13ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> 27dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<html> 37dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<head> 47dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<title>Recent changes in Ghostscript</title> 5*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<!-- $Id: News.htm,v 1.168 2005/10/20 19:46:23 ray Exp $ --> 67dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- Originally: NEWS --> 77dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- 87dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier WARNING: do not use Pete Kaiser's emacs function "gs-toc" alone to 97dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier re-create the table of contents here, because it will replace the 107dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier hand-edited TOC subheads with a separate subhead for each H2 in 117dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier the body of the file. Or if you do, first look at the original 127dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier TOC to see how to edit it for visual conciseness. 137dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier--> 143ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gs.css"> 157dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier</head> 167dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 177dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<body> 187dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.0 begin visible header] ============================================ --> 197dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 207dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.1 begin headline] ================================================== --> 217dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 223ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<h1>Changes in the most recent release of Ghostscript</h1> 237dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 247dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.1 end headline] ==================================================== --> 257dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 267dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= --> 277dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 287dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.2 end table of contents] =========================================== --> 297dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 307dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.3 begin hint] ====================================================== --> 317dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 327dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<p> 337dd7cddfSDavid du ColombierThis document is news about the most recent Ghostscript release. For 347dd7cddfSDavid du Colombierearlier versions, see the history documents: 357dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 367dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<blockquote> 37*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<a href="History8.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 8.n</a><br> 383ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<a href="History7.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 7.n</a><br> 397dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History6.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 6.n</a><br> 407dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History5.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 5.n</a><br> 417dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History4.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 4.n</a><br> 427dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History3.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 3.n</a><br> 437dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History2.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 2.n</a><br> 447dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<a href="History1.htm">History of Ghostscript versions 1.n</a> 457dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier</blockquote> 467dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 477dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<p>For other information, see the <a href="Readme.htm">Ghostscript 487dd7cddfSDavid du Colombieroverview</a>. 497dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 507dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.3 end hint] ======================================================== --> 517dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 527dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<hr> 537dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 547dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [1.0 end visible header] ============================================== --> 557dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 567dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== --> 577dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 58*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<h3><a name="Version8.53"></a>Version 8.53 (2005-10-20)</h3> 59*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 60*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<p>This is the fourth stable release in the 8.5x series of Ghostscript. 61*593dc095SDavid du ColombierIt contains a few bug fixes and improvements since 8.52, particularly in 62*593dc095SDavid du Colombierthe fix for a build problem on AMD64/Windows64 and vastly improved 63*593dc095SDavid du Colombiertransparency rendering speed for some PDF's. 64*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 65*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<p> The following <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/">bugs</a> were 66*593dc095SDavid du Colombieropen at the time of this release: <blockquote> 67*593dc095SDavid du Colombier465936, 578865, 592160, 610478, 626295, 686747, 686842, 686853, 68*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687011, 687039, 687063, 687108, 687125, 687146, 687196, 687219, 69*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687231, 687243, 687257, 687271, 687280, 687292, 687295, 687298, 70*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687314, 687316, 687327, 687342, 687345, 687346, 687373, 687397, 71*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687399, 687435, 687480, 687484, 687514, 687520, 687525, 687529, 72*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687531, 687545, 687559, 687560, 687583, 687608, 687621, 687622, 73*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687628, 687633, 687642, 687643, 687644, 687650, 687654, 687657, 74*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687663, 687669, 687674, 687676, 687677, 687679, 687682, 687694, 75*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687695, 687697, 687702, 687721, 687728, 687729, 687796, 687805, 76*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687806, 687808, 687814, 687822, 687825, 687844, 687848, 687850, 77*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687863, 687866, 687868, 687870, 687875, 687895, 687903, 687904, 78*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687907, 687914, 687919, 687931, 687938, 687957, 687960, 687970, 79*593dc095SDavid du Colombier687974, 687975, 687986, 687988, 687992, 687994, 687996, 688005, 80*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688006, 688007, 688009, 688013, 688017, 688020, 688022, 688026, 81*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688032, 688035, 688036, 688039, 688042, 688047, 688054, 688058, 82*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688060, 688061, 688064, 688066, 688068, 688075, 688079, 688081, 83*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688091, 688095, 688101, 688106, 688108, 688124, 688129, 688130, 84*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688132, 688134, 688149, 688151, 688152, 688159, 688166, 688176, 85*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688179, 688181, 688184, 688187, 688200, 688203, 688207, 688215, 86*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688225, 688227, 688231, 688239, 688243, 688249, 688260, 688265, 87*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688269, 688274, 688278, 688280, 688282, 688285, 688288, 688290, 88*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688291, 688295, 688300, 688302, 688309, 688311, 688317, 688318, 89*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688319, 688320, 688321, 688323, 688326, 688329, 688332, 688333, 90*593dc095SDavid du Colombier688334, 688335, 688336, 688337, 688338, 688339, 688342, 688344 91*593dc095SDavid du Colombier</blockquote> 92*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 93*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<h3><a name="8.53_Incompatible_changes"></a>Incompatible changes</h3> 943ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier 953ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<p> 96*593dc095SDavid du ColombierThere are no known incompatible changes at this point. 977dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 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All rights 105*593dc095SDavid du Colombierreserved. 1067dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1077dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<p> 108*593dc095SDavid du ColombierThis software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or 109*593dc095SDavid du Colombierimplied. 110*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 111*593dc095SDavid du ColombierThis software is distributed under license and may not be copied, 112*593dc095SDavid du Colombiermodified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms 113*593dc095SDavid du Colombierof the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution. 114*593dc095SDavid du Colombier 115*593dc095SDavid du ColombierFor more information about licensing, please refer to 116*593dc095SDavid du Colombierhttp://www.ghostscript.com/licensing/. For information on 117*593dc095SDavid du Colombiercommercial licensing, go to http://www.artifex.com/licensing/ or 118*593dc095SDavid du Colombiercontact Artifex Software, Inc., 101 Lucas Valley Road #110, 119*593dc095SDavid du ColombierSan Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861. 1207dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1213ff48bf5SDavid du Colombier<p> 122*593dc095SDavid du Colombier<small>Ghostscript version 8.53, 20 October 2005 1237dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1247dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier<!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= --> 1257dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier 1267dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier</body> 1277dd7cddfSDavid du Colombier</html> 128