Snapshot 2024-12-29

Headline Items

• mwp is migrated to Gtk4.
• Please see the migration guide for system requirements etc. and migration from the legacy version.

Recent changes

• Improve updating of replay data (in partiuclar CoG)
• Fix zoom to default (View/Centre on Position)
• Mac OS port (see #188)

The architectural changes to support Windows / MSys2 have been substantial and intrusive. Do not be surprised if there is collateral breakage. Please report such instances if you find them.

• Survey / Search / Area planner integrated into mwp (no longer an external tool)

  • Area Plan
  
  • Expanding Square
  
  • Spiral
  

Janitorial notes

• Other bug and regression fixes.
• Please raise Github issues for stuff that is broken / regressions (much has changed internally to support the Windows build).
• The prior master (Gtk+-3.0) branch has been renamed to legacy, is no longer maintained and is read-only.
• The User Guide contains updated documentation.

Installation

• A Debian archives is provided below.
• Arch Linux AUR package
• Other platforms / OS please follow the documented build instructions. Mac OS port (see #188)
• A Windows installer is provided below.

For the Debian package:

Built on Ubuntu LTS (24.04).

# download
$ curl -LO https://github.com/stronnag/mwptools/releases/download/x.y.z/mwptools_x.y.z_amd64.deb
# install
$ sudo apt install ./mwptools_x.y.z_amd64.deb

Where x.y.z. represents the version tag (e.g. 24.12.29)