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author | Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> | 2009-03-25 10:26:13 +0000 |
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committer | Peter Breitenlohner <peb@mppmu.mpg.de> | 2009-03-25 10:26:13 +0000 |
commit | 1d49a87a191295313dd1fdbce07dfb18ddd65bfc (patch) | |
tree | 631332a3d14e82388951a15501845cb1b8c15e45 /Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE | |
parent | 2d7aa45b6526bc79bd79a64fc30acc7f44d55cec (diff) |
new build system: dvipng 1.11 -> 1.12
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@12514 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE')
-rw-r--r-- | Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE | 32 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE index 8b5c0c63b0a..95decb747c3 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipng/RELEASE @@ -1,30 +1,22 @@ -Release notes for version 1.11 of the dvipng package: +Release notes for version 1.12 of the dvipng package: This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. -The 1.11 release is a regression fix for v 1.10. +The main code addition in v 1.12 is to allow usage of recent versions +of the xcolor package, which also will reenable much of the PSTricks +package. -From v 1.10, dvipng will be available under the LGPL rather than the -GPL. This is because the GPL restricts inclusion in some rendering -systems out there. I have decided to change to LGPL because a) there -are other possible albeit slower conversion paths from DVI to PNG, and -b) dvipng has been available (pre-release and release) for five years -now, which should be enough of a head start for the GNU community. +Still it is the case that dvipng can only handle drawing PostScript +code at the moment, not PostScript code intended to make dvips + gs +scale, rotate, or move DVI glyphs (characters). This is because the +graphics state cannot be communicated back to dvipng from gs. So no +guarantees. Also, the performance in terms of runtime could be better. - -The main code addition in v 1.10 is limited support for literal -PostScript specials, using gs. For example, most of the PSTricks -package can now be rendered using dvipng. Unfortunately, dvipng can -only handle drawing PostScript code at the moment, not PostScript code -intended to make dvips + gs scale, rotate, or move DVI glyphs -(characters). This is because the graphics state cannot be -communicated back to dvipng from gs. So no guarantees. Also, the -performance in terms of runtime could be better. - -Other changes include internal changes to the DVI stack, DVI flags, -some build issues on AIX and glyph-index-checking fixes. +Other changes include a fix for inclusion of bitmaps with transparent +background and a typo in the file-handling code on machines that do +not have mmap. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions. |