[Hirtius-discuss] [ANNOUNCEMENT] Public release of Project Hirtius v1.05

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Release email for Hirtius v1.05
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(pan, v0, 31/10/2023)


Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Public release of Project Hirtius v1.05

To whom this may concern.

I'm pleased to announce the immediate availability of the latest release 
of Project Hirtius (v1.05).

Hirtius is a web-based historical research assistant created by Les
Ateliers du Heron. Its goal is to replace the historian's notebook and
box of cards, while providing a collaborative work environment for a
whole team of researchers, that can be thought of as a purpose-built CMS
cross-bred with a digital pictures management system, a genealogy
application and a Wiki.

Eventually, based on the information you stored in the application, and
the links you created between the various data elements, Hirtius will
also help you prepare the draft version of your scholarly papers.


The main improvements in v1.05 are:
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- A new Event Log feature to record meaningful application activities.
  At this stage, the following actions are logged:
  * initial data load at DB creation
  * sanity check and ID gaps check runs
  * any change to user profiles
  * any data deletion
  * project creation, closure and re-opening
  * LaTeX report generation
  The log entries are accessed through a new Event Log Viewer page and are
  also searchable through the Basic, Timeline and Advanced Search pages
  (please note: non-admin users can only see events they triggered themselves).
- Redesigned '$debug' variable handling: instead of a binary ON/OFF value,
  the variable can now be assigned a combination of binary flags to selectively 
  turn debugging ON or OFF for different categories of topics (three have been
  defined at this stage: algorithms and application workflow, SQL queries and
  JavaScript). The DB Admin menu page has been updated to list the currently 
  enabled debugging categories.
- Added new 'transcription' field to 'slides' and 'sources' tables. Displayed
  in view mode only when not empty. A new JS-driven "Populate" button allows
  to auto-fill 'transcription' with a cleaned-up version of the current 
  contents of the 'reading' field. New field integrated to basic and advanced
  search.

+ many, many other bug fixes and enhancements...


For a complete list of changes in this version, please refer to the
'Changelog' file, provided both as part of the distribution archive and
on the project web site (see below).

If you already installed an earlier release of the software, please 
refer to the 'UPGRADE' document (available in the same locations as the
'Changelog').

For more information about the program, please visit the application
home page:

<https://hirtius.sourceforge.io/>;

To download the installation archive, please visit the SourceForge
project page:

<https://sourceforge.net/projects/hirtius/>;

and click on the "Files" tab.

Any question or comment is always welcome.

Ph. A.