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What's new in Makagiga 5.0.0 - screenshots

It seems that it took me almost 2 months to write this post ;-)

User Interface

Updated Metal look and feel (it's called "Modern Metal" in Makagiga). Hopefully, version 5.1 will bring more tweaks.

Notepad

New (experimental) syntax highlighting in Notepad editor (see Tool Bar or Menu Bar|View). The old Syntax Highlighting plugin is no longer supported in Makagiga 5.x. Makagiga plugins such as Markdown Preview will provide more syntax highlighters for various markup languages...

Tasks

Search results in table views are now highlighted.

Feed Viewer

Preview in RSS Filters window:

Color Choosers

• Added "Retro" color palette
• Added black and white colors to the default "Oxygen" color palette
• Show "Current" color in dialog window
• Added History menu (recently selected colors):

Scripting

Built-in script editor brings new output/error console, configurable font, and JavaScript syntax highlighting by default.

See Also

• Makagiga 4.99 Alpha 1 (early 5.x version)
• Release Notes for version 5.0, 4.99.1 Beta, and 4.99 Beta...

Mathematical Formulas Preview plugin

Finally, a new plugin is available! :)

Mathematical Formulas Preview plugin allows you to quickly create and view mathematical formulas written in LaTeX. It uses JLaTeXMath library to render images. Install it via menu Tools -> Plugins -> Get More Plugins (requires Makagiga 5.x).

Screenshot

Features

• Configurable background/text color
• Configurable image size
• Saving as PNG image (click menu near the green "Refresh" button)
• Syntax highlighting (currently limited to comments only...)

Makagiga 4.12.2

This is a maintenance release that fixes various application crashes and bugs.

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Makagiga 4.99.1 Beta released

• Download Makagiga 4.99.1 Beta
• Release Notes
• Related Blog Posts

Makagiga 4.99 Alpha 1 (preview)

Download

• 4.99 Alpha 1 Download
• NOTE: This is the first Makagiga version that requires Java 8 to run (and compile). An early-access Java 8 (JRE) can be found here: jdk8.java.net/download.html (final Java version will be available soon).
• Full ChangeLog

User Interface

• NEW: Now you can use Ctrl+Mouse Wheel to zoom in/out in all tabs (like in web browsers)
• New default colors, bug-fixes, and minor tweaks
• NEW: Highlight found text keywords in list views:
  
• New Splash Screen ;)

Tree

NEW: AES-128 file encryption (password protection). NOTE: To decrypt such file you need Java 8 and Makagiga 5.x. You can still select an older encryption algorithm for compatibility with Java 7/Makagiga 4.x.

Feed Viewer

NEW: Customizable background, text, and link colors:

Notepad

• NEW: Text auto completion (EXPERIMENTAL)
• NEW: Added "Line Width" and "Margin" options:

Widgets

• Background and Title color preview:

Compatibility with Makagiga 4.12

• All plugins should work with Makagiga 5.x. Click "Update Plugins" to ensure all installed plugins are up to date.
• Some JavaScript scripts may need update to work correctly with the new Nashorn engine (to be documented).

Makagiga 4.11 Alpha 1 (preview)

This preview version includes some new features as well bug-fixes and minor UI tweaks. Please remember that this is a test version and may be more unstable or buggy ;)

Download Alpha

Tasks

Repeat Rule editor: Month calendar preview for Daily/Weekly rules

Marking tasks as done directly from the left sidebar (see context menu)

Plugin Installer

Allow multiple plugin or file selection (hold Ctrl key and click to select more items)