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                            History For AdvanceCOMP
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1 ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.9 2003/11
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* Added support for .tgz files at advdef.
* Added the -a option at advmng to create .mng files from
  a sequence of .png files.


2 ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.8 2003/10
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* Added support for .gz files at advdef.
* Fixed support for .png files with splitted IDATs.


3 ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.7 2003/08
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* Fixed a Segmentation Fault bug on the advmng -r option on
  the latest gcc.
* Better and faster (MMX) move recognition in the advmng scroll
  compression.
* The frame reduction of the advmng utility is now done only if possible.
  The compression process never fails.
* Added a new -S (--scroll-square) option at advmng.
* Added a new -v (--verbose) option at advmng to show the
  compression status.
* Changed the internal ID for the bzip2 and LZMA compression.
  The bzip2 ID is now compatible with the PKWARE specification.
* Added support for RGB images with alpha channel at the advpng utility.
* Updated with automake 1.7.6.


4 ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.6 2003/05
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* Added the `-x' option at the advmng utility to export .png files
  from a .mng clip. Useful to compress it in an MPEG file.
* Fixed the support for zips with additional data descriptors.
* Updated with autoconf 2.57 and automake 1.7.4.
* Some fixes for the gcc 3.3 compiler.


5 ADVANCECOMP VERSION 1.5 2003/01
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* Splitted from AdvanceSCAN
* Added the `advdef' compression utility.


6 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.4 2002/12
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* Fixed a bug in the advmng utility when it was called with
  more than one file in the command line. The program
  was incorrectly adding a PLTE chunk at rgb images.


7 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.3 2002/11
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* Added the support for the transparency tRNS chunk at the
  advpng utility.
* Upgraded at the latest Advance Library.
* Fixes at the docs. [by Filipe Estima]
* Minor changes at the autoconf/automake scripts.


8 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.2 2002/08
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* Added the advpng utility to compress the PNG files.
* Added the advmng utility to compress the MNG files.
* Added a Windows version.
* Other minor fixes.


9 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.1 2002/06
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* Fixed an infinite loop bug testing some small damaged zips.
* Removed some warning compiling with gcc 3.1.


10 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 1.0 2002/05
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* First public release.
* Fixed the compression percentage computation on big files.
* Added the --pedantic option at the advzip utility. These
  tests are only done if requested.


11 ADVANCESCAN VERSION 0.6-BETA 2002/05
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* Added the AdvanceZIP utility.
