1 | # $Id$ |
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3 | pkpgcounter : a generic Page Description Language parser |
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5 | (c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Jerome Alet <alet@librelogiciel.com> |
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6 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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7 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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8 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or |
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9 | (at your option) any later version. |
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10 | |
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11 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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12 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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13 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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14 | GNU General Public License for more details. |
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15 | |
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16 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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17 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software |
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18 | Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. |
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19 | |
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20 | ============================================================================= |
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21 | |
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22 | pkpgcounter News : |
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23 | |
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24 | * 1.85alpha : |
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25 | |
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26 | - Added test document and program to generate the test document |
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27 | to check the functionning of the ink coverage computation algorithm. |
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28 | |
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29 | * 1.84 : |
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30 | |
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31 | - Computation of ink coverage now works and is documented. |
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32 | The supported file formats are : PS, PDF, PCLXL, PCL3/4/5, |
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33 | DVI and TIFF. |
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34 | |
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35 | * 1.84alpha : |
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36 | |
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37 | - Added initial support for the computation of ink coverage. |
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38 | See python analyzer.py --help for details. The same command |
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39 | line options work for pkpgcounter, although it's not |
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40 | documented yet. |
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41 | |
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42 | * 1.83 : |
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43 | |
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44 | - Fixed a famously known 'brown paper bag' issue with file type autodetection. |
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45 | |
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46 | * 1.82 : |
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47 | |
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48 | - Fixed PCL3/4/5 parser to detect recent Xerox drivers' output. |
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49 | |
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50 | * 1.81 : |
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51 | |
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52 | - Improved the gs+Acrobat Reader fix done in 1.78. |
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53 | |
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54 | * 1.80 : |
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55 | |
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56 | - Added support for Zenographics ZjStream input format. |
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57 | |
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58 | * 1.79 : |
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59 | |
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60 | - Fixed a small problem in PostScript parser with dvips output. |
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61 | |
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62 | * 1.78 : |
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63 | |
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64 | - Launches gs less often when printing is done from Acrobat |
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65 | Reader. |
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66 | |
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67 | * 1.77 : |
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68 | |
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69 | - Fixed some problems with the code introduced in 1.76. |
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70 | |
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71 | - Improved PCLXL parser's speed by almost 10%. |
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72 | |
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73 | * 1.76 : |
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74 | |
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75 | - Improved the PCLXL parser wrt undocumented tags. |
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76 | |
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77 | - Preliminary support for Kyocera Prescribe commands. |
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78 | |
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79 | * 1.75 : |
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80 | |
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81 | - Added preliminary support for Canon ImageRunner's "LIPS" or "UFR" |
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82 | (I don't know which) Page Description Language. |
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83 | |
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84 | * 1.74 : |
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85 | |
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86 | - Fixed a problem in the retrieval of named media sizes in PCLXL. |
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87 | |
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88 | - Changed copyright years. |
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89 | |
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90 | * 1.73 : |
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91 | |
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92 | - Fixed duplex detection code in PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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93 | |
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94 | - Fixed PCLXL detection code. |
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95 | |
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96 | - Fixed retrieval of custom media types' names in PCLXL. |
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97 | |
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98 | - Added inactive code to compute ink coverage ala PrintBill. |
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99 | |
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100 | * 1.72 : |
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101 | |
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102 | - Improved heuristic to detect when ghostscript has to be used to do |
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103 | the parsing. |
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104 | |
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105 | * 1.71 : |
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106 | |
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107 | - Now uses ghostscript as the parser when the PS stream was created by a |
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108 | particular MSWindows driver. |
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109 | |
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110 | - Only complains about Psyco missing at install time, and stays |
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111 | quiet when running without Psyco. |
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112 | |
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113 | * 1.70 : |
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114 | |
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115 | - Fixed some PJL escaping issue in the PCLXL and PCL3/4/5 parsers. |
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116 | |
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117 | * 1.69 : |
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118 | |
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119 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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120 | |
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121 | - Improved PCLXL parser wrt PJL stuff. |
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122 | |
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123 | * 1.68 : |
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124 | |
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125 | - Improved PostScript parser. |
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126 | |
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127 | * 1.67 : |
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128 | |
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129 | - Improved PostScript parser. |
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130 | |
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131 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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132 | |
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133 | * 1.66 : |
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134 | |
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135 | - Improved PCLXL parser. |
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136 | |
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137 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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138 | |
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139 | * 1.65 : |
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140 | |
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141 | - Improved PostScript parser. |
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142 | |
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143 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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144 | |
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145 | * 1.64 : |
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146 | |
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147 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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148 | |
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149 | * 1.63 : |
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150 | |
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151 | - Now handles PJL statements to extract number of copies, duplex mode |
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152 | and paper size in the PCLXL and PCL3/4/5 parsers. |
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153 | |
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154 | * 1.62 : |
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155 | |
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156 | - Better handling of the number of copies in the PCLXL parser. |
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157 | |
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158 | - Better handling of the number of copies in the PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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159 | |
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160 | * 1.61 : |
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161 | |
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162 | - Improved PCL3/4/5 parser. |
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163 | |
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164 | - Better handling of the number of copies in the PostScript parser. |
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165 | Now the number can be different from page to page. |
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166 | |
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167 | * 1.60 : |
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168 | |
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169 | - Improved PCLXL parser. |
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170 | |
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171 | * 1.59 : |
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172 | |
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173 | - Major rewrite of the PDF parser to correctly handle all line endings. |
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174 | |
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175 | * 1.58 : |
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176 | |
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177 | - Fix for PDF files which contain several versions of the same PDF object. |
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178 | |
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179 | - Doesn't break when python-psyco is not available. |
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180 | |
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181 | * 1.57 : |
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182 | |
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183 | - Fixed a recently introduced bug in binary postscript handling code. |
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184 | |
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185 | * 1.56 : |
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186 | |
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187 | - Renamed the library from pdlanalyzer into pkpgpdls to avoid problems |
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188 | when the code will be integrated back into PyKota. |
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189 | |
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190 | * 1.55 : |
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191 | |
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192 | - Added support for OpenOffice.org Writer and Impress documents. |
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193 | |
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194 | * 1.54 : |
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195 | |
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196 | - Added online documentation and a manual page. |
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197 | |
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198 | * 1.53 : |
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199 | |
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200 | - Moved code around to improve maintainability. |
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201 | |
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202 | * 1.52 : |
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203 | |
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204 | - Added support for the TIFF format. |
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205 | |
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206 | * 1.51 : |
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207 | |
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208 | - Added support for the DVI format. |
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209 | |
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210 | * 1.50 : |
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211 | |
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212 | - Major code changes to modularize. The pkpgcounter command line tool |
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213 | is now just an almost empty skeleton, which uses the pdlanalyzer |
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214 | library. |
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215 | |
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216 | - Several improvements to the parsing code. |
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217 | |
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218 | * 1.00 : |
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219 | |
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220 | - First release. |
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