Fornjot

I'm back from vacation, and feeling eager to get back into Fornjot! Despite my vacation, the last two weeks were not entirely uneventful. I picked off some smaller issues, and @freylint started contributing by updating some API documentation.

Sponsors

Fornjot is supported by @webtrax-oz, @lthiery, @Yatekii, @martindederer, @hobofan, @ahdinosaur, @thawkins, and my other awesome sponsors. Thank you!

If you're interested in helping to make the project sustainable long-term, please consider supporting me too.

End-user improvements

Improvements to Fornjot and its documentation that are visible to end-users.

• Fix circles not being rotatable (#493)
• Fix word in doc comment (#502)
• Make rotation work without a focus point (#503)
• Support sweeping in arbitrary directions (#505)

Ecosystem improvements

Improvements to the Fornjot ecosystem that are relevant to developers who are building on top of Fornjot components.

fj-kernel

• Clean up approximation code (#496)

fj-math

• Make fj_math::Transform more flexible (#501)
• Make some small improvements (#504)

fj-viewer

• Add missing documentation (#487, #492; special thanks to first-time contributor @freylint!)

Internal Improvements

Improvements that are relevant to developers working on Fornjot itself.

• Update dependencies (#488, #489, #499, #500)
• Remove unused C header files (#495)
• Ignore more IDE configuration (#498; thanks to @freylint!)
• Add names for all CI build steps (#507)

Issue of the Week

API documentation is important, but ours contains some unnecessary mistakes. If you're interested in helping out, why not take a look at #271 - Check documentation in CI build? This will help improve the quality of our documentation.

Outlook

After taking a look at some smaller things that have accumulated over the last two weeks, my next focus is going to be a new release. I've waited way too long, so this will require a release announcement of epic proportions. Other than that, I hope that it won't be too much of an issue.