KLayout 0.29.2 x64 Portable

Features:
Enhancement: #1724 Don't read duplicate LEF files
Bugfix: #1722 [macOS] Crash when opening layout having Custom Macro Menus
Enhancement: #1721 Feature request: send results from a query to selection
Enhancement: #1719 Small LVS issues
Enhancement: #1710 Feature request: create separate cell for def FILL
Bugfix: #1709 Problem displaying multiple text labels with same x value
Bugfix: #1706 [macOS] User Properties Dialog Crashes
Enhancement: #1701 Feature request: strm2oas should report input unit differences
Enhancement: Methods to obtain representative shapes of subcircuit pin and terminals, i.e.
LayoutToNetlist#shapes_of_pin, LayoutToNetlist#shapes_of_terminal.
Enhancement: Some enhancements in the Ruby/Python area like better messages in case
of argument mismatch errors and better handling of default values for enum arguments.
Enhancement: LayoutToNetlist#layer_indexes, LayoutToNetlist#layer_info (convenience)
Enhancement: blend-mode 0 (aka AddToCell) now does not generate instance duplicates
Bugfix: Some bug fixes on macro IDE: deleted macros do not become "zombie tabs" for example

Features:
Enhancement: #1662 Strong default grids
Enhancement: #1656 Display-->Goto Position dialog should accept + as well as - for number prefixes
Bugfix: #1651 Errors when adding polygons with 4 points
Bugfix: #1644 DRC: some issues with edge layers
Bugfix: #1643 DRC: Feeding the same layer to two-layer operations in deep mode does not render the desired result
Enhancement: #1638 let klayout marker browser read strmxor .. xor.gds.gz, xor.oas result files
Enhancement: #1637 XOR optimization for prBoundary layer
Bugfix: #1632 rdb python/ruby module: modifing items not possible as they are const
Enhancement: #1598 LVS - Support for Soft Connections
Bugfix: #1586 Refactoring transformation conversion functions for complex transformation
Enhancement: #1583 Add possibility to customize main window title
Enhancement: #1513 Update Qt version for Qt bindings to 5.12.12 and 6.2.1
Bugfix: #1356 Instance Property form: Array Instance col/row would be more intuitive then the current row/col
Enhancement: New ruler type "auto measure along edge"
Enhancement: Trigger ruler measurement on mouse hovering transiently
Enhancement: Min and max value bounds for PCell parameters in editor The condition is not strictly enforced - for example it is not checked when changing parameters programmatically. For that, use "coerce_parameters". Still, this feature is an editing aid.
Bugfix: Pixel garbage in color selector button with "Auto" color selected
Bugfix: DRC/LVS - connect_explicit did not accept an array of nets as single argument
Bugfix: 'edge outside polygon' now consistently ignores the border of the polygon
Bugfix: Warning level was ignored for some warnings in LEF/DEF reader
Bugfix: Netlist reader: anonymous circuits are not checked for known parameters
Enhancement: LVS - Supporting remote must-connect connections So far, must-connect connections had to be made one level up in the hierarchy or promoted further using labels and such. Now, must-connect connections can be made at any point up in the hierarchy.
Bugfix: LVS - do not waste too much time analyzing failed matches
Enhancement: LVS - LVS: Consider net names identical that differ in signal type suffix only - e.g. 'NET:I' is identical to 'NET'
Enhancement: OASIS reader will produce layers that are listed in layer table but empty. Previously, empty layers were never created, even if listed in the layer table.
Enhancement: Reading from HTTP streams and pipes now supports automatic .gz uncompression
Enhancement: New DRC Features:
"edges" method allows selecting convext/concave/step edges
Interaction count for edge/edge edge/polygon "interacting"
Improved handling of dots (degenerated edges) - these are now passed through the edge/edge and edge/polygon booleans and participate in "interact". This enables selecting corners and using them to select edges.
Enhancement: New RBA/pya Features:
Main window title: MainWindow#title (property)
LayoutView#is_dirty?
Triangulation: Region#delaunay
Quality rasterizer: Region#rasterize
Generic edge and polygon filters and operators support hierarchical processing with Python or Ruby callbacks: classes EdgePairFilter, EdgePairOperator, EdgePairToPolygonOperator, EdgePairToEdgeOperator, EdgeFilter, EdgeOperator, EdgeToPolygonOperator, EdgeToEdgePairOperator, PolygonFilter, PolygonOperator PolygonToEdgeOperator, PolygonToEdgePairOperator, TextFilter, TextOperator, TextToPolygonOperator Methods: EdgePairs#filter, EdgePairs#filtered, EdgePairs#process, EdgePairs#processed, same for Edges, Regions and Texts
Polygon#split, Polygon#break, same for DPolygon, SimplePolygon, DSimplePolygon
Keyword arguments for Python, Ruby and Expressions
You can now also use "klayout" package inside the application (same code for Python module and application) - i.e. "import klayout.db"
Synonyms: connect/disconnect for events for better compatibility with PyQt5

Bugfix: #1578 Missing strm2*.exe in the Windows portable binary package (*.zip)
Enhancement: #1569 Make "toggle (selected) layer" key-bindable Plus feature: "visibility follows selection"
Bugfix: #1565 quit() raises an error in KLayout Python Console
Bugfix: #1556 Cannot shrink Marker Browser window
Bugfix: #1539 Misleading description in 'Flatten Cell'
Enhancement: Supporting UCRT runtime option in MSYS2 deployment

Features:
Bugfix: #1477 Macro IDE: changing the colors does not have an effect
Bugfix: #1474 Throw a FATAL ERROR when multiple cellname have the same refnum
Bugfix: #1473 Ignore 'Summarize missing layers' when sending XOR result to other layout)
Bugfix: #1472 DEF path with first/last segment length < halfwidth are read wrong
Bugfix: #1471 Make warning about 'FOREIGN differs from MACRO name' more informative
Bugfix: #1470 DEF pinname VDD.extra1 should be written as VDD TEXT in gds/oasis
Bugfix: #1465 (maybe fixed) DRC crash at end of script
Bugfix: #1464 Layout#get_info and Layout#set_info not longer segfault on wrong layer index
Bugfix: #1460 CellRename dialog is larger now initially
Enhancement: #1307 (partial) Produce UNPLACED macros if location is provided
Enhancement: New aliases for inline operators (e.g. "+=") in RBA::Region and similar classes Reasoning is that "+=" in Ruby is resolved into "+" and "=" which does not make use of the inline optimization. Using "join_with" instead will avoid this. Other alias: "join" for "+", "and" for "&", "and_with" for "&=", "not" for "-", "not_with" for "-=", "or" for "|", "or_with" for "|=", "xor" for "^" and "xor_with" for "^=".
Bugfix: deep region 'transform' with plain shift was not working properly with scaled instances
Bugfix: re-run of include-expanded DRC/LVS wasn't working
Bugfix: Proper Python stack trace in debugger for Python 3.10
Enhancement: Allowing to select cells by error markers too (so that PCells with errors can be selected)
Bugfix: avoid a segfault in the properties dialog
Enhancement: crash log now is shown in a more reliable way - but less fancy. In addition, a crash log is written 'klayout_crash.log' in the home path and the crash message is printed to error.
Bugfix: Don't clear search when switching macro editor pages
Enhancement: Macro editor file change notification now also is no longer a modal window
Enhancement: Macro editor does not list __pycache__ directories
Enhancement: Pick a tab in Macro editor from the context menu of tab bar
Bugfix: moving a text with a non-centered vertical alignment now uses the right location
Enhancement: 'copy interactive' will maintain selection
Enhancement Better integration of partial mode - for example 'interactive move' now also acts on partial selection
Bugfix: cleanup after deleting cells in partial mode - no new top cells appear
Enhancement: package manager
So not update macros while installing: avoids transient error messages
Offer to autorun macros also after package update (so far only on package new installation
Bugfix: Fixed a issue with the search box on the macro editor when switching to the replace text box, focus was passed to the text editor instead
Enhancement: CIF reader progress now functional
Enhancement: some speedup while sorting instances
Bugfix: LayoutView does not longer need processEvents when saving an image to PNG

Features:
Bugfix: #1307 (partial) LEF/DEF PIN labels are taken from NET, not PIN name
Bugfix: #1415 GDS2 files with meta info are not read by old versions of KLayout
Bugfix: #1422 DXF file parsing error, about spline curve
Bugfix: #1425 Python Binding / Layout / find_layer broken for layer "name"
Bugfix: #1428 Feature request: "%include" in macros should allow including XML files too
Bugfix: #1430 Add option to filter out geometric primitives from Marker Database Browser Info widget
Bugfix: #1432 strm2oas def ignores path segment after + VIRTUAL + RECT
Bugfix: #1433 Fix def syntax error in testdata/lefdef/viasize2/test.def
Bugfix: #1453 Zoom (in) function with selected layers significantly slower in newer releases
Enhancement: #1438 Provide a configuration option to switch back to old-style text selection (at origin only)
Enhancement: #1440 Relative margin for Marker Database Browser
Enhancement: #1441 Support for label position in Marker Database Browser
Enhancements:
Add a default extension to file names unless one is given
Selection on partial mode enhanced: allow selection of edge ends if edges overlap, graphical indicator for selected partial
Wheel events do no longer change Combo Box selections
DRC/LVS: log output overhead reduced for faster execution in small layout cases
Added RBA::Image/pya.Image constructor taking QImage and PixelBuffer
Point objects are native citizens now of the database and act as representatives for handles, better editing and visualization of the latter
Macro editor has "find previous" button now
Mitigate the effect of overriding a globally-defined technology with -nn on the command line by creating tech variants
LEF/DEF map files now allow LEFPINNAME and PINNAME purpose to map pin labels in a more consistent way
Bugfix:
Tilde expansion wasn't working for layout write
Python specific API documentation did not mention disambiguation for property/method ambiguity
Python error messages are more readable and contain the exception class
PCell layer-type parameters did not work without a default value
Point-like PCell handles now cannot be spoiled any longer in partial mode
"Duplicate" was also duplicating cells or layers depending on the scope which was irritating. Now it's confined to geometry
DRC/LVS logs list the correct line also with include files
"report" wasn't working in DRC/LVS scripts for scripts only using external sources
Fixed a potential segfault on application exit
Enhancements to the macro editor's search & replace function - "replace and search next" wasn't working properly and other flaws

Bugfix: #1397 LayoutMetaInfo serialization/deserialization problem
Bugfix: #1404 Better support for editing mode in Qt-less LayoutView
Bugfix: #1407 Clip functions do not support polygons with holes
Bugfix: #1409 Text edit issue (internal error)
Enhancements:
Made 'time' parameter optional for MainWindow#message
strmxor performance with --deep enhanced

Features:
Bugfix: #1173 DXF SPLINE implementation not compatible with ezdxf
Bugfix: #1167 delete_cells slow in some cases
Bugfix: #1164 Deleting cells: 'basic_string: construction from null is not valid'
Bugfix: #1145 Crash when clearing a Shapes container by script while a shape is selected
Bugfix: #1144 Copy layer not choosing the right "new" target layer sometimes
Bugfix: #1143 DBU not taken from technology by default
Bugfix: #1097 Change oasis writer defaults to strict + cblocks, discourage the usage of oas.gz
Bugfix: Incorrect behavior of some deep-mode DRC functions
deep edges "and" with Region: incorrect behavior if region is empty or non-deep
deep edges "inside_part" with Region: incorrect behavior if region is empty or non-deep
deep edges "outside_part" with Region: incorrect behavior if region is empty or non-deep
Enhancement: Python include files are now provided for the Python package. This will add type information to the methods.