[QGIS Commit] r12462 - trunk/qgis/doc

[svn_qgis at osgeo.org]

Author: timlinux
Date: 2009-12-14 17:34:02 -0500 (Mon, 14 Dec 2009)
New Revision: 12462

Modified:
   trunk/qgis/doc/index.html
Log:
Updated whats new content in index.html

Modified: trunk/qgis/doc/index.html
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--- trunk/qgis/doc/index.html	2009-12-14 22:31:48 UTC (rev 12461)
+++ trunk/qgis/doc/index.html	2009-12-14 22:34:02 UTC (rev 12462)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   </td>
   <td valign="center">
     <span class="header">Quantum GIS Documentation</span><br>
-    <span class="subheader">Version 1.3.0 <i>Mimas</i></span><br>
+    <span class="subheader">Version 1.4.0 <i>Enceladus</i></span><br>
     <span class="warning">Please read this entire document for important information about this release.</span>
   </td>
 </tr>
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 -->
 <!-- This documentation describes the Quantum GIS (QGIS) application. More
 information on QGIS is available on the web page at http://qgis.org. -->
-<h2>Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?</h2>
+
+<h2>Whats new in Version 1.4.0 'Enceladus'?</h2>
 <p>
 Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As 
 such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over 
@@ -30,7 +31,74 @@
 features, we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support
 (LTS)1.0.x release series.
 </p>
+<p>
+Please note that this is a release in our 'cutting edge' release series. As
+such it contains new features and extends the programmatic interface over QGIS
+1.0.x and QGIS 1.3.0. If an unchanging user interface, programmatic API and
+long term support is more important to you then cool new and untested features,
+we recommend that you use a copy of QGIS from our Long Term Support (LTS)1.0.x
+release series. In all other cases we recommend that you use this version.
+</p>
+<p>
+This release includes around 200 bug fixes, nearly 30 new features and has had
+a lot of love and attention poured in to it to take our favourite desktop GIS
+application another step on the road to GIS nirvana! So much has happened in
+the 3 months since our last release that it is impossible to document
+everything here. Instead we will just highlight a couple of important new
+features for you.
+</p>
+<p>
+Probably the biggest new feature is the addition of the new vector symbology
+infrastructure. This is provided alongside the old implementation - you can
+switch using a button in the vector layer properties dialog. It does't replace
+the old symbology implementation completely yet because there are various isues
+that need to be resolved and a large amount of testinhen it is considered
+ready.
+</p>
+<p>
+QGIS now has a field calculator, accessible via a button in the attribute
+section of the vector properties, and from the attribute table user interface.
+You can use feature length, feature area, string concatenation and type
+conversions in the field calculator, as well as field values.
+</p>
+<p>
+The map composer has had a lot of attention. A grid can now be added to
+composer maps. Composer maps can now be rotated in the layout. The limitation
+of a single map layout per project has been removed. A new composer manager
+dialog has been added to manage the existing composer instances. The composer
+widget property sheets have been completely overhauled to use less screen space 
+</p>
+<p>
+Various parts of the user interface have been overhauled with the goal of
+improving consistency and to improve support for netbooks and other smaller
+screen devices. Loading and saving of shortcuts. Position can now be displayed
+as Degrees, Minutes, Seconds in the status bar. The add, move and delete vertex
+buttons are now removed and the node tool is moved from the advanced editing
+toolbar to the standard editing toolbar. The identification tool has also
+undergone numerous improvements.
+</p>
+<p>
+A render caching capability has been added to QGIS. This speeds up common
+operations such as layer re-ordering, changing symbology, WMS / WFS client,
+hiding / showing layers and opens the door for future enhancements such as
+threaded rendering and pre-compositing layer cache manipulation. Note that it
+is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the options dialog.
+</p>
+<p>
+User defined SVG search paths are now added to the options dialog.
+</p>
+<p>
+When creating a new shapefile, you can now specify its CRS. Also the avoid
+intersections option for polygons is now also possible with background layers.
+</p>
+<p>
+For power users, you can now create customizable attribute forms using Qt
+Designer dialog UIs.
+</p>
 
+
+
+<h2>Whats new in Version 1.3.0 'Mimas'?</h2>
 <p>
 This release includes over 30 bug fixes and several useful new features:
 </p>