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[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: gv-3.6.1-1


Hi

A new version of 'gv' has been uploaded to a server near you.


DESCRIPTION:
============
A PostScript and PDF viewer for X using 3d Athena Widgets

CYGWIN NEWS:
============

 o Updated to latest upstream
 
 o Installation changed from /usr/X11R6 to /usr hirarchy

 o This version fixes the problem with the interaction of the old gv
   and the new Ghostscript-8.50-1
   See also: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-02/msg00600.html

   
gv NEWS:
========

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% GV 3.6.1  (27 December 2004) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

# New set of command line arguments. This solves the horrid bug on
  gv 3.6.0 that made such release nearly unusable. See the
  documentation for details about the new argument list.

# The "Reopen" entry on the File menu has been renamed to "Reload" in
  order to be coherent with the "Reload" button.

# The distributed package structure have been fixed, now conforming a
  legal GNU source package.

# The delete key now work as expected, that is, it deletes the next
  character rather the last character when typed on text entries.

# Dot files are not shown by default on file selection forms.

# If you try to open an empty file you get a coherent error
  message.

# New manual page

* Most of the Debian patches has been applied to gv:

  162830_scanf.diff (Fix a security risk involving buffer overflows)
  167029_argv.diff  (Fix an access beyond end of array on process.c)
  206008_flicker.diff (Add double-buffering to pixmap operations)
  223556_hidden_dir.diff (Do not show dot files on file listings)
  250854_tmp_umask.diff (Tempfiles should not be created worldreadable)
  252548_errno.diff (Wrong error message while opening empty files)
  179643_bad_dsc.diff (Make DSC parsing case-insensitive)
  159433_delete_key.diff (Change behaviour of Delete key on text entries)

* The gs command used for PDF to PostScript conversion has been fixed to allow 
  document saving.

? It is not possible to zoom when viewing PDF 1.4 files. PDF 1.5 files are
  not supported at all.

? The quality of postcript files generated by saving PDF files is poor.

? See http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=gv for more known bugs on
  this release.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% GV 3.6.0  (20 November 2004) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

# New configuration/compilation/installation using GNU Autotools

# Documentation is now distributed in texinfo format.

# "Redisplay" button has been renamed to "Reload".

# Some GNU standard command line arguments are supported now:
  --help, --usage and --version.

# Antialiasing is now used by default.

# Solved bug #11014: gv is capable to open files with spaces (or other 
  harm character) in the filename.


 
INSTALLATION:
=============
To update your installation, click on the "Install Cygwin now" link on
the http://cygwin.com/ web page.  This downloads setup.exe to your
system.  Save it and run setup, answer the questions and pick up
the above mentioned package from the 'X11' category.


DOWNLOAD:
=========
Note that downloads from sources.redhat.com (aka cygwin.com) aren't
allowed due to bandwidth limitations.  This means that you will need
to find a mirror which has this update, please choose the one nearest to
you: http://cygwin.com/mirrors.html


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