OmegaT+ CAT Tools

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Release Name: 1.0 Milestone 2, Update 2 (M2.2)

Notes: OmegaT+ README - read this first Please read the documentation provided before attempting to use the application. OmegaT+ is relatively easy to use, once you know what you are doing, but read up first. It has come to our attention that many first time users do not make much effort to read the documentation. Thus, they end up not being able to get any useful work done with the program as soon as they could. As a side effect of this lack of due diligence on the part of new users, we are repeatedly asked for help on the same issues. Unfortunately, there is just not enough time to answer every question, especially when they are almost the same questions. Check the documentation first! It must be understood that a lot of effort goes into this program and project for it to be quite inconvenient to have users repeatedly ask the same questions due to their own personal inability to read what has been freely provided already. Simply put, the program and documentation are given away for free, so to repeatedly answer every question is a waste of effort for those of use whose time is better spent improving the program and the documentation itself. As a result, it is a policy of this project to not answer any questions that a user can easily find in the accompanying documentation. If there are errors or omissions in the documentation then questions will get responses (answers will thereafter be in newer documentation). Having said that, there are user groups for OmegaT+ (read below) where users of the program can help each other with various issues. Join those groups and ask your questions there. Do not send direct email to any of the project's members, you will get no response. Post your questions on the user groups. Answers may be given by OmegaT+ members there, at their discretion, and possibly by other users of OmegaT+. In summary, read the documentation and ask questions on the user groups only. If you really need more extensive help then consider obtaining paid support (low yearly fee). You will get one-on-one help, direct program updates, and more. Please consider doing this if you earn any kind of living through the use of OmegaT+, we would like to make a living also. Plus, any fees help to continue working more to improve the application for everyones benefit. Contact the project manager for details. OmegaT+ 1.0 M2.2 (Milestone 2, Update 2) Notes for this Version (build 090608) This is a preliminary release. If you are upgrading from a prior release then you MUST READ the notes given here for the Document Filters and Segmentation Rules. Document Filters: If you are upgrading from a prior release then changes to the software result in an inability to translate document/file formats using the filters configuration file (filters.xml) from the older OmegaT+ versions (1.0.M2.1 and prior). Errors may or may not be displayed (depending on the particular way of using the application). Removal of the old filters.xml and restart of OmegaT+ will solve this issue. Removal of the old filters configuration will result in loss of all user setup for the filters, if any changes were done from the default settings in older versions of OmegaT+. If you need to retain old settings, make a backup of the old file version, then the new file can be edited to include the old settings (if you know how to do this in XML). Segmentation Rules: If you are upgrading from a prior release then changes to the software will result in an inability to use older segmentation rules (segmentation.conf) from the older OmegaT+ versions (1.0.M2.1 and prior). No errors will be displayed and any user-defined rules will not be available. The file to be used now is named segmentation.xml instead and the new setup in this file does not correspond to the old one. No removal of the old file is necessary, but rules in that file will not be read by the program. If you need to include rules from the older then the new file can be edited to include them (if you know how to do this in XML). Although stable enough to work with, there potentially may be some things that are either broken or missing. Consider yourself warned. Do not depend upon all the functionality in this version as being available in future milestone versions of OmegaT+ in exactly the same manner. There have been significant changes between M1 and the M2, as well as ongoing considerations for more improvements. Version M2.2 contains some minor upgrades and a few bug fixes. From version M2 forward sentence segmentation functionality is provided. Please take adequate precautions with your data (i.e., documents, files, projects). Make regular backups and check for proper generation of translated documents and project TMX. OmegaT+ is currently available in English, French, and Spanish only. Documentation for it is only available in English so far. We would like to have more localizations for the program and the documentation translated to other languages. Please contact the project if you want to help with translation. Moreover, documentation is minimal at this point. A proper guide (English) is in progress, with a substantial portion of basic information complete. It is still too rough to distribute, but will become available as the application moves towards a full version 1.0 release. If you need more help, please ask on the OmegaT+ user groups: - OmegaT+ Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/omegatplus - OmegaT+ Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/omegatplus Both of these require accounts on Yahoo or Google to join and post messages, but are free. This is free software. Therefore, it comes WITHOUT warranty of any kind. Copyright (C) 2005-2009 by Raymond: Martin. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/</a>). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder. Last updated June 8, 2009

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Changes: OmegaT+ Changes Current version: 1.0 M2 - Update 2 (1.0.M2.2) (build 090608) - minor release If you are upgrading from a prior release then you MUST READ the notes given here for the Document Filters and Segmentation Rules. Document Filters: If you are upgrading from a prior release then changes to the software result in an inability to translate document/file formats using the filters configuration file (filters.xml) from the older OmegaT+ versions (1.0.M2.1 and prior). Errors may or may not be displayed (depending on the particular way of using the application). Removal of the old filters.xml and restart of OmegaT+ will solve this issue. Removal of the old filters configuration will result in loss of all user setup for the filters, if any changes were done from the default settings in older versions of OmegaT+. If you need to retain old settings, make a backup of the old file version, then the new file can be edited to include the old settings (if you know how to do this from reading the XML). Segmentation Rules: If you are upgrading from a prior release then changes to the software will result in an inability to use older segmentation rules (segmentation.conf) from the older OmegaT+ versions (1.0.M2.1 and prior). No errors will be displayed and any user-defined rules will not be available. The file to be used now is named segmentation.xml instead and the new setup in this file does not correspond to the old one. No removal of the old file is necessary, but rules in that file will not be read by the program. If you need to include rules from the older then the new file can be edited to include them (if you know how to do this from reading the XML). In this version: - document filters - intial(experimental) support for LateX documents - intial support for ResX documents - more default language segmentation rules added: - Catalan - Dutch - Polish - Spanish - Swedish - new Search View added inside docking desktop - search without needing to open an extra window, if desired - redesigned Search Window: streamlined appearance - less cluttered and easiesr to read search results - the project and exported translation memories now default to TMX version 1.4 - for both level 1 and 2 TMX documents - code (minor bug fixes, optimizations & cleanup) - documentation updates Version: 1.0 M2 - Update 1 (1.0.M2.1) (build 090310) - minor release NOTE: if you are upgrading from a prior release then changes to the software to support Java properties in this version result in an inability to translate that format using the filters configuration file (filters.xml) from the old OmegaT+ version (1.0.M2 and prior). An error dialog will be shown if you open a project that contains .properties files for translation. Removal of the old filters.xml and restart of OmegaT+ solves issue. The removal of the old filters configuration will result in loss of all user setup, if any changes were done from the default settings. If you need to retain old settings, make a backup of the old file version, then the new file can be edited to include the old settings (if you know how to do this in XML). - fixed application quit confirmation dialog on Mac OS X to prevent potential loss of unsaved segments - fixed launch of Quick Start tutorial in browser - fixed missing shortcut key for Search window - updated English localization - added French and Spanish localizations - added user interface locale/language change functionality with menu of current localizations selectable to change program language - adjusted mnemonics - removed java information from About dialog. Added Java dialog in place of it to show program memory usage and other information (future) - more code cleanup - documentation updates Version: 1.0 M2 (1.0.M2) - packages added for Linux (.7z & RPM), Mac OS X (.dmg), and Windows (.7z). (build 081225) - initial release - brown paper bag version - nicer wrappers(packages) to follow for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows - sentence segmentation support - new and updated document filters - current support for: DocBook, HHC/HHK(HtmlHelp), HTML/XHTML, INI, Java properties (.properties), ODF(OpenDocument), OOo(OpenOffice.org), OOXML (MS Office Open XML), plaintext(.txt), PO(Portable Object), SRT(SubRip), XLIFF, XML, XTag(CopyFlow Gold). - improved robustness, reliability, and quality: - refactored java threading - eradicated numerous bugs from legacy code (200+) - cleanup of java code (still in progress towards 1.0 final) - improved graphical user interface - application title bar shows the open project's name - removed superfluous start/end tags from translation editor segments - segment number is indicated in title bar of editor and in the status bar when a segment is activated - original segment is indicated in bold blue (no more ugly highlights) - matches view and glossaries view show the resulting number of matches when moving between segments - Metrics view added to show translated/unique segments in project - better looking buttons for dockable views - altered default layout of dockables - Metrics file output for project - reorganization of application menus - improved keyboard shortcuts across platforms (Linux, OS X, Windows) - functions to move back and forth between project documents (mouse, shortcuts) - cut, copy, paste support (menu, shortcuts) - uppercase, lowercase support (menu, shortcuts) - project Reopen function - option to automatically load last project on application launch - option to automatically validate tags on translation generation - Java Swing 'Look and Feel' selection (Linux, Windows) - Window menu to allow open/close of dockables/application components - functionality to open User guide in web browser - uses system default browser on Mac OS X and Windows - configurable on Linux (attempts to locate a known one when launched, but can be set if one is not located) - built-in User Guide viewer as backup - About dialog shows OmegaT+ memory usage and Java version - minor documentation updates Version: 1.0 M1 (build 080312) - removed non-compliant GPL libraries for OS X integration; inherited from legacy code - replaced it with new code - QuickStart documentation updated, plus other minor documentation updates (build 080220) - fixed bug with launching documentation in help window or in web browser - path problem related to launching OmegaT+ on the desktop - minor documentation updates (build 080129) - initial release