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| author | Raph Levien <raph.levien@artifex.com> | 2001-04-01 01:15:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Raph Levien <raph.levien@artifex.com> | 2001-04-01 01:15:24 +0000 |
| commit | 31d72e614a8ddae7920c488d7fbe4f7b70b9ea5b (patch) | |
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Updates Changes and History6 files from CVS logs using automated tools,ghostscript-6.63
in preparation for 6.63 release.
git-svn-id: http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/trunk@1349 a1074d23-0009-0410-80fe-cf8c14f379e6
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2 files changed, 618 insertions, 426 deletions
diff --git a/gs/doc/Changes.htm b/gs/doc/Changes.htm index 1382c920a..f44065afd 100644 --- a/gs/doc/Changes.htm +++ b/gs/doc/Changes.htm @@ -1,473 +1,322 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> -<title>Ghostscript 6.62 change history as of 2001-03-19 11:31:14</title> +<title>Ghostscript 6.63 change history as of 2001-03-31 17:14:30</title> <link rel=stylesheet type="text/css" href="gs.css"> </head><body> <!-- cvs command: cvs -d raph@cvs.ghostscript.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ghostscript -Q log -b --> <ul> -<li><a href="#6.62-Documentation">Documentation</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Procedures">Procedures</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Utilities">Utilities</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Drivers">Drivers</a>, - <a href="#6.62-PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, - <a href="#6.62-PDF_Interpreter">PDF Interpreter</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Streams">Streams</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Library">Library</a>, - <a href="#6.62-Other">Other</a> +<li><a href="#6.63-Documentation">Documentation</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Procedures">Procedures</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Utilities">Utilities</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Drivers">Drivers</a>, + <a href="#6.63-PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, + <a href="#6.63-PDF_Interpreter">PDF Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Streams">Streams</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Library">Library</a> </ul> -<h2><a name="6.62-Documentation"></a>Documentation</h2><pre> - -Increments version number to 6.62 as part of 6.61 release process. -(doc/News.htm [1.77]: 2001/02/24 01:56:01 raph) - -Adds Epson Stylus Color 300 support to uniprint, also some code cleanups. -Thanks to Glenn Ramsey and Gunther Hess for the patch. -(doc/Devices.htm [1.20]: 2001/03/03 00:45:01 raph) - -Added documentation for Ghostscript interpreter API as used by Windows and -OS/2 DLL and Linux shared object. (doc/API.htm [1.1], doc/DLL.htm [1.8], -doc/Readme.htm [1.20]: 2001/03/13 07:12:06 ghostgum) - -Documentation changes in preparation for 6.62 beta release. -(doc/API.htm [1.2], doc/Bug-form.htm [1.15], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.11], -doc/C-style.htm [1.12], doc/Commprod.htm [1.9], doc/Copying.htm [1.7], -doc/Current.htm [1.7], doc/DLL.htm [1.9], doc/Develop.htm [1.33], -doc/Devices.htm [1.21], doc/Drivers.htm [1.15], doc/Fonts.htm [1.13], -doc/Helpers.htm [1.10], doc/History1.htm [1.7], doc/History2.htm [1.7], -doc/History3.htm [1.7], doc/History4.htm [1.7], doc/History5.htm [1.9], -doc/History6.htm [1.19], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.10], doc/Install.htm [1.15], -doc/Language.htm [1.26], doc/Lib.htm [1.7], doc/Maintain.htm [1.11], -doc/Make.htm [1.23], doc/New-user.htm [1.20], doc/News.htm [1.78], -doc/Projects.htm [1.24], doc/Ps-style.htm [1.7], doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.8], -doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.25], doc/Psfiles.htm [1.14], doc/README [1.6], -doc/Readme.htm [1.21], doc/Release.htm [1.29], doc/Source.htm [1.7], -doc/Tester.htm [1.7], doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.7], doc/Use.htm [1.23], -doc/Xfonts.htm [1.7], doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.6], man/dvipdf.1 [1.4], -man/font2c.1 [1.4], man/gs.1 [1.4], man/gslp.1 [1.4], man/gsnd.1 [1.4], -man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.4], man/pdf2ps.1 [1.6], man/pdfopt.1 [1.4], -man/pf2afm.1 [1.4], man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.5], man/printafm.1 [1.4], -man/ps2ascii.1 [1.4], man/ps2epsi.1 [1.4], man/ps2pdf.1 [1.8], -man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.5], man/ps2ps.1 [1.11], man/wftopfa.1 [1.4]: 2001/03/17 -01:26:48 raph) - -Updates Changes and History6 files from cvs commit logs, in preparation for -6.62 beta release. (doc/Changes.htm [1.22], doc/History6.htm [1.20]: -2001/03/17 01:30:16 raph) - -There was a spelling error in Juan Manuel Acosta's name. His entry is also -moved to "major contributers" section. (doc/Helpers.htm [1.11]: 2001/03/19 -16:46:05 alexcher) - -Updates date for 6.62 release to 2001-03-19. (doc/API.htm [1.3], -doc/Bug-form.htm [1.16], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.12], doc/C-style.htm [1.13], -doc/Commprod.htm [1.10], doc/Copying.htm [1.8], doc/Current.htm [1.8], -doc/DLL.htm [1.10], doc/Develop.htm [1.34], doc/Devices.htm [1.22], -doc/Drivers.htm [1.16], doc/Fonts.htm [1.14], doc/Helpers.htm [1.12], -doc/History1.htm [1.8], doc/History2.htm [1.8], doc/History3.htm [1.8], -doc/History4.htm [1.8], doc/History5.htm [1.10], doc/History6.htm [1.21], -doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.11], doc/Install.htm [1.16], doc/Language.htm [1.27], -doc/Lib.htm [1.8], doc/Maintain.htm [1.12], doc/Make.htm [1.24], -doc/New-user.htm [1.21], doc/News.htm [1.79], doc/Projects.htm [1.25], -doc/Ps-style.htm [1.8], doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.9], doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.26], -doc/Psfiles.htm [1.15], doc/README [1.7], doc/Readme.htm [1.22], -doc/Release.htm [1.30], doc/Source.htm [1.8], doc/Tester.htm [1.8], -doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.8], doc/Use.htm [1.24], doc/Xfonts.htm [1.8], -doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.7], man/dvipdf.1 [1.5], man/font2c.1 [1.5], -man/gs.1 [1.5], man/gslp.1 [1.5], man/gsnd.1 [1.5], man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.5], -man/pdf2ps.1 [1.7], man/pdfopt.1 [1.5], man/pf2afm.1 [1.5], -man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.6], man/printafm.1 [1.5], man/ps2ascii.1 [1.5], -man/ps2epsi.1 [1.5], man/ps2pdf.1 [1.9], man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.6], -man/ps2ps.1 [1.12], man/wftopfa.1 [1.5]: 2001/03/19 17:26:17 raph) - -Inital version of this file that will be used to capture notes about minor -bugs or compatibility that are identified when action will not be undertaken -immediately. (doc/Issues.htm [1.1]: 2001/03/19 19:27:04 rayjj) - -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Procedures"></a>Procedures</h2><pre> +<h2><a name="6.63-Documentation"></a>Documentation</h2><pre> -Fixes problems: - - Minor changes to fix compilation on VMS, thanks to Jacob -=JoukJansen for the patch. (devs.mak [1.42]: 2001/03/01 22:16:02 raph) - - Corrects whitespace for new entries in devs.mak for VMS build. -Thanks to Jouk Jansen. (devs.mak [1.44]: 2001/03/13 20:01:35 raph) - - Fixes SourceForge bug #219677. Adds debug and debugclean targets -to MSVC++ makefile that build in the debugobj and debugbin directories. -Fixes BEGINFILES and BEGINFILES2 so that 'make clean' removes all files. -(msvc32.mak [1.10], winlib.mak [1.7]: 2001/03/16 22:53:18 ghostgum) - - /None and /All separations are now supported. SourceForge bug -#228354. (lib.mak [1.45]: 2001/03/18 19:15:50 igorm) - - Adds lib directory to MS-Windows distribution archive. Change -copyright message in MS-Windows setup program to artofcode LLC. Thanks to -Russell Lang for the patch. (winint.mak [1.7]: 2001/03/19 17:12:45 raph) - -Increments version number to 6.62 as part of 6.61 release process. -(version.mak [1.27]: 2001/02/24 01:56:01 raph) - -Provide alternate %stdin/out/err implementation using procedure based -streams and callouts. Previous stdio implementation with -STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION= New callout stdio implementation with -STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION=c Bug fix to zflush and zpeekstring. New stdio stream -code is in ziodevsc.c which will be in next commit. (bcwin32.mak [1.5], -dvx-gcc.mak [1.6], gs.mak [1.3], int.mak [1.43], msvc32.mak [1.7], -msvclib.mak [1.7], openvms.mak [1.7], os2.mak [1.10], ugcclib.mak [1.7], -unix-gcc.mak [1.10], unixansi.mak [1.8], unixtrad.mak [1.8], watc.mak [1.7], -watclib.mak [1.7], watcw32.mak [1.6]: 2001/03/12 04:05:19 ghostgum) - -Adds device filter pipeline, which will be used by PDF 1.4 and other -enhanced imaging operations. (int.mak [1.44], lib.mak [1.43]: 2001/03/13 -00:41:10 raph) - -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (devs.mak [1.43], gsdll2.def [1.2], gsdll32.def [1.2], -int.mak [1.45], msvc32.mak [1.8], os2.mak [1.11], unix-dll.mak [1.1], -unix-gcc.mak [1.11], winint.mak [1.6], winlib.mak [1.6]: 2001/03/13 07:09:28 -ghostgum) +Moves the following SourceForge bugs to the Issues.htm documentation: +201955, 220967, 223992. (doc/Issues.htm [1.2]: 2001/03/20 07:36:30 rayjj) -When building the Linux shared object, separate directories soobj and sobin -are used to prevent 'make' from mixing the object files and building a -corrupt executable. Added 'API.htm' to the installed documentation files. -(unix-dll.mak [1.2], unix-gcc.mak [1.12], unixinst.mak [1.18]: 2001/03/15 -09:11:28 ghostgum) +Added 2 issues related to JPEG in PDF, Bug 226391 (doc/Issues.htm [1.3]: +2001/03/20 16:41:28 alexcher) -Change AFPL Ghostscript path on Windows and OS/2 platforms from c:/aladdin -to c:/gs. (bcwin32.mak [1.6], msvc32.mak [1.9], msvclib.mak [1.8], -watc.mak [1.8], watclib.mak [1.8], watcw32.mak [1.7]: 2001/03/16 22:19:16 -ghostgum) +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(doc/Install.htm [1.17]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (bcwin32.mak [1.7], devs.mak [1.45], dvx-gcc.mak [1.7], gs.mak [1.4], -icclib.mak [1.1], int.mak [1.46], lib.mak [1.44], msvc32.mak [1.11], -msvclib.mak [1.9], openvms.mak [1.8], os2.mak [1.12], ugcclib.mak [1.8], -unix-gcc.mak [1.13], unixansi.mak [1.9], unixtrad.mak [1.9], -version.mak [1.28], watc.mak [1.9], watclib.mak [1.9], watcw32.mak [1.8], -wctail.mak [1.3], winlib.mak [1.8]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) - -Moves patched icclib 1.23 files into the new icclib/ subdirectory, with -makefile changes to match. Adds missing COPYRIGHT and other documentation to -icclib. Thanks to L. Peter Deutsch for pointing out the need. -(bcwin32.mak [1.8], dvx-gcc.mak [1.8], msvc32.mak [1.12], -msvclib.mak [1.10], openvms.mak [1.9], os2.mak [1.13], ugcclib.mak [1.9], -unix-gcc.mak [1.14], unixansi.mak [1.10], unixtrad.mak [1.10], -watc.mak [1.10], watclib.mak [1.10], watcw32.mak [1.9]: 2001/03/19 17:11:15 -raph) +Change the search order for the Ghostscript Windows DLL to try the +executable directory before the location specified in the GS_DLL environment +variable. (doc/Install.htm [1.18]: 2001/03/27 09:35:22 ghostgum) -Updates date for 6.62 release to 2001-03-19. (version.mak [1.29]: 2001/03/19 -17:26:18 raph) +Some attributes of Catalog object are lost during PDF to PDF conversion +(doc/Issues.htm [1.4]: 2001/03/27 21:03:18 alexcher) -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Utilities"></a>Utilities</h2><pre> +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (doc/News.htm [1.81]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) -Replace many references to exit() with returns. (gp_dvx.c [1.3], -gp_os2.c [1.7], gp_unix.c [1.4]: 2001/03/12 03:50:02 ghostgum) +Updates dates in preparation for 6.63 beta release. News updated. +(doc/API.htm [1.4], doc/Bug-form.htm [1.17], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.13], +doc/C-style.htm [1.14], doc/Commprod.htm [1.11], doc/Copying.htm [1.9], +doc/Current.htm [1.9], doc/DLL.htm [1.11], doc/Develop.htm [1.35], +doc/Devices.htm [1.23], doc/Drivers.htm [1.17], doc/Fonts.htm [1.15], +doc/Helpers.htm [1.13], doc/History1.htm [1.9], doc/History2.htm [1.9], +doc/History3.htm [1.9], doc/History4.htm [1.9], doc/History5.htm [1.11], +doc/History6.htm [1.23], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.12], doc/Install.htm [1.19], +doc/Issues.htm [1.5], doc/Language.htm [1.28], doc/Lib.htm [1.9], +doc/Maintain.htm [1.13], doc/Make.htm [1.25], doc/New-user.htm [1.22], +doc/News.htm [1.82], doc/Projects.htm [1.26], doc/Ps-style.htm [1.9], +doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.10], doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.27], doc/Psfiles.htm [1.16], +doc/README [1.8], doc/Readme.htm [1.24], doc/Release.htm [1.31], +doc/Source.htm [1.9], doc/Tester.htm [1.9], doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.9], +doc/Use.htm [1.25], doc/Xfonts.htm [1.9], doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.8], +man/dvipdf.1 [1.6], man/font2c.1 [1.6], man/gs.1 [1.6], man/gslp.1 [1.6], +man/gsnd.1 [1.6], man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.6], man/pdf2ps.1 [1.8], +man/pdfopt.1 [1.6], man/pf2afm.1 [1.6], man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.7], +man/printafm.1 [1.6], man/ps2ascii.1 [1.6], man/ps2epsi.1 [1.6], +man/ps2pdf.1 [1.10], man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.7], man/ps2ps.1 [1.13], +man/wftopfa.1 [1.6]: 2001/04/01 01:10:54 raph) -Cleanup of MS-Windows and OS/2 code. Remove old 16-bit MS-Windows code. -Remove references to stdout/err, replacing with eprintf(). Remove global -variables. Disable mswindll and os2dll devices if a callback function is not -provided. (gp_mswin.c [1.4], gp_os2.c [1.8]: 2001/03/12 03:56:13 ghostgum) +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Procedures"></a>Procedures</h2><pre> -stdio implementation using callouts. Missing file from last commit. -(ziodevsc.c [1.1]: 2001/03/12 04:11:28 ghostgum) +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(winlib.mak [1.9]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (dxmain.c [1.1], gp_msdll.c [1.1], gp_mswin.c [1.5], -gp_os2.c [1.9], gsdll.c [1.4]: 2001/03/13 07:09:28 ghostgum) +Adds Windows %printer% device to MS Visual C++ build. (msvc32.mak [1.13]: +2001/03/26 12:00:07 ghostgum) -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (icc.c [1.1]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) +Adds icclib subdirectory to tarballs. (toolbin/makeset.tcl [1.7]: 2001/03/28 +21:24:00 raph) -Moves patched icclib 1.23 files into the new icclib/ subdirectory, with -makefile changes to match. Adds missing COPYRIGHT and other documentation to -icclib. Thanks to L. Peter Deutsch for pointing out the need. (icc.c [1.2]: -2001/03/19 17:11:15 raph) +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (version.mak [1.30]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Drivers"></a>Drivers</h2><pre> +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (lib.mak [1.46]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) -Fixes problems: - - to achieve page independence, every page must in the general case -set page parameters. To preserve duplexing the page cannot set page -parameters. New code checks the current page size and sets it only if it is -necessary. Bug #404376 reported by bannis at users.sourceforge.net -(gdevpsu.c [1.3]: 2001/03/03 03:27:03 alexcher) - -Adds Epson Stylus Color 300 support to uniprint, also some code cleanups. -Thanks to Glenn Ramsey and Gunther Hess for the patch. (gdevupd.c [1.4], -lib/stc300.upp [1.1], lib/stc300bl.upp [1.1], lib/stc300bm.upp [1.1]: -2001/03/03 00:45:01 raph) - -Cleanup of MS-Windows and OS/2 code. Remove old 16-bit MS-Windows code. -Remove references to stdout/err, replacing with eprintf(). Remove global -variables. Disable mswindll and os2dll devices if a callback function is not -provided. (gdevmswn.c [1.3], gdevpm.c [1.3], gdevwdib.c [1.3], -gdevwpr2.c [1.6], gdevwprn.c [1.3]: 2001/03/12 03:56:13 ghostgum) - -Redirect all user messages from stdout and stderr to outwrite() and -errwrite(). This is needed to allow stdout/err to be redirected to the -caller for DLL / shared object builds. (gdev4693.c [1.2], gdevcdj.c [1.5], -gdevhl7x.c [1.4], gdevifno.c [1.2], gdevimgn.c [1.3], gdevos2p.c [1.4], -gdevsppr.c [1.3], gdevsunr.c [1.3], gdevupd.c [1.5], gdevwddb.c [1.3], -gdevwpr2.c [1.7]: 2001/03/13 06:51:39 ghostgum) - -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (gdevdsp.c [1.1], gdevdsp.h [1.1], gdevdsp2.h [1.1], -gdevmswn.c [1.4], gdevpm.c [1.4]: 2001/03/13 07:09:28 ghostgum) - -Adds typed image rendering to pnga (prototype PDF 1.4) device. -(gdevpnga.c [1.3]: 2001/03/17 00:16:53 raph) - -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (gdevpx.c [1.6]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) - -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-PDF_writer"></a>PDF writer</h2><pre> +Updates dates in preparation for 6.63 beta release. News updated. +(version.mak [1.31]: 2001/04/01 01:10:55 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Utilities"></a>Utilities</h2><pre> Fixes problems: - - properly include unistd_.h in files that call unlink() -(gdevpdf.c [1.29]: 2001/03/16 22:12:34 giles) + - closefile added for procedure based stdio to prevent disabled +stream from appearing valid. (ziodevsc.c [1.2]: 2001/03/27 09:37:10 +ghostgum) + - Avoid rangecheck error when character code exceeds 255. Support +zero-size bitmap used by some fonts for space character. +(lib/bdftops.ps [1.3]: 2001/03/27 20:53:36 alexcher) + - BATCH parameter is added to all bdftops* scripts +(lib/bdftops [1.2], lib/bdftops.bat [1.3], lib/bdftops.cmd [1.2]: 2001/03/27 +21:15:55 alexcher) + - Corrects memory allocation of command line arguments in the +programs which load the Ghostscript interpreter DLL / shared object. +(dxmain.c [1.2]: 2001/03/31 10:09:47 ghostgum) + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(gp_msprn.c [1.1]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Drivers"></a>Drivers</h2><pre> -Redirect all user messages from stdout and stderr to outwrite() and -errwrite(). This is needed to allow stdout/err to be redirected to the -caller for DLL / shared object builds. (gdevpdfm.c [1.9]: 2001/03/13 -06:51:39 ghostgum) +Fixes problems: + - AutoFilter.* options now select lossless compression for the image +smaller than 64 pixels in any dimension. Bug # 226391 from a free user. +(gdevpsdi.c [1.14]: 2001/03/24 04:17:07 alexcher) + - In the display device, allow NULL as a valid value for +DisplayHandle. Correct the code which requires the device to be closed +before changing the DisplayHandle and DisplayFormat parameters. SourceForge +bug # 411101. (gdevdsp.c [1.2]: 2001/03/28 08:46:15 ghostgum) + - mdev->memory member was set to 0 causing gx_device_enum_ptr() +not enumerate mdev. This led to freeing of mdev by GC and memory exceptions +during de-allocation of the display device. (gdevdsp.c [1.3]: 2001/03/28 +21:50:56 alexcher) + - Correct memory allocation problems in the display device. Return +correct pointers from display_enum_ptrs so that the memory device and bitmap +are not moved or prematurely freed. Adds a finalize procedure. Change the +memory device to not forward to the display device. Mark the memory device +as retained so it gets freed at the correct time. (gdevdsp.c [1.4], +gdevdsp2.h [1.2]: 2001/03/29 07:26:57 ghostgum) + - Prevents the buffered mode of the x11 device from missing updates +from the bitmap buffer to the X display. Fix for Artifex customer #1130 +(gdevx.c [1.8]: 2001/03/30 18:22:28 rayjj) + +Adds Tumble parameter to mswinpr2 device for specifying the duplex +arrangement. Adds QueryUser to the parameters returned by +win_pr2_get_params, so that it works from the command line. +(gdevwpr2.c [1.8]: 2001/03/26 09:44:08 ghostgum) + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(gdevwpr2.c [1.9]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (gdevp14.h [1.1]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevps.c [1.16], gdevpsdu.c [1.9], +gdevpsu.c [1.4]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-PDF_writer"></a>PDF writer</h2><pre> -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (gdevpdfc.c [1.14]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) +Fixes problems: + - coordinate range is reduced to +/- 16383 to satisfy actual AR4 +restrictions. When CTM was scaled to reduce the range, line width in stroke +and CTM in fill were wrong. Bug # 409105 from raf_mellen at +users.sourceforge.net (gdevpdfd.c [1.12]: 2001/03/21 04:25:48 alexcher) + - ARTICLE pdfmark generated invalid bead object if /Page key was +left out. Bug # 227651 from mbentley at users.sourceforge.net +(gdevpdfm.c [1.10]: 2001/03/21 05:10:31 alexcher) + - initial values of fill and stroke color didn't change when +ProcessColorModel changed. An attempt to set white color in CMYK mode was +ignored because it was considered equal to the default color. Bug #410441 +from a free user. (gdevpdf.c [1.30]: 2001/03/22 15:12:48 alexcher) + - pdf_reset_graphics() didn't set correct default color (black) in +/DeviceCMYK color model. An attempt to set white color was ignored because +it was considered equal to the default color causing white objects rendered +black. Bug #410441 from a free user. (gdevpdfg.c [1.11]: 2001/03/23 22:04:19 +alexcher) + - Maximum depth of an outline tree increased from 8 to 32. Bug +#410595 from a free user. (gdevpdfx.h [1.29]: 2001/03/23 22:18:28 alexcher) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevpdf.c [1.31], gdevpdfb.c [1.4], +gdevpdfc.c [1.15], gdevpdfd.c [1.13], gdevpdfe.c [1.9], gdevpdfg.c [1.12], +gdevpdfj.c [1.6], gdevpdfm.c [1.11], gdevpdfo.c [1.7], gdevpdfs.c [1.3], +gdevpdft.c [1.32], gdevpdfu.c [1.15], gdevpdfw.c [1.10]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 +raph) -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-PDF_Interpreter"></a>PDF Interpreter</h2><pre> +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-PDF_Interpreter"></a>PDF Interpreter</h2><pre> Fixes problems: - - When the stream is located in an external file (i.e. the stream -dictionary contains an /F entry) GS fails with "typecheck in .knownget" -because of a minor bug in stack handling in pdf_base.ps. Bug #229425, the -fix from Andreas Bolsch <meromorphic at users.sourceforge.net> -(lib/pdf_base.ps [1.13]: 2001/03/04 16:59:19 alexcher) - - GS can override image interpolation using INTERPOLATE or -NOINTERPOLATE flags. These flags had no effect on PDF because the PDF -interpreter is bound earlier than image operator is redefined. New version -takes image and imagemask values from systemdict at run time. -(lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.27]: 2001/03/11 05:15:26 alexcher) - -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.28], lib/pdf_ops.ps [1.16]: 2001/03/17 01:15:41 + - OmniForm generates PDF files with endobj missing in some objects. +Adobe Acrobat Reader ignores this. Generally speaking, Ghostscript does not +attempt to accept files that grossly fail to obey the Adobe specification +and are produced by software other than a very few extremely widespread +applications. However work-around for this case is easy and unlikely to +break anything. SourceForge bug #406694. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.14]: 2001/03/20 +05:04:59 alexcher) + - URI action was not converted to corresponding pdfmark and lost +during PDF to PDF conversion. Bug #409245, patch Leon Bottou with some +changes. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.28]: 2001/03/24 23:59:23 alexcher) + +Implementation of security hooks for PDF reader by Geoffrey Keating is +merged into the main GS code base. (lib/pdf_sec.ps [1.3]: 2001/03/25 +02:03:44 alexcher) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.29]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Interpreter"></a>Interpreter</h2><pre> +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Interpreter"></a>Interpreter</h2><pre> Fixes problems: - - Allocate filter in local VM when currentglobal is false. Prevents -a problem with some QuarkXpress ProcSets that turn off vmreclaim and expect -save/restore to free memory which only works on local VM. Fix for problem -reported by Artifex customer #150, file "japan.ps". (zfilter.c [1.5]: -2001/02/28 00:39:26 rayjj) - - Speed-up JPEG decompression by increasing file buffer to 2K. This -avoids installation of an intermediate buffering filter that resulted in a -byte-by-byte filling of the buffer to the JPEG code. When the buffer was not -full enough a recoverable error would result in a round trip for the next -byte. Fixes SourcForge bug #405342 for Artifex customer #350. -(zfile.c [1.7]: 2001/03/02 03:06:50 alexcher) - - Removes Category dictionary from dictionary stack during the -execution of the /Font resourceforall procedure, needed for proper access -from the procedure to underlying dictionary. Fixes SourceForge bug #224973. -(lib/gs_cidcm.ps [1.2]: 2001/03/03 15:09:12 igorm) - - GS didn't accept packed array as data source in image with -multiple data sources. From internal bug report. (zimage2.c [1.4]: -2001/03/12 22:53:22 alexcher) - - ztype9mapcid now allocates string in global memory space to match -allocation of contents. Thanks to Masatake YAMATO for the patch. -(zfcid0.c [1.6]: 2001/03/13 19:57:06 raph) - - Define to DefaultGray, DefaultRGB, DefaultCMYK color spaces to -allow UseCIEColor to work. SourceForge bugs #216461, #219676. -(lib/gs_ll3.ps [1.8]: 2001/03/14 12:00:37 igorm) - - /None and /All separations are now supported. SourceForge bug -#228354. (zcssepr.c [1.6]: 2001/03/18 19:17:50 igorm) - -Increments version number to 6.62 as part of 6.61 release process. -(lib/gs_init.ps [1.30]: 2001/02/24 01:56:01 raph) - -Replace many references to exit() with returns. (errors.h [1.3], gs.c [1.3], -igcref.c [1.3], imain.c [1.4], imainarg.c [1.7], imainarg.h [1.3], -zcontext.c [1.7]: 2001/03/12 03:50:02 ghostgum) - -Provide alternate %stdin/out/err implementation using procedure based -streams and callouts. Previous stdio implementation with -STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION= New callout stdio implementation with -STDIO_IMPLEMENTATION=c Bug fix to zflush and zpeekstring. New stdio stream -code is in ziodevsc.c which will be in next commit. (errors.h [1.4], -files.h [1.3], imain.c [1.5], iminst.h [1.3], interp.c [1.7], zfile.c [1.8], -zfileio.c [1.10], zfproc.c [1.8], ziodev.c [1.4]: 2001/03/12 04:05:19 + - flush procedure based stdout and stderr on exit. (imain.c [1.8]: +2001/03/27 09:38:39 ghostgum) + - Fix for CIDFontType 0 : 1. Erroneous glyphs are drawn by cshow +(with -dNOCACHE); 2. Glyphs written in horizontal direction instead vertical +(with anti-aliasing); 3. Erroneous glyphs and awkward metrics (with +anti-aliasing and -dNOCACHE); Patches 1 & 3 from Hideyuki Suzuki +(hideyuki), improved by igorm. SourceForge bug #222683. (zchar1.c [1.7]: +2001/03/27 09:56:39 igorm) + - Changes to introduce the min_left stream state variable set this +to 1 for procedure streams, which caused 1 character to be retained in the +stream buffer which was not passed to the client. This broke the DLL +interface where procedure callouts were used to get the string from the +callback. Procedure streams have no need for EOD lookahead (to force +closure) so the correct min_left value is 0. SourceForge bug #404331. +(zfproc.c [1.9]: 2001/03/29 04:09:40 rayjj) + - After recognizing a number the scanner wrongly interpreted it as a +name, if the number ends at the end of input buffer. Change from Raph. +SourceForge bug #224205. (iscannum.c [1.3]: 2001/03/29 13:27:59 igorm) + - Correct the Windows virtual key code passed from the image window +to the console. (dwimg.c [1.2]: 2001/03/31 10:07:48 ghostgum) + - Put Windows console stdout and stderr in binary mode. Ignore the +initial callout for stdout and stderr as the procedure stream acquires a +buffer. (dwmainc.c [1.2], imain.c [1.9]: 2001/03/31 10:08:43 ghostgum) + - Corrects memory allocation of command line arguments in the +programs which load the Ghostscript interpreter DLL / shared object. +(dpmain.c [1.2], dwmain.c [1.2], dwmainc.c [1.3]: 2001/03/31 10:09:47 ghostgum) + - When gswin32 text window is closed, exit the interpreter on next +access to stdin and then destroy the text window. (dwmain.c [1.3], +dwtext.c [1.2], imain.c [1.10]: 2001/03/31 10:11:55 ghostgum) -This fix corrects a problem with VM usage in the DSC parser. Previously the -dictionary dsc_dict was allocated in global VM but the DSC parser would try -to insert items while in local VM mode. This fix forces the DSC parser into -global VM mode. (lib/gs_dscp.ps [1.4]: 2001/03/12 22:41:22 dancoby) - -Adds device filter pipeline, which will be used by PDF 1.4 and other -enhanced imaging operations. (zdfilter.c [1.1]: 2001/03/13 00:41:10 raph) - -Redirect all user messages from stdout and stderr to outwrite() and -errwrite(). This is needed to allow stdout/err to be redirected to the -caller for DLL / shared object builds. (gs.c [1.4], idebug.c [1.3], -igc.c [1.3], imain.c [1.6], imainarg.c [1.8]: 2001/03/13 06:51:39 ghostgum) - -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (dpmain.c [1.1], dpmainc.c [1.3], dwdll.c [1.1], -dwdll.cpp [1.3], dwdll.h [1.3], dwimg.c [1.1], dwimg.cpp [1.4], -dwimg.h [1.3], dwmain.c [1.1], dwmain.cpp [1.3], dwmain.h [1.3], -dwmainc.c [1.1], dwmainc.cpp [1.4], dwnodll.c [1.1], dwnodll.cpp [1.3], -dwtext.c [1.1], dwtext.cpp [1.3], dwtext.h [1.3], files.h [1.4], gs.c [1.5], -iapi.c [1.1], iapi.h [1.1], iconf.c [1.3], idisp.c [1.1], idisp.h [1.1], -imain.c [1.7], imainarg.c [1.9], iminst.h [1.4], main.h [1.3]: 2001/03/13 -07:09:28 ghostgum) - -Interpolation overriding is modified to support - colorimage; old version -did nothing - ImageType 3 dictionaries; old version did nothing - local data -source in global mode; old version failed (lib/gs_init.ps [1.31]: 2001/03/13 -22:50:03 alexcher) - -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (icie.h [1.3], lib/gs_icc.ps [1.1], zcie.c [1.5], zicc.c [1.1]: -2001/03/17 01:15:41 raph) - -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Streams"></a>Streams</h2><pre> +Change the search order for the Ghostscript Windows DLL to try the +executable directory before the location specified in the GS_DLL environment +variable. (dwdll.c [1.2]: 2001/03/27 09:35:22 ghostgum) -Fixes problems: - - eexecDecode filter returned EOF immediately if the input stream -was shorter than 9 characters. New code may misidentify short streams but -old code always failed. (seexec.c [1.4]: 2001/02/23 03:00:13 alexcher) +Update mail address from bug-gs@aladdin.com to bug-gs@ghostscript.com. +(imainarg.c [1.10]: 2001/03/28 18:30:35 rayjj) -Replace many references to exit() with returns. (stdpre.h [1.3]: 2001/03/12 -03:50:02 ghostgum) +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.32]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) -Redirect all user messages from stdout and stderr to outwrite() and -errwrite(). This is needed to allow stdout/err to be redirected to the -caller for DLL / shared object builds. (std.h [1.4]: 2001/03/13 06:51:39 -ghostgum) +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (zdfilter.c [1.2]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (stream.c [1.10]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) - -Minor patch to header files so that unlink() prototype doesn't conflict when -const is disabled through #define. (stdio_.h [1.4]: 2001/03/17 01:18:34 -raph) +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (zfcmap.c [1.9]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Library"></a>Library</h2><pre> +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Streams"></a>Streams</h2><pre> Fixes problems: - - Minor changes to fix compilation on VMS, thanks to Jacob -=JoukJansen for the patch. (gstrans.c [1.13]: 2001/03/01 22:16:02 raph) - - gp_file_name_sizeof is increased to 260 bytes, == MAX_PATH on MS -Windows. The platform-specific fix is too difficult because some platforms -may have very long or unlimited file names. Bug #231514 submitted by -anonymous user. (gp.h [1.6]: 2001/03/03 04:38:19 alexcher) - - When objects were resized or trimmed, the objects o_size was not -being updated if the rounded_size didn't change. This could lead to -alignment issues on some systems (causing a crash). Problem reported by -Artifex customer #460. (gsalloc.c [1.9]: 2001/03/12 00:04:28 rayjj) - - Some device color components were missed while serializing -halftone to clist, causing segment fault during playback. Changes use proper -number of device color components to be written to clist and read from it. -SourceForge bug #211449. (gxclpath.c [1.9], gxclrast.c [1.9]: 2001/03/13 -08:38:03 igorm) - - kshow now restores currentfont if changed while running proc. -Fixes SourceForge bug #221715. (gxchar.c [1.3]: 2001/03/14 13:03:49 igorm) - - properly include unistd_.h in files that call unlink() -(gsiodev.c [1.5], gxclfile.c [1.3]: 2001/03/16 22:12:34 giles) - - /None and /All separations are now supported. SourceForge bug -#228354. (gscsepr.c [1.7]: 2001/03/18 19:17:50 igorm) - -Replace many references to exit() with returns. (gsargs.c [1.3], -gsargs.h [1.4], gsexit.h [1.3], gxalloc.h [1.6]: 2001/03/12 03:50:02 -ghostgum) - -Adds device filter pipeline, which will be used by PDF 1.4 and other -enhanced imaging operations. (gsdfilt.c [1.1], gsdfilt.h [1.1], -gsstate.c [1.10], gzstate.h [1.5]: 2001/03/13 00:41:10 raph) - -Redirect all user messages from stdout and stderr to outwrite() and -errwrite(). This is needed to allow stdout/err to be redirected to the -caller for DLL / shared object builds. (gp_unifs.c [1.4], gsargs.c [1.4], -gsinit.c [1.3], gsio.h [1.5], gslib.c [1.4], gsmisc.c [1.10], -gxclutil.c [1.4]: 2001/03/13 06:51:39 ghostgum) - -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (gsexit.h [1.4]: 2001/03/13 07:09:29 ghostgum) - -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (gs_stdio.h [1.1], gscdef.c [1.12], gscie.c [1.4], gscie.h [1.3], -gsciemap.c [1.5], gscolor.c [1.5], gscolor1.c [1.4], gscscie.c [1.4], -gscspace.h [1.6], gscssub.c [1.3], gsicc.c [1.1], gsicc.h [1.1], -gxcie.h [1.3], gxshade.c [1.5], icc.h [1.1]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) - -Minor patch to header files so that unlink() prototype doesn't conflict when -const is disabled through #define. (unistd_.h [1.2]: 2001/03/17 01:18:34 -raph) + - Changes to introduce the min_left stream state variable set this +to 1 for procedure streams, which caused 1 character to be retained in the +stream buffer which was not passed to the client. This broke the DLL +interface where procedure callouts were used to get the string from the +callback. Procedure streams have no need for EOD lookahead (to force +closure) so the correct min_left value is 0. SourceForge bug #404331. +(stream.c [1.11], stream.h [1.8]: 2001/03/29 04:09:40 rayjj) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (spprint.c [1.3], spprint.h [1.3], +spsdf.c [1.5]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Library"></a>Library</h2><pre> -Moves patched icclib 1.23 files into the new icclib/ subdirectory, with -makefile changes to match. Adds missing COPYRIGHT and other documentation to -icclib. Thanks to L. Peter Deutsch for pointing out the need. (icc.h [1.2]: -2001/03/19 17:11:15 raph) - -</pre><h2><a name="6.62-Other"></a>Other</h2><pre> - -Cleanup of MS-Windows and OS/2 code. Remove old 16-bit MS-Windows code. -Remove references to stdout/err, replacing with eprintf(). Remove global -variables. Disable mswindll and os2dll devices if a callback function is not -provided. (gp_mswin.h [1.3]: 2001/03/12 03:56:13 ghostgum) - -Implement new Ghostscript interpreter API for DLL or shared object. -Reimplement old DLL interface using new API. See iapi.h and iapi.c for new -API. For unix, build using "make so". Added loader programs for Ghostscript -interpreter library for Linux (dxmain.c), Windows (dw*.c) and OS/2 -(dpmain.c). Add new "display" device for use with the new API. Linux -dxmain.c uses the "display" device, Gtk+ and GdkRgb for faster drawing than -the "x11" device. (gp_mswin.h [1.4], gsdll.h [1.3], gsdllwin.h [1.3]: -2001/03/13 07:09:28 ghostgum) - -Integrates ICC profile input support from Jan Stoeckenius. Also includes -slightly modified version of icclib (icc.h, icc.c, icc9809.h) by Graeme -Gill. (icc9809.h [1.1]: 2001/03/17 01:15:42 raph) - -Moves patched icclib 1.23 files into the new icclib/ subdirectory, with -makefile changes to match. Adds missing COPYRIGHT and other documentation to -icclib. Thanks to L. Peter Deutsch for pointing out the need. -(icc9809.h [1.2], icclib/COPYRIGHT [1.1], icclib/NOTES [1.1], -icclib/README [1.1], icclib/icc.c [1.1], icclib/icc.h [1.1], -icclib/icc9809.h [1.1]: 2001/03/19 17:11:14 raph) +Fixes problems: + - The old code can mis-identify ShadingType 1 function as constant +due to testing it at insufficient set of points. Replacing it with slower +accurate code. SourceForge bug #228714. (gxshade.c [1.6], gxshade.h [1.4], +gxshade1.c [1.8]: 2001/03/25 10:18:50 igorm) + - Fix for CIDFontType 0 : 1. Erroneous glyphs are drawn by cshow +(with -dNOCACHE); 2. Glyphs written in horizontal direction instead vertical +(with anti-aliasing); 3. Erroneous glyphs and awkward metrics (with +anti-aliasing and -dNOCACHE); Patches 1 & 3 from Hideyuki Suzuki +(hideyuki), improved by igorm. SourceForge bug #222683. (gxchar.c [1.4]: +2001/03/27 09:56:39 igorm) + - Adds imaging_dev field to text enumeration, so that bbox device +can intercept low level drawing operations caused by implementation of +forwarded high level text operations. (gdevbbox.c [1.4], gstext.c [1.6], +gxccache.c [1.4], gxtext.h [1.7]: 2001/04/01 00:33:36 raph) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (gdevp14.c [1.1], gsdfilt.c [1.2], +gsdfilt.h [1.2]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevpsf1.c [1.9], gdevpsfm.c [1.5], +gdevpsft.c [1.7], gsfunc4.c [1.4]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) </pre></body></html> diff --git a/gs/doc/History6.htm b/gs/doc/History6.htm index 5e8915dac..c0ddd3a79 100644 --- a/gs/doc/History6.htm +++ b/gs/doc/History6.htm @@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ <h2>Table of contents</h2> <blockquote><ul> +<li><a href="#Version6.63">Version 6.63 (2001-03-31)</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#6.63_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Documentation">Documentation</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Procedures">Procedures</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Utilities">Utilities</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Drivers">Drivers</a>, + <a href="#6.63-PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, + <a href="#6.63-PDF_Interpreter">PDF Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Streams">Streams</a>, + <a href="#6.63-Library">Library</a> +</ul> <li><a href="#Version6.62">Version 6.62 (2001-03-19)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#6.62_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, @@ -203,6 +216,336 @@ release. <hr> +<h1><a name="Version6.63"></a>Version 6.63 (2001-03-31)</h1> + +<p> +This is the second beta release for the upcoming 7.0 release. This +fileset contains a number of stability improvements for the new +display device, integration of PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices, and +the usual round of bug fixes. + +<p> +All problems registered on SourceForge numbered 411753 or lower are +closed, except for the following: 201955, 202735, 206652, 209350, +213799, 215256, 219798, 220967, 221582, 222534, 222727, 223005, +223754, 223896, 223992, 224056, 224095, 224863, 226477, 226584, +226943, 227090, 227684, 227709, 228180, 228641, 230694, 230699, +231390, 232334, 233403, 404255, 404482, 405313, 406285, 406643, +406689, 406696, 406979, 407342, 409887, 410371, 410722, 411753. + +<h3><a name="6.63_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3> + +<pre> +(Library) + - The gs_text_enum_common structure has a new imaging_dev field +which is used by the bbox device to intercept low-level drawing +operations when drawing text. + - There is a new pdf14 device filter used for rendering PDF 1.4 +documents. + + +<h2><a name="6.63-Documentation"></a>Documentation</h2><pre> + +Moves the following SourceForge bugs to the Issues.htm documentation: +201955, 220967, 223992. (doc/Issues.htm [1.2]: 2001/03/20 07:36:30 rayjj) + +Added 2 issues related to JPEG in PDF, Bug 226391 (doc/Issues.htm [1.3]: +2001/03/20 16:41:28 alexcher) + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(doc/Install.htm [1.17]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +Change the search order for the Ghostscript Windows DLL to try the +executable directory before the location specified in the GS_DLL environment +variable. (doc/Install.htm [1.18]: 2001/03/27 09:35:22 ghostgum) + +Some attributes of Catalog object are lost during PDF to PDF conversion +(doc/Issues.htm [1.4]: 2001/03/27 21:03:18 alexcher) + +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (doc/News.htm [1.81]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) + +Updates dates in preparation for 6.63 beta release. News updated. +(doc/API.htm [1.4], doc/Bug-form.htm [1.17], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.13], +doc/C-style.htm [1.14], doc/Commprod.htm [1.11], doc/Copying.htm [1.9], +doc/Current.htm [1.9], doc/DLL.htm [1.11], doc/Develop.htm [1.35], +doc/Devices.htm [1.23], doc/Drivers.htm [1.17], doc/Fonts.htm [1.15], +doc/Helpers.htm [1.13], doc/History1.htm [1.9], doc/History2.htm [1.9], +doc/History3.htm [1.9], doc/History4.htm [1.9], doc/History5.htm [1.11], +doc/History6.htm [1.23], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.12], doc/Install.htm [1.19], +doc/Issues.htm [1.5], doc/Language.htm [1.28], doc/Lib.htm [1.9], +doc/Maintain.htm [1.13], doc/Make.htm [1.25], doc/New-user.htm [1.22], +doc/News.htm [1.82], doc/Projects.htm [1.26], doc/Ps-style.htm [1.9], +doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.10], doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.27], doc/Psfiles.htm [1.16], +doc/README [1.8], doc/Readme.htm [1.24], doc/Release.htm [1.31], +doc/Source.htm [1.9], doc/Tester.htm [1.9], doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.9], +doc/Use.htm [1.25], doc/Xfonts.htm [1.9], doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.8], +man/dvipdf.1 [1.6], man/font2c.1 [1.6], man/gs.1 [1.6], man/gslp.1 [1.6], +man/gsnd.1 [1.6], man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.6], man/pdf2ps.1 [1.8], +man/pdfopt.1 [1.6], man/pf2afm.1 [1.6], man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.7], +man/printafm.1 [1.6], man/ps2ascii.1 [1.6], man/ps2epsi.1 [1.6], +man/ps2pdf.1 [1.10], man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.7], man/ps2ps.1 [1.13], +man/wftopfa.1 [1.6]: 2001/04/01 01:10:54 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Procedures"></a>Procedures</h2><pre> + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(winlib.mak [1.9]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +Adds Windows %printer% device to MS Visual C++ build. (msvc32.mak [1.13]: +2001/03/26 12:00:07 ghostgum) + +Adds icclib subdirectory to tarballs. (toolbin/makeset.tcl [1.7]: 2001/03/28 +21:24:00 raph) + +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (version.mak [1.30]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (lib.mak [1.46]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Updates dates in preparation for 6.63 beta release. News updated. +(version.mak [1.31]: 2001/04/01 01:10:55 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Utilities"></a>Utilities</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - closefile added for procedure based stdio to prevent disabled +stream from appearing valid. (ziodevsc.c [1.2]: 2001/03/27 09:37:10 +ghostgum) + - Avoid rangecheck error when character code exceeds 255. Support +zero-size bitmap used by some fonts for space character. +(lib/bdftops.ps [1.3]: 2001/03/27 20:53:36 alexcher) + - BATCH parameter is added to all bdftops* scripts +(lib/bdftops [1.2], lib/bdftops.bat [1.3], lib/bdftops.cmd [1.2]: 2001/03/27 +21:15:55 alexcher) + - Corrects memory allocation of command line arguments in the +programs which load the Ghostscript interpreter DLL / shared object. +(dxmain.c [1.2]: 2001/03/31 10:09:47 ghostgum) + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(gp_msprn.c [1.1]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Drivers"></a>Drivers</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - AutoFilter.* options now select lossless compression for the image +smaller than 64 pixels in any dimension. Bug # 226391 from a free user. +(gdevpsdi.c [1.14]: 2001/03/24 04:17:07 alexcher) + - In the display device, allow NULL as a valid value for +DisplayHandle. Correct the code which requires the device to be closed +before changing the DisplayHandle and DisplayFormat parameters. SourceForge +bug # 411101. (gdevdsp.c [1.2]: 2001/03/28 08:46:15 ghostgum) + - mdev->memory member was set to 0 causing gx_device_enum_ptr() +not enumerate mdev. This led to freeing of mdev by GC and memory exceptions +during de-allocation of the display device. (gdevdsp.c [1.3]: 2001/03/28 +21:50:56 alexcher) + - Correct memory allocation problems in the display device. Return +correct pointers from display_enum_ptrs so that the memory device and bitmap +are not moved or prematurely freed. Adds a finalize procedure. Change the +memory device to not forward to the display device. Mark the memory device +as retained so it gets freed at the correct time. (gdevdsp.c [1.4], +gdevdsp2.h [1.2]: 2001/03/29 07:26:57 ghostgum) + - Prevents the buffered mode of the x11 device from missing updates +from the bitmap buffer to the X display. Fix for Artifex customer #1130 +(gdevx.c [1.8]: 2001/03/30 18:22:28 rayjj) + +Adds Tumble parameter to mswinpr2 device for specifying the duplex +arrangement. Adds QueryUser to the parameters returned by +win_pr2_get_params, so that it works from the command line. +(gdevwpr2.c [1.8]: 2001/03/26 09:44:08 ghostgum) + +Adds %printer% device to Windows to allow a printer to be specified as +-sOutputFile="%printer%Printer Name". This replaces the use of +"\\spool\Printer Name" for all but Windows 3.1/Win32s. Unlike the old +\\spool\, the new %printer% device does not write a large temporary file. +(gdevwpr2.c [1.9]: 2001/03/26 11:28:20 ghostgum) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (gdevp14.h [1.1]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevps.c [1.16], gdevpsdu.c [1.9], +gdevpsu.c [1.4]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-PDF_writer"></a>PDF writer</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - coordinate range is reduced to +/- 16383 to satisfy actual AR4 +restrictions. When CTM was scaled to reduce the range, line width in stroke +and CTM in fill were wrong. Bug # 409105 from raf_mellen at +users.sourceforge.net (gdevpdfd.c [1.12]: 2001/03/21 04:25:48 alexcher) + - ARTICLE pdfmark generated invalid bead object if /Page key was +left out. Bug # 227651 from mbentley at users.sourceforge.net +(gdevpdfm.c [1.10]: 2001/03/21 05:10:31 alexcher) + - initial values of fill and stroke color didn't change when +ProcessColorModel changed. An attempt to set white color in CMYK mode was +ignored because it was considered equal to the default color. Bug #410441 +from a free user. (gdevpdf.c [1.30]: 2001/03/22 15:12:48 alexcher) + - pdf_reset_graphics() didn't set correct default color (black) in +/DeviceCMYK color model. An attempt to set white color was ignored because +it was considered equal to the default color causing white objects rendered +black. Bug #410441 from a free user. (gdevpdfg.c [1.11]: 2001/03/23 22:04:19 +alexcher) + - Maximum depth of an outline tree increased from 8 to 32. Bug +#410595 from a free user. (gdevpdfx.h [1.29]: 2001/03/23 22:18:28 alexcher) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevpdf.c [1.31], gdevpdfb.c [1.4], +gdevpdfc.c [1.15], gdevpdfd.c [1.13], gdevpdfe.c [1.9], gdevpdfg.c [1.12], +gdevpdfj.c [1.6], gdevpdfm.c [1.11], gdevpdfo.c [1.7], gdevpdfs.c [1.3], +gdevpdft.c [1.32], gdevpdfu.c [1.15], gdevpdfw.c [1.10]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 +raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-PDF_Interpreter"></a>PDF Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - OmniForm generates PDF files with endobj missing in some objects. +Adobe Acrobat Reader ignores this. Generally speaking, Ghostscript does not +attempt to accept files that grossly fail to obey the Adobe specification +and are produced by software other than a very few extremely widespread +applications. However work-around for this case is easy and unlikely to +break anything. SourceForge bug #406694. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.14]: 2001/03/20 +05:04:59 alexcher) + - URI action was not converted to corresponding pdfmark and lost +during PDF to PDF conversion. Bug #409245, patch Leon Bottou with some +changes. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.28]: 2001/03/24 23:59:23 alexcher) + +Implementation of security hooks for PDF reader by Geoffrey Keating is +merged into the main GS code base. (lib/pdf_sec.ps [1.3]: 2001/03/25 +02:03:44 alexcher) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.29]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 +raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Interpreter"></a>Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - flush procedure based stdout and stderr on exit. (imain.c [1.8]: +2001/03/27 09:38:39 ghostgum) + - Fix for CIDFontType 0 : 1. Erroneous glyphs are drawn by cshow +(with -dNOCACHE); 2. Glyphs written in horizontal direction instead vertical +(with anti-aliasing); 3. Erroneous glyphs and awkward metrics (with +anti-aliasing and -dNOCACHE); Patches 1 & 3 from Hideyuki Suzuki +(hideyuki), improved by igorm. SourceForge bug #222683. (zchar1.c [1.7]: +2001/03/27 09:56:39 igorm) + - Changes to introduce the min_left stream state variable set this +to 1 for procedure streams, which caused 1 character to be retained in the +stream buffer which was not passed to the client. This broke the DLL +interface where procedure callouts were used to get the string from the +callback. Procedure streams have no need for EOD lookahead (to force +closure) so the correct min_left value is 0. SourceForge bug #404331. +(zfproc.c [1.9]: 2001/03/29 04:09:40 rayjj) + - After recognizing a number the scanner wrongly interpreted it as a +name, if the number ends at the end of input buffer. Change from Raph. +SourceForge bug #224205. (iscannum.c [1.3]: 2001/03/29 13:27:59 igorm) + - Correct the Windows virtual key code passed from the image window +to the console. (dwimg.c [1.2]: 2001/03/31 10:07:48 ghostgum) + - Put Windows console stdout and stderr in binary mode. Ignore the +initial callout for stdout and stderr as the procedure stream acquires a +buffer. (dwmainc.c [1.2], imain.c [1.9]: 2001/03/31 10:08:43 ghostgum) + - Corrects memory allocation of command line arguments in the +programs which load the Ghostscript interpreter DLL / shared object. +(dpmain.c [1.2], dwmain.c [1.2], dwmainc.c [1.3]: 2001/03/31 10:09:47 +ghostgum) + - When gswin32 text window is closed, exit the interpreter on next +access to stdin and then destroy the text window. (dwmain.c [1.3], +dwtext.c [1.2], imain.c [1.10]: 2001/03/31 10:11:55 ghostgum) + +Change the search order for the Ghostscript Windows DLL to try the +executable directory before the location specified in the GS_DLL environment +variable. (dwdll.c [1.2]: 2001/03/27 09:35:22 ghostgum) + +Update mail address from bug-gs@aladdin.com to bug-gs@ghostscript.com. +(imainarg.c [1.10]: 2001/03/28 18:30:35 rayjj) + +Increments version number after 6.62 release. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.32]: +2001/03/28 21:27:15 raph) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (zdfilter.c [1.2]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (zfcmap.c [1.9]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Streams"></a>Streams</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - Changes to introduce the min_left stream state variable set this +to 1 for procedure streams, which caused 1 character to be retained in the +stream buffer which was not passed to the client. This broke the DLL +interface where procedure callouts were used to get the string from the +callback. Procedure streams have no need for EOD lookahead (to force +closure) so the correct min_left value is 0. SourceForge bug #404331. +(stream.c [1.11], stream.h [1.8]: 2001/03/29 04:09:40 rayjj) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (spprint.c [1.3], spprint.h [1.3], +spsdf.c [1.5]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.63-Library"></a>Library</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - The old code can mis-identify ShadingType 1 function as constant +due to testing it at insufficient set of points. Replacing it with slower +accurate code. SourceForge bug #228714. (gxshade.c [1.6], gxshade.h [1.4], +gxshade1.c [1.8]: 2001/03/25 10:18:50 igorm) + - Fix for CIDFontType 0 : 1. Erroneous glyphs are drawn by cshow +(with -dNOCACHE); 2. Glyphs written in horizontal direction instead vertical +(with anti-aliasing); 3. Erroneous glyphs and awkward metrics (with +anti-aliasing and -dNOCACHE); Patches 1 & 3 from Hideyuki Suzuki +(hideyuki), improved by igorm. SourceForge bug #222683. (gxchar.c [1.4]: +2001/03/27 09:56:39 igorm) + - Adds imaging_dev field to text enumeration, so that bbox device +can intercept low level drawing operations caused by implementation of +forwarded high level text operations. (gdevbbox.c [1.4], gstext.c [1.6], +gxccache.c [1.4], gxtext.h [1.7]: 2001/04/01 00:33:36 raph) + +Applies PDF 1.4 rendering with all devices. Previously, only pnga device +contained PDF 1.4 rendering capabilities. Now, when the PDF 1.4 imaging +model is detected in the source file, it installs the pdf 1.4 rendering +device as a device filter. (gdevp14.c [1.1], gsdfilt.c [1.2], +gsdfilt.h [1.2]: 2001/04/01 00:30:41 raph) + +Change: The Ghostscript 'pwrite' function name conflicted with the standard +pwrite function defined in unistd.h on several systems. To avoid confusion +with the standard function change the name to stream_write. Also change +'pputc' to 'stream_putc' and 'pputs' to 'stream_puts'. Fixes SourceForge bug +#410772. Fix by Ray Johnston. (gdevpsf1.c [1.9], gdevpsfm.c [1.5], +gdevpsft.c [1.7], gsfunc4.c [1.4]: 2001/04/01 00:35:26 raph) + +<hr> + <h1><a name="Version6.62"></a>Version 6.62 (2001-03-19)</h1> <p> @@ -5257,7 +5600,7 @@ Adds .cvsignore files, to prevent bogus warnings on cvs update. Fixes problems: - A couple of places in the Windows code didn't correctly handle -Ghostscript version 6.62, 19 March 2001 +Ghostscript version 6.63, 31 March 2001 21:45:03 lpd) - Replaces a final exit() with a return, to avoid a compiler warning. (genconf.c [1.2]: 2000/04/05 19:53:27 lpd) |