Tribuit - vocabulary trainer in java Files

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changelog for Tribuit 1

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update 8: version 1.4 released June, 1st 2012


====NEW=============================================================

---quick introduction

---progress bar while looking up words with cancel button

---at the first start of word check the user is prompted whether to
   activate sound and in word administration whether to activate
   autosaving



====CHANGED=========================================================

---GUI files are inside the jar now so that the mere jar is runnable

---other, more common characters like comma are available as input
   for word data

---several minor GUI changes



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---errors occured in several menus if no words existed

---launch via shell/console did not work



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -using Nimbus lookAndFeel disabling the opacity of
               TextAreas does not work



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update 7: version 1.3.2 released March, 15th 2012


====NEW=============================================================

====CHANGED=========================================================

---integrated edit collections dialog

---several small changes

---volume slider demonstrates volume when value is changed



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---add several words: count of meanings was not reset after adding

---picture lesson dialog: empty value for name was possible

---word list: printer dialog could not be cancelled

---color settings were buggy



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -using Nimbus lookAndFeel disabling the opacity of
               TextAreas does not work



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update 6: version 1.3.1 released March, 15th 2012


====NEW=============================================================

---save function

---by searching words' article can be regarded



====CHANGED=========================================================

---word table print function enhanced, debugged and reactivated

---word check: category is not prompted but given in answer

---several small GUI changes



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---word check: write statistics check box was buggy

---fixed size of several items

---"add several words" dialog did not work

---several GUI bugs



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -using Nimbus lookAndFeel disabling the opacity of
               TextAreas does not work



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update 5: version 1.3 released October, 29th 2011


====NEW=============================================================

---words: each meaning of a word has own synonyms, example sentence,
          phonetic, meta information, category and note

---edit vocabulary: word list can be filtered by term class/section

---look up: new search method 'resembles'

---several shortcuts

---volume is adjustable

---character table remembers last setting



====CHANGED=========================================================

---edit term class: changes do not affect the vocabulary directly 
                    but must be applied manually

---several smaller GUI changes



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---file paths did not work in unix based systems

---Tribuit could not start without vocabularies

---word check: -selecting words by wrong answer ratio was defective

               -ram usage grew fast --> OutOfMemoryError

---edit word: changes of 2nd meanings were not discarded by cancel

---edit term class: -editing term class's name in language B issue

                    -creating a meta information empty input for
                     name was accepted

---word statistics: statistics of words containing a dash were not
                    loaded

---add several words: -duplicate entries were allowed

                      -section combo box was buggy if no sections
                       existed already

---edit phonetic: input was not checked for forbidden characters



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -using Nimbus lookAndFeel disabling the opacity of
               TextAreas does not work



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update 4: version 1.2 released June 11th, 2011


====NEW=============================================================

---picture mapping

---word check: - shortcut for solving-button
               - note and section are shown and worked over design
               - frame size is not fixed

---several dialogs remember settings

---vocabulary management: keeping statistics for an altered word is 
                          optional

---uncaught exceptions are displayed and logged

---Tribuit detects installed jre version and prevents initialization
   if the version number found is smaller than 1.6



====CHANGED=========================================================

---vocabulary management: -worked term classes' setting's dialog 
                           design over

---several small GUI changings and language corrections

---manual: redesigned using HTML

---all menus are swing based



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---look up: -when case was not regarded leading white space was not
             removed

---statistics: statistics got lost by editing a vocabulary's name

---vocabulary management: word data could be altered while a word
                          check is performed, which caused synchrony
                          errors

---word test: by switching the language at the end the meaning's
              text field label was not changed



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -printing: sometimes a word is not fully printed at
               the page's end

              -using Nimbus lookAndFeel disabling the opacity of
               TextAreas does not work



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update 3: version 1.1.2 released January 13rd, 2011


====NEW=============================================================

---main frame: -buttons provide faster access to chief functions

---look up: -more search methods

---word check: -word list can be shown before the test begins

               -by restarting the test the test language can be 
                switched



====CHANGED=========================================================

---main frame: -buttons are hidden until being hovered

               -search text field gains focus when main frame does

---vocabulary data: -files are locked while Tribuit is running

---word check: -all meanings of first language are shown in
                solution and correction screen

               -when several meanings are asked the order in which
                they are answered does not count

---editLectionsDialog: -worked GUI over



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---look up: -second meaning was not factored in if it started with a
             capital letter

            -when meaning of second language matched the entry was
             not shown inversely

---settings: -LookAndFeel was not changable when all dialogs were
              closed

---GUI: self-made buttons did not work with some LookAndFeels



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---word list: -printing: sometimes a word is not fully printed at
               the page's end

              -using Nimbus lookAndFeel the opacity of TextAreas for 
               the note cannot be switched to false



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update 2: version 1.1.1 released December 23rd, 2010


====NEW=============================================================

====CHANGED=========================================================

---only one instance of Tribuit is allowed



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---look up: -some words were shown manifoldly
            -meanings separated by comma were not considered

---word list: words added by add-many-words-dialog caused an empty
              text field for their note

---word check: statistic option "not tested since" counted wrong

---add many words: border of text fields was bugged



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---printing: sometimes a word is not fully printed at the page's end




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update 1: version 1.1 released November 1st, 2010


====NEW=============================================================

---Wordcheck: ask random words

---Wordcheck: statistics and options

---Tribuit can be added to OS system tray

---popups for word-learning from system tray

---words can have several meanings with article each

---big dialogs are scrollable when a small screen is detected

---GUI is customizable

---UTF-8 character table is customizable

---special characters from table are added to current text-field

---method how to write into the vocabulary files is selectable



====CHANGED=========================================================

---worked over source code architecture

---option dialog: redesigned

---editVocabularyDialog: put lections into a list



====FIXED BUGS======================================================

---main frame got not built correctly sometimes (awt/swing-bug)

---dialogs did not show up when main frame was iconified
   (are put to fix position in this case)

---editVocabularyDialog: glint by changing list's content debugged
                         (set list data)

---WordList: -space removed that occoured beneath information if the 
              following was not available in lang1 but in lang 2 or 
              vice versa

             -text areas with note did not expand over all
              available space

---look up/word list: scroll bar was not at top by initialization

---several dialogs could be opened multiply

---lection list in wordcheck's pre-selection dialog got unsorted
   after pushing a term class checkbox



====KNOWN BUGS======================================================

---printing: sometimes a word is not fully printed at the page's end




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