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Changes between 0.9.beta11 and 0.99.beta10

9       · fixed compilation of the C++ bindings
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11       · fixed bugs in cucul_import_memory(), cucul_set_canvas_size()
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13       · implemented caca_set_display_title() for ncurses and S-Lang
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15       · minor bugfixes
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Changes between 0.9.beta10 and 0.99.beta9

18       · new debug mode
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20       · blitting canvases now makes use of the canvas' handle coordinates
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22       · import functions can read streamed data
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24       · attribute to colorspace transformations
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26       · added katakana and hiragana glyphs to the built-in font
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28       · many bugfixes and documentation changes
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Changes between 0.9.beta9 and 0.99.beta8

31       · support for blink, bold, italics and underline attributes
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33       · allow to import and export zero-sized canvases
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35       · fixed Imlib2 support in cacaview
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37       · fixed buffer overlows in the file importer
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39       · big documentation updates
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Changes between 0.9.beta8 and 0.99.beta7

42       · allow to build the X11 and GL drivers as separate plugins
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44       · support for fullwidth Unicode characters
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46       · improved cucul_flip() and cucul_rotate()
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48       · minor bugfixes and documentation updates
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Changes between 0.9.beta7 and 0.99.beta6

51       · transparency support in the UTF-8 importer and exporter
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53       · optimised triangle fill routine
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55       · updated C++ bindings
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Changes between 0.9.beta6 and 0.99.beta5

58       · ANSI importer now handles transparency and UTF-8
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60       · Unicode support was broken for about 10% of the set
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62       · various memory leaks were fixed
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Changes between 0.9.beta5 and 0.99.beta4

65       · implemented cucul_getchar() and cucul_get_color()
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67       · handle transparency in the IRC export
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69       · new cropping and expanding filters
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71       · full Unicode support in the OpenGL driver
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73       · portability fixes for 64-bit architectures, Win32 and MS-DOS
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75       · all demos except cacafire were merged into cacademo
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Changes between 0.9.beta4 and 0.99.beta3

78       · added a compatibility layer for pre-1.x libcaca applications
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80       · fixed manpage generation
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82       · minor bugfixes and documentation updates
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Changes between 0.9.beta3 and 0.99.beta2

85       · libcaca functions use errno for error reporting
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87       · updated C++ bindings
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89       · minor improvements, bugfixes and documentation updates
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Changes between 0.9.beta2 and 0.99.beta1

92       · ANSI importer
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94       · functions use errno for error reporting
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96       · updated C++ bindings
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100       · cacadraw, an ANSI viewer that will evolve into an editor
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102       · Unicode input and output support for SLang and ncurses
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104       · built-in fonts work on Win32
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Changes between 0.9 and 0.99.beta1

107       · license switched to WTFPL
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109       · libcaca was split into libcucul, a standalone text manipulation
110         backend, and libcaca, the display and user input frontend
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112       · Unicode support
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114       · TrueColor (more than 16 colours) support
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116       · Floyd-Steinberg dithering
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118       · gamma correction
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120       · export functions for HTML, IRC, ANSI, SVG, PostScript, TGA...
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122       · builtin fonts for device-independent bitmap output
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124       · various text transformation routines (rotation, horizontal flip...)
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126       · OpenGL renderer
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128       · kernel mode to build libcaca programs into a bootable x86 kernel
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130       · cacaserver, a telnet server that can be hooked to libcaca
131         applications
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133       · img2irc, an image to IRC conversion utility
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Changes between 0.8 and 0.9

136       · fix for a buffer overflow in the line rendering
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138       · fixed resizing in the ncurses and slang drivers
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140       · aspect ratio and finer zoom support in cacaview
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142       · minor compilation fixes
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Changes between 0.7 and 0.8

145       · window resizing support
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147       · native Win32 port
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149       · autorepeat emulation in the ncurses and slang drivers
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151       · support for more keycodes in the ncurses and slang drivers
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153       · cacaplas, a plasma animation example
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155       · cacamoir, a moire circles animation example
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157       · MSVC project file
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Changes between 0.6 and 0.7

160       · many bugfixes in the event handling
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162       · cacaball, a metaball animation example
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Changes between 0.5 and 0.6

165       · 30% speed increase in the bitmap rendering routine
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167       · mouse support and various speed optimisations in the X11 driver
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169       · X11 is now the preferred driver
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171       · improved documentation
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173       · minor bugfixes
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Changes between 0.4 and 0.5

176       · palette optimisation for the S-Lang driver to work around the colour
177         pair shortage bug
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179       · minor compilation fix
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Changes between 0.3 and 0.4

182       · preliminary X11 graphics driver
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184       · support for simultaneously compiled-in drivers
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186       · honour the CACA_DRIVER, CACA_GEOMETRY and CACA_FONT environment
187         variables
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189       · more documentation
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Changes between 0.2 and 0.3

192       · antialiasing support
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194       · dithering, antialiasing and background mode can now be selected at
195         runtime or in the environment using the CACA_BACKGROUND,
196         CACA_DITHERING and CACA_ANTIALIASING variables
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198       · alpha channel support in cacaview
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200       · BMP loading support in cacaview even if Imlib2 is not present
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202       · cacafire, a libcaca port of aafire
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Changes between 0.1 and 0.2

205       · rendering now uses 256 colour pairs instead of 16
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207       · mouse support for ncurses
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209       · ncurses is now the preferred backend
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211       · arbitrary color depth and bitmasks in the bitmap renderer
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213       · cacaview, an image viewer based on libcaca
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New in 0.1

216       · initial release
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218       · slang, ncurses and conio drivers
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220       · basic line, box, ellipse and triangle primitives
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222       · colour bitmap blitting
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224Version 0.99.beta11               29 Mar 2007                      news(3caca)