[ANN] JavE 6.0 RC1

Hi,

I have release a new "release candidate" 6.0RC1 for the upcoming
JavE 6.0:

   http://www.jave.de/developer/milestone6rc1.html

Here is a list of changes since 6.0RC0:

  - When starting up JavE, there is now a "Quick Start" dialog for
    choosing one of the popular features of JavE.

  - Updated the FIGlet fonts library to version 4.0

  - Improved and extended preferences dialog (menu "View" >
    "Preferences...")

  - Improved behavior when dropping a selection outside the document
    bounds:
     - By default, on text editors the document is being resized
       automatically
     - By default, on animation editors the document is not being resized
       automatically
     - This can be adjusted independently for text and animation editor
       in the preferences dialog (menu "View" > "Preferences...")
     - When auto resize is enabled for animations, the resize operation
       will now resize all frames, in order to have the frames properly
       aligned.

  - Improved Mac Os X integration. Many thanks to Zak for testing!

  - From the 3d renderer (menu "Special" > "Render 3d") animations are
    directly opened in the animation editor.

  - Updated the program icon to have colors (like the JavE logo)

  - JavE now supports Drag'n'Drop for opening files. Just drop a file on
    the application to open it.

  - When opening an image file instead of opening the image2ascii
    convreter the user is now asked what to do: Image2Ascii Conversion,
    Camelizer or Using the image as Watermark

  - Fixed inconsistency in file dialogs for images: Now every file
    chooser offers the same set of image formats.

  - Brushed up the camelizer dialog.

  - In the animation export wizard the initial output file is filled in
    automatically.

  - JavE now uses the new Splash-Screen functionality in Java SE 6 in
    order to show the splash screen much earlier.

  - Brushed up the Image2Ascii conversion dialog a bit.

  - Opening the Image2Ascii converter for the first time automatically
    opens the file chooser for choosing the image file.

  - The color scheme settings (Menu "View" > "Color") are now respected
    in the Image2Ascii converter.

  - The color scheme settings (Menu "View" > "Color") are now remembered
    when restarting JavE.

  - Moved button for tool options dialog to the status bar. When closing
    the dialog, you will see a little animation to help remembering,
    where the dialog can be reactivated.

  - Bugfix: "Convert 'Making Of' to Animation" caused an error when the
    document had not yet been edited.

  - Bugfix: The tool "Freehand Algorithmic" broke from M7 to RC0.

Best regards,
Markus

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