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diff --git a/tiff/html/v3.4beta036.html b/tiff/html/v3.4beta036.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..aa7a876 --- /dev/null +++ b/tiff/html/v3.4beta036.html @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE> +Changes in TIFF v3.4beta036 +</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>: v3.4beta036<BR> +<B>Previous Version</B>: <A HREF=v3.4beta035.html>v3.4beta035</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> +</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 building the library as a DSO under HP-UX with + the native C compiler +<LI>tools are now built with explicit pathnames for the DSO under IRIX, + Solaris, and Linux +<LI>DSO configuration support for Linux was changed to require that + <B>libc.so</B> only be readable (not executable) +</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 add for ICC: <TT>NumberOfInks</TT>, and <TT>ICCProfile</TT> +<LI>a memory leak caused by doing <TT>TIFFSetDirectory(0)</TT> was fixed +<LI>a bug was fixed whereby certain multi-directory files were not + properly handled when accessed by mapping the data into memory +<LI>the strip chopping support is now always compiled + into the library with the default usage controlled by a + <TT>STRIPCHOP_DEFAULT</TT> configuration parameter +<LI>the strip chopping support no longer chops tiled images +<LI>all static strings are now const--for shared libraries +<LI>the logic for estimating the strip size of images without + a <TT>StripByteCounts</TT> tag was improved by handling + <TT>PlanarContig</TT> images differently from <TT>PlanarSeparate</TT> +<LI>a bug was fixed in the G3 codec when converting the Y resolution + of data specified in metric units +<LI>a bug was fixed in the G3/G4 decoder for data where lines terminate + with a v0 code +<LI>the <TT>TIFFRGBAImage</TT> support was changed to scale 16-bit colormap + entries more conservatively to avoid problems with applications + that do not generate fully saturated pixel values +<LI>the LZW decoder was changed to use a more conservative scheme when + bounds checking the hash table array; this avoids pitfalls with + systems that load objects into memory in unusual locations +<LI>a bug was fixed in <TT>TIFFPrintDirectory</TT>'s handling of the + <TT>InkNames</TT> tag +<LI><TT>TIFFPrintDirectory</TT> now understands <TT>NumberOfInks</TT> + and ICC-related tags +<LI>the routines for reading image data now provide more useful information + when a read error is encountered +<LI>support was added for compiling with Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 +</UL> + +<P><HR WIDTH=65% ALIGN=right> + +<A NAME="tools"><B><FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:</B></A> + +<UL> +<LI>a bug was fixed in <B>pal2rgb</B>'s colormap handling +<LI><B>tiff2ps</B> now includes John Wehle's changes for maintaining + the aspect ratio + of images when scaling and for honoring the deadzone on a page when + generating PostScript Level II +<LI><B>tiff2ps</B> does a better job guarding against the mishandling + of greyscale images +<LI><B>tiff2ps</B> now correctly converts X- and Y-resolution values + specified in metric units +<LI><B>tiffdump</B> has a new <TT>-m</TT> option to control the maximum + number of indirect + data values printed for a tag (by default 24) +<LI><B>tiffdump</B> understands several new tags +<LI><B>tiffdump</B> now shows any terminating null in ASCII strings +<LI><B>tiffinfo</B> now suppresses strip chopping when interpreting an image; + a new <TT>-z</TT> option has been added to enable strip chopping +</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> |