when it was a personal one with a
+ name.
+ - Problem fixed when grouping field contains a number between
+ parentheses.
+ - Sorting by a number or a date was incorrect when exporting.
+ - Bug fixed with import/export plugins that have a translated name when
+ using them from command line.
+ - Bug fixed with plugin importing from a list of name when using it
+ from command line.
+ - When extracting information from a video file, nothing happened if
+ some values were not selected.
+ - With Tian and Tian-Mario templates for HTML exports, the internal
+ links were wrong.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ CulturaliaNet (Movies - ES)
+ FilmWeb (Movies - PL)
+ IMDb (Movies - EN)
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+ JeuxVideo.fr (Video games - FR)
+ OFDb (Movies - DE)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.3.2
+
+ * Galician translation added thanks to Daniel Espineira.
+
+ * New plugin to fetch information from websites:
+ - Music: Discogs (EN) provided by TPF
+
+ * New template for HTML export: Float (Movies)
+
+ * Changes for fetching
+ - Rating is fetched from IMDb website (Movies - EN).
+ - Empty fields are not fetched.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - There was a problem when grouping and with articles on the end.
+ - Bug occured when removing the last item of a group.
+ - Some invalid characters were added to collections.
+ - The date format was not used when exporting.
+ - Number of items in status bar was sometimes not updated.
+ - Decimal numbers were truncated in detailed list.
+ - Fields used to sort when exporting was not restored when exporting
+ again.
+ - 'Serie' was left untranslated in books collections.
+ - Correct order for Favourite and Keywords in Tags panel when
+ choosing items to display.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ BDGest (Books - FR)
+ DVDFr (Movies - FR)
+ FilmUP (Movies - IT)
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+ JeuxVideo.fr (Video games - FR)
+ MusicBrainz (Music - EN)
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.3.1
+
+ * New plugin to fetch information from websites:
+ - Video games:
+ Ludus (IT) provided by TPF
+ - Books:
+ ISBNdb (EN), Buscape (PT) and LiberOnWeb (IT) provided by TPF.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - When modifying the cover picture from a window, it was not updated
+ in the main panel.
+ - For new books, Read field is initialized to 'not read'.
+ - Removing many items in picture mode sometimes failed.
+ - XML export plugin didn't list the default models and had problems
+ opening a specified one.
+ - Spelling checked is deactivated if required dictionary is not
+ installed instead of generating an error.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ Alapage (Video games - FR)
+ BDGest (Books - FR)
+ Gamespot (Video Games - EN)
+ JeuxVideo.com (Video games - FR)
+ JeuxVideo.fr (Video games - FR)
+ TricTrac (Boardgames - FR)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.3.0
+
+ * Multiple selections
+ - Many items may be selected in the list using Control and Shift keys.
+ They can be modified or deleted together.
+ - It is possible to select many items after searching on websites. All
+ of them will be added to current collection. Information for the
+ first one will be fetched in current item.
+
+ * Collections of board games added thanks to Zombiepig.
+
+ * Improvements for image mode
+ - It is possible to add an overlay picture in image mode to make them
+ look better.
+ - New skin has been added to image mode when using a background
+ picture: Glass and DarkGlass. They add some reflection under the
+ pictures.
+ - Improved look for borrowed items.
+ - A color could be used for selection, even with a background picture.
+
+ * New or changed fields
+ - For movies collections, the list of actors is now a real list. A
+ role can be attached to each actor.
+ - Some tags could be assigned to items. It is also possible to mark
+ some of them as favorites.
+
+ * Options/preferences changes
+ - A spelling checker is available for long text fields. It could be
+ activated or deactivated in the Features tab of preferences.
+ - User may change the accelerators associated to items in menus. The
+ menu should be highlighted, and then the keys to use should be
+ pressed.
+ - Users may choose the format to display dates. This format follows
+ the same rules as the one for strftime(3).
+ - A new option let users select what should be done when text in
+ expanders is too long.
+ - It's possible to define a cookie jar that will be used by the
+ fetch plugins who need it.
+ - A new skin has been added to read-only panels: Dark.
+ - In detailed mode, another field could be used to sort items grouped
+ in a parent item.
+ - Small reorganization in preferences window
+
+ * Advanced search improvements
+ - The fields for entering values are changed according to the expected
+ data. As an example, fields will have their histories when one
+ exists.
+ - Users could select to search in all of the fields for given text.
+
+ * New plugin to fetch information from websites:
+ - Board games:
+ Board Game Geek (EN) provided by Zombiepig
+ Reservoir Jeux and Tric Trac (FR) provided by Florent
+ - Movies:
+ NasheKino and Animator (RU) provided by zserghei
+
+ * CSV import
+ - Some fields could be ignored.
+ - A charset could be specified.
+
+ * Command line
+ - A new command line option --list-plugins is available to list all
+ the plugins of a given collection type.
+ - When using a wrong name for a plugin in command line, an explicit
+ error is displayed.
+ - Better management of pictures.
+
+ * Bugs fixed
+ - Default shortcut to add a new item has been changed from Ctrl-A to
+ Ctrl-T. Then Ctrl-A is available again for selecting all text.
+ - The tooltip in results for web searches is hidden when clicking on
+ it.
+ - When canceling creation of a new collection, current one was closed.
+ - Drag and drop of a picture works also when the path contains some
+ spaces.
+ - Picture selection is done by opening the previously used directory
+ if there is no picture.
+ - Some plugins for website did not set a suffix for fetched pictures.
+ - Bugs fixed with sort when exporting.
+ - After import, the number of items in status bar was not changed when
+ needed.
+ - Bug fixed when importing from a list of items if a plugin returned
+ no picture.
+ - Bug fixed in some website plugins:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ Biblioteka Narodowa (Books - PL)
+ Allmovie (Movies - EN)
+ Beyaz Perde (Movies - TR)
+ Alapage (Video Games - FR)
+ Gamespot (Video Games - EN)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.2
+
+ * Bug fixed in some plugins:
+ IMDb (Movies - EN)
+ MusicBrainz (Music - EN)
+
+ * Bugs fixed with extraction of information from playlist for
+ music collections.
+
+ * Bug fixed when filtering soon after startup a collection
+ displayed in picture mode.
+
+ * In picture mode, if modification on an item changed its
+ place in the list, it was not selected after clicking on
+ it.
+
+ * When updating GCstar, the extract plugins are also updated
+ if required.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.1
+
+ * New plugin to fetch information from Allmovie (EN) provided
+ by Zombiepig.
+
+ * 2 extra spaces were added on the end of long text fields
+ when saving.
+
+ * Size of the fields list in the settings for user-defined
+ collections could be changed.
+
+ * In preferences, toolbar size could be set to system setting
+ instead of a specific value.
+
+ * Labels for Tonight and Play buttons were always shown, even
+ if the user choose to display only icons in toolbars (this is
+ a system setting, not a GCstar's one).
+
+ * A bug prevented a user from creating a new kind of collection
+ on startup.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.0
+
+ * Bug fixed when fetching information for an item while in
+ image mode.
+
+ * If a fetch was canceled and a different one was launched,
+ the previous results were used again.
+
+ * When changing the main picture of an item, it was loaded
+ two times.
+
+ * Bug fixed in some plugins because of websites changes:
+ Allocine (Movies - FR)
+ CSFD.cz (Movies - CS)
+ IMDb (Movies - EN)
+
+ * Some missing translations have been added to
+ DE, ES and SV versions.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.0.beta3
+
+ * Correct number of displayed items is used in status
+ bar when filtering in image mode.
+
+ * An error is displayed when trying to export from
+ command line to HTML with a non existing model.
+
+ * The query field in the window where the user may
+ select the plugin to use was sometimes not initialized.
+
+ * It's now possible to perform a quick search also in image
+ mode. Quick search begins when the user enters some characters
+ while the list is active.
+
+ * These keys are managed in picture mode: Page Up, Page Down,
+ Home and End.
+
+ * When a critical error occurs, user may report a bug
+ semi-automatically.
+
+ * The progress bars in splash screen and in status area
+ of main window are more accurate.
+
+ * Search dialog was not centered on first opening. The same
+ applied to the window used to create a new collection type.
+
+ * Bug fixed in some plugins because of websites changes:
+ Alapage (Books - FR)
+ Cinemotions (Movies - FR)
+ Dicshop (Movies - SV)
+ Merlin (Books - PL)
+
+ * Some missing translations have been added to
+ FR, SV, PL and CA versions.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.0.beta2
+
+ * When the picture was hidden in one of the default
+ collections, all the fields next to it were also
+ hidden.
+
+ * When using some searches of filters, if nothing was
+ displayed, the panel displayed the warning message
+ instead of the "View All" button.
+
+ * Escape XML entities in long text fields for saved
+ collections.
+
+ * Fixed a bug when there is no active collection and
+ another one could not be opened.
+
+ * Fixed a potential problem when using command line actions
+ if no explicit model has been specified.
+
+ * HTML export on command line has a default template
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.2.0.beta1
+
+ * Swedish translation added thanks to Ramon Radnoci.
+
+ * Indonesian translation added thanks to Nugrahadi.
+
+ * Brazilian Protuguese translation added thanks to Daniel Valença.
+
+ * Wine collections added thanks to Yves Martin.
+
+ * New plugin to fetch information from websites:
+ Movies:
+ DVDSpot (EN)
+ provided by Marc Deslauriers
+ CSFD.cz (CS)
+ provided by Pajdus
+ Beyaz Perde (TR)
+ provided by Zuencap
+ MovieMeter (NL)
+ provided by MaTiZ
+ Port.hu (HU)
+ provided by an anonymous contributor
+ Books:
+ BDGest (FR)
+ provided by Rataflo
+ National Library, Merlin, NUKat and Mareno (PL)
+ provided by WG
+ Bokkilden (NO)
+ provided by Tian
+ Fnac and Mediabooks (PT), Bol and InternetBookShop (IT),
+ provided by TPF
+ Video Games:
+ DicoDuNet (FR)
+ provided by TPF
+
+ * New plugin to export to Latex format created by Zserghei.
+
+ * When creating a new collection or at first startup, user can
+ import an existing collection with some of the available
+ plugins.
+
+ * When grouping items, a new option is available to add the
+ number of items in a category.
+
+ * An option has been added for grouping of orphaned
+ items or not. Items whitout a master, when grouping is
+ activated, are together on the end of the list by
+ default. But they could be mixed with masters for
+ ordering.
+
+ * In detailed view, the order of the columns could be
+ changed using drag and drop on their headers.
+
+ * It's possible to select a field for sorting when
+ exporting (if applicable).
+
+ * Only the required pictures are copied during export.
+
+ * New field in movies collections to store a numeric
+ identifier. The unique identifier displayed next to
+ the title is now read-only.
+
+ * Added a field to collections of video games: Executable.
+ This field could contain the path to a program that
+ could be launched directly from a Play button in
+ GCstar's toolbar.
+
+ * When changing field to use for fetching, the value from
+ panel is used.
+
+ * Delete key removes current item in multiple lists.
+
+ * When opening window to perform searches, the first
+ field has focus.
+
+ * Removed dot from picture format when exporting to
+ Tellico (Patch from Robby Stephenson).
+
+ * Use proxy for updates (Patch from Javier Donaire).
+
+ * Bug fixed in some plugins because of websites changes:
+ All Amazon plugins
+ IMDb (Movies - EN)
+ Allocine (Movies - FR)
+ FilmUP (Movies - IT)
+ Alapage, JeuxVideo.com (Games - FR)
+ Gamespot (Games - EN)
+ Adlibris (Books - FI, SV)
+ Casadelibro (Books - ES)
+
+ * Bug fixed when performing an update (gcstar -u) if
+ a new directory should be created.
+
+ * Bug fixed with plugin to import a collection
+ generated from Ant Movie Catalog that contains
+ some semicolons.
+
+ * Bug fixed in read only mode when data contains some
+ HTML tags.
+
+ * Bug fixed with the title of the window when using
+ "Tonight" feature.
+
+ * When opening a collection of a type different than the
+ current one, if a filter was present, nothing was
+ displayed.
+
+ * Updated bug report URL in man page and when using
+ -h or --help on command line.
+
+ * Reduced time for startup and to load a collection
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.1.1
+
+ * Bug fixed when items are grouped and the grouping field is
+ changed.
+
+ * FilmWeb plugin was not working anymore because of website
+ changes.
+
+ * Better layout for Paths tab in preferences.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+1.1.0
+
+ * Instead of specifying many external applications (for web
+ pages, video and audio files), you may use the settings
+ defined by the system. It works for any Unix (including
+ GNU/Linux) using XFCE, Gnome or KDE) and also for MacOS X and
+ for Microsoft Windows.
+
+ * Numismatic collections added thanks to szdavid.
+ They could be imported and exported from/to Tellico.
+
+ * Catala translation added thanks to Ponç J. Llaneras.
+
+ * Arabic translation added thanks to Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi.
+
+ * New plugins to get information from websites. All of them
+ are made by TPF.
+ Books: Adlibris (FI, SV), Casadelibro (ES), Fnac (FR)
+ Video games: Alapage (FR), Amazon (US, DE, FR, UK)
+
+ * The directory used to store pictures could be specific to a
+ collection. It's defined in the collection properties
+ (File menu > Properties)
+
+ * Path of directory used to store pictures could contain some
+ special text.
+ - %WORKING_DIR% or . will be replaced with collection directory
+ (use only on beginning of path)
+ - %FILE_BASE% will be replaced by collection file name
+ without suffix (.gcs)
+ Default value (that could be restored) is now:
+ ./%FILE_BASE%_pictures/
+
+ * A new type of field is available for user-defined
+ collections: "Dependant on other fields". It will be generated
+ thanks to other fields. The Default value should then contain the
+ format were %Name of other field% will be replaced with the
+ value of the field.
+
+ * New fields for default collections: Add date. Its default
+ value when adding a new item is the current date.
+
+ * If the Fetch button is clicked with right button of the mouse,
+ the plugin to use will be asked to the user, even if one is
+ specified in preferences.
+
+ * When a value is truncated in web search results, a tooltip
+ popup containing the whole text is displayed when the mouse
+ pointer is over it.
+
+ * Some options not useful for most users are hidden until the
+ expert mode is activated
+
+ * In dialog for date selection, double-clicking on a date
+ validate it.
+
+ * When importing from GCfilms, it's possible to reuse unique
+ identifiers instead of generating them.
+
+ * Image was not updated in images list when downloading
+ information.
+
+ * Bug fixed when dropping a picture dragged from a web page.
+
+ * Number of items was not updated when an item was removed.
+
+ * Windows installation program doesn't install dependencies.
+ More information here:
+ http://wiki.gcstar.org/en/install_windows
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Task and bugs number refer to items on Gna! project page:
+https://gna.org/projects/gcstar/
+
+1.0.0
+
+ * Management of music collection.
+
+ * Extraction of video information from a file has been
+ re-added (it has been removed when creating GCstar
+ from GCfilms).
+ (bug #7157)
+
+ * Plugin for music collection using MusicBrainz website.
+
+ * Import and export music collections from and to Tellico.
+
+ * Information about an album could be extracted from a
+ playlist.
+
+ * New plugin for video games using MobyGames (EN) made by TPF.
+
+ * New plugin for books using Alapage (FR) made by TPF.
+
+ * New plugin for movies using MovieCovers.com (FR) made by
+ Patrick Fratczak.
+
+ * It's possible to search using EAN or UPC code (barcode)
+ instead of ISBN for books using one of the plugins for Amazon.
+
+ * In file properties dialog, there are also the full file
+ path, the file size and the number of items in the collection.
+
+ * Lists used for some data (such as genre for movies or codes
+ for video games) could be reordered using drag and drop.
+
+ * Widths of columns in detailed mode are saved when leaving the
+ application or opening another file.
+ (bug #7666)
+
+ * In list of plugins for web searches, the fields that could
+ be used for searches are displayed.
+
+ * New item in Help menu to display all the available plugins
+ for web searches.
+
+ * Templates provided for HTML export of music collections.
+
+ * New template for HTML export of book collections: FloFred
+ provided by Florent.
+
+ * --verbose option added to installation program.
+
+ * All Amazon plugins changed because of website changes.
+
+ * Patch from tiwek to get original titles from FilmWeb.
+
+ * Added in search dialog some information about the kind of
+ comparison that will be performed.
+
+ * When specifying a grouping field from toolbar, the master
+ is always auto-generated.
+ (bug #7500)
+
+ * Fixed bug with CVS import for collections that are not movies
+ collections.
+
+ * Fixed bug with character encoding in XML files.
+ (bug #7584)
+
+ * Fixed bug with installation program that prevented an upgrade
+ without manual removal of previous files.
+ (bug #7481)
+
+ * Fixed bugs with external programs that contains spaces in
+ their paths on Win32 systems.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.5.0
+
+ * Bookmarks management (Menu "My Collections").
+ It could be used to organize your collections and have
+ a quicker access to them from GCstar.
+
+ * New "Advanced" search where the user could define the filter
+ to use.
+
+ * Internet search could be made according to many fields. It
+ concerns for the moment only books collections where search
+ could be made using ISBN.
+ (bug #6898)
+
+ * Results of web search could be previewed.
+
+ * New import plugin to merge 2 GCstar collections.
+ (sr #1293)
+
+ * New plugins for video games using JeuxVideo.com (FR) website
+ provided by TPF.
+
+ * New plugins for books using Amazon.de (DE) website
+ provided by Frenkx.
+
+ * New plugins for books using Amazon.uk (EN) website.
+
+ * German translation updated by Frenkx.
+
+ * New item in "Help" menu to report a bug.
+
+ * ISBN field could contain an 'X' character.
+
+ * Bugs fixed with import plugins when inserting items in current
+ collection.
+
+ * Export plugin for .tar.gz also stores collection information
+ (description, owner,...)
+
+ * HTML template "Shelf" has a new feature. Information within a
+ group could be hidden or shown.
+
+ * Bug has been fixed for Windows installation program
+ (bug #7122)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.4.1
+
+ * Mail programs could be defined. They will be used to
+ send e-mails instead of Sendmail or direct SMTP server.
+ Default configuration provided for Sylpheed-Claws,
+ Thunderbird and Evolution.
+
+ * Search could be performed according to original
+ title for movies collections.
+ (sr #1246)
+
+ * Bug fixed with old HTTP::Headers versions.
+ (sr #1245)
+
+ * Bug fixed for Windows users with launch of external
+ programs.
+ (bug #6762)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.4
+
+ * Added books collection management.
+
+ * 2 plugins for books: Amazon.com (EN) and Amazon.fr (FR).
+
+ * Import book collections from Tellico and Alexandria.
+ Export book collections to Tellico.
+
+ * If grouping is done using a value that is a list, it will
+ be splitted. So an item will appear many times, for each
+ value.
+
+ * New command line options to execute some tasks automatically.
+ More information here:
+ http://www.gcstar.org/doc.execute
+
+ * "gcstar --help" is more verbose. A man page has also been
+ created.
+
+ * Borrowers information (Name and e-mail address) could be
+ imported from these formats: LDIF, Sylpheed-Claws, VCARD.
+
+ * Pictures could be saved with a file name that is prefixed
+ with the item title or name (instead of gcstar_).
+ (sr #1175)
+
+ * It is now possible to set some properties on a collection
+ (a name, owner name and e-mail address, description). It is
+ done through File menu, Properties item.
+
+ * A play button is in toolbar for collections that needs one
+ (as for movies collections). It could also be set for
+ user-defined collections.
+
+ * For user-defined collections, a read-only layout is also
+ generated.
+
+ * HTML export is also possible for user-defined collections.
+
+ * Saving is faster and gives more feedback to user.
+
+ * When importing data from Internet, if the preview for an
+ image is used, it won't be downloaded only once.
+
+ * Some templates used by HTML export have been made valid
+ XHTML 1.0 Strict: Shelf, Tabs, Tian, Tian-Mario
+
+ * New option in preferences to set if the previous
+ collection should be loaded on startup.
+
+ * Locked status is stored in the collection itself and not
+ globally.
+
+ * Force UTF-8 encoding for models files.
+ (bug #6545)
+
+ * Bug fixed with search.
+ (bug #6536)
+
+ * Bug fixed when no user-defined collection exists.
+ (bug #6520)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.3
+
+ * It is now possible to create personal collections.
+ Such a collection will contain some fields set by the
+ user according to her or his needs. More information
+ in the documentation:
+ http://www.gcstar.org/doc.models.en.php
+
+ * If something is changed in a collection and the
+ auto-save feature is not activated, the user is warned
+ when closing the collection.
+
+ * Installer failed when an unsupported locale was used.
+ (bug #6324)
+
+ * CSV import didn't correcty set the charset to UTF-8.
+
+ * Added an update shortcut in Start menu for Windows users.
+
+ * HTML templates was not listed on Windows systems.
+ (bug #6366)
+
+ * Website plugins works also if sites send pages in a compressed
+ format (useful for AniDB that was broken).
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+0.2
+
+ * Added Video games management: GCgames.
+
+ * 2 plugins for video games to import from websites:
+ GameSpot.com (EN) and JeuxVideo.fr (FR). They also
+ import screenshots and the tips that could be found.
+
+ * Added Turkish translation thanks to KaraGarga.
+
+ * Collections member could be grouped directly from toolbar.
+ More options are available for different kind of grouping
+ in preferences dialog.
+
+ * A picture could be dragged and dropped from a web browser
+ to any displayed picture (movie cover for GCfilms,
+ box picture or screenshot for GCgames).
+
+ * Bug fixes and performances enhancements.