Release Notes for version 1.4.1 about synfig-docs HOT 4 CLOSED

I'm not good for this at all, but I can try to group them here:

Windows issues

• fix mainwindow not showing when is offscreen (synfig/synfig#1973) [studio] (the bug when reopening synfig after closing it minimized)

Non-latin chars issues

• current_working_directory() function now works correctly with non-Latin filenames (synfig/synfig#2011) [ETL]
• Fixed issue with rendering to file when using non-Latin filenames (synfig/synfig#1940) [core] [studio]
• Fixed incorrect import of lst files when path contains non-Latin characters (synfig/synfig#1924) [core]
• Fixed non-working command "Edit image editing in external tool..." (synfig/synfig#1912) [studio]
• Fixed problem with non-working plugins when using paths containing non-Latin characters (synfig/synfig#1882) [studio]
• Merge PR synfig/synfig#1889: [Synfig Studio/Windows] Fixed load/save operations for Palette editor [core] [studio]

Crash fixes

• avoid dereference of invalid TreeIter on Layer TreeView (synfig/synfig#2043) [studio] (user dragging and dropping layers in tree) (mainly on Windows)
• fix "Link to Spline" showing when a vertex of spline itself is selected (synfig/synfig#1988) [studio]
• Fixed crash when right-clicking on group in the Sets panel (synfig/synfig#1920) [studio]
• Fix crash in Spline Tangent converter (synfig/synfig#1836) [core]
• Fix crash in Spline Vertex converter (synfig/synfig#1802) (issue synfig/synfig#1731) [core]
• Fix crash on unsuccessful action with a clean undo history (synfig/synfig#1643) [studio]
• Merge PR synfig/synfig#1861: Fixed crash when frame rendering throws exception while animating [studio]

Regression fixes

• Merge PR synfig/synfig#1971: Fix action LayerDuplicate with layers "duplicate" [studio]
• fix Duplicate layer ignoring all layers but the first one (synfig/synfig#1829) [core]
• Restore ctrl-c ctrl+v ctrl+a in Color and Gradient Dialogs (synfig/synfig#1821) [studio]

UI/UX issues

• Change order of Waypoint Editor buttons to match other dialogs (synfig/synfig#1880) [studio]
• Waypoint Editor didn't properly support enums (synfig/synfig#1968) [studio]
• Merge PR synfig/synfig#1182 Improved dialog waypoint UX [studio]
• Bumped year in About dialog (synfig/synfig#1977) [studio] ("irrelevant")
• Return true only if id=1 (accept) is clicked (synfig/synfig#1573) [studio] (Now closing some ok/cancel dialogs means 'cancel' and not 'ok')
• Merge PR synfig/synfig#1386: Toolbar menu [studio]

MacOS

• [MacOS] Fixed SynfigStudio.app won't start if renamed (or contain spaces in name) (synfig/synfig#1834)

Features

• Export video files with sound (synfig/synfig#1623) [core]
  (- Fixed error when output to MPEG-1 format with audio (synfig/synfig#1830) [core])

Code cleanup/quality/organization (not relevant for regular user)

• autotools: pango and imagemagick c++ flags and libs have been moved to their respective modules (synfig/synfig#1688) [core]
• [Autotools] remove support for broken OpenGL renderering (synfig/synfig#2055) [core]
• exception-guard now lists SynfigApp exception too (synfig/synfig#2028) [studio]

Bug fixes

• Added support for loading average values (synfig/synfig#1955) [core] (since when this bug exists?! Was it a regression?! 1.0.2 according to related bug issue)
• Fix animation interpolation for boolean values (synfig/synfig#1826) [core] (I don't know if it was a regression or a long-standing bug too – 1.2.2 presented this issue too)

Others I don't know how to label

• don't let inner layer be duplicated twice (synfig/synfig#2050) [studio] (behavior change to prevent crashes in the new implementation)
• assure uniqueness for new node guid (synfig/synfig#2029) [core] (it prevents some random crashes)

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I am taking this task to prepare final release notes text. ^__^

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Thank you @rodolforg! This is a very good start!

I suggest to start with new features, then regressions, crashes and bugfixes. I like the idea to have separate "UI/UX issues" section - as we have many for this release. ^__^

We can safely drop "Code cleanup/quality/organization" (you indicated that in title already), and "Bumped year in About dialog" item.

I think all items from "Non-latin chars issues" can be mentioned as single item "Fix problems of handling paths with non-latin symbols in filename ()"

Same can be done for "Export video files with sound" - we can have single item for it and list relevant PRs - synfig/synfig#1623 and synfig/synfig#1830

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OK, I end up with a bit different structure in #28 ^__^"

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