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<!-- Define the package name and current versions -->
<property name="Name" value="TOPCAT"/>
<property name="name" value="topcat"/>
<property name="version" value="4.1+"/>
<property name="version" value="4.2"/>

<!-- The Java package name -->
<property name="package.name" value="uk.ac.starlink.topcat"/>
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<docnumber>253</docnumber>

<docdate>7 March 2014</docdate>
<docdate>4 July 2014</docdate>

<contactlist>
<contact>TOPCAT web page:
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<ref id="ControlWindow">Control Window</ref> using the
<label>CDS Upload Match</label> button (&IMG.CDSXMATCH;)
in the toolbar, or the <label>Joins</label> or <label>VO</label> menus.
This window is an interface to the
This window is an interface to the excellent
<webref url="http://cdsxmatch.u-strasbg.fr/">CDS X-Match service</webref>
provided by the Centre de Donn&#x00e9;es astronomiques de Strasbourg
(<webref url="http://cds.u-strasbg.fr">CDS</webref>).
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<li>JJ Kavelaars (NRC)</li>
<li>Gerard Lemson (MPE Garching)</li>
<li>Bob Mann (Royal Observatory Edinburgh)</li>
<li>Gr&#x00e9;gory Mantelet (ARI)</li>
<li>Ben Maughan (Bristol)</li>
<li>Richard McMahon (IoA)</li>
<li>Guillaume Mella (JMMC)</li>
<li>David Mills (Bristol)</li>
<li>Douglas Morgan (Bristol)</li>
<li>August Muench (CfA)</li>
<li>Simon Murphy (ANU)</li>
<li>Francois Ochsenbein (CDS)</li>
<li>Fran&#x00e7;ois Ochsenbein (CDS)</li>
<li>Clive Page (Leicester)</li>
<li>Menelaus Perdikeas (ESAC)</li>
<li>Fran&#x00e7;ois-Xavier Pineau (CDS)</li>
<li>Roy Platon (RAL)</li>
<li>James Price (Bristol)</li>
<li>Anita Richards (Jodrell Bank)</li>
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</dl>
</p></dd>

<dt>Next version</dt>
<dt>Version 4.2 (4 July 2014)</dt>
<dd><p>
<ul>
<li>Set antialiasing on by default for OSX - get it right this time.</li>
<li>Modify the way antialiasing is controlled. The Grid antialiasing
option, where present, now just covers the actual grid lines.
Text antialiasing is now selected with a new "Antialias" option
in the (now possibly misnamed) "Text Syntax" item
in Font configuration. This now affects the Aux axis and Legend
labelling as well as the grid labelling.</li>
<li>Add old-style frame zooming on new-style plots using middle button
(or shift) drag.</li>
<li>Form configuration options are now preserved, rather than reset,
when a new table is selected in one of the plot windows.</li>
<li>Fixed some bugs related to TAP table uploads.</li>
<li>Use RegTAP as (default) alternative to RI1.0 for registry queries.
A registry protocol selector now appears on registry query windows
to allow to switch between the two if required.
RegTAP is generally much more reliable and requires much less
bandwidth than the old arrangement.
The number of resources located is also now displayed.</li>
<li>Update the endpoint for the NVO/VAO RI1.0 registry, on advice from
Theresa Dower.</li>
<li>Upgraded Gregory Mantelet's ADQL library to version 1.2.
Better ADQL parsing.</li>
<li>Added new graphics output format <code>png-transp</code>
to generate PNG files with transparent backgrounds.</li>
<li>Fix out-by-one error in reporting of Row of min/max values
in Statistics window.</li>
<li>Add missing geometric reserved words to ADQL reserved word list.
Has a slight effect on ADQL validation in TAP window.</li>
<li>Improve TAP window Running Jobs display. The Job URL is now always
shown even when the other job details scroll off screen,
and the details scroll to the top not the bottom when a job is
selected or refreshed.</li>
<li>No longer disable "View URL As ..." options in Activation window
when no suitable columns are present.</li>
<li>Registry search panels now display resource count at the bottom of
the resource list.</li>
<li>Add CDS X-Match Upload Window. The button for this replaces the
MultiCone button in the main Control Window toolbar.
MultiCone is still available from the VO and Joins menus,
but is now for most purposes deprecated.</li>
<li>Fixed bug reversing cube and sphere navigation help buttons.</li>
<li>Fixed TAP load dialogue so that by default it stays open after a
table is loaded (the <label>Stay Open</label> option is set true
by default).</li>
<li>TAP window replaces Concatenate window on the toolbar.
The Concatenate window is still available from the
Joins menu.</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dt>Significant new functionality and changes:</dt>
<dd><p>
<ul>
<li>Add the new
<ref id="CdsUploadMatchWindow">CDS X-Match Upload Window</ref>.
In most cases (matching with a table that can be found in VizieR)
this window can and should be used instead of the old
Multi-Cone window - it is <em>much</em> faster.
The button for this window replaces the
MultiCone button in the main Control Window toolbar.
MultiCone is still available from the VO and Joins menus,
but is now for most purposes deprecated.</li>
<li>Windows with a <ref id="RegistryPanel">Registry Query Panel</ref>
can now talk to the registry using either RI1.0
(the only option in previous versions) or RegTAP.
RegTAP is generally much better
(faster, less bandwidth, more reliable),
and is the default choice, but a selector allows you
to revert to RI1.0 if preferred.</li>
<li>The "frame"-style zooming that was used in old-style plots
is now available in the new-style plots - drag the mouse
using the middle button or shift key.</li>
<li>The <ref id="TapTableLoadDialog">TAP Window</ref> button
replaces the Concatenate window button on the toolbar.
The Concatenate window is still available from the
Joins menu. This is not new functionality, but the UI change
reflects the growing usefulness of TAP services.</li>
</ul>
</p></dd>
<dt>Minor improvements:</dt>
<dd><p>
<ul>
<li>Form configuration options are now preserved, rather than reset,
when a new table is selected in one of the plot windows.</li>
<li>Registry search panels now display resource count at the bottom of
the resource list.</li>
<li>Update the endpoint for the NVO/VAO RI1.0 registry
(now deprecated in favour of RegTAP), on advice from
Theresa Dower.</li>
<li>Fixed TAP load dialogue so that by default it stays open after a
table is loaded (the <label>Stay Open</label> option is set true
by default).</li>
<li>Improve TAP window Running Jobs display. The Job URL is now always
shown even when the other job details scroll off screen,
and the details scroll to the top not the bottom when a job is
selected or refreshed.</li>
<li>Upgraded Gregory Mantelet's ADQL library to version 1.2.
Better ADQL parsing.</li>
<li>Modify the way antialiasing is controlled in plot windows.
The Grid antialiasing
option, where present, now just covers the actual grid lines.
Text antialiasing is now selected with a new "Antialias" option
in the (now possibly misnamed) "Text Syntax" item
in Font configuration. This now affects the Aux axis and Legend
labelling as well as the grid labelling.</li>
<li>Added new graphics output format <code>png-transp</code>
to generate PNG files with transparent backgrounds.</li>
</ul>
</p></dd>
<dt>Bug fixes:</dt>
<dd><p>
<ul>
<li>Set antialiasing on by default for OSX -
get it right this time.</li>
<li>Fixed some bugs related to TAP table uploads.</li>
<li>Fix out-by-one error in reporting of Row of min/max values
in Statistics window.</li>
<li>Add missing geometric reserved words to ADQL reserved word list.
Has a slight effect on ADQL validation in TAP window.</li>
<li>No longer disable "View URL As ..." options in Activation window
when no suitable columns are present.</li>
<li>Fixed bug in which cube plot navigation help button gave you
sphere plot help and vice versa.</li>
</ul>
</p></dd>
</dl>
</p></dd>

</dl>
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