Release Notes for MECCA 2000 version 5.32.  Dec/08/2017


Fixed:

1. When processing MFORM text point data, an ASCII space was appended to the
   input data line.  This may cause buffer overflow and is now corrected
   (galeyc).

2. laserp put out date/time data in incorrect PostScript string format (laserp).

3. typdrv crashed when creating PostScript with TIFF image (via FIGURE/MFORM)
   (typdrv).

4. batchcomp script had an error introduced in v5.29 (batchcomp).

5. frmpos was tripping on some raster data (frmpos).


Changed:

1. The PSFORM/FIGURE mark-up commands now support rotation of a graphic file
   (.g or .mf) when "COPY=FLASH" is set for output to PS/EPS.  Please note that
   for "COPY=SAVE", the rotation (ORN) value must be zero (galeyc, pmunu,
   typdrv, preview).

   The rotation behaves similarly to that of rotating an EPS: the given
   XPOS/YPOS denotes the location on page where the graphic's UPPER LEFT
   corner is registered,  and rotated around if so directed.

   Such rotation is not fully supported when outputting to a graphic (via
   bcompose -g option): only 90-degree increments will work.

2. The range of data point numbers usable for each MFORM/PSFORM mark-up command
   has been increased to about 2 billion (2,147,483,648) with standard 4-byte
   integer representation (frmpos, galeyc).

   This means data point numbers beyond 500 (which was previously the limit)
   such as 711, 1325, etc. are now usable; it doesn't mean one should have a
   merge form application using thousands or millions of data points.

3. When typdrv is run to produce multi-page output (PostScript file), it adds
   appropriate %%Pages/%%Page/%%Trailer/%%EOF DSC statements, which are mainly
   intended for the output to be compatible for further PDF conversion.

   However, such DSC markers can get in the way if the output (e.g. one
   chapter's worth) is later to be combined with outputs from other runs.
   In such a case, the presence of these DSC markers will require additional
   filters be deployed to remove such markers, before combining sectional
   outputs together.  This leads to wasted time.

   Typdrv now has an option, -D on the command line, or "no_mpps_dsc" in the
   LWP file, will cause it to suppress emitting those DSC statements for a
   multi-page output run (typdrv).

   Accordingly, bcompose and batchcomp commands now provide a new option,
   -Tstring to pass the "string" as command line arg to typdrv.  So if,
   for instance, bcompose is used produce multi-page PostSscript from a
   mark-up file, the

      bcompose ... -T-D

   will pass -D as command line argument when invoking typdrv (batchcomp,
   bcompose).

   Please quote properly the "string" portion if it contains spaces.

4. Added support for calling in an external graphic file inside MFORM
   command block (galeyc, typdrv, preview).

   For detailed description, please see the separate text file
   "v5.32mform-fig".

::Addendum::
http://www.amgraf.com/updates/m2k/v532mform-fig.txt