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Topic created to let users post their screenshots

Posted over 2 years ago

A topic on the forum has been created here:

http://forums.gcstar.org/viewtopic.php?id=403

Users may post here GCstar's screenshots to show how they use it.

Downloads are back

Posted over 2 years ago

Thanks to Gna's administrators, everything is now available again. More information in this thread:

https://gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=1729

The temporary download area in previous message has removed.

Downloads are not accessible

Posted over 2 years ago

It is not possible for the moment to download the GCstar's releases. There is a problem on the Gna's servers since 13th October around 11:00 GMT. It is tracked through this thread:

https://gna.org/support/?1787

In the meantime, you ... [More] may get the tarball with sources and the installation program from this place:

http://www.gcstar.org/download/gcstar-1.2.2.tar.gz

Sorry for the inconvenience. [Less]

Version 1.2.2 released

Posted over 2 years ago

Here are the changes contained in this version.

Bugs fixed in some plugins: IMDb (Movies - EN); MusicBrainz (Music - EN)Bugs fixed with extraction of information from playlist for music collections.Bug fixed when filtering soon after startup ... [More] a collection displayed in picture mode.In picture mode, if modification on an item changed its place in the list, it was not selected after clicking on it.When updating GCstar, the extract plugins are also updated if required.You may also read the full GCstar changelog. [Less]

Version 1.2.1 released

Posted over 2 years ago

Here are the changes contained in this version.

New plugin to fetch information from Allmovie (EN) provided by Zombiepig.2 extra spaces were added on the end of long text fields when saving.Size of the fields list in the settings for ... [More] user-defined collections could be changed.In preferences, toolbar size could be set to system setting instead of a specific value.Labels for Tonight and Play buttons were always shown.It was not possible to create a new kind of collection on startup.You may also read the full GCstar changelog. [Less]

Version 1.2.0 released

Posted over 2 years ago

Main new features included in version 1.2.0 are:

New translations: Swedish, Indonesian, Brazilian.New default collection: Wines.New plugin to export to LaTeX format.New plugins for information fetching from websites.When grouping in list ... [More] , number of items may be added on categories.Quick search is also available in picture mode.A field may be selected for sorting when using export plugins.Bug fixed in some plugins because of websites changes.Reduced time for startup and to load a collection.You may also read the full GCstar changelog. [Less]

XML schemas for collections descriptions

Posted over 2 years ago

In GCstar, a collection is described in a .gcm file. It is an XML file that contains every piece of information required to know how to manage this kind of collection.

It has not been announced before, but Srecko Toroman did a great work and ... [More] created an XML schema to validate the .gcm files. It is referenced in all of the default collections provided with GCstar since 1.2.0.beta1. It is located here:

http://www.gcstar.org/schemas/gcm-revision3.xsd

Then you may use it to validate the collections you would create and like to be integrated in GCstar's deliveries. [Less]

Version 1.2.0.beta3 released

Posted over 2 years ago

Please note this is a beta version. Then it may contain some bugs. It is released so users may test it and report some problems before the final version is delivered.

If you wish to test it without impacting your current installation, just ... [More] follow these instructions:

Test beta or CVS versions of GCstar

You may also directly download it from the download repository.

Do not hesitate to report any bug you could find. Just try to provide as much details as possible for developers. Thank you for your help.

You may read the full GCstar changelog to have an overview of all the new features and the bug fixes included in this version. [Less]

Tool to convert collections from 1.2.0 version to previous ones

Posted over 2 years ago

The format used by versions above 1.2.0 (this includes all the beta releases) has slightly changed. Then it is impossible to open a collection saved with one of these versions with the previous ones (1.1.1 and below).

The attached file is a ... [More] tool to convert the collections so older versions may be able to use them. There is no need for the opposite tool as GCstar 1.2.0 can open old collections without any problem.

Its usage is quite easy. If you just launch it with a collection (.gcs file) as its argument, it will output on the standard output the converted file. You may also specify -o option followed by a file name where the output will be written. The last option is -i. It will do inplace modifications. So the input file will be modified. A backup is created with ~ appended to the file name. [Less]

English documentation updated

Posted over 2 years ago

All of the English documentation for GCstar has been updated to conform to 1.2.0.beta1 version.

The french version should follow when time will permit. But in the meantime, the english version will be the reference.

English is not ... [More] my mother tongue, so there could be some mistakes in this documentation. Please feel free to correct them as this documentation is managed using a Wiki. [Less]