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= Changelog

This wiki page aims for providing user-friendly changelog for the [[DevelopersGuide/Schedule|tested releases]] of JOSM.  Its granularity lies somewhere between the contents of [[StartupPage]] and the [/log SVN log messages]. There is a similar [[Plugin changelog|changelog for plugins]].

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* major changes/enhancements
* minor enhancements
* sub-minor enhancements
* major bugs
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== Latest development
* major changes/enhancements
* minor enhancements
  * Double click on Attributes Window to Add tag (r5271)
  * Validator changes
    * warn about nodes tagged with their way's tags (r5272)
    * allow `boat` on `natural=water` (r5273)
    * building tests no more restricted to `building=yes`, but take into account `no` and `entrance` (r5293)
    * warn about missing `power=tower/pole` within power lines (r5300, r5312)
  * Conflict dialog
    * allow selection via double-click, zoom via contextual menu (r5297, r5301, r5310)
    * various UI fixes (r5288, r5291, r5296, r5297, r5298, r5299)
  * Map styles
    * Icons for `amenity=waste_basket/waste_disposal` (r5276, r5277)
* sub-minor enhancements
  * robustness in plugin list parsing (r5306, r5307)
* major bugs

== 2012-06-04: Stable release r5267
* major changes/enhancements
  * new languages: pt (r5244), ca (r5245)
  * support for custom projections (improved) (r5226, r5227, r5228, r5229)
* minor enhancements
  * MapCSS changes
    * change semantics of `casing-width` (r5214)
    * change `z-index` handling (r5217)
  * mapstyles: add automatic reloading of local styles when they have been edited in an external editor (based on mtime) (r5219)
  * enable tags moving when creating multipolygon (r5225)
* sub-minor enhancements
  * [http://josm.openstreetmap.de/doc/ JOSM JavaDoc] (r5263)
  * projections
    * change UTM datum to WGS84. (r5232)
    * add parameters for the currently supported projections (r5238)
    * no rounding for projection bounds, to avoid 42 being dispayed as 41.99999999999 (r5235)
    * removed offset option from UTM which is probably rarely used. (r5236)
  * Extract altitude from photos and GPX track (r5242)
  * styles/presets/validator
    * update roundabout-related styles/presets/checks. (r5250)
    * new map layer icon for traffic_calming objects (r5246)
* major bugs
  * How to get resources from inside plugin? (r5241)

== 2012-05-02: Stable release r5210
* minor enhancements
  * make alternative search dialog default (r5198)
  * command line argument `--load-preferences=` to apply settings on JOSM start (r5201)
  * Allow MapCSS to style right and left side casings differently (r5206)
* sub-minor enhancements
  * Scrollable menu for Imagery offset (r5185)
  * remote control: increase the possible request size (from 1KiB to 1MiB) (r5189)
  * Style: icons for building entrances (r5190)
  * Angle snapping: show 30 instead of 330 (r5191)
  * Tagging presets: `barrier=ditch` (r5192), `overtaking=` (r5193), make use of new matching functionality (in road restrictions, buildings, addresses, contact information) (r5197)
  * add validation warning `Superfluous turnrestriction as "to" way is oneway` (r5199)
  * keys Ctrl-Shift-Up/Down, Enter, Spacebar work better in toggle dialogs; Enter and Spacebar = useful actions for list items (select, toggle, etc.) (r5200)

== 2012-04-14: Stable release r5181
* major changes/enhancements
  * Mechanism to modify JOSM settings and store files, advanced preferences dialog modifications + JavaScript configuration API + asynchronous file download task DownloadFileTask + function to export arbitrary preference keys to file (r5114)
  * Warn non-experts when combining ways with conflicting tags or ways being part of relations (r5132)
  * Several improvements in startup time: perform several initialization tasks in parallel (r5134), speedup XML parser r5135, speedup presets initialization by some caching (r5136), load preset icons in a background thread (r5139)
  * Add lasso selection mode (r5152)
* minor enhancements
  * Paste without mouse pointer in draw area should paste to center (r5052)
  * Add "Add selection to relation" to popup menu of relation toggle dialog (r5082)
  * Add Map Paint Styles to View menu (r5086, r5088)
  * Warning against misaligned imagery for new users (r5091)
  * Make target highlighting not feel sluggish (#7503)
  * Add "Select previous/next Gap" to relation editor as popup menu of the relation members (r5081)
  * [[Help/Preferences/RemoteControl|Remote Control]]: add command for opening local files (e.g., `/open_file?filename=...` (r5085)
  * [[Help/Preferences/RemoteControl|Remote Control]]: `/load_object` in combination with `addtags` (r5095, r5116)
  * Toggle [[Help/EditToolbar|edit toolbar]] (in View menu or in popup menu) (r5092)
  * Increase Readability of Available Presets/Styles (sort entries, tooltip as table, additional author/url in gray) (r5105)
  * Enhancements in plugin dependencies system (view "requires" in plugin prefs + auto selection of required plugins + alert when unselecting a plugin still required) (r5121)
  * Angle Snapping improvements: activation on A (Tab can be disabled, see #7438), better projections, show activation in status line (r5137)
  * tagging presets: allow to change the matching process (`match=none|key|key!|keyvalue`), remove `delete_if_empty`, `default` defaults to "", adapted comments in `defaultpresets.xml`, refactoring of the matching process (removes some duplicate code and some magical arithmetic) (r5155)
  * tagging presets: allow icons for individual combo items (use new `<list_entry>` element) (r5158)
* sub-minor enhancements
  * better label layout in [[Help/Dialog/History#Workingwiththehistorybrowser|VersionInfoPanel]] (r5050)
  * load map images in background, in case they are loaded over a network. Show temporary image in the meantime. (r5054)
  * improve alternative search dialog (adapt insert text, hand cursor if text can be inserted, differentiate labels from the rest) (r5063)
  * rework of projection code (r5065, r5066, r5067, r5071, r5072, r5073)
  * use closed way icon in relation editor (and conflict dialog) (r5077)
  * make toolbar popup menu more intuitive (also show popup menu on empty space) (r5079)
  * sort relations "naturally" (e.g., `US 2` < `US 10`) (r5083)
  * presets/styles: Incorporate accepted keys `organic`, `fair_trade`; deprecate previously used `shop=organic` (r5080)
  * remove and deprecate `bicycle_parking=sheffield` (r5107)
  * update `bicycle_parking` preset (r5126)
  * Show opacity slider in the middle of the screen in case opacity button is hidden (r5127)
  * add style for `entrance=*` (r5133), `power=transformer` (r5148)
* major bugs
  * TaggingPresetSearch did not update type of selected objects and therefore showed possibly wrong presets (r5071)
  * API calls blocking, cancel not working, JOSM hangs (r5084)
* [[Plugin changelog#Mar2012|plugin changes]]
  
== 2012-03-07: Stable release r5047
* major changes/enhancements
  * cleanup of core+plugin shortcuts (r4916, r4926, r4942, …)
  * support for "upload prohibited" .osm files (`<osm upload="false">`, r5025)
* minor enhancements
  * [[Help/Preferences/RemoteControl|RemoteControl]]: add option for "new layer" to preference dialog (r4883)
  * GeoJSON export (r4886)
  * allow to load remote `.osm` files (r4899)
  * provide [[Help/Dialog/RelationEditor|Relation Editor]] shortcuts (r4905)
  * show tooltip in undo-menu which action will be undone/redone (r4908)
  * (insensitive) word-based search in shortcut prefs (r4909, r4914)
  * AngleSnapping mode: precize intersections, Tab key customizable, "Disable" option in context menu (r4917)
  * improve preferences dialog startup time (r4930, r4931, r4968, r4969)
  * compressed images, handling of 1-bit-alpha PNGs (r4938, r4939, r4940)
  * display distance of moved node in history window (r4990)
  * load OSM data just by dropping URL in main window (r4996), with or without "zoom" parameter (r5005, r5011)
  * faster relation selecting with middle- or Alt-clicking (r5016, #7314/#7317)
  * add Belgian Lambert 1972 and 2008 projections (r5022)
  * possibility to hide side buttons in toggle dialogs permanently, show actions from buttons in popup menu (r5028)
* major bugs
* [[Plugin changelog#Feb2012|plugin changes]]

== 2012-01-30: Stable release r4878
* major enhancements
  * [[Help/Action/Draw|drawing action]] allows to draw segments with discrete angles (e.g., 30/45°; r4767, r4781), context menu for "Angle" status panel (r4803)
  * [[Help/Action/ImproveWayAccuracy|ImproveWayAccuracy]] plugin has been added to core
* minor enhancements
  * add Lambert 93 projection (r4673, r4781)
  * presets: add `amenity=parking_space`, `amenity=parking_entrance` (r4676), `building` (r4744)
  * show warning message when deleting relations (r4677)
  * search: allow searching by modification time (r4679)
  * improve splash screen: show execution time of items, display more detailed information (r4681)
  * validator: add test Way connected to Area (r4682), typical tag combinations (derived from Taginfo; r4777)
  * user-friendly error message with failed precondition (HTTP 412) related to nodes still used by ways (r4691)
  * [[Help/Dialog/Properties|properties dialog]]: possibility to select and perform actions on several entries at once (r4697, r4773)
  * improve startup time by caching `/capabilities` (r4709)
  * individual icons for [[Help/Menu/Imagery|imagery background]] (r4713)
  * posibility to run please wait runnable tasks in background (r4718)
  * command to load and cache WMS background images along a gpx track in advance (r4745)
  * extend Jump to next/previous marker to georefimage layer and made it easily possible to add jumping to any layer where it makes sense (r4751)
  * add "Highlight target ways and nodes" in preferences (r4767)
  * command line option to set an arbitrary preference value on start. (e.g., `--set=expert=true`; r4789)
  * [[Help/Preferences/RemoteControl|RemoteControl]]: new command `/load_object` to download objects by id; `/add_way` command to create a new way with certain coordinates; parameter `new_layer` for the `/load_and_zoom` command to load the data into a new layer (r4791, r4796, r4833, r4834, r4861)
  * add a "zoom to gap" functionality to the relation editor (r4792)
  * move cache files to `~/.josm/cache` (r4810, r4812, r4813, r4818)
  * provide an option to automatically download elements after a reference error (r4816)
  * allow plugins to register search operators (r4817), map painting styles and tagging presets (r4839)
  * alternative search dialog for beta testing (enabled by setting `dialog.search.new` to true; r4832)
  * moved several commands to expert mode (r4828, r4835, r4840, r4841, r4843, r4844, r4849)
* major bugs
  * fix passing OSM auth information to wrong server (e.g., WMS server; r4690)
  * fix several shortcut conflicts, remap several shortcuts (r4711, r4850, [[DevelopersGuide/ShortcutsList]])
  * starts extremely slow when osm api is offline, no read timeout for normal API connections (r4854, r4859)
* [[Plugin changelog#Jan2012|plugin changes]]