finish revisions notes for 2.0a2

build/shared/revisions.txt

@@ -6,10 +6,47 @@ This release is primarily focused on the new video library and making it
 usable across platforms. It also has some changes for how applications 
 are exported, and a number of other bug fixes and tweaks.
 
-[ about those changes ]
+[ platforms ] 
 
-+ Serial on Mac OS X is currently only available for 32-bit. Hoping to have
-  a 64-bit version sometime soon. 
++ With this release, Java 1.6 is now required. We will no longer be 
+  supporting Java 1.5.
+
++ In perhaps related news, we are no longer supporting Mac OS X 10.5.
+  We have to support 10.6 and 10.7 across both 32- and 64-bit, and adding
+  yet another to that is simply not possible.
+
+[ 32- and 64-bit support is a nightmare ]
+
++ A great deal of effort is being put into supporting the emergence of
+  64-bit. Library support has changed significantly to get things working,
+  more on this coming soon.
+
++ Serial on Mac OS X and Windows is currently only available for 32-bit. 
+  Hoping someone can help us support a 64-bit version sometime soon. 
+
++ When exporting a 64-bit application for Windows, a .bat file is created,
+  because our .exe doesn't yet support 64-bit. Assuming you have a 64-bit
+  JVM installed, the .bat file should load things properly.
+
++ Because serial only supports 32-bit on OS X, exporting an application 
+  that uses serial will only create a application.macosx32 folder, which 
+  is a 32-bit app for Mac OS X. No application.macosx64 will be created, 
+  nor will a universal application.macosx folder. This is also the case 
+  for other libraries that have only 32- or 64-bit support. See earlier
+  note that 32- and 64-bit support is an f*ing nightmare.
+
+[ video ] 
+
++ The most significant change in this release is that the new video library
+  from Andres (based on his old gsvideo library) is nearing fully fucntional.
+
++ MovieMaker is going to be replaced by a Tool that allows you to sequence
+  a set of images together into a movie file. The tool currently has a GUI
+  bug that breaks it, but this will be fixed sometime soon.
+
+[ other changes ]
+
++ Application is now the default export (instead of Applet). 
 
 + Change to how dataPath() and dataFile() work. This is an undocumented
   function, but for those using it, here's the skinny: 
@@ -27,6 +64,14 @@ are exported, and a number of other bug fixes and tweaks.
   works with an applet, you should use other methods such as createInput(),
   createReader(), or loadStrings().
 
++ Additional library files included with application exports are now placed 
+  in the 'lib' folder on Linux and Windows, or buried inside the OS X app.
+  This helps prevent the unsightly mess of DLLs that were crowding the
+  root folder of exported applications on Windows and Linux.
+
++ If noLoop() has been called but a sketch is resized, redraw() will be 
+  called to update the screen.
+
 
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