VYM-View Your Mind Changelog

What's new in VYM-View Your Mind 2.7.0

Apr 1, 2021

Feature overview:
Windows support
Native support on Windows
vym is default application for .vym files now
Features shared on all platforms:
New script engine
Iterate over branches
New Scripting functions: loadFile, saveFile
statusMessage in scripts, added demo script to strip URLs
(Experimental) support for Markdown
(experimental) add two more filters for tasks based on flags
Add actions to grow/shrink image to ContextMenu
Improve focus visibility of editors
Key_D to delete selection (similar to vi)
More intelligent JiraAgent
Multi-copy/paste
New macro to replace "@name" by names from mutt alias file
Refactored macros to use one file instead of many for function keys
Tabs are movable
Save text base exports also to global clipboard
Scrollwheel + CTRL zooms to mouse pointer instead of center
Startup time improvement (no printer initialized)
Translation to Croatian by Damir Brašnić
Updated czech translation by Vít Pelčák
Detailed list of features
Write task prio to XML for external processing
(Experimental) support for Markdown
(experimental) add two more filters for tasks based on flags
Add actions to grow/shrink image to ContextMenu
Add area tags in HTML export
Add line numbers to all script editors
Add vym version to header in HTML export
Added timeout to JiraAgent
Allow manual adjustments of priority of tasks
Allow to finish editing of heading by mouseclick
Allow use of rename vym files in vivym
Alt tags for image of map in HTML export
Automatically re-search after toggling notes flag
Backport of improved screenreader support in HTML export
Center date in HTML export
Cleanup Confluence links with Shift-F12
Configure visible columns in taskeditor (configfile)
Copy ASCII export to global clipboard
Cut of multiple selected objects
Improve focus visibility of editors
Improve speed and JIRA lookups, append to 'JIRA log'
Improved filter for arrows in tasks (logical OR)
Initial Jira support (experimental)
Key_D to delete selection (similar to vi)
More Alt tags for image of map and flags in HTML export
More intelligent JiraAgent
More macros to set frame background color
Multi-copy/paste
New Scripting functions: loadFile, saveFile
New macro to replace "@name" by names from mutt alias file
Output URL ID, so that this can create URLS within vym
Refactored macros to use one file instead of many for function keys
Reorder tabs
Save text base exports also to global clipboard
Scrollwheel + CTRL zooms to mouse pointer instead of center
Set RichText mode when pasting rich text
Set TextEditor colors
Shortcuts to open/edit vymlink
Show number of tasks in properties dialog
Startup time improvement (no printer initialized)
Support another JIRA queue
Tabs are movable
Translation to Croatian by Damir Brašnić
Update title of note editor with currently selected branch
Updated czech translation by Vít Pelčák
Updated macros
pipe mails to vym, also multipart mails
statusMessage in scripts, added demo script to strip URLs
Bugfixes
"image" missing in menu entry to add image
#97 save color also for richtext headings
#98 Support UTF-8 when using zip mode in 7z on windows
Also identify logBranch in corner cases correctly
Ambigous keyboard shortcut for Alt-X
Append 'JIRA log' to right branches if multiple queries used
Case insensitive sorting of branches
Center date in HTML export
Changed XML version for croatian
Check external JIRA case insensitive
Compiler warnings
Correctly display status of tasks in MapEditor after load
Correctly identify backups with .vym~ postfix as vymmap
Don't allow emtpy headings
Don't always paste on top in texteditor
Don't call updateTasksALarm during load, makes reposition to slow
Don't crash, when a Jira query is in subtree of updated Jira tickets
Don't update from JIRA if there is whitespace in heading
Don't write invalid (empty) dates for tasks sleep time
Don't zip currentDir in Linux
Enable selection with cursor keys after JIRA update
Find external JIRA project again
ImportDir
Keep color of branch when updating from Jira
No leading slash for image drops on windows
Open LineEdit left of mapcenter at correct position
Processing mails with UNIX line ending not supported by ruby mail
Read setting for show parents by level in find results
Regression, which didn't draw parts correctly
Remove temporary file #100 (Regression in debug release)
Removed close button of historywindow
Rendering of RichText headings in target popup menu
Revert previous change
Save backup file
Scroll JIRA log after updating
Segfault in JiraAgent Destr.
Select previous branch after updating from Jira
Set task morning with '0'
Set taskeditor columns from settings file Stopped working with Qt 5.9 Uses workaround: Timer initializes column layout after first painting of widget
Snapshot slides
Survive empty resolution in Jira
Toggle history window
Update flags after adding note in script
Update geometry of selection after changed data
Update position of selection again on left side of MCO
Update task flag in ME when switching from Morning to WideAwake
Use // instead of # for single line comments and highlighting
Use resource to find macros
Use user installed gems for vym-addmail.rb
Windows 10 zip/unip files
also update model during import when unscrolling
create slide snapshot scripts
get Jira data also if a sub branch is present
image drop (and undo)
rpmlint warnings for ruby scripts
save taskeditor filters
toggle from rich text to plain text and fixed font
undoUpdateMessage also for non-Jira headings

New in VYM-View Your Mind 2.6.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

NEW FEATURES:
Consider position of a branch in subtree when calculating priorities
Lockfiles to improve multi-user suupor
Set number of shown parents also for find results
Set default map author for new maps
Retrieve OS information using This allows QSysInfo::prettyProductName to be used. (using Qt 5.4 on windows now)
File dialog to select 7z on windows
Added window with debug info
Greek translation by Yannis Kaskamanidis
Sort context menus of targets lexically
Wordwrap heading in task editor
Filter for new tasks in taskeditor
Improved handling of exports
Export map as text with tasks appended in extra list (experimental)
Internal fileformat changed to better support embedded HTML: Using CDATA and VymText instead of VymNote
set keyboard focus to note/heading editor when opening it
Leave TextEditor with Esc
Display update information from vym server
BUG FIXES:
Bottomline of branch ‘jumping’ by one pixel when moving
Font in shortcuts window
Update taskeditor after relinking branches
Set map properties editor to readonly, if map is readonly
In NoteEditor alignment only changed first line
for - No undo after deleteAll in TextEditors (2fb0f43b)
Workaround for missing translation( On windows locale is set to en-US instead of en_US…)
Don’t try to unzip .mm files (FreeMind)
Renamed .ts files: This allows QTranslator to also find e.g. en.qm when looking for en_US.qm
Use en_US.UTF-8 on Linux
Language detection
Removed KDE4 support
No undo after deleteAll in TextEditors
#70 Export to LibreOffice Impress
Removed unused code on windows
Do not silently ignore failed exports, e.g. if file exists
Do not silently ignore failed exports, e.g. if file exists
Missing borders in image exports
Shortcut to save map
vymLinks with relative paths were not always detected correctly
Installation on Mac
Free positioning (experimental)
Changed vymBaseDir on Mac OSX
Find demos and pdf documentation on Mac OSX
Find translations in correct vymBaseDir on Mac OSX
Imports of MM and directory
setMapChanged when moving control points of XLinks
Toggle RichText with Alt + Shift + R
set focus back to mapeditor when pressing Escape-Key
#80 Localise Qt strings and introduce –locale option
83 Don’t install docs in ‘make install’
#76 Wrong icon in documentation
#82 Again… don’t copy lang/
#82 Copy only .qm in generation of Makefile
#80 Localise Qt strings and introduce –locale option
83 Don’t install docs in ‘make install’
#76 Wrong icon in documentation
Copy contents of lang/ again in make install
#79 FTBFS with GCC 6: no matching function
Switch to just loaded map
Focus on MapEditor when starting to edit branch
Focus on MapEditor when starting to edit branch
Enter pipe-symbol in NoteEditor #78
save scope of inherited editors
Don’t change map when just reselecting a branch with a note
Visible tasks in taskeditor for new map
Update recent maps menu after loading of map
Empty window with update information on startup
Don’t allow changing flags or use of Page/Cursor keys during editing of heading
LibreOffice Export
Segfault when exiting vym
No confirmation dialog, when closing tab of modified map
Set color of new timestamp
Update session filelist correctly
MS VS2013 compiler has nested if limit - work around by Darren Lissimore
Wrong domain in cookie handling set
Save colors during edit of heading
Copy color of parent branch to new branch
VymText can contain “]]>” in CDATA now
Drag & Drop of URLs
Wrong positioning of moved branches before mouse button is released
RichText headings in ToC of HTML export
Detect richText heading in saved maps from version < 2.5.0
Detect richText note in saved maps from version < 2.5.0
Use zip format when saving with 7z: compatibility e.g.i between Windows and Linux
Refactoring parser to enable both double and single quotes
Undo/redo setHeading
vt symbol in TreeEditor

New in VYM-View Your Mind 2.2.4 (Jul 18, 2012)

General:
File handling
Autosave
Automatic backups
vym now checks regulary if map has changed on disk and
Multiple files can be selected while loading maps and images
Restore last session
Ubuntu builds available directly from openSUSE build service
Multiple mapcenters in one map
Manpage added
New translations:
Sverige
Eussian
traditional Chinese
Spanish
Code:
Completely ported to Qt4 now.
HTML export now native code without XSLT transformation
DBUS support (partly)
Import/Expor:t
Last export can be repeated
Simple export to CSV spreadsheet
Most important exports can be scripted now
ASCII exports show URLs
Import of FreeMind maps
Handling:
Quick sorting and moving using "targets"
Targets can be defined by singlekeystroke
"Goto" selects target
"Move to" moves selection to target without moving view. Very useful for quickly sorting things
Brainstorm mode
add/delete
insert branch and make selection its child
removing childs of a branch
removing a branch and keeping its childs
xLinks
can now be comfortably selected by clicking
very easy to follow a xlink by clicking into the corner of the branch, where it begins
also "F" key can be used to follow
References/URLs
Opening of all vymLinks in a subtree
Opening of all URLs in a subtree
Bugzilla integration
vym can fetch data directly from Bugzilla (extra package required, see manual)
Quick checks of bugs status: All bugs in a subtree can be updated by single keystroke
Support for Bugzilla queries
Copy from past steps in history to current one
Adding timestamp to branch
Sort lexically (forward/backward)
create new map with current selection as MapCenter
Detach a branch to make it a new mapcenter
Go forward/backward in selection history
Widgets:
Editors
Tree editor added
Heading editor added
New find window
shows all hits clearly, both branches and notes
Makes it easy to select the hits in editors
More filedialogs now can remember to switch off warnings
Progressbar shows filename of currently loading map
Dock Widgets
can be positioned freely
Floating next to mainwindow
Integrated (top/left/right/bottom) into mainwindow
Note editor
Find window
Graphics:
Animation
Panning
Snap back
Images
Basic SVG support
Images can be resized
New standard flags
Frames
Include subtree in frame
New frametype: cloud
Zoom
Zoom with scroll wheel (press CTRL)
zoom factor is saved and restored on load
Center on selection with "." or reset zoom with ","
Autolayout (collision detection)
Fonts
Set default font
Branch headings may be RichText now

New in VYM-View Your Mind 1.10.0 (Mar 4, 2010)

New in VYM-View Your Mind 1.9.0 (Mar 4, 2010)

Feature: Extended fileformat with object IDs to ease export from tomboy to vym
Feature: Completed german translation
Feature: Center on selection with "."
Feature: Most important exports can be scripted now
Feature: Creating new map with selection as MapCenter
Feature: Simple export to CSV spreadsheet
Feature: Copy from past steps in history to current one
Feature: Editing of frame attributes in branch property window
Feature: autosave
Feature: number of undo/redo levels can be changed in settings
Feature: branch property window settings are saved
Feature: Added basic macros and documentation
Feature: Color of selection can be changed now
Feature: Pen and brush for frames can be set
Feature: Simple Editor for scripts
Feature: Added syntax highlighting for editor
Feature: Unscroll all now only affects selected subtree
Feature: Modifier Modes now change cursor when CTRL is pressed
Feature: vym opens spanish documentation, if locale is es*
Feature: New Frame format
Feature: Properties dialog for branches instead of context menu entries
Feature: Only one history window for all editors. State is saved.
Feature: Canvas ported to QT 4.2 GraphicsView
Feature: Options to use AntiaAliasing and smooth pixmap transformations
Feature: Thick links use polygons now, less objects in scene
Feature: More undo commands (and fixes there)
Feature: Note Editor completly based on QT4 now.
Feature: Opening of all URLs in a subtree
Feature: Opening of all vymLinks in a subtree
Feature: Changed format of configuration file a bit (new file anyway with introduction of QT4)
Feature: Toolbar Layout is saved now
Feature: Moved floats in XML Export, e.g. XHTML shows floatimages at
Bugfix: auto-select/auto-edit new branches
Bugfix: Visibility of BranchProperty window is saved now
Bugfix: Undo/Redo dropping images into map
Bugfix: Undo/Redo of copy/paste steps
Bugfix: NoteEditor now appears on first click (not 2nd)
Bugfix: Disable autosave while there are redos available
Bugfix: After changing link color, that color is applied to all links now
Bugfix: Pasting of FIOs
Bugfix: No selection of branches while editing heading
Bugfix: geometry of selection box gets updated while setting scroll or hide flag
Bugfix: Possible segfault when redoing deleteChilds()
Bugfix: autosave timeout now read from settings file
Bugfix: Settings for historywindow correclty read now
Bugfix: Closing property window toggle corresponding button
Bugfix: Unscroll all childs has saveState now
Bugfix: Invisible selection after switching mapeditor
Bugfix: For frames the links always were drawn at bottom of heading
Bugfix: BranchPropertyWindow updates when selection is changed
Bugfix: Crash when trying to temporary link to floatimage
Bugfix: Drawing error when temporary linking subtrees
Bugfix: Import of KDE Bookmarks
Bugfix: Export to KDE Bookmarks
Bugfix: Export to XHTML
Bugfix: Drag and Drop of URLs now only creates one branch
Bugfix: Remember last directory before ASCII/LaTeX export
Bugfix: Editing in NoteEditor now updates actions (save) again
Bugfix: Deleting last branch automatically unscrolls parent now
Bugfix: Scroll/Unscroll has undo/redo now
Bugfix: xml-parsing code simplified
Bugfix: Fixed pretty annoying repositioning of view after editing a heading. (don't call show() before positioning in heading...)
Bugfix: Wrong Cursors after pressing CTRL and inserting/relinking
Bugfix: Save PNG images with quality 100 to workaround image problems
Bugfix: Remember last directory before XML export
Bugfix: move branch up/down calls scene()->update() now => much faster
Bugfix: Relinking of floatimages undo/redo
Bugfix: printing scales correctly again
Bugfix: Drag & Drop (basically) works again
Bugfix: Crash caused by BranchObj::getLastSelected
Bugfix: Signal handling by changes in TextEditor: Much faster now
Bugfix: printing is working again
Bugfix: move up/down to next subtree is working again
Bugfix: Flags are working again
Bugfix: Floatimages have correct select box again
Bugfix: Image format is saved with floatimage
Bugfix: New recent file handling, fixes crash on Mac OS X
Bugfix: Position of floatimages is saved again
Bugfix: Position of floatimages survives adjustCanvasSize()
Bugfix: Adding branch to scrolled branch unscroll the former
Bugfix: More undo commands (removed saveStateComplete)
Bugfix: No more hopping around of floats, when canvas is resized
(by using relative positions for mainbranches. This might confuse parsing 1.8.56 documents with vym