1 | /* $Id: NEWS 3600 2009-08-02 11:08:58Z sam $ */ /** \page libcaca-news Libcaca news |
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3 | \section news0_99_beta17 Changes between 0.9.beta17 and 0.99.beta16 |
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5 | - new dirty rectangle framework for accelerated rendering |
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6 | - new <conio.h> compatible header for old DOS software porting |
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7 | - XCode and Visual Studio build improvements |
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8 | - improved HTML output |
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9 | - improved Ruby and .NET bindings |
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10 | - new comprehensive PHP bindings |
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11 | - Cocoa driver enhancements |
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12 | - documentation updates |
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13 | - minor improvements and bugfixes |
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15 | \section news0_99_beta16 Changes between 0.9.beta16 and 0.99.beta15 |
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17 | - many build fixes, especially for nonstandard platforms |
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19 | \section news0_99_beta15 Changes between 0.9.beta15 and 0.99.beta14 |
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21 | - libcucul was merged back into libcaca for more clarity |
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23 | \section news0_99_beta14 Changes between 0.9.beta14 and 0.99.beta13 |
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25 | - internal FIGlet font support |
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26 | - use C99 types in public headers |
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27 | - runtime support for output drivers |
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28 | - BBcode export support |
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30 | \section news0_99_beta13 Changes between 0.9.beta13 and 0.99.beta12 |
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32 | - device-dependent cursor support |
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33 | - event API rewrite |
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34 | - minor API improvements and extensions |
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35 | - img2txt improvements |
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36 | - Ruby bindings |
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37 | - Massive C# bindings improvements |
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38 | - Python sample code |
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39 | - Visual Studio build solution |
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41 | \section news0_99_beta12 Changes between 0.9.beta12 and 0.99.beta11 |
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43 | - support for 90-degree canvas rotation |
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44 | - better behaviour when trying to output Unicode on an ASCII terminal |
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45 | - the built-in font now supports the Geometric Shapes, Halfwidth and Fullwidth |
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46 | Forms and Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode blocks |
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47 | - new rotozoom effect in cacademo |
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48 | - Cocoa output driver for Mac OS X |
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49 | - preliminary .NET bindings |
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50 | - many bugfixes and documentation changes |
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52 | \section news0_99_beta11 Changes between 0.9.beta11 and 0.99.beta10 |
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54 | - fixed compilation of the C++ bindings |
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55 | - fixed bugs in cucul_import_memory(), cucul_set_canvas_size() |
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56 | - implemented caca_set_display_title() for ncurses and S-Lang |
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57 | - minor bugfixes |
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59 | \section news0_99_beta10 Changes between 0.9.beta10 and 0.99.beta9 |
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61 | - new debug mode |
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62 | - blitting canvases now makes use of the canvas' handle coordinates |
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63 | - import functions can read streamed data |
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64 | - attribute to colorspace transformations |
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65 | - added katakana and hiragana glyphs to the built-in font |
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66 | - many bugfixes and documentation changes |
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68 | \section news0_99_beta9 Changes between 0.9.beta9 and 0.99.beta8 |
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70 | - support for blink, bold, italics and underline attributes |
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71 | - allow to import and export zero-sized canvases |
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72 | - fixed Imlib2 support in cacaview |
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73 | - fixed buffer overlows in the file importer |
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74 | - big documentation updates |
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76 | \section news0_99_beta8 Changes between 0.9.beta8 and 0.99.beta7 |
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78 | - allow to build the X11 and GL drivers as separate plugins |
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79 | - support for fullwidth Unicode characters |
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80 | - improved cucul_flip() and cucul_rotate() |
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81 | - minor bugfixes and documentation updates |
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83 | \section news0_99_beta7 Changes between 0.9.beta7 and 0.99.beta6 |
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85 | - transparency support in the UTF-8 importer and exporter |
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86 | - optimised triangle fill routine |
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87 | - updated C++ bindings |
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89 | \section news0_99_beta6 Changes between 0.9.beta6 and 0.99.beta5 |
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91 | - ANSI importer now handles transparency and UTF-8 |
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92 | - Unicode support was broken for about 10% of the set |
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93 | - various memory leaks were fixed |
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95 | \section news0_99_beta5 Changes between 0.9.beta5 and 0.99.beta4 |
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97 | - implemented cucul_getchar() and cucul_get_color() |
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98 | - handle transparency in the IRC export |
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99 | - new cropping and expanding filters |
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100 | - full Unicode support in the OpenGL driver |
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101 | - portability fixes for 64-bit architectures, Win32 and MS-DOS |
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102 | - all demos except cacafire were merged into cacademo |
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104 | \section news0_99_beta4 Changes between 0.9.beta4 and 0.99.beta3 |
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106 | - added a compatibility layer for pre-1.x libcaca applications |
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107 | - fixed manpage generation |
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108 | - minor bugfixes and documentation updates |
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110 | \section news0_99_beta3 Changes between 0.9.beta3 and 0.99.beta2 |
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112 | - libcaca functions use errno for error reporting |
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113 | - updated C++ bindings |
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114 | - minor improvements, bugfixes and documentation updates |
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116 | \section news0_99_beta2 Changes between 0.9.beta2 and 0.99.beta1 |
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118 | - ANSI importer |
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119 | - functions use errno for error reporting |
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120 | - updated C++ bindings |
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121 | - .NET bindings |
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122 | - cacadraw, an ANSI viewer that will evolve into an editor |
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123 | - Unicode input and output support for SLang and ncurses |
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124 | - built-in fonts work on Win32 |
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126 | \section news0_99_beta1 Changes between 0.9 and 0.99.beta1 |
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128 | - license switched to WTFPL |
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129 | - libcaca was split into libcucul, a standalone text manipulation backend, |
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130 | and libcaca, the display and user input frontend |
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131 | - Unicode support |
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132 | - TrueColor (more than 16 colours) support |
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133 | - Floyd-Steinberg dithering |
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134 | - gamma correction |
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135 | - export functions for HTML, IRC, ANSI, SVG, PostScript, TGA... |
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136 | - builtin fonts for device-independent bitmap output |
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137 | - various text transformation routines (rotation, horizontal flip...) |
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138 | - OpenGL renderer |
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139 | - kernel mode to build libcaca programs into a bootable x86 kernel |
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140 | - cacaserver, a telnet server that can be hooked to libcaca applications |
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141 | - img2irc, an image to IRC conversion utility |
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143 | \section news0_9 Changes between 0.8 and 0.9 |
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145 | - fix for a buffer overflow in the line rendering |
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146 | - fixed resizing in the ncurses and slang drivers |
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147 | - aspect ratio and finer zoom support in cacaview |
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148 | - minor compilation fixes |
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150 | \section news0_8 Changes between 0.7 and 0.8 |
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152 | - window resizing support |
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153 | - native Win32 port |
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154 | - autorepeat emulation in the ncurses and slang drivers |
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155 | - support for more keycodes in the ncurses and slang drivers |
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156 | - cacaplas, a plasma animation example |
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157 | - cacamoir, a moire circles animation example |
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158 | - MSVC project file |
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160 | \section news0_7 Changes between 0.6 and 0.7 |
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162 | - many bugfixes in the event handling |
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163 | - cacaball, a metaball animation example |
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165 | \section news0_6 Changes between 0.5 and 0.6 |
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167 | - 30% speed increase in the bitmap rendering routine |
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168 | - mouse support and various speed optimisations in the X11 driver |
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169 | - X11 is now the preferred driver |
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170 | - improved documentation |
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171 | - minor bugfixes |
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173 | \section news0_5 Changes between 0.4 and 0.5 |
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175 | - palette optimisation for the S-Lang driver to work around the colour pair |
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176 | shortage bug |
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177 | - minor compilation fix |
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179 | \section news0_4 Changes between 0.3 and 0.4 |
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181 | - preliminary X11 graphics driver |
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182 | - support for simultaneously compiled-in drivers |
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183 | - honour the CACA_DRIVER, CACA_GEOMETRY and CACA_FONT environment variables |
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184 | - more documentation |
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186 | \section news0_3 Changes between 0.2 and 0.3 |
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188 | - antialiasing support |
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189 | - dithering, antialiasing and background mode can now be selected at |
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190 | runtime or in the environment using the CACA_BACKGROUND, CACA_DITHERING |
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191 | and CACA_ANTIALIASING variables |
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192 | - alpha channel support in cacaview |
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193 | - BMP loading support in cacaview even if Imlib2 is not present |
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194 | - cacafire, a libcaca port of aafire |
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196 | \section news0_2 Changes between 0.1 and 0.2 |
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198 | - rendering now uses 256 colour pairs instead of 16 |
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199 | - mouse support for ncurses |
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200 | - ncurses is now the preferred backend |
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201 | - arbitrary color depth and bitmasks in the bitmap renderer |
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202 | - cacaview, an image viewer based on libcaca |
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204 | \section news_0_1 New in 0.1 |
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206 | - initial release |
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207 | - slang, ncurses and conio drivers |
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208 | - basic line, box, ellipse and triangle primitives |
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209 | - colour bitmap blitting |
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211 | */ |
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