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- Changes for xlog version 1.7
  * Scroll to the last QSO when the log is automatically loaded and there
    are more than 1000 QSO's. Thanks Jon LA4RT for reporting.
  * Display of the about dialog has been fixed.
  * TSV export for glabels has been fixed. The exported columns did not match
    the ones in the 'Settings->Dialogs and Windows->export' setting.
    Reported by John, K3GHH.
  * We no longer use tiny fonts for the remarks entry and when importing
    logs. It is easier in the eyes. Reported by Hein, PA0NQ.
  * The info page of the preferences dialog now updates QRA locator when
    latitude/longitude is changed and vice-versa.
  * Xlog now uses the functions provided by hamlib for calculating distance
    and bearing.
  * The old behaviour has been restored when a DXCC country has been confirmed,
    country worked count will be set to "0".
  * The same behaviour has been added for all the other awards, so if a 
    country has been confirmed, the count is set to zero. Otherwise, the number
    of countries will be displayed.
  * A new key combination has been added, Control-Shift-A will add a QSO and
    fill in defaults for the next QSO. It is the same as using Control-A
    followed by Control-k. This is especially useful in contests. Requested
    by Dominique, HB9HLI.
  * The following changes by Stephane Fillod, F8FCE:
  * WAS, WAZ, IOTA and locator scoring have been added.
  * Xlog now knows how to import IOTA contest logs and fills in the AWARDS
    field.
  * It does work also with any ARRL contest where the state is exchanged.
  * EDI import is now capable of filling in BAND and POWER fields.
  * EDI import fixed when importing utf-8 dates.
  * EDI export: take into account the change of wwl() logic.
  * EDI export properly generates CRLF eol (according to official format).

- Changes for xlog version 1.6.2
  * Because of using the old wwl code, locator distance calculation stopped
    working. This has been fixed. Thanks to Stephane for the patch!

- Changes for xlog version 1.6.1
  * Compilation fixes.
  * Fix appearance of the scoring window. Thanks to flavio, IK3OCD and 
    Boris, 4Z5ST for reporting.
  * Fix power retrieval from the rig. Thanks Pat, KB8PYM and Martin, AA6E
    for the report.
  * Some fixes for EDI and EDITEST file format, patch by Stephane, F8FCE.
  * Some changes to the S-meter coding which will hopefully make it more
    accurate.
  * If there is no communication with the rig, hamlib will be stopped and
    a warning dialog will be shown.
  * The wac scoring is now updated correctly when a log is closed.
  * Country worked count would be set to "0" whenever you would have at
    least one confirmed QSO with that country. Patch by Stephane.
  * When using the bandoptionmenu the band would sometimes be truncated.
  * WAC scoring will now get updated when importing a log.
  * Include the old wwl code again because of license problems with the new
    code.
  * All of xlog is now GPL version 3.

- Changes for xlog version 1.6
  * Swedish translation updates by Peter, SM4ABE
  * The "worked before" window is now activated with "Control+Shift w".
  * There was a small bugfix for the "worked before" window. Selection of
    QSO's in this window would sometimes fail when several contacts with the
    same callsign were displayed.
  * German translation thanks to Martin, DL5RMH.
  * Defaults now also work when the band- and modeoptionmenus are activated
    in the QSO frame. Thanks to DL5MRH.
  * The UTC time length now is truncated to HHMM (the default for xlog), even
    if the log displays time in seconds.
  * Time length is not touched when updating a QSO if hours and minutes
    are the same. Both changes suggested by Martin, DL5RMH.
  * Frequency is not touched when using "update" when the frequency is
    the same as used in the optionmenu. For example: if the optionmenu uses
    "7" and the frequency in the log says "7.030" we don't change it when
    using "update". Suggested by Martin, DL5RMH.
  * The FAQ has been removed and integrated with the manual.
  * The manual has been rewritten and is now available as html, see
    /usr[/local]/share/xlog/manual/index.html.
  * xlog now uses xdg-open (available from the xdg-utils package) for opening
    URL's and for reading the manual from the menu. xdg-open always uses the
    default browser as configured for your gnome, kde or xfce desktop.
  * xdg-email is used for opening "mailto:" links, this is only important for
    the about dialog.
  * A small fix for Cabrillo, so we correctly export USB contacts. Thanks
    Jacob Anawalt, KD7YKO.
  * A Cabrillo import fix for NAQP contests by Jacob, KD7YKO.
  * Another fix from Jacob which fixes a crash when using large remarks
    fields.
  * xlog has been ported to the latest GTK+ version, which is 2.12.0.
  * The keyer window is now prevented from resizing when the end of line is
    reached. Thanks Al, NH7O for reporting.
  * WAC (Worked All Continents) award scoring has been added. You will have
    to enable it from the Settings -> 'Dialogs and Windows' -> Scoring page.
    This adds a new valid entry for the AWARDS entry. You can use "WAC-"
    to modify a continent lookup. Valid strings are "NA EU SA OC AS AF".
    For example, UA9A callsign are located in Europe, but xlog will think
    it is Asia. Just add "DXCC-EU" to the AWARDS column.
  * An overview of your WAC scoring can be seen by selecting Tools ->
    Awards -> WAC from the menu. Ctrl + 2 is a shortcut for this.
  * xlog will now recognise K1-K0 and VK1-VK0 callsign districts.
  * When importing a cabrillo file, a remark can be added to all of the log
    fields by entering a value in the import dialog.
  * Adopted the wwl rewrite by Diane, VA3DB.

- Changes for xlog version 1.5
  * Installation of the desktop icon has been fixed.
  * The awards entry is now cleared when using Ctrl-y.
  * Setting the autosave value to zero will disable autosave.
  * The log open dialog adds a checkbutton, which allows opening a log
    read-only.
  * Accessing the menu with Ctrl-F10 works again. You need to make sure that
    your window manager does not use Ctrl-F10, e.g. it is used by xfce to
    access the 10th desktop. Note added to the handbook.
  * To facilitate maintainance translation of the handbook and FAQ is no
    longer supported.
  * The Settings->Dialogs menu has been renamed "Dialogs and Windows".
  * Scoring page added to the "Dialogs and Windows" dialog. On this page you
    can decide which bands should be used for scoring.
  * Some changes to the code to fix compilation on MAC OS X. Thanks to IZ0ETE
    for reporting.
  * Czech translations updated.
  * All strings in the GUI refering to "GMT" have been named "UTC".
  * When in the middle of a dupecheck which takes very long, it can be aborted
    by clicking the 'Cancel' button.
  * A new option has been added to the first page of the preferences dialog.
    When "use free fields to add distance and azimuth to the log" is checked,
    distance and azimuth will be calculated from the locator field (when
    present) and added to the log. Thanks to Richard, G8JVM.
  * All available amateur radio bands and modes (as used by ADIF) are now
    added to the band- and mode-optionmenus when xlog is started for the very
    first time.
  * When importing a cabrillo file, date, mode and exchange is now imported
    correctly. Thanks Nate, N0NB.
  * ADIF export has been improved. Whenever there is an exchange used in the
    RST report, the designated STX, SRX or STX_STRING, SRX_STRING ADIF fields
    will be used.
  * The handbook has been improved.

- Changes for xlog version 1.4
  * There were several DXCC lookup fixes.
  * Activation of the keyer window has been moved to the options menu.
  * When exiting xlog, the keyer strings are now saved correctly.
  * A new item has been added to the help menu, called 'DXCC list'. It
    displays the current entries of cty.dat. Every column in this window
    can be sorted.
  * A socket has been added to xlog. Xlog will listens on port 7311 for data
    to be added to the xlog. See data/remote/client.c for example code.
  * An "AWARDS" column has been added to the logs. You can activate it by using
    the log editor. For now, this column can be used to overwrite DXCC lookups.
    To use it you must enter a country prefix, which can be looked up in the
    DXCC list. For example: the 2002 baker island expedition has used the
    callsign K1B. Xlog will think it is United States, but you can overwrite it
    by putting the number DXCC-KH1 in the AWARDS column.
  * Locale conversion of the date in ADIF export was improved. Thanks to
    Martin, OK1RR for reporting.
  * A return in the remarks field is replaced with a space when added to the
    log to prevent log truncation. Reported by Fredrik, OH1HSN.
  * Return now invokes "OK" in most dialogs, patch by Jon, LA4RT.
  * The main menu is accessed with ctrl-F10, so the F10 key can be used
    by the keyer.
  * Underscores are removed from all of the menus, so you can't use the ALT-key
    with the menu anymore. Instead, this key is now used for quickly pressing
    buttons in the QSO-frame. All of the labels in the QSO frame which have
    an underscore will grab focus to the entry next to it if the ALT-key is
    used. When a default is present it will be filled-in automatically.
  * The ADIF QSL_VIA field is now imported when one of the free fields is
    named QSL_VIA.
  * ADIF import has been fixed for logs with empty lines and returns inside
    a field.
  * File naming for ADIF import has been fixed.
  * Swedish translations by Peter Landgren, SM4ABE.
  * When multiple logs are loaded at startup the last page will get focus.
  * A scoring window has been added, activate with Ctrl+j. This window now
    holds the callsign prefix lookup with calculated distance and beam heading.
    The top table of this window displays the number of times a country is
    worked or "0" if confirmed. The bottom table shows the total number of
    worked and confirmed DXCC countries for every band.
    The scoring window focuses on the major hf-bands and does not look at the
    mode of transmission. Future xlog versions will add more bands and modes
    for scoring.
  * An overview of your DXCC scoring can be seen by selecting Tools ->
    Awards -> DXCC from the menu. Ctrl + 1 is a shortcut for this.
  * Hamlib is now enabled by default, see the INSTALL file for details.
  * When polling is used with Hamlib, times as low as 50 milliseconds are
    allowed for rigs that have high baud rates.
  * Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down will move the rig's frequency by 50 Hz.
  * Xlog now uses a GtkListStore for the logs instead of a GtkTreeStore.
  * The preferences dialog has been somewhat reorganised.

- Changes for xlog version 1.3.1
  * Update spanish translation by Jaime, EA4TV.
  * Updated french translation by Jean-Luc, F5IBH.
  * Czech translation by Jan Straka, OK2JTB.
  * Fix building when hamlib not present. Thanks Matt, GW0VNR.

- Changes for xlog version 1.3
  * Responsiveness for opening large logs has been somewhat improved.
  * A copy of xlog is used for saving so the gui does not get blocked.
  * ADIF: when importing a file which uses strings like 160m, 80m, 40m, etc.
    in the 'BAND' field it is converted to frequency.
  * ADIF: when the 'NOTES' field is present it is appended to the xlog remarks
    field.
  * The remarks entry is now a multiline text entry which can contain up to 512
    characters. This also fixes ADIF import from files with long comment/note
    fields (e.g. dx4win). Thanks to Alan D. Snyder, KF3B, for reporting.
  * A separate dialog and menu entry has been added for log importing. This
    also means that the dialog for log opening has been somewhat redesigned,
    it will now only show logs of type xlog.
  * We now have a separate dialog for log exporting. This will handle ADIF,
    cabrillo, EDI and TSV files. The saveas dialog must be used for saving logs
    of type xlog under a different name.
  * Shortcuts have been re-organised. Ctrl-i: log import, ctrl-e: log export,
    ctrl-shift-s: saveas, ctrl-b: dialogs, ctrl-g: preferences.
  * HAMLIB: configuration has changed. You need to click the "Select a radio"
    button in the preferences dialog. This will show a dialog with rigid, model
    and make. The rigid number is now saved in the preferences instead of the
    model name, so hamlib needs to be re-configured with this release.
  * You can now keep on using xlog while using the search dialog if "Keep this
    dialog open" is checked.
  * Naming of the log when merging has been fixed.
  * The locator frame (only visible when you use the locator field in the log)
    has been moved above the DXCC frame, because locator distance and bearing
    calaculations are more accurate.
  * When exporting to TSV you can now decide to add bearing and distance columns
    if the locator field is used. This must be set in the export page of the
    dialogs dialog. Suggested by Richard Bown, G8JVM.
  * A new argument for the configure script has been added. If you want to
    update the KDE/Gnome mime database during install use ./configure
    --enable-mime-update. This is recommended for people who install from
    source into /usr or /usr/local.
  * Xlog now correctly updates the band/modes optionmenu when using Ctrl-k with
    hamlib. Thanks to Ian Maude, G0VGS for reporting.
  * For the sake of speed, colorization of the log and themeing of the program
    has been removed. Instead, bold fonts are now used. You can now also change
    the default font of the log.
  * 'Delete' and 'Insert' keys no longer work for deleting or adding QSO's
    because they would prevent correct use of these keys in text entry widgets.
  * xlog.dat is no longer used. Future versions of xlog will probably contain
    an editor for cty.dat.

- Changes for xlog version 1.2.1 and 1.2.2
  * Debian: correct the Build-Depends line.
  * This is a bugfix release, which fixes compilation against version 2.4
    of the GTK+ libraries. There is no need to upgrade if you use version
    2.6 of this library.

- Changes for xlog version 1.2
  * Import support for the OH1AA logbook. Tested by Jarmo, OH1MRR.
  * A keyerwindow has been added, opened from the 'Tools -> Keyer' menu. This
    is a simple interface to cwdaemon and will allow you to run a contest.
    It features programmable function keys, macro's, switch between CQ and
    S&P mode, an auto increment counter and short numbers. See the MANUAL for
    a description.
  * Ctrl-H opens help, Ctrl-R the keyerwindow.
  * The list of hamlib-rigs in the preferences dialog is now sorted. Thanks
    to Jean-Luc F5IBH for proposing.
  * You can use the 'del' key to delete a selected QSO and the 'insert' key
    to add a QSO.
  * We now have slightly different icons for the worked before dialog and
    the keyer window.
  * A safe backup method has been added, you can now select a backup directory
    in the 'Logs' page of the preferences dialog. This directory can be on
    another drive or on a network mounted directory. Proposed by Matt, GW0VNR.
  * When using hamlib, only the needed backend is loaded at startup. This
    saves about 2 Mb of memory compared to the old method, which would load
    all backends.
  * When using hamlib it is now possible to use the FCC emission designators
    for modes. Check the option in the hamlib page of the preferences dialog.
    Another proposal by Matt, GW0VNR.
  * When selecting 'Logs -> Merge' or Ctrl-M you are presented with a dialog
    which can be used to merge 2 logs.
  * The manual has been rewritten so it can contain images.
  * To make xlog more HIG compliant, Ctrl-Q will now quit the program and
    Ctrl-W will close a log.
  * Fixed a crash when locale conversion fails when reading the manual. Thanks
    to Boguslaw, SQ5TB for reporting.
  * Many minor bugfixes.
  * Slovak translations by Michal Karas, OM4AA.
  * French MANUAL and FAQ by Jean-Luc Coulon, F5IBH.

- Changes for xlog version 1.1
  * Several cleanups in the function which creates the main window, the toolbar
    now uses the GtkAction API, toolbar items are now also accessable through
    the edit menu and the vertical handlebar can move freely to the left.
  * "Tab" in the menu has been renamed to "Page".
  * You can hide the number column by using the log-editor and entering a zero
    column width for this column.
  * The BUGS file has been added to the help menu, with a description on how to
    report bugs.
  * The logeditor has been redesigned so it fits on a 800x600 display.
  * Most of the dialogs have been cleaned up and partly rewritten, so they
    will load faster.
  * Xlog now correctly recognizes the 60 meters band. Thanks to Harv Nelson,
    AI9NL for notifying.
  * At ADIF import, frequencies with a comma are converted to a dot.
  * A gtk+ version check has been added, which will display an error at
    startup if the version is below 2.4.
  * An error will be displayed when trying to load a non-xlog file.
  * The labels export format has been renamed TSV (Tab Separated Value).
  * You can decide which fields to export in the TSV format (used by glabels),
    by going to Settings->Dialogs and checking wanted the fields in the
    "Save As" page.
  * When hamlib is enabled, rounding of the digits is now also possible when
    the s-meter is not visible.
  * When entering a logname in the new log dialog, dash (-) and underscore (_)
    are now also allowed.
  * Polish MANUAL and FAQ added by Boguslaw Ciastek, SQ5TB.
  * The position of the paned window is now remembered at program exit.

-- Joop Stakenborg <pg4i@amsat.org>