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| 3 | HOW TO FIND OUT WHICH VERSION OF SAGE UI YOU HAVE |
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| 4 | ---------------------------------------------------- |
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| 5 | Versions prior to 2.5 weren't labeled so there is no way to find out version nubmers for those. |
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| 6 | However, from v2.5 on, SAGE UI has an About Box that shows the current version of the UI. |
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| 9 | CHANGES in v3.0a (Feb 11, 2007) |
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| 10 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 11 | - this is the development version for SAGE3.0 (it's alpha since sage3 hasn't |
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| 12 | been officially released at this point) |
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| 13 | - there are mostly minor changes... the biggest one being the change in |
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| 14 | dependencies (numpy is now preferred over numarray since numarray is |
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| 15 | being phased out) |
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| 16 | - autologin to a machine feature (with -a command line parameter) |
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| 17 | - rotation of sage windows |
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| 18 | - support for multiple physical displays in one sage session - experimental! |
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| 19 | - some bug fixes (there are still some significant issues with MacOS) |
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| 22 | CHANGES in v2.84 (May 15, 2007) |
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| 23 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 24 | - direct interaction with the sage display using joysticks |
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| 25 | - the requirement for the minimum wxPython version has been dropped |
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| 26 | to 2.6.2 (the one that ships with Suse 10.1). This solves the problem |
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| 27 | with non-functioning appLauncher admin tool on the earlier wxPython versions |
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| 28 | - there is a timeout on the mouseCapture call when moving applications which |
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| 29 | prevents capturing the system mouse on rare occasions |
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| 32 | CHANGES in v2.83 (March 5, 2007) |
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| 33 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 34 | - the sage server now reports system and public ip addresses and ports for each fsManager |
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| 35 | therefore changes have been made to the server and the UI. System IP is the one reported |
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| 36 | to the applications about where they should look for fsManager. |
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| 37 | - there is a "Remote Applications" button that enables you to start applications from remote |
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| 38 | machines and tell them to stream their data to the current fsManager you are connected to |
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| 39 | (this requires the appLauncher to report to the sage server) |
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| 40 | - added the appLauncher admin tool from which you can control application launchers (needs wxPython 2.6.3) |
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| 41 | - the vnc dialog has been simplified |
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| 42 | - some older and currently non-working features have been removed (session playback, saving state...) |
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| 43 | - bug fixes (z ordering, retrieving empty machine info...) |
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| 46 | CHANGES in v2.80 (November 20, 2006) |
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| 47 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 48 | - this is an official version of SAGE UI for SAGE2 and therefore some messages have changed |
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| 49 | - SAGE now does z-ordering so that has been taken out of SAGE UI |
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| 50 | - appLauncher is used for application launching instead of fsManager so an xmlrpc connection |
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| 51 | is made to the appLauncher at startup to get the list of applications |
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| 52 | - left-click on app button launches the app normally (w/o sageBridge) |
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| 53 | - right-click launches the app through sageBridge so that the app can be shared |
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| 54 | - sage ui will run even without the appLauncher running |
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| 55 | - to stream already running apps either drag-and-drop the app onto a |
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| 56 | new tab OR right-click on the app window and choose "Stream To:" |
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| 57 | and select a machine from a submenu |
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| 58 | - fileLibrary can also run the applications through sageBridge by |
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| 59 | checking a checkBox |
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| 60 | - performance data is ON by default but it will remember whether it was |
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| 61 | on or off next time you start the UI |
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| 62 | - fixed some issues with VNC password saving and other preferences |
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| 63 | - VNC password is no longer encrypted because there were some issues with that |
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| 64 | - performance data format has changed so now there are only bandwidth and framerate available |
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| 65 | - when dropping the file onto the UI from the desktop, it will be automatically shown and |
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| 66 | it wont ask you whether you want to upload it permanently or not |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | - SAGE Server has changed in order to keep track of machines by their machine ID as opposed |
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| 69 | to just IP addresses... the new default ports are 15557 for SAGE and 15558 for UI clients |
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| 73 | CHANGES in v2.72 (April 18, 2006) |
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| 74 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 75 | - file library interface changed a bit |
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| 76 | - can connect to and use multiple file libraries |
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| 77 | - shows metadata for the files in the library |
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| 78 | - retrieves previews of the files (images only) - previews are cached so their retrieval is fast |
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| 79 | - local and remote files are compared by size as well as by name |
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| 80 | - some other file library changes and fixes |
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| 81 | - file library can be stored remotely |
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| 82 | - file library has another component, file grabber, that fetches data |
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| 83 | from a remote machine (it caches the data locally) |
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| 84 | - imageviewer and mplayer buttons have been disabled in the ui |
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| 85 | - sage ui now has global preferences that are stored in binary pickle files as opposed to text files |
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| 86 | - all the preferences files are kept in the prefs/ subdirectory of sage ui |
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| 87 | - current preferences: usernames used, machines connected to, |
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| 88 | vnc profiles, favorite files from the file lib, visual prefs (chat panel shown/hidden, |
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| 89 | frame size and pos), file libraries connected to) |
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| 93 | CHANGES in v2.7: (February 13, 2006) |
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| 94 | ----------------------------------------- |
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| 95 | - Drag-and-drop of the multimedia files onto the UI itself (the file will show up on the |
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| 96 | tiled display exactly where you dropped it in the UI). Currently images, videos and pdf |
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| 97 | files are supported. |
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| 98 | - FileLibrary has been implemented - keeps track of, stores and organizes all the files that |
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| 99 | have been shown on the display. It also lists all the files currently on the server that are available |
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| 100 | for showing. It allows users to organize the files by directories and even save favorites. |
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| 101 | In order of this to work a File Server has to be running that is included with SAGE. |
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| 102 | - The application performance panel has been redone (double buffered) |
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| 103 | - A timeout when users server / connection manager is not available (5 seconds) |
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| 104 | - Some speedup during resizing of the UI |
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| 105 | - Fixed a bug that was showing total render data for both graphs: total render and display. |
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| 106 | - support for easier vnc sessions is included in the ui (showing your desktop on a sage display) |
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| 109 | CHANGES in v2.61: (September 19, 2005) |
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| 110 | ------------------------------------------ |
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| 111 | - a bug in usersServer was fixed (if SAGE connected but did not send |
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| 112 | a register message, it would stay connected forever) |
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| 113 | - a simple tool "admin.py" was made to check and modify the |
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| 114 | internal state of the usersServer. This should be used |
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| 115 | only when things go wrong so that the individual connections with SAGE |
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| 116 | and/or users can be closed without restarting the server. |
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| 117 | - in the SAGE UI, console output is now redirected to a log file "output_log.txt" by default. |
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| 118 | In order to view the output in the |
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| 119 | console, check "Menu -> Options -> Show Console Ouput" |
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| 120 | - since ListCtrl tooltips aren't working correctly on Windows and Mac, |
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| 121 | there is now an "Info" button in the connection dialog |
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| 122 | that, if pressed, shows a dialog with information about the selected machine |
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| 123 | - Info, Connect and Delete buttons are greyed out if no selection is made in the connection dialog |
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| 124 | - last used username shows up first in the username combo box in the connection dialog |
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| 125 | - data displayed in the performance panel has been reorganized and rearranged a bit to improve clarity |
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| 126 | - there is little help question mark button in the connection dialog |
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| 127 | that brings up the about box with contact information |
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| 131 | CHANGES in v2.6: (September 9, 2005) |
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| 132 | ------------------------------------------ |
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| 133 | - fixed a bug where sometimes machines were staying registered even when all |
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| 134 | the users have left the room and the machine died |
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| 135 | - fixed a bug that occurs when there is no hyperlink module in wxPython |
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| 136 | - fixed a bug with tool tips in the connection dialog so now they show the correct IP |
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| 137 | addresses even when there are multiple machines in the list with the same name but different IPs |
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| 138 | - fixed a bug where menu items weren't getting updated properly when a new connection was |
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| 139 | opened (when more than one connection was opened at once) |
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| 140 | - fixed a bug that caused the UI to crash when the user who ran the UI didn't have write permissions |
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| 141 | - all the usernames used to log in are stored locally in a file |
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| 142 | and can be chosen upon startup with the combo box |
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| 143 | - when starting SAGE UI, you can now specify the location of the |
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| 144 | connection manager (port number and IP address) |
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| 145 | - shapes now have icons in the top right corner for maximizing, minimizing and closing |
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| 146 | - minimize feature was also implemented where apps keep stacking |
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| 147 | themselves in the bottom left corner of the display |
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| 148 | - ability to shutdown SAGE from within the UI (File -> Shutdown SAGE) |
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| 149 | - saving and loading sessions is now handled through system dialogs |
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| 150 | - clicking the instance buttons now brings that app to the front |
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| 154 | CHANGES in v2.5: (July 20, 2005) |
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| 156 | - the frame is now resizable based on the size of the display it is run on (and borders) |
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| 157 | - the displayCanvas tells the current user @ machine (ie Username @ yorda) |
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| 158 | - if the connection was unsuccessful, SAGE UI won't quit but instead |
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| 159 | will show the connection dialog again |
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| 160 | - fixed the ip addresses to that 1.2.3.4 is accepted as well as ico.evl.uic.edu |
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| 161 | - added ability to change SAGE background color |
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| 162 | - chat capability added with a room for every fsManager running... |
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| 163 | and for "All"...detachable/resizable panel |
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| 164 | - username login at the beginning |
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| 165 | - the beginning dialog changed |
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| 166 | - MS Windows draw problems fixed |
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| 167 | - MS Windows dialog problems fixed |
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| 168 | - optimized drawing a bit |
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| 169 | - fixed a CPU hogging bug on MS Windows |
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| 170 | - different app configurations now have short descriptive names (assigned in sage.conf) |
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| 171 | - connection to multiple SAGE environments at once is now possible (with the same username) |
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| 172 | - "About" dialog |
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| 173 | - minimum version requirements changed (wxPython --> min 2.6.1) |
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| 174 | - some minor bugs were fixed |
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