1.35 Cyclone release.

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    Copyright (C) 2000 Aladdin Enterprises.  All rights reserved.
    Unauthorized use, copying, and/or distribution prohibited.
 
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 This file, NEWS-MAN, describes changes in the main component in
 reverse chronological order.
 
+Version 1.35_Cyclone (07/08/2001)
+======================================
+Sun Jul  8 12:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_watc.mak [1.4]:
+        removes watcom makefiles.
+        
+
+Wed Jun 27 04:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.9]:
+        PL_SCALER definition was missing from msvc makefile.  Thanks to Dan
+        for reporting this problem.
+        
+
+Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.12]:
+        makefile changes for AGFA ufst 4.1.
+        
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.13]:
+        restored default font scaler to artifex font scaler, instead of ufst.
+        
+
+Wed May  9 21:00:00 2001 GMT        Stefan Kemper    stefan@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.8]:
+        Added pdfwrite2 device
+        
+
+Fri Apr 27 18:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_cyg.mak [1.2]:
+        Removes cygnus makefile - it is almost the same as gcc file modulo
+        threads and X11 stuff.
+        
+
+Fri Apr 27 08:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.7]:
+        msvc file messed up on last checkin.
+        
+
+Fri Apr 27 07:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_watc.mak [1.3], pcl6_msvc.mak [1.6], pcl6_gcc.mak [1.11]:
+        Code changes for pcl reentrancy and miscellaneous items for the 1.35
+        release.  The pcl "view" is now reentrant.  This was accomplished
+        without locks.  It is not necessary to lock debugging and diagnostic
+        tools.  Contention for these resources is not important, so these were
+        left alone.  There are several areas where the graphics library
+        initializes global prototypes as part of one time initialization
+        (i.e. zlib and lzw), it is not necessary to lock these resource.
+        Unique id's are now "unique enough" id's using a combination of cpu
+        time and a random number to generate the id, this doesn't require
+        global data anymore.  The globals for the allocators are initialized
+        once at startup and should be never touched again.  With multiple
+        interpreters and multiple allocators it will be necessary for each
+        language to have an instance that holds a pointer to the allocator it
+        will use, but modifying globals in the graphics library to support
+        memory management, the current scheme, is undesirable.  This code does
+        not address the globals for accurate screens, pcl does not use them,
+        but it should be simple to "make local".  I also missed one global in
+        the pjl parser but it is rarely if ever used.  Here's the code logs,
+        expect some more changes I am sure I broke something.
+        
+        pl/pllfont.c, /pl/plfont.c, id changes.
+        
+        plmain.c, plplatf.c - more subtle initialization of the library and
+        platform to support pcl's new memory allocator.
+        
+        pl/plalloc.c, plalloc.h - updated to redefine the allocator that does
+        large allocations on the heap (sometimes locking, retrying and other
+        odd activities).  Essentially plalloc.c and plalloc.h reduce all
+        memory calls directly to malloc, free or realloc.  The allocator
+        maintains no state, so it is as reentrant as the underlying C library
+        allocator.
+        
+        pxl/pxerrors.c, pxl/pxfont.c, pxl/pximage.c,
+        pxl/pxgstate.c: writing mode for 2.0 did not properly get intialized.
+        pxl/pxsessio.c, pxl/pxtop.c: The pxl font dictionary was unnecessarily
+        reinitialized on a per session basis.
+        
+        pcl/pcsfont.c, pcl/pglabel.c - more id changes.
+        
+        main/pcl6_gcc.mak - adds async device bmpamono.
+        
+        main/pcl6_msvc.mak - removes extraneous devices, pdfwrite2.dev is not
+        included in the msvc makefile and is only available for gcc users
+        right now.  Adds font scaler definition.
+        
+        main/pcl_watc.mak - adds pdfwrite2.dev - probably should be
+        "unincluded" like msvc.mak but not important.
+        
+        gs/src/gdevbmpa = default finish_copy_device to allow copying a non
+        prototyped device. It is unclear why the restriction was added to the
+        code but no asyncronous postscript or pcl job will run using the
+        default definition of finish_copy_device.
+        
+        gs/src/gdevdbit.c, gs/src/gdevplnx.c, gs/src/gdevvec.c,
+        gs/src/gsalphac.c, gs/src/gscolor.c, gs/src/gscolor1, gs/src/gscrd.c,
+        gs/src/gsutil.c, gs/src/gscspace, gs/src/gsfont.c, gs/src/gsht.c,
+        gs/src/gsht1.c, src/gshtx.c, gs/src/gsistate.c, gs/src/gslib.c,
+        gs/src/gspcolor, /gs/src/gsptype1.c, gs/src/gsropc.c,
+        gs/src/gstypes.h, /gs/src/gxacpath.c, gs/src/gxccman.c,
+        gs/src/gxcht.c, gs/src/gxclip, src/gxclrect.c, gs/src/gxcpath.c,
+        gs/src/gximage.c, gs/src/gximage.c, gs/src/gxpcmap.c, gs/src/gzht.c,
+        gs/src/isave.c, gs/src/zcontext.c. - modification to support unique id
+        changes.
+        
+        gs/src/gdevprna.c - comments out code that will not work where the
+        client provides its own memory allocator.  This will need to
+        reconciled in the future.
+        
+        gs/src/gsdevice.c - using strcmp with on string without terminating
+        NULL
+        
+        gs/src/gsdparam.c - code doesn't make sense if the parameter
+        SeparationColorName is not provided... so removed for now.
+        
+        gs/src/gshtscr.c - changes declaration to const.  The variables are
+        used as if they are constants.  I am not sure why static was used
+        instead of private but I did not change that.
+        
+        gs/src/gsmalloc.c - removes globals gs_alloc_memory_default and
+        gs_memory_t_default.
+        
+        gs/src/gxchar.c - several statics that "look constant" - so now const.
+        
+        gs/src/gxht.c - adds an id table for storing multiple id's in the
+        halftone cache, allocate one id upfront and resize the table as
+        necessary.
+        
+        gs/src/gxipixel.c - removes unnecessary and incorrect optimization to
+        strength reduce raster ops.
+        
+        gs/src/lib.mak - removes gsutil.c initialization from makefile for
+        gsutil.c - gosh I wish we wouldn't do this at all I have removed it
+        completely from pcl.
+        
+        gs/src/stdpre.h - adds an integer 64 data type that works with gnuc and
+        msvc only for now - triggers an error for other platforms.  Removes
+        watcom pragma which generated spurious error messages with gcc.
+        
+
+Mon Apr  2 19:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.10]:
+        Adds a temporary pdf device pdfwrite2.dev to be used by pcl so as not
+        to interfere with postscript/pdf pdfwrite developments.
+        
+
+Mon Apr  2 05:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.9]:
+        adds new feature and device devs to support pdf write (changes from
+        stefan@artifex.com).  Removes asynchronous devices and -l for threads
+        library.
+        
+
+Tue Mar  6 07:00:00 2001 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.8]:
+        modifications for new font devices.  Also, temporarily contains
+        necessary instructions for building agfa and freetype configurations.
+        
+
+Tue Feb  6 08:00:00 2001 GMT        August Daniel Coby    dan@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.5]:
+        
+        Modifications for using gs6.50 with PCL6.
+        
+
+Tue Nov 21 22:00:00 2000 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_gcc.mak [1.7]:
+        Make variable for standard libraries the which thread library to use
+        
+
+Tue Nov 21 21:00:00 2000 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_cyg.mak [1.1]:
+        new makefile for Cygnus Windows 1.1.4
+        
+
+Wed Nov  1 05:00:00 2000 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.4]:
+        More JPEG additions and the same fix as Ray's, I suspect.
+        
+
+Tue Oct 31 16:00:00 2000 GMT        Raymond Johnston    ray@artifex.com
+
+        * pcl6_msvc.mak [1.3]:
+        Add BAND_LIST_STORAGE and BAND_LIST_COMPRESSOR to topmost make. This should
+        have been changed with 1.14 of common/msvc_top.mak but was missed.
+        
+
+Mon Oct 30 11:00:00 2000 GMT        Henry Stiles    henrys@artifex.com
+
+        * NEWS-MAIN [1.2]:
+        pcl 134 (sleet) alpha release.
+        
+        * pcl6_watc.mak [1.2], pcl6_msvc.mak [1.2], pcl6_gcc.mak [1.6]:
+        Version changes were not complete.
+        
 Version 1.34_alpha_sleet (10/30/2000)
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