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[Cs-dev] Release Notes for 5.17

Date2012-03-18 14:46
Fromjohn ffitch
Subject[Cs-dev] Release Notes for 5.17
Hope this is OK now
==John ffitch
Notes for 5.17
==============

This is mainly a bug-fixing release with no major changes, but the
number of fixes warrants a release.  



New Opcodes:
    cell opcode for cellular automata

New Gen and Macros:

Modified Opcodes and Gens:
    active now will report total number of active or allocated
        instruments if argument in zero. 
    stsend and strecv the TCP socket opcodes reworked to a logical design
    DSSI system now will take up to 9 channels
    FLsavesnap works with other widgets where imin > imax

Utilities
    csbeats better documented and built by default; also more note
        lengths available
    Some security holes in utilities fixed

Frontends

Bugs fixed:
    unirand opcode at arate fixed
    Locale fix for floating point literals in orchestra
    transegr fixed

System Changes:
    Score can now last longer (change to size of time variable)
    An empty score gives a very long performance time (years and years)
    Android code released
    Changes to use of tmp files; now all are deleted at end of run
        (previously some were left) and the environment variable
        TMPDIR is used.   
    interaction between Comments, end of line and end of file fixed
    Hexadecimal numbers now allowed in orchestra
    Empty orchestra now not a crash
    change to macro expansion inside a string
    avoid infinite loop when eof in malformed score macro
    fixed macroname-with-args diagnostics and memory leak
    change to preprocessor: {{ }} inside "..." and better diagnostics
    fix windows installer so it removes full $INSTDIR\bin from PATH
        during uninstall 
    CsoundAC MusicModel class more usable by C++ programs
    ftcps had been missed as a function

API:

Internal:
     Many!  Some messages quietened, code improvements etc


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