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Translator/!Translatr/!Updates
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File contents
Updates since version 4.00
4.01 : - Removed bug when decoding GIF in screen memory after selection
of low resolution mode followed by higher mode for image
4.10 : - Considerable speedup and better memory management for GIF
decompression. No more decompressing in screen memory necessary.
4.20 : - Minor bug removed : Atari and Mac pics always indicated same
Archimedes mode regardless of mode actually used. This was
right for multisyncs, but not for normal monitors.
- Mode handling changed :
a) Translator will not complain anymore when working in a screen
mode not having the required number of colours to display
the image properly, but in these modes (use 'Info' to see the
required number of colours and the 'ideal' mode) Translator will
not attempt to correct for the situation, so image display
and saving will not be right. The user is encouraged this way to
choose a mode with the required number of colours him/herself.
Also, the desktop palette is selected in these modes, and Translator
will complain if the user attempts to select the image's palette.
b) When the closest mode to display the image (depending on
your monitor type) could not be selected by Translator
(usually because of screen memory shortage), it will
complain as usual, indicating the required number of colours
for the image. The user may then select a suitable mode.
- 'Auto mode select' flag icon added. When ON, Translator will
select the most suitable mode automatically. When OFF,
Translator will not do this, so the user must choose their
own (using the number of colours/mode info under 'Info' icon).
4.21 : - Minor bug removed : GIF image width and height was taken to be
equal to raster width and height (which is not always so).
- Quitting Translator before closing image window resets palette
correctly to desktop palette.
- Image window title ('Image <filename>') does not determine the
minimum window's width anymore, so it can be smaller.
- Bug removed : 2-colour GIF images are decompressed right now.
- Save window now closed when image window closed.
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