| 1 | CHANGE LOG for Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software | 
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| 4 | Version 8  10-Jan-2010 | 
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| 5 | ---------------------- | 
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| 6 |  | 
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| 7 | jpegtran now supports the same -scale option as djpeg for "lossless" resize. | 
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| 8 | An implementation of the JPEG SmartScale extension is required for this | 
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| 9 | feature.  A (draft) specification of the JPEG SmartScale extension is | 
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| 10 | available as a contributed document at ITU and ISO.  Revision 2 or later | 
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| 11 | of the document is required (latest document version is Revision 3). | 
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| 12 | The SmartScale extension will enable more features beside lossless resize | 
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| 13 | in future implementations, as described in the document (new compression | 
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| 14 | options). | 
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| 15 |  | 
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| 16 | Add sanity check in BMP reader module to avoid cjpeg crash for empty input | 
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| 17 | image (thank to Isaev Ildar of ISP RAS, Moscow, RU for reporting this error). | 
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| 18 |  | 
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| 19 | Add data source and destination managers for read from and write to | 
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| 20 | memory buffers.  New API functions jpeg_mem_src and jpeg_mem_dest. | 
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| 21 | Thank to Roberto Boni from Italy for the suggestion. | 
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| 22 |  | 
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| 23 |  | 
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| 24 | Version 7  27-Jun-2009 | 
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| 25 | ---------------------- | 
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| 26 |  | 
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| 27 | New scaled DCTs implemented. | 
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| 28 | djpeg now supports scalings N/8 with all N from 1 to 16. | 
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| 29 | cjpeg now supports scalings 8/N with all N from 1 to 16. | 
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| 30 | Scaled DCTs with size larger than 8 are now also used for resolving the | 
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| 31 | common 2x2 chroma subsampling case without additional spatial resampling. | 
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| 32 | Separate spatial resampling for those kind of files is now only necessary | 
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| 33 | for N>8 scaling cases. | 
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| 34 | Furthermore, separate scaled DCT functions are provided for direct resolving | 
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| 35 | of the common asymmetric subsampling cases (2x1 and 1x2) without additional | 
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| 36 | spatial resampling. | 
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| 37 |  | 
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| 38 | cjpeg -quality option has been extended for support of separate quality | 
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| 39 | settings for luminance and chrominance (or in general, for every provided | 
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| 40 | quantization table slot). | 
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| 41 | New API function jpeg_default_qtables() and q_scale_factor array in library. | 
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| 42 |  | 
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| 43 | Added -nosmooth option to cjpeg, complementary to djpeg. | 
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| 44 | New variable "do_fancy_downsampling" in library, complement to fancy | 
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| 45 | upsampling.  Fancy upsampling now uses direct DCT scaling with sizes | 
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| 46 | larger than 8.  The old method is not reversible and has been removed. | 
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| 47 |  | 
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| 48 | Support arithmetic entropy encoding and decoding. | 
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| 49 | Added files jaricom.c, jcarith.c, jdarith.c. | 
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| 50 |  | 
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| 51 | Straighten the file structure: | 
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| 52 | Removed files jidctred.c, jcphuff.c, jchuff.h, jdphuff.c, jdhuff.h. | 
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| 53 |  | 
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| 54 | jpegtran has a new "lossless" cropping feature. | 
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| 55 |  | 
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| 56 | Implement -perfect option in jpegtran, new API function | 
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| 57 | jtransform_perfect_transform() in transupp. (DP 204_perfect.dpatch) | 
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| 58 |  | 
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| 59 | Better error messages for jpegtran fopen failure. | 
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| 60 | (DP 203_jpegtran_errmsg.dpatch) | 
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| 61 |  | 
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| 62 | Fix byte order issue with 16bit PPM/PGM files in rdppm.c/wrppm.c: | 
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| 63 | according to Netpbm, the de facto standard implementation of the PNM formats, | 
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| 64 | the most significant byte is first. (DP 203_rdppm.dpatch) | 
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| 65 |  | 
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| 66 | Add -raw option to rdjpgcom not to mangle the output. | 
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| 67 | (DP 205_rdjpgcom_raw.dpatch) | 
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| 68 |  | 
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| 69 | Make rdjpgcom locale aware. (DP 201_rdjpgcom_locale.dpatch) | 
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| 70 |  | 
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| 71 | Add extern "C" to jpeglib.h. | 
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| 72 | This avoids the need to put extern "C" { ... } around #include "jpeglib.h" | 
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| 73 | in your C++ application.  Defining the symbol DONT_USE_EXTERN_C in the | 
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| 74 | configuration prevents this. (DP 202_jpeglib.h_c++.dpatch) | 
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| 75 |  | 
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| 76 |  | 
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| 77 | Version 6b  27-Mar-1998 | 
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| 78 | ----------------------- | 
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| 79 |  | 
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| 80 | jpegtran has new features for lossless image transformations (rotation | 
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| 81 | and flipping) as well as "lossless" reduction to grayscale. | 
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| 82 |  | 
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| 83 | jpegtran now copies comments by default; it has a -copy switch to enable | 
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| 84 | copying all APPn blocks as well, or to suppress comments.  (Formerly it | 
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| 85 | always suppressed comments and APPn blocks.)  jpegtran now also preserves | 
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| 86 | JFIF version and resolution information. | 
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| 87 |  | 
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| 88 | New decompressor library feature: COM and APPn markers found in the input | 
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| 89 | file can be saved in memory for later use by the application.  (Before, | 
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| 90 | you had to code this up yourself with a custom marker processor.) | 
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| 91 |  | 
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| 92 | There is an unused field "void * client_data" now in compress and decompress | 
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| 93 | parameter structs; this may be useful in some applications. | 
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| 94 |  | 
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| 95 | JFIF version number information is now saved by the decoder and accepted by | 
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| 96 | the encoder.  jpegtran uses this to copy the source file's version number, | 
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| 97 | to ensure "jpegtran -copy all" won't create bogus files that contain JFXX | 
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| 98 | extensions but claim to be version 1.01.  Applications that generate their | 
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| 99 | own JFXX extension markers also (finally) have a supported way to cause the | 
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| 100 | encoder to emit JFIF version number 1.02. | 
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| 101 |  | 
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| 102 | djpeg's trace mode reports JFIF 1.02 thumbnail images as such, rather | 
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| 103 | than as unknown APP0 markers. | 
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| 104 |  | 
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| 105 | In -verbose mode, djpeg and rdjpgcom will try to print the contents of | 
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| 106 | APP12 markers as text.  Some digital cameras store useful text information | 
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| 107 | in APP12 markers. | 
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| 108 |  | 
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| 109 | Handling of truncated data streams is more robust: blocks beyond the one in | 
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| 110 | which the error occurs will be output as uniform gray, or left unchanged | 
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| 111 | if decoding a progressive JPEG.  The appearance no longer depends on the | 
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| 112 | Huffman tables being used. | 
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| 113 |  | 
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| 114 | Huffman tables are checked for validity much more carefully than before. | 
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| 115 |  | 
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| 116 | To avoid the Unisys LZW patent, djpeg's GIF output capability has been | 
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| 117 | changed to produce "uncompressed GIFs", and cjpeg's GIF input capability | 
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| 118 | has been removed altogether.  We're not happy about it either, but there | 
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| 119 | seems to be no good alternative. | 
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| 120 |  | 
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| 121 | The configure script now supports building libjpeg as a shared library | 
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| 122 | on many flavors of Unix (all the ones that GNU libtool knows how to | 
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| 123 | build shared libraries for).  Use "./configure --enable-shared" to | 
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| 124 | try this out. | 
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| 125 |  | 
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| 126 | New jconfig file and makefiles for Microsoft Visual C++ and Developer Studio. | 
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| 127 | Also, a jconfig file and a build script for Metrowerks CodeWarrior | 
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| 128 | on Apple Macintosh.  makefile.dj has been updated for DJGPP v2, and there | 
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| 129 | are miscellaneous other minor improvements in the makefiles. | 
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| 130 |  | 
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| 131 | jmemmac.c now knows how to create temporary files following Mac System 7 | 
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| 132 | conventions. | 
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| 133 |  | 
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| 134 | djpeg's -map switch is now able to read raw-format PPM files reliably. | 
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| 135 |  | 
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| 136 | cjpeg -progressive -restart no longer generates any unnecessary DRI markers. | 
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| 137 |  | 
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| 138 | Multiple calls to jpeg_simple_progression for a single JPEG object | 
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| 139 | no longer leak memory. | 
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| 141 |  | 
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| 142 | Version 6a  7-Feb-96 | 
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| 143 | -------------------- | 
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| 144 |  | 
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| 145 | Library initialization sequence modified to detect version mismatches | 
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| 146 | and struct field packing mismatches between library and calling application. | 
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| 147 | This change requires applications to be recompiled, but does not require | 
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| 148 | any application source code change. | 
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| 149 |  | 
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| 150 | All routine declarations changed to the style "GLOBAL(type) name ...", | 
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| 151 | that is, GLOBAL, LOCAL, METHODDEF, EXTERN are now macros taking the | 
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| 152 | routine's return type as an argument.  This makes it possible to add | 
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| 153 | Microsoft-style linkage keywords to all the routines by changing just | 
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| 154 | these macros.  Note that any application code that was using these macros | 
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| 155 | will have to be changed. | 
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| 156 |  | 
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| 157 | DCT coefficient quantization tables are now stored in normal array order | 
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| 158 | rather than zigzag order.  Application code that calls jpeg_add_quant_table, | 
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| 159 | or otherwise manipulates quantization tables directly, will need to be | 
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| 160 | changed.  If you need to make such code work with either older or newer | 
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| 161 | versions of the library, a test like "#if JPEG_LIB_VERSION >= 61" is | 
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| 162 | recommended. | 
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| 163 |  | 
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| 164 | djpeg's trace capability now dumps DQT tables in natural order, not zigzag | 
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| 165 | order.  This allows the trace output to be made into a "-qtables" file | 
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| 166 | more easily. | 
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| 167 |  | 
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| 168 | New system-dependent memory manager module for use on Apple Macintosh. | 
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| 169 |  | 
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| 170 | Fix bug in cjpeg's -smooth option: last one or two scanlines would be | 
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| 171 | duplicates of the prior line unless the image height mod 16 was 1 or 2. | 
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| 172 |  | 
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| 173 | Repair minor problems in VMS, BCC, MC6 makefiles. | 
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| 174 |  | 
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| 175 | New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf. | 
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| 176 |  | 
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| 177 | Correct the list of include files needed by MetroWerks C for ccommand(). | 
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| 178 |  | 
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| 179 | Numerous small documentation updates. | 
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| 180 |  | 
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| 181 |  | 
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| 182 | Version 6  2-Aug-95 | 
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| 183 | ------------------- | 
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| 184 |  | 
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| 185 | Progressive JPEG support: library can read and write full progressive JPEG | 
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| 186 | files.  A "buffered image" mode supports incremental decoding for on-the-fly | 
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| 187 | display of progressive images.  Simply recompiling an existing IJG-v5-based | 
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| 188 | decoder with v6 should allow it to read progressive files, though of course | 
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| 189 | without any special progressive display. | 
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| 190 |  | 
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| 191 | New "jpegtran" application performs lossless transcoding between different | 
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| 192 | JPEG formats; primarily, it can be used to convert baseline to progressive | 
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| 193 | JPEG and vice versa.  In support of jpegtran, the library now allows lossless | 
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| 194 | reading and writing of JPEG files as DCT coefficient arrays.  This ability | 
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| 195 | may be of use in other applications. | 
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| 196 |  | 
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| 197 | Notes for programmers: | 
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| 198 | * We changed jpeg_start_decompress() to be able to suspend; this makes all | 
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| 199 | decoding modes available to suspending-input applications.  However, | 
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| 200 | existing applications that use suspending input will need to be changed | 
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| 201 | to check the return value from jpeg_start_decompress().  You don't need to | 
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| 202 | do anything if you don't use a suspending data source. | 
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| 203 | * We changed the interface to the virtual array routines: access_virt_array | 
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| 204 | routines now take a count of the number of rows to access this time.  The | 
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| 205 | last parameter to request_virt_array routines is now interpreted as the | 
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| 206 | maximum number of rows that may be accessed at once, but not necessarily | 
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| 207 | the height of every access. | 
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| 208 |  | 
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| 209 |  | 
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| 210 | Version 5b  15-Mar-95 | 
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| 211 | --------------------- | 
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| 212 |  | 
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| 213 | Correct bugs with grayscale images having v_samp_factor > 1. | 
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| 214 |  | 
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| 215 | jpeg_write_raw_data() now supports output suspension. | 
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| 216 |  | 
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| 217 | Correct bugs in "configure" script for case of compiling in | 
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| 218 | a directory other than the one containing the source files. | 
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| 219 |  | 
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| 220 | Repair bug in jquant1.c: sometimes didn't use as many colors as it could. | 
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| 221 |  | 
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| 222 | Borland C makefile and jconfig file work under either MS-DOS or OS/2. | 
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| 223 |  | 
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| 224 | Miscellaneous improvements to documentation. | 
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| 226 |  | 
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| 227 | Version 5a  7-Dec-94 | 
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| 228 | -------------------- | 
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| 229 |  | 
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| 230 | Changed color conversion roundoff behavior so that grayscale values are | 
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| 231 | represented exactly.  (This causes test image files to change.) | 
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| 232 |  | 
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| 233 | Make ordered dither use 16x16 instead of 4x4 pattern for a small quality | 
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| 234 | improvement. | 
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| 235 |  | 
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| 236 | New configure script based on latest GNU Autoconf. | 
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| 237 | Fix configure script to handle CFLAGS correctly. | 
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| 238 | Rename *.auto files to *.cfg, so that configure script still works if | 
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| 239 | file names have been truncated for DOS. | 
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| 240 |  | 
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| 241 | Fix bug in rdbmp.c: didn't allow for extra data between header and image. | 
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| 242 |  | 
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| 243 | Modify rdppm.c/wrppm.c to handle 2-byte raw PPM/PGM formats for 12-bit data. | 
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| 244 |  | 
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| 245 | Fix several bugs in rdrle.c. | 
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| 246 |  | 
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| 247 | NEED_SHORT_EXTERNAL_NAMES option was broken. | 
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| 248 |  | 
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| 249 | Revise jerror.h/jerror.c for more flexibility in message table. | 
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| 250 |  | 
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| 251 | Repair oversight in jmemname.c NO_MKTEMP case: file could be there | 
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| 252 | but unreadable. | 
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| 253 |  | 
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| 255 | Version 5  24-Sep-94 | 
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| 256 | -------------------- | 
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| 257 |  | 
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| 258 | Version 5 represents a nearly complete redesign and rewrite of the IJG | 
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| 259 | software.  Major user-visible changes include: | 
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| 260 | * Automatic configuration simplifies installation for most Unix systems. | 
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| 261 | * A range of speed vs. image quality tradeoffs are supported. | 
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| 262 | This includes resizing of an image during decompression: scaling down | 
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| 263 | by a factor of 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8 is handled very efficiently. | 
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| 264 | * New programs rdjpgcom and wrjpgcom allow insertion and extraction | 
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| 265 | of text comments in a JPEG file. | 
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| 266 |  | 
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| 267 | The application programmer's interface to the library has changed completely. | 
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| 268 | Notable improvements include: | 
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| 269 | * We have eliminated the use of callback routines for handling the | 
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| 270 | uncompressed image data.  The application now sees the library as a | 
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| 271 | set of routines that it calls to read or write image data on a | 
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| 272 | scanline-by-scanline basis. | 
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| 273 | * The application image data is represented in a conventional interleaved- | 
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| 274 | pixel format, rather than as a separate array for each color channel. | 
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| 275 | This can save a copying step in many programs. | 
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| 276 | * The handling of compressed data has been cleaned up: the application can | 
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| 277 | supply routines to source or sink the compressed data.  It is possible to | 
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| 278 | suspend processing on source/sink buffer overrun, although this is not | 
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| 279 | supported in all operating modes. | 
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| 280 | * All static state has been eliminated from the library, so that multiple | 
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| 281 | instances of compression or decompression can be active concurrently. | 
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| 282 | * JPEG abbreviated datastream formats are supported, ie, quantization and | 
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| 283 | Huffman tables can be stored separately from the image data. | 
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| 284 | * And not only that, but the documentation of the library has improved | 
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| 285 | considerably! | 
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| 286 |  | 
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| 287 |  | 
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| 288 | The last widely used release before the version 5 rewrite was version 4A of | 
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| 289 | 18-Feb-93.  Change logs before that point have been discarded, since they | 
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| 290 | are not of much interest after the rewrite. | 
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