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[pygame] Fwd: [SDL] SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf PRE-RELEASE!



hi,

... and same for the SDL_image SDL_mixer and SDL_ttf libraries.



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Sam Lantinga <...>
Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM
Subject: [SDL] SDL_image, SDL_mixer, SDL_ttf PRE-RELEASE!
To: sdl@xxxxxxxxxx


Please thoroughly test these PRE-RELEASE versions, and report bugs to bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.libsdl.org/

Thanks to everybody who contributed feedback and patches for this release!

SDL_image:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_image-1.2.8.tar.gz
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_image-1.2.8.zip

CHANGES:
 * Added support for uncompressed PCX files
 * Added IMG_Init()/IMG_Quit() to prevent constantly loading and unloading DLLs
 * Added support for ICO and CUR image files
 * Added ImageIO loading infrastructure for Mac OS X
 * Added UIImage loading infrastructure for iPhone / iPod Touch

SDL_mixer:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_mixer-1.2.9.tar.gz
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_mixer-1.2.9.zip

CHANGES:
 * MOD support uses libmikmod and is dynamically loaded by default
 * A patched version of libmikmod is included in libmikmod-3.1.12.zip
 * Added TIMIDITY_CFG environment variable to fully locate timidity.cfg
 * Implemented seamless looping for music playback
 * Temporarily disabled native MIDI on Mac OS X since the APIs are not
available on 10.6.  The long term solution is to implement native MIDI
using CoreAudio APIs.
 * ID3 files are now recognized as MP3 format
 * Fixed native MIDI crash on 64-bit Windows
 * Added decoder enumeration API:
       Mix_GetNumChunkDecoders(), Mix_GetChunkDecoder(),
       Mix_GetNumMusicDecoders(), Mix_GetMusicDecoder()
 * Added support for FLAC audio both as chunks and streaming
 * Added support for streaming WAV files with Mix_LoadMUS_RW()
 * Fixed crash caused by not resetting position_channels

SDL_ttf:
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_ttf-2.0.10.tar.gz
http://www.libsdl.org/tmp/SDL_ttf-2.0.10.zip

CHANGES:
 * Added API to disable kerning: TTF_GetFontKerning()/TTF_SetFontKerning()
 * Fixed height calculation for fonts that extend below the font height
 * Added access to font hinting: TTF_GetFontHinting()/TTF_SetFontHinting()
 * Added TTF_GlyphIsProvided() to check whether a glyph is in a given font