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INSTALL NEWS updates for the GIMP 2.2.0 release. 

2004-12-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>

	* INSTALL
	* NEWS
	* README: updates for the GIMP 2.2.0 release.
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2004-12-11 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
* INSTALL
* NEWS
* README: updates for the GIMP 2.2.0 release.
2004-12-11 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org> 2004-12-11 Sven Neumann <sven@gimp.org>
* plug-ins/common/unsharp.c: got rid of a global variable. * plug-ins/common/unsharp.c: got rid of a global variable.

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Installation instructions for GIMP 2.2 Installation instructions for GIMP 2.2
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
There are some basic steps to building and installing this development There are some basic steps to building and installing The GIMP.
version of The GIMP.
GIMP 2.2 replaces GIMP 2.0. It is advised that you uninstall GIMP 2.0
before installing GIMP 2.2. If you want to keep GIMP 2.0 installed in
parallel to GIMP 2.2, you have to choose a separate prefix which is
not in your default library search path.
GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and
scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to
be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2.
Please do not install this pre-releae of GIMP 2.2 into the same prefix Please do not install this pre-releae of GIMP 2.2 into the same prefix
as GIMP 2.0. It would overwrite most of the GIMP 2.0 installation. To as GIMP 2.0. It would overwrite most of the GIMP 2.0 installation. To
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ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. GTK+-2.x and friends can be installed side ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. GTK+-2.x and friends can be installed side
by side with GTK+-1.2. by side with GTK+-1.2.
3. We require PangoFT2, a Pango backend that uses FreeType2. Make sure 3. We require PangoFT2, a Pango backend that uses FreeType2. Make
you have FreeType2 and fontconfig installed before you compile Pango. sure you have FreeType2 and fontconfig installed before you
FreeType2 can be downloaded from http://www.freetype.org/. compile Pango. FreeType2 can be downloaded from
Fontconfig from http://x2.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig. http://www.freetype.org/. Fontconfig from
http://x2.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig. GIMP 2.2 depends
on freetype2 being newer than version 2.1.7. Older versions are
known to have bugs that seriously affect stability of The GIMP.
4. We use libart2. Grab the module libart_lgpl out of GNOME CVS or 4. We use libart2. Grab the module libart_lgpl out of GNOME CVS or
fetch the tarball from fetch the tarball from

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The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2 The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2
---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
This is a preview release of GIMP 2.2. This is not yet the final 2.2.0 This is version 2.2 of The GIMP. Version 2.2 is an update on GIMP 2.0.
release which will replace GIMP 2.0 as the stable GIMP version. This GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and
code hasn't seen a lot of testing yet so there are certainly bugs. If scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to
you find any, make sure you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org (after be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2. We do however
checking that it isn't reported already). hope that plug-in authors will update their plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and
adapt the GUI changes we did with this version.
Please follow the installation instructions in INSTALL. Please follow the installation instructions in INSTALL.
Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.2.0 (since 2.2-pre2 was released)
=================================
- More work on GFig plug-in.
- Build fixes for Win32 and IRIX.
- Added --no-splash command-line option for gimp-remote.
- More tweaks to the migration of user settings.
- Improved input controller modules, added ALSA support to the MIDI module.
- Allow to transform layers with masks.
- Let the histogram respect the selection.
- Lots of bug fixes and some optimizations.
Contributors:
Michael Natterer, Sven Neumann, David Odin, Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens,
Joao S. O. Bueno, Karine Proot, Tim Mooney, Wolfgang Hofer, Simon Budig,
Bill Skaggs, Øyvind Kolås
Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.2-pre2 Overview of Changes in GIMP 2.2-pre2
==================================== ====================================

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THIS IS A PREVIEW RELEASE FOR TESTING PURPOSES The GNU Image Manipulation Program Version 2.2
============================================== ----------------------------------------------
This is a preview release of GIMP 2.2 which will replace GIMP 2.0 as This is version 2.2 of The GIMP. Version 2.2 is an update on GIMP 2.0.
the stable GIMP. This is not yet the final release but it should have GIMP 2.2 is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. Plug-ins and
all the features that 2.2.0 will have. This code hasn't seen a lot of scripts written for GIMP 2.0 will continue to work and don't need to
testing yet so there are certainly bugs. If you find any, make sure be changed nor recompiled to be used with GIMP 2.2. We do however
you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org (after checking that it isn't hope that plug-in authors will update their plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and
reported already). adapt the GUI changes we did with this version.
Please do not install this pre-releae of GIMP 2.2 into the same prefix GIMP 2.2 replaces GIMP 2.0. It is advised that you uninstall GIMP 2.0
as GIMP 2.0. It would overwrite most of the GIMP 2.0 installation. To before installing GIMP 2.2. If you want to keep GIMP 2.0 installed in
install in parallel to 2.0, please use a different prefix which is not parallel to GIMP 2.2, you have to choose a separate prefix which is
in your default library search path. If you wish to replace GIMP 2.0 not in your default library search path.
with this pre-release, then please remove the GIMP 2.0 installation
before installing this software.
The GIMP 2.2 plug-in API is fully backward compatible to GIMP 2.0. This code has already seen quite some testing but a lot has changed
Plug-ins for GIMP 2.0 should continue to work and don't need to be since version GIMP 2.0 and we could very well have introduced new
recompiled. We do however hope that plug-in authors will update their bugs. If you find any , make sure you report them at bugzilla.gnome.org
plug-ins for GIMP 2.2 and adapt the GUI changes we did with this (after checking that it isn't reported already).
version.
It might turn out that we have to do some late changes to the newly The GIMP 2.2 API is guaranteed to be backward compatible (source and
added API before the final 2.2.0 release, so don't consider the API binary) with the GIMP 2.0 API. If you find that your 2.0 plug-in break
strictly frozen yet. The API is however guaranteed to be backward when used with the GIMP 2.2 libraries, or if you cannot compile a GIMP
compatible (source and binary) with the GIMP 2.0 API. If you find that 2.0 plug-in against the GIMP 2.2 header files, please report that as a
your 2.0 plug-in break when used with the GIMP 2.2 libraries, or if bug.
you cannot compile a GIMP 2.0 plug-in against the GIMP 2.2 header
files, please report that as a bug.
If you want to hack on The GIMP, please read the file HACKING. For If you want to hack on The GIMP, please read the file HACKING. For
detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. detailed installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.