RoboJournal Changelog

What's new in RoboJournal 0.5

• Rebranded all references to MySQL to include MariaDB as well (MySQL/MariaDB). As of version 0.5, RoboJournal offers full support for MariaDB databases in addition to its legacy MySQL support (12/1/13).
• Deprecated original MySQL icon in favor of the MariaDB icon.
• Added MariaDB "seal" icon to the connection notification on the main window's status bar (Connected to MySQL/Maria database foo on bar).
• Changed reference to "MySQL Settings" on Preferences window to "MySQL/MariaDB Settings".
• Changed "MySQL" reference in the Preferences window's General page to "MySQL/MariaDB".
• Changed all MySQL references on Journal Creator, Journal Selector, and Entry Exporter to "MySQL/MariaDB".
• Vastly improved the Editor window:
• Added tagging support to the Editor. This allows you to write or modify an entry and apply tags to it using the same interface.
• Moved the Save this Entry and Discard Entry buttons to the upper toolbar to make more room for planned formatting buttons on the lower toolbar.
• Added new Journal Creator. The new class is very similar to the Newconfig class added in version 0.4; the new class is designed to be highly modular with support for several different databases. Each database is represented by a "page".
• Deprecated old Journal Creator class and removed its files (journalcreator.cpp, journalcreator.h, and journalcreator.ui) from the codebase since they are no longer needed.
• Converted existing MySQL settings into a page for the new Journal Creator.
• Added password strength meter to MySQL/MariaDB page.
• Improved the layout efficiency on the Mainwindow by removing unneeded padding space around various objects.
• Added sunken borders to splitter elements (Timeline and Output pane) on the main window and flatttened all toolbars in the application.
• Gave the original tag manager window (Tagger class) a complete overhaul to make it resemble the Editor's built-in tag interface in order to improve consistency.
• Consolidated many tagging-related functions into their own TaggingShared class. This is a better design because common tagging functions are now shared; the same code can be used in the various tagging-related functions throughout the entire program (thereby eliminating redundancy).
• Text labels on toobar buttons are now in smaller font and are below the icons as a more efficient use of space.
• Added an option to restore the default splitter position to the main window/Window drop-down menu. This option overrides the current saved position.
• Updated the Journal Selector window with new features:
• Added the Assign Permissions extension to the Journal Selector to simplify the creation of user accounts and the association of user accounts with journal databases.
• Added a Browse button to allow the user to select a SQLite database from disk.
• Tightened up the user interface by removing extra window padding on Tagger, NewConfig, EntryExporter, and JournalSelector classes.
• Bugfix: All MySQL transactions now use the same connection (9/11/13).
• Added description/explanation of new features to RoboJournal Documentation.
• Added an auto-tagging feature that allows the user to quickly tag entries by matching words in the body text with existing tags (10/10/13).
• Added connection progress bar on main window (1/12/14).
• Bugfix: The entry exporter no longer allows database dumps from remote hosts because it is impossible to dump remote files (1/12/14).
• Bugfix: The editor now displays a warning message if you try to save a new entry without any tags (3/9/14).
• The help system is now its own class (instead of being part of MainWindow) to simplify code re-use (6/21/14).
• Added a shortcut to documentation on the Welcome to RoboJournal window (6/21/14).
• Added a link to the GitHub repository to the About RoboJournal window (6/21/14).
• Bugfix: Improper tab order between various UI widgets in all GUI classes is now fixed (6/21/14).
• Added a new SQLite-based "favorite journals" system, with integration throughout the entire codebase.
• Added a list of MySQL journals in the favorites system to MySQL configuration.
• All databases in your favorites are now listed in the New Connection window for easy access. Converted the New Connection window to a drop-down list interface to simplify working with multiple databases/hosts.
• Added a shortcut to documentation on the Welcome to RoboJournal window (6/21/14) to solve the problem of documentation being unavailable until after configuration/setup has finished.
• Deprecated old Qt Assistant-based help system in favor of a pure HTML solution because the QT Assistant module was unreliable on some systems; it would not always launch correctly. The new help system is basically a stripped-down web browser class (HelpViewer) that simply displays the documentation (stored as loose HTML files) in the program directory (6/22/14).
• Removed all references to/dependencies on QCollectionGenerator from the source package. RoboJournal no longer requires Qt Assistant/QCollectionGenerator to be installed in order to build.