Changelog for Dolmen

Version 1.3.3 (24/5/2016)

• fixed encoding in CSV export on Windows

Version 1.3.2 (8/5/2016)

• maximize search window
• metadata now use full path instead of partial path
• fixed regression with annotator comparison

Version 1.3.1 (28/4/2016)

• Query results are now displayed in sorted order
• updated RtAudio to version 4.1.2
• updated sendpraat.c
• Fixed memory leak

Version 1.3 (12/9/2014)

• fixed bug in sound playing on Windows and Linux
• import metadata from CSV file
• fixed a bug introduced in version 1.2 that made Dolmen crash when loading a project that contains bookmarks
• now built on top of Qt5
• better compatibility with recent version of Mac OS X (now requires 10.7 or later)
• plugin tabs are no longer displayed in random order
• updated RtAudio to version 4.1.1
• minor fixes and improvements

Version 1.2 (1/9/2013)

• improvements to sound and annotation views
• sound can be browsed with keyboard arrows in sound and annotation views
• faster loading of projects (annotations are now opened lazily)
• updated RtAudio to version 4.0.12
• RtAudio and libsndfile versions are now displayed in Help > Sound information
• the source code can now be compiled with Qt4 or Qt5
• search by tier name now uses regular expressions instead of string comparison
• search grammars can now define a "tier selecting" field to search a pattern across different tiers
• fixed compiler warnings
• minor fixes and enhancements

Version 1.1 (1/7/2013)

• updated code to use Qwt 6.1 to prepare the transition to Qt 5 (Qwt is no longer included and must be provided externally)
• sound can now be played/paused with the space bar and stopped with Esc in sound and annotation views
• plots are now antialiased by default (this can be turned off in the preference editor)
• minor code clean-up's
• new icon

Version 1.0.4 (21/02/2013)

• Windows only: added msvcp100.dll, for systems that don’t have it.

Version 1.0.3 (16/02/2013)

• prevent Dolmen from crashing when displaying a short sound file in a view

Version 1.0.2 (15/02/2013)

• Fixes audio playback of stereo files on Windows and Linux

Version 1.0.1 (16/12/2012)

• fixed a bug that happened when opening intervals shorter than 100 ms in Praat
• the tier name fied is now properly hidden in the search window when the files are Documents

Version 1.0 (15/12/2012)

• annotator comparison for search grammars (requires an "Annotator" property)
• Search by tier name instead of tier number
• code modified so that it compiles with MSVC2010
• updated libsndfile to 1.0.25 on Windows

Version 0.9.9 (21/10/2012)

• Qwt is no longer required as an external dependency (v5.2.2 has been included in Dolmen's source code)
• updated Qt to v 4.8.3 on Windows

Version 0.9.8 (18/10/2012)

• improved sound playbacknavigation_menu on Mac OS X and Linux (updated RTAudio to v 4.0.11)
• fixed selection rectangle in waveforms on Linux
• updated Qt to v 4.8.3 on Mac OS X
• refactoring of the output console

Version 0.9.7.2 (04/05/2012)

• fixed a deployment bug on Windows (SQL plugin)
• error message if the database fails to open

Version 0.9.7 (23/04/2012)

• data tables (DMT files). Data tables can be created from a query view (right click on a query match > Create table view)
• option for greedy search in the main search window
• minor improvements and bug fixes

Version 0.9.6 (14/04/2012)

• support for user-defined plugins (written in JavaScript/JSON)
• cleaner check list boxes (mostly used in search window and gauge tool)
• disabled internal debug messages

Version 0.9.5 (08/04/2012)

• metadata is now displayed in a permanent widget on the right-hand side.
• metadata is now stored in an SQLite database instead of DMM files
• tags have been renamed to "properties".
• redesigned property editor which makes editing properties much simpler
• on Mac, the application data folder has been moved from “~/Library” to “~/Application Support”
• resampling now uses speex instead of libsamplerate
• support for Document files (plain text files) along with Annotations
• bug fixes and usability improvements

Version 0.9.4 (03/03/2012)

• prevent a crash when using the arrow keys in a query view
• tags are now properly refreshed in the metadata editor

Version 0.9.3 (02/03/2012)

• fixes bugs in regular expression and plain text search
• prevent Dolmen from crashing when playing a new search match while the previous one hasn’t finished playing
• search results can now be browsed using keyboard arrows

Version 0.9.2 (28/01/2012)

• new version (mac only): fixes a crash when playing a sound
• updated RTAudio to 4.0.10
• the Mac version is now linked against Qt 4.8

Version 0.9.1 (21/08/2011)

• fixed a bug that made Dolmen crash when loading a new project if the previous one had bookmarks
• added icons for surveys and speakers in the file browser
• items can now be edited from query views (right click, then "Edit item text...")
• the Linux version is now distributed as Debian packages (Debian stable)
• minor bug fixes and improvements

Version 0.9.0 (19/08/2011)

• implementation of tiers in annotation views (can read and edit text of Praat tiers)
• much smoother scrolling of waveform
• waveforms can now be scrolled with the mouse wheel
• new metadata editor, available from annotation and sound views, as well as from the file browser (right click on an item)
• new shortcuts to hide the left sidebar (ctrl+shift+L) and the bottom tabs (ctrl+shift+b)
• updated support for Praat point tiers (if you have old files with points, it is best to open and resave them in Praat)
• minor improvements to the side bar on Mac OS X

Version 0.8.3 (08/08/2011)

• Sound views now indicate the current position while a file is playing
• Removed Webkit dependency
• The Mac version is now built statically and is much smaller as a result

Version 0.8.2 (06/08/2011)

• Sound can now be paused in sound views
• Improved audio output of mono files on Mac OS X

Version 0.8.1 (23/07/2011)

• Fixed a bug that caused Dolmen to crash on Mac and Linux when playing a sound file containing non-ASCII characters in its path
• Fixed a bug that caused Dolmen to freeze on Windows when interrupting playing

Version 0.8.0 (16/07/2011)

• the sound stack has been rewritten and now uses libsndfile and RTAudio instead of libsox.
• initial support for waveforms in sound and annotation views (mono files)
• new tool "Compare speakers or subjects..."
• export to CSV (spreadsheet format)
• bookmarks
• open files in Praat from the file browser
• new command "save project as..."
• the system tab "metadata" has been removed (metadata is now shown in tool tips in the file browser or in the viewer when opening a file)
• simplified search window

Version 0.7.2 (20/03/2011)

• fixed display of results in query view when hovering the mouse cursor over items
• better Linux support

Version 0.7.1 (05/03/2011)

• read WaveSurfer label files (*.lab)
• export tiers of DMF files to TextGrid
• TextGrid files that contain text fields spanning over several lines are now properly parsed

Version 0.7.0 (04/03/2011)

• sendpraat and sox have been included in the source code and are no longer neeeded as external dependencies
• cross-tier search
• the preference editor has been simplified and reorganized
• HTML rendering now uses the WebKit engine
• the documentation has been overhauled and is now available in HTML from within Dolmen, instead of a PDF file.
• many more sound file formats are supported out of the box (still no MP3 nor OGG though)
• the most recent project can now be opened with ctrl+shift+o
• minor bug fixes

Version 0.6.5 (19/02/2011)

• added project versioning (Edit > Project Properties...)
• can now open TextGrid without sound in Praat
• added search variables %LINE, %WORD, and symbols '#' (word boundary), '#*' (prefix) and '*#' (suffix).
• documentation for regular expressions
• removed "Open selection in Praat" from Tools menu (which has been disabled for now)
• parentheses can now be used in search pattern (they still need to be escaped in regular expressions)
• fixed identification of the tier when opening in Praat

Version 0.6.4 (12/02/2011)

• The description field is now searchable in the search window.
• Tags can be hidden in the search window
• PFC/PAC goodies (see documentation)

Version 0.6.3 (09/02/2011)

• First public version.