Allegro changelog for 5.2.x series
Changes from 5.1.13.1 to 5.2.0 (April 2016)
Allegro changelog for 5.2.x series
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These lists serve as summaries; the full histories are in the git
repository.

Changes from 5.1.13.1 to 5.2.0 (April 2016)
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The main developers this time were: SiegeLord, Polybios, Mark Oates,
Elias Pschernig and Jonathan Seeley.

Core:

   • Add ‘al_is_event_source_registered’ (koro).

   • Make destructors log messages more meaningful.

   • Mouse emulation API for touch devices is now unstable.

   • Rename ‘al_convert_bitmaps’ to ‘al_convert_memory_bitmaps’.

Input:

   • Haptic API is now unstable.

Android port:

   • Fixed bogus display destruction on Android which previously caused
     zombie states.

OSX port:

   • Fix OSX mouse state position scaling.

   • Fix other various scaling issues.

   • Make toggling ALLEGRO_FRAMELESS work.

   • Fix an issue where fullscreen windows would occasionally leave
     empty space for the titlebar.

   • Fix incorrect debug assert in the audio addon.

Windows port:

   • Make Allegro apps DPI-aware by default, which means that they won’t
     be scaled by the OS.

   • Fix compilation for the CPU detection code on some compilers.

   • Don’t sync the D3D bitmap when locking with WRITE_ONLY.

   • Remove dsound.dll runtime loading.

   • Don’t link xinput and d3dx9 libraries (they are still required at
     runtime though if you’re using the relevant features).

   • Fix a bug where al_wait_for_event_timed can block despite 0 timeout
     (Aldo Nunez).

Build system:

   • Install PDB files when building with MSVC.

Documentation:

   • Fix source links for API entries with multi-line prototypes.

   • Make the readme look prettier on GitHub.

   • Tons of assorted documentation improvements, especially for the
     audio addon.

Other:

   • Add a stability system where some unstable APIs need to be opted
     into by defining ‘ALLEGRO_UNSTABLE’ before including Allegro
     headers.

Audio addon:

   • Fix sporadic deadlocks

   • Recorder API is now unstable.

Native dialog addon:

   • ‘al_toggle_menu_item_flags’ is now unstable.

TTF addon:

   • Add an option to pre-cache the glyphs, useful for platforms where
     the current algorithm is buggy (typically some Android devices).

Video addon:

   • Temporarily remove FFmpeg backend, as it was too buggy, didn’t
     build and was too hard to fix.

Examples:

   • Make ‘ex_vsync’ less likely cause a seizure.

   • Make ‘ex_draw_bitmap’ and ‘ex_touch_input’ switch in/out on
     Android.

   • Add documentation to ‘ex_bitmap’ (Daniel Johnson).

   • Improve ‘ex_logo’ text entry experience.

