From: Jim Procter <jprocter@issues.jalview.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:46:17 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: JAL-3675 JAL-3570 JAL-3608 JAL-2983 release notes and docs
X-Git-Tag: Release_2_11_1_1~13^2~35
X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?p=jalview.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=303cf24674d8cb8200c6d2880d6ff72d25ba32da

JAL-3675 JAL-3570 JAL-3608 JAL-2983 release notes and docs
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diff --git a/help/help/html/features/commandline.html b/help/help/html/features/commandline.html
index e00d390..f0e04d5 100644
--- a/help/help/html/features/commandline.html
+++ b/help/help/html/features/commandline.html
@@ -65,10 +65,31 @@ open /Applications/Jalview.app --args -open ~/myalignment.fa</pre><em>(put
   </p>
   <p>
     <strong>Passing JVM Arguments to Jalview</strong><br /> If you need
-    to modify parameters for Jalview's Java Virtual Machine, then take a
-    look at the instructions for how to <a href="../memory.html#jvm">setting
-      the JVM's maximum memory</a>.
+    to modify parameters for Jalview's Java Virtual Machine, or
+    configure system properties, then take a look at the instructions
+    for how to <a href="../memory.html#jvm">setting the JVM's
+      maximum memory</a>.<br /> 
+  <p>
+    <strong>Changing Jalview's 'Look and Feel'</strong> <br />If you
+    are experiencing issues with the font size or layout of Jalview's
+    GUI, you can try changing Jalview's 'Look and feel' by
+    specifying a custom system property 'laf' on startup (see <a
+      href="../memory.html#jvm">setting the JVM's memory</a> for
+    instructions on how to do this for your platform). <br />For the
+    Jalview standalone executable jar, simply provide one of the
+    property settings before the -jar argument
   </p>
+  <ul>
+    <li>-Dlaf=system (default look and feel for the OS)</li>
+    <li>-Dlaf=crossplatform (Java's Metal Look and Feel)</li>
+    <li>-Dlaf=nimbus (Java's alternative Nimbus Look and Feel)</li>
+    <li>-Dlaf=mac (only has an effect on OSX)</li>
+    <li>-Dlaf=gtk (only has an effect on Linux)</li>
+  </ul>
+  The currently configured look and feel is logged to Jalview's console.
+  Once the look and feel has been changed, it will be stored in
+  Jalview's .jalview_properties file for future Jalview sessions.
+
   <p>&nbsp;</p>
   <p>&nbsp;</p>
 </body>
diff --git a/help/help/html/releases.html b/help/help/html/releases.html
index 3512375..b264a3f 100755
--- a/help/help/html/releases.html
+++ b/help/help/html/releases.html
@@ -76,12 +76,22 @@ li:before {
             improved compatibility with JalviewJS
           </li>
           <li>
-          <!-- JAL-3615 -->Retrieve GZipped stockholm formatted alignments from Pfam and Rfam
+            <!-- JAL-3615 -->Retrieve GZipped stockholm formatted
+            alignments from Pfam and Rfam
           </li>
           <li>
-          <!-- JAL-2656 -->Recognise GZipped content for URLs and File import (no longer based on .gz extension)
+            <!-- JAL-2656 -->Recognise GZipped content for URLs and File
+            import (no longer based on .gz extension)
+          </li>
+          <li>
+            <!-- JAL-3570 -->Updated Spanish Translation for 2.11.1
+          </li>
+        </ul> <em>Launching Jalview</em>
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <!-- JAL-3608 -->Configure Jalview Desktop's look and feel
+            through a system property
           </li>
-          <li></li>
         </ul>
       </td>
       <td align="left" valign="top">
@@ -108,6 +118,10 @@ li:before {
             when there are both local and complementary features mapped
             to the position under the cursor
           </li>
+          <li>
+            <!-- JAL-2983 -->Slider with negative range values not
+            rendered correctly in VAqua4 (Since 2.10.4)
+          </li>
         </ul>
       </td>
     </tr>