Change History


Version 2.0.0 - unreleased

Export and Import single songs from xmlz format
Export and Import multiple songs at once from xmlz format
Full German translation
Better support for UTF-8 characterset
Better handling of multi-monitor setups
First-run/Configuration Wizard
Allow for multi-select in songlist
Major UI cleanup including:
Moving many dialogs to tabs in the main interface
Re-worked transitions tab
Playlist selector now in replaces playlist view when none is loaded


Version 1.9.10 - 1/7/2009

Drag'n'Drop backgrounds
First-run wizard to help with initial setup
Much better automatic handling of multiple monitors
Preview displays now look/scale better


Version 1.9.9 - 9/6/2009

New clutter-based server (allows OpenGL accelerated transitions)
Major UI re-working
Presentation import
Video display
Webcam display
Work better with non-english bibles
Background transitions
Songbeamer file import


Version 1.9.8 - 3/10/2008

Fix aspect-ratio handling of images
Many bug-fixes to bible-handling
Fix line on top and left of lyricue_server screen


Version 1.9.7 - 12/11/2007

Fixes to SQLite handling
Add 'Add Directory' function to import entire directory of images
Changed default to give full access if no permissions set in access.conf
Change background association handling
Disable X-server screensaver when lyricue_server runs
Allow disabling of Tray Icons
Change base database to be mostly empty other than some samples


Version 1.9.6 - 7/07/2007

Fixes to mediaDb creation
Add drag-n-drop for image handling


Version 1.9.5.1 - 21/04/2007

Fix invalid SQL statement when auditing


Version 1.9.5 - 20/04/2007

Allow text to be at top, centre or bottom of screen
Fix song metadata for time entered/edited
Fix text/shadow colour handling
Fix Sword bible listing


Version 1.9.4 - unreleased

Better handling of running interface/server/database on different machines
Import CCLI, SongSelect and OPW songs
Bugfixes for playlist handling
Initial support for associating text colours with backgrounds
Updated packaing
Spanish translation


Version 1.9.3 - 19/06/2006

Bible Navigator
UTF-8 for bibles and communications
Option to turn off auditing on individual songs
Option to specify first item in available songlist
Option for first category shown in images/background lists
New preview/miniview method
Experimental transparent server
Option for blank-screen button to clear text or reset to default bg
French translation
Quick-search also checks first line of songs
Blank-page button can set BG at same time
Resizable bottom pane
Trayicons for quick access to functions
Multiselect for image move/delete/add
One-more-verse button in bible navigator
Active bible navigator
Better handling of bible names
Install/upgrade of databases handled by interface


Version 1.9.2 - 17/03/2005

Moved media to DB
Moved all lds dirs to lyricue (ie /usr/share/lds is now /usr/share/lyricue
Debian packaging
Add/Rename/Delete items in mediaDb
Fast non-canvas server
Gnomecanvas, Gtk2-spell and gettext now all optional
New utility lyricue-remote
Support for bibles from Sword project


Version 1.9.1 - 11/08/2004

Preview working
Preview/miniview built into interface
Fix double-clicking spell-check
Fix double-clicking bg directory buttons
If Background is set for song-header it is applied to all pages
Re-design playlist so transitions/backgrounds listed as sub-items
What was expanded, stays expanded after playlist refresh
Solid colours can be made by creating an empty file named .bg where is any valid x-colour name
Speedups in interface due to simpler scaling
Sublists working once again
Supports latin-extended characters (ie german chars)


Version 1.9 - 2/05/2004

* RENAMED LYRICUE *
GTK2/Glade2 based
Server based on gnomecanvas2
Graphical error reporting
Re-wrote install script (now also handles upgrades)
Spellchecking
Screen transitions
Text Shadow
User access controls


Version 1.2 - 25/03/2003

Changed format of playlist to handle sub-playlists
Add copyright info for songs, includes presets
Can allow song to loop by sending display:next_page:loop
Added capability to tell server to jump to a particular page number in song
Bugfix: preview works again
Multiple Playlists!
Can duplicate/delete pages in a playlist
Mozilla version of server (experimental)
Supports (sort-of) Xinerama
Preferences dialog (replaces preferences menu items)
Can tell interface to connect to remote server


Version 1.1.1 - 7/11/2002

Bugfix for clicking background
Bugfix for forgotten period in server


Version 1.1 - 26/09/2002

Playlist can be re-ordered
interface/server can run at different resolution now. Edit lds.conf (example given) to set this feature
Can add a background the the playlist
Bugfix: Sorting/searching the available song list stays around after refresh
Bugfix: Directories in the image/bg directories won't crash the interface now
Bugfix: Removed superflous newlines when displaying lyrics
lds.conf, images and backgrounds moved to user home directory
Config is now in ~/.lds/config
Images are now in ~/.lds/images
Backgrounds are now in ~/.lds/backgrounds
The first time the interface is run it automatically sets you up with
symlinks to the global directories. Change this afterward if you so desire


Version 1.0 - 27/08/2002

Cleaned playlist
Made imagelists scrollable
Fixed minor bugs
RELEASED 1.0!


Version 0.99 - 26/07/2002

Bumped up version number in preperation for 1.0
Multiple select for songlist
Splash screen
Export function
Status bar in interface
Added Drag'n'Drop to playlist
Fixed font/colour selecting crash in server
Search song contents function
Drag'n'drop from advanced search to playlist


Version 0.19 - 20/06/2002

Multiple sort options for songlist
HTML server option
Invert playlist lyric display (ie. show last line of verse rather than first)
Clear playlist menu item
Communication is now socket based rather than fifo


Version 0.18 - 06/05/2002

Fixed context menus
Added ability to add images to playlist
Add Honourize function
Start of bible selector


Version 0.17 - 14/02/2002

Fixed single-verse bug
Added lots of debugging lines
Added ability to turn of background stuff for the Imlib-challenged


Version 0.16 - 01/02/2002

Added applications menu
Menu re-org
double-click song to add to playlist
Misc bugfixes


Version 0.15 - 25/01/2002

Fixed footer when no artist given
Mucho doco changes
Added about dialog


Version 0.14 - 18/01/2002

Added backdrop chooser to bottom of main screen
Imported into sourceforge


Version 0.13 - 11/01/2002

Added import song function
Added ability to print list of available songs


Version 0.12

Fixed non-unique songid error
Made wrapping work for bible verses
Smarter paging for bible verses
Fix for items being added multiple times to backdrop chooser
Added search by name function


Version 0.11

Remove window decorations
Better error handling
Changable font colours


Version 0.10

Changable backdrops for screen


Version 0.9.1

Click on column to change sort order
Change workings of add verse
"written by" doesn't show if no artist is specified
Added "Today's Announcements" to always be at top of available songs


Version 0.9

Fixed bug in playlist deletion
preview fixed
available songs list refreshes after adding/deleting a song


Version 0.8

Double click of line in playlist will display it
Text now white on black in lyric_server
Screen blank now implemented
Update install file


Version 0.7

Onscreen format of playlist changed to tree format
Bible verse format (screen and db) changed to have 2 verses per screen
Keyboard control of lyric_server.pl
Moving forward/backward across songs now works
Fixed edit song screen


Version 0.6

Verses now work in gtk interface


Version 0.5

Can edit fonts, and do all the old one could do


Version 0.4

Re-wrote to use perl-gtk


Version 0.3

Verses now work if all verses in same chapter


Version 0.2

Preview mode
bible verses


Mon Sep 10 16:42:45 EST 2001 - Version 0.1

Initial release
Base feature set working