Release notes for MECCA 2000 version 5.10.  May/06/2011

-- Due to the broad impact of large bitmap support, this update
   brings MECCA 2000 to version 5.10 (the last official release was
   version 5.06).


Fixed:

1. Importing a back & white (or so-called "line art") bitmap in PBM
   format had the image reversed (ppmtoix).

2. EPS Preview did not track layer changes applied to the combined EPS
   (m2kbin).

3. The "2nd Indent" value set in Text Attributes was ignored (m2kbin).

4. After a "Trim blank frame" operation, raster image's dimensions were
   not properly updated to the overall drawing dimensions, resulting in
   "Window Fit" appearing to retain the old dimensions (m2kbin).

5. Corrected a condition where PS Forms are used in batch/printing:
   the graphic properties (font, size, line weight etc.) are now cleared
   when a form's definition ends, as they do not persist afterward in the
   RIP (typdrv).

6. Corrected several areas related to TT/OT font files that have incorrect
   data (otfconv).

7. In producing level-3 compatible radial graduation, the minimum radius
   value can sometimes become negative, when it should stop at zero
   (PSgraduate.ps).


New/Changed:

1. Raster images having more than 32K columns or rows can now be accomodated
   (m2kbin, typdrv, imgchres, imgcrop, imggrow, imgmirr, imgrote, imgrotea,
   imgtrim, bmptoix, pngtoix, ppmtoix, tiff2ix, ixtobmp, ixtopng, frmpos,
   preview, galeyc, pmugal, pmunu, rasfont, gpcdump, rdpswdth, laserp).

   The new limit is 2 billion for either the image data size, or pixel count
   for columns or rows.  Please note that such large images may not be
   operated on (such as rotate) successfully because of their memory size
   requirement.

2. Added an alternative look-up to "laser.sub" (m2klsubmap, typdrv, mecca.sh).

   If there is a large set of usable fonts (file "laser.sub" size is
   large), generating PS (or PDF from it) may be slow because "laser.sub"
   is loaded for each printing run.

   This update adds a daemon program that loads "laser.sub" once (and every
   time the file is updated), each print run then queries font info with
   this daemon via localhost socket, so batch oriented printing can run
   smoother.

   If site admin determines this will be beneficial, then:

   a. edit /usr/bin/amgraf/mecca_env.tcl

      uncomment the newly added "# set env(lsubmap_port) 6979" line, and
      if needed, change 6979 to an unused TCP port number (on localhost);

   b. run the daemon:

      /usr/bin/amgraf/m2klsubmap &

      Note that the above command need be added to the boot-time auto-start
      script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d to start/stop automatically, please see
      see /usr/mecca/misc/mecca.sh in this update).