changelog/ide: fourth accuracy pass (convergence)

Re-verify all IDE pages against the qt-creator diffs once more. Prior verified
corrections are stable (no regressions); this pass adds finer detail and clears
the last major issues. Convergence across passes: 152 -> 106 -> 66 issues,
28 -> 31 -> 44 fully-accurate pages, 0 remaining major issues. 37 pages refined.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: kwagyeman

docs/changelog/ide/v1.0.0.rst

@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ New features
   higher framerate, a disable toggle for maximum performance, and a live FPS
   label.
 - **Save image and templates.** Right-click context actions on the Frame
-  Buffer save the displayed image to disk (BMP/JPG/PNG/PPM) and save a
-  template image (BMP/JPG/PGM/PPM) of either the full frame or an optional
-  rubber-band-selected region, or a keypoint/feature descriptor
-  (``.lbp``/``.ff``), directly onto the cam's drive.
+  Buffer save an image to disk (BMP/JPG/PNG/PPM), save a template image
+  (BMP/JPG/PGM/PPM), or save a keypoint/feature descriptor (``.lbp``/``.ff``)
+  directly onto the cam's drive. When a rubber-band region is dragged over
+  the frame, all three actions operate on the cropped selection and their
+  menu labels change accordingly (for example ``Save Image selection to
+  PC``); otherwise they use the full displayed frame.
 - **Histogram panel.** A ``Histogram`` panel plots the current frame's channel
   distribution and can be switched between RGB, Grayscale, LAB, and YUV color
   spaces.

docs/changelog/ide/v1.1.0.rst

@@ -18,19 +18,19 @@ file filters) that users should be aware of; see :ref:`Breaking changes
 Highlights
 ----------
 
-- **Automatic firmware upgrade.** On connect, the IDE detects an out-of-date
+- **Automatic firmware upgrade** — on connect, the IDE detects an out-of-date
   OpenMV Cam and flashes the bundled firmware over the serial bootloader,
   with an option to also erase the internal filesystem.
-- **Cortex-M7 OpenMV Cam support.** The new STM32F769-based board (``OMV7``)
+- **Cortex-M7 OpenMV Cam support** — the new STM32F769-based board (``OMV7``)
   is supported alongside the existing Cortex-M4 board (``OMV2``), with
   per-board firmware and auto-detection.
-- **Unbrick recovery.** If no camera is found, the IDE can force-flash the
+- **Unbrick recovery** — if no camera is found, the IDE can force-flash the
   matching firmware to a bricked camera once it is reconnected.
-- **Serial Terminal.** The General Messages pane is now a dark-themed
+- **Serial Terminal** — the General Messages pane is now a dark-themed
   ``Serial Terminal`` with 100000-line scrollback that pops up on output.
-- **Non-blocking connect/disconnect.** Connecting, reconnecting, and shutdown
+- **Non-blocking connect/disconnect** — connecting, reconnecting, and shutdown
   now run asynchronously with progress dialogs so the IDE no longer hangs.
-- **Live binary and grayscale preview.** The frame buffer viewer renders
+- **Live binary and grayscale preview** — the frame buffer viewer renders
   1-bit and grayscale images in addition to RGB565 and JPEG.
 
 New features
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ New features
   `30eb9e0dc <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/30eb9e0dc>`__)
 - **Save script and reset actions.** New ``Tools`` menu entries save the
   current script to the OpenMV Cam's flash drive (``Save script to OpenMV
-  Cam``) and reset the camera (``Reset OpenMV Cam``). ``Stop`` gained a
-  ``Ctrl+T`` shortcut.
+  Cam``) and reset the camera (``Reset OpenMV Cam``); ``Stop`` also gained a
+  ``Ctrl+T`` keyboard shortcut.
   (`9fc3dfa5a <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/9fc3dfa5a>`__,
+  `a175bff39 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/a175bff39>`__,
   `889bc38fb <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/889bc38fb>`__)
 - **Update notification and local docs.** The IDE checks openmv.io on startup
   for a newer IDE version and shows a download notification. The ``Docs``
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ New features
   `50375ee95 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/50375ee95>`__)
 - **Binary and grayscale frame buffer.** The frame buffer viewer now renders
   binary (1-bit) and grayscale images in addition to RGB565 and JPEG, and the
-  frame buffer can be toggled on and off live from the toolbar.
+  frame buffer can be toggled on and off live from the toolbar; the older
+  JPEG-compress toolbar button was hidden in favor of this on/off toggle.
   (`a175bff39 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/a175bff39>`__)
 - **New and updated examples.** Added a CPU overclocking example (up to
   216MHz), an improved multi-client MJPEG WiFi streamer, an FPS test, and a

docs/changelog/ide/v1.2.0.rst

@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ Other changes and improvements
   each new error stands out from previous run output
   (`e11561f10 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/e11561f10>`__).
 - Polished Mac menu behavior so the OpenMV Cam pinout and ``About``
-  entries appear under the application menu correctly, and reserved a
-  fixed-width FPS status label so the FPS readout no longer jitters
+  entries appear under the application menu correctly, removed the unused
+  ``Close Window`` (Ctrl+Meta+W) shortcut and the Window-menu window-list
+  action, and set a minimum width on the FPS status label (sized to
+  ``FPS: 000.000``) so the FPS readout no longer jitters
   (`8b5ebadbb <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/8b5ebadbb>`__).
 - Minor UI label cleanups: the save action now reads "Save open script
   to OpenMV Cam" and the ``About`` entry drops the trailing ellipsis on
@@ -80,8 +82,10 @@ Platform and tool support
   single flush with optional per-command start/end delays
   (``SET_START_END_DELAY``), fixing serial communication reliability
   across Windows, Mac, and Linux. An interim per-command packetizing
-  approach was replaced before release
-  (`89464818f <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/89464818f>`__,
+  approach (``PACKET_LEN``) was introduced and then replaced before
+  release
+  (`bd70d60fc <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/bd70d60fc>`__,
+  `89464818f <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/89464818f>`__,
   `8b5ebadbb <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/8b5ebadbb>`__).
 - **Windows driver installers** reworked to handle 64-bit (WOW64)
   systems and quote paths, making OpenMV/pybcdc INF driver installation

docs/changelog/ide/v1.5.0.rst

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Highlights
   highlighting, sourced from a keyword database auto-generated from the bundled
   HTML documentation.
 - **AprilTag Generator** renders printable tag-image sheets for the TAG16H5,
-  TAG25H7, TAG25H9, TAG36H10, TAG36H11, and AR-TOOLKIT families (the menu label
+  TAG25H7, TAG25H9, TAG36H10, TAG36H11, and ARTOOLKIT families (the menu label
   for the last reads ``ARKTOOLKIT``).
 - **Robust serial output:** a UTF-8-aware parser strips and handles control
   characters so binary data no longer corrupts printed text.
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ New features
   `a2f4b2f25 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/a2f4b2f25>`__).
 - **AprilTag Generator** under ``Machine Vision Tools`` renders printable
   tag-image PNG sheets for the TAG16H5, TAG25H7, TAG25H9, TAG36H10, TAG36H11,
-  and AR-TOOLKIT tag families over a selectable tag-ID range. The menu item for
+  and ARTOOLKIT tag families over a selectable tag-ID range. The menu item for
   the last family reads ``ARKTOOLKIT Family`` (a typo in the build) even though
   the family itself is ``artoolkit``. The menu also gains a
   ``QRCode Generator`` link, and tag menu labels now show tag counts

docs/changelog/ide/v1.5.2.rst

@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ New features
 - Added new bundled **MAVLink** examples for streaming optical flow and
   AprilTag landing-target messages to a flight controller (`b3dac4090
   <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/b3dac4090>`__).
-- Added bundled examples for 1D/2D barcode detection and a WiFi MJPEG streamer
-  that runs in Access Point mode (`b3dac4090
+- Added bundled examples for 1D barcode detection
+  (EAN/UPC/ISBN/CODE39/CODE93/CODE128/etc.) and a WiFi MJPEG streamer that
+  runs in Access Point mode (`b3dac4090
   <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/b3dac4090>`__).
 
 Other changes and improvements

docs/changelog/ide/v1.6.0.rst

@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Highlights
 - **OpenMV Cam registration** is now detected on connect: the IDE queries the
   board architecture, checks the board/ID against ``openmv.io``, and prompts
   the user to register the camera with a board key.
-- **Bundled firmware 2.4.0** for both OMV2 (M4) and OMV3 (M7) cameras adds
+- **Bundled firmware 2.4.1** for both OMV2 (M4) and OMV3 (M7) cameras adds
   line detection (``find_lines`` / ``find_line_segments`` via a Hough
-  transform) and a new ``image.match_descriptor`` result object; firmware
-  2.4.1 follows with a binary-operation API rename.
+  transform) and a new ``image.match_descriptor`` result object in 2.4.0;
+  firmware 2.4.1 follows with a binary-operation API rename.
 - **Threshold Editor integration**: right-clicking a selected grayscale or
   LAB threshold tuple in the editor opens the Threshold Editor pre-loaded with
   those values and writes the adjusted tuple back into the source on close.

docs/changelog/ide/v1.7.0.rst

@@ -77,16 +77,16 @@ Other changes and improvements
 Bug fixes
 ---------
 
-- Hardened saving of ``main.py`` and keypoint files by switching to atomic
-  ``FileSaver`` writes (write then finalize), and fixed a missing path
-  separator that wrote ``main.py`` to the wrong location
-  (`4fd4e89cf <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/4fd4e89cf>`__,
-  `1865ffd31 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/1865ffd31>`__).
+- Hardened saving of ``main.py`` and keypoint files. The writes were switched
+  to atomic ``FileSaver`` writes (write then finalize) in
+  (`4fd4e89cf <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/4fd4e89cf>`__), and
+  a missing path separator that wrote ``main.py`` to the wrong location was
+  fixed in
+  (`1865ffd31 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/1865ffd31>`__).
 - Improved serial reliability by enlarging the serial read buffer to 1MB on all
   ports and increasing the read-stall timeout, addressing dropped data with
   ``QSerialPort``
-  (`7f68368dc <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/7f68368dc>`__,
-  `4895e20b7 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/4895e20b7>`__).
+  (`7f68368dc <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/7f68368dc>`__).
 - Fixed a window splitter layout glitch by exporting ``MainWindow`` and
   emitting a show-event signal so the OpenMV plugin can restore the layout when
   the main window is shown

docs/changelog/ide/v1.8.0.rst

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ New features
   name, and a **Duplicate REPL on the UART on startup** option stored under the
   ``main.ini`` boot settings
   (`69dc7dfbf <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/69dc7dfbf>`__,
-  `39142ef70 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/39142ef70>`__,
-  `061aacf15 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/061aacf15>`__).
+  `39142ef70 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/39142ef70>`__).
 - **Networked terminal command-line options.** Added ``-open_udp_client_terminal``,
   ``-open_udp_server_terminal``, ``-open_tcp_client_terminal``, and
   ``-open_tcp_server_terminal`` alongside the existing serial terminal option
@@ -128,8 +127,7 @@ Bug fixes
   (`b9644e859 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/b9644e859>`__,
   `9f0520bbe <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/9f0520bbe>`__,
   `35eb69bce <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/35eb69bce>`__,
-  `c4700e2b0 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/c4700e2b0>`__,
-  `b492759e1 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/b492759e1>`__).
+  `c4700e2b0 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/c4700e2b0>`__).
 
 Platform and tool support
 -------------------------

docs/changelog/ide/v1.8.1.rst

@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ Other changes and improvements
   disconnecting/resetting the cam, the IDE writes a throwaway file to force the
   cam's filesystem to flush pending writes to disk; the settings dialog now
   only flushes on ``Accepted``
-  (`e7c78c930 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/e7c78c930>`__,
-  `5c1c0426b <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/5c1c0426b>`__).
+  (`e7c78c930 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/e7c78c930>`__).
 - WiFi password entry fields in the camera settings dialog now cap at 63
   characters (the WPA limit) instead of 255, and the dialog was made slightly
   taller

docs/changelog/ide/v1.9.0.rst

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ Highlights
 - **New bundled examples** add drawing primitives, image filters, a time-lapse
   photos script, a CMSIS CNN object-classification demo, and motor-shield
   examples.
-- **Bundled firmware 2.9.0** refreshes the M7 and H7 firmware, bootloader, and
-  DFU images.
+- **Bundled firmware 2.9.0** refreshes the M7 (OPENMV3) and H7 (OPENMV4)
+  firmware and DFU images (and the H7 bootloader).
 
 New features
 ------------
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ Platform and tool support
 - **Qt Creator base:** 4.0.2.
 - **Bundled OpenMV firmware:** the global ``firmware.txt`` version is now 2.9.0
   (from 2.7.0 via 2.8.0). The 2.9.0 bump refreshed only the M7 (OPENMV3) and H7
-  (OPENMV4) firmware, bootloader, and DFU images; the M4 (OPENMV2) images were
-  last refreshed at 2.8.0
+  (OPENMV4) firmware and DFU images, along with the H7 bootloader (the M7
+  refreshed only ``bootloader.elf``); the M4 (OPENMV2) images were last
+  refreshed at 2.8.0
   (`bfc0b188e <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/bfc0b188e>`__,
   `c0a86dd35 <https://github.com/openmv/qt-creator/commit/c0a86dd35>`__).
 - **OpenMV IDE version** bumped to 1.9.0 internally (from 1.8.2)