Upload of dvi2bitmap-0.11b1.tar.gz

Robin Fairbairns Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu Aug 14 13:53:11 CEST 2003


Norman Gray writes: 

>    + what you've uploaded
> 
> dvi2bitmap-0.11b1.tar.gz
> 
>     + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
> 
> ftp.tex.ac.uk/incoming
> 
>     + where you want the files to go
> 
> /dviware/dvi2bitmap
> replacing the distribution currently there
> 
>     + what licensing conditions you apply to your software
> 
> gpl
> 
>     + a brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
> 
> Major restructuring.
> 
> Now a static/shareable library, libdvi2bitmap, which the dvi2bitmap 
> program now `merely' wraps.  The library has extensive API 
> documentation, and is intended to be useful for other projects.
> 
> Can read DVI files from a pipe.
> 
> Internal bitmaps now automatically expandable.
> 
> Documentation improvements, discussing optimal font and parameter 
> choices, and usage of dvi2bitmap as part of a batched workflow (ie, 
> fancy pipe plumbing).
> 
> Builds using automake/libtool, so should (?!) be buildable on cygnus 
> systems (reports keenly appreciated).
> 
> Various stability improvements; some speedups.
> 
> Some minor option changes from 0.10 (which had major option changes 
> from previous versions); I hope these are the last such changes.

i've (eventually) installed the package at dviware/dvi2bitmap.  thanks
for the upload.

sorry about the delay: the load of being the only windows admin in the
department has been slightly stressful over the last few days, for
some reason.  today, my colleague came back off holiday :-)

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team



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