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Version History

Version history for Draw on Gnome (and it's previous name - DrawOnYourScreen)

Note: You can also see the version history at the releases page

WORKING !!! v1.4 - Mar, 2025

- Issue #22 - Fixed translations filenames (thanks @carvalhods)

v1.3 - Mar, 2025

  • Version 1.3 - only works on GNOMEv48.
  • Fixed other session crash when moving or resizing - Issue #17. Both moving Ctrl+M and resizing Ctrl+X should work.
  • Added new translations for pt_BR - thanks @carvalhods !!
  • Trademarked 1st instance of GNOME in README and documentation.

v1.2 - Mar, 2025

  • Fixed session crash - Issue #17 - thanks to @litemotiv !!!

Note: This is for GNOME v48 only. GNOME v47 and v46 users should use this and the install instructions for that are here

v1.1 - Mar, 2025

  • Second set of E.G.O. edits. More to come.
  • Name change to Draw-on-Gnome to avoid trademark issues.
  • Works with GNOME Versions 46 through 48-rc3. (For GNOME V48 full release see version 1.2.)

Thanks again to everyone involved in the project! 👨‍💻

v1.0 - March, 2025

GNOMEv48, v47, and v46 versions of Draw On Gnome:

  • Set up GNOME version 48 usage.
  • Re-branded the tool.
  • Name change from DrawOnYourScreen3 to Draw On Gnome.
  • Restarted version numbering from 1.
  • Fixed and rebuilt translations.

v15.0 - November 2024

GNOMEv47 and v46 version of DOYS:

  • Configured JS for backward compatibility with GNOMEv46
  • Included arrow tool (thanks to extrememicro!)
  • Fixed main palette white issue (thanks to adaschma!)
  • Also built separate GNOMEv47 and GNOMEv46 versions available via individual branches (different code)
  • Verified functionality of GNOMEv47 (Debian SID - November 2024 using 47.0 and 47.1)
  • Verified backward compatibility and functionality of GNOMEv46 (Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian SID)

v14.0 - November 2024

GNOMEv45 version of DOYS:

  • Built a v45 version based on v42 plus older commits from DOYS2
  • Verified functionality on Fedora 39 and Ubuntu 23.10
  • Not backward, or forward, compatible with other GNOME versions.

v13.0 - November 2024

GNOMEv42-v44 version of DOYS3.

  • Updated the GNOMEv42 version to incorporate various commits
  • Added support for GNOMEv43 and v44
  • Verified functionality on GNOMEv42 (Fedora 36 and Ubuntu 22.04), v43 (Debian 12), and v44 (Ubuntu 23.04 and Fedora 38).

November 2024

  • daveprowse took over as maintainer
  • Decided on 3 separate versions for GNOMEv42-44, v45, and v46-47. 0 They are version 13, 14, and 15 respectively. This catches up the releases and is more easily compatible with E.G.O. versioning rules.

v12.7 - March 2023

  • Released version for GNOMEv42
  • Temporarily stored on E.G.O. but removed for unknown reason.

v12.2 - April 2022

  • Initial Support for GNOME v42

v12 - March 2022

  • Removed Intermediate Points (Improved Perfomance)
  • Fixed broken stylus/two cursors on Wayland

2022

  • zhrexl took over as maintainer

v11.1 - April 2021

  • Not to erase the text when pressing "Escape" #60

v11 - February 2021

  • GS 40 compatibility (40.beta)
  • Gtk4 port (preferences)
  • Toggle animations (background, grid and square area)
  • Multi-line text elements
  • Start a new line with "Enter" (text tool)
  • Add "centered" text alignment
  • Convenient marks for rotation and stretch transformations

v10 - October 2020

  • Fix multi-monitor support #52

v9 - October 2020

  • Split the drawing area in several layers (performance)
  • Start a new line with "Shift + Enter" (text tool)

v8.1 - October 2020

  • Fix unsanitized GType names #46
  • Quick free drawings are smoother #45
  • Transformations are undoable/redoable

v8 - September 2020

Nothing.

v7 - September 2020

  • Can import GIMP palettes.
  • Can color SVG images.
  • Integrate color picker (GS buit-in or Color Picker extension).

v6.4 - September 2020

  • Prepare GS 3.38 compatibility.
  • Add tooltips to sub-menu buttons also.
  • Fix drawing directory monitoring when it does not exist yet.
  • Fix text entry / ibus candidate popup position.

v6.3 - September 2020

  • Replace user stylesheet with proper drawing settings
  • Multi-palettes
  • Possibility to add insertable images from the clipboard
  • Image directory is configurable
  • Thumbnails in "Open drawing" sub-menu
  • Drawings can be directly inserted as an image.
  • Add a lot of icons in the menu and the OSD notifications
  • Group menu items at the bottom
  • Add tooltips to menu buttons
  • New "Persistent over toggles' setting #42

v6.2 - August 2020

  • Show the text entry when ibusCandidatePopup is used
  • Regroup first menu items
  • Center grid overlay
  • Image shape
  • Extend font family choices
  • Fix sub-menu scroll view adjustment

v6.1 - June 2020

  • Fix empty media-keys settings case #28
  • Fix label color in OSD and menu #31
  • Fix OSD width
  • Fix "Hide panel and dock"
  • Small menu on small monitor
  • Start a new text line with the Enter key #30
  • IBus inputs #29 #34
  • Non-latin and emoji characters rendered
  • GS keyboard is now available to type text
  • Grid overlay
  • Polygon and polyline shapes
  • Move, resize and mirror tools
  • Fill rule and text alignment style attributes
  • An optional fourth control point for Bézier curves
  • Keybinding to toggle modeless/modal #6 #9 #20 #24 #33 (ungrabs keyboard and mouse while drawing remains at the top)
  • Attributes are now persistent through drawing mode toggling #27

v6 - March 2020

  • GS 3.36 compatibility

v5.1 - March 2020

  • Add "Open" and "Save drawing"
  • Change some keyboard shortcuts
  • Replace "smoothed stroke" preference with Ctrl key modifier
  • Add space key modifier to ignore pointer movement #20
  • User style is now stored in user data directory (user.css)
  • Customizable square area size #22

v5 - December 2019

  • Improve pointer cursor
  • Add 3.24 version as supported
  • Use maxLevel in line-width OSD
  • Small fix with text shape that displayed keybindings

v4.1 - October 2019

  • GS 3.34 compatibility
  • Create drawing menu on demand
  • Allow 0 px line width because stroke lines cannot have color with some transparency

v4 - April 2019

  • Add drawing menu
  • Add panel indicator
  • Prefs to disable indicator and notifications
  • Change middle click action

v3 - March 2019

  • Fix area container integration #1
  • Add persistence

v2 - March 2019

  • Add transformations
  • Add square area

v1 - March 2019

  • Initial release