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Version 1.2.0 (released 16 Jun 2005)
* Added the -grs_longitude option, to specify the longitude of
Jupiter's Great Red Spot, in System II coordinates. This assumes
the Jupiter image has the center of the Great Red Spot at pixel 0
(at the left side of the image) in order to draw it at the right
position.
* Added the Icosagnomonic projection, contributed by Ian Turner.
* Fixed a bug where output filenames had an extra digit in some
cases.
* Added the bump_map and bump_scale options in the configuration
file.
* Added the -glare option to set the size of the sun's glare.
* An image map may be specified for the sun in the configuration
file now. A shade value is now required for the sun (should be
100, otherwise the sun will have a night side!)
* Added the -arc_spacing option to set the default angular
distance between great arc points. It used to be 0.1 degree, so
arcs smaller than this wouldn't get drawn.
* Fixed a bug where markers were not aligned properly when using
align = "above" or "below".
* Added warnings if options are specified in the [default] section
of the configuration file that probably shouldn't be there.
Version 1.1.2 (released 5 Dec 2004)
* Saturn's rings are now drawn properly when using "magnify" in
the config file.
* Added marker_fontsize as an option in the configuration file.
* Added the Bonne, Gnomonic, Polyconic, and Tangential Spherical
Cube (TSC) projections.
* Added the -proj_param option. Note that the -projection option
cannot be abbreviated to -proj anymore!
* Color cloud maps are now allowed.
* A color may now be specified with -background.
Version 1.1.1 (released 23 Jul 2004)
* Added -north path, -target path, and -path_relative_to options.
* Added -output_start_index option.
* Print a list of compile-time options when using the -version
option.
* Fixed a bug where orbits were not drawn for bodies using SPICE
kernels.
* Added ssec_map option to configuration files to use University
of Wisconsin cloud maps.
Version 1.1.0 (released 20 Jun 2004)
* Added the -fork option.
* Fixed a bug where stars were not drawn when using the -proj
option.
Version 1.0.8 (released 23 May 2004)
* Fixed a bug where eclipse shadows were not drawn properly.
* Timer now sleeps until it's time to wake up, instead
of sleeping for a set time.
Version 1.0.7 (released 04 May 2004)
* The native Quicktime library can be used when reading/writing
image files on Mac OS X.
* The -hibernate and -idlewait options now work on Mac OS X.
* Fixed a segfault when writing image files.
* Minor updates to allow compilation with gcc 3.4.0.
Version 1.0.6 (released 21 Apr 2004)
* Fixed a bug where markers on the far side of a planet were being
drawn when they shouldn't have been.
* Fixed a bug where satellites were not drawn for some locales.
* Added -projection random. This picks a random projection.
Version 1.0.5 (released 23 Mar 2004)
* Improved locale support. The date string is now converted to
UTF-8 using iconv() after being created by strftime() in the
default encoding. Added the "lang" keyword to marker files.
* Floating point numbers in all input files must be in the "C"
locale format, meaning that the decimal separator must be the '.'
character and not the ','.
* Fixed align=center option in marker files.
Version 1.0.4 (released 05 Mar 2004)
* Added support for SPICE kernels for spacecraft ephemerides.
* Xplanet now works without freetype. There will be no text
annotation, but it will run instead of exit immediately.
Version 1.0.3 (released 06 Jan 2004)
* Jupiter and Saturn are now drawn as oblate spheroids.
Version 1.0.2 (released 22 Dec 2003)
* Added -interpolate_origin_file option so that origin_files may
be used as ephemeris files.
* Added -label_string option to set the first line of the label.
* Added the Lambert (Cylindrical Equal Area) projection.
* The -geometry option now applies to the root window. The area
outside the image is black.
* The format for the star map is different. It is now Dec, RA,
Mag to be consistent with marker and arc files, which have lat
then lon.
* -marker_file and -arc_file can now be used on the command line.
Coordinates for these files are Declination and Right Ascension.
Markers and arcs are plotted against the star field.
* Fixed a text rendering bug where the text wasn't positioned
properly.
* Added -dynamic_origin option to read a file for the observer's
position before each rendering.
* Changed --disable-screensaver to --with-xscreensaver in
configure script.
* -origin and -range options can now be used together.
* Added -save_desktop_file option for Windows and OS X.
* Added twilight option in config file to adjust extent of
terminator.
* -localtime option wasn't right for most planets.
* Added -ephemeris_file option. This allows the use of JPL's
DExxx files for super-duper accuracy.
* Added pango support. The workings of pango are still mysterious
to me so there may be things that don't quite look right. There
are memory leaks inside the pango library, so using this option
all of the time is not a good idea.
Version 1.0.1 (released 17 Mar 2003)
* mapbounds is now supported as an option in the configuration
file.
* Xplanet now works natively on Aqua, but is a little flaky; it
sometimes fails to set the desktop and the default "Aqua Blue"
shows up. Reproducible bug reports are greatly appreciated!
* The timer would cause an exit after one drawing on non-X11
systems.
* Markers on the other planets were not drawn properly with the
-projection option.
Version 1.0.0 (released 11 Mar 2003)
* First public release. See the NEWS file for changes from the
previous version.
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