This release of gSpiceUI is the first in a long time (longer than intended). I've been building up to version 1.0.00 since the last release but kept putting it off thinking that the code was never good enough. I've decided to release this version regardless; if I don't call something version 1.0.00 it might never happen. However, much of the effort in this release has gone to testing and bug fixes over new features, so this release should be pretty good. A notable point about this release is that it can be compiled against the wxWidgets library version 2.9.2 (with wxWidgets 2.8 compatibility enabled). This was requested by a Mac OSX user. The limited testing I've done has revealed that there's more to do however; there are new run-time bugs when using wxWidgets v2.9.x, but it's a start. For the time being most development effort will still be centered on wxWidgets v2.8.x. I don't want to leave anyone behind and there's no compelling reason to change at present. The following is an extract from the ChangeLog file associated with this release : * When gSpiceUI is installed example schematic files and library files are now included (this was always intended but overlooked). * gSpiceUI has been successfully compiled against the wxWidgets library version 2.9.2 (with wxWidgets 2.8 compatibility enabled). This was requested by a Mac OSX user Jerry J. since "it works better with the Cocoa framework". * BugFix : The temporary file management scheme was incomplete. If more than one circuit descriptions were loaded in a single session temporary files could be created but not deleted. * Modifications to the functions in utility/StrUtils.cpp. Signal source names are now sorted so that the most used component types appear at the top of the list. * Modifications to the functions in utility/StrUtils.cpp. The more interesting node and component names now tend to be placed at the top of the test probe list boxes and the remaining names are sorted more sensibly. * In the classes NetList, SimnBase, SimnGunCap and SimnNgSpice change all Extract*( ) function names to Load*( ). * BugFix : In version v0.9.99 a reload operation would close gschem and gwave or gaw. (This was unintended behaviour.) * In class SpinCtrl hard-coded a spin button repeat period of 80 msec. This will be user configurable in the future. * Increased the maximum number of lines which can be displayed in any text control to 1,000,000 lines and the default to 10,000. (I don't know if wxTextCtrl can cope with this but someone will try it sooner or later and we'll find out). * Objects inheriting from PrcBase (which itself inherits from wxProcess) created input and output streams but didn't deleted them. Eventually all available file descriptors were used up and gSpiceUI could no longer launch new processes. This long standing bug has been resolved (I think?) thanks to a contribution made by Jarno Honkanen. * Added a LM555 model file and demo. schematic. * In the classes PrcGWave and PrcGaw removed the functions bFormatLine( ) and bFormatField( ) because these operations are already performed by PrcGnuCap and PrcNgSpice. * Over-haul of the ChoUnits class. * In the PnlValue::bSetValue( ) methods remove unnecessary complexity by eliminating the bNoUnits argument; it's already implemented by the PnlValue::m_bUseUnits attribute. * BugFix : If a node label didn't start with a digit CmdGnuCapPR::Parse( ) categorized it as a component label. * BugFix : The src/Makefile target "deps" was not correctly defined. Most of the source files where being overlooked. * In HelpTasks class removed the status bar from the HTML window, it wasn't used. * Disable the Stop tool and Stop menu option when no simulation is actually running. * In the HelpTasks class added a tool to the tool bar for moving forward in the history database. * In the HelpTasks class implemented wxFrame close tool for HTML window. * Implemented a new command-line option -d which enables debug mode. This causes console spew to be generated on standard error. * At startup error messages are held over until the the main frame of the GUI has been fully displayed. * In src/Makefile added a new variable $DESTDIR which may be used to specify the install location at the request of ???. * BugFix : The src/Makefile install mechanism failed if the target bin/ directory didn't already exist. * In the classes PnlValue, SpinCtrl and ChoUnits the method bClear( ) is used to set defaults. Added a function bSetDefaults( ) to set default values and changed the bClear( ) methods to just clear the object attributes. * Replace all references to wxWindows with wxWidgets. * Minor updates to Install documentation. * BugFix : The files utility/iStrCmp.h and utility/iStrCmp.c actually contain C++ code so they have been renamed to utility/iStrCmp.hpp and utility/iStrCmp.cpp respectively. Also removed instructions for compiling C code from Makefile. * In the class ConvertType all function for processing double float's take only double's of long's as arguments. (This is to do with compile time problems under OSX.) * BugFix : If gSpiceUI has gschem open and a reload operation is executed, the gSchem process is no longer closed. * Added a mechanism to sch/Makefile to convert all example schematic files included with gSpiceUI to netlist files using gnetlist. This provides some level of validation of schematic files, although it doesn't guarantee that they will work. * Updates to the HTML documentation. * Minor updates to man page. * Various minor modifications and bug fixes.