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diff --git a/gs/doc/History6.htm b/gs/doc/History6.htm index 8ff3836f8..b773ed7bc 100644 --- a/gs/doc/History6.htm +++ b/gs/doc/History6.htm @@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ <h2>Table of contents</h2> <blockquote><ul> +<li><a href="#Version6.64">Version 6.64 (2001-04-07)</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#6.64_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Documentation">Documentation</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Procedures">Procedures</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Utilities">Utilities</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Drivers">Drivers</a>, + <a href="#6.64-PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, + <a href="#6.64-PDF_Interpreter">PDF Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Streams">Streams</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Library">Library</a>, + <a href="#6.64-Other">Other</a> +</ul> <li><a href="#Version6.63">Version 6.63 (2001-03-31)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#6.63_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, @@ -216,6 +230,326 @@ release. <hr> +<h1><a name="Version6.64"></a>Version 6.64 (2001-04-07)</h1> + +<p> +This is probably the last beta release before 7.0. Most of the patches +since last time are bug and portability fixes. + +<p> +All problems registered on SourceForge numbered 414104 or lower are +closed, except for the following: 209350, 215256, 219798, 221582, +222534, 222727, 224056, 224863, 226477, 226584, 227684, 227709, +228180, 228641, 230694, 231390, 404255, 404482, 405342, 406285, +406689, 406696, 406979, 407342, 409887, 410371, 411753, 413114, +413669, 413747, 414022, 414104. + +<h3><a name="6.63_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3> + +<pre> +(Library) + - The gs_logical_operation_t type now has a bit indicating +PDF 1.4 transparency. +(Build process) + - The default directories for XLIBDIR and XINCLUDE now point +to /usr/X11R6. + + +<h2><a name="6.64-Documentation"></a>Documentation</h2><pre> + +1. Removing the article "Minor Bugs. kshow doesn't restore currentfont after +running proc." due to fixed. 2. Adding article "Buffering in input filters" +to "Differences from Adobe Implementation". (doc/Issues.htm [1.6]: +2001/04/03 15:53:01 igorm) + +Updates Glenn Ramsey's email address in the Epson 300 documentation. +(doc/Devices.htm [1.24]: 2001/04/04 04:25:00 raph) + +Adds request for code-review submissions to identify intended branches. +(doc/Maintain.htm [1.14]: 2001/04/04 07:22:48 raph) + +Move SourceForge bug #226943 to the "Other implementation" section of this +document. The %ram% device has never been a user or customer issue, but it +might be handy to have. (doc/Projects.htm [1.27]: 2001/04/04 16:36:36 rayjj) + +Updates to documentation. Location of main ftp site is now +ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost. Correct some links to the +www.cs.wisc.edu web site. Remove the statement that the Inprise compiler is +used for Windows distribution archives. (doc/Bug-info.htm [1.14], +doc/Fonts.htm [1.16], doc/Install.htm [1.20], doc/Make.htm [1.26], +doc/New-user.htm [1.23], doc/Release.htm [1.32], doc/Tester.htm [1.10]: +2001/04/05 08:49:57 ghostgum) + +Adds issues from SourceForge bug numbers: 232334, 233403, 406643. Also adds +missing bug ID for #228808. (doc/Issues.htm [1.7]: 2001/04/05 14:44:39 +rayjj) + +Various documenation fixups. Removes pointer to external pdf_sec.ps now that +the full implementation is in our distribution. Adds note on the +class="offset" attribute to the html style guidelines. (doc/API.htm [1.5], +doc/Bug-form.htm [1.18], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.13], doc/New-user.htm [1.24], +doc/Psfiles.htm [1.17], doc/Readme.htm [1.25]: 2001/04/06 11:27:00 giles) + +Uses better test for avoiding crash on "gs -h". Also updates API document. +Thanks to Russell Lang. (doc/API.htm [1.6]: 2001/04/07 00:08:08 raph) + +adds a last few doc fixups before the 6.64 beta release. +(doc/Bug-info.htm [1.15], doc/C-style.htm [1.15], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.14]: +2001/04/07 00:15:02 giles) + +Integrates patch from hpijs 0.94 so that Ghostscript can use hpijs drivers. +(doc/Devices.htm [1.25]: 2001/04/07 00:33:29 raph) + +Corrections to interpreter API documentation. If "gs -h" executed, +gsapi_exit() must be called next. Assign copyright to artofcode LLC. +(doc/API.htm [1.7]: 2001/04/07 01:17:50 ghostgum) + +Updates version number and date in preparation for 6.64 release. Updates +Develop.htm to accurately list source files. (doc/API.htm [1.8], +doc/Bug-form.htm [1.19], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.16], doc/C-style.htm [1.16], +doc/Commprod.htm [1.12], doc/Copying.htm [1.10], doc/Current.htm [1.10], +doc/DLL.htm [1.12], doc/Develop.htm [1.36], doc/Devices.htm [1.26], +doc/Drivers.htm [1.18], doc/Fonts.htm [1.17], doc/Helpers.htm [1.14], +doc/History1.htm [1.10], doc/History2.htm [1.10], doc/History3.htm [1.10], +doc/History4.htm [1.10], doc/History5.htm [1.12], doc/History6.htm [1.25], +doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.15], doc/Install.htm [1.21], doc/Issues.htm [1.8], +doc/Language.htm [1.29], doc/Lib.htm [1.10], doc/Maintain.htm [1.15], +doc/Make.htm [1.27], doc/New-user.htm [1.25], doc/News.htm [1.83], +doc/Projects.htm [1.28], doc/Ps-style.htm [1.10], doc/Ps2epsi.htm [1.11], +doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.28], doc/Psfiles.htm [1.18], doc/README [1.9], +doc/Readme.htm [1.26], doc/Release.htm [1.33], doc/Source.htm [1.10], +doc/Tester.htm [1.11], doc/Unix-lpr.htm [1.10], doc/Use.htm [1.26], +doc/Xfonts.htm [1.10], doc/gs-vms.hlp [1.9], man/dvipdf.1 [1.7], +man/font2c.1 [1.7], man/gs.1 [1.7], man/gslp.1 [1.7], man/gsnd.1 [1.7], +man/pdf2dsc.1 [1.7], man/pdf2ps.1 [1.9], man/pdfopt.1 [1.7], +man/pf2afm.1 [1.7], man/pfbtopfa.1 [1.8], man/printafm.1 [1.7], +man/ps2ascii.1 [1.7], man/ps2epsi.1 [1.7], man/ps2pdf.1 [1.11], +man/ps2pdfwr.1 [1.8], man/ps2ps.1 [1.14], man/wftopfa.1 [1.7]: 2001/04/07 +07:55:24 raph) + +Trivial doc patch. (doc/Develop.htm [1.37]: 2001/04/07 07:58:50 raph) + +Documentation fixups for broken internal links. (doc/Devices.htm [1.27], +doc/Maintain.htm [1.16], doc/Make.htm [1.28], doc/Release.htm [1.34]: +2001/04/07 08:18:53 giles) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Procedures"></a>Procedures</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - Speed up shading type 1. (lib.mak [1.47]: 2001/04/05 08:32:28 +igorm) + +Adds target to OS/2 makefile to build distribution zip archive. Disables +multiple image windows for OS/2 because we can't tell when subsequent +windows are closed. To allow multiple windows we would need to rewrite +gspmdrv.c. (os2.mak [1.14]: 2001/04/01 10:13:24 ghostgum) + +Remove the bmpa*** devices from the default build. These are example devices +to demonstrate async rendering but do not have any advantages to users over +the bmp*** devices, and their inclusion requires thread support which is not +available on all systems. Resolves SourceForge bug #213799. +(unix-gcc.mak [1.15], unixansi.mak [1.11], unixtrad.mak [1.11]: 2001/04/03 +20:04:46 rayjj) + +updates to support libpng v1.0.9. (all-arch.mak [1.7], bcwin32.mak [1.9], +dvx-gcc.mak [1.9], libpng.mak [1.5], msvc32.mak [1.14], msvclib.mak [1.11], +openvms.mak [1.10], os2.mak [1.15], ugcclib.mak [1.10], unix-gcc.mak [1.16], +unixansi.mak [1.12], unixtrad.mak [1.12], watc.mak [1.11], +watclib.mak [1.11], watcw32.mak [1.10]: 2001/04/04 07:51:15 giles) + +updates to support libpng v1.0.10. OS/2 makefile fixup for v1.0.9 and above +from Russell Lang. (all-arch.mak [1.8], bcwin32.mak [1.10], +dvx-gcc.mak [1.10], libpng.mak [1.6], msvc32.mak [1.15], msvclib.mak [1.12], +openvms.mak [1.11], os2.mak [1.16], ugcclib.mak [1.11], unix-gcc.mak [1.17], +unixansi.mak [1.13], unixtrad.mak [1.13], watc.mak [1.12], +watclib.mak [1.12], watcw32.mak [1.11]: 2001/04/06 07:27:22 giles) + +Integrates patch from hpijs 0.94 so that Ghostscript can use hpijs drivers. +(contrib.mak [1.23]: 2001/04/07 00:33:29 raph) + +Changes default XLIBDIR and XINCLUDE to /usr/X11R6, which is far more likely +than the previous values. (contrib.mak [1.24], ugcclib.mak [1.12], +unix-gcc.mak [1.18], unixtrad.mak [1.14]: 2001/04/07 06:50:27 raph) + +Updates version number and date in preparation for 6.64 release. Updates +Develop.htm to accurately list source files. (version.mak [1.32]: 2001/04/07 +07:55:25 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Utilities"></a>Utilities</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - -dDELAYSAFER flag added; append operator fixed in Windows and OS/2 +scripts; literal newlines removed from sed script. Bugs #223896, #230699 +(lib/ps2epsi [1.5], lib/ps2epsi.bat [1.4], lib/ps2epsi.cmd [1.2], +lib/ps2epsi.ps [1.5]: 2001/04/04 04:45:42 alexcher) + - The fileposition operator cannot be used on some data sources. Use +.fileposition (if on Ghostscript) and make some other changes to make this +portable to other PostScript interpreters. SourceForge bug #223005. +(lib/image-qa.ps [1.3]: 2001/04/04 04:54:53 rayjj) + - Previous fix had OutputFile set to a debug value. Restoring it to +NUL (lib/ps2epsi.bat [1.5]: 2001/04/04 05:19:33 alexcher) + - Adds whitespace to sed command in ps2epsi, needed on RH Linux 6.2. +(lib/ps2epsi [1.6]: 2001/04/04 21:05:00 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Drivers"></a>Drivers</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - JPEG data made GC-traceable to prevent early freeing. Bug # 227090 +gdevjpeg.c gdevpsdu.c sdeparam.c zfdctd.c zfdcte.c : JPEG control structure +is allocated with a descriptor. sdct.h : defines descriptors for JPEG +structures. sjpegc.c : implements the linked list of JPEG core blocks +sjpegd.c sjpege.c : corrects the initialization order of (de)compress +struct's gsstruct.h : yet another macro for a structure with 1 string and 1 +ptr (gdevjpeg.c [1.3], gdevpsdu.c [1.10]: 2001/04/04 19:20:27 alexcher) + +Integrates patch from hpijs 0.94 so that Ghostscript can use hpijs drivers. +(gdevhpij.c [1.1], gdevhpij.h [1.1]: 2001/04/07 00:33:29 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-PDF_writer"></a>PDF writer</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - Emits W or W* after path construction operators when outputting +clip paths in the pdfwrite driver, to be correct with respect to the PDF +spec. (gdevpdfd.c [1.14]: 2001/04/07 07:12:52 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-PDF_Interpreter"></a>PDF Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - The search area for %%EOF at the end of PDF file is increased to +4K to cover a file generated by Distiller 3.02b for AIX 4.1.1 Customer #580 +(lib/pdf_main.ps [1.31]: 2001/04/07 01:34:23 alexcher) + - A comment is corrected to match the source. +(lib/pdf_main.ps [1.32]: 2001/04/07 01:47:00 alexcher) + +PDF 1.4 improvements: Fixes garbage collection of device filter stack. +Forces idempotent path drawing in transparency mode. Corrects handling of +Group at toplevel page. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.29], lib/pdf_main.ps [1.30]: +2001/04/06 22:23:44 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Interpreter"></a>Interpreter</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - Windows poll function now returns a code to interrupt Ghostscript +if the text window is closing. Don't show message box on exit if user closed +the text window. (dwmain.c [1.4], dwtext.c [1.3]: 2001/04/03 11:12:58 +ghostgum) + - equality operation between a pointer and enum constant (with 0 +value) is a syntax error on CodeWarrior. Replacing the enum with NULL. From +Bernd Heller (zdscpars.c [1.10]: 2001/04/04 05:25:32 alexcher) + - Register /All and /None in the name table on look-up. Otherwise an +attempt to set the separation color space fails with /undefined +(zcssepr.c [1.7]: 2001/04/04 16:09:15 alexcher) + - JPEG data made GC-traceable to prevent early freeing. Bug # 227090 +gdevjpeg.c gdevpsdu.c sdeparam.c zfdctd.c zfdcte.c : JPEG control structure +is allocated with a descriptor. sdct.h : defines descriptors for JPEG +structures. sjpegc.c : implements the linked list of JPEG core blocks +sjpegd.c sjpege.c : corrects the initialization order of (de)compress +struct's gsstruct.h : yet another macro for a structure with 1 string and 1 +ptr (zfdctd.c [1.4], zfdcte.c [1.4]: 2001/04/04 19:20:27 alexcher) + - Set default size of MAX_ESTACK to 5000. This is the minimal fix +recommended by L. Peter Deutsch in the followup to SourceForge bug #224095. +This should be fixed later to handle automatic stack expansion. The +approaches are defined by Peter as #2 and #3. Interim resolution to +SorceForge bug #224095. (interp.c [1.8]: 2001/04/06 06:42:45 rayjj) + - Apparently Japanese Windows uses WM_USER+1 internally and +conflicts with gswin32c messages starting from WM_USER+1. So gswin32c +messages are moved to WM_USER+101 range. Fix from Akira Kakuto +(dwmainc.c [1.4]: 2001/04/06 08:36:02 ghostgum) + - Do not put Windows stdin into binary mode if it is the console +because this returns CR and LF each time the Enter key is pressed. This +caused Ghostscript to not pause at following showpage prompts. +(dwmainc.c [1.5]: 2001/04/06 08:43:29 ghostgum) + - Genoa FTS 035-07.ps got a SEGV error caused by data being +allocated in non-GC memory, but pointer enumumeration giving these pointers +to the GC for tracing. Since these objects didn't have GC type headers bad +things happened. Also change one of the allocations in sjpegc.c to immovable +that was not -- this change was not needed to prevent the crash. +(zfdctd.c [1.5]: 2001/04/07 00:33:22 rayjj) + - Compressed fonts are now recognized as narrow during font +substitution. Customer #580 (lib/gs_fonts.ps [1.11]: 2001/04/07 01:07:01 +alexcher) + - two small issues with compilation under xlc on IBM AIX RS6000, a +name conflict with structures names (u)int64, and trailing commas in enum +declarations. Patch from Dan Coby. Sourceforge bug #414328. +(dscparse.h [1.4]: 2001/04/07 07:28:33 giles) + +Adds target to OS/2 makefile to build distribution zip archive. Disables +multiple image windows for OS/2 because we can't tell when subsequent +windows are closed. To allow multiple windows we would need to rewrite +gspmdrv.c. (dpmain.c [1.3]: 2001/04/01 10:13:24 ghostgum) + +updates to support libpng v1.0.10. OS/2 makefile fixup for v1.0.9 and above +from Russell Lang. (imain.c [1.11]: 2001/04/06 07:27:22 giles) + +Removed unecessary include of Macintosh QDOffscreen.h header (iapi.h [1.2]: +2001/04/06 22:57:46 bdheller) + +Uses better test for avoiding crash on "gs -h". Also updates API document. +Thanks to Russell Lang. (imain.c [1.12]: 2001/04/07 00:08:08 raph) + +Updates version number and date in preparation for 6.64 release. Updates +Develop.htm to accurately list source files. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.33]: +2001/04/07 07:55:25 raph) + +Removes \r\n line ends inadvertently added. (dscparse.h [1.5]: 2001/04/07 +08:07:17 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Streams"></a>Streams</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - JPEG data made GC-traceable to prevent early freeing. Bug # 227090 +gdevjpeg.c gdevpsdu.c sdeparam.c zfdctd.c zfdcte.c : JPEG control structure +is allocated with a descriptor. sdct.h : defines descriptors for JPEG +structures. sjpegc.c : implements the linked list of JPEG core blocks +sjpegd.c sjpege.c : corrects the initialization order of (de)compress +struct's gsstruct.h : yet another macro for a structure with 1 string and 1 +ptr (sdct.h [1.3], sdeparam.c [1.3], sjpegc.c [1.3], sjpegd.c [1.3], +sjpege.c [1.3]: 2001/04/04 19:20:27 alexcher) + - Genoa FTS 035-07.ps got a SEGV error caused by data being +allocated in non-GC memory, but pointer enumumeration giving these pointers +to the GC for tracing. Since these objects didn't have GC type headers bad +things happened. Also change one of the allocations in sjpegc.c to immovable +that was not -- this change was not needed to prevent the crash. +(sjpegc.c [1.4]: 2001/04/07 00:33:22 rayjj) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Library"></a>Library</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - Register /All and /None in the name table on look-up. Otherwise an +attempt to set the separation color space fails with /undefined +(gscsepr.c [1.8]: 2001/04/04 16:09:15 alexcher) + - JPEG data made GC-traceable to prevent early freeing. Bug # 227090 +gsstruct.h : yet another macro for a structure with 1 string and 1 ptr +(gsstruct.h [1.8]: 2001/04/04 18:45:08 alexcher) + - Speed up shading type 1. (gsshade.c [1.4], gxshade1.c [1.9]: +2001/04/05 08:32:28 igorm) + - Some compilers complain that: "Argument of type "stream *" is +incompatible with parameter of type "FILE *". Thanks to Nelson Beebe for +finding this (on SGI). (gs_stdio.h [1.2]: 2001/04/06 03:19:07 rayjj) + - Fixes crashes in Type 4 function evaluator when stack is empty. +(gsfunc4.c [1.5]: 2001/04/06 22:22:38 raph) + +Adds a lop_pdf14 field to logical operators, which is used to force non- +idempotent drawing of paths. (gsropt.h [1.4]: 2001/04/05 23:21:15 raph) + +PDF 1.4 improvements: Fixes garbage collection of device filter stack. +Forces idempotent path drawing in transparency mode. Corrects handling of +Group at toplevel page. (gdevp14.c [1.2], gsstate.c [1.11]: 2001/04/06 +22:23:44 raph) + +</pre><h2><a name="6.64-Other"></a>Other</h2><pre> + +Fixes problems: + - two small issues with compilation under xlc on IBM AIX RS6000, a +name conflict with structures names (u)int64, and trailing commas in enum +declarations. Patch from Dan Coby. Sourceforge bug #414328. +(icclib/icc.c [1.2], icclib/icc.h [1.2]: 2001/04/07 07:28:33 giles) + +Removes \r\n line ends inadvertently added. (icclib/icc.c [1.3], +icclib/icc.h [1.3]: 2001/04/07 08:07:16 raph) + +<hr> + <h1><a name="Version6.63"></a>Version 6.63 (2001-03-31)</h1> <p> @@ -5600,7 +5934,7 @@ 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 6.63, 31 March 2001 +Ghostscript version 6.64, 7 April 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) |