[gimp-help-2] Updated whats-new section (WIP)



commit c356fa0196906cfb5fd061dcf86e7bc6727640b0
Author: Marco Ciampa <ciampix libero it>
Date:   Sun May 6 01:54:06 2012 +0200

    Updated whats-new section (WIP)

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 src/introduction/whats-new.xml   |   80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
index 64f20c2..d783425 100644
--- a/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
+++ b/src/introduction/whats-new.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
   <title>What's New in GIMP 2.8? </title>
   
   <para>
-    GIMP 2.8 is an another important release from a development point of 
-    view, even more that it was for 2.6. It features a big change to the user
-    interface addressing one of the most often received complain: the missing
-    of a single windowing mode. Morover the integration effort of GEGL library
-    had taken a big step forward, reaching more the 90% of the 
-    <acronym>GIMP</acronym> core, a new powerful transformation tool, layer 
-    groups, new common options, new brushes, improved text tool, and more.
+    <acronym>GIMP</acronym> 2.8 is an another important release from a
+    development point of view, even more that it was for 2.6. It
+    features a big change to the user interface addressing one of the
+    most often received complain: the missing of a single windowing
+    mode. Morover the integration effort of GEGL library had taken a
+    big step forward, reaching more the 90% of the
+    <acronym>GIMP</acronym> core, a new powerful transformation tool,
+    layer groups, new common options, new brushes, improved text tool,
+    and more.
   </para>
 
   <variablelist>
@@ -208,9 +210,11 @@
 
         <listitem>
           <para>
-            Added 'WindowsâHide docks' menu item that does what 'Tab'
-            does and also displays its state, which is now persistent
-            across sessions, too.
+            Added
+            <menuchoice><guimenu>Windows</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide
+            docks</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item that does what
+            <quote>Tab</quote> does and also displays its state, which
+            is now persistent across sessions, too.
           </para>
         </listitem>
 
@@ -350,21 +354,58 @@
 	      The default Quick Mask color is now configurable.
             </para>
           </listitem>
+
           <listitem>
             <para>
 	      The text tool improved the RTL mode.
             </para>
           </listitem>
+
           <listitem>
             <para>
-	      Added PDF export plugin.
+	      A Cairo based PDF exporter was implemented. While being
+	      somewhat simplistic the exporter saves text, embedding
+	      fonts into the final PDF file, and attempts to convert
+	      all flat filled areas to vector objects.
             </para>
           </listitem>
+
           <listitem>
             <para>
 	      Added support arbitrary affine transforms of brushes. 
             </para>
           </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+	      Added plug-in for loading JPEG2000 images. 
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+	      Added added plug-ins for X11 Mouse Cursor import and export support.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+	      Added fundamental OpenRaster (.ora) import and export support.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+	      Added RGB565 support to the csource plug-in.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
+          <listitem>
+            <para>
+	      A Web-page plug-in was added to render any web page into an image using Webkit.
+            </para>
+          </listitem>
+
         </itemizedlist>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
@@ -375,7 +416,7 @@
     <title>Under the Hood</title>
 
     <varlistentry>
-      <term>GEGL</term>
+      <term><acronym>GEGL</acronym></term>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           The porting of the <acronym>GIMP</acronym> core towards the
@@ -384,14 +425,15 @@
           steps and now more than 90% of the task is already finished.
         </para>
         <para>
-          In addition to porting color operations to GEGL, an experimental
-          GEGL Operation tool has been added, found in the Tools menu. It
-          enables applying GEGL operations to an image and it gives on-canvas
-          previews of the results. The screenshot below shows this
-          for a Gaussian Blur.
+          In addition to porting color operations to
+          <acronym>GEGL</acronym>, an experimental GEGL Operation tool
+          has been added, found in the Tools menu. It enables applying
+          <acronym>GEGL</acronym> operations to an image and it gives
+          on-canvas previews of the results. The screenshot below
+          shows this for a Gaussian Blur.
         </para>
         <figure>
-          <title>GEGL operation</title>
+          <title><acronym>GEGL</acronym> operation</title>
           <mediaobject>
             <imageobject>
               <imagedata format="PNG"
@@ -440,7 +482,7 @@
       <term>.</term>
       <listitem>
         <para>
-	  .
+	  The GIMP license has been changed to (L)GPLv3+.
         </para>
         <para>
 	  .



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