Welcome to all !!
Wings 0.98.19 is OUT !!
Tnx again Bjorn !! 
Notes:
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Linux/Mac OS X: There are new File Open/Save dialogs implemented as
standard Wings dialogs.- Mac note: There was a problem with the native
file dialog that the state of shift, option, command, and control
keys were confused after closing a native file dialog. Therefore,
the new (admittedly uglier) file dialogs are used on the Mac to
avoid that problem. - Windows note: The native file dialog boxes work fine, so they are
still used.
- Mac note: There was a problem with the native
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Added information about the number of Undo states in the information text and
in the confirmation dialog for the Edit|Purge Undo History. -
Wings would crash if the auto-save file could not be written for some
reason (e.g. the file existed and was write-protected).
(Problem reported by bhartshorn.) -
When a recent file in the lower part of the File menu cannot be found
when trying to open it, it will be removed from the menu.
Improvements in texture and image import and export:
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When exporting to formats that support textures (3DS and OBJ),
if any texture is an external file, the name of the external file
will be used instead of writing a new copy of the image to a new
file. (Exception: In the 3DS format, texture filenames must not
have more 8 characters in their names. If the external filename
is too long, a new file will be written.) -
The export dialogs for the 3DS and OBJ formats now allow you to
choose which image format to use for textures. (Only applies to
textures in internal images, not to external images.) -
Import and export of images and textures now support more formats.
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New format on Windows and Linux: JPG
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New formats on Mac: JPG, GIF, PNG (it was possible to import
those formats in earlier releases, but now they can be exported
too).
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Yafray updates (by Raimo):
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Modified the modulator dialogs for YafRay to use minimizable
fields to occupy less space and be more self-explaining. Introduced
a āDefault Modulatorsā button visible when there are no modulators. -
Added `` texco=āuvā clipping=ārepeatā āā to the modulator tag, necessary
for UV mapped textures on YafRay 0.0.5 (a non-backwards-compatible change
on their account). -
Changed YafRay exporter light dialogs to use minimized fields to hide
inactive fields for different light types. -
Implemented browse buttons on all (I think) filename input fields.
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Implemented background images in ambient lights.
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Made some fields in the export/render dialog dynamically disabled for clarity.
For developers:
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INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: wpa:export/3 will call the callback in another window
than the geometry window. -
INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES: wpa:export_filename/2 has a different second argument; there is
also a new function wpa:export_filename/3. Removed wpa:import_filename/1 function;
use wpa:import_filename/2 instead. -
New function: wpa:save_images/3
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New function: wpa:pref_set_default/3
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New functions: wpa:dialog_template/2.
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New functions: e3d_image:save_bin/2,3.
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In dialogs, panel fields now have the same height as labels, and they
are minimizable. (Raimo) -
Images can now be written using wpa:image_write/1 to call any plug-in
that might implement a specific file format.