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Version 1.5.14

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# 1 GS Release Notes

This document describes the changes made to the GS application.

### 1.1 GS 1.5.14

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Remove misc. compiler warnings

  Own Id: OTP-9542

### 1.2 GS 1.5.13

#### Improvements and New Features

- The documentation for GS is updated with the warning that it should not be used in new applications. GS is planned to be deprecated soon and might be removed from the distribution already in the next major release (R15). For graphical applications we recommend the use of WX instead.

  Own Id: OTP-8824

### 1.3 GS 1.5.10

#### Improvements and New Features

- Updated the application with new tags for automatic updates of copyright notices.

  Own Id: OTP-7851

### 1.4 GS 1.5.12

#### Improvements and New Features

- Warnings due to new autoimported BIFs removed

  Own Id: OTP-8674 Aux Id: OTP-8579

### 1.5 GS 1.5.11

#### Improvements and New Features

- The documentation is now built with open source tools (xsltproc and fop) that exists on most platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.

  Own Id: OTP-8201

### 1.6 GS 1.5.9

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Fixed grid_line crash, which caused tv, debugger and pman crashes. Thanks Jan Jacobs and others.

  Own Id: OTP-7242

### 1.7 GS 1.5.8

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Uses wish85 if available and fixed 'gs error: gstk_port_handler: error in input : unknown option "-sta"' error. Thanks Vance Shipley

  Own Id: OTP-7115

### 1.8 GS 1.5.7

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Fixed font size and some bugs in the generic file dialog, which is undocumented and mainly intended for internal use (today it is only used by Pman).

  The file priv/bitmap/fup.bm has been added and the module tool_genfd removed.

  Also fixed dialyzer warning in gs_packer.

  Own Id: OTP-6682

### 1.9 GS 1.5.6

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Removed some dead code from gstk_editor and tcl2erl.

  Own Id: OTP-6541

### 1.10 GS 1.5.5

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- Corrected some bugs in the examples.

  Own Id: OTP-5988

- Removed export_all from gs_widgets, gs_frontend, gstk, gstk_db, gstk_generic, gstk_gs, gstk_widgets, tcl2erl, tool_file_dialog, tool_genfd.

  Own Id: OTP-6008

#### Improvements and New Features

- Fixed the functions for creating help windows (notify/confirm/request) in the internal module tool_utils, so that the help window can be centered over its parent window (instead of at a random position).

  Own Id: OTP-5987

- Eliminated some dead code from gstk, found by Dialyzer.

  Own Id: OTP-6045

- Upgraded tcl/tk binaries to version 8.4.13

  Own Id: OTP-6106

### 1.11 GS 1.5.4

#### Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions

- The graphic applications now search for HTML documentation in the correct place.

  Own Id: OTP-5381