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(doc/News.htm [1.90.2.18.2.6]: +2003/04/08 11:05:47 giles) + +Apply standard FSF license banner to files missed the 7.06 release. Patch +from Brett Smith. (doc/Readme.htm [1.31.2.16.2.5]: 2003/04/12 14:02:38 +giles) + +Update the version and data for the 7.07 release. +(doc/API.htm [1.11.2.13.2.6], doc/C-style.htm [1.21.2.11.2.5], +doc/DLL.htm [1.15.2.11.2.5], doc/Develop.htm [1.47.2.18.2.6], +doc/Devices.htm [1.34.2.15.2.6], doc/Drivers.htm [1.21.2.11.2.5], +doc/Fonts.htm [1.22.2.13.2.6], doc/Helpers.htm [1.17.2.11.2.5], +doc/History1.htm [1.13.2.11.2.5], doc/History2.htm [1.13.2.11.2.6], +doc/History3.htm [1.13.2.11.2.6], doc/History4.htm [1.13.2.11.2.6], +doc/History5.htm [1.15.2.11.2.6], doc/History6.htm [1.30.2.11.2.6], +doc/History7.htm [1.5.2.17.2.7], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.18.2.11.2.5], +doc/Install.htm [1.26.2.13.2.6], doc/Issues.htm [1.15.2.13.2.5], +doc/Language.htm [1.34.2.16.2.5], doc/Lib.htm [1.14.2.11.2.5], +doc/Maintain.htm [1.23.2.12.2.6], doc/Make.htm [1.36.2.19.2.6], +doc/New-user.htm [1.30.2.14.2.6], doc/News.htm [1.90.2.18.2.7], +doc/Projects.htm [1.33.2.11.2.6], doc/Ps-style.htm [1.13.2.11.2.5], +doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.15.2.12.2.6], doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.32.2.11.2.5], +doc/Psfiles.htm [1.22.2.12.2.5], doc/Readme.htm [1.31.2.16.2.6], +doc/Release.htm [1.40.2.23.2.6], doc/Source.htm [1.13.2.11.2.5], +doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.13.2.11.2.5], doc/Use.htm [1.33.2.22.2.6], +doc/Xfonts.htm [1.13.2.11.2.5], doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.12.2.10.2.5], +man/dvipdf.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], man/font2c.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], +man/gs.1 [1.10.2.10.2.5], man/gslp.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], +man/gsnd.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], +man/pdf2ps.1 [1.12.2.9.2.5], man/pdfopt.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], +man/pf2afm.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.11.2.9.2.5], +man/printafm.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], man/ps2ascii.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5], +man/ps2epsi.1 [1.10.2.10.2.5], man/ps2pdf.1 [1.14.2.11.2.5], +man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.13.2.10.2.5], man/ps2ps.1 [1.17.2.9.2.5], +man/wftopfa.1 [1.10.2.9.2.5]: 2003/05/17 14:38:59 giles) + +Update the release notes. (doc/News.htm [1.90.2.18.2.8]: 2003/05/17 14:44:22 +giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Procedures"></a>Procedures</h2><pre> + +Increment the version number after release. (version.mak [1.36.2.9.2.5]: +2003/04/08 11:05:47 giles) + +Apply standard FSF license banner to files missed the 7.06 release. Patch +from Brett Smith. (toolbin/3way.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/cvs2hist.py [1.9.2.2.2.1], toolbin/errlist.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/gsindent [1.3.6.1.2.1], toolbin/gsmake.tcl [1.5.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/gssubst [1.1.4.1.2.1], toolbin/headers.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/leaks.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], toolbin/makegnu.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/makeset.tcl [1.10.2.3.2.1], toolbin/many2pdf.tcl [1.1.4.1.2.1], +toolbin/pdfinflt.ps [1.1.2.1.2.1], toolbin/pre [1.11.2.3.2.1], +toolbin/precheck.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], toolbin/suite.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1], +toolbin/tmake.tcl [1.3.6.1.2.1]: 2003/04/12 14:02:39 giles) + +Add the bbox device to the default macos shlib build. Bug 686811. +(macos-mcp.mak [1.3.2.8.2.2]: 2003/04/27 23:50:11 giles) + +Add the display device to the default macos shlib build. +(macos-mcp.mak [1.3.2.8.2.3]: 2003/04/27 23:52:55 giles) + +Log message: For the pngalpha device, set the default background color to +white in the bKGD chunk. Add an option -dBackgroundColor=16#RRGGBB to +explicitly set the background color. This is needed by a common web browser +that doesn't correctly support PNG with alpha transparency. DETAILS: +Programs that don't fully support alpha transparency let libpng convert an +RGBA image to RGB. The background color used is either provided by the +program, or in the bKGD chunk, or it falls back to gray. MSIE was defaulting +to a gray background which is not commonly used on web pages. By writing a +white bKGD chunk, PNG files will display correctly against a white +background in MSIE. If a solid color for a web page background is used with +<body bgcolor="#CCCC00">, then PNG images appearing on that page would +need to be created with -dBackgroundColor=16#CCCC00. For textured background +there is no hope. Microsoft needs to fix Internet Explorer. +(libpng.mak [1.10.2.3.2.2]: 2003/05/15 10:05:29 ghostgum) + +Update the version and data for the 7.07 release. +(version.mak [1.36.2.9.2.6]: 2003/05/17 14:39:00 giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Utilities"></a>Utilities</h2><pre> + +Apply standard FSF license banner to files missed the 7.06 release. Patch +from Brett Smith. (lib/Fontmap.ATB [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/Fontmap.ATM [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/Fontmap.GS [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/Fontmap.OS2 [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/Fontmap.SGI [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/Fontmap.Sol [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/Fontmap.Ult [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/addxchar.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/align.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/bdftops.ps [1.3.2.2.2.1], lib/caption.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/cid2code.ps [1.3.4.1.2.1], lib/docie.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/errpage.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/font2c.ps [1.3.2.1.2.1], +lib/font2pcl.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], lib/gslp.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], +lib/gsnup.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/image-qa.ps [1.3.2.1.2.1], +lib/impath.ps [1.3.4.1.2.1], lib/jispaper.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/lines.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/markhint.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/markpath.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/packfile.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], +lib/pcharstr.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/pdf2dsc.ps [1.3.4.2.2.1], +lib/pdfopt.ps [1.10.2.2.2.1], lib/pdfwrite.ps [1.7.2.1.2.1], +lib/pfbtopfa.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/ppath.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/pphs.ps [1.3.2.1.2.1], lib/ps2ai.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/ps2ascii.ps [1.3.2.2.2.1], lib/ps2epsi.ps [1.5.2.3.2.1], +lib/rollconv.ps [1.1.8.1], lib/showchar.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/stcinfo.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/stcolor.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/stocht.ps [1.3.6.1.2.1], lib/traceimg.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], +lib/traceop.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/type1enc.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/type1ops.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/uninfo.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/unprot.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/viewcmyk.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], +lib/viewgif.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/viewjpeg.ps [1.1.6.2.2.1], +lib/viewmiff.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/viewpbm.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], +lib/viewpcx.ps [1.2.6.2.2.1], lib/viewps2a.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/wftopfa.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/winmaps.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/wrfont.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/zeroline.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1]: 2003/04/12 +14:02:38 giles) + +Avoid calling a null pgsdll_callback, as can happen with the new client api +and CHECK_INTERRUPTS. This fix affects primarily MacOS; similar protections +are already in place for other platforms, although the global was not +explicitly initialized to null. Also return EOFC in the mac stdio stream +process if no callback is defined. Closes bug 686768. Also backports some +code cleanup from HEAD. (gp_mac.c [1.1.4.3.2.2], gp_macio.c [1.2.4.5.2.3]: +2003/04/12 16:37:26 giles) + +Add a missing variable declaration for VMS. Patch from Forrest Cahoon and +Jouk Jansen. (gp_vms.c [1.7.2.3.2.2]: 2003/04/14 13:58:04 giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Drivers"></a>Drivers</h2><pre> + +Avoid calling a null pgsdll_callback, as can happen with the new client api +and CHECK_INTERRUPTS. This fix affects primarily MacOS; similar protections +are already in place for other platforms, although the global was not +explicitly initialized to null. Also return EOFC in the mac stdio stream +process if no callback is defined. Closes bug 686768. Also backports some +code cleanup from HEAD. (gdevmac.c [1.1.4.3.2.2]: 2003/04/12 16:37:26 giles) + +In the display device, store the line pointers separately from the bits, so +that the bits can be placed in special memory (e.g. allocated in video +memory). Fixes Bug 686780 display_memalloc() asks for too much memory. If +reopening the display device fails after setting the callback, display an +error message. Allocate the large display bitmap using a low level allocator +to avoid exceeding the memory limit of the previously used device stable +memory allocator. Fixes bugs 686836 "-r doesn't work" and duplicate 686838 +"Ghostscript doesn't do anything". DETAILS: The display memory device and +the raster including line pointers was allocated using the stable allocator +of the display device. This had a limit of 1Mbyte, which was exceeded when +the resolution was greater then 114dpi. This would cause subsequent +allocations to fail, but it appears that nothing else tried to use this +allocator after the display device. The display device was changed to +allocate the line pointers separately to allow the raster to be allocated in +special memory, e.g. video memory or shared memory. This caused the +subsequent allocation of the line pointers to fail when resolution exceeded +114dpi. The modified code now allocates the raster with +gs_alloc_byte_array_immovable, which allocates directly from the C heap, not +subject to any memory limit apart from the overall -K limit if specified, +and is not subject to garbage collection. The normal allocator now has +sufficient memory to allocate the line pointers without problem. The raster +pointer is removed from the pointers that are enumerated during garbage +collection. (gdevdsp.c [1.5.2.5.2.3]: 2003/05/01 10:06:26 ghostgum) + +Log message: For the pngalpha device, set the default background color to +white in the bKGD chunk. Add an option -dBackgroundColor=16#RRGGBB to +explicitly set the background color. This is needed by a common web browser +that doesn't correctly support PNG with alpha transparency. DETAILS: +Programs that don't fully support alpha transparency let libpng convert an +RGBA image to RGB. The background color used is either provided by the +program, or in the bKGD chunk, or it falls back to gray. MSIE was defaulting +to a gray background which is not commonly used on web pages. By writing a +white bKGD chunk, PNG files will display correctly against a white +background in MSIE. If a solid color for a web page background is used with +<body bgcolor="#CCCC00">, then PNG images appearing on that page would +need to be created with -dBackgroundColor=16#CCCC00. For textured background +there is no hope. Microsoft needs to fix Internet Explorer. +(gdevpng.c [1.4.2.1.2.3]: 2003/05/15 10:05:29 ghostgum) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-PDF_Interpreter"></a>PDF Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Apply standard FSF license banner to files missed the 7.06 release. Patch +from Brett Smith. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.14.2.1.2.1], +lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.36.2.2.2.1], lib/pdf_font.ps [1.23.2.6.2.1], +lib/pdf_main.ps [1.35.2.7.2.3], lib/pdf_ops.ps [1.17.2.2.2.1]: 2003/04/12 +14:02:39 giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Interpreter"></a>Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Increment the version number after release. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.40.2.12.2.2]: +2003/04/08 11:05:47 giles) + +Apply standard FSF license banner to files missed the 7.06 release. Patch +from Brett Smith. (examples/waterfal.ps [1.3.2.1.2.1], +lib/gs_agl.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_btokn.ps [1.5.2.1.2.1], +lib/gs_ccfnt.ps [1.5.2.1.2.1], lib/gs_ce_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_cff.ps [1.10.2.1.2.1], lib/gs_cidcm.ps [1.5.2.2.2.1], +lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.18.4.5.2.1], lib/gs_cmap.ps [1.11.2.4.2.1], +lib/gs_cmdl.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_css_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_dbt_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_diskf.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_dpnxt.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_dps.ps [1.4.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_dps1.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_dps2.ps [1.3.4.1.2.1], +lib/gs_dscp.ps [1.4.2.1.2.1], lib/gs_epsf.ps [1.2.6.11.2.3], +lib/gs_fform.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_fonts.ps [1.13.2.3.2.1], +lib/gs_frsd.ps [1.4.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_icc.ps [1.2.2.1.2.1], +lib/gs_il1_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_il2_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_init.ps [1.40.2.12.2.3], lib/gs_kanji.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_ksb_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_l2img.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_lev2.ps [1.7.2.4.2.3], lib/gs_lgo_e.ps [1.3.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_lgx_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_ll3.ps [1.10.2.2.2.1], +lib/gs_mex_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_mgl_e.ps [1.3.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_mro_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_pdf_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_pdfwr.ps [1.11.2.1.2.1], lib/gs_pfile.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_rdlin.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_res.ps [1.16.2.2.2.1], +lib/gs_setpd.ps [1.8.2.2.2.2], lib/gs_statd.ps [1.5.2.2.2.1], +lib/gs_std_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_sym_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_trap.ps [1.3.6.2.2.1], lib/gs_ttf.ps [1.9.2.4.2.1], +lib/gs_typ32.ps [1.3.2.2.2.1], lib/gs_typ42.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_type1.ps [1.5.2.1.2.1], lib/gs_wan_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_wl1_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], lib/gs_wl2_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1], +lib/gs_wl5_e.ps [1.2.6.1.2.1]: 2003/04/12 14:02:38 giles) + +Sort the list of devices in the output of 'gs -h' so they're easier to read. +List the default device separately as it's no longer first. Based on a patch +from Nelson Beebe. Closes bug 416746. Also correct a warning in argproc(). +(imainarg.c [1.13.2.3.2.2]: 2003/04/12 16:43:14 giles) + +In the display device, store the line pointers separately from the bits, so +that the bits can be placed in special memory (e.g. allocated in video +memory). Fixes Bug 686780 display_memalloc() asks for too much memory. If +reopening the display device fails after setting the callback, display an +error message. Allocate the large display bitmap using a low level allocator +to avoid exceeding the memory limit of the previously used device stable +memory allocator. Fixes bugs 686836 "-r doesn't work" and duplicate 686838 +"Ghostscript doesn't do anything". DETAILS: The display memory device and +the raster including line pointers was allocated using the stable allocator +of the display device. This had a limit of 1Mbyte, which was exceeded when +the resolution was greater then 114dpi. This would cause subsequent +allocations to fail, but it appears that nothing else tried to use this +allocator after the display device. The display device was changed to +allocate the line pointers separately to allow the raster to be allocated in +special memory, e.g. video memory or shared memory. This caused the +subsequent allocation of the line pointers to fail when resolution exceeded +114dpi. The modified code now allocates the raster with +gs_alloc_byte_array_immovable, which allocates directly from the C heap, not +subject to any memory limit apart from the overall -K limit if specified, +and is not subject to garbage collection. The normal allocator now has +sufficient memory to allocate the line pointers without problem. The raster +pointer is removed from the pointers that are enumerated during garbage +collection. (idisp.c [1.2.2.2.2.2]: 2003/05/01 10:06:26 ghostgum) + +Security fixes. Add detection of %pipe% device when in SAFER mode. Also fix +detection of 'renamefile' to prevent rename from a file that is not on the +PermitFileControl list. (zfile.c [1.11.2.4.2.2]: 2003/05/17 14:28:33 ray) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Library"></a>Library</h2><pre> + +Increment the version number after release. (gscdef.c [1.15.2.4.2.3]: +2003/04/08 11:05:47 giles) + +Update the version and data for the 7.07 release. (gscdef.c [1.15.2.4.2.4]: +2003/05/17 14:39:00 giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="7.07-Other"></a>Other</h2><pre> + +Test the optimization compiler flag '-O2' before using it since some vendor +compilers have different syntax. (Makefile.in [1.1.4.13.2.3], +configure.ac [1.4.4.12.2.2]: 2003/04/16 13:59:56 giles) + +Include the bbox device in the default autoconf build. +(Makefile.in [1.1.4.13.2.4]: 2003/04/29 18:33:31 giles) + +</pre></body></html> |