morphonets/SNT: SNT-3.2.13

Several improvements to Path Editing operations (details):

• New: Allow editable nodes to be 'locked'
• New: Allow paths to be concatenated
• New: Paths are no longer renamed when re-arranging relationships between paths
• New: Out-of-focus nodes are no longer automatically hidden when switching to Edit Mode. Use the respective option in the main tab to toggle this filtering option at will (shortcut key: <kbd> 2 </kbd>)
• Fixed: Several issues with "Merge primary Paths in Shared Root". The operation is now undoable
• Fixed: An issue in which paths could not be merged due to 'loop detected' error
• Fixed: Several issues that could cause path's hierarchy to be modified when performing certain operations (details)
  • Fixed: misc inconsistencies

Misc:

• Fixed: Mirroring of trees not working as expected
• Fixed: ConcurrentModificationException with certain selections in Path Manager
• New: Added more options for selection of 'child paths' in Path Manger
• New: Sholl Merge Grouped Profiles uses bin centers (details)

NB on Possibly Breaking Changes: Historically, Simple Neurite Tracer allowed paths to be joined at either a starting node or and end node. This made the code way more complex than it needs to be. In this release, we decided to remove this feature and allow only paths to be joined at starting nodes. Rationale:

• It increases the complexity of code and slows things down. Its removal makes handling of paths noticeably faster!
• (Arguably) It is no longer needed since the addition of path editing controls
• This option has not been accessible from the GUI for several years now
• It is very hard to understand what end-joining is when analyzing complete reconstructions