nexxT

Fixes:

• fix variable editors always filled with empty values instead of the previous values

Changes

• Implement variable substitutions on various levels; composite filter instances may override variables as needed
• fix https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/53 (the C++ signature of signal propertyChanged() has changed)
• https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/59 (--single-threaded, --disable-unload-heuristic, --no-profiling)

Fixes

• Fix overflow errors when loading recordings containing zero timestamps

Decrease deadlock probability
Switch to PySide 6.5.3 and add workarounds to new bugs introduced in this version
Fix restoring positions of MDI Subwindows in the main window
Make invokeMethod() more efficient by calling the requested slot directly without making a connection

fix https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/51
fix out of bounds index when no cameras are connected to the computer

• Qt6 and PySide6 support
• number of pending samples for a connection is now configurable to 1 sample (default, behaviour of versions 0.x), N > 1 samples and non-blocking

What's Changed

• Release 0.9.2 by @cwiede in https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/pull/43

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/compare/0.9.1...0.9.2

fix issues https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/40, https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/41
add possibility to limit display framerate in MainWindow (filters need to be adapted)

• disable mouse wheel scrolling for main window's viewport
• always use full C locale (instead of using just the number options)
• when re-opening the currently open config file, the gui state is now restored properly (issue 38)
• add a reload button for reloading the configuration's python modules (issue 9)
• improved copy&paste handling of file browser widget (issue 24)
• GenericReader now providses a property for the selection of the default step stream (issue 39)

Fix https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/37

• fix increased latency https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/33 (see https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/pull/34).
  • thread cycles are no longer supported by nexxT because they might cause deadlocks, existing configurations might need to be changed
  • revert to depth first search strategy (pre 0.6.0 behaviour)
  • reduce number of data sample instances which are buffered in QT events
• fix https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/32 (Changing a filter's thread does not set the dirty flag of the configuration)
  • the save action is now enabled/disabled according to the dirty flag.

• Update to PySide2 5.15.1
• fix issue https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/25 (Possible deadlock)
  • as a side effect, the computational graph is now traversed in a breadth first instead of depth first strategy
• fix issue https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/28 (Playback stream selection is ignored)
• fix issue https://github.com/ifm/nexxT/issues/29 (Better usability for Windows menu)
  • the windows menu behaviour has changed, clicking on a window now always raises and scrolling to it.
• Remove QDoubleValidator from property editors because of strange behaviour
• Add CTRL-I and CTRL-D shortcuts for initializing / de-initializing applications
• call Service's detach() slots before removing them, if available
• avoid too large "About python" dialog
• add feature to communicate selected points over QMainWindow

• Redesign of harddisk player, introduce GenericReader for better support of different file formats
• Documentation updates

• fix ugly load graphs and division by zeros sometimes occuring due to inaccurate time measurements
• fix display of python component licenses, should use monotype font on all systems now