this should be a good release--lots of nasty bugs are fixed. i'm in the process of uploading it now, should be ready within about half an hour. please download and test, and post to the bugs database if you run into problems.


ABOUT REV 0120 - 5 November 2006

Several long-standing bugs fixed in this release.


[ bug fixes ]

+ Fix several issues with filling shapes generated by beginShape(),
 particularly when used with bezierVertex() and curveVertex().
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=97

+ Fix a regression that appeared in 0116+ that prevented curveVertex()
 and bezierVertex() shapes from filling properly.
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=390

+ Fix problem that prevented polygons perpendicular to the z-axis
 from filling properly:
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=111

+ "Cancel" has returned to the "Save Changes?" dialog box.
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=32

+ Fix several problems with createGraphics()
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=419
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=92

+ Fix modelX/Y/Z for PGraphics3D and PGraphicsOpenGL,
 which has been broken since beta
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=386

+ Lots of issues with createFont(), PDF rendering of fonts, and
 hint(ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS). Also added lots of notes to the reference
 based on frequently asked questions.

+ maintain selection, current tab, and scroll position on "save as"
 http://processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=86

+ Fixed issue where ambientLight(r, g, b) was instead ambientLight(r, g, r)
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=412


[ functional improvements ]

+ With the PDF library, text no longer defaults to raw shape outlines.
 Details (and a means to revert to the old behavior) in the reference:
 http://processing.org/reference/libraries/pdf/

+ Trying the Quaqua Look & Feel on Mac OS X with the hope of things
 looking better. Not sure if we'll keep this. The main issue it fixes
 is that it improves the Swing dialogs for file choosers, however
 another workaround was found for that, so now it mostly just improves
 the "Save changes?" dialogs.

+ Trying the GTK+ Look & Feel on Linux. The old default (Metal) from
 Java was truly dreadful.

+ When "Auto Format" produces a warning, no code will be changed. In some
 cases, this was mangling code, so to be safe, it's been disabled.
 Near term, we'd like to swap out Auto Format with new code altogether.

+ Using createGraphics() now properly creates an empty, completely
 transparent drawing surface that can be written to a file. The alpha
 channel will also be written for the file if using a file format
 (such as PNG) that supports transparency.


If this is the first release you're using since 0115 or earlier,
please read the section below that contains the release notes for 0116.