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GNU Image Manipulation Program
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Development Branch
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This is the unstable development branch of GIMP. Here we are working
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towards the next stable release, which will be GIMP 2.6.
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Changes in GIMP 2.6.0
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- further improved error reporting and parameter checks for some procedures
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- fixed printing of indexed images (bug #552609)
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- further code cleanup in Script-Fu extension
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- improved Brightness->Contrast -> Levels -> Curves parameter conversion
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- made the font size in the docks configurable in the gtkrc file
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- renamed File->New submenu to File->Create
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- moved the "Use GEGL" check-box to the Colors menu
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- added new scale procedures allowing to specify the interpolation
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explicitly (bug #486977)
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- lots of bug fixes
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Simon Budig,
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Tor Lillqvist, Barak Itkin
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.4
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- improved look and feel of the Navigation dialog and navigation popups
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- improved positioning of the image in the image window
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- by default turned off use of GEGL for color operations
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- moved the "Use GEGL" checkbox to the Debug menu
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- optimized the new scaling code
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- various fixes to the Python bindings
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- added Python bindings for most GIMP widgets to the gimpui module
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- merged GimpHRuler and GimpVRuler classes into GimpRuler
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- added Search entry to the Keyboard Shortcuts and Input Controller
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configuration dialogs
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- allow to drop images (in addition to URIs) on the empty image window
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- improved error handling in Script-Fu
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- merged upstream TinyScheme changes into Script-Fu interpreter
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- bug fixes and code cleanup
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Tor Lillqvist,
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Lars-Peter Clausen, Michael Schumacher, Kevin Cozens, Barak Itkin,
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David Gowers, Dennis Ranke
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.3
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- some fixes for the 64-bit Windows platform
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- optionally emulate brush dynamics when stroking a path or selection
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- further work on the scroll-beyond-image-borders feature, improving the
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behavior of the image display when zooming or when the image size changes
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- added links to the user manual to the Tips dialog
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- largely rewritten scaling code improves scaling quality, in particular
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when scaling down
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- allow to copy-on-write from the image projection
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- added "Paste as new layer" to Edit menu
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- added "New from visible" to the Layer menu allowing to create a new
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layer from the image projection
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- added new procedure 'gimp-layer-new-from-visible'.
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- renamed all file plug-in executables to a have a file prefix
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- changed the HSV color selector to use the GtkHSV widget
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- changed the default for the 'trust-dirty-flag' gimprc property
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- dropped the "Starburst" logo script
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- improved the behavior of the zoom button in the upper right corner of
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the image window
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- allow PDB procedures to pass an error message with their return values
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- changed all file plug-ins to pass their error messages with the
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return values instead of raising an error dialog
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- adapt the display of the pointer position in the statusbar to the
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pointer precision of the active tool
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- bug fixes and code cleanup
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Alexia Death,
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Tor Lillqvist, Geert Jordaens, Daniel Eddeland, Aurimas Juška,
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Róman Joost, Luidnel Maignan, Barak Itkin, Aurore Derriennic
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.2
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- final touches on the combined Freehand/Polygon Select tool
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- added a dialog for managing Color tool settings
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- prepared the code for changes in the upcoming GTK+ release
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- improved popup scale button
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- mark the center of rectangles/bounding rectangles during moves
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- added dialog to query for using the online user manual
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- allow to map dynamics to hardness for the Eraser tool
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- provide gimp-remote functionality on Windows
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- disable the build and install of the gimp-remote tool by default
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- allow to scroll beyond the image borders
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- added new PDB data type for transferring color arrays
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- added new PDB function gimp-palette-get-colors
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- added text search to the Help Browser plug-in
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- bug fixes and code cleanup
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Manish Singh,
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Lars-Peter Clausen, Alexia Death, Tor Lillqvist, Róman Joost,
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Jakub Steiner
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.1
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- further improvements to the status bar
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- made the center point of rectangles snap to the grid and rulers
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- improved Alpha to Logo filters
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- better cursor feedback in the Intelligent Scissors tool
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- rotate JPEG thumbnails according to the EXIF orientation
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- improved event smoothing for paint tools
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- prepared PSP plug-in to deal with newer versions of the file format
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- allow plug-ins to work in parallel on different layers of the same image
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- pass through GEGL command-line options
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- added 22 new variations to the Flame plugin
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- only show operations from relevant categories in the GEGL tool
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- allow to enter the zoom ratio in the status bar
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- don't keep the file-chooser dialogs around
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- ported scan-convert code to Cairo, removing libart dependency
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- allow the paint velocity to affect brush size, opacity and the like
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- allow for random variations of the brush size, opacity and the like
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- renamed Dialogs menu to Windows
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- keep a list of recently closed docks in the Windows menu
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- allow to go from Brightness-Contrast to Levels to Curves
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- improved the handling of color tool settings
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- merged the new Polygon Selection tool with the Freehand Select tool
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- allow to lock dockables
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- made Desaturate into a tool with preview in the image window
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- ported translation contexts to msgctxt
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- added GimpRuler widgets, an improved version of GtkRuler
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- moving the selection mask now commits a pending rectangle selection
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- added keyboard shortcut for resetting the brush scale (Backslash)
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- ported the Help Browser plug-in to WebKit
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- allow to use the online user manual
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- added new translation (Icelandic)
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- bug fixes and code cleanup
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Øyvind Kolås,
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Alexia Death, Ulf-D. Ehlert, Daniel Hornung, Michael Deal, Aurimas Juška,
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Luis Barrancos
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Changes in GIMP 2.5.0
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Core:
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- improved rectangle tool drawing for narrow mode
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- ported lots (but not all) drawing code to Cairo
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- optimized image rendering by using pre-multiplied alpha
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- use new GLib features such as GRegex
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- use new GTK+ features such as the new GtkTooltip API
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- much improved GimpCurve object
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- cleaner and smaller tool options
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- enable brush scaling for the Smudge tool
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- added debugging framework that can be enabled at run-time
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- depend on GEGL and use it optionally in some color operations
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- optional GEGL processing for all color tools
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- add proper settings objects for all color tools
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- add list of recently used settings to all color tools
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- added experimental GEGL tool to use arbitrary GEGL operations
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- event filtering and smoothing for better paint tool performance
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- added motion constraints in the Move Tool
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- some operations do not any longer automatically add an alpha channel
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- some preparation for tagging resource files
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- cutting a selection doesn't clear the selection any longer
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- added new polygon select tool
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- load brushes and other data files recursively (search through subdirs)
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- started work on language selector for the text tool (unfinished)
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- allow to set opacity of the transform tool preview
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- merged toolbox menu into the image menu
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- always keep an image window around
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- improved image statusbar
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- dropped 'documents' in favor of ~/.recently-used.xbel
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- started to work on text box functionality in the text tool
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- numerous bug fixes and cleanups
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Plug-ins:
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- dicom: improved handling of 16 bit image data
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- help: use GIO to access the help index
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- print: moved Page Setup out of the Print dialog
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- psd-load: rewritten, cleaner and more features
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- randomize: added previews
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- ripple: added a Phase Shift control
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- screenshot: optionally add the mouse cursor image on an extra layer
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- uri: use GIO/GVfs where available
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- whirlpinch: allow a larger range for the whirl angle
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Python binding:
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- allow to specify colors using CSS color names
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- added new method Image.new_layer()
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Script-Fu:
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- enforce R5RS syntax for 'let'
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- improved Frosty Logo script
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PDB:
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- added new text layer API
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- added gimp-vectors-export-to-file and gimp-vectors-export-to-string
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- added procedure to test for existence of a procedure in the PDB
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- improved error handling for procedures
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Libraries:
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- added some Cairo utilities
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- allow to use markup in tooltips
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- libgimpthumb doesn't any longer depend on other GIMP libraries
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Miscellaneous:
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- use the gimptool program on Unix, too, instead of the gimptool script
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- create the list of supported MIME types at compile-time
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- gimp shows library versions when called with '--version --verbose'
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Contributors:
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Sven Neumann, Michael Natterer, Martin Nordholts, Bill Skaggs,
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Øyvind Kolås, Manish Singh, Kevin Cozens, Alexia Death, Tor Lillqvist,
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Marcus Heese, John Marshall, Joao S. O. Bueno, Jakub Steiner,
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Simon Budig, Tom Lechner, Hans Breuer, ...
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