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    1 Release history for xearth, version 1.1
    2 Kirk Lauritz Johnson <tuna@indra.com>
    3 6 November 1999
    4 
    5 
    6 xearth version 1.1 (6 November 1999)
    7 
    8   Finalize some changes that I've been sitting on for a few years;
    9   integrate some contributed code. New features:
   10 
   11   - new position specifier (moon)
   12   - new rotation specifier (galactic)
   13   - cylindrical projections (-proj cyl)
   14   - support for "real" 24-bit displays
   15   - support for running xearth it its own top-level window (-noroot,
   16     -geometry)
   17 
   18   Plus miscellaneous code cleanup.
   19 
   20   "moon" and "galactic" changes are courtesy of Frank T. Solensky
   21   <solensky@TopLayer.com>.
   22 
   23 
   24 xearth version 1.0 (29 September 1995)
   25 
   26   Many new features:
   27 
   28   - new position specifier (random)
   29   - Mercator projections (-proj)
   30   - rotated views (-rot)
   31   - shading discontinuity at terminator (-term)
   32   - rendering X image only once (-once)
   33   - user-specifiable marker information (-markerfile)
   34   - user-specifiable marker alignment (align=xxx)
   35   - user-specifiable label position (-labelpos)
   36   - mix of single- and double-pixel stars (-bigstars)
   37   - support for new display depths (12, 15, 16, and 24 bits)
   38   - inclusion of Robert Berger's gamma test image
   39 
   40   Plenty of general code tuning and cleaning.
   41 
   42   New copyright notice to reflect Unisys Corporation's patent on the
   43   LZW compression technique employed in the GIF file format.
   44 
   45 
   46 xearth version 0.92 (1 June 1994)
   47 
   48   Fixed the broken code that was attempting to handle the situation
   49   when the requested font couldn't be loaded.
   50 
   51   Added black border/outline to label text (as was already being done
   52   for marker text).
   53 
   54   Several small changes to keep lint happier.
   55 
   56 
   57 xearth version 0.91 (25 May 1994)
   58 
   59   Added code #ifdef-ed by NO_RANDOM and NO_SETPRIORITY to provide a
   60   standard workaround for systems without random() and/or
   61   setpriority().
   62 
   63   First cut at support for monochrome mode and 1-bit framebuffers.
   64   Monochrome mode is the default on 1-bit framebuffers; it can also be
   65   enabled with the "-mono" command line flag or the ".mono" X
   66   resource.
   67 
   68   Provided built-in bzero() workalike to avoid problems with pre-X11R5
   69   systems not having <X11/Xfuncs.h> and dealing with the ugly
   70   machinations required to automatically determine the right thing to
   71   do.
   72 
   73   Fixed bug in man page; the description of the interpretation of
   74   positive and negative values of longitude was incorrect.
   75 
   76   Fixed and uncommented the code that tries to kill the resources of
   77   any previous clients that had scribbled on the root window and left
   78   an _XSETROOT_ID property. (Note that xearth still doesn't set an
   79   _XSETROOT_ID property itself; see the big comment about _XSETROOT_ID
   80   in x11.c for details.)
   81 
   82   Minor performance tweaks and a few bug fixes in the dithering code.
   83 
   84   Added complete text of copyright to all source and documentation
   85   files (necessary for inclusion in the X11R6 contrib package).
   86 
   87 
   88 xearth version 0.9 (14 May 1994)
   89 
   90   Wholesale changes. Many new features, including:
   91 
   92   - child process no longer forked by default
   93   - support for fixed, sun-relative, and orbital viewing positions
   94   - lines of longitude and latitude
   95   - (random) star-filled backgrounds
   96   - support for both command line options and X resources
   97   - brightly-colored location markers
   98 
   99   plus numerous other small changes and bug fixes.
  100 
  101 
  102 xearth version 0.5 (23 July 1993)
  103 
  104   Initial release
  105 
  106 ----------------------------------------------------------------
  107 
  108 Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1993-1995, 1999 Kirk Lauritz Johnson
  109 
  110 Parts of the source code (as marked) are:
  111   Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991 by Jim Frost
  112   Copyright (C) 1992 by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@lucid.com>
  113 
  114 Permission to use, copy, modify and freely distribute xearth for
  115 non-commercial and not-for-profit purposes is hereby granted without
  116 fee, provided that both the above copyright notice and this permission
  117 notice appear in all copies and in supporting documentation.
  118 
  119 Unisys Corporation holds worldwide patent rights on the Lempel Zev
  120 Welch (LZW) compression technique employed in the CompuServe GIF image
  121 file format as well as in other formats. Unisys has made it clear,
  122 however, that it does not require licensing or fees to be paid for
  123 freely distributed, non-commercial applications (such as xearth) that
  124 employ LZW/GIF technology. Those wishing further information about
  125 licensing the LZW patent should contact Unisys directly at
  126 (lzw_info@unisys.com) or by writing to
  127 
  128   Unisys Corporation
  129   Welch Licensing Department
  130   M/S-C1SW19
  131   P.O. Box 500
  132   Blue Bell, PA 19424
  133 
  134 The author makes no representations about the suitability of this
  135 software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
  136 implied warranty.
  137 
  138 THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
  139 INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO
  140 EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
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