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Changes in TIFF v3.4beta016
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<FONT SIZE=+3>T</FONT>IFF <FONT SIZE=+2>C</FONT>HANGE <FONT SIZE=+2>I</FONT>NFORMATION
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    Current Version: v3.4beta016
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    Previous Version: v3.4beta007
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    Master FTP Site: ftp.sgi.com (192.48.153.1), directory graphics/tiff
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    This document describes the changes made to the software between the
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    previous and current versions (see above).
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    If you don't find something listed here, then it was not done in this
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    timeframe, or it was not considered important enough to be mentioned.
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    The following information is located here:
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    • Changes in the software configuration
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    • Changes in libtiff
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    • Changes in the tools
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    • Changes in the manual pages
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    • Changes in the documentation
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    • Changes in contributed software
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      <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION:
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      • support was added for configuring the Deflate codec
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      • support was added for the HTML documentation
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      • codecs that are not configured for inclusion in the library
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           are no longer compiled
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        <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN LIBTIFF:
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        • support was added for registering new codecs external to the library
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             and for overriding the codecs that are builtin to the library
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        • emulation support for the old <TT>DataType</TT> tag was improved
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        • suppport was added for the <TT>SMinSampleValue</TT>
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              and <TT>SMaxSampleValue</TT> tags
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        • the library no longer ignores <TT>TileWidth</TT> and <TT>TileLength</TT>
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              tags whose values are not a multiple of 16 (per the spec); this
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              permits old, improperly written, images to be read
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        • the support for the <TT>Predictor</TT> tag was placed in a reusable
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              module so that it can be shared by multiple codecs
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        • experimental compression support was added for the Deflate algorithm
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             (using the freely available zlib package)
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        • a new routine, <TT>TIFFWriteBufferSetup</TT> was added a la the
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             routine <TT>TIFFReadBufferSetup</TT>
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        • the DSO version of the library is now statically linked with the
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             JPEG and Deflate libraries; this means applications that link against
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             the DSO do not also need to link against these ancillary libraries
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          <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE TOOLS:
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          • all the tools now use common code to process compress-oriented arguments
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          • <TT>tiffdump</TT> should now compile on a Macintosh with MPW
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            <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE MANUAL PAGES:
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            • everything was updated
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              <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN THE DOCUMENTATION:
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              • everything was updated
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                <FONT SIZE=+3>C</FONT>HANGES IN CONTRIBUTED SOFTWARE:
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                • contrib/dbs/xtiff was made to compile
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                • contrib/mac-mpw is new support for compiling the software on
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                     a Macintosh under MPW; consult the documentation
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                     for details
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                • contrib/tags is information on how to use the tag extenion
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                     facilities; consult
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                     contrib/tags/README for details
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                   TIFF home page.
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                  <ADDRESS>
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                  Sam Leffler / sam@engr.sgi.com
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                  Last updated $Date: 1999/08/09 20:21:21 $.
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