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# History of versions

- version 1.16.0 (2021-09-26) * Fixed unitary tests in Meson
- version 1.15.1 (2020-03-07) * If no global version is defined, doesn't set "version" value in Meson
- version 1.15.0 (2020-03-04) * Add version number in Meson * Compiles with Valac 0.48 (and previous) * Fixed several warnings * Changed license to GPLv3 only * Fixed copyright file for debian packages (now it is machine-readable)
- version 1.14.0 (2019-03-18) * Fix typelib destination path when using a non-standard folder for a library * Added support for non-standard GIR paths * Allows to include Meson files for manual commands, just like in CMake * Now don't install the CMakeLists.txt files when using Meson * Updated the Gedit plugin
- version 1.13.0 (2019-02-24) * Adds automagically the gschemas compiler * Now includes the meson scripts in the repositories * Added support for specifying binary programs needed for building or running a project * Extra fixes to deb generation
- version 1.12.1 (2019-02-11) * Fixed a little bug in the typelib compilation
- version 1.12.0 (2019-02-10) * Now compiles the .gir files into typelibs and install them when creating a library * Changed constants namespace to ensure compatibility with g-ir-compile * Reverted gfm to markdown_github to keep compatibility with current debian stable and ubuntu LTS
- version 1.11.0 (2019-02-10) * Fixed library generation in Meson: now creates the .gir files fine * Changed the obsolete type markdown_github with gfm for pandoc
- version 1.10.0 (2018-05-19) * Now adds the version and project name in the PO files
- version 1.9.0 (2018-05-08) * Now adds "-rdynamic" in meson/ninja, to ensure that it is possible to connect signals with Builder
- version 1.8.0 (2018-04-28) * Fixed a bug when using .vapi files and building with meson
- version 1.7.0 (2018-04-23) * Now ignores the built-in defines like VALA_X_Y
- version 1.6.1 (2018-03-28) * Fixed error in translations that prevented building the code
- version 1.6.0 (2018-03-28) * Allows to include notes for the translators in the code and add them in the .po files
- version 1.5.0 (2018-03-25) * Now the package optimization works in systems with non-english languages * Now remembers the data in the old control file in debian package files, allowing to personalize the descriptions and more
- version 1.4.0 (2018-03-24) * Now removes unneeded packages in the dependencies list in debian/control files
- version 1.3.1 (2018-03-12) * Updated documentation style
- version 1.3.0 (2018-03-01) * Now uses valac --api-version to get the true folder with the VAPI files
- version 1.2.2 (2018-02-28) * Now works with vala 0.39
- version 1.2.1 (2017-11-08) * Fixed a bug when there is neither global nor local "version" statement
- version 1.2.0 (2017-10-29) * Added support for mime files * Added support for Polkit policy files * Added support for global project version number * Better pkgconfig files generated by CMake
- version 1.1.3 (2017-10-29) * Added support for system dbus files * Added support for configuration dbus files * Fixed bug with aliases * Fixed bug in meson when installing data files * Now doesn't add conditionals to the translate statement when a source file is conditional
- version 1.1.2 (2017-10-16) * Improved the support for Meson build system (thanks to cromerc for the invaluable help) * Fixed the parallel compilation under CMake * Allows to create "aliases" for binaries
- version 1.1.1 (2017-08-17) * Updated bash completion options
- version 1.1.0 (2017-02-11) * Added meson support
- version 1.0.1 (2017-02-09) * Now includes the main CMakeLists.txt and the Config.vala.base files in the project's file list
- version 1.0.0 (2016-12-30) * Updated version to 1.0.0
- version 0.99.48 (2016-12-16) * Added initial support for Genie * Now adds the .VAPI and .GS (Genie) files in all src/ folder to the list of files generated for SCM systems like GIT * Now can find the icon themes even if XDG_DATA_DIRS is not defined
- version 0.99.47 (2016-10-23) * Now the list of files to translate is kept ordered between executions, reducing the number of changes in repositories due to changes in the file order * Added support for external data (useful to store data for external programs that use autovala) * Added support for persistent comments in the AVPRJ file
- version 0.99.46 (2016-10-02) * Fixed bug when using an absolute path for vapidir: commands * Allows to add non-existing folders with vapidir * Fixed several english errors ("doesn't exists" changed to "doesn't exist")
- version 0.99.45 (2016-09-21) * Allows to use CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE with standard and custom-defined types * Now automagically generates the debugging symbols when the build type specified should have them * By default compiles with the Release build type, ensuring -O3 optimizations for the binaries
- version 0.99.44 (2016-09-20) * Allows to use conditionals in INCLUDE, SOURCE_DEPENDENCY and BINARY_DEPENDENCY commands
- version 0.99.43 (2016-09-18) * Allows to compile and fully rebuild the project from external editors, like Gedit
- version 0.99.42 (2016-09-18) * Now it pases the gresource files to the vala compiler, allowing to use Gtk Templates
- version 0.99.41 (2016-08-25) * Fixed a bug in the --vapidir folder generation * Fixed some compilation warnings
- version 0.99.40 (2016-08-21) * Allows to specify --vapidir folders * Now includes the files inside a GResource XML file in the project's file list
- version 0.99.39 (2016-08-02) * Allows to use GResource files in projects * Uses GResources to store icons and glade files * Now shows the output of autovala when it can't refresh the widgets in an editor
- version 0.99.38 (2016-01-28) * Now PKG_CONFIG_PATH takes precedence (and fully replaces) the base paths. * Fixed a bug when compiling under windows
- version 0.99.37 (2015-12-05) * Now the DBUS Service files ends with the right file name (it removes the ".base" if requires)
- version 0.99.36 (2015-12-02) * Supports conditional CUSTOM and VALA_DESTINATION commands * Now the Gedit plugin can be installed in the right folders both locally and globally
- version 0.99.35 (2015-11-24) * Now the buttons in the plugins for Gedit and Scratch works fine (fixed callbacks)
- version 0.99.34 (2015-11-22) * Allows to put several files in "source_dependency" and "binary_dependency" statements, allowing to search for one of the files listed fo fullfill the condition.
- version 0.99.33 (2015-11-09) * Uses the new format for AppData files * Recognizes .metainfo.xml files as AppData files too
- version 0.99.32 (2015-11-08) * Recognizes AppData files, installing them in the right place and using its data when creating packages
- version 0.99.31 (2015-10-29) * Allows to use "using PKG, PKG..." syntax (before only allowed one package per "using" statement)
- version 0.99.30 (2015-10-14) * Removes multithread compilation under Arch, because doesn't work
- version 0.99.29 (2015-08-24) * Updated PKGBUILD to the new Pandoc package * Updated DEBIAN control files to support both valac-0.26 and 0.28 * Added Windows CMake support
- version 0.99.28 (2015-08-15) * Now ensures that the Debian control file has a valid name
- version 0.99.27 (2015-05-31) * Now refreshes fine the icon cache when there are several icon themes
- version 0.99.26 (2015-05-11) * Now, for arch, installs libraries in /usr/lib instead of /usr/lib64 * Fixed dependencies in the DEB, RPM and Pacman files
- version 0.99.25 (2015-05-10) * Now allows to generate PKGBUILD files for Arch's Pacman that support to download the sources from a repository (like GitHub) * Added packaging files for the Gedit-Plugin * Now, if it is not possible to determine to which package belongs a file, the package generation process will not be stopped * Fixed some extra bugs in the PGBUILD generation process
- version 0.99.24 (2015-05-09) * Now uses separated .base files when creating deb, rpm or pacman packages
- version 0.99.23 (2015-05-07) * Added support for creating preliminar PACMAN's PKGBUILD files * Fixed bug when extracting translation strings in non-ascii, UTF-8 format * Removed (hope this one for all) the [type: gettext/glade] entry
- version 0.99.22 (2015-04-26) * Better use of the VERSION field in packages
- version 0.99.21 (2015-04-23) * Now sets the right permissions to DEB and RPM files * Added msgfmt as dependency for programs * Now fills the SECTION field in DEB packages * Add bash-completion.pc as dependency when there are bash-completion files
- version 0.99.20 (2015-04-12) * Now adds the field VERSION in the DEBIAN/CONTROL file * Allows to set files that must be present during build (needed for readline, since it doesn't have pkg-config file)
- version 0.99.19 (2015-04-06) * Now also passes the definitions set in CMAKE with -D to the C source files * Adds again the GLADE mimetype to the POTFILES.in .ui files, to ensure that intltool-update recognizes them
- version 0.99.18 (2015-02-23) * Now calls gtk-update-icon-cache with the right path * Updated spanish translation and translatable strings
- version 0.99.17 (2015-02-17) * Better support for exporting Autovala projects to Valama
- version 0.99.16 (2015-02-17) * Added preliminary support to export Autovala project files to Valama project files
- version 0.99.15 (2015-02-15) * Can use the canvas size of a SVG file to determine the size entry where to put it
- version 0.99.14 (2015-02-12) * Allows to specify a different theme for icons * Now parses the INDEX.THEME file from an icon theme to know where to put an icon * Allows to specify extra folders where to search for .h files when compiling the C source files * Fixed a bug when setting several C parameters
- version 0.99.13 (2015-02-02) * Now doesn't take into account DEFINE parameters named "true", "false", "0" or "1" * Fixed the final directory name for bitmap icons
- version 0.99.12 (2015-01-11) * Fixed a bug when using development versions of Vala compiler * Allows to use alternative CMAKE files
- version 0.99.11 (2014-12-12) * Can create automagically the metadata for .deb and .rpm packages * Now honors the c_library parameters also in libraries * Now only updates the project view in editor plugins when the project file has changed. * Added support for GTK 3.4 (needed to allow to compile under Elementary OS Luna)
- version 0.99.10 (2014-11-18) * Added support for unitary tests
- version 0.99.9 (2014-09-23) * Now .gitignore also contains a line to ignore backup files (this is, files with a name ended in ~) * Allows to set an specific vala version in the configuration file, or let autovala set automatically the most recent version available
- version 0.99.8 (2014-09-18) * Fully fixed to avoid put as a requirement the library being built when it defines a sub-namespace of its own namespace * Autogenerates a .gitignore, .bzrignore and .hgignore files
- version 0.99.7 (2014-09-03) * Generates .deps files for libraries, needed with .vapi files * Adds Require field in pkg-config files to list the dependencies of a library * Now doesn't put as a requirement the library being built when it defines a sub-namespace of its own namespace
- version 0.99.6 (2014-08-27) * Doesn't show the message that can't resolve "Using Math" when using that statement
- version 0.99.5 (2014-08-26) * Allows to specify C libraries that lacks pkg-config support (like the math library, needed when using GLib.Math)
- version 0.99.4 (2014-08-25) * Added the "project_files" option to the text shown with "help"
- version 0.99.3 (2014-07-30) * Now detects valac development versions with non-classic version numbers, like Vala 0.25.1.1-ba8e
- version 0.99.2 (2014-06-30) * Now installs manpages at .../man/manX, instead of .../man/man/manX
- version 0.99.1 (2014-06-30) * Allows to list all the files needed to compile the project. Useful to add them to GIT, Bazaar, Subversion... * Now error messages are shown in STDERR instead of STDOUT * Added translations for Scratch plugin
- version 0.99.0 (2014-06-08) * Added global search (searchs string in all the files in a project) * Added panel to show the output of the building process * Internal changes to allow to add more types of elements * Now double-click is used to the files from the project view, the file view or the global search * Fixed scrolling problem in the project view under scratch text editor
- version 0.98.0 (2014-05-26) * Added support for GEdit 3.12 and later in the plugin * Added a plugin for Scratch Text Editor * Allows to create new projects from the plugins * Added folders /usr/lib64 and /usr/local/lib64 in the list for searching pkgconfig packages (enhances compatibility with Fedora) * Now it uses GNUInstallDirs with CMake, improving compatibility with non-debian-based systems * Now installs the autostart file in ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/autostart when the code is being installed in the $HOME directory * Now adds all non-conditional CHECK elements
- version 0.97.0 (2014-05-12) * Added support for the new GEdit plugin for Autovala * Added two GTK3 widgets to allow to easily create plugins for text editors * Now the GLOBALS object has the vapiList as an static member, allowing to read it once. This speeds up the gedit plugin * Now autovala doesn't add hiden or backup source files
- version 0.96.0 (2014-05-04) * Now manages the bash-completion files automagically * When installing a project to the HOME folder, it won't install the bash-completion files to avoid an error (because they should go to /etc) * Added compatibility with source-based linux distributions (like gentoo), which doesn't add a link to a "default" vala compiler version * Allows to manually specify the vala compiler to use when building a project
- version 0.95.0 (2014-04-02) * Now always copy the CMAKE folder when doing a "cmake" or "update" command * Added extra checks when copying the CMAKE folder * Allows to automatically update the .po files with new strings (requires gettext 0.18.3) * Fixed bug when autodetecting manpages * Now checks if dbus-send and vala-dbus-binding-tool are installed if needed * Removed BASH dependency * Now supports several parameters in the compile_c_options statement
- version 0.94.0 (2014-03-21) * Now keeps automatic binaries when contains a manually-added DBus interface definition
- version 0.93.0 (2014-03-18) * Now remembers if a dbus interface must be generated using gdbus or dbus-glib.
- version 0.92.0 (2014-03-15) * Allows to generate automatically DBus interfaces, using DBus introspection capabilities and vala-dbus-binding-tool. * Now adds GIO automatically if it finds stdin. or stdout. in the source code.
- version 0.91.0 (2014-01-18) * When a project creates one or more libraries, the "make install" command shows a message remembering to run 'sudo ldconfig'.
- version 0.90.0 (2014-01-16) * Now takes into account the dependencies for VAPI files when creating the CMake files. * Now allows to specify libraries to be added when compiling the C code but not the Vala code. Useful when mixing C and Vala source files.
- version 0.35.0 (2013-12-26) * Now includes automagically the VAPIs files in the "vapis" folder for each binary/library * Now doesn't add a vala package if a local VAPI provides the same namespaces * Allows to pass flags to the C compiler/linker * Allows to mix VALA and C source files in the same binary or library
- version 0.34.0 (2013-12-21) * Now adds GObject only if the source file contains classes
- version 0.33.0 (2013-12-14) * Fixed bug with libgee 0.6, which is named, due to historical reasons, as libgee-1.0
- version 0.32.0 (2013-12-06) * Always forces GLib and GObject packages to ensure that everything compiles * Added GLib.File as rule to detect when automagically add GIO
- version 0.31.0 (2013-12-04) * Allows to install the projects in the local folder
- version 0.30.0 (2013-12-04) * Now shows a warning message when it can't find a package from a Using statement * Now supports packages that contains more than one namespace when the user sets manually that package * Now adds a tabulator inside conditionals in the CMakeLists.files * Now puts the manual packages before the automatic ones in the configuration file * Added support for nested namespaces in VAPI files
- version 0.29.0 (2013-12-02) * Now uses regular expressions for processing the USING and PROJECT VERSION strings, which gives more flexibility to the user * Now can autodetect in some cases when to add the gio package
- version 0.28.0 (2013-12-01) * Supports the use of conditionals with COMPILE_OPTIONS statement * Allows to use several COMPILE_OPTIONS in the same binary/library
- version 0.27.0 (2013-12-01) * Full refactorization to simplify future maintenance and improvements * Removed the Gedit plugin (until having spare time to fix it)
- version 0.26.0 (2013-11-17) * Added support for more input formats when creating man pages * Now MarkDown format is github format
- version 0.25.0 (2013-11-16) * Added support for creating and installing man pages * Added manpages for Autovala
- version 0.24.0 (2013-10-20) * Added conditional compilation and conditional installation support
- version 0.23.0 (2013-10-14) * Added bash_completion support
- version 0.22.0 (2013-10-14) * Autovala and gedit plugin are now different projects, allowing to compile only the former * Now supports several namespaces in the same .vapi file
- version 0.21.0 (2013-09-14) * Allows to specify GIO, GIO-unix, GObject and GModule packages for compilation
- version 0.20.0 (2013-05-19) * When initializating a new project, it will copy the needed CMAKE scripts for Vala and create an empty source file * Now the CUSTOM command accepts both files and folders * Now only adds CUSTOM_VAPIS_LIST command when there are a custom VAPI list * Now forbides to set files in the main directory (all files/folders must be inside a folder in the main directory). This is a must to avoid failures.
- version 0.19.0 (2013-04-30) * Now the plugin deletes the content of the install folder, but not the folder itself
- version 0.18.0 (2013-04-30) * Allows to delete the INSTALL folder from Gedit * Allows to delete the INSTALL folder, update the .avprj file, run cmake and launch make in a single step from Gedit
- version 0.17.0 (2013-04-28) * Fixed bug in plugin when updating the whole project
- version 0.16.0 (2013-04-28) * Added plugin for Gedit
- version 0.15.0 (2013-04-26) * Allows to specify manually the destination directory for binaries and libraries (useful for plugins) * Allows to install files in a manually specified destination directory * Autodetects autorun .desktop files and install them in the right place
- version 0.14.0 (2013-04-21) * Now the autovala library can use its own translated messages instead the ones from the main app (useful when embedding autovala in other programs)
- version 0.13.0 (2013-04-11) * In libraries, includes the librarynamespaceConstant namespace to allow to get access to build data without clash (only when the library has a namespace) * Added clear command, to remove the automatic parts in the .avprj file
- version 0.12.0 (2013-04-09) * When checking VAPI files, now will give priority to the version number inside it (gir_version), and only when there is no such number will use the one in the filename
- version 0.11.0 (2013-04-07) * Includes the Constant namespace in the executables (but not in libraries to avoid clash) * Enabled gettext to allow to translate the messages in Autovala * Translation to spanish * Fixed messages * Fixed a bug in Constants that prevented defining the VERSION field * New format for the version string inside source code, that allows to set it in libraries without clash
- version 0.10.0 (2013-04-07) * Allows to link an executable with a library from the same project * Now Autovala itself is a shared library, and the command line binary uses it * Fixed several bugs in the .pc generation * Fixed the installation paths for include files
- version 0.9.0 (2013-04-06) * Fixed a bug in the .pc generation
- version 0.8.0 (2013-04-06) * Automatically generates the .pc file for libraries * Fixed a bug with CMake when creating more than one binary and/or library
- version 0.7.0 (2013-04-05) * Now honors the IGNORE command with VAPI files and source folders
- version 0.6.0 (2013-04-05) * Added support for CUSTOM VAPI files * Installs Valadoc file sin a better place * Added instructions in HTML format, extracted from GitHub's wiki
- version 0.5.0 (2013-04-01) * Adds all source files at SRC and their subdirectories
- version 0.4.0 (2013-03-31) * Fixed a bug when PKG_CONFIG_PATH is empty
- version 0.3.0 (2013-03-30) * Added support for source files that are not in the same folder than the binary they belong to * Added documentation about DOC command * Valadoc support
- version 0.2.0 (2013-03-30) * Now recognizes the DOC folder * Now also search libraries in PKG_CONFIG_PATH
- version 0.1.0 (2013-03-29) * First public version

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