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; Church Bells Tower - version history
; site: https://github.com/marius-sucan/ChurchBellsTower
; forum: https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=55833
; by Marius Șucan - https://marius.sucan.ro/
; Work began on this project in late August 2018.
; ======================================================
v3.5.4 - 2024 / 12 / 31
- minor bug fixes
v3.5.3 - 2024 / 07 / 20
- [new] option to display the digital time within the analog clock widget
- added «Our Lady of the Pillar» in the Catholic calendar
- minor fixes and improvements
v3.5.2 - 2024 / 06 / 25
- minor improvements
v3.5.1 - 2024 / 06 / 17
- bug fixes
v3.5.0 - 2024 / 06 / 16
- [new] calendar panel; it allows users to see at a glance the observed celebrations and events for the current month or any other date
- [new] ability to import/export user defined events/celebrations/feasts to a file; this is meant to facilitate backups
- users can now add events that occur only once, on a given year; previously, the personal observed events were considered to be repeating every year
- improvements to the stopwatch; user can copy to clipboard the recorded intervals
- bug fixes related to «set alarm»
v3.4.7 - 2024 / 03 / 22
- [new] options to change the colors of the analog clock
- bug fixes
v3.4.6 - 2024 / 01 / 04
- «Celebrations» and «Today / Astronomy» panels are now able to list multiple events on the same day; three types of events can fall on the same day: secular, religious and/or a user defined event
- the date of events listed are now described using friendly labels, instead of the exact date, eg. yesterday or tomorrow
- improvements to the analog clock colour scheme
- minor user interface improvements for the settings panel
v3.4.5 - 2024 / 01 / 01
- CBT will now display the date specific to the Persian and Islamic calendars, if one clicks on the local time label, in the «Today / Astronomy» panel
- added sounds for «World Arabic Language day» and «Armistice day»
- bug fixes related to civil twilight duration calculations
v3.4.3 - 2023 / 12 / 27
- cosmetic improvements and added keyboard shortcuts to the «Today / Astronomy» panel
v3.4.2 - 2023 / 12 / 25
- added option to show hour numbers for the analog clock widget
- added azimuth indicator in the «Today / Astronomy» panel, for the sun or moon graph
- user interface improvements and fixes
v3.4.1 - 2023 / 10 / 15
- improved the layout for the panel «Today / Astronomy»; should be easier to read the key datas and follow its layout
- added more Christian feasts
v3.4.0 - 2023 / 05 / 20
- [new] option to display the moon phase [illumination fraction] on the OSD
- bug fixes
v3.3.2 - 2023 / 04 / 26
- bug fixes for the Microsoft Windows Store
v3.3.1 - 2023 / 03 / 30
- bug fixes
v3.3.0 - 2023 / 03 / 29
- [new] added more Bibles: German, Greek, Russian and Latin. French and Spanish Bibles recreated, more books are included now
- the entire interface is now friendly with screen readers such as Windows Narrator, for people with poor eyesight
- bug fixes
v3.2.5 - 2022 / 11 / 23
- [new] astronomy panel; information about the sun and the moon
- display when the sun and the moon rise and set, solar noon
- and position on the sky (altitude, azimuth)
- display moonlight and daylight durations, moon phases and more
- generate detailed tables and graphs for any given year for the moon or the sun
- earth map with dynamically generated moonlit or sunlit areas on the planet
- option to search for cities/locations; up to 54300 locations available
- dynamically updatable index of locations, based on user provided population threshold
- user custom defined locations that works as a favourites list as well
- recolorize the OSD based on the time of day, if it is daylight or moonlight, or night.
- [new] option to have the analog clock widget rounded
- optimized the algorithm to calculate the equinoxes and solstices
- reorganized main menu [system tray]
- various bug fixes
v3.1.7 - 2022 / 09 / 08
- [new] option to display a progress bar in the OSD; users have the ability to choose from several time related progress bars
- [new] option to mark full moon by wolves howling [audio]
- improved the algorithm that calculates the moon phases; it is now a lot more accurate
- improved how the moon phases are drawn in the analog clock widget
- the dates for equinoxes and solstices are now calculated based on the current time zone
v3.1.6 - 2022 / 04 / 16
- small fixes; many thanks to Fantmp
v3.1.5 - 2022 / 02 / 28
- [new] dark mode user interface
- [new] ability to set audio frequency for the audio played during an alarm and timer
- [new] ability to choose distinctive audio for alarms vs. timer
- bug fixes
v3.1.1 - 2021 / 10 / 11
- bug fixes
v3.1.0 - 2021 / 09 / 24
- [new] alarms can be restricted to certain days of the week
- [new] the alarm can be snoozed now, at a user defined interval
- [new] added preset timers in the «Alarm / timer» panel
- double clicking on the system tray icon will now open the last panel
- improved the layout of the «About», «Alarm / timer» and «Stopwatch» panels
- bug fixes
v3.0.1 - 2021 / 09 / 21
- minor bug fixes and improvements
v3.0.0 - 2021 / 09 / 20
- [new] set alarm and timer options, with personalized messages
- [new] stopwatch panel; feature meant to help users track activities
- [new] moon phases information in the About window; these are also depicted in the «Analog click» display
- [new] ability to right-click on panel controls in order to display the text even larger on screen [for people with poor eyesight]
- [new] ability to show Bible quotes in an ordered fashion, not only random
- [new] added more menu items in the system tray menu to facilitate direct access to various features
- drastically reduced system resources required by this application and improved responsiveness
- many bug fixes
v2.8.6 - 2021 / 09 / 14
- bug fixes related to «observe feasts/celebrations» option
v2.8.5 - 2021 / 07 / 13
- [new] Celebrations option at About; this lists celebrations for the next 30 days, based on user configured celebrations options at Settings
- bug fixes and minor improvements
v2.8.1 - 2019 / 10 / 30
- bug fixes related to the newly introduced feature: display time when idle
v2.8.0 - 2019 / 10 / 29
- [new] option to display time after user idles
- bug fixes and error corrections related to holidays and feasts descriptions
v2.7.9 - 2019 / 04 / 23
- [new] welcome screen, on first-time start of Church Bells Tower, to facilitate the usage for new users
- drop shadow for the OSD when rounded corners is activated
- other small improvements
v2.7.5 - 2019 / 01 / 15
- [new] option to not display Bible quotes when mouse cursor is hidden
- other small improvements
v2.7.1 - 2019 / 01 / 13
- changed the English Bible version to: «World English Bible» edition, and I included the deuterocanon books; this version is more readable and it includes the books specific to Catholics and Orthodox followers as well
v2.7.0 - 2019 / 01 / 11
- [new] analog clock display; easy to configure and customize; based on a script by derRaphael
- [new] added about 28 thousands Bible verses [from the American King James Version]; source: biblehub.com
- [new] added French and Spanish Bibles, such that users can change the language of the random Bible verse feature
- [new] option to not strike bells when sounds are playing in the background [e.g., music]
- [new] option to not strike bells when the mouse cursor is hidden [e.g., when watching videos]
- [improvement] reorganized the Preferences panel; options are now split into multiple tabs
v2.5.2 - 2019 / 01 / 01
- not so minor fixes :-)
- fixed errors in dates calculations
v2.5.1 - 2018 / 12 / 19
- minor fixes
v2.5 - 2018 / 12 / 14
- [new] added a new type of holidays: secular holidays - mostly Unesco international days
- [new] option to activate/deactivate religious or secular holidays
- [new] option to add your own holidays/events; personal entries override secular or religious holidays
- [new] it now detects and announces leap years and the leap day
- [new] you can also individually deactivate religious or secular holidays
- bug fixes
v2.0 - 2018 / 12 / 10
- [new] About window is themed according to the current time: day or night
- [new] context menu at About and Settings
- [new] added Christmas bells on Christmas Day :-)
v1.9.9 - 2018 / 11 / 27
- minor fixes and improvements
v1.9.8 - 2018 / 11 / 24
- [new] every OSD window fades in & out
- minor fixes
v1.9.7.1 - 2018 / 11 / 19
- added option to toggle rounded corners
- minor fixes
v1.9.7 - 2018 / 11 / 16
- [new] share Bible quote button when a quote is displayied
- [new] rounded corners for the On-Screen Display
v1.9.6.1 - 2018 / 11 / 15
- minor improvements
- corrections for Bible quotes and added a few more
v1.9.6 - 2018 / 11 / 12
- improved how it handles multi-threads for sound play; this leads to lower memory consumption
v1.9.5 - 2018 / 11 / 11
- [MAJOR bug fix] fixed a memory leak that lead to an ever increasing memory usage
- more bug fixes regarding the multi-monitor support
- added more Bible quotes: the total now is 608
v1.9.3 - 2018 / 11 / 09
- [new] option to dim the screen when displaying Bible quotes
- bug fixes regarding the multi-monitor support
v1.9.2 - 2018 / 11 / 08
- [new] "Locate" button at OSD options, meant to help users with OSD positioning, if they do not figure that they can drag the OSD :-)
- [new] "Display last Bible quote", menu option; only enabled after a quote was displayied
- [improvement] Bible quotes are now centered on screen, on the monitor where the mouse cursor is
v1.9.1 - 2018 / 11 / 07
- [new] option to list the feasts/holidays/celebrations recognized by this script; the button for this is at Settings; applies to both Catholic or Orthodox religions
- added more feasts and corrected errors related to them
- bug fixes
v1.9.0 - 2018 / 11 / 05
- [new] option to set the font size for Bible quotes
- [new] option to regularly play semantron drumming sounds on days of feast in Christianity; for Orthodox and Catholic worshippers
- [new] option to display / indicate / observe Christian feast days; it displays at start the name of the Christian event/day, and at the About window
- more sounds added
- introduced more Bible quotes; the total now is 550
v1.8.1 - 2018 / 10 / 30
- bug fixes related to how previous or next equinoxes/solstices dates are calculated; the code was simplified, and reduced by about 5 kilobytes
- improvements to how Bible quotes are displayied; the Y position of the OSD is adjusted based on the length of the quote
- added more Bible quotes; now there are 450
v1.8.0 - 2018 / 10 / 26
- recoded/overhauled the whole functionality of the OSD; it was messy and yield poor results; now it always has the right width and height based on the font size, margins defined and text length
- as a result AHK file size went down by 5 kilobytes
- width/height options were replaced by options to control the margins of the OSD; its base size is determined by text length and font size
- added more Bible quotes; now there are 380 of them
v1.7.6 - 2018 / 10 / 23
- changed the routine behind reading the Bible quotes from the file; it was causing a crash on Windows Store
- important bug fixes and small improvements
v1.7.5 - 2018 / 10 / 21
- [new] display a random Bible quote periodically [every few hours]
v1.7.2 - 2018 / 10 / 18
- improved the precision of tolling with a formula provided by Bon
- bug fixes
v1.7.0 - 2018 / 10 / 09
- [new] option to strike additionally every 5/10/50/100 minutes [the user can define the frequency]
- [new] options to control width and height of the on-screen display
- improved and simplified the tray menu
- improved the preferences window layout
- it can store its settings in the Windows registry, instead of an INI file [this is for the Windows Store release]
- and of course, bug fixes
v1.6.1 - 2018 / 10 / 03
- [new] at the About window, you can see a progress bar for the entire year and one for the current day, both highlighting how much of the current year and day has elapsed.
- [new] in the same window, you can also learn when the next equinox or solstice is going to occur, and when was the previous one
v1.5.6 - 2018 / 09 / 30
- [new] it now shows the time and date simply by hovering the tray icon
- fixed a bug reported by Garry [on AHK forums]; it will play the audios on both the left and right channels
v1.5.4 - 2018 / 09 / 27
- personalized icon for the application
- bug fixes
v1.5.3 - 2018 / 09 / 24
- [new] option to toggle dynamic volume for the sound level of the chimes
- bug fixes and improvements
v1.5.2 - 2018 / 09 / 21
- bug fixes
v1.5.0 - 2018 / 09 / 20
- migrated the code to AHK_H
- now it strikes the bells without waiting for the echo to end... when the application strikes/tolls, it plays the bell sound multiple times at the same time
- [new] option to set the interval between strikes; this interval is randomized each time, within a margin of half a second
- [new] better sound clips for each event [quarter, hour, noon, midnight]
- [improved] tick/tock background sound no longer gets interrupted when bells strike
v1.0 - 2018 / 09 / 16
- initial release... with all the basic features and options
- strike quarter-hours
- strike on the hour once... or the number of hours
- toll distinctively every six hours [early morning, at noon, in the evening and at midnight]
- option to display time when it chimes
- start at boot [if compiled]
- automatically unmute audio when striking bells
- volume control
- options to control/customize the OSD