Nion Swift 0.15.5 Released

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Nion Swift 0.15.5 Released

We have posted a new offline version of Nion Swift (0.15.5).

Note: In order to release bug fixes in a timely manner, we try to publish Nion Swift releases on a regular basis. Sometimes, though, as a consequence, bug fix releases will also include new features that are only partial steps towards their final form. Instead of disabling these new partial features in bug fix releases, we choose to include them for evaluation and feedback. If you encounter an issue or have feedback about these types of new features, please contact us (see Getting Help and Support below).

Recent Changes

This version improves performance in some areas and fixes some drawing issues when resizing. It also introduces some menu items for configuring common n x m layouts and the ability to select multiple display panels for processing or layout operations. It also fixes various bugs and introduces other minor features.

Recent notable changes:

• (2021-03-05) Add menu item to select sibling display panels, useful for clearing/closing.
• (2021-03-04) Restructure context menu to only show options available for selected display panel(s).
• (2021-03-04) Add menu items for common n x m layouts, applied to a selected display panel.
• (2021-03-02) Add ability to select secondary display panels using Shift or Control/Command key.
• (2021-03-02) Update various processing menu items to utilize multiple selected display panels.
• (2021-03-02) Right click Export using data panel now exports all selected data panel items.
• (2021-02-22) Generalize align sequences to operate on collections too.
• (2021-02-22) Fix issue with new generate data dialog when using sequences.
• (2021-02-22) Add ability to bypass opening default project by holding Shift at launch.
• (2021-02-22) Change window title to display current project and workspace.
• (2021-02-21) Improve performance on composite line plots by minimizing thumbnail recalculation.
• (2021-02-13) Improve handling of line plot data when removing a display layer.
• (2021-02-13) Improve handling of line plot displaying 2D with 16+ rows.
• (2021-02-03) Improve About Box to show more installation info.

Installation and Upgrading

You can install Nion Swift in various ways. It is available as a standard Python pip install, a conda-forge install, and a conda install using the nion channel.

You can read about updating and installing the conda version here:
https://nionswift.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html

Downloads

You can also try the experimental pre-packaged installations here (macOS and Windows only for now):

macOS
http://nion.com/swift/files/NionSwift-0.15.5.dmg

Windows
http://nion.com/swift/files/NionSwift-0.15.5.msi

Pip Installation

If you are installing from the command line using pip, we recommend using a Python virtual environment. Once you have activated your environment, you can install and run Swift using the commands:

pip install nionswift nionswift-tool
nionswift

Getting Help and Support

If you have issues, you can find help on these websites.

Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/nionswift

Chat
https://app.element.io/#/room/#nionswift:matrix.org

Discussions
https://github.com/nion-software/nionswift/discussions

File a Bug
https://github.com/nion-software/nionswift/issues

Email
mailto:swift@nion.com