[gimp-help-2] Updated whats-new section (WIP)
- From: Marco Ciampa <marcoc src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [gimp-help-2] Updated whats-new section (WIP)
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 23:55:26 +0000 (UTC)
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 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
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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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