New GIMP build available

A frech build of GIMP 1.2.4 (pre-release) available from
www.gimp.org/win32/downloads-20030104.html. (The build is from today,
despite the timestamp in that page's name.) This includes the latest
fixes for the bugs related to very large or extreme aspect ratio
images that Kevin Myers reported.

Make sure to make a backup copy of your current GIMP installation
before installing this on top of it, in case something is broken and
you want to go back.

Unless some big problems are reported, I'll rename that
downloads-20030104 page into downloads.html soon, thus making it the
default.

The ChangeLog back to the last build for Windows (2002-09-07) is
included below. The ChangeLog does not include some changes that I
have made only in my local copy of the sources. The most important of
those (as I can remember) are:

- Display a warning when handling files or folders with non-ASCII
characters in them. Fixing their handling completely would require
quite lots of effort, which is better spent on GIMP 1.4.

- Convert back and forth between the system code page and UTF-8 in
some more places.

This comment describes the situation regarding non-ASCII file names:

/* On Windows, this version of GIMP uses a branch of GTK+ 1.3.0 which
 * uses UTF-8, except for two calls: gtk_file_selection_get_filename(),
 * and gtk_file_selection_set_filename(), which use the current codepage.
 *
 * In retrospect, it might have been enough not to make GTK+ 1.3.0 use
 * Unicode on Windows, but to stick to the current codepage, similar
 * as GTK+ 1.2.x on Unix. But too late to change now. I didn't realize
 * when doing the port that GTK+ 2.0 was going totally Unicode, and
 * that I might have waited for that when I wanted Unicode support.
 *
 * This version of GIMP just barely works with non-ASCII filenames.
 * The convention in this version of GIMP is that filenames stored and
 * passed around are in the system codepage. When retrieved from or
 * passed to GTK (other than the two APIs mentioned above) we have to
 * convert back and forth. But there are still lots of places where
 * the system codepage filenames are not converted even if they
 * sprintfed together with internationalised messages that *are* in
 * UTF-8. It's best to avoid non-ASCII filenames, sorry.
 *
 * Tor Lillqvist, 2002-12-16
 */

Here's the ChangeLog:

2003-01-14  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/scale.c: removed two lines which have become obsolete after
	my latest change.

	* plug-ins/perl/examples/tex-to-float (tex_string_to_pgm): applied
	a patch from Yeti <[email protected]> that makes the plug-in
	handle the output of newer versions of dvips (fixes #102435).

2003-01-13  Manish Singh  <[email protected]>

        * configure.in: Partially address #102058 with a --with-shm configure
        option. Defaults to sysv except on OS X, where it is none.

2003-01-10  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/interface.c (create_display_shell): break out of the loop
	that calculates the initial zoom ratio in case we hit our limits.
	Seems to fix bug #103030.

	* app/scale.c (change_scale): removed a check that dates back to
	the times when we used Motif for our user interface and scrollbars
	used short values. Fixes bug #94979.

2003-01-09  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/procedural_db.c (procedural_db_run_proc): always set the
	number of returned values, even in case of an error (fix merged
	from HEAD branch).

2003-01-06  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* tools/gimp-remote.c: backported the rewritten gimp-remote from
	the HEAD branch.

2003-01-06  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* gimp-1.2.1.in
	* gimptool-1.2.1.in: removed incorrect copyright clauses and
	updated information about bug reporting.

2003-01-05  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/starscape-logo.scm: merged fix for
	bug #73894 from HEAD branch.

2003-01-05  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/gimpimage.c (gimp_image_merge_layers): redid the fix for bug
	#101036 since Garry's fix introduced a crash if the flattened
	image has undo disabled. Instead of temporarily changing the layer
	mode, just use a different mode for combine_regions().
 
2003-01-02  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/channel.c (channel_feather): pass offsets to
	channel_combine_mask() to fix bug #101731 [Fuzzy Selection with
	feather is wrong].

2002-12-31  Garry R. Osgood <[email protected]>

	* app/gimpimage.c: Unless DISSOLVE_MODE, temporarily set bottom
	mode of composite to "Normal" in all merge types; including image
	flatten. Prevents unintended compositional arithmetic on receiving
	layer internally employed by gimp_image_merge_layers ().  Closes
	bug #101036 on gimp-1-2 branch only.
	
2002-12-30  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/imagemap/imap_csim.l
	* plug-ins/imagemap/imap_csim.y
	* plug-ins/imagemap/imap_csim_parse.[ch]: merged fix for bug #97776
	from HEAD branch.

2002-12-28  Garry R. Osgood <[email protected]>

	* app/brightness_contrast.c
	* app/color_balance.c
	* app/curves.c
	* app/hue_saturation.c
	* app/levels.c
	* app/posterize.c
	* app/threshold.c: altered tool initializers *_initialize ()
        to first query whether or not the image contains
        drawables; tool initialization does not proceed for
        empty images. Closes bug #86494 on gimp-1-2 branch only. See 
	report at bugzilla.gnome.org for details. 

2002-12-21  Garry R. Osgood <[email protected]>
	
	* app/gimpimage.c: fixed a buglet introduced in 2002-12-19 
	 check-in that affected scripts bracketing merge operations with
	 "gimp-image-undo-disable"/"gimp-image-undo-enable" pairs.
	
2002-12-20  Garry R. Osgood <[email protected]>

	* app/brightness_contrast.c
	* app/color_balance.c
	* app/color_balance.h
	* app/curves.c
	* app/curves.h
	* app/hue_saturation.c
	* app/hue_saturation.h
	* app/levels.c
	* app/posterize.c
	* app/threshold.c
	* app/threshold.h : fixed connect/disconnect asymmetry bug introduced
	in my 2002-19-2002 check-in (Thanks, Mitch for pointing it out).
	See report for bug #82671 at bugzilla.gnome.org for details.
	
2002-12-19  Nathan Summers  <[email protected]>

	* app/xcf.c (xcf_save_invoker): check the return value of fclose as
	discussed on the gimp-developer mailing list.

2002-12-19  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/xcf.c: unmarked most of the strings that Nathan marked for
	translation. The messages should only be triggered under very rare
	circumstances and the strings would need to be reviewed before
	marking them as translatable. We are too close to a release for
	major string changes.

2002-12-19  Nathan Summers  <[email protected]>

	* app/xcf.c: actually check to make sure writes are successful,
	instead of unconditionally assuming that they are.  Fixes bug
	#101340.
	
2002-12-19  Garry R. Osgood <[email protected]>

	* MAINTAINERS: updated my CV.

	* app/gimpimage.c: new GimpImage signal, LAYER_MERGE, to flag
	pending layer merges.  gimp_image_merge_layers() emits prior to
	start of undo group.

	* app/brightness_contrast.c
	* app/color_balance.c
	* app/curves.c
	* app/hue_saturation.c
	* app/levels.c
	* app/posterize.c

	* app/threshold.c: cancel callbacks connect to GimpImage
	LAYER_MERGE signals.  Closes Bug #82671; gimp crash with (1)
	active image map tools while (2) user performs a merge operation.
	See report for bug #82671 at bugzilla.gnome.org for details.

2002-12-17  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/perl/Gimp.pm: changed the documentation as suggested in
	bug #84884.

2002-12-17  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/main.c: don't install signal handlers for fatal signals if
	stack_trace_mode is STACK_TRACE_NEVER (fixes bug #71409).

	* plug-ins/common/jpeg.c: applied a patch from Raphael Quinet that
	changes the plug-in to not attach a parasite with default settings
	when a JPEG image is loaded (fixes bug #75398).

2002-12-17  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/webbrowser/web-browser.scm: applied a patch from Raphael
	Quinet that removes outdated links and adds one for the GUG
	(bug #101435).

2002-12-13  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* tools/pdbgen/pdb/drawable.pdb
	* tools/pdbgen/pdb/selection.pdb: document how to interpret the
	numbers returned for the selection bounding box. Fixes bug #96284.

	* app/drawable_cmds.c
	* app/selection_cmds.c
	* libgimp/gimpdrawable_pdb.c
	* libgimp/gimpselection_pdb.c: regenerated.

2002-12-13  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/imagemap/imap_file.c: hide the file selection dialogs
	on "delete_event". Fixes bug #92750.
	
2002-12-13  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/papertile.c: merged fix for bug #83971 from HEAD
	branch.

2002-12-13  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/tiff.c: applied a patch from Peter Kirchgessner
	that suppresses the progress bar in non-interactive mode (#97352).

2002-12-13  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/gdisplay_ops.c (gdisplay_shrink_wrap): avoid to move the
	image window offscreen (#79486).

2002-12-06  Hans Breuer  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/winclipboard.c : need to adjust the data 
	pointer for BI_BITFIELDS bitmaps, fixes #99246

2002-11-12  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* app/paint_core.c: merged fix for #91067 from HEAD branch.

2002-11-11  Michael Natterer  <[email protected]>

	* app/gimpcontext.c (gimp_context_set_default_colors,
	gimp_context_swap_colors): don't simply crash when called with a
	NULL context but use the deafult context. Fixes this functions
	when called from the PDB. Spotted by Michael Bushey
	<[email protected]>.

2002-11-09  Manish Singh  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/png.c: allow setting compression level 0 from
	the UI.

2002-11-07  Dave Neary  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/xbm.c: Applied patch from Raphael
	Quinet to suppress printing of comments in XBM files.
	Closes bug #82763.

2002-11-07  Dave Neary  <[email protected]>

	* help/C/images/brush_dialog.png
	* help/C/dialogs/brush_selection.html: Applied patch from
	Cameron Gregory <[email protected]> to add missing help
	file. Closes bug #92377.

2002-11-06  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/png.c: applied patch from Raphael Quinet that
	untoggles the "Save background color" option for images w/o an
	alpha channel (#92395).

2002-10-29  Dave Neary  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/png.c: Back-ported patch from HEAD to
	close bug #55700.

2002-10-29  Manish Singh  <[email protected]>

	* gimptool-1.2.in: strip paths from the plug-in filename for
	installation (fixes #97111).

2002-10-22  Tor Lillqvist  <[email protected]>

	* app/Makefile.am: Add rule to produce gimp.def from gimp.sym. Had
	been left out by mistake. Add rule to mv gimp-1.2.exe gimp.exe.

	* config.h.win32: Define HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET (which is
	essential on Win32 builds to get working i18n with a libintl that
	otherwise converts to some codepage. Also define HAVE_GETTEXT even
	if that isn't checked in any file. Define HAVE_WINSOCK_H. Add some
	#undefs from a current configure-generated config.h for
	completeness' sake.

	* app/main.c (main)
	* app/plug_in.c (plug_in_make_menu) 
	* libgimp/stdplugins-intl.h: If on Win32, call
	bind_textdomain_codeset() to get messages from gettext in UTF-8,
	which is what the GTK+ 1.3.0 used on Win32 wants.

	* app/plug_in.c (plug_in_close): Move a variable inside #ifndef
	G_OS_WIN32.
	(xspawnv): Remove a couple of leftover unused variables.

2002-10-16  Tor Lillqvist  <[email protected]>

	* gimptool-win32.c.in (find_out_env_flags): Fixes for
	--msvc-syntax handling. Don't try to use configure-time CFLAGS and
	LDFLAGS intended for gcc if we are asked to do --msvc-syntax.

	* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add gimptool-win32.c and .in. No rules
	to build gimptool-win32.exe on Windows, would require some
	automake acrobatics that I am too tired to attempt now.

2002-10-08  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/ps.c: applied a patch from Peter Kirchgessner
	that fixes bug #78310 (wrong bounding box when exporting to EPS).

2002-09-26  Jacob Berkman  <[email protected]>

	* modules/Makefile.am (CPPFLAGS): rename to AM_CPPFLAGS

2002-09-24  Michael Natterer  <[email protected]>

	* app/channel.c (channel_sharpen): ported fix for #93853 from HEAD.

2002-09-18  Manish Singh  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/dbbrowser/dbbrowser_utils.c: Allow activation of the
	search from the entry field.

2002-09-16  Hans Breuer  <[email protected]>

	* app/makefile.msc libgimp/makefile.msc
	  plug-ins/makefile.msc modules/makefile.msc :
	Updated to allow building Gimp 1.2.x with msvc using
	the same libraries as the mingw build does.

	* app/user_install.c : #ifdef G_OS_WIN32 get the
	definitions of S_ISDIR and S_ISREG

	* libgimp/gimp.def libgimp/gimpui.def : exported more 
	non underscored functions (shoud be almost complete now)

	* plug-ins/gflare/gflare.c : include <gtk/gtk.h> before
	relying on G_OS_* being defined

	* plug-ins/twain/twain.c : implement main() to allow to 
	build as console app as well.

2002-09-10  Sven Neumann  <[email protected]>

	* plug-ins/common/gz.c (load_image): don't call gimp_temp_name()
	with (NULL + 1) if find_extension() failed.

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