Dr. Windows 3/dr win3.zip/dr win3/PVDRIVER/DVIWN281.ZIP/WHATS.NEW

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This file lists the changes in dviwin for each version. Please read the
normal documentation for full details on the changes.

Version 2.8  (9/30/93)
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   1. Support for color graphics in printer
   2. Intrinsic support for placeable metafiles
   3. Automatic generation of missing fonts
   4. Default font in dviwin.sub to be used if all substitutions fail
   5. Help buttons (and F1) in dialogs
   6. The log button changes color if something goes wrong
   7. Private initialization files
   8. Uses ${xxx} or $(xxx) for environment variables
   9. The browser can accept multiple files in the File/Open dialog
  10. The browser can open multiple windows on the same file. These
      windows do not consume extra memory.
  11. Loading of text files in the browser became much faster.
  12. You can also specify a custom help file in the browser; this file will
      be displayed whenever you press ^F1. Each custom file is specific to
      the extension of the current file. For example, you can instruct wbr
      to display Mike Reid's LaTeX help file when you are looking at a
      TeX file.
  13. New command line switch "-r" to reset the fonts
  14. Better error messages in specials
  15. Graphics import routines separated from dviwin, so we can use them
      with any other windows program. They now reside in graphio.dll which
      comes with source code.
  16. Graphics filters for BMP, DIB, RLE, PCX and FLT files; they also
      come with source code.
  17. Full support for tpic and emTeX specials
  18. The magnifying glass now follows the mouse
  19. The Black and White option is a bit smarter: if the background color
      is darker than the foreground color, then it uses white letters on
      a black background. Otherwise, it does the opposite.
  20. Added an "OEM" option to the browser. If it is on when you open a
      file, the browser assumes that the file uses the OEM character set.
      Otherwise, it uses the ANSI character set.


Version 2.7  (6/15/93)
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   1. Added a "zooming" capability that enables you to use the printer
      fonts for the screen; it uses color interpolation. There are also
      two new entries in the "Options" submenu: the first one forces the
      program to use black/white colors, while the second one lets you
      fine tune the color interpolation. The gray plus and minus keys now
      change the zoom factor instead of the resolution. You can change
      the resolution by pressing the plus and minus keys in conjunction
      with the Control key.
   2. Added support for devices with different horizontal and vertical
      resolution.
   3. Fixed a printing bug which sometimes produced a GP fault.
   4. Added many page size options.
   5. Added some command line switches to facilitate the integration
      of the program with an editor.
   6. Added a simple interface to other dvi drivers when printing. This
      lets you use a printer-specific dvi driver for PS and other printers
      where dviwin is slower than the printer-specific driver.
   7. When running two instances, the second window opens at a random
      position to avoid covering up the first window.
   8. The \special command required a filename with no extension; this
      requirement has been relaxed: if you supply an extension, the
      program will only look for the specific file; otherwise, it will
      look for any graphics file with the same base name.
   9. Added some buttons to the main menu; this is similar to a toolbar,
      but it doesn't waste any screen space.
  10. Fixed a bug in the directory input: the program would truncate
      the directory to 80 characters, even though it could handle 256
      characters.
  11. Added a selection for the size of the magnifying glass; the
      smoothing options are gone as they not needed when the zoom
      factor is greater than one.
  12. The browser now comforms to the MDI standard and can handle
      multiple files. It also accepts several command line switches
      for better communication with other programs.
  13. Added a template specification for the "Log Viewer" command;
      this can be helpful if you want to see the dviwin log file
      as well as another file related to the current document.
  14. Added bitmap support to the metafile exporter; it will also split
      large bitmaps in small pieces to avoid common bugs in video drivers.
  15. The dimensions of an included graphic can also be specified in actual
      pixels; this is useful when you insert bitmapped graphics and you
      want to avoid any scaling.
  16. The program now displays and accepts floating point numbers
      according to the method specified in the Control Panel (ie.,
      it will use commas instead of periods when appropriate).


Version 2.5  (3/15/93)
======================
   1. Memory requirements have been drastically reduced: major speed
      improvements when using high resolutions on 4M machines.
   2. Circumvented a common bug in video drivers (the display would
      be incorrect).
   3. The font path can be customized using $r. IF UPGRADING FROM THE
      PREVIOUS VERSION, ADD THE SUFFIX \$r TO YOUR BASE DIRECTORY.
   4. Multiple font paths are now supported.
   5. You can move to the next or previous page by pressing the right
      mouse button on the vertical scrollbar.
   6. Added support for emTeX font libraries ("fli" files)
   7. Added a 600dpi resolution as well as two user-definable resolutions.
   8. The printing resolution now defaults to the actual printer resolution,
      but you can still adjust it. It is now independent of the viewing
      resolution.
   9. When opening a dvi file, it remembers the last page and position
      and goes there automatically.
  10. When losing the focus, the program now closes the dvi file but
      remembers the position within the file. When it gets the focus
      back, it checks the file for changes, and reloads it if necessary.
  11. The program keeps a cache of unused fonts, to accelerate the loading
      of new documents or changes in the magnification. The size of the
      cache is adjustable by the user.
  12. Added a magnifying glass with smoothing options. It is invoked by
      clicking the middle mouse button or the left+right buttons.
  13. The "Remember Position" option has been split into "Keep Hor.
      Position" and "Keep Vert. Position".
  14. New command "Apply Margins" so that you can set the margins
      without entering the actual numbers.
  15. Added an option about warning beeps.
  16. The "New" entry in the "File" menu has been renamed to "Close".
  17. When using metric paper, it reports positions and lengths in mm.
  18. Added Control-Number shortcut to open any of the last four files.
  19. The Home key moves you now to the top-left margin; if you press it
      again, it moves you to the top-left corner. The ^Home, End, ^End
      keys do the same thing for different corners.
  20. Added some more positioning commands using the arrow keys or the
      mouse. The scrolling amount is now adjustable.
  21. The Space Bar and Enter keys now scroll the entire file as in
      the "more" program.
  22. Can handle now up to 17 open font files instead of 10. Make sure
      that you have a FILES=50 (or more) statement in your config.sys file.
  23. The log file is put in the directory specified by the TEMP
      environment variable.
  24. Added a "Quit" command in the "File" submenu to avoid saving the
      parameters.
  25. Added an option about saving the parameters by default when you
      double-click on the top-left corner.
  26. Fixed the help files so the browse buttons move you through the
      entire help file sequentially.
  27. Added a documentation file with common questions.
  28. Added documentation for the font substitution file.
  29. Added a second version of the help files with larger fonts for high
      resolution screens.
  30. A sharing violation (when trying to open the same file with