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 ====== MagicPlot Release Notes ====== ====== MagicPlot Release Notes ======
  
-==== MagicPlot 2.2, Major update ====+==== MagicPlot 2.8.2, Minor update, December 18, 2018 ==== 
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 +  *  0000341: [Other]  Add hotkeys for tabs (internal windows) navigation: Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+], Ctrl+1...9 (with Cmd on Mac) 
 +  *  0000229: [General]  Please make Action: closing active window within MagicPlot with a shortcut, e.g. Ctr+W 
 +  *  0000319: [Other]  Shortcut <Ctrl + C>, i.e. copy command, often does not work 
 +  *  0000345: [Batch Processing]  Enable 'skip' checkbox for Template FitPlot in Fit Series dialog 
 +  *  0000316: [Other]  Collapse all won't work on 2.8 
 +  *  0000320: [Plots]  Color map properties: Column X does not work in some circumstances 
 +  *  0000321: [Plots]  Error bars color: when marker and line is off, the color button is active but it does not work  
 +  *  0000326: [Table]  Table transpose works incorrect for text columns 
 +  *  0000334: [Other]  Long task may be run when other long task is running in ProgressDialog 
 +  *  0000315: [Other]  Error on saving if project file in Dropbox folder 
 +  *  0000329: [Drawing]  When drag (rectangle) selecting, the group parts can be selected separately 
 +  *  0000336: [Other]  Source data of evaluators in other Tables or Fit Plots is not copied (batch fitting summary, correlation, fft)  
 +  *  0000337: [Drawing]  Grouped items are copy-pasted with illegal shift in the same canvas 
 +  *  0000344: [Other]  Context menu is not opened if cyclic dependency appears 
 +  *  0000346: [Other]  Old-style links to DataCurve in FitPlot need to be replaced by clones on old project files reading 
 +  *  0000340: [Plots]  Don't round values of plot data in status bar  
 + 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.8.1, Bug fixing release, September 06, 2018 ==== 
 + 
 +  * 0000314: [Other]  Add feedback in case of JVM crash on font file opening or rendering (font name in thread name) 
 +  * 0000313: [Table]  Regression: Table transpose does not work in some cases 
 +  * 0000312: [Plots]  Multi-axes plots created in previous versions are displayed incorrect in some cases (curves are mixed-up between axes) 
 +  * Other minor fixes 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.8, Major update, August 31, 2018 ==== 
 + 
 +See also: [[relnotes:notes28]] 
 + 
 +  * **Added: 0000049: [Other]  Full-functional project tree with nested folders and copy-paste support:** 
 +    * 0000215: [General]  Move up/down items in the project tree 
 +    * 0000047: [Plots]  Fix copy/paste restriction: only components of one type (curves or drawings) can be copied 
 +    * 0000069: [Drawing]  Add capability to copy axes box with all contents 
 +    * 0000059: [Other]  Add project merging (add one to another) -- via copy/paste 
 +  *  Added: 0000058: [Other]  Project autosaving 
 +  *  Added: 0000024: [Drawing]  Drawn objects grouping 
 +  *  Added: 0000241: [Plots]  Implement changing table in data curve dialog  
 +  *  Added: 0000106: [Plots]  Add multi-column in legend 
 +  *  Added: 0000017: [Drawing]  Creating empty Figure without axes boxes or deleting the rest axes box 
 +    
 +  * Improved: 0000244: [Plots]  Optimize colormap drawing 
 +  * Improved: 0000225: [Other]  Add symbol <Planck constant with bar> to the math symbol table  
 +  * Improved: 0000282: [Other]  Leave project file opened for cloud services work  
 +  * Improved: 0000193: [Plots]  Add warning about doubled values in x/y column of color map plot 
 +  * Improved: 0000284: [Plots]  Rename (clarify) properties context menu items 
 +  * Improved: 0000023: [Drawing]  Improved drawing objects sticking algorithm: all other objects are checked 
 +  * Improved: 0000298: [Fitting]  Add more max iterations in drop-down menu in Preferences  
 +    
 +  *  Fixed: 0000223: [Plots]  Adding of fitted data as Fit Sum to the main graph produces Thickness-2 roughly dashed line 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000222: [Plots]  When Fill "To X Axis" is applied to data shifted by waterfall result is not correct 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000232: [Plots]  Waterfall shift values are mistakenly copied when creating Fit Plot from Figure with waterfall 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000202: [Other]  Table and tree rows height is broken for HiDPI on Windows 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000295: [Import]  UTF BOM chars are not ignored on the beginning of the imported file  
 +  *  Fixed: 0000299: [Import]  NaN text is not recognized as a number in import and the column becomes text column  
 +  *  Fixed: 0000294: [Import]  Disable empty lines skipping on import and pasting  
 +  *  Fixed: 0000296: [Plots]  ColorMap is not replotted when x/y column data is changed 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000304: [Plots]  Incorrect warning "Y column has missing points at the beginning" in Color Map Properties dialog  
 +  *  Fixed: 0000281: [Plots]  ColorMap legend (colorbar) is not scaled with all image when changing canvas size 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000219: [Other]  Adding a new table puts it randomly, either in selected folder or in a new folder 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000050: [Other]  Print/Export Images in Project context menu and Ctrl+E, Ctrl+P must print all selected, not the one 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000289: [General]  Out of memory error when dropping big project file on Figure canvas (tries to treat it as image first) 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.7.2, Bug fixing release, September 18, 2016 ==== 
 + 
 +  * Fixed: 0000210: [Plots] Regress in 2.7.1: Negative minor ticks are not displayed in some cases. 
 +  * Fixed: 0000206: [Other] Project Tree does not update after opening project that does not exist. 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.7.1, Bug fixing release, September 9, 2016 ==== 
 + 
 +  * Fixed: 0000203: [Plots] Minor ticks count in Log scale cannot be set correctly. 
 +  * Fixed: 0000198: [Other] 'Add & Arrange Axes' dialog box is opened under 'Figure Preferences' dialog in some cases. 
 +  * Fixed: 0000117: [Image Export] White rectangle is created over the canvas in EPS when opening in selected applications (TeX's epstopdf converter was affected). 
 +  * Fixed: 0000205: [Plots] Manual Increment entered is not multiplied by Multiplier. 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.7, Major update, June 29, 2016 ==== 
 + 
 +[[relnotes:notes27]] 
 + 
 +=== Notes === 
 +   * MagicPlot 2.6 release was skipped. 
 +   * The development was slow in 2014 and resumed in 2015; Plotvisor 2.0 application was [[plotvisor:release_notes|released]] in Oct 2015. 
 +   * Java 7 or later is now required on Windows and Linux/Unix, Java 8 or later on Mac OS. 
 +   * The MagicPlot Pro 2.5.x license is valid for v. 2.7.x (it is a free update for current users). 
 + 
 +=== Changes === 
 +  * **Added: Color map plots (aka surface plot / heat map / 2D plots): non-uniform matrix support, interpolation support, Pro edition only [0000002].** See also: [[colormap|Manual topic on Color Map Plots]]. 
 +  * Improved: New dialog windows style (previously used only in Processing dialogs) [0000189]. 
 +  * Improved: Special symbols/characters dialog moved to Tools menu [0000057]. 
 +  * Improved: Replaced Java2D stroke normalization with explicit coordinates rounding [0000138]. 
 +  * Improved: Removed unused parts of eps prologue [0000112]. 
 +  * Improved: When template is applied, empty (in template) legends are kept as is [0000124]. 
 +  * Improved: Legend titles are 'overloaded' with column name when plotting the same columns from multiple tables [0000131]. 
 +  * Improved: Rounded ticks positions when using axis multiplier [0000104]. 
 +  * Fixed: Nonlinear fitting: When Y error columns are set, weights must not be normalized to calculate the correct chi square in fit report [0000081]. 
 +  * Fixed: Fit Plot: Saving 'Sum', 'Data-Baseline' checkbox values to project and add undo for them [0000070]. 
 +  * Fixed: Inspector toolbar was not updated when selecting curves from Figure properties components table [0000188]. 
 +  * Fixed: Bug with changing scale type when deleting axes box [0000099]. 
 +  * Fixed: 'Custom grid lines' table behavior (focus) [0000160]. 
 +  * Fixed: Smoothing of curve from Fit Plot on Figure: 'Replace curve' changes Fit Plot (should not) [0000113]. 
 +  * Fixed: Log scale is not displayed in Processing preview in Smooth dialog [0000114]. 
 +  * Fixed: Data Curve Properties dialog is not updated when data columns change [0000133]. 
 +  * Fixed: Path2D points limit optimization must not be used for export rendering [0000110]. 
 +  * Fixed: EPS/Postscript: Canvas size is not interpreted by all applications [0000111]. 
 +  * Fixed: MagicPlot does not take into account current screen (multi monitors) [0000127]. 
 +  * Fixed: Processing of curve with index X column does not work [0000132]. 
 +  * Fixed: No error message is shown if inserted image is absent in project file [0000140]. 
 +  * Other minor bug fixes. 
 +   
 +Numbers in square brackets are the ticket ID's from our internal issue tracker.   
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.5.1, Bug fixing release, June 25, 2013 ==== 
 +  * Fixed: Some bugs in saving batch processing summary table evaluator 
 +  * Improved: Peak guess dialog must not remember the number of previously guessed peaks 
 +  * Other little fixes 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.5, Major update, May 22, 2013 ==== 
 +[[relnotes:notes25]] 
 + 
 +  * Added: New processing features: smoothing, convolution, deconvolution, correlation 
 +  * Added: Processing of multiple curves/columns from table/figure in one processing dialog 
 +  * Added: Full fit function formula in Report tab 
 +  * Added: All processing dialogs show preview plot 
 +  * Added: 'Create Fit Plot' menu item on Figure curves 
 +  * Improved: Faster application launch 
 +  * Improved: Selected cells in unfocused tables are shown with gray background 
 +  * Improved: 'Delete emptied Figures' checkbox in confirm deletion dialog 
 +  * Improved: Faster progress dialogs updating 
 +  * Improved: Smart limitation for undo history to prevent unavoidable memory leak 
 +  * Improved: New algorithm for peaks guessing 
 +  * Improved: Automated unit tests for processing routines and nonlinear fitting (incl. NIST data sets) 
 +  * Fixed: Curve colors alternation when adding curves, including batch processing 
 +  * Fixed: Saving some deleted images to project file (mistakenly taken from undo history) 
 +  * Fixed: Negative sizes in dimensions toolbar did not work 
 +  * Fixed: Incorrect formula correction when multiple columns are deleted 
 +  * Fixed: Avalanche deletion of evaluators which use deleted components 
 +  * Fixed: Creating inset axes: copies unnecessary properties from current axes style 
 +  * Fixed: Import multiple text files: Columns with numbers greater than the number of columns in first row were treated as text 
 +  * Fixed: Project tree sometimes can stop reflecting the project structure 
 +  * Fixed: Calibry Light font crash on Windows with Oracle Java 1.6_45 and 1.7_21 fontmanager.dll (Update: Bug fixed in Java 1.7_25) 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.3, Minor update, June 7, 2012 ==== 
 +  * Improved: EMF and vector image copy on Windows: coordinates tolerance increased 
 +  * Improved: EPS, PDF: writing real font postscript names without fonts embedding 
 +  * Improved: ''Show trailing zeros'' checkbox did not affect axes labels 
 +  * Improved: Hand tool does not select and move objects when image is zoomed in 
 +  * Improved: Batch Processing: Confusing legends on Figure when adding curves to existing Figure 
 +  * Fixed: EPS: Landscape orientation activated mistakenly 
 +  * Fixed: On Mac OS X: Helvetica plain font was mistakenly written in vector images as Helvetica-Light 
 +  * Trial period is 30 days, no need to request trial key! 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.2, Major update, May 21, 2012 ====
 [[relnotes:notes22]] [[relnotes:notes22]]
  
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 === Other new features and improvements === === Other new features and improvements ===
-  * Added: [[transform_xy|Processing-Transform X/Y data menu items (set column formula) for Fit Plot]]+  * Added: Processing-Transform X/Y data menu items (set column formula) for Fit Plot
   * Added: [[shift_curves|Dialog for 2D Waterfall on Figure (x, y shifts)]]   * Added: [[shift_curves|Dialog for 2D Waterfall on Figure (x, y shifts)]]
   * Added: Auto fit column by clicking on right table header separator   * Added: Auto fit column by clicking on right table header separator
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 ==== MagicPlot Calculator 1.0, 18.09.2010 ==== ==== MagicPlot Calculator 1.0, 18.09.2010 ====
   * First release, integrated in MagicPlot 1.2.1.   * First release, integrated in MagicPlot 1.2.1.
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