We are happy to provide release 2014/12 of the KIELER Pragmatics Project! KIELER Pragmatics is a framework for enhanced user interaction in graphical modeling that builds on the Eclipse platform. This document describes how to install the release and highlights the most exciting new features.
As a bonus, we are co-releasing our KLighD-based KIELER Ptolemy Browser.
KIELER Pragmatics 2014/12 is provided as a set of features, available to be added to your Eclipse installation via an update site. KIELER Pragmatics 2014/12 was tested on Eclipse 4.4 "Luna", but may also be compatible with other versions of Eclipse.
Also refer to the KIELER Downloads page to download the KIELER Ptolemy Browser and the KIELER Web Service.
You can find a list of solved tickets for this release at our issue tracking system. Release notes of older releases can be found at our Release Notes page.
If you're wondering where components have gone that were traditionally a part of KIELER, you might not know yet that the KIELER was split into two separate projects, KIELER Pragmatics and KIELER Semantics, which release pretty much independently.
This is a summary of the API changes introduced with version 2014/12:
Properties.MERGE_PORTS
was renamed to Properties.MERGE_EDGES
. Its ID was changed from de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.mergePorts
to de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.mergeEdges
.Properties.MERGE_HIERARCHICAL_PORTS
was renamed to Properties.MERGE_HIERARCHICAL_EDGES
. Its ID was changed from de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.mergeHierarchicalPorts
to de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.mergeHierarchicalEdges
.The de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.
distributeNodes
property was renamed to
and allows for two modes now.de.cau.cs.kieler.klay.layered.
wideNodesOnMultipleLayers
CAREFUL
avoiding node/edge overlaps
AGGRESSIVE
often more compact but does not guarantee to avoid node/edge overlaps
de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.feature
only contains essential runtime pluginsde.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.sdk.feature
de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.ui
does not register the generic DiagramEditorPart
and menu contributions like 'Save As Image...
' anymorede.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.ui.contrib3x
that is part of our SDK feature de.cau.cs.kieler.klighd.sdk.feature
Here's a few highlights of what's new in version 2014/12:
ViewChange
notifications received by IViewChangeListeners
can now be suppressed, see ViewChange.suppressSubsequent...Notifications(...)
KLighD now ships a generic graph visualization that allows to inspect the structure of graphs specified in any format that is supported by KIML.
We replaced the Batik SVG exporter with a customized exporter that is based on FreeHEP.
It supports semantic data to be added to the generated SVG.
Color gradients obey to the specified rotation angle.
Layout options can now be configured using a textual DSL.
GrAna analyses can be specified using a textual DSL and executed either via the UI or headlessly.
Among others, the following bugs were fixed in version 2014/12:
UP
failed for compound nodes in KLay Layered.One of the core features of KIELER Pragmatics is the KIELER Infrastructure for Meta-Layout (KIML). It provides the glue between diagram editors and layout algorithms. If you have installed layout support for GMF editors, you may want to try the following:
If you have a Ptolemy installation, try the following:
.moml
file somewhere.Download and start our Ptolemy Model Browser.
kielerPtolemyWs
.We're working hard to make the graphical modeling user experience as convenient as possible. However, bugs can still remain in the code and some things might not be as you would expect them. Please don't hesitate to send in bug reports or give other comments like feature requests.
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