Version history
8.01.1 -Sept 2021
Improved error handling if Blade word prediction files are corrupted
8.01.0 - March 2021
Added Arc tool in graphics mode
Some fixes to manual scans to make them match SAW 6
Bug fix: large word prediction grids were not previously filling all boxes
8.00.5
Major upgrade adding significant graphical functionality to create non-rectangular shapes that can be scanned. Selecting "Graphics mode" from the file menu displays extra options to draw and edit various shapes. Arbitrary shapes can be scanned supporting the normal scripts and colour or line changes to indicate when selected. All graphical shapes can be moved manually, stretched, rotated both with the mouse or by entering coordinates (or rotation amounts etc) Closed shapes can be used to create a masked image: displaying only the part of an image within the bounding shape Addition of nudge buttons in the item property to slightly move the selected item(s) Text labels which attach to another button/shape and move with it when the set is edited Support for Yoctopuce relay switches
7.02.2
Minor fixes
Also error report to server fixed - the new server had been failing to accept them
7.02.1
Fixes to key output handling
Changed behaviour of system menu (top left) in run mode
7.02.0
Added Swedish word prediction lexicon to the installer
Added buttons in item editor to shrink/expand current item(s)
7.01.9
Added buttons in item editor to adjust position of selected item(s)
7.01.8
Grid and background screen redesigned. New background mode added that locks screen A:R to that of image so that buttons stay in the same position relative to the background even if the set is resized
Added functions on control+left/right cursor keys to move the selected item in or out of the nesting hierarchy. Also control+up/down now move it up or down list of items within it's current container.
7.01.5
Added option to show dotted border when editing for any invisible items
Added snap-to-shape and edit paper (background + grid) buttons in toolbox
Added configuration deltas on installation (can push through setting changes after an update)
Improvements to copy-paste semantics
Improvements to handling of < when NOT intended to introduce a special code in keyboard output text
Added option that the graphic on a button is shown only when the button is highlighted/visited
Version 7
Version 7 is a complete rewrite of SAW 6 in more modern programming languages.
Although this broadly replicated SAW6, the UI has also been modernised significantly, and some functionality added
7.01.4 was the first prototype that was functionally complete. Details of prototypes up to this point are not recorded.