Release Digest: GNU, June 13, 2003

GIMP 1.3.15

Hi GIMPers,

there’s a new development snapshot of The GIMP for you to play
with. Grab a copy from

ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.3/v1.3.15/

or from one of the mirrors listed at http://gimp.org/download.html.

I suggest you also upgrade to Pango 1.2.3 and GTK+ 2.2.2 which
have just been released since there are some important bug-fixes in
these releases which also affect The GIMP.

Here’s a short summary of changes. For a more complete coverage,
please consult the ChangeLog:

Overview of Changes in GIMP
1.3.15

• Removed color correction tools from toolbox again [Sven]
• Factored out color-picking code into a GimpColorTool class
  [Sven]
• Updates to the W32 build system [Tor Lillqvist, Hans
  Breuer]
• Removed the need for special casing for some platforms [Yosh,
  Sven]
• Added item rotation (90, 180, 270 degrees) [Sven, Mitch]
• Load old paths as new vector objects [Mitch]
• Apply transformations to linked items [Mitch]
• Generalized item transformations [Mitch]
• Improved session managment [Mitch]
• Speed up fonts query [Yosh]
• Backed out pluggable tools [Sven]
• Lots of bug fixes

Other contributors:
Branko Collin, Pedro Gimeno, Dave Neary, Raphael Quinet, Maurits
Rijk, Adam D. Moss, Jakub Steiner

Happy GIMPing

texinfo 4.6

I have released version 4.6 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation
format, with supporting programs.

You can get it by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.6.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-4.6.tar.bz2
and its mirrors worldwide (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html).

The Texinfo home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/.

Please email bugs or suggestions to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general
discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.

Peace,
karl@gnu.org

4.6 (10 June 2003)

• Language:
  • new command @/ specifies an allowable breakpoint within a
    line.
  • new command @dofirstparagraphindent to control whether the
    first paragraph following a section heading is indented. Default is
    to omit this indentation, unlike the output up to now.
  • new command @indent for explicitly indenting a paragraph.
  • makeinfo writes a new construct for @image in Info output, so
    that graphical Info browsers (such as Emacs Info under X) can
    display an actual image. (Standalone Info ignores this, since it
    runs in a tty.)
• makeinfo:
  • Common:
    • search for image files in the include file search path.
    • warns if @value is used on an undefined variable.
  • Info output:
    • default –split-size now 300,000 bytes, up from 50,000.
    • with –enable-encoding and a given @documentencoding, output a
      Local Variables section specifying that encoding, for use with
      Emacs.
  • HTML output:
    • uses <h3> at the smallest.
    • a few css <style> definitions are included to better
      implement @format, @display, @small…, etc.
    • new option –css-include=FILE includes FILE in the
      <style>.
    • @cartouche now outputs a <table> with a border.
• texinfo.tex:
  • new Polish translation txi-pl.tex.
• texi2dvi:
  • –command=CMD replaces –texinfo=CMD; it inserts CMD at the
    first line of LaTeX files now, or after the @setfilename for
    Texinfo files.
• info:
  • RET now goes to the nearest xref (rather like Emacs Info),
    instead of the next xref starting on the current line.
• Distribution:
  • new Romanian (ro) translation.
  • variables now declared const where appropriate.
  • gettext 0.12.1, automake 1.7.5.