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GBM plugins for Lucide and Mozilla, updated GBM packages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Heiko Nitzsche)
Wed Jul 19 09:42:24 2006
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.mit.edu
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:28:15 +0200
From: Heiko Nitzsche <hn-expires-31-aug-06@arcor.de>
NEW:
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1. GBM plugin 1.00 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and
SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them for
the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.42 is recommended.
Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer.
Note:
For multipage images so far only the first image is shown.
As most browsers support animated GIFs natively it's not a problem.
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
2. GBM plugin 1.00 for Lucide beta 2
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Lucide document viewer available for eComStation
that extends Lucide for the support of reading all bitmap formats
supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.42 is recommended.
Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer.
Supported features:
* Document info
* Loading all formats supported by GBM
* Multipage bitmap viewing support
* Load bitmap page on demand
* Scaling and rotation
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
3. GBM.DLL 1.42
* updated to Libpng 1.2.12 with security fixes
* fix a compiler optimization issue to increase stability
-> If you use GBM.DLL 1.41 please upgrade to the new version.
The new GBM.DLL is also required for the GBM plugins.
4. GBMV2 1.28 (no version change)
* fix a compiler optimization issue to increase stability
-> If you use the previous version 1.28 please upgrade to the
new version.
For more details please have a look at the change log in the included
documentation or at my GBM homepage (see below).
Notes for eComStation 1.2/1.2R users
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Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.2/1.2R ships
with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new
GBM.DLL (1.42). Please follow the instructions to use the new
GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like
bitmap previews.
If you cannot replace the eCS shipped GBM.DLL, please execute
unlock x:\os2\dll\gbm.dll from a command line. Then override
the old GBM.DLL with the new one. Don't forget to reboot afterwards.
GBM.DLL 1.42 and GBM command line tools
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(Public Domain)
The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and
saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file
formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to
access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format
the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself.
In this version, extended BMP, PNG, TIF, PBM, PGM, PPM and PNM support
is additionally included. PNG and TIF support also 16, 32, 48, 64 bpp
colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp
colour depth. BMP supports also OS/2 RLE24 and Windows 16/32 bpp RGB
and BITFIELDS formats.
It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools.
Get package gbmos2_142_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.28
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(Public Domain)
GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the
OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager.
Enhanced release of the GBMV2-Viewer from the GBMOS2PM package:
* An English and a German version of GBMV2 is included.
* An English and a German version of the GBM file dialog is included.
GBMDLG.DLL has been extended by:
* Bitmap preview within the file dialog
* Redesign to fit eComStation file dialog style
Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added.
Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4
and eComStation look & feel. Resources for fonts 8.Helv and
9.WarpSans for both, German and English are available in the
sources package.
Get package gbmos2pm128_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS
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http://heikon.home.tlink.de
It provides:
- reworked documentation (also included in the download archives)
- developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs
- download of all sources and binaries
Download from Hobbes
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http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_142_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin
WarpIN installation package
(GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, Doc):
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_gbm142_gbmplugins_lu100_moz100_bin_wpi
Full source code:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_gbm142_gbmplugins_lu100_moz100_src
If the links don't show anything, the packages might not yet have reached
its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup
the incoming folder.
Have fun,
Heiko Nitzsche
(Germany, 18-Jul-2006)
