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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.4beta016.html b/tiff/html/v3.4beta016.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..22f185f --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.4beta016.html @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> +Changes in TIFF v3.4beta016 +</TITLE> +</HEAD> + +<BODY> +<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sans"> + +<BASEFONT SIZE=4> +<B><FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION</B> +<BASEFONT SIZE=3> + +<UL> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +<B>Current Version</B>: v3.4beta016<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.4beta007.html>v3.4beta007</A><BR> +<B>Master FTP Site</B>: <A HREF="ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff">ftp.sgi.com (192.48.153.1), directory graphics/tiff</A><BR> +<HR SIZE=4 WIDTH=65% ALIGN=left> +</UL> + +<P> +This document describes the changes made to the software between the +<I>previous</I> and <I>current</I> versions (see above). +If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this +timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned. +The following information is located here: +<UL> +<LI><A HREF="#configure">Changes in the software configuration</A> +<LI><A HREF="#libtiff">Changes in libtiff</A> +<LI><A HREF="#tools">Changes in the tools</A> +<LI><A HREF="#man">Changes in the manual pages</A> +<LI><A HREF="#html">Changes in the documentation</A> +<LI><A HREF="#contrib">Changes in contributed software</A> +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="configure"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>support was added for configuring the Deflate codec +<LI>support was added for the HTML documentation +<LI>codecs that are not configured for inclusion in the library + are no longer compiled +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="libtiff"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>support was added for registering new codecs external to the library + and for overriding the codecs that are builtin to the library +<LI>emulation support for the old <TT>DataType</TT> tag was improved +<LI>suppport was added for the <TT>SMinSampleValue</TT> + and <TT>SMaxSampleValue</TT> tags +<LI>the library no longer ignores <TT>TileWidth</TT> and <TT>TileLength</TT> + tags whose values are not a multiple of 16 (per the spec); this + permits old, improperly written, images to be read +<LI>the support for the <TT>Predictor</TT> tag was placed in a reusable + module so that it can be shared by multiple codecs +<LI>experimental compression support was added for the Deflate algorithm + (using the freely available zlib package) +<LI>a new routine, <TT>TIFFWriteBufferSetup</TT> was added a la the + routine <TT>TIFFReadBufferSetup</TT> +<LI>the DSO version of the library is now statically linked with the + JPEG and Deflate libraries; this means applications that link against + the DSO do not also need to link against these ancillary libraries +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>all the tools now use common code to process compress-oriented arguments +<LI><TT>tiffdump</TT> should now compile on a Macintosh with MPW +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="man"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE MANUAL PAGES:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>everything was updated +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="html"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE DOCUMENTATION:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>everything was updated +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="contrib"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN CONTRIBUTED SOFTWARE:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI><B>contrib/dbs/xtiff</B> was made to compile +<LI><B>contrib/mac-mpw</B> is new support for compiling the software on + a Macintosh under MPW; consult <A HREF=build.html#Mac>the documentation</A> + for details +<LI><B>contrib/tags</B> is information on how to use the tag extenion + facilities; consult + <A HREF=../contrib/tags/README>contrib/tags/README</A> for details +</UL> + +<A HREF="index.html"><IMG SRC="images/back.gif"></A> TIFF home page.<BR> + +<HR> + +<ADDRESS> +<A HREF="sam.html">Sam Leffler</A> / <A HREF="mailto:sam@engr.sgi.com">sam@engr.sgi.com</A> +Last updated $Date: 1999/08/09 20:21:21 $. +</ADDRESS> + +</BODY> +</HTML> |