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Release notes

Overview

This is the place to come to find the newest functionality, details on bug fixes, and the list of workarounds for known bugs. The appropriate areas are updated with each new release of MeshTV.

Release notes window

Release notes window shows the window that pops up when you select the Release notes... item in the Help menu at the top of the MeshTV Main window. The actual contents of the window you see will probably differ from this picture.

The Release notes window contains a scrolled window which displays information about MeshTV. The kind of information displayed is chosen via the Chapter and Section pulldown menus. The three kinds of information which can be displayed are Enhancements and Modifications , Corrected Bugs , and Workarounds for Known Bugs . This information can be displayed for the entire history of the code, or only for the history after a given version of the code. For example, you can choose to see corrected bugs for MeshTV after its version 3.0 release.

Display areas

The single line text area and the large scrolled window contain the output specified by the items in the Chapter and Section pulldown menus. The single-line text area indicates the kind of information displayed ( Enhancements and Modifications , Corrected Bugs , or Workarounds for Known Bugs ) and for which period of time the information is displayed (i.e., since version 3.0).

Chapter

The Chapter pulldown menu allows access to three kinds of information: Enhancements and Modifications , Corrected Bugs , and Workarounds for Known Bugs . These three elements work in concert with the Section pulldown menu by providing information only for specified versions of MeshTV.

Enhancements and Modifications

When this menu item is chosen, the display area in the Release notes window shows any enhancements or modifications to MeshTV since the release version specified by the Section pulldown. The chosen version is shown in the single line text area above the scrolled window display area. For example, it might read "Enhancements and Modifications since version 3.0."

Corrected Bugs

When this menu item is chosen, the display area in the Release notes window shows any MeshTV bugs which have been corrected since the release version specified by the Section pulldown. The chosen version is shown in the single line text area above the scrolled window display area. For example, it might read "Corrected bugs since version 3.0."

Workarounds for Known Bugs

Unfortunately we know of bugs in the code which have yet to be fixed. This section lists certain known bugs (and possible "workarounds" if they exist) in the display area in the Release notes window. Unlike the Enhancement and Modifications and Corrected Bugs items, Workarounds for Known Bugs does not rely on the Section pulldown since it lists currently known bugs rather than bugs associated with a given version of the code.

Section

The Section menu allows you to select how much information you wish to receive on Enhancements and Modifications or Corrected Bugs . The items in this menu indicate different releases of MeshTV. If you want to see all changes after a given release, select the item which indicates that release. For example, if you want all corrected bugs since version 3.0, you select Corrected Bugs in the Chapter menu and since version 3.0 in the Section menu.

Dismiss button

When you wish to close a window, press the Dismiss button.


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