Release notes for 5.0.x releases

  • July 28th 2008 Marvin 5.0.7
    • Applet:
      • Introducing new parameters to control the maximum magnification of exported images and applet canvas.
    • API:
      • Calculator Plugins: New methods in pKaPlugin.
    • Bugfixes
  • June 30th 2008 Marvin 5.0.6
    • Bugfixes.
  • June 20th 2008 Marvin 5.0.5
    • MarvinSketch GUI:
      • File Open/Save preferences are implemented.
    • Licenses:
      • Environment variables and Java system property is introduced for license install (See details) (forum topic).
    • Bugfixes
  • May 24th 2008 Marvin 5.0.4
    • MarvinSketch GUI:
      • In the default configuration, the Explicit Hydrogens option has been removed from the View/Misc menu. (From now on the explicit Hydrogens are always visible, but they can be added or removed using the corresponding options of the Structure/Add and in Structure/Remove menus.)
    • API:
      • New methods to control R-groups visibility in chemaxon.marvin.beans.MarvinPane: setRgroupsVisible(boolean), isRgroupsVisible()
  • April 21st 2008 Marvin 5.0.3
    • MarvinSketch GUI:
      • Shift button expands/contracts all "hold-in-hand" S-groups and abbreviation groups (not just standard templates).
    • CalculatorPlugin:
      • D/T symbols are used by default for Deuterium/Tritium in the following cxcalc/Chemical Terms calculations: isotopeformula, dotdisconnectedisotopeformula, isotopecomposition. (forum topic)
  • March 20th 2008 Marvin 5.0.2.1
    • Bugfixes.
  • March 18th 2008 Marvin 5.0.2
    • Global IME support in MarvinSketch Textboxes (allows entering East Asian characters)
    • East Asian character encoding support for applet parameters
    • Bugfixes.
  • February 18th 2008 Marvin 5.0.1
    • MarvinSketch:
      • Toolbar drop-down list box is added
      • Drag&Drop of templates works beside the template toolbar
    • EMF and PDF exports uses the new version of Freehep API (2.1.1) (forum topic)
    • Desktop icons in Marvin Beans installer for Linux (forum topic)
    • Bugfixes.
  • January 9th 2008 Marvin 5.0
    • MarvinSketch:
      • Customizable GUI with a brand new design
      • Configuration choices (including ISIS/Draw and ChemDraw like menu and icon arrangements)
      • Chain drawing, displaying the last carbon number
      • Enhanced Sgroup and Rgroup drawing features
      • Improved editing of hydrogenized structures
      • Improved branching in 3D
      • New graphics objects: parentheses, square brackets, braces, chevrons
      • Text box contents can be aligned
      • Pasting sketches as editable objects into Office documents
    • MarvinView:
      • Spreadsheet-like view for displaying fields in SD and RDfiles
    • Import/Export:
    • Calculator Plugins:
      • Markush Enumeration plugin
      • Improved calculation algorithms
      • Multiprocessor support in cxcalc
      • New surface area calculations

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