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 ====== MagicPlot Release Notes ====== ====== MagicPlot Release Notes ======
  
-**Note:** Plotvisor release notes were moved: [[plotvisor:release_notes]].+==== MagicPlot 2.9, Major update, July 19, 2019 ==== 
 + 
 +See also: [[relnotes:notes29]] 
 + 
 +Starting with this release MagicPlot application executable is digitally signed by the developer. Note that in Mac OS build of MagicPlot the company name is displayed as 'MEDZHIKPLOT SISTEMS, OOO' instead of 'Magicplot Systems, LLC' due to transliteration issues. 
 + 
 +MagicPlot nor more uses 'public' Java Runtime installed in the Windows and Mac OS X operating system. Java Runtime Environment (v. 12 or later) is now bundled with the executable. 
 + 
 +   0000428: [Fitting]  Individual fit interval was not set from data range for guessed curves 
 +   0000424[Plots]  Y ticks and labels on the bottom disappear is axes box is dragged up and the top border is outside the screen  
 +   0000330: [Drawing]  Group/ungroup operation is too slow if the group contains many items 
 +   0000421: [Plots]  Right alignment and repositioning of numeric labels of colormap palette does not work 
 +  *  0000420: [Plots]  Left/right axis labels left/right alignment (the opposite to the default one) is broken in export and is not saved in project 
 +  *  0000402: [Other]  Cannot put a fit curve to the end of fit curves list in some circumstances 
 +  *  0000419: [Other]  Cannot Cut curves from Fit Plot in Curves table (but cutting from plot area works) 
 +  *  0000418: [Table]  Descriptive Statistics toolbar and Quick View toolbar are not updated after adding/deleting a column in a table 
 +  *  0000391: [Other]  Export Curves as Table dialog: setting the rows count does not work in some cases 
 +  *  0000381: [Other]  Project tree keyboard shortcuts: Enter to open selected 
 +  *  0000403: [Plots]  Fit curve legend (style image) disappears when applying figure template with markers only. 
 +  *  0000360: [Other]  License info is not saved and no error message appears 
 +  *  0000406: [Plots]  Drawings disappear after grouping 
 +  *  0000197: [Plots]  Best scale zoom does not take error bars into account 
 +  *  0000146: [Drawing]  If rectangle rotated 90 degrees, scaling works awkwardly 
 +  *  0000352: [Plots]  Ignore <= 0 values in log scale auto-scale zoom (best view) 
 +  *  0000362: [Drawing]  Negative-width lines/arrows are not drawn on screen depending on the scale 
 +  *  0000365: [Plots]  Manual increment for major ticks does not work if Multiplier is set 
 +  *  0000401: [Drawing]  Changing drawing line ending causes double history command 
 +  *  0000379: [Plots]  Fix scientific notation format in colormap legend 
 +  *  0000393: [Other]  Curve style dialog opens outside of the screen 
 +  *  0000396: [Other]  Fit Plot from just imported table is incorrectly named "B-Baseline" 
 +  *  0000369: [Other]  Different operation when drag and dropping files on the tree and on the desktop pane 
 +  *  0000383: [Plots]  Implement Mac OS Retina and Windows HiRes mode for plots rendering 
 +  *  0000377: [Drawing]  Increase line sticking to vertical/horizontal 
 +  *  0000375: [Other]  Inactive project window annoyingly blinks when autosaving 
 +  *  0000361: [Plots]  Printed figure is corrupted: scale error 
 + 
 + 
 +==== MagicPlot 2.8.2, Minor update, December 18, 2018 ==== 
 + 
 +  *  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 incorrectly for text columns 
 +  *  0000334: [Other]  Long task may be run when another 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 an 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 the 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]  RegressionTable transpose does not work in some cases 
 +  * 0000312: [Plots Multi-axes plots created in previous versions are displayed incorrectly 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 the 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 the canvas size 
 +  *  Fixed: 0000219: [Other]  Adding a new table puts it randomly, either in the 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 an 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 a 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]]
  
-==== MagicPlot 2.7, Major update, June, 2016 [Not released yet!] ==== 
 === Notes === === Notes ===
    * MagicPlot 2.6 release was skipped.    * MagicPlot 2.6 release was skipped.
-   Development was slow in 2014 and resumed in 2015; Plotvisor 2.0 application was [[plotvisor:release_notes|released]] in Oct 2015. +   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 required. +   * Java 7 or later is now required on Windows and Linux/Unix, Java 8 or later on Mac OS
-   * MagicPlot Pro 2.5.x license is valid for v. 2.7 (free update for current users).+   The MagicPlot Pro 2.5.x license is valid for v. 2.7.x (it is a free update for current users).
  
 === Changes === === Changes ===
-  * **Added: Color map plots (aka surface plot / heat map / 2D plots): non-uniform matrix support, interpolation support, Pro edition only [0000002].**+  * **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: New dialog windows style (previously used only in Processing dialogs) [0000189].
   * Improved: Special symbols/characters dialog moved to Tools menu [0000057].   * Improved: Special symbols/characters dialog moved to Tools menu [0000057].
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   * Improved: Legend titles are 'overloaded' with column name when plotting the same columns from multiple tables [0000131].   * 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].   * 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 the fit report [0000081].
   * Fixed: Fit Plot: Saving 'Sum', 'Data-Baseline' checkbox values to project and add undo for them [0000070].   * 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: 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: Bug with changing scale type when deleting axes box [0000099].
   * Fixed: 'Custom grid lines' table behavior (focus) [0000160].   * 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: EPS/Postscript: Canvas size is not interpreted by all applications [0000111].
-  * Fixed: MagicPlot does not take into account current screen (multi monitors) [0000127].+  * 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: 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].+  * Fixed: No error message is shown if the inserted image is absent in project file [0000140].
   * Other minor bug fixes.   * Other minor bug fixes.
      
-Numbers in square brackets are the ticket ID'from our internal issue tracker.  +The number in square brackets is the ticket ID from our internal issue tracker.  
  
 ==== MagicPlot 2.5.1, Bug fixing release, June 25, 2013 ==== ==== MagicPlot 2.5.1, Bug fixing release, June 25, 2013 ====
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 ==== MagicPlot 1.2.1, Minor update and bug fixing release, Sept 18, 2010 ==== ==== MagicPlot 1.2.1, Minor update and bug fixing release, Sept 18, 2010 ====
 === New Major features === === New Major features ===
-  * Added: [[http://magicplot.com/calc/|Calculator tool]] added+  * Added: [[http://magicplot.com/calc/|Calculator tool]] with syntax highlighting added
   * Added: [[special_symbols|Inserting Greek letters and math symbols]] with keyboard shortcuts   * Added: [[special_symbols|Inserting Greek letters and math symbols]] with keyboard shortcuts
   * Added: Table column widths will never reset and are now saved in Project file   * Added: Table column widths will never reset and are now saved in Project file
-  * Added: Saving and loading preferences in current working directory for [[portable]] usage (ex. on USB drive)+  * Added: Saving and loading preferences in current working directory for portable usage (ex. on USB drive)
 === Other new features and improvements === === Other new features and improvements ===
   * Added: Delete item in fit curve context menu on fit plot   * Added: Delete item in fit curve context menu on fit plot
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 ==== MagicPlot 1.0, First public release, 18.11.2008 ==== ==== MagicPlot 1.0, First public release, 18.11.2008 ====
   * Development started in March 2007.   * Development started in March 2007.
- 
-====== MagicPlot Calculator Release Notes ====== 
- 
-==== MagicPlot Calculator 1.1, 16.10.2010 ==== 
-  * Integrated in MagicPlot 1.3. 
-  * Improved: Calculator application menu on Mac OS X implemented (About and Quit items) 
-  * Changed: Variables field moved from the left to the right 
-  * Fixed: Syntax highlighting update 
- 
-==== MagicPlot Calculator 1.0, 18.09.2010 ==== 
-  * First release, integrated in MagicPlot 1.2.1. 
- 
  
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