Rapicorn 13.03.0:	(2013-03-24)

* Added proper UTF-8 locale initialization and POSIX locale support.
* Extended mmap() support to full builtin resource loading subsystem.
* AIDA: The IDL compiler and infrastructure got renamed to AIDA.
* AIDA: Added support for IDL properties in C++ & Python.
* AIDA: Added support for IDL namespaces in Python.
* AIDA: Added rudimentary support for Any type in Python.
* AIDA: Support fully down_casted type returns in Python.
* AIDA: Added enum support to generated Python code.
* AIDA: Adapted IDL fundamental types to other projects.
* AIDA: Added sfidl features, include paths, enum expressions, streams, etc.
* AIDA: Enable self-contained modules via ORB message routing.
* AIDA: Merged client and server code for all non-interface types.
* Lists: Fixes and new support for clicks, key presses and seleciton modes.
* Added generic scroll event support to scroll ports.
* Added support for widget actiavetion via Space and Return.
* Added INI file support.
* Replaced signal system by more efficient C++11 signal system.
* Added asynchronous signals, which allow main loop driven signal emissions.
* Moved Rapicorn to using its own full fledged X11 backend.
* Many, many code cleanups and parallel build fixes.
* Added support for g++-4.7 and newer SSE CPU types.
* Added support for pseudo objects on widget selectors.
* Ported code base to C++11.
* Provide C++11 based threading system, including a lock-free ring buffer.
* Much improved support for debugging, error and warning messages.
* Lots of performance, memory use and layout improvements.
* Many bugs, locale and message fixes.
* Many documentation updates.


Rapicorn 12.08.0:	(2012-08-08)

* Started publicizing widget interfaces in IDL.
* Moved all UI handling into a separate UIThread.
* Split client and server code generation from IDL.
* Introduced client API smart handles and threading-separation.
* Greatly improved IDL code generation, support client API signals.
* Added IDL type generator for mmap-able type information.
* Highly optimized generated glue code for method calls.
* Use 128bit hashes for remote method lookups.
* Include IDL files in documentation builds.
* Optimized main profiling hot spots.
* Rewrote event loop for high performance, allowing ~360k/s remote calls.
* Optimized remote API calls by using a lock-free queue (ca. 10% faster).
* Ported all rendering over to cairo.
* Streamlined the rendering pipeline.
* Added snapshots to, use: rapidrun --snapshot <PNGFILE>
* Ported to g++-4.6, C++11 and std::thread.
* Fixed container/viewport/window hierarchy.
* Unified XML parsing logic with XmlNode API.
* Implemented CSS selector matches on widget trees.
* Added accurate time handling and benchmarking.
* Greatly improved debugging output, added backtraces.
* Switched to silent autotool builds.
* Improved and cleaned up parallel builds.
* Added debugging options, see: $RAPICORN=help
* Scripted and streamlined release builds and uploads.
* Rewrote X11 based unit tests, use Xephyr if available.
* Various bug fixes, code cleanups and dead code removal.
* Greatly extended the test suite, added more test automation means.
* Documentation & example updates, see: http://dev.testbit.eu/rapicorn/latest/

Rapicorn 10.08.0:	(2010-08-20)

* Introduced Cairo dependency.
* Introduced C++ TR1 dependency (for shared_ptr, etc).
* Added $RAPICORN environment variable to control logging and more.
* Added PLIC, a pluggable IDL compiler.
* Added Remote Object Programming Extension.
* Added window and widget addressing functionality.
* Allow signal disconnections by Id.
* Added simple expression parser to evaluate property value assignments.
* Added sample expression evaluator as: ui/tests/sinfextest --shell
* Added XML UI file error reporting.
* Changed packing properties into regular Item properties.
* Merged h/v-scale and -align into Item pack properties.
* Replaced hfill/vfill in Table by h/v-scale and -align properties.
* Replaced *_attach in table by Item's h/v-position and -span properties.
* Got rid of the packer class entirely.
* Added testing framework with macros and reference files.
* Added '-x' to rapidrun to auto-exit.
* Added '--list' to rapidrun to list gadgets from a GUI file.
* Provide regular expression parser API in rapicorn-core.
* Introduced a basic typed value system and model APIs.
* Started list area/widget development.
* Optimized resizing performance.
* Cosmetic fixups in colors and gradients.
* Implemented horizontal and vertical size groups.
* Renamed string_to_cescape() and fixed string_to_cquote() quoting.
* Generate internal C++ bindings (to IDL specifications).
* Provide a main loop implementation in Python.
* Generate external Python bindings.
* Majorly extended test suite.
* Optimized remote invocations and reference counting.
* Started migrating interfaces from headers to IDL.
* Hand optimized threading primitives and main loop handling.
* Applied fixes for AMD64 compilation. [Stefan Westerfeld]
* Updates to compile with GCC-4.4.
* Linker optimizations to improve ELF relocations.
* Loads of other cleanups and bug fixes.

Rapicorn 8.4.0:		(2008-04-24)

* Changed versioning scheme to YEAR.MONTH.REVISION.
* License update to GNU LGPL 2.1.
* Added a publically installed tool: rapidrun
* Support println() and close() commands in GUI files.
* Introduce simple Application and Window object APIs.
* Merged libbirnet into Rapicorn as librapicorncore.
* Implemented expose region merging/comprssion.
* Reiimplemented rectangle gradient shader.
* Switched to autogenerated ChangeLogs.
* Improved feedback on parser errors.
* Fixed Gtk+ version checks.
* Added PNG saving support.
* Removed PERL build dependency.
* Rewrote asyncronous main loops.
* Many improvements to text editing areas.
* Speed up blitting logic for local displays.
* Added SIMD optimized rendering functions for MMX CPUs.
* Fixed some reference counting issues and child removal.
* Improved vertical text ellipsization to line granularity.
* Removed error prone default values from property mechanism.
* Install tutorial under ${prefix}/doc/rapicornXXXX/tutorial/.
* Misc compiler and threading fixes, depend on g++-3.4.6.
* Lots of bug fixes, cleanups and improved test coverage.

Rapicorn 0.1.2:		(2007-01-22)

* added Image support for PNG images.
* added HSlider, VSlider, Arrow, dot-grid.
* added ScrollArea.
* added Adjustments.
* added command system allowing on-click properties.
* added reset logic to recover from stale event situations.
* added requisition tuning to allow iterative size allocations.
* added event grabbing.
* added MainLoop.
* added Thread-per-Window paradigm.
* added Viewport abstraction of drawing backends.
* added color schemes.
* added simple function Evaluator for XML properties.
* added Markup to labels.
* added focus handling for Items.
* added TextEditor prototype.
* added Region to handle rectangle arrays.
* added partial screen updates.
* removed libcairo/libpixman dependency.
* overhauled Table shrinking logic.
* upgraded Birnet library.

Known Issues:
+ instabilities upon main loop exit.
+ possible build issues with g++ versions other than 3.4.

Rapicorn 0.1.1:		(2005-07-31)

* overhaul of rendering logic.
* added Arrangement.
* added Point property.
* added Controller interfaces for event handling.
* added Image item displaying GdkPixbuf pixstreams.
* speed ups and many fixes.

Rapicorn 0.1.0:		(2005-04-19)

* added basic class hierarchy, properties.
* added Affine transforms.
* added RGB Plane and porter-duff combination modes.
* added C++ signal system (mostly auto-generated).
* added automatic enum introspection for enumdefs.hh.
* added XML markup parser.
* added XML based Item factory and registry.
* added basic Event processing.
* added Pango based Label.
* added Frame, Ambience, Button.
* added Table, Alignment, HBox, VBox.
* added Gtk+ based drawing backend.

Rapicorn 0.0.1:

* Initial project setup.