Revision history for Perl module Prima
1.53 2018-10-10
 - Image downsampling made consistent; added ict::Posterization; 
 - Added images to documentations
 - Support gtk3 (but prefer gtk2)

1.52 2017-06-28
 - Better support for multi-threading
 - Better support of MacOS/XQuartz
 - Aesthetic fixes for scrollbars, spin edits, and sliders
 - Fixes for paths; path demo with PS interpreter
 - Add Widget.clipChildren, Drawable.fillPatternOffset, Timer.toggle
 - Coredump fix for Data::Dumper::GUI usage pattern
 - Support colored cursors on X11

1.51 2017-03-28
 - Add graphic paths support
 - Add spinner widgets by Maximilian Lika
 - Use Region objects for shape and clipping

1.50 2017-01-03
 - Renamed utils after debian standard
 - Support high-dpi monitors and uiScaling, also with smooth bitmap scaling
 - Image.data/Icon.mask made faster by returning a read-only scalar
 - Support multiple monitors for win32
 - Adapt event loop for AnyEvent integration ( add onIdle and yield(1) )

1.49 2016-09-27
 - Fixes for new development bugs in 1.48

1.48 2016-08-21
 - Support dynamic font loading
 - Added support for invividual horizontal font glyph metrics
 - Added afm2prima script to convert .afm PostScript font headers to Prima format
 - Add Markup (rich text) widget support, originally implemented by Teo Sankaro
 - Add KeySelector integration with menu shortcuts
 - Add alpha layering and blending with native win32 and XRender support:
   -- New Drawable call .alpha()
   -- New Icon.maskType property containing either im::bpp1 or im::bpp8; the latter represents ARGB image
   -- Widgets and Windows can request per-pixel alpha transparency with new .layered property
   -- DeviceBitmap.monochrome property changed to .type(Bitmap/Pixmap/Layered)
   -- put_image and stretch_image support new rops rop::SrcCopy and rop::SrcOver with ARGB images and surfaces
   -- put_image and stretch_image support new rop::AlphaCopy with grayscale images to address alpha channel only
   -- Image bit operations support 12 Porter-Duff rops and alpha pre-multiplication on ARGB images
      and RGB images with constant alpha value
   -- PNG codec supports ARGB icons

1.47 2016-06-03
 - Add OpenMP support for image scaling and conversion
 - Add custom image scaling algorithms
 - Support JPEG mirror/rotation tags
 - Implement image loading progress display for directions other than top-down (for jpeg and bmp)

1.46 2016-03-16
 - Use pkg_config, when available
 - Require perl version 5.10
 - Add prelighting and gradients to widgets

1.45 2015-11-05
 - Add Image .clone,.bar,.mirror,.rotate
 - Support bidirectional texts with Text::Bidi

1.44 2015-08-04
 - Rewrite rubberband
 - Work on portable perls
 - Better support of graphic libs where several versions are available

1.43 2015-04-10
 - Rewrite font test and polish rough ends in xft font handling
 - Copy images to clipboard so that GTK recognizes them

1.42 2015-03-11
 - Tests became TAP compliant and using Prima::Test
 - Jpeg exif orientation support added
 - Scrollbar overriding properties added for scroller widgets

1.41 2014-11-08
 - Add ImageViewer.autoZoom
 - Fixes to Notebook  

1.40 2014-08-17
 - Remove Win9X support
 - Cygwin default build is for X11
 - Compile with giflib 5.1
 - Add Drawable::Subcanvas
 - Add ImageViewer.stretch
 - PS font and eps fixes
 - win32.gp cliprect fix

1.39 2014-05-22
 - Prepare for perl 5.20

1.38 2014-04-01
 - X11: add multimonitor support
 - special char @ means auto-toggle in menu items
 - AnyEvent example

1.37 2013-08-21
 - Support libgif5.
 - Podview fixes.

1.36 2012-10-10
 - Remove OS/2 support.
 - Add binary compatibility checks.

1.35 2012-07-24
 - Fixes in unicode, files, documentation, installed POD paths.

1.34 2012-05-27
 - Unicode fixes, ready for 5.16

1.33 2012-02-10
 - Image codecs: remove prigraph, add XBM, and enhance TIFF support
 - Add RubberBand.pm

1.32 2011-10-19
 - Major rehaul of Makefile.PL, migrated to ExtUtils::MakeMaker.
 - Support image/mime clipboard formats under GTK.

1.31 2011-07-25
 - Compile on 5.14 and libpng15.
 - Enhance unicode input on win32.
 - Better libiconv support.

1.30 2011-05-08
 - Compile on 5.13.
 - Compile on 64-bit ActiveState and strawberry builds.
 - Support Prima::codecs::win64.

1.29 2011-01-12
 - Support for 16-bit BMP files.
 - Fixes for modern Xorg, macos, and strawberry.
 - Optionally support truncated image files.

1.28 2009-02-24
 - Fixes in documentation, Sliders, and key event handling.

1.27 2008-10-29
 - Support JPEG comments and metadata.
 - Save multiframe images.

1.26 2008-04-28
 - Abandond prigraph, adopt libjpeg/libpng/etc cohort instead.
 - Develop gif animation features.

1.25 2008-04-11
 - No new features.

1.24 2007-12-21
 - Better support for mingw and cygwin.
 - New features in VB.

1.23 2007-09-21
 - Images can load and save to streams.
 - Image loading process can be watched.

1.22 2007-08-06
 - Use GTK file dialogs if compiled with GTK2.
 - Better use of mouse wheel for Calendar, ColorDialog, ComboBox, Notebooks,
   Scrollbar, and Sliders widgets.

1.21 2006-11-17
 - No new features

1.20 2006-01-16
 - Add Printer::options

1.19 2005-10-17
 - Add Lists::vertical.
 - Implement scrollable groups and notebooks.
 - Make file and font dialogs resizeable.

1.18 2005-04-20
 - Extend function of listboxes and outlines.
 - Change syntax of Drawable:: text methods.

1.17 2005-01-27
 - Add Window::onTop.
 - Add =SYNOPSIS sections in selected modules.

1.16 2004-10-03
 - Add Clipboard::UTF8 exchange format.
 - Add Drawable ::lineJoin and ::fillWinding.

1.15 2004-05-05
 - Add message hooks.
 - Add DirectoryOutline widget.
 - Add tying properties.

1.14 2004-02-12
 - Add system-specific file dialogs.
 - Add Edit::undo.

1.13 2003-11-21
 - Add themes support.
 - Add command-line arguments interface.

1.12 2003-09-05
 - Incorporate Tk geometry managers packer and placer

1.11 2003-07-15
 - Add support for antialiased fonts under X11.
 - Port to cygwin.

1.10 2003-04-24
 - Add libtiff support.
 - Add grid widgets.

1.09 2003-02-07
 - No new features

1.08 2002-11-21
 - Add limited utf8/unicode support.
 - Enhance image conversion functionality.

1.07 2002-09-25
 - Documentation completed.
 - Add man pages installation.

1.06 2002-06-26
 - Add libXpm support.

1.05 Unknown
 - Implement help subsystem.
 - Add text viewing modules.

1.04 2002-02-21
 - Add core documentation.
 - Add font encoding handling.

1.03 Unknown
 - Added to FreeBSD ports collection

1.02 2001-07-27
 - Add libpng support, make Prima working on sgi, sparc and alpha

1.01 2001-06-14
 - Make Prima compileable on 64-bit platforms

1.00 2001-05-16
 - CPAN epoch started