Introduction :
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Hi,

Here is the version of XP Qname 1.1 licensed as freeware.
It includes the help files.

This last update doesn't add any user's feature, it only reorganise the project.



XP Qname Description :
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License       : FreeWare
Author        : Aliminium 
Email         : xp_aliminium@yahoo.fr 
Technology    : Java 1.6 and higher
Libraries     : xpCommon.jar, sqlitejdbc.jar
Date          : 21/07/2010 
Version       : 1.1
Compatibility : Excessiveplus 2.0 and higher



Features :
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Version 1.1 :
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 + Chg : Countries.properties file is no more needed, now countries are read directly from
   the sqlite ipdb.db file within excessiveplus folder

 + Chg : the name of the jar is renamed to simply xpQname.jar

 + Chg : the help files (htm and text) and readme are now placed on docs folder

 + Add : a new folder (lib) has apeared where shared libraries are placed


Version 1.0 Final :
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 + Fix : Small tooltip bug in alpha effect

 + Add : Text and htm help files


Version 1.0 :
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 + Fix : 100% old name cvar compatibility

 + Add : Help menu item trys to open a file called xpQname_help.txt
   But none helped me to make it, so I will let community create it.

 + Add : Gif Quality setting in option

 + Fix : Open file read most common encoding as UTF-8

 + Fix : Some minor bugs fixed


Version 0.999 :
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 + Add : Open/close config file (even old Qname version name cvar)
   When opening a config file parses name, xp_name and xp_country and keeps all other lines to be saved later
   The old Qname cvar is parsed and transformed to new one (has to be tested a lot)

 + Add : save to gif image
   The background color will be the custom selected color (so change it before to click as you like)

 + Add : Glow and thin effects
   When you select thin effect(^l), the charmap changes, to see what is the character to add

 + Add : The preview mode has been added.
   16x16 is a small character map
   32x32 is a bigger character map (default to see well)
   it can be changed in options

 + Add : Copy/Cut/Paste/SelectAll popup Menu in the code field

 + Chg : The preview is now updated every 2secs if there are changes in the code

 + Fix : The preview generator has been totally renewed to fit better Q3 one

 + Fix : Errors and exceptions management has been improved a lot

 + Chg : All the code has been reorganised to easier updates and open the door to futur tools


Version 0.981 :
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 + moved to graphical java application
 + the application is supposed to be incorporated to e+

 + new charmap characters is fully supported
 + improved full color support
 + all effects supported except glow and thin
 + possibility to insert/replace selected text code 
 + characters from #20 to #7e can be writen directly in code (space included) : 
   ________________ 
  |                | 
  | !"#$%&'()*+,-./| 
  |0123456789:;<=>?| 
  |@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO| 
  |PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_| 
  |`abcdefghijklmno| 
  |pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ | 
  |________________| 

 + code can be copy/pasted in xp_name
 + xp_country code can be selected and the flag drawn
 + save/save the config in a file supported
 + fully commented element titles (just point on an element and it will give you a hint) 
 + preview draws all characters/colors/and effects(execpt the 2 missings)
 + you can be linked directly to e+ website through a menu button



Futur Features :
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 + the gif generator update to fix the anti-aliasing issue
 + more options to set in the config.



Install notes :
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You need before using qname to install java runtime environnement 1.6 or higher ( http://www.java.com/download ).
And as this tool is made for e+ 2.0, you must have it too installed

Then extract the zip in excessiveplus/tools folder within Quake3Arena folder.



Running notes :
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As java is platform free, it can be run in any Operating System.

On windows execute xpQname.jar by doucle clicking it.

On command line (linux or wondows or any system having java 1.6), use :

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  java -jar xpQname.jar [excessiveplusFolderPath]
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where default excessiveplusFolderPath is ..(parent folder) if not set


On other platforms including mac, you must know how to run more than me :P,



Conclusion :
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This tool is totally new and made from nothing to fit some requierments.

I wanna thank :
 + E+ team for the game.
 + Beast for infos given.
 + Epsilon for testing, analysing and debuging.
 + Killer for providing the help.
 + All testers.
 + Community for patience.

Enjoy.
