[gimp-web] More updates to the 2.7 release notes



commit 4eb52bab9ec23985bdce532c6771dcddb12a9d07
Author: Michael Natterer <mitch gimp org>
Date:   Mon Jun 28 20:59:35 2010 +0200

    More updates to the 2.7 release notes

 release-notes/gimp-2.7.htrw |   29 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/release-notes/gimp-2.7.htrw b/release-notes/gimp-2.7.htrw
index b604915..ec62200 100644
--- a/release-notes/gimp-2.7.htrw
+++ b/release-notes/gimp-2.7.htrw
@@ -48,9 +48,16 @@ If you need to get work done, please use the stable version, GIMP 2.6.
   Text editing with the Text Tool is now performed on-canvas instead
   of in a separate window. The editing on-canvas is rather
   sophisticated and tries to mimic text editing capabilities of
-  gedit. There are still some polishing left to do here, but it works
-  rather nice already. This feature was developed during Google Summer
-  of Code 2008.
+  GtkTextView. There are still some polishing left to do here, but it
+  works rather nice already. This feature was developed during Google
+  Summer of Code 2008.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+  An infrastructure has been added that allows to embed user interface
+  elements on the canvas. This is currently used for text styles in the
+  text tool, and (experimentally) when a color correction tool is invoked
+  while the canvas is in full-screen mode.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -160,10 +167,10 @@ If you need to get work done, please use the stable version, GIMP 2.6.
 
 <p>
   The projection code, the code that composes a single image from
-  layers, have been ported to GEGL. This includes the layer
-  modes. Refactorings to prepare for adding support for nested layers
-  aka layer groups has also been performed, such as preparations for
-  better and more intuitive handling of the floating selection.
+  layers, have been ported to GEGL. This includes the layer modes, as
+  well as support for nested layers aka layer groups. Also,
+  preparations have been made for better and more intuitive handling
+  of the floating selection.
 </p>
 
 
@@ -207,6 +214,14 @@ fail.
 </p>
 
 <p>
+Also, do <strong>not</strong> install GIMP 2.7 to /usr/local because
+on most systems, its libraries would override the libraries of a stable
+GIMP 2.6 installed into /usr, breaking your distribution-installed
+GIMP from slightly to completely. The same applies to any prefix
+your system uses for the purpose or overriding things in /usr/lib.
+</p>
+
+<p>
 You install the new version into a separate prefix, say /opt/gimp-2.7
 by passing <kbd>--prefix=/opt/gimp-2.7</kbd> to the configure
 script. Then, in order to run the binary installed there, you change



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