Processing 4.4.2

What's Changed 🎊

Enhancements

• Added unit tests for handling key events in processing:core by @Rishab87 in #966
• [feat] Introduce Move Lines Feature, Fix Selection Bug on macOS, and Update JavaDoc by @yehiarasheed in #964
• increase contrast of line numbers by @babaissarkar in #1000
• Fix JDK requirement for debug builds by @Stefterv in #988
• Sort examples by display name by @Stefterv in #1002
• Hide scrollbars & Version indicator by @Stefterv in #1004
• Visual fixes for Linux by @Stefterv in #1006
• Fix a color issue on macOS by @Stefterv in #1018
• Add quick font-size change to the edit menu by @Stefterv in #1019
• Improved Schema threading by @Stefterv in #1021
• Reducing the size of the line numbers by @Stefterv in #1035

Bug Fixes

• Fixed blur filter throwing exception for too large values relative to image by @Rishab87 in #972
• Fixed unexpected Y-axis translation when using ortho() and resetMatrix() by @Rishab87 in #954

Documentation

• Update CONTRIBUTING.md with more ways to contribute by @SableRaf in #999
• Clarify editor scope and roadmap by @SableRaf in #1008
• Improve guidance for new contributors by @SableRaf in #1009
• Small formatting fix by @SableRaf in #1010
• Added feature description, use cases, and safety warning by @SableRaf in #1016

New Contributors

• @Rishab87 made their first contribution in #972
• @yehiarasheed made their first contribution in #964
• @babaissarkar made their first contribution in #1000

Full Changelog: processing-1301-4.4.1...processing-1302-4.4.2

Processing 4.4.1

What's Changed 🎊

The 4.4.0 release contained a few regressions and bugs. This release fixes those.

We are also adding specific app icon designs for Linux and Windows so Processing looks stylish and at home on every platform 💅

Enhancements

• Revised App icons by @Stefterv in #974

Bug Fixes

• Fix Beta Translation by @Stefterv in #975
• Padding fix for Windows & Linux by @Stefterv in #976
• Fixed a situation where larger base64 sketches didn't decode properly by @Stefterv in #982
• An assortment of Fixes by @Stefterv in #993

Documentation

• Clarify language in BUILD.md by @SableRaf in #989

Full Changelog: processing-1300-4.4.0...processing-1301-4.4.1

Processing 4.4.0

Happy Pi Day!

Today we are finally releasing Processing 4.4.0!

There are a few noticeable changes for users. Processing now installs more seamlessly across platforms. Windows users get a new .msi installer, macOS users a custom .dmg, and Linux users can install Processing via Snapcraft. A portable version is also available for those who prefer a standalone setup. You'll also notice a shiny new splash screen by @runemadsen.

Most of the work happened behind the scenes, including various quality-of-life improvements for developers working on the codebase. Key updates include migrating the build system from Ant to Gradle and beginning the transition from Swing to Jetpack Compose Multiplatform. This is part of a global effort to modernize the project's infrastructure to support future developments, and make it easier for more people to get involved.

A huge thanks to the testers and advisors who helped catch issues ahead of this release 💙

Read more about the Changes in 4.4.0

What's Changed 🎊

Enhancements

• Easier installation for each platform. See: Gradle Distribution Setup by @Stefterv in #968.
• Adding a Gradle Build system to the Processing IDE by @Stefterv in #888
• Improve logging when debugging the PDE by @Stefterv in #961
• Schema Tests by @Stefterv in #970
• Synced Flatlaf version with ant version by @Stefterv in #971
• Processing Beta Indicator by @Stefterv in #962
• Install into the Processing directory on Windows by @Stefterv in #973

Bug Fixes

• Fixes #896 : Fixed getVertexCount() method issue of giving output 0 for GROUP shapes by @inteqam in #939

Deprecation Notice

• Starting with Processing 4.4.0, 32-bit versions will no longer be released. This is mainly due to technical limitations; ARM32 is not supported by Jetpack Compose or GitHub Workflows. If you need a 32-bit version of Processing (for older Raspberry Pi models, or certain Chromebooks) we recommend using Processing 4.3.4.

Documentation

• Fix typo in core/README.md by @SableRaf in #967

New Contributors

• @inteqam made their first contribution in #939

Full Changelog: processing-1297-4.3.4...processing-1300-4.4.0

Processing 4.3.4

What's Changed 🎊

• Updated dependency locations to somewhere more stable 🤞 by @Stefterv in #933
• Fix #825 - Showing wrong errors' line numbers for .java files by @e1dem in #937
• Disable sketch folder deletion by @Stefterv in #943

New Contributors

• @e1dem made their first contribution in #937

Full Changelog: processing-1296-4.3.3...processing-1297-4.3.4

Processing 4.3.3

What's Changed 🎊

Bug fixes, and a shiny new "Export PDEZ" feature added to the File menu. Export your sketches to a .pdez bundle directly from Processing.

Enhancements

• Export to PDEZ button by @Stefterv in #927
• Add new preference option 'console.head_padding' by @Junology in #919

Bug fixes

• Update Base.java alongside todo.txt by @Stefterv in #887
• Refactor PShapeSVG.parseRect() to parse rx and ry attributes by @Junology in #905
• Fix: set stroke and fill properly in PFont.getShape by @Junology in #910
• New ThinkDifferent method activateSketchWindow() by @hx2A in #912
• Fix Sketch Window Resizing Issues with Java2D Renderer on Windows by @Stefterv in #932
• Fix for NullPointerException thrown in PApplet.dequeueWindowEvents() by @hx2A in #930
• Adds gradient export to SVG library by @tracerstar in #929
• Set Layout in Java2D by @Stefterv in #928

Documentation

• Update Javadoc for noCursor() by @SableRaf in #920
• Improve CODESIGNING documentation for macOS by @SableRaf in #907

New Contributors

• @tracerstar made their first contribution in #929

Full Changelog: processing-1295-4.3.2...processing-1296-4.3.3

Processing 4.3.2

What's Changed 🎊

Code

• Add all seven of the javafx modules to JavaBuild.java by @vsquared in #856
• Fix #698 - Sketches weren't opening on launch because the untitled folder did not exist yet by @Stefterv in #854
• Fix JAVA2D problem in shapes with multiple contours by @hx2A in #871
• Refactor SVG path parser to accept scientific notation by @Junology in #873
• Fix for IMKClient and IMKInputSession warning messages by @Stefterv in #872
• 4.3.1 arm64 fix by @Stefterv in #868
• Sign macos prebuilds by @Stefterv in #869

Documentation

• Update core/README.md on how to use the core library from Maven Central. by @plopez01 in #859

New Contributors 💙

• @vsquared made their first contribution in #856
• @plopez01 made their first contribution in #859
• @hx2A made their first contribution in #871
• @Junology made their first contribution in #873

Full Changelog: processing-1294-4.3.1...processing-1295-4.3.2

Processing 4.3.1

What's Changed

• Clarify tutorial in ARM32.md by @SableRaf in #837
• Update core-maven by @Stefterv in #851
• Release Core to Maven CI/CD by @Stefterv in #852
• Added Code of Conduct by @rouxpz in 773a657
• Updated README.md by @SableRaf
• Added all-contributors bot by @SableRaf
• Add contributors from processing/processing repo by @SableRaf in #847

New Contributors

• @rouxpz made their first contribution in 773a657
• @Stefterv made their first contribution in #851

Full Changelog: processing-1293-4.3...processing-1294-4.3.1

Processing 4.3

Revision 1293 – 26 July 2023

This release incorporates several contributed fixes (see below) and a few additional bug fixes and changes. The icons have ben updated a bit so that Processing is less likely to be confused with Visual Studio Code when seen in the dock or task bar, and the splash screen colors and layout have design tweaks as well.

• Update documentation and process for updating language files for localization 722

• Inherit dark mode from system settings on macOS 699

• Use calculated text height instead of OS ascent for better vertical centering. Note: this may cause some sketches to look slightly different if textAlign(..., CENTER) is being used. 739

• Bumped Java to 17.0.8+7.

• Fix NullPointerException when background() exceeds color range when writing PDF 740

Contributions

• Updated icons and splash screen colors from @fathompaul.

• Register pde:// browser protocol for .pdez and .pdex files on Linux from @lala-lala-lori 674, 696

• Syntax error highlighting placement / width incorrect from @sampottinger 714, 715

• Better comment/uncomment key shortcut for French systems from @ThinkDumbIndustries 625, 660

• Fix tweak mode issue with hex codes including transparency from @sampottinger 720, 721

• LSP feature/declaration support from @Efratror 676, 678

• Also reference support for Language Server Protocol from @Efratror 684, 690

• Updates to the Spanish and Catalan translations from @trikaphundo 744, 746, 743, 745

• Debugger was listing immediate array dimension last, fix from @WillRabalais04 606, 729

• Second beginDraw() / endDraw() call clears PGraphics object when created w/ P2D 641, 728

Processing 4.2

Revision 1292 – 20 February 2023

Impress your friends with new pde:// protocol handlers! With Processing 4.2, you can link to .pdex and .pdez files to immediately run and install libraries and sketches. How it works:

• Linking to pde://processing.org/somesketch.pdez in the browser will download somesketch.pdez and load it into the editor. It also works for files, for instance pde:///Users/ada/Desktop/somesketch.pdez will open an archive found on the Desktop.

• This also works for contributions (Libraries, Modes, Tools) archived as .pdex files.

Both file types are simply a renamed .zip file. So to create sketches in .pdez format, use Tools → Archive Sketch, and replace the .zip with .pdez.

This is implemented for macOS and Windows (#559), based on this article which appears to be from @pboucher. Thank you! We still need help with implementing and testing it on Linux (#674). We would also like to add a warning dialog when opening files this way (#560).

In addition to the protocol handlers, there are a number of fixes in this release, especially for Windows users (and soon, for Python users).

Windows users, we still love you

• The .pde, .pdex, and .pdez icons now work on Windows!

• Exporting projects to Windows resulted in “cannot find Java” errors, now fixed. #667

Snake people, we love you too

• Several internal changes have been made to better support future releases of Python Mode. Fingers crossed that we'll be able to launch some of this soon.

And still we fix the bugs

• Fix encoding problem in “has been resized from 100?100 to 116?100 by the window manager” messages when using OpenGL.

• fullScreen(P2D) not using the full screen when Windows display is scaled to fractional sizes. #514.

• Table.getString() raises stack overflow when column type set to double. #671

• Added support chained decimals during SVG Parsing (contribution from @bsapozhnikov) #515, #659

• Applications were being exported to the wrong folder. #601

• Fixed more /tmp folder problems on Linux. #666

Processing 4.1.3

Revision 1291 – 9 February 2023

Rollup of bug fixes from the past few weeks. Mostly in the Contributions Manager, several others too.

bug fixin'

• Lots of work on the Contributions Manager to deal with concurrency issues (and myriad problems revealed in the process). #640

• Preferences were not saved when closing Processing under certain circumstances. #608

community contributin'

• Fix typos in French translation. #661

• Improved documentation for lerpColor() function. #655

house cleanin'

• Warn users about multiple libraries with the same name.

• Tool tips for errors and warnings not picking up correct colors from the theme. Also made fixes for the margins and border of the popup.

• Many more updates to the contribs wiki

internal changin'

• Update to JDK 17.0.6+10 from Adoptium

• Set all build.xml files to use Java 17. Also fix several that still had tabs instead of spaces.

• Add exports to the library parameters.

• Fix inversion of handleSaveAs() (regression from earlier)