History of Ghostscript versions 6.n |
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- Version 6.20 (2000-04-06)
- (Versions 6.02 - 6.19 deliberately omitted.)
- Version 6.01 (2000-03-17)
- Version 6.0 (2000-02-03)
This document is a record of changes in Ghostscript releases numbered 6.n. For earlier versions, see the the history documents:
History of Ghostscript versions 5.n
History of Ghostscript versions 4.n
History of Ghostscript versions 3.n
History of Ghostscript versions 2.n
History of Ghostscript versions 1.n
For other information, see the Ghostscript overview.
Within each release, news appears in the following order: Incompatible changes, Documentation, Procedures, Utilities, Drivers, Platforms, Fonts, PDF writer (included under Drivers through fileset 5.88), Interpreter, Streams (included under Interpreter through release 2.9.9), Library. Changes marked with a * were made available as patches to a previous release.
This fileset includes the first steps towards bringing the pdfwrite driver closer to matching Acrobat Distiller 4. Highlights:
All problems registered on SourceForge numbered 103963 or lower are closed, except for the following: 101549, 101814, 101829, 101905, 101955, 102046, 102047, 102132, 102146, 102735, 102901, 103016, 103528, 103963.
Incompatible changes
(Procedures) - The default value of FPU_TYPE in all Windows and OS/2 makefiles is now 387 rather than 0. - The process for reporting problems has changed significantly. (PDF writer) - The Cos procedures no longer take the device as an argument, except for object-creating procedures, which now take the device rather than an allocator. - The is_object member of Cos values is replaced by value_type. Clients must use COS_VALUE_IS_OBJECT() to test whether a value is an object reference. - The Cos procedures that take C strings no longer copy the string. - The argument of cos_write_object is no longer const. (Drivers) - The default BufferSpace for printer drivers is now 4 Mb. - Device halftone order implementations must now provide a new bit_index procedure. - The image argument for psdf_setup_image_filters is changed from gs_image_t to gs_pixel_image_t. - The font-related psdf_ procedures are renamed psf_. (Streams) - The interface to the [T]BCP filters is now in a separate file, sbcp.h. (PDF interpreter) - The internal beginpage procedure is renamed dictbeginpage, and now takes a dictionary argument. (Interpreter) - The argument list for the internal build_gs_TrueType_font procedure has changed. - The zcharstring_glyph_outline procedure is renamed zchar1_glyph_outline. - The Instances dictionary of resources is renamed .Instances. (Library) - ImageType 4 images now give an error if a MaskColor value is out of the range of possible sample values. - The definition of gs_param_key_t, the key type returned by parameter list enumeration, is changed. - Implementors of parameter lists must now call gs_param_list_init to initialize the common members. - st_indexed_map is now private. Clients allocating instances of this structure must now call alloc_indexed_map. - Setting a transfer map as the identity mapping now requires calling gx_set_identity_transfer. - gs_cid_system_info is renamed gs_cid_system_info_t. - The get_outline procedure of a Type 42 or Type 11 (CIDFontType 0) font now returns 1 if the string was newly allocated and can be freed by the client. - The procs member of gs_type1_data is now an in-line structure rather than a pointer to a const structure.Documentation
Fixes problems: - If log2_transfer_map_size > 8, identity transfer functions returned garbage. The fix requires that if a client wants to set a transfer function to the identity mapping, it must call gx_set_identity_transfer rather than simply setting the procedure to gs_identity_transfer. (doc/News.htm [1.13]: 2000/03/19 17:14:47 lpd) - In PDF files, the page CropBox was not being used to clip the output. (doc/News.htm [1.18]: 2000/03/21 23:08:32 lpd) - Fixes several problems in resourceforall and resource loading: the operands of resourceforall were restored even in the case of an error in the client's procedure; the name Instances had special meaning for some Adobe code; resourceforall caused an invalidaccess error if an operand was in local VM but the current VM was global; loading a resource from a file could cause a typecheck error if the file left values on the operand stack. (doc/News.htm [1.25]: 2000/04/04 22:26:02 lpd) - The location of the lists of supported and unsupported drivers was incorrect. (doc/Bug-info.htm [1.2]: 2000/04/07 03:01:52 lpd) Undoes an accidental RCS ID substitution in what was supposed to be literal text. (doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/18 22:29:03 lpd) Increments the version number to 6.20, in anticipation of the next release. (We do this at the beginning of the development for a release, not the end.) (doc/History6.htm [1.4], doc/News.htm [1.6]: 2000/03/19 00:27:22 lpd) Splits out the [T]BCP filter interface into a separate file. (doc/News.htm [1.7]: 2000/03/19 02:40:18 lpd) Documents the fact that ImageType 4 images now cause an error for out-of-range MaskColor values. (doc/News.htm [1.8]: 2000/03/19 04:32:09 lpd) Updates the change log with recent changes. (doc/Changes.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/19 05:39:58 lpd) Adds a new document listing projects with which we are seeking help. Also makes the description of Changes.htm and News.htm more accurate. (doc/New-user.htm [1.2], doc/Projects.htm [1.1], doc/Readme.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/19 06:07:15 lpd) Changes the default value of BufferSpace to 4 Mb. In desktop applications, this is a reasonable value that can substantially improve performance (especially for color printers); embedded applications will want to set BufferSpace themselves in any case. (doc/News.htm [1.9]: 2000/03/19 06:51:13 lpd) Changes the key type returned by parameter list enumeration to include a persistence flag, makes C parameter lists support non-persistent keys, and upgrades GC descriptors so that parameter lists can be used non-transiently; updates implementors of parameter lists to call gs_param_list_init to initialize the common members, which is now required. (doc/News.htm [1.10]: 2000/03/19 15:16:11 lpd) Documents the fact that drivers that device halftone order implementations must now provide the new bit_index procedure. (This should have been documented when bit_index was introduced!) (doc/News.htm [1.11]: 2000/03/19 15:47:47 lpd) Makes st_indexed_map private. Clients must now use the constructor procedure alloc_indexed_map rather than allocating instances directly. (doc/News.htm [1.12]: 2000/03/19 16:37:28 lpd) Update the date and change log for the latest batches of checked-in changes. (doc/Changes.htm [1.5]: 2000/03/19 17:29:57 lpd) Adds a PDF linearizer ("optimizer"). This is a separate utility (not integrated with the pdfwrite driver), written in PostScript. (doc/Psfiles.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/20 04:31:22 lpd) Adds parsing for the remaining Acrobat Distiller 4 parameters. Implements the LockDistillerParams, xxxDownsampleThreshold, xxxImageDict, and xxxACSImageDict distiller parameters. Implements DCTEncode as an xxxImageFilter option (it used to cause a crash). Makes the AutoFilterxxxImages distiller parameters select JPEG encoding (with ACSDict) if the image has 8 bits per component and is not Indexed, and LZW/Flate otherwise: this still isn't right, but it's closer. Implementation changes: Changes the implementation of distiller parameter dictionaries from stream states to parameter lists; changes the test for masks in psdf_setup_image_filters, and changes the image argument from gs_image_t to gs_pixel_image_t. (doc/News.htm [1.14]: 2000/03/20 05:40:04 lpd) Moves font-writing support into a new module (gdevpsf*), changing the source file names. Adds the ability to write CFF fonts, with either Type 1 or Type 2 CharStrings; unfortunately, Acrobat Reader appears not to accept CFF fonts with Type 1 CharStrings. Adds the ability to convert Type 1 CharStrings to Type 2, including optimizing sequences of Type 1 operators into a single Type 2 operator. Implements writing CIDFontType 0 CFF fonts (CIDFonts) [NOT TESTED]. Starts (just barely) to remove more unneeded information from embedded TrueType fonts. (doc/News.htm [1.15]: 2000/03/20 07:02:12 lpd) Updates the consolidated change log with today's changes. (doc/Changes.htm [1.6]: 2000/03/20 07:18:38 lpd) Starts to move support for CIDFontType 0 and 2 into C code, needed by the PDF writer for handling CID-keyed fonts. Implements GlyphDirectory for CIDFonts. Makes GDBytes and CIDMapOffset optional for CIDFontType 0 fonts that have a GlyphDirectory (not documented in the PLRM, but clearly correct). Implements Adobe 3011 features: integer and dictionary CIDMaps, and the MetricsCount entry, in CIDFontType 2 fonts (but only in the C code, which isn't hooked in yet, not in the PostScript code in gs_cidfn.ps.) (doc/News.htm [1.16]: 2000/03/20 19:53:06 lpd) Notes that the argument list for the internal build_gs_TrueType_font procedure has changed, as part of the CIDFont migration to C code. (doc/News.htm [1.17]: 2000/03/20 20:04:20 lpd) Adds invocation scripts and documentation for the PDF "optimizer". (man/pdfopt.1 [1.1]: 2000/03/21 17:01:33 lpd) Updates information about reporting problems when using Ghostview or GSview. (doc/Bug-form.htm [1.3], doc/New-user.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/22 22:13:49 lpd) Checks in the latest consolidated change log. (doc/Changes.htm [1.7]: 2000/03/24 05:04:55 lpd) Substantially enhances the Cos object machinery. Interface: Adds a few more procedures, including a procedure to create a stream that writes directly into a Cos stream object, procedures for putting more kinds of values into arrays and dictionaries, and a param_list interface. Changes Cos objects to store a reference to the PDF device, and removes the device argument from all Cos procedures other than object creation. Replaces the Boolean is_object member of Cos values by a value_type enum: clients must now use COS_VALUE_IS_OBJECT() to test whether a value is an object reference. To reduce allocator overhead, makes the Cos procedures that take C strings no longer copy the string. Records whether each Cos object has been written into the output, so that in the future (but not in this batch of changes) resource definitions can be copied at the end of each page. Implementation: Moves more of the implementation of Cos objects to the .c file. (doc/News.htm [1.19]: 2000/03/24 06:12:52 lpd) Adds parsing for the remaining Acrobat Distiller 4 parameters, although most of them don't have any effect yet; brings documentation up to date. (doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/28 07:36:58 lpd) Implements LockDistillerParams; completes the StartPage/EndPage fix checked in just before. (doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/28 07:52:06 lpd) Changes the default value of FPU_TYPE in all Windows and OS/2 makefiles from 0 to 387, since all current desktop CPUs include floating point hardware. (doc/News.htm [1.20]: 2000/03/28 17:03:48 lpd) Changes the get_outline / glyph_data procedure for getting encoded font outline data to return an indication of whether the outline data were just allocated and can be freed by the client. (This is a possibly non-backward-compatible change.) (doc/News.htm [1.21]: 2000/03/28 18:47:02 lpd) Adds a note about bogus "ANSI aliasing" warnings from the DEC C compiler. (doc/Make.htm [1.8]: 2000/03/29 19:29:08 lpd) Changes the procs structure of gs_type1_data to an in-line structure rather than a pointer to a const structure. (Needed for moving CIDFontType 0 support into C.) (doc/News.htm [1.22]: 2000/03/29 22:10:31 lpd) Updates the change log with recent changes. (doc/Changes.htm [1.8]: 2000/03/30 07:59:39 lpd) Creates a real list of projects on which help would be appreciated. (doc/Projects.htm [1.2]: 2000/04/01 00:43:11 lpd) Finishes implementing the ability to write CIDFontType 0 CFFs. This involved a surprising number of changes in other font-related files. (doc/News.htm [1.23]: 2000/04/02 07:38:46 lpd) Updates the documentation on preparing releases to reflect the addition of the toolbin directory. (doc/Release.htm [1.7]: 2000/04/02 18:56:58 lpd) Implements the AutoRotatePages distiller parameter. (doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.5]: 2000/04/03 02:54:41 lpd) Updates the problem reporting procedure to use SourceForge; separates the description of the procedure from the reporting form. (doc/Bug-form.htm [1.4], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.1], doc/New-user.htm [1.4], doc/News.htm [1.24], doc/Readme.htm [1.4]: 2000/04/04 04:14:02 lpd) Updates release dates and version numbers. (doc/Bug-form.htm [1.5], doc/Bug-info.htm [1.3], doc/Htmstyle.htm [1.3], doc/Make.htm [1.9], doc/New-user.htm [1.5], doc/Projects.htm [1.3], doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.6], doc/Psfiles.htm [1.3], doc/Readme.htm [1.5], man/ps2pdf.1 [1.4], man/ps2ps.1 [1.4]: 2000/04/07 05:21:45 lpd) Removes redundant material, and the www.aladdin.com distribution point, from the release procedure documentation. (doc/Release.htm [1.8]: 2000/04/07 05:24:29 lpd)Procedures
Fixes problems: - pdfread.dev incorrectly depended on dpsnext_. (int.mak [1.4]: 2000/03/19 02:00:09 lpd) - The referenced libpng version hadn't been updated to 1.0.5. (openvms.mmk [1.3]: 2000/03/20 16:38:46 lpd) - The MSVC++ 6 compiler no longer recognizes the /FPi87 switch. (msvccmd.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/31 05:06:53 lpd) - MSVC versions before 5, not before 6, recognize /FPi87. (msvccmd.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/31 05:50:33 lpd) - Removes some occurrences of $,I,d,: that shouldn't be substituted. (toolbin/pre [1.2]: 2000/04/07 05:20:35 lpd) Increments the version number to 6.20, in anticipation of the next release. (We do this at the beginning of the development for a release, not the end.) (version.mak [1.6]: 2000/03/19 00:27:22 lpd) Adds a pseudo-encoding for the CFF StandardStrings that represent characters. (devs.mak [1.3], int.mak [1.3], unixinst.mak [1.5]: 2000/03/19 00:38:50 lpd) Updates makefiles with dependencies for recent changes. (int.mak [1.5], lib.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/19 05:37:38 lpd) Adds dependencies for the new implementation of FunctionType 4 functions. (int.mak [1.6]: 2000/03/19 07:03:53 lpd) Splits off "vanilla" Functions into separate files, in anticipation of removing them (they were only used to implement PostScript Calculator Functions). (lib.mak [1.4]: 2000/03/19 07:33:08 lpd) Update the date and change log for the latest batches of checked-in changes. (version.mak [1.7]: 2000/03/19 17:29:57 lpd) Moves font-writing support into a new module (gdevpsf*), changing the source file names. Adds the ability to write CFF fonts, with either Type 1 or Type 2 CharStrings; unfortunately, Acrobat Reader appears not to accept CFF fonts with Type 1 CharStrings. Adds the ability to convert Type 1 CharStrings to Type 2, including optimizing sequences of Type 1 operators into a single Type 2 operator. Implements writing CIDFontType 0 CFF fonts (CIDFonts) [NOT TESTED]. Starts (just barely) to remove more unneeded information from embedded TrueType fonts. (devs.mak [1.4], lib.mak [1.5]: 2000/03/20 07:02:12 lpd) Updates dependencies to reflect today's batches of checked-in changes. (devs.mak [1.5], int.mak [1.7], lib.mak [1.6]: 2000/03/20 07:16:35 lpd) Updates the makefile for the renaming of gdevpsdf.c => gdevpsdu.c. (devs.mak [1.6]: 2000/03/20 19:30:35 lpd) Starts to move support for CIDFontType 0 and 2 into C code, needed by the PDF writer for handling CID-keyed fonts. Implements GlyphDirectory for CIDFonts. Makes GDBytes and CIDMapOffset optional for CIDFontType 0 fonts that have a GlyphDirectory (not documented in the PLRM, but clearly correct). Implements Adobe 3011 features: integer and dictionary CIDMaps, and the MetricsCount entry, in CIDFontType 2 fonts (but only in the C code, which isn't hooked in yet, not in the PostScript code in gs_cidfn.ps.) (int.mak [1.8], lib.mak [1.7]: 2000/03/20 19:53:06 lpd) Extends the C support for CIDFontType 0 fonts to include those with FontType 2 subfonts in the FDArray (an Adobe 3011 addition, specifically for CFF fonts). (int.mak [1.9]: 2000/03/21 07:43:42 lpd) Adds invocation scripts and documentation for the PDF "optimizer". (unixinst.mak [1.6]: 2000/03/21 17:01:33 lpd) Splits off the ReusableStreamDecode filter as a separate module, since CIDFontType 0 fonts will use it even in LanguageLevels below 3. (int.mak [1.10]: 2000/03/21 21:34:57 lpd) Makes file streams remember the file name, needed for efficiently implementing reusable streams. (int.mak [1.11]: 2000/03/23 02:13:40 lpd) Checks in the latest consolidated change log. (version.mak [1.8]: 2000/03/24 05:04:55 lpd) Changes the implementation of incrementally loaded CIDFontType 0 fonts to use a ReusableStreamDecode filter, in anticipation of moving the BuildGlyph procedure for these fonts from PostScript to C. (int.mak [1.12], version.mak [1.9]: 2000/03/27 16:36:24 lpd) Changes the default value of FPU_TYPE in all Windows and OS/2 makefiles from 0 to 387, since all current desktop CPUs include floating point hardware. (msvc32.mak [1.3], msvclib.mak [1.3], os2.mak [1.4], watcw32.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/28 17:03:48 lpd) Updates the change log with recent changes. (version.mak [1.10]: 2000/03/30 07:59:39 lpd) Cleans up some dependencies missed at the last checkin. (devs.mak [1.7], int.mak [1.13]: 2000/03/31 05:03:30 lpd) Finishes implementing the ability to write CIDFontType 0 CFFs. This involved a surprising number of changes in other font-related files. (int.mak [1.14]: 2000/04/02 07:38:46 lpd) Adds a variety of tools used to build and distribute Ghostscript releases. The only documentation is comments in the files themselves, and there isn't much of it. All aspects of these tools are subject to change without notice. (toolbin/3way.tcl [1.1], toolbin/cvs2hist.py [1.1], toolbin/errlist.tcl [1.1], toolbin/gsmake.tcl [1.1], toolbin/headers.tcl [1.1], toolbin/leaks.tcl [1.1], toolbin/makeset.tcl [1.1], toolbin/package.tcl [1.1], toolbin/pre [1.1], toolbin/pre.chk [1.1], toolbin/precheck.tcl [1.1], toolbin/smoke.ps [1.1], toolbin/suite.tcl [1.1], toolbin/tmake.tcl [1.1]: 2000/04/02 18:44:27 lpd) Moves gsindent from src to toolbin. (toolbin/gsindent [1.1]: 2000/04/02 18:56:25 lpd) Adds an #include required by the Watcom compiler. (devs.mak [1.8]: 2000/04/05 19:51:54 lpd) Adds a missing dependency. (lib.mak [1.8]: 2000/04/07 03:00:56 lpd) Updates a few dependencies for the release. (int.mak [1.15]: 2000/04/07 05:23:12 lpd) Updates the build date for the release. (version.mak [1.11]: 2000/04/07 05:25:18 lpd) Adds .cvsignore files, to prevent bogus warnings on cvs update. (.cvsignore [1.1], src/.cvsignore [1.1]: 2000/04/05 19:46:04 lpd)Utilities
Fixes problems: - A couple of places in the Windows code didn't correctly handle Ghostscript version numbers of the form #.0#. (gp_wgetv.c [1.2]: 2000/03/22 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) Makes geninit remove whitespace adjacent to hex and base-85 string literals. (geninit.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 22:51:24 lpd) Adds a PDF linearizer ("optimizer"). This is a separate utility (not integrated with the pdfwrite driver), written in PostScript. (lib/pdfopt.ps [1.1], lib/pdfwrite.ps [1.1]: 2000/03/20 04:31:22 lpd) Replaces the O(N^2) sorting algorithm for printing unencoded characters with a O(N log N) algorithm, which makes printing Unicode and Chinese/Japanese fonts practical. (lib/prfont.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/21 06:39:49 lpd) Adds invocation scripts and documentation for the PDF "optimizer". (lib/pdfopt [1.1], lib/pdfopt.bat [1.1], lib/pdfopt.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/21 17:01:33 lpd) Splits off the ReusableStreamDecode filter as a separate module, since CIDFontType 0 fonts will use it even in LanguageLevels below 3. (zfreuse.c [1.2]: 2000/03/21 21:34:57 lpd) Adds a variety of tools used to build and distribute Ghostscript releases. The only documentation is comments in the files themselves, and there isn't much of it. All aspects of these tools are subject to change without notice. (gsindent [1.2]: 2000/04/02 18:44:27 lpd)Drivers
Fixes problems: - The color_info member of the Windows and OS/2 printer devices (and other devices using PC-style palettes) wasn't initialized properly, causing improper behavior. (gdevos2p.c [1.2], gdevpccm.h [1.2], gdevwpr2.c [1.3]: 2000/03/20 21:05:11 lpd) - Fixes a bug in the mswinpr2 driver in the handling of BitsPerPixel. (gdevwpr2.c [1.4]: 2000/03/22 17:08:33 lpd) - In PCL XL output (pxl* drivers), if a PostScript image didn't provide enough source data, the remainder of the output image was erroneously filled with pixel value 0 (typically black or the foreground color). (gdevpx.c [1.2]: 2000/03/22 20:55:21 lpd) - In the output of the pswrite driver (pdf2ps, ps2ps), the showpage for each page occurred before, not after, the restore that ended the page contents. This contradicted Adobe's documentation, and made utilities like N-up printing not work properly. (gdevps.c [1.4]: 2000/03/28 00:52:46 lpd) - The PCL XL 2.0 value for sRGB color space was wrong, and the attribute for writing mode was missing. (gdevpxat.h [1.2], gdevpxen.h [1.2]: 2000/03/29 18:19:44 lpd) - When printing on monochrome LaserJet/DeskJet printers, the driver didn't set the number of copies to 1; on the LJ 4si, this sometimes caused double printing. (gdevdjet.c [1.2]: 2000/04/03 14:36:12 lpd) - Updates clients for the change in the last argument of cff_string_index from uint * to int *. (gdevpsf2.c [1.4]: 2000/04/05 19:55:29 lpd) Adds parsing for the remaining Acrobat Distiller 4 parameters. Implements the LockDistillerParams, xxxDownsampleThreshold, xxxImageDict, and xxxACSImageDict distiller parameters. Implements DCTEncode as an xxxImageFilter option (it used to cause a crash). Makes the AutoFilterxxxImages distiller parameters select JPEG encoding (with ACSDict) if the image has 8 bits per component and is not Indexed, and LZW/Flate otherwise: this still isn't right, but it's closer. Implementation changes: Changes the implementation of distiller parameter dictionaries from stream states to parameter lists; changes the test for masks in psdf_setup_image_filters, and changes the image argument from gs_image_t to gs_pixel_image_t. (gdevpsdf.h [1.4], gdevpsdi.c [1.3], gdevpsdp.c [1.3]: 2000/03/20 05:40:04 lpd) Moves font-writing support into a new module (gdevpsf*), changing the source file names. Adds the ability to write CFF fonts, with either Type 1 or Type 2 CharStrings; unfortunately, Acrobat Reader appears not to accept CFF fonts with Type 1 CharStrings. Adds the ability to convert Type 1 CharStrings to Type 2, including optimizing sequences of Type 1 operators into a single Type 2 operator. Implements writing CIDFontType 0 CFF fonts (CIDFonts) [NOT TESTED]. Starts (just barely) to remove more unneeded information from embedded TrueType fonts. (gdevpsd1.c [1.2], gdevpsdf.c [1.3], gdevpsdf.h [1.5], gdevpsdt.c [1.2], gdevpsf.h [1.1], gdevpsf1.c [1.1], gdevpsf2.c [1.1], gdevpsft.c [1.1], gdevpsfu.c [1.1], gdevpsfx.c [1.1]: 2000/03/20 07:02:12 lpd) Renames an inappropriately named file. (gdevpsdf.c [1.4], gdevpsdf.h [1.6], gdevpsdu.c [1.1]: 2000/03/20 19:03:43 lpd) Extends the C support for CIDFontType 0 fonts to include those with FontType 2 subfonts in the FDArray (an Adobe 3011 addition, specifically for CFF fonts). (gdevpsf.h [1.2]: 2000/03/21 07:43:42 lpd) Changes the procs structure of gs_type1_data to an in-line structure rather than a pointer to a const structure. (Needed for moving CIDFontType 0 support into C.) (gdevpsf1.c [1.2], gdevpsf2.c [1.2], gdevpsfx.c [1.2]: 2000/03/29 22:10:31 lpd) Finishes implementing the ability to write CIDFontType 0 CFFs. This involved a surprising number of changes in other font-related files. (gdevpsf2.c [1.3], gdevpsfu.c [1.2]: 2000/04/02 07:38:45 lpd) Slightly simplifies the output of the psmono and psgray drivers. (gdevpsim.c [1.2]: 2000/04/02 19:57:37 lpd) Adds an #include required by the Watcom compiler. (gdevpsf1.c [1.3]: 2000/04/05 19:51:54 lpd)PDF writer
Fixes problems: - The pointer enumeration procedure for pdf_image_enum was wrong, possibly producing a mangled pointer and a memory access error if a garbage collection occured while writing an image in a PDF file. (gdevpdfi.c [1.5]: 2000/03/20 05:54:13 lpd) - The computation for testing whether a tiled pattern could be represented in line, and whether it exceeded Acrobat Reader's size limit, was wrong, causing some patterns not to be represented as Patterns. (gdevpdfi.c [1.6]: 2000/03/20 05:58:15 lpd) - When ProcessColorModel=/DeviceCMYK, if the first object on a page or after changing the clipping path was white, the PDF writer would write it as black. (gdevpdfu.c [1.3]: 2000/03/21 18:36:36 lpd) - If a page ended with an incomplete outline tree, an invalid memory access occurred. (gdevpdf.c [1.3], gdevpdfm.c [1.2]: 2000/03/24 05:09:56 lpd) - The SP pdfmark didn't check that its argument was a graphics stream. (gdevpdfm.c [1.4]: 2000/03/24 06:18:39 lpd) - The name of the EndPage Distiller parameter collided with the EndPage page device parameter. (gdevpdfp.c [1.4]: 2000/03/28 07:45:25 lpd) - If two embedded fonts had the same base font, the PDF file could wind up with an invalid entry in the xref table. (gdevpdft.c [1.4]: 2000/04/01 01:18:32 lpd) Adds parsing for the remaining Acrobat Distiller 4 parameters. Implements the LockDistillerParams, xxxDownsampleThreshold, xxxImageDict, and xxxACSImageDict distiller parameters. Implements DCTEncode as an xxxImageFilter option (it used to cause a crash). Makes the AutoFilterxxxImages distiller parameters select JPEG encoding (with ACSDict) if the image has 8 bits per component and is not Indexed, and LZW/Flate otherwise: this still isn't right, but it's closer. Implementation changes: Changes the implementation of distiller parameter dictionaries from stream states to parameter lists; changes the test for masks in psdf_setup_image_filters, and changes the image argument from gs_image_t to gs_pixel_image_t. (gdevpdfi.c [1.4]: 2000/03/20 05:40:04 lpd) Moves font-writing support into a new module (gdevpsf*), changing the source file names. Adds the ability to write CFF fonts, with either Type 1 or Type 2 CharStrings; unfortunately, Acrobat Reader appears not to accept CFF fonts with Type 1 CharStrings. Adds the ability to convert Type 1 CharStrings to Type 2, including optimizing sequences of Type 1 operators into a single Type 2 operator. Implements writing CIDFontType 0 CFF fonts (CIDFonts) [NOT TESTED]. Starts (just barely) to remove more unneeded information from embedded TrueType fonts. (gdevpdff.c [1.2], gdevpdfw.c [1.2]: 2000/03/20 07:02:12 lpd) Substantially enhances the Cos object machinery. Interface: Adds a few more procedures, including a procedure to create a stream that writes directly into a Cos stream object, procedures for putting more kinds of values into arrays and dictionaries, and a param_list interface. Changes Cos objects to store a reference to the PDF device, and removes the device argument from all Cos procedures other than object creation. Replaces the Boolean is_object member of Cos values by a value_type enum: clients must now use COS_VALUE_IS_OBJECT() to test whether a value is an object reference. To reduce allocator overhead, makes the Cos procedures that take C strings no longer copy the string. Records whether each Cos object has been written into the output, so that in the future (but not in this batch of changes) resource definitions can be copied at the end of each page. Implementation: Moves more of the implementation of Cos objects to the .c file. (gdevpdf.c [1.4], gdevpdfi.c [1.7], gdevpdfm.c [1.3], gdevpdfo.c [1.2], gdevpdfo.h [1.2], gdevpdfr.c [1.2], gdevpdfu.c [1.4], gdevpdfx.h [1.3]: 2000/03/24 06:12:52 lpd) Changes a few initializations to suppress warnings from one picky compiler that doesn't like ptr = buf - 1 where buf is an array. (gdevpdfr.c [1.3]: 2000/03/28 02:01:34 lpd) Adds parsing for the remaining Acrobat Distiller 4 parameters, although most of them don't have any effect yet; brings documentation up to date. (gdevpdf.c [1.5], gdevpdfp.c [1.3], gdevpdfx.h [1.4]: 2000/03/28 07:36:58 lpd) Implements LockDistillerParams; completes the StartPage/EndPage fix checked in just before. (gdevpdf.c [1.6], gdevpdfp.c [1.5], gdevpdfx.h [1.5]: 2000/03/28 07:52:06 lpd) Changes the initial values of the "job control" parameters to match Acrobat Distiller 4. (gdevpdf.c [1.7], gdevpdfp.c [1.6], gdevpdfx.h [1.6]: 2000/03/28 07:57:14 lpd) Implements the AutoRotatePages distiller parameter. (gdevpdf.c [1.8], gdevpdft.c [1.5], gdevpdfu.c [1.5], gdevpdfx.h [1.7]: 2000/04/03 02:54:41 lpd)Interpreter (PDF)
Fixes problems: - Reading embedded compressed CIDFonts wasn't implemented. (lib/pdf_font.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/19 01:28:59 lpd) - PDF images with DeviceN color spaces caused an error. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/19 01:44:53 lpd) - PDF images with a Mask ignored the mask. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/19 01:46:27 lpd) - the PDF interpreter hadn't been updated for the move to library-based FunctionType 4 Functions, and still tried to bind the names true and false to the no longer existing operators .true and .false. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.5]: 2000/03/19 07:37:03 lpd) - FunctionType 2 and 3 functions didn't work. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.6]: 2000/03/19 15:23:10 lpd) - In PDF files, the page CropBox was not being used to clip the output. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.4], lib/pdf_ops.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/21 23:08:32 lpd) - The "fix" for FunctionTypes 2 and 3 in PDF files had made things worse, because the code didn't distinguish between resolving to a PostScript function (for shadings) and resolving to a PostScript procedure (for halftones, BG/UCR, alternate color space mapping, etc.) (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.7]: 2000/03/23 18:31:46 lpd) - Text with a Pattern color scaled the pattern according to the text matrix, not the default matrix of the marking context. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.6], lib/pdf_main.ps [1.5], lib/pdf_ops.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/30 18:01:58 lpd) - Resolving a Shading didn't create a reusable stream for the shading data; since the data was then read at unpredictable times, the shading or other constructs in the PDF file could read incorrect data. (lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.8]: 2000/04/03 06:01:25 lpd) Adds a lforall procedure for the PDF linearizer. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/19 01:50:05 lpd) Changes the PDF interpreter so that following an object reference doesn't store the result back into the referring slot, and so that # # R always creates an indirect object. This is necessary for the PDF linearizer. It shouldn't have any visible effect (other than a possible small performance cost). (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.4], lib/pdf_draw.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/19 01:53:58 lpd) Refactors some code to make it usable by the PDF linearizer. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/19 17:26:42 lpd) Speeds up loading embedded Type 1 fonts a little. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.5], lib/pdf_font.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/24 07:42:16 lpd) Speeds up reading embedded Type 1 fonts a little more. (lib/pdf_font.ps [1.5]: 2000/03/24 16:28:26 lpd)Interpreter
Fixes problems: - Font substitution was broken. (lib/gs_fonts.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/19 00:22:05 lpd) - The CFF reader gave an error if a font included any Subrs (it's very surprising that this hasn't surfaced before, but apparently Acrobat Distiller always produces CFF fonts with no Subrs); the CFF reader didn't default lenIV to -1 for Type 1 CharStrings; the CFF reader wasn't able to read CIDFonts. (lib/gs_cff.ps [1.3], lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/19 00:45:40 lpd) - EXTEND_NAMES had stopped working, because not all places that needed the index of a name ref used name_index rather than r_size (ilocate.c), and because the high_index value in the name sub-table was set incorrectly (iname.c). (ilocate.c [1.2], iname.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 01:33:23 lpd) - The attribute check for Functions being executed was incorrect (always succeeded). (zfunc.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 02:12:37 lpd) - s_add_filter didn't ensure enough buffering. This entailed moving the NullEncode/Decode filters to stream.[hc]. (sfilter1.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 03:15:02 lpd) - The parameters of SubFileDecode filters weren't initialized fully (required by a change in this version). (zfilter.c [1.3]: 2000/03/19 04:03:45 lpd) - The AutoPositionEPSFiles Distiller parameter was misspelled AutoPositionEPSFile. (lib/gs_pdfwr.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/19 05:03:31 lpd) - Enumerating the elements of a dictionary-based parameter list returned garbage for the keys. (iparam.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 15:13:13 lpd) - .buildfont0 should not check CIDSystemInfo compatibility. The PLRM3 says PostScript interpreters do not make this check, even though the PLRM2 says compatibility is required (!). (zfcmap.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 16:53:50 lpd) - If log2_transfer_map_size > 8, identity transfer functions returned garbage. The fix requires that if a client wants to set a transfer function to the identity mapping, it must call gx_set_identity_transfer rather than simply setting the procedure to gs_identity_transfer. (zcolor.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 17:14:47 lpd) - Separation color spaces didn't store the separation name. (zcssepr.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 17:21:36 lpd) - The addition of the dummy cid_Setup procedure in gs 6.01 was accidentally commented out. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.5]: 2000/03/21 00:11:55 lpd) - The test for whether an CIDFontType 2 outline string was large enough to include prefixed metrics was backwards, which would have caused problems with any font that used MetricsCount. (zfcid.c [1.3]: 2000/03/21 00:43:17 lpd) - A couple of places in the Windows code didn't correctly handle Ghostscript version numbers of the form #.0#. (dwsetup.cpp [1.2]: 2000/03/22 21:45:03 lpd) - In some cases, re-registering an existing font or CIDFont with definefont would cause an invalidfont error. (zbfont.c [1.4], zfont42.c [1.3]: 2000/03/28 18:20:39 lpd) - Re-registering a CIDFont with definefont, or defining a CIDFont with definefont instead of /CIDFont defineresource, caused an invalidfont error or a crash. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.9], lib/gs_fonts.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/28 18:21:50 lpd) - The new C BuildGlyph code for CIDFontType 0 fonts didn't handle GlyphDirectory or Type 2 CharStrings correctly. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.12], zfcid.c [1.8]: 2000/03/31 23:21:57 lpd) - The internaldict "operator" was allocated in local VM, preventing it from being bound into procedures allocated in global VM. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.6]: 2000/04/04 22:16:02 lpd) - If there was a CIDInit ProcSet defined in the filesystem, the code for initializing the built-in CIDInit ProcSet became confused. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.13]: 2000/04/04 22:17:33 lpd) - Fixes several problems in resourceforall and resource loading: the operands of resourceforall were restored even in the case of an error in the client's procedure; the name Instances had special meaning for some Adobe code; resourceforall caused an invalidaccess error if an operand was in local VM but the current VM was global; loading a resource from a file could cause a typecheck error if the file left values on the operand stack. (interp.c [1.3], lib/gs_ccfnt.ps [1.2], lib/gs_res.ps [1.3]: 2000/04/04 22:26:02 lpd) - resourceforall didn't enumerate external (loadable) instances, and would enumerate an instance twice if it had both a local and a global definition. (lib/gs_res.ps [1.4]: 2000/04/05 21:07:02 lpd) - The implementation of resourcestatus wasn't compatible with some badly written code in an Adobe font downloader that assumes that the implementation of resourcestatus in Generic and Font is the same. (lib/gs_res.ps [1.5]: 2000/04/05 21:20:07 lpd) - The just-checked-in fixed for resourceforall didn't work properly for the IdiomSet category. (They probably failed for other categories that had no instances, but we didn't check this.) (lib/gs_res.ps [1.6]: 2000/04/05 21:51:43 lpd) - Some Adobe font downloading code assumed that loading a resource file would never leave extra values on the stack; our implementation didn't ensure this (by popping them if needed). (lib/gs_res.ps [1.8]: 2000/04/06 04:50:28 lpd) - If an alphabetic font defined and used a .notdef character, pdfwrite always converted it to a bitmap. (lib/gs_lgo_e.ps [1.2]: 2000/04/07 02:48:23 lpd) Provides a gs_atan2_degrees procedure to parallel sin and cos. (zmath.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:10:39 lpd) Speeds up string garbage collection by scanning unmodified string regions faster. (igcstr.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:29:32 lpd) Adds the ImagemaskTrapping parameter to the trapping state. (lib/gs_trap.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:35:53 lpd) Increments the version number to 6.20, in anticipation of the next release. (We do this at the beginning of the development for a release, not the end.) (lib/gs_init.ps [1.4]: 2000/03/19 00:27:22 lpd) Adds a pseudo-encoding for the CFF StandardStrings that represent characters. (lib/gs_cff.ps [1.2], lib/gs_css_e.ps [1.1]: 2000/03/19 00:38:50 lpd) Refactors the code for getting Type 1/2/4 font parameters so it can be used for FDArray entries of CIDFontType 0 fonts. (ifont1.h [1.2], zfont1.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 02:07:45 lpd) Speeds up Function evaluation slightly, by preallocating space for a reasonable number of operands and results on the C stack rather than always allocating it on the heap. (zfunc.c [1.3]: 2000/03/19 02:16:58 lpd) Adds a public procedure for determining whether a PostScript object is a Function, and if so, returning the pointer to the gs_function_t structure. (ifunc.h [1.2], zfunc.c [1.4]: 2000/03/19 02:22:01 lpd) Splits out the [T]BCP filter interface into a separate file. (zfbcp.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 02:40:18 lpd) Adds a skip_count parameter to the SubFileDecode filter, giving the number of initial bytes or records to skip over. (Needed for printing FunctionType 4 functions, possibly useful for other things.) (sfilter1.c [1.3]: 2000/03/19 03:20:18 lpd) Replaces the implementation of FunctionType 4 functions at the PostScript language level with one that uses the new library-based facilities. (zdevice2.c [1.2], zfunc4.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 06:56:23 lpd) Changes the key type returned by parameter list enumeration to include a persistence flag, makes C parameter lists support non-persistent keys, and upgrades GC descriptors so that parameter lists can be used non-transiently; updates implementors of parameter lists to call gs_param_list_init to initialize the common members, which is now required. (iparam.c [1.3]: 2000/03/19 15:16:11 lpd) Makes Separation and DeviceN color spaces convert their tint transform function to a FunctionType 4 Function if possible, for better accuracy and to allow writing in PDF files. (lib/gs_lev2.ps [1.2], lib/gs_ll3.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/19 15:28:34 lpd) Makes st_indexed_map private. Clients must now use the constructor procedure alloc_indexed_map rather than allocating instances directly. (zcsindex.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 16:37:28 lpd) Refactors the code for building fonts so it can be used for FDArray entries of CIDFontType 0 fonts. (bfont.h [1.2], zbfont.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 16:45:47 lpd) Adds a .fileposition operator that will read the position even of non-positionable streams, needed for the PDF linearizer. (zfileio.c [1.3]: 2000/03/20 04:30:49 lpd) Starts to move support for CIDFontType 0 and 2 into C code, needed by the PDF writer for handling CID-keyed fonts. Implements GlyphDirectory for CIDFonts. Makes GDBytes and CIDMapOffset optional for CIDFontType 0 fonts that have a GlyphDirectory (not documented in the PLRM, but clearly correct). Implements Adobe 3011 features: integer and dictionary CIDMaps, and the MetricsCount entry, in CIDFontType 2 fonts (but only in the C code, which isn't hooked in yet, not in the PostScript code in gs_cidfn.ps.) (icid.h [1.1], ifont.h [1.2], ifont42.h [1.1], zcid.c [1.2], zfcid.c [1.1], zfcmap.c [1.3], zfont42.c [1.2]: 2000/03/20 19:53:06 lpd) Hooks the new CIDMap code into the BuildGlyph procedure for CIDFontType 2 fonts. (Contrary to a previous log comment, MetricsCount is already hooked in.) Support for CIDFontType 2 fonts is now implemented entirely in C, as for Type 42 fonts. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.6], zfcid.c [1.2]: 2000/03/21 00:32:15 lpd) Extends the C support for CIDFontType 0 fonts to include those with FontType 2 subfonts in the FDArray (an Adobe 3011 addition, specifically for CFF fonts). (ifont2.h [1.1], zfcid.c [1.4], zfont2.c [1.2]: 2000/03/21 07:43:42 lpd) Changes Subr loading for CIDFontType 0 fonts from lazy to immediate, so that C code can be guaranteed access to the Subrs. (In every CIDFontType 0 font that we have seen, SubrCount is 5, so this has no significant time or space cost.) Also adds support for FDBytes > 1 in GlyphDirectory definitions. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.7]: 2000/03/21 20:06:44 lpd) Splits off the ReusableStreamDecode filter as a separate module, since CIDFontType 0 fonts will use it even in LanguageLevels below 3. (lib/gs_frsd.ps [1.1], lib/gs_ll3.ps [1.3], zfrsd.c [1.1]: 2000/03/21 21:34:57 lpd) Makes file streams remember the file name, needed for efficiently implementing reusable streams. (zfile.c [1.3], zfileio.c [1.4]: 2000/03/23 02:13:40 lpd) Changes the new .filename operator to return true/false rather than causing an error; redefines findlibfile in terms of a simpler .libfile operator + .filename. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.5], zfile.c [1.4], zfileio.c [1.5]: 2000/03/23 18:47:17 lpd) Finishes implementing the file case of ReusableStreamDecode. This required adding the ability to restrict file-reading streams to a subfile. (lib/gs_frsd.ps [1.2], sfilter1.c [1.4], zfileio.c [1.6], zfrsd.c [1.2]: 2000/03/24 03:59:42 lpd) Changes the implementation of incrementally loaded CIDFontType 0 fonts to use a ReusableStreamDecode filter, in anticipation of moving the BuildGlyph procedure for these fonts from PostScript to C. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.8], zbfont.c [1.3], zfcid.c [1.5]: 2000/03/27 16:36:24 lpd) Changes the get_outline / glyph_data procedure for getting encoded font outline data to return an indication of whether the outline data were just allocated and can be freed by the client. (This is a possibly non-backward-compatible change.) (zfcid.c [1.6]: 2000/03/28 18:47:02 lpd) Changes the procs structure of gs_type1_data to an in-line structure rather than a pointer to a const structure. (Needed for moving CIDFontType 0 support into C.) (zfont1.c [1.3]: 2000/03/29 22:10:31 lpd) Finishes moving support for CIDFontType 0 fonts from PostScript to C. (ifont.h [1.3], ifont42.h [1.2], lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.10], zfcid.c [1.7], zfont42.c [1.4]: 2000/03/31 04:55:18 lpd) Allows dictionaries as the value of CIDMap resources. (Also removes an unrelated obsolete comment.) (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.11]: 2000/03/31 05:11:30 lpd) Finishes implementing the ability to write CIDFontType 0 CFFs. This involved a surprising number of changes in other font-related files. (ichar1.h [1.2], ifcid.h [1.1], zchar1.c [1.2], zfcid.c [1.9], zfcid0.c [1.1], zfcid1.c [1.1], zfont1.c [1.4]: 2000/04/02 07:38:46 lpd) Makes the .writefont9 operator (used only for testing) available in both DEBUG and PROFILE configurations. (zfcid0.c [1.2]: 2000/04/03 02:37:55 lpd) Extends .forceput to handle arrays as well as dictionaries, required to fix a bug with internaldict. (zdict.c [1.2], zgeneric.c [1.2]: 2000/04/04 22:13:23 lpd) Works around an Adobe code assumption that the default FindResource procedure does *not* call the ResourceStatus procedure if the requested instance is already defined in VM. (lib/gs_res.ps [1.7]: 2000/04/05 23:31:54 lpd) Implements the framework for superexec (but none of the actual access check bypasses). (icontext.c [1.2], icstate.h [1.2], zcontrol.c [1.2]: 2000/04/06 04:40:06 lpd) Extends the undocumented CCRun procedure to take an additional argument, a Private dictionary, required by some Adobe font downloading code. (lib/gs_type1.ps [1.3]: 2000/04/06 05:25:10 lpd)Streams
Fixes problems: - s_add_filter didn't ensure enough buffering. This entailed moving the NullEncode/Decode filters to stream.[hc]. (sfilter.h [1.3], stream.c [1.3], stream.h [1.3]: 2000/03/19 03:15:02 lpd) - When FPU_TYPE <= 0, the image interpolation code lost too much accuracy, producing color streaks in the output. (Fix by DanCoby.) (siscale.c [1.2]: 2000/03/29 20:34:45 lpd) - Fixes a couple of typos in the recently checked-in image interpolation fix. (siscale.c [1.3]: 2000/03/30 06:55:26 lpd) Splits out the [T]BCP filter interface into a separate file. (sbcp.c [1.2], sbcp.h [1.1], sfilter.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 02:40:18 lpd) Adds a skip_count parameter to the SubFileDecode filter, giving the number of initial bytes or records to skip over. (Needed for printing FunctionType 4 functions, possibly useful for other things.) (sfilter.h [1.4]: 2000/03/19 03:20:18 lpd) Changes the key type returned by parameter list enumeration to include a persistence flag, makes C parameter lists support non-persistent keys, and upgrades GC descriptors so that parameter lists can be used non-transiently; updates implementors of parameter lists to call gs_param_list_init to initialize the common members, which is now required. (spsdf.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 15:16:11 lpd) Makes file streams remember the file name, needed for efficiently implementing reusable streams. (stream.c [1.4], stream.h [1.4]: 2000/03/23 02:13:40 lpd) Finishes implementing the file case of ReusableStreamDecode. This required adding the ability to restrict file-reading streams to a subfile. (sfxfd.c [1.2], sfxstdio.c [1.2], stream.c [1.5], stream.h [1.5]: 2000/03/24 03:59:42 lpd) Changes a few initializations to suppress warnings from one picky compiler that doesn't like ptr = buf - 1 where buf is an array. (spsdf.c [1.3]: 2000/03/28 02:01:34 lpd)Library
Fixes problems: - Two comments in the file were incorrect. (gsiparm3.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 02:46:11 lpd) - param_coerce_typed, which works with any parameter list implementation, was incorrectly described as associated with the default implementation. (gsparam.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 03:37:08 lpd) - TrueType fonts didn't use vhea/vmtx if WMode = 1. Also makes gs_font_type42 subclassable, for implementing CIDFontType 2 fonts, and makes its procedure for getting a glyph's side bearing and width virtual, required to support MetricsCount in CIDFontType 2 fonts. (gstype42.c [1.3], gxfont42.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 03:58:51 lpd) - ImageType 4 images didn't give an error for out-of-range MaskColor values. The file also had an unnecessary #include. (gximage4.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 04:10:09 lpd) - If log2_transfer_map_size > 8, identity transfer functions returned garbage. The fix requires that if a client wants to set a transfer function to the identity mapping, it must call gx_set_identity_transfer rather than simply setting the procedure to gs_identity_transfer. (gxclrast.c [1.3], gxcmap.c [1.2], gxfmap.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 17:14:47 lpd) - Fixes a warning about aliasing produced by one extremely picky compiler. (gsnogc.c [1.2]: 2000/03/22 21:39:32 lpd) - Filling or clipping with ridiculously large (out-of-bounds) coordinates could cause an internal overflow that produced incorrect results. (This is probably not the last such bug.) (gxfill.c [1.2]: 2000/03/30 07:03:59 lpd) Provides a gs_atan2_degrees procedure to parallel sin and cos. (gsmisc.c [1.2], gxfarith.h [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:10:39 lpd) Improves the 8x8 bitmap "flipping" procedure to take advantage of 32-bit ints. (gsutil.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:16:16 lpd) Adds a public procedure for restricting a color to its legal range. (gscspace.c [1.2], gscspace.h [1.2], gxcspace.h [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:19:17 lpd) Adds the new ImagemaskTrapping parameter to the trapping state. (gstrap.c [1.2], gstrap.h [1.2]: 2000/03/18 23:26:17 lpd) Increments the version number to 6.20, in anticipation of the next release. (We do this at the beginning of the development for a release, not the end.) (gscdef.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 00:27:22 lpd) Adds a pseudo-encoding for the CFF StandardStrings that represent characters. (gsccode.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 00:38:50 lpd) Adds a bit_index procedure to the implementation of device halftones, required for writing halftones in PDF files. (The only implementors are internal ones.) (gxdht.h [1.2], gxhtbit.c [1.2]: 2000/03/19 05:10:55 lpd) Adds a public procedure for getting a palette entry of an Indexed color space, used when writing Indexed color spaces in PDF files. (gscindex.h [1.1], gscolor2.c [1.2], gscolor2.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 05:20:28 lpd) Reimplements "PostScript calculator" (FunctionType 4) functions entirely in C, to allow them to be written out in PDF files. (gsfunc4.c [1.1], gsfunc4.h [1.1], gsstruct.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 05:25:53 lpd) Moves gx_device_color_equal to the public API, for detecting redundant color setting when writing PDF files. (gsdcolor.h [1.2], gxdcolor.c [1.2], gxdcolor.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 06:46:08 lpd) Changes the default value of BufferSpace to 4 Mb. In desktop applications, this is a reasonable value that can substantially improve performance (especially for color printers); embedded applications will want to set BufferSpace themselves in any case. (gdevprn.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 06:51:13 lpd) Adds virtual procedures for Functions to write their parameters to a parameter list, and to access their data source and subfunctions. This is needed for writing Functions in PDF files. This change is also a prerequisite for the C implemention of FunctionType 4 functions, even though it appears later in the change log. (gsdsrc.h [1.2], gsfunc.c [1.2], gsfunc.h [1.2], gsfunc0.c [1.2], gsfunc3.c [1.2], gsparam.c [1.2], gsparam.h [1.3], gxfunc.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 07:24:53 lpd) Splits off "vanilla" Functions into separate files, in anticipation of removing them (they were only used to implement PostScript Calculator Functions). (gsfunc.c [1.3], gsfunc.h [1.3], gsfuncv.c [1.1], gsfuncv.h [1.1]: 2000/03/19 07:33:08 lpd) Adds a procedure for allocating a C parameter list. (gscparam.c [1.2], gsparam.h [1.4]: 2000/03/19 15:00:05 lpd) Undoes a premature change that depends on an update not yet checked in. (gscparam.c [1.3]: 2000/03/19 15:07:59 lpd) Changes the key type returned by parameter list enumeration to include a persistence flag, makes C parameter lists support non-persistent keys, and upgrades GC descriptors so that parameter lists can be used non-transiently; updates implementors of parameter lists to call gs_param_list_init to initialize the common members, which is now required. (gscparam.c [1.4], gsparam.c [1.3], gsparam.h [1.5]: 2000/03/19 15:16:11 lpd) Adds a procedure for copying one parameter list to another. (gsparamx.c [1.2], gsparamx.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 15:35:31 lpd) Records the CTM used for sampling HalftoneType 1 spot functions. This is needed for recognizing the standard spot functions when producing PDF output. Also factors the code for initializing spot functions for the benefit of the PDF writer. (gshtscr.c [1.2], gxdht.h [1.3], gzht.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 15:43:36 lpd) Adds a proc_data member to the map for Separation and Indexed color spaces. (gscolor2.c [1.3], gxcolor2.h [1.2]: 2000/03/19 16:23:46 lpd) Makes st_indexed_map private. Clients must now use the constructor procedure alloc_indexed_map rather than allocating instances directly. (gscolor2.c [1.4], gscsepr.c [1.2], gxclrast.c [1.2], gxcolor2.h [1.3]: 2000/03/19 16:37:28 lpd) Adds procedures for building and accessing DeviceN color spaces. (gscdevn.c [1.2], gscdevn.h [1.1]: 2000/03/19 17:02:37 lpd) Exports the 'blend' operators of the Type 1 interpreter, for use by the Type 1 / Type 2 font writer. (gstype1.c [1.3], gxtype1.c [1.2], gxtype1.h [1.3]: 2000/03/19 18:46:44 lpd) Starts to move support for CIDFontType 0 and 2 fonts into C code. (These header files are the ones needed to compile the new gdevpsf* files; they don't interact with any existing code.) (gxcid.h [1.1], gxfcid.h [1.1]: 2000/03/20 06:40:22 lpd) Moves font-writing support into a new module (gdevpsf*), changing the source file names. Adds the ability to write CFF fonts, with either Type 1 or Type 2 CharStrings; unfortunately, Acrobat Reader appears not to accept CFF fonts with Type 1 CharStrings. Adds the ability to convert Type 1 CharStrings to Type 2, including optimizing sequences of Type 1 operators into a single Type 2 operator. Implements writing CIDFontType 0 CFF fonts (CIDFonts) [NOT TESTED]. Starts (just barely) to remove more unneeded information from embedded TrueType fonts. (gxttf.h [1.1]: 2000/03/20 07:02:12 lpd) Starts to move support for CIDFontType 0 and 2 into C code, needed by the PDF writer for handling CID-keyed fonts. Implements GlyphDirectory for CIDFonts. Makes GDBytes and CIDMapOffset optional for CIDFontType 0 fonts that have a GlyphDirectory (not documented in the PLRM, but clearly correct). Implements Adobe 3011 features: integer and dictionary CIDMaps, and the MetricsCount entry, in CIDFontType 2 fonts (but only in the C code, which isn't hooked in yet, not in the PostScript code in gs_cidfn.ps.) (gsfcid.c [1.1], gsfcmap.c [1.3], gxfcmap.h [1.2], gxfont1.h [1.2]: 2000/03/20 19:53:06 lpd) Changes a few initializations to suppress warnings from one picky compiler that doesn't like ptr = buf - 1 where buf is an array. (gxclpath.c [1.2]: 2000/03/28 02:01:34 lpd) Changes the get_outline / glyph_data procedure for getting encoded font outline data to return an indication of whether the outline data were just allocated and can be freed by the client. (This is a possibly non-backward-compatible change.) (gxfcid.h [1.2], gxfont42.h [1.3]: 2000/03/28 18:47:02 lpd) Changes the procs structure of gs_type1_data to an in-line structure rather than a pointer to a const structure. (Needed for moving CIDFontType 0 support into C.) (gstype1.c [1.4], gstype2.c [1.3], gxfont1.h [1.3], gxtype1.c [1.3]: 2000/03/29 22:10:31 lpd) Finishes moving support for CIDFontType 0 fonts from PostScript to C. (gxfcid.h [1.3]: 2000/03/31 04:55:18 lpd) Finishes implementing the ability to write CIDFontType 0 CFFs. This involved a surprising number of changes in other font-related files. (gsfcid.c [1.2], gxfcid.h [1.4]: 2000/04/02 07:38:46 lpd)
Version 6.01 (2000-03-17)
This is a bug-fix release for 6.0. This release fixes the following reported bugs: #101555, #101813, #101816, #101818, #101827, #101830, #101871, #101853, #101906, #101949, #101950, #102003, #102004, #102038, #102081, #102936.Incompatible changes
(Platforms) - OpenVMS using VAX C is no longer supported. (OpenVMS with DEC C and gcc are still supported.) (Drivers) - The third argument of psdf_set_color is changed from const char * to const psdf_set_color_commands_t *. (Interpreter) - The non-standard feature of writing dictionaries in binary object output is now disabled by default, but can now be enabled dynamically. (Library) - The definition of TRANSPARENCY_PER_H_P is moved from gdevmrop.h to gsropt.h. - The handling of the source opaque, texture transparent case of RasterOp when TRANSPARENCY_PER_H_P is defined is changed slightly.Documentation
Fixes problems: - Fixes a typo. (man/ps2pdf.1 [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:11:06 lpd) - When converting PostScript to PDF, selecting /Bicubic as an image DownsampleType caused an error instead of defaulting to /Average. (doc/Ps2pdf.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:16:09 lpd) - The gs###src.zip and gs###lib.zip files weren't mentioned as being included in distributions; News.htm and Changes.htm weren't mentioned at all. (doc/Release.htm [1.5]: 2000/03/15 07:23:52 lpd) - Fixes a problem producing too much black in the output; also adds support for 5 new printers (H-P Color DeskJet 690, H-P DesignJet 750, and Epson Stylus Color 200). Note that this is user-contributed code. (doc/Devices.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/16 02:01:36 lpd) In ansi2knr, adds user-contributed support for concatenated string literals and character constants, and fixes for a couple of minor bugs. (man/ansi2knr.1 [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:16:17 lpd) Removes an inappropriate copying notice. (doc/Hershey.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:03:57 lpd) Clarifies when xdpyinfo and xwininfo are needed. Adds privacy options for problem reports. (doc/Bug-form.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:06:08 lpd) Adds a new eps2eps utility analogous to ps2ps. (man/eps2eps.1 [1.1], man/ps2ps.1 [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:51:55 lpd) Updates the documentation on making RPMs, which is no longer supported. (doc/Install.htm [1.2], doc/Make.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:58:00 lpd) Adds a recommendation to use gcc on SGI platforms. (doc/Make.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/10 07:59:53 lpd) Updates documentation regarding Unix systems that do/don't use libpthread. (doc/Make.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/10 08:01:35 lpd) Removes support for VAX C, which DEC stopped supporting 9 (!) years ago. (doc/Make.htm [1.5], doc/Use.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 08:02:59 lpd) Updates the documentation for building Aladdin releases to reflect revised procedures for the Windows executable, and a few other minor changes. (doc/Release.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/10 15:55:39 lpd) Adds the ability to compile on OS/2 with XFree86. (doc/Install.htm [1.3], doc/Make.htm [1.6]: 2000/03/10 19:50:49 lpd) Moves all history for versions 5.n into History5.htm; creates History6.htm for versions 6.n; redefines News.htm as containing only news for the current release; adds (a link to) Changes.htm for the mechanically generated change log. (doc/History5.htm [1.2], doc/History6.htm [1.1], doc/News.htm [1.2], doc/README [1.2], doc/Readme.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/14 06:14:43 lpd) Partially updates the release procedure documentation to reflect the use of SourceForge and CVS. (doc/Release.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/14 06:39:23 lpd) Adds a change log generated mechanically from the CVS logs. Future releases may omit this file (doc/Changes.htm) from their change log. (doc/Changes.htm [1.1], doc/News.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/14 06:48:44 lpd) Revises the release procedures to reflect use of SourceForge, and to separate out the procedures for building Windows executables. (doc/Release.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/15 02:24:58 lpd) Adds information on uninstalling Ghostscript on Windows. (doc/Install.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/15 07:29:53 lpd) Adds the ability to set the ProcessColorModel of the pdfwrite device to /DeviceGray, /DeviceRGB, or /DeviceCMYK. This affects the color space used for fill, stroke, text, and imagemask, and for images that (for whatever reason) can't be written in their specified color space. Note that this is a short-term fix: pdfwrite should output colors in the color space in which they were specified. However, a proper fix will require more significant architectural changes. (doc/News.htm [1.4]: 2000/03/16 01:21:23 lpd) Adds a reference to a third-party Fontmap for the Computer Modern fonts. (doc/Fonts.htm [1.2]: 2000/03/16 04:05:07 lpd) Adds documentation and a makefile entry for Matthew Gelhaus' cdj880 driver. The code will eventually be included in gdevcd8.c, but it is not yet mature enough. (doc/Devices.htm [1.3]: 2000/03/16 08:09:42 lpd) Updates the version number reference in the troff header. (man/ps2pdf.1 [1.3], man/ps2ps.1 [1.3]: 2000/03/17 00:47:08 lpd) Removes the attempted documentation on building Windows executable distributions: it was never correct, and Aladdin will no longer be creating such distributions. Also reorganizes the document slightly and brings the rest of it fully into line with reality. (doc/Release.htm [1.6]: 2000/03/17 04:40:47 lpd) Adds information on building with the Intel C/C++ optimizing compiler (requires the Microsoft Visual C++ environment), and fixes a typo in the link to ftp.cdrom.com. (doc/Make.htm [1.7]: 2000/03/17 17:42:59 lpd) Checks in the first wrap-up for the 6.01 release. (doc/Changes.htm [1.2], doc/History6.htm [1.2], doc/News.htm [1.5]: 2000/03/18 04:13:40 lpd)Procedures
Fixes problems: - The terminating $ on the $Id: line in gsmalloc.c was missing, and dwuninst.rc lacked a $Id: line. (dwuninst.rc [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:44:33 lpd) - The %ram% IODevice was defined, but should not be (it represents a RAM-based file system, which Ghostscript does not provide). Fix: The type of the %null% IODevice was /FileSystem rather than /Special. (int.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:02:07 lpd) - The dependency list for coslwxl omitted a $(DD). (contrib.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:30:54 lpd) - The makefile still referred to a long-gone driver for the DEC LA70. (contrib.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/10 07:32:43 lpd) - The Unix install process tried to make links without deleting them first. (unixinst.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:49:21 lpd) - The Watcom compiler switches didn't force enums to occupy a full int, leading to execution errors because the code casts (enum *) pointers to (int *). (wccommon.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 08:15:31 lpd) - The Windows zip archive didn't include font metrics files. (This change only fixes the build procedure: it doesn't actually update the currently released zip archive.) (winint.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 08:17:06 lpd) - the "all architectures" build and test script hadn't been updated to use different STDLIBS values depending on where the platform provides the pthreads library. (all-arch.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 15:40:43 lpd) - The documentation for building with pthreads on FreeBSD hadn't been updated. (unix-gcc.mak [1.2], unixansi.mak [1.2], unixtrad.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 15:44:01 lpd) - gsmalloc.c didn't include the prototype for gs_exit(), which it calls. (lib.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 15:53:08 lpd) Because of rampant confusion, disagreement, and lack of standardization, removes the RPM-related spec and patch files. (gs-fonts.rps [1.2], gs.rps [1.2], rpm-conf.dif [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:22:04 lpd) Increases the stack size for the PC platforms, since a user had reported that the OS/2 stack size was too small. (dw32c.def [1.2], dwmain32.def [1.2], gsos2.def [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:33:21 lpd) Updates the Brother HL7xx drivers with a new user-contributed version, plus a couple of minor fixes. (contrib.mak [1.4]: 2000/03/10 07:33:44 lpd) Adds a new eps2eps utility analogous to ps2ps. (unixinst.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/10 07:51:55 lpd) Removes support for VAX C, which DEC stopped supporting 9 (!) years ago. (openvms.mak [1.2], openvms.mmk [1.2]: 2000/03/10 08:02:59 lpd) Updates all makefiles to the current libpng version, 1.0.5. (bcwin32.mak [1.2], dvx-gcc.mak [1.2], msvc32.mak [1.2], msvclib.mak [1.2], os2.mak [1.2], ugcclib.mak [1.2], unix-gcc.mak [1.3], unixansi.mak [1.3], unixtrad.mak [1.3], watc.mak [1.2], watclib.mak [1.2], watcw32.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 15:48:58 lpd) Updates the version # to 6.01, and the version date. (version.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/10 17:18:29 lpd) Adds the ability to compile on OS/2 with XFree86. (os2.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/10 19:50:49 lpd) Moves all history for versions 5.n into History5.htm; creates History6.htm for versions 6.n; redefines News.htm as containing only news for the current release; adds (a link to) Changes.htm for the mechanically generated change log. (unixinst.mak [1.4], version.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/14 06:14:44 lpd) Adds entries for ibm-rs6000-aix-4.3, sgi-mips-irix6.5-64bit, and sun-sparc-solaris-64bit. (all-arch.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/15 18:38:29 lpd) Adds the ability to set the ProcessColorModel of the pdfwrite device to /DeviceGray, /DeviceRGB, or /DeviceCMYK. This affects the color space used for fill, stroke, text, and imagemask, and for images that (for whatever reason) can't be written in their specified color space. Note that this is a short-term fix: pdfwrite should output colors in the color space in which they were specified. However, a proper fix will require more significant architectural changes. (version.mak [1.4]: 2000/03/16 01:21:24 lpd) Adds documentation and a makefile entry for Matthew Gelhaus' cdj880 driver. The code will eventually be included in gdevcd8.c, but it is not yet mature enough. (contrib.mak [1.5]: 2000/03/16 08:09:42 lpd) Adds a missing dependency of gdevpdft.o on gxfont42.h. (devs.mak [1.2]: 2000/03/17 02:59:26 lpd) Adds a disclaimer of responsibility for the makefile section for creating distribution archives, which Aladdin is no longer maintaining. (winint.mak [1.3]: 2000/03/17 03:01:58 lpd) Checks in the first wrap-up for the 6.01 release. (unix-gcc.mak [1.4], version.mak [1.5]: 2000/03/18 04:13:40 lpd)Utilities
Fixes problems: - The loader for the stochastic halftone incorrectly assumed that the resource file left the resource on the stack, causing a stackunderflow error. (lib/stocht.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:34:44 lpd) - The ps2pdf*.bat scripts didn't set PS2PDFSW to the empty string if there were no arguments, causing the same file to be processed again. (lib/ps2pdf12.bat [1.2], lib/ps2pdf13.bat [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:40:00 lpd) - Fixes a typo in the fix for putting stdout in binary mode. (gp_ntfs.c [1.3]: 2000/03/18 01:15:16 lpd) - For printer devices, a non-null definition for OutputFile was required even on platforms that had a default printer (as implemented by gp_open_printer for that platform). (gp_os9.c [1.2], gp_unix.c [1.2], gp_vms.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 01:45:16 lpd) In ansi2knr, adds user-contributed support for concatenated string literals and character constants, and fixes for a couple of minor bugs. (ansi2knr.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:16:17 lpd) Updates the pf2afm.ps utility with a revised version from its authors. (lib/pf2afm.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:35:37 lpd) Adds a new eps2eps utility analogous to ps2ps. (lib/eps2eps [1.1], lib/eps2eps.bat [1.1]: 2000/03/10 07:51:55 lpd) Removes a temporary file that was included in the fileset by mistake. (lib/history [1.2]: 2000/03/10 08:18:36 lpd) Changes the ps2pdf MS Windows / MS-DOS scripts to use temporary files to avoid the absurdly low limits on the length of a command line and the total size of environment variable definitions. (lib/ps2pdf.bat [1.2], lib/ps2pdf12.bat [1.3], lib/ps2pdf13.bat [1.3], lib/ps2pdfwr.bat [1.2], lib/ps2pdfxx.bat [1.1]: 2000/03/14 20:20:20 lpd) On Windows, puts stdout into binary mode as well as stdin, to allow piping printer output through stdout (not a good idea, but it should be supported as well as on other platforms). (gp_ntfs.c [1.2]: 2000/03/17 06:22:59 lpd)Drivers
Fixes problems: - When converting PostScript to PDF, selecting /Bicubic as an image DownsampleType caused an error instead of defaulting to /Average. (gdevpsdf.h [1.2], gdevpsdi.c [1.2], gdevpsdp.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:16:09 lpd) - The mswinpr2 driver didn't handle setting BitsPerPixel to the same value when the device was already open, possibly causing an error on restore or grestore. (gdevwpr2.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:26:07 lpd) - When operating in buffered mode (MaxBitmap > 0), the X driver sometimes failed to copy all of the updated area to the screen. (gdevx.c [1.2], gdevx.h [1.2], gdevxini.c [1.2], gdevxxf.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 06:56:27 lpd) - The [e]pswrite driver produced invalid output if the input file didn't end with a showpage. Also cleans up some formatting and removes a redundant test. (gdevps.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:44:27 lpd) - Fixes a problem producing too much black in the output; also adds support for 5 new printers (H-P Color DeskJet 690, H-P DesignJet 750, and Epson Stylus Color 200). Note that this is user-contributed code. (gdevupd.c [1.2], lib/bjc610a0.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a1.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a2.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a3.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a4.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a5.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a6.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a7.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610a8.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b1.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b2.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b3.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b4.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b6.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b7.upp [1.2], lib/bjc610b8.upp [1.2], lib/cdj550.upp [1.2], lib/cdj690.upp [1.1], lib/cdj690ec.upp [1.1], lib/dnj750c.upp [1.1], lib/dnj750m.upp [1.1], lib/ras32.upp [1.2], lib/stc.upp [1.2], lib/stc1520h.upp [1.2], lib/stc2.upp [1.2], lib/stc200_h.upp [1.1], lib/stc2_h.upp [1.2], lib/stc2s_h.upp [1.2], lib/stc500p.upp [1.2], lib/stc500ph.upp [1.2], lib/stc600ih.upp [1.2], lib/stc600p.upp [1.2], lib/stc600pl.upp [1.2], lib/stc800ih.upp [1.2], lib/stc800p.upp [1.2], lib/stc800pl.upp [1.2], lib/stc_h.upp [1.2], lib/stc_l.upp [1.2], lib/stcany.upp [1.2]: 2000/03/16 02:01:36 lpd) - The X driver's algorithm for deciding when to update the screen was changed several times between 5.50 and 6.0, and one of the more recent changes caused it to copy many more pixels to the screen than necessary if the file was making marks on the page in widely separated places. (gdevx.c [1.3]: 2000/03/17 07:35:43 lpd) - In the X driver, the full-page buffer controlled by -dMaxBitmap= wasn't allocated with a stable allocator, possibly leading to memory access errors if save/restore were used. (gdevxini.c [1.3]: 2000/03/18 04:11:59 lpd) Updates the Brother HL7xx drivers with a new user-contributed version, plus a couple of minor fixes. (gdevhl7x.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:33:44 lpd) Enhances the [e]pswrite driver to handle Indexed color spaces over Device color spaces, only with the standard Decode. (gdevps.c [1.3]: 2000/03/10 07:45:50 lpd) Adds the ability to set the ProcessColorModel of the pdfwrite device to /DeviceGray, /DeviceRGB, or /DeviceCMYK. This affects the color space used for fill, stroke, text, and imagemask, and for images that (for whatever reason) can't be written in their specified color space. Note that this is a short-term fix: pdfwrite should output colors in the color space in which they were specified. However, a proper fix will require more significant architectural changes. (gdevpsdf.c [1.2], gdevpsdf.h [1.3]: 2000/03/16 01:21:24 lpd) Adds two more user-contributed 'uniprint' printer parameter sets: Epson Stylus Color 640, and a generic Epson Stylus Color in high resolution mode (720x720 dpi). (lib/stc640p.upp [1.1], lib/stcany_h.upp [1.1]: 2000/03/16 02:03:40 lpd)PDF writer
Fixes problems: - In-line images emitted an extra 'q' (gsave), causing the CTM to become incorrect, entries to pile up on the dictionary stack, and an invalidrestore error to occur at the end of the page. (gdevpdfi.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:47:37 lpd) - The change in 5.99 to work around Acrobat Reader's 32K limit on user space coordinates caused all 0-width rectangles to disappear, which had major effects on some files. (gdevpdfd.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:48:10 lpd) - Incrementally downloaded TrueType fonts produced truncated Widths tables in the output. We have patched this with a ******HACK****** that causes such fonts to be converted to bitmaps: the correct fix (to delay determining the range of valid characters until the font is written) is too large a change to make in a bug fix release. (gdevpdft.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:48:48 lpd) Adds the ability to set the ProcessColorModel of the pdfwrite device to /DeviceGray, /DeviceRGB, or /DeviceCMYK. This affects the color space used for fill, stroke, text, and imagemask, and for images that (for whatever reason) can't be written in their specified color space. Note that this is a short-term fix: pdfwrite should output colors in the color space in which they were specified. However, a proper fix will require more significant architectural changes. (gdevpdf.c [1.2], gdevpdfd.c [1.3], gdevpdfi.c [1.3], gdevpdfp.c [1.2], gdevpdft.c [1.3], gdevpdfu.c [1.2], gdevpdfx.h [1.2]: 2000/03/16 01:21:24 lpd)Interpreter (PDF)
Fixes problems: - When interpreting a PDF file, the Install page device procedure got more and more deeply nested after every page, eventually causing an execstackoverflow. (lib/pdf_main.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:56:11 lpd) - When interpreting a PDF file, text drawing operators didn't reset the text position, so strings could get displayed on top of each other. (bug introduced by a fix in 5.98) (lib/pdf_ops.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:57:03 lpd) - When interpreting a PDF file, substituted small-cap fonts were created with incorrect scaling. (lib/pdf_font.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:57:50 lpd) Cleans up some formatting. (lib/pdf_base.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:58:14 lpd)Interpreter
Fixes problems: - There were extraneous 'def' commands that caused definitions to be made in the wrong dictionary. (lib/gs_ttf.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:31:39 lpd) - If an error occurred while loading a font, it wouldn't produce an error message. (This is a 'fix' of a 'fix' of a 'fix': it might well break something else.) (lib/gs_type1.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:37:14 lpd) - When reading the strings of a binary object sequence, having to get more data from a procedure-based stream sometimes caused a syntaxerror. Fix: If the reserved (0) field in binary objects or binary object sequences was not 0, no syntaxerror occurred. (iscanbin.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:38:50 lpd) - The code for handling execstackoverflow errors didn't cut back the stack correctly, possibly causing invalid memory accesses if an incorrect attempt was made to run a cleanup procedure. (interp.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:04:38 lpd) - Writing of dictionaries in binary object output, a non-standard extension, was enabled by default, and also had to be enabled at startup time if it was ever going to be used. Fix: Binary error messages caused an error if the command wasn't of a type that printobject could handle. We now do what the Adobe implementations appear to do in this case, namely, convert the object with cvs. (lib/gs_btokn.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:27:31 lpd) - CloseSource and CloseTarget were effectively ignored for Flate and LZW filters with a Predictor, and for the DCT filters. (ifilter.h [1.2], zfdctd.c [1.2], zfdcte.c [1.2], zfdecode.c [1.2], zfilter.c [1.2], zfilter2.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:32:51 lpd) - findlibfile didn't handle %iodevice% prefixes correctly. (zfile.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:35:08 lpd) - fileposition didn't give an error for filters or non-seekable streams. (zfileio.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:35:53 lpd) - Images with input from a file or filter demanded 1 byte of data too many, sometimes causing the last line of the image to be dropped. (bug probably introduced in 6.0) (zimage.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:37:02 lpd) - The check for a show within a cshow procedure for a CID font was wrong. Fix: Character widths in CIDFontType 0 fonts were ignored (!). Adds a .glyphwidth operator to support correct handling of character widths for CID fonts. Adds a glyphwidth procedure to the library, like glyphshow and glyphpath, in order to support correct handling of widths for CID fonts. (ichar.h [1.2], lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.2], zchar.c [1.2], zcharx.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:41:47 lpd) - resourcestatus for fonts was broken. (lib/gs_res.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:54:15 lpd) - Fixes incorrect documentation of several procedures. (lib/gs_fonts.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:00:28 lpd) - The %ram% IODevice was defined, but should not be (it represents a RAM-based file system, which Ghostscript does not provide). Fix: The type of the %null% IODevice was /FileSystem rather than /Special. (ziodev2.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:02:07 lpd) - Directly-loaded TrueType fonts (including embedded TrueType fonts in PDF files) could get confused with each other in the cache, because their XUIDs were based on the font checksum field, which some fonts don't have set correctly. (lib/gs_ttf.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/16 07:38:07 lpd) Adds a new example file, a 3-D synthetic image. (examples/doretree.ps [1.1]: 2000/03/10 04:00:45 lpd) Adds implementations of the devforall, devstatus, and diskonline compatibility operators. (lib/gs_statd.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:01:55 lpd) Some Adobe CIDFonts include a line /Setup /cid_Setup load def that apparently is intended only to prevent the fonts from being loaded by a standard PostScript interpreter (as opposed to ATM or a special font loader), since cid_Setup is not defined anywhere and Setup is never referenced; this change adds a dummy definition of cid_Setup to work around this. (lib/gs_cidfn.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/10 04:53:25 lpd) Updates the version # to 6.01, and the version date. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.2]: 2000/03/10 17:18:29 lpd) Changes the default undercolor removal and black generation functions back from f(k) = k to f(k) = 0. This fixes some, but not all, of the reported problems with color inkjet output in 6.0. (lib/gs_init.ps [1.3]: 2000/03/10 18:47:31 lpd) On Windows, puts stdout into binary mode as well as stdin, to allow piping printer output through stdout (not a good idea, but it should be supported as well as on other platforms). (dwmainc.cpp [1.2]: 2000/03/17 06:22:59 lpd)Streams
Changes the sbuf_min_left macro to a procedure for readability and in preparation for later revision. (stream.c [1.2], stream.h [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:40:13 lpd)Library
Fixes problems: - (%os%) currentdevparams didn't return (fixed) values for InitializeAction, Mounted, Removable, Searchable, SearchOrder, and Writeable, or (meaningful) values for BlockSize, Free, and LogicalSize. Currently, the latter values are dummies. (gsiodev.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:43:06 lpd) - The terminating $ on the $Id: line in gsmalloc.c was missing, and dwuninst.rc lacked a $Id: line. (gsmalloc.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:44:33 lpd) - RasterOps with source transparency = 0, texture transparency = 1 didn't match the (very peculiar) H-P specification even if TRANSPARENCY_PER_H_P was defined. (gdevdrop.c [1.2], gdevmrop.h [1.2], gsropt.h [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:06:15 lpd) - The prototype for gs_exit() was not included even though gs_exit() was called. Fix: A cast discarded const unnecessarily. (gsalloc.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:08:23 lpd) - The type of the %pipe% IODevice was /FileSystem, whereas it should be /Special. (gdevpipe.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:13:57 lpd) - An incorrectly formatted procedure couldn't be converted correctly by ansi2knr. (gxidata.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:30:58 lpd) - The check for a show within a cshow procedure for a CID font was wrong. Fix: Character widths in CIDFontType 0 fonts were ignored (!). Adds a .glyphwidth operator to support correct handling of character widths for CID fonts. Adds a glyphwidth procedure to the library, like glyphshow and glyphpath, in order to support correct handling of widths for CID fonts. (gschar.c [1.2], gschar.h [1.2], gstext.c [1.2], gstext.h [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:41:47 lpd) - The description of the value returned by code_map_decode_next in *pchr was incorrect. (documentation bug only) (gsfcmap.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 07:03:09 lpd) - Fixes a problem producing too much black in the output; also adds support for 5 new printers (H-P Color DeskJet 690, H-P DesignJet 750, and Epson Stylus Color 200). Note that this is user-contributed code. (gsargs.h [1.2]: 2000/03/16 02:01:36 lpd) - The code for Axial shadings incorrectly assumed that if the shading axis was horizontal or vertical in user space, it was also horizontal or vertical in device space: this caused incorrect results when the CTM wasn't orthogonal. (gxshade1.c [1.2]: 2000/03/17 08:17:55 lpd) - For printer devices, a non-null definition for OutputFile was required even on platforms that had a default printer (as implemented by gp_open_printer for that platform). (gp.h [1.2], gsdevice.c [1.2]: 2000/03/18 01:45:16 lpd) Clears the glyf and loca offsets in TrueType fonts that lack these tables, so that clients who care can tell whether the font is being downloaded incrementally. (gstype42.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 03:45:29 lpd) Changes a few macro definitions to work around over-zealous compiler warnings. (gstype1.c [1.2], gstype2.c [1.2], gxtype1.h [1.2]: 2000/03/10 04:29:37 lpd) Changes the default undercolor removal and black generation functions back from f(k) = k to f(k) = 0. This fixes some, but not all, of the reported problems with color inkjet output in 6.0. (gxdcconv.c [1.2]: 2000/03/10 18:47:31 lpd)
Version 6.0 (2000-02-03)
This is the first public release since 5.50. See the release summary for information about new capabilities and known problems.Documentation
Documents the fact that the plane_depths of a gx_image_enum structure may vary, and that planes_wanted procedure of a gx_image_enum must return false if the depths *or* widths can change. (gxiparam.h) Documents the fact that a wanted plane's wanted status, width, or depth can only be changed by a call of plane_data that provides data for that plane. (gxiparam.h) Documents the change in the handling of the pthreads library. (doc/Make.htm) Documents the fact that setting parameters for the DCTEncode filter in ps2pdf causes a crash. (doc/Ps2pdf.htm) Documents another bug in the MIPSpro 7.x / IRIX 6.5.x compilers, with isave.c. (doc/Make.htm) Corrects Russell Lang's e-mail address. (doc/New-user.htm) Documents the new image operator test file and the pdfeof file. (doc/Psfiles.htm) Documents the 'w' argument for image_render procedures. (gxiclass.h) Adds a little more checking to the release process. (doc/Release.htm) Documents the return values from the font build_char procedure. (gxfont.h) Documents the fact that the free 'zip' program is needed to build the self-extracting Windows executable, as well as WinZipSE. (doc/Make.htm, msvc32.mak, winint.mak) Adds references to several new free fonts. (doc/Fonts.htm) Documents an important invariant for streams. (stream.h) Adds a reference for user-supported Watcom / GNU make makefiles. (doc/Make.htm, doc/New-user.htm) Documents the dependence of gs_ttf.ps on some of the gs_*_e.ps files. (lib/gs_ttf.ps) Documents how to make self-extracting Windows executables. (doc/Release.htm) Adds a number of new user-contributed man pages. (unixinst.mak, man/gslp.1, man/wftopfa.1, man/printafm.1, man/pfbtopfa.1, man/font2c.1, man/dvipdf.1, man/ps2pdfwr.1, man/gsnd.1, man/pf2afm.1, man/ps2pdf.1)Procedures
Fixes problems: - Building on BSDI didn't work. The simplest way to fix this was to change the linking of the pthreads library on Unix platforms to be included in STDLIBS rather than the "sync" implementation. (fix contributed by a user) (lib.mak, unix-gcc.mak, unixansi.mak, unixtrad.mak) - Once again, some runtime files weren't installed. (unixinst.mak) - Building the self-extracting executable didn't work. (winint.mak) Updates the user-contributed all-architectures makefile. (all-arch.mak)Utilities
Fixes problems: - A needed #include was missing. (geninit.c) - There were signed/unsigned char mismatches. (genht.c, geninit.c) - The MacOS compiler imposes a 32K limit on the size of a stack frame: we changed the code to use malloc/free. (geninit.c) Removes an unnecessary variable. (echogs.c) Adds a file that attempts to test the image operators exhaustively. (lib/image-qa.ps, unixinst.mak) Enhances the prfont.ps utility to print CIDFonts. (lib/prfont.ps) Adds a utility file that patches the PDF interpreter to allow garbage after the %%EOF (or the %%EOF to be missing completely). (lib/pdfeof.ps)Drivers
Fixes problems: - The X driver compared too many bits of color value, leading to unnecessary halftoning. (bug introduced by a fix in 5.99) (gdevxcmp.c) - Output from the pswrite driver got a dictfull error on Level 1 printers. (gdevps.c) - Anti-aliasing had stopped working on MS Windows and OS/2. (bug probably introduced in 5.65) (gdevmswn.c, gdevpm.c)Platforms
Adds a conditional definition of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED for old versions of the pthreads library. (gp_psync.c) Updates the Microsoft Visual C++ library makefile for VC++ 6. (msvclib.mak) Updates some copyright dates. (winint.mak, dwsetup.rc)Fonts
Updates the URW fonts to include the expanded Adobe character set, including many Eastern European accented characters. (doc/New-user.htm) Removes a 'readonly' that inconvenienced the authors of ttf2pf. (lib/gs_ttf.ps)PDF writer
Fixes problems: - The Dest key was deleted from GoTo and GoToR link annotation pdfmarks. (gdevpdfm.c) - {name} references were substituted even in stream data for the /PUT pdfmark. (gdevpdfm.c) - The revision number was sometimes printed incorrectly if its fraction part was zero. (gdevpdf.c) - Embedded Multiple Master font instances weren't identified as MMType1 rather than Type1. (gdevpdff.h, gdevpdff.c, gdevpdft.c, gdevpdfw.c) - The test against MaxSubsetPct was incorrect when the percentages were equal. (gdevpdfw.c) - Font registrations weren't removed when the device was closed. (gdevpdff.h, gdevpdfx.h, gdevpdff.c, gdevpdfw.c) - Multiple /OBJ pdfmarks with the same name caused an error. For Distiller compatibility, we now allow this if the type is the same, even though the pdfmark specification doesn't say anything about this being legal. (gdevpdfm.c) Removes an unnecessary variable. (gdevpdff.c, gdevpdfr.c) Disables embedding Multiple Master font instances, since Acrobat Reader doesn't accept what appear to be correct output and we don't have time before the release to track down the problem. (gdevpdft.c)Interpreter (PDF)
Factors some code to allow patching the PDF reader to allow garbage after the %%EOF (or the %%EOF to be missing completely). (lib/pdf_main.ps)Interpreter
Fixes problems: - Type 1 fonts with non-standard OtherSubrs had stopped working. (bug introduced since 5.60) (zchar1.c) - usecmap didn't work. (lib/gs_cmap.ps) - The glyph_info procedure for Type 1 fonts didn't take Metrics[2] or CDevProc into account. (zchar1.c, zfont1.c) - The multiple-data-source case of images was broken. (bug introduced in 5.99) (zimage.c) - If a page device Install procedure caused an error, things could be left in an inconsistent state. (lib/gs_setpd.ps) - Using a DeviceN color space could access uninitialized data in a color value. (zcsdevn.c) - DeviceN images with procedure data sources were broken. (zimage.c) - Images with a procedure data source could terminate prematurely if their processing was interrupted. (zimage.c) - The garbage collector only marked half the name table sub-tables, and attempted to mark an equal number of invalid pointers, leading to invalid accesses or memory corruption. (iname.c) Removes an unused variable. (zmisc.c)Streams
Fixes problems: - sgets didn't reset the cursor pointers, so sgets into a client buffer followed by sseek (for some kinds of streams, including files) could get confused. (stream.c)Library
Fixes problems: - A 'const' qualifier was omitted, leading to a type mismatch. (gxclrast.c) - The revision number was sometimes printed incorrectly if its fraction part was zero. (gsmisc.c) - gs_image_next returned the wrong value in *pused if it incremented the plane number. (bug introduced in 5.99) (gsimage.c) - Only the last of the data_x and raster values in the local 'planes' array in gs_image_next_planes were initialized. (bug introduced in 5.99) (gsimage.c) - The multiple-data-source case of images was broken. (bug introduced in 5.99) (gsimage.h, gsimage.c) - ImageType 3 images with unequal scaling for the mask and data didn't work. (We thought they once did, but it appears they never have.) (gximage3.c) - Images with 12-bit samples treated a Decode entry of [1 0] the same as [0 1]. (Other, general Decode entries worked correctly.) (gxipixel.c) - ImageType 3 images didn't work if processing was ever interrupted for remapping a color. (gximage3.c) - Images in DeviceN color spaces with 12-bit samples didn't work. (gxi12bit.c, gxidata.c) - Images in DeviceN color spaces could fail to render properly because the interruption of rendering left a half-built entry in an internal cache. (gxi12bit.c, gxicolor.c) - Images with non-idempotent RasterOps in 1-component DeviceN color spaces didn't render properly, because the same pixel was rendered multiple times after a color remapping interruption. (gximono.c) - The fast case of masked images caused a crash if invoked without an imager state. (gximono.c) - Flushing buffered image data could cause coordinate bookkeeping to get out of sync. (gxidata.c) - ImageType 3, InterleaveType 2 images sometimes failed to render the last row. (gximage3.c) - The fix in 5.88 for resizing large objects had a bug itself. (gsalloc.c) - Whan banding, if a client supplied more data than necessary for an image, the client was told (incorrectly) that all of the data was used. (fix from Artifex) (gxclimag.c) - Null patterns caused a crash. (bug probably introduced by changes to support PatternType 2) (gspcolor.c) - On hand-initialized memory devices where line_ptrs[0] != base, monobit RasterOps could cause invalid or stray memory accesses. (gdevmr1.c) Removes an unnecessary variable. (gdevppla.c, gsfont.c) Adds the ability to call a specified procedure when unregistering notification, needed for removing PDF font registrations. (gsnotify.h, gsnotify.c) Updates the copyright year. (gscdef.c)
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