20-Apr-87 18:08:57-MST,3550;000000000000 Mail-From: BEEBE created at 20-Apr-87 18:08:49 Date: Mon 20 Apr 87 18:08:48-MST From: "Nelson H.F. Beebe" Subject: DVI family update #7 -- Version 2.07 announcement To: beebe@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU cc: texhax@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU, $90%dhdurz1.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Anderson%URegina2.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, AustinS%ucbcmsa.edu@CS.UTAH.EDU, Berg-lists%gsb-why@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU, Carvalho%ernie.Berkeley.EDU@CS.UTAH.EDU, CEL@CITHEX.CALTECH.EDU, Celoni@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU, Cmi011%uk.ac.soton.ibm%ukacrl.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Crawford-J%ohio-state.arpa@CS.UTAH.EDU, CRM8701%tamvenus.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Dan%buchmd.bu-cs.arpa@CS.UTAH.EDU, David%ci-dandelion.uucp@EDDIE.MIT.EDU, Gaspard%hroeur5.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Goodall%admin.okanagan.bcc.cdn@RELAY.CS.NET, Grandi@NOAO.ARPA, James%vaxe.coe.northeastern.edu@CS.UTAH.EDU, JRP%nplpsg.uucp@CS.UTAH.EDU, Karney%ppc.mfenet@NMFECC.ARPA, Lamy%ai.toronto.edu@RELAY.CS.NET, Math300%unlcdc3.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, MPC91B%dgogwd01.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, RJones%uwovax.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, RS%gnome.cs.cmu.edu@CS.UTAH.EDU, Simon%m_scrvx2%slb-test.csnet@csnet-relay, SPQR%uk.ac.soton.cm@CS.UCL.AC.UK, Stone%ruthep.rutgers.edu@RUTGERS.EDU, System%uvphys.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Syvaxtgs%hheouh51.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Thobe@EE.UCLA.EDU, Wendy%crnlgsm.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, X854%ddagsi3.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, Zeffi%finabo.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU, "*APS:MAIL.TXT.1"@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU X-US-Mail: "Center for Scientific Computation, South Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112" X-Telephone: (801) 581-5254 Message-ID: <12296138989.18.BEEBE@SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU> I have completed today Version 2.07 of my DVI driver family, and updated all the source directories on SCIENCE.UTAH.EDU. Although this version supports one new device, and enhances the support for another, it does not provide any substantial change for users, so sites which have already received Version 2.06 should not feel compelled to do an immediate upgrade. The major changes are as follows: * support for the KCC-20 compiler on TOPS-20; * addition of a driver, DVIL75, for the DEC LA75 printer (thanks to John Sauter for this); * substantially enhanced BBN BitGraph driver: ** instant keyboard response during screen update to support rapid screen repositioning and document skimming ** large characters now sent as downloaded fonts instead of being sent as raster bitmaps ** zoom up and down in magnification ** coarse and fine control of screen positioning ** now works with both white and black backgrounds ** character overwrite at right margin no longer happens (appears to be a BitGraph internal bug) * addition of a public-domain version of the Unix Version 7 MAKE utility which supports six (yes, 6) different operating systems (sources on APS:), and Makefile's now used for building the driver family on all supported machines; * updated, extended, and INDEXED installer's manual (dvidriver.*) (95 pages) * dvijep (HP LaserJet Plus) now handles characters too large to be sent as downloaded fonts * BSD 4.1 core-dump-at-exit bug fixed (the bug was in BSD, NOT the drivers) If you wish to retrieve these via Internet ANONYMOUS FTP, get the file 00README.TXT first; it tells where to find everything else. -------