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	The BABEL Development System has gone through a lot of changes and versions since its beginnings in 1996. Actually, it was not called BABEL, but NEXUS, until August 2000, where the main tools for programming language and operating system neutrality were developed. Older documentation than May 2001 is only available through papers and the main author's thesis, but a thorough record of changes was kept from then on. This section reproduces that record in reverse chronological order (dates are recorded in spanish format: day-month-year):		The BABEL Development System has gone through a lot of changes and versions since its beginnings in 1996. Actually, it was not called BABEL, but NEXUS, until August 2000, where the main tools for programming language and operating system neutrality were developed. Older documentation than May 2001 is only available through papers and the main author's thesis, but a thorough record of changes was kept from then on. This section reproduces that record in reverse chronological order (dates are recorded in spanish format: day-month-year):
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		+	==== 22-07-09 ====
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		+	*Released BABEL v0.39.1, the same version as v0.39 but with some bugs fixed and a different way of dealing with external libraries, more consisten with the BABEL specification: now the MRPT, OpenCV and wxWidget are no longer included in the download file, and must be installed in the machine that generates the code if they are needed. Also, they must be included in the "non-portable design" part of the module in order for the generator to work properly.

	==== 16-02-09 ====		==== 16-02-09 ====

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	The BABEL Development System has gone through a lot of changes and versions since its beginnings in 1996. Actually, it was not called BABEL, but NEXUS, until August 2000, where the main tools for programming language and operating system neutrality were developed. Older documentation than May 2001 is only available through papers and the main author's thesis, but a thorough record of changes was kept from then on. This section reproduces that record in reverse chronological order (dates are recorded in spanish format: day-month-year):		The BABEL Development System has gone through a lot of changes and versions since its beginnings in 1996. Actually, it was not called BABEL, but NEXUS, until August 2000, where the main tools for programming language and operating system neutrality were developed. Older documentation than May 2001 is only available through papers and the main author's thesis, but a thorough record of changes was kept from then on. This section reproduces that record in reverse chronological order (dates are recorded in spanish format: day-month-year):
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		+	==== 16-02-09 ====
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		+	*Released BABEL v0.39.0, the free version of the BABEL Development System for Win32 platforms that supports the following code generators: Endymion (W32+ACE51TAO11+VC++2008), Hyperion (W32+ACE51TAO11+VC++6), Iapetus (JAVA+OpenORB -experimental-), and Cryo (HTML report generator). It is also shipped with the MRPT toolkit, the WxWidget libraries and the OpenCV libraries, and includes three sample applications. Apart from the new generators, the system is used the same as the Hyperion 0.38 version. IMPORTANT NOTES: Uncompress the files in a path that does not contain spaces or special characters. Do not use spaces or special characters in any of the path you create for generating modules. It has been tested in Windows NT, 2000, XP and Vista. In the latter you must download the msvbvm50.dll and register it in the system with the command line program regsvr32, or maybe just copy it into the BABEL base directory. If you find any other dll missing, the procedure is the same. It has ben tested with VC++6.0 in Win NT and XP. It has been tested with VS2008 Professional and Express in Win XP and Vista.

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 ==== 05-05-08 ====
-*Released BABEL v0.38.0, the most intensively tested configuration of the BABEL tools in our research laboratory: Hyperion (C++, ACE5.1+TAO1.1, Win32). With this version, you can design, implement, and test robotic applications with all the functionality of BABEL.This compilation also includes the MRPT robotic programming library and the ACE5.1+TAO1.1 free implementation of CORBA as the communication platform. The downloadable file contains an installation manual in PDF format.<br /><br />The MRPT version included in this file is v0.5.1. For more information on updating that version to new MRPTs, please follow the left-side link to the MRPT site [http://babel.isa.uma.es/mrpt].
+*Released BABEL v0.38.0, the most intensively tested configuration of the BABEL tools in our research laboratory: Hyperion (C++, ACE5.1+TAO1.1, Win32). With this version, you can design, implement, and test robotic applications with all the functionality of BABEL.This compilation also includes the MRPT robotic programming library and the ACE5.1+TAO1.1 free implementation of CORBA as the communication platform. The downloadable file contains an installation manual in PDF format. The MRPT version included in this file is v0.5.1. For more information on updating that version to new MRPTs, please follow the left-side link to the MRPT site [http://babel.isa.uma.es/mrpt].
 *Released separately the robotics simulation test kit, a zip file containing several modules to test the BABEL free version. These modules simulate a mobile robot and permit the user to command simple movement actions and produce log files. IMPORTANT NOTE: Some problems have been found with this kit in the newer versions of BABEL (v0.39 and later). It is recommended to not use this kit in those versions: they contain their own kits appropriately tested.
 *Thanks to Cipriano Galindo for writing the BABEL Installation Manual, a brief installation manual for the most common configuration of the BABEL tools.

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	*A new structure of directories for the generation of the BABEL tools from their sources has been established, intended for multiplatform development. BABEL can be generated now with gcc, VC6.0 or VC2008, and VB6 for the graphical tools.		*A new structure of directories for the generation of the BABEL tools from their sources has been established, intended for multiplatform development. BABEL can be generated now with gcc, VC6.0 or VC2008, and VB6 for the graphical tools.
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		+	==== 05-05-08 ====
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		+	*Released BABEL v0.38.0, the most intensively tested configuration of the BABEL tools in our research laboratory: Hyperion (C++, ACE5.1+TAO1.1, Win32). With this version, you can design, implement, and test robotic applications with all the functionality of BABEL.This compilation also includes the MRPT robotic programming library and the ACE5.1+TAO1.1 free implementation of CORBA as the communication platform. The downloadable file contains an installation manual in PDF format.<br /><br />The MRPT version included in this file is v0.5.1. For more information on updating that version to new MRPTs, please follow the left-side link to the MRPT site [http://babel.isa.uma.es/mrpt].
		+	*Released separately the robotics simulation test kit, a zip file containing several modules to test the BABEL free version. These modules simulate a mobile robot and permit the user to command simple movement actions and produce log files. IMPORTANT NOTE: Some problems have been found with this kit in the newer versions of BABEL (v0.39 and later). It is recommended to not use this kit in those versions: they contain their own kits appropriately tested.
		+	*Thanks to Cipriano Galindo for writing the BABEL Installation Manual, a brief installation manual for the most common configuration of the BABEL tools.

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 *BABEL was not capable of calling the TAO_IDL compiler if the path of the IDL file to compile contained spaces (in that case the IDL file name was missinterpreted as a set of names -delimited by the spaces- by the operating system). Now this has been fixed.
-==== 31-5-01 ====
+==== 31-05-01 ====
 *NOTE: Environment variables to be set before using tao_idl compiler and the VC++ compiler:
 <blockquote>
-PATH=%PATH%;(path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin\release>;<path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin);
+PATH=%PATH%;(path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin\release>;<path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin);<br/>
 (path of the Visual C++ 98\bin>;<path of the VisualStudio\MSDev98\Bin)
 </blockquote>
 *In addition, in the VIsual C++ environment, "tools" menu, "Options" option, "Directories" panel, "executable files" part, the following directories must be added for compiling with the tao_idl:
 <blockquote>
-(path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin\release>)
+(path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin\release>)<br/>
 (path of the ACE_Wrappers\bin)
 </blockquote>
-==== 30-5-01 ====
+==== 30-05-01 ====
 *The visual space for entering descriptions in BABEL has been augmented.
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 *Now the code generation process stops (when the compilation options are set to stop on any error of the TAO_IDL compiler) whenever the spawn of TAO_IDL does not return "0", displaying both the errno and the result of spawn.
-==== 29-5-01 ====
+==== 29-05-01 ====
 *When the "generate..." button is pressed, it asks for the compilation options. Compilation options are a new feature of the compiler objects that allow them to parameterize some of their work. In the ACE+TAO+CPP case, these options include forcing the call to the IDL compiler and stopping on any error of it (displaying the errno variable).
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 *The "external data" introduced through the "external data" button on the ICE Module panel have been changed to be placed at the beginning of the implementation header file, instead of the implementation body file. This has been done for allowing the programmer to define global variables of external types in the private part of the implementation header file.
-==== 28-5-01 and before ====
+==== 28-05-01 and before ====
 *Released Babel v1.0. Automatic generation of code for the particular case of C++, Visual C++ 6.0 (with and without MFC support), and ACE+TAO.

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 *Changed descriptions of module, groups and services to formatted texts with possibly ends of line. A new format generated for BABEL's files. This allows to use any character in a description.
-==== 30-10-01:
+==== 30-10-01 ====
 *Descriptions' max length has been incremented up to 1024 characters. Names and descriptions are not allowed if they contain '(', ')', '[' or ']'.

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	*Now the author of the module is mandatory, and the date of the module is automatically filled in.		*Now the author of the module is mandatory, and the date of the module is automatically filled in.

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 ==== 13-06-06 ====
-*A new release has been issued in which some code generators have been deprecated and
+*A new release has been issued in which some code generators have been deprecated and a better management of their list is implemented.
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 ==== 10-02-04 ====
 *A new version of all the tools of BABEL has been developed. The aspect of the Module Designer interface has been adjusted to the Aracne specification, and the Transformer utility has been integrated in the module designer.
-*A new version of all the tools of BABEL has been developed. The aspect of the
+*New possibilities: to create new directory when generating code; to save and save as.
 ==== 04-02-04 ====
 *A new feature has been added to modules: the "-TimeLog" command line parameter (by default, it is not set). If it appears, the module will dump a log file with relevant time information that can be read by the BABEL Application Manager. This feature works even if services run concurrently.
-*A new feature has been added to modules: the "-TimeLog" command line parameter (by default,
+*A bug has been fixed: when a new beta event is introduced in the SendEvent Wizard, and the "Add to event list" checkbox is checked, the name of the event was not added correctly to the list.
 ==== 06-10-03 ====
 *Now, the close, CTRL+C, etc. events directed to the console application of a module, are catched and produce a graceful shutdown.
 ==== 30-09-03 ====
 *A new command-line option is available: -h  or -help or -?, which shows the possible command-line options of a module, and their default values.
 ==== 27-09-03 ====
 *A new error message is included in the graphical interface when any parameter of an assistant macro involves "#", ",", "(" or ")". This
-*A new error message is included in the graphical interface when
+has been done for avoiding errors, since macros cannot include those characters in their parameters except for particular cases.
 ==== 26-09-03 ====
 *A new command line option has been added: -ApplicationName "<name>". Now, each ICE module can be given an application name, and will register itself in the nameserver with its own name together with that application name. Also, it will retrieve remote objects from the nameserver using the names
-*A new command line option has been added: -ApplicationName "<name>". Now, each ICE module
+  of those objects together with the same application name. This gives the programmer a facility for executing the same module several times, in the context of different applications.
 *Applications names can be up to 255 characters.
 ==== 07-11-02 ====
 *A bug has been fixed: it were not possible to send events from the Module Code (Global code) of the module since the event consumer needed for that was defined as a private member of the implementation class and therefore the code in the Module Code had not access to it.
 ==== 22-10-02 ====
 *Now it is possible to pass to any module the argument "-RemoteMandatory" in order to fail if there is any remote object reference that cannot be found in the NamingService (the programmer is responsible for checking in the code whether he/she can use those nul references if -RemoteMandatory is not set).
 ==== 11-06-02 ====
 *Fixed a bug that avoids visual C to read correctly .DSP files if they contain filenames with spaces.
 ==== 02-04-02 ====
 *The limitation to 160 characters in length on reading lines from .ice files has been eliminated, now lines are not limited in size.
-*The limitation to 160 characters in length on reading lines from .ice files has
+*The application memorizes the last directory from which an external object was retrieved, and uses it as the next directory location for more external objects.
 ==== 19-03-02 ====
 *Fixed a bug that led to pasting the macros at the wrong insertion point.
 *Created the BABEL_ROOT environment variable to hold the directory where babel_designer is. The directory $(BABEL_ROOT)\Libs holds the common library and source files for the modules.
 ==== 18-03-02 ====
 *Now it is necessary to define the variable BABEL_ROOT in the system to point to the directory where it is the BABEL_designer program.