What's new in Docear 1.2
Dec 3, 2015
- Improved PDF Metadata Retrieval
- Faster PDF Monitoring
New in Docear 1.2 Beta (Aug 17, 2015)
- A new add-on to import any kind of highlighted text from PDFs:
- This new add-on is a true milestone in the Docear development. Until now, you could only import highlighted text from PDF editors that copied the highlighted text into a pop-up annotation. The new add-on imports the text that was actually highlighted. This means, you should be able to highlight text with basically any PDF editor on any device and as long as the PDF editor uses the standard Adobe PDF format, Docear should be able to import the highlighted text quite reliably. However, there is one downside: the add-on is not directly integrated in Docear, and it will neither be open-source nor free, at least not in the long run. The reason is simple – we currently don’t have any major funding, and to pay for servers and students, we thought about how to generate some income. The solution we came up with, are some “premium” services and add-ons. This means, Docear as you know it will always be open source and free, and you will always be able to nicely manage your literature with it. However, for some functions that only some users might need – such as importing the actually highlighted text instead of pop-up annotations – we will offer additional add-ons, and charge for the add-ons. Please note that we will use this money to pay for our expenses such as servers and students.
- For now, we offer the add-on as a private Beta only. If you are interested in testing it, send us an email to [email protected]. You will get a free test version, and if you provide us with some feedback how the add-on works, what we could improve, etc., you will get all future versions for free as well. In addition, if you have ever donated to Docear before today (even if it was only 1$), you will get the add-on for free, now and forever.
- Various improvements in the PDF Metadata retrieval function for Google Scholar:
- If you had some problems in the previous Docear versions with retrieving metadata from Google Scholar, try the new Docear 1.2 Beta and let us know if the retrieval works now. If it does not, enable our new extended logging and send us the log files
New in Docear 1.1.1 Beta (Feb 5, 2015)
- Implement a direct search feature on the digital library.
New in Docear 1.1.0 (May 22, 2014)
- New features include:
- New PDF metadata extraction based on Google Scholar
- Enhancements include:
- “Show in reference manager” works with multiple PDF files
- Prevent Docear from opening new BibTeX files through Drag&Drop
- Prevent from “flickering” caused by annotation updater on a lot of nodes
- “Delete file from disk” is more distinct to select
- Recommendation Rating more obtrusive
- Bugfixes include:
- Broken BibTeX file freezes Docear on startup
- “Remove line breaks from annotation” did not work
- PDF metadata extraction freezes Docear for a PDF file
- Docear installer could not find installed JRE, while the All-OS version can
- Special PDF file caused refresh abort
- Copy reference key did not work when a non-reference node was selected first
- NPE after changing year attribute on mind map node
- NPE caused by AnnotationExtractor
- Caught exception thrown when Windows registry could not be read correctly
- MultiLineActionLabel link mark (underline) is not wrapped correctly
- Removing line breaks by default did not work
- Some additional tickets we worked on during the implementation of the metadata extraction:
- Metadata extraction on PDF with multiple nodes
- Make inactive fields more consistent in metadata retrieval wizard
- Limit title to use only one line in metadata extraction dialog
- Show file extension in metadata extraction dialog
- Search external sources only when radio button is selected
- ‘Esc’ key executes ‘cancel’ button
- Change some strings im metadata extraction dialog
- Drag&Drop for already referenced PDFs is not working
- Request metadata from Google Scholar
- Improved PDF Metadata Extraction Dialog
- Components sometimes leave the visible area of the wizard
New in Docear 1.03 (Mar 28, 2014)
- Enhancements:
- Added a note linking to more information about projects
- Rename PDF files from within Docear changes the file links in BibTeX and your mind maps
- Implemented action to remove any links from selected nodes
- Renamed some pdf management actions
- Bug fixes:
- Duplicate annotations after manual import via drag & drop
- Manual Update Check did not work
- Fixed NPE in AddOnsController
- Miscellaneous changes:
- Added donation note for PDF metadata extraction
New in Docear 1.02 (Mar 28, 2014)
- Bug Fixes:
- repaired PDF annotation identification mechanism
- renaming conflicted nodes/bookmarks did not always work
- Small enhancements:
- Disabled project dependent actions when current project is not valid
- renamed the register button in Docear
- added “Please donate” note
New in Docear 1.01 (Mar 28, 2014)
- Enhancements:
- A slightly modified dialog for selecting your PDF viewer (some links were updated)
- The labeling of the file monitoring settings are now more uniform
- The colors for “Move …” in the “Nodes” ribbon were changed from green to blue
- Bug fixes:
- Start-up bug which prevented Docear from starting when some data was stored on a network drive
- Ribbon minimizing bug which shows an empty ribbon after double clicking on it
- Some default keyboard short cuts did not work
- In Docear users could not register after they had used it as local user
- Import of XMP metadata for PDF files failed sometimes
New in Docear 1.0 (Nov 13, 2013)
- Enhancements:
- delete old installation folder before re-installing
- Bug fixes:
- removed action with no icon from ribbon taskbar
- fixed a bug which disabled the reference panel permanently
- ready for upcoming change password action
- prevent from blocked pdf files after error occured
- include docear plugins into source zip
- fixes various minor exceptions
New in Docear 1.0 RC 2 (Aug 19, 2013)
- Many bug fixes
- New PDF annotation model supports many more PDF viewers, e.g. on Mac OS X
New in Docear 1.0 Beta 9 (Mar 27, 2013)
- Feature Enhancements:
- #678 Adobe Acrobat Professional is included in PDF Viewer recognition on MacOS
- #782 Function to remove line breaks in annotations
- #784 More default file types to be imported
- Bug fixes:
- #734 Open document did not work with system PDF reader in one dialog
- #785 splash screen hid the setup dialogs on first installation (Linux)
- #771 Removed spaces in annotations (in a PDF) were not recognized
- #739 References was not assigned to PDF correctly when path contained special characters
- #769 Monitoring Update conflict was not solvable when annotations contained HTML code
- #797 Docear “destroyed” annotations in PDFs when the node style was changed in a mind map
- #800 “import annotations” options were not visible when using special PDF files
- #725 PDF destinations changed in PDF viewer were not updated in mind maps
- #719 Comments on underlined text passages were not imported
- #701 PDF via Drag&Drop caused other object model than adding a PDF via monitoring function
- #790 Fixed errors caused by notification bar
- #715 0kb mind map was created when the map was deleted on the hard drive
- #730 Reference updater threw exceptions when resolving node hyperlinks
New in Docear 1.0 Beta 8 (Jan 16, 2013)
- Feature improvements include:
- #672 Create BibTeX keys automatically when database is saved
- Bug fixes include:
- #724 NPE occured after starting Docear
- #714 error occured when using XMP metadata import
- #722 Metadata retrieval “crashes” for non-registered users
- #720 fixed errors on opening / deleting mind maps in Docear
- #716 Incoming mind map did not have monitoring attributes under certain circumstances
- #721 Error in Update Notifier
- #723 “Copy reference keys…” menu entry was full of bugs
- #668 Hyperlinks to open folders did not always work
- #625 double check PDF-XCV compatibility settings
New in Docear 1.0 Beta 7 (Dec 1, 2012)
- New features:
- #621 PDF Metadata Extraction
- #627 Action to automatically export Windows registry and send to Docear for bug fixing
- Feature enhancements:
- #661 Information added to dialog how to resolve duplicated entries in BibTeX files created by Mendeley
- #651 use one method to open all library maps
- #625 Double check PDF-XCV compatibility settings
- #656 Change default preferences of JabRef
- #612 Updated to the latest source code of Freeplane
- #565/#587 Recommendations improved
- Bug fixes:
- #613 Installation path in about dialog was wrong
- #674 Typo in welcome map
- #650 Recommended documents stored on a ftp server could not be downloaded
- #637 SciPlore MindMapping files were converted withput permission when opened in the background
- #657 Null Pointer Exception occured after starting Docear with completely new settings
- #668 Hyperlinks to open folders did not always work
- Other changes:
- #667 Smart pdf viewer selection for Skim and Preview on MacOS removed
New in Docear 1.0 Beta 6 (Sep 4, 2012)
- New Features:
- #604 Incoming node has a refresh button
- #609 Adobe Acrobat X included in PDF Reader detection
- #595 Demo mind maps on very first start / new workspace
- #589 \cite{BibTeX} for LaTeX users
- Feature Enhancements:
- #601 improve the performance of deletion of orphaned nodes
- #618 Consider what to do when PDF X Change viewer is default PDF reader
- #636 use placeholders for paths in the demo files
- #622 use “Nimbus” as default look-and-feel style
- Bug Fixes:
- #646 Unkown error happened after connecting to web service
- #641 UNC path problem for workspace base dir
- #628 “Jump to page” errors
- #574 Docear map URI was not stored relative to workspace everytime
- #594 create a mind map with spaces in it’s path failed when doing it from the workspace’s context menu
- #610 References were not added for “Import child annotations”
- #607 setting “mon_flatten_dirs” to 1 in the incoming map resulted in errors
- #603 under special circumstances Docear tried to convert mind maps without a valid reason
- #599 Automatic user creation did not always work
- #455 PDF could not be opened
- #635 file with spaces in the name was not found on startup
- #619 PDF XChange Viewer was not always recognized correctly
- #632 Exception on attempt to open non-existent PDF
- #605 Update notification links to forum for experimental versions
- #586 Null Pointer Exception (rarely) occured when closing Docear
- #647 changing a reference’s value on the mind map, did not update the reference manager
- #655 File link in the duplicates dialog did not open
New in Docear 1.0 Beta 3 (Jun 1, 2012)
- New features include:
- #381 “Show in reference manager”
- #101 Automatic update check
- #44 Enable IR on mind maps
- #315 Licence for using Docear’s services
- #342 More consistency in naming
- #274 Function to create anonymous user
- Feature enhancements include:
- #353 PDF link not removed from node on removing reference
- #360 “Flatten directory” setting available
- #416 “Gender” may be provided on registration
- #424 Adjusted Docear build script for Linux etc.
- #458 No duplicate mind map id after copying mind map
- Bugfixes include:
- #457 SciPlore MindMapping converter did not work correctly
- #413 Recent mind maps were not remembered
- #404 Changes not saved after Renaming
- #445 Jump to page did not work on Mac OS & Acrobat Reader
- #357 Weird behavior of input validation for pdf application
- #417 Remove Reference entry in context menu sometimes had wrong behaviour
- #359 unfold incoming folder after canceling update
- #412 Nullpointer exception after changing language and opening incoming mind map
- #402 “Review Changes” on closing an unsaved mind map did not work
- #405 keyboard shortcut to show and hide note panel
- #395 drag&drop file from mindmap to workspace not working
- #411 “Add-On” URL was incorrect
- #375 Menu: Help>Documentation, Help>Documentation Map Online
- #417 Remove Reference entry in context menu sometimes had wrong behaviour
- #418 Link to user manual was incorrect
- #415 Threading problems
- #376 NullPointer on .AttributeView.setOptimalColumnWidths