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Title: MDZ-0.1.0
Post by: jwm-art on November 15, 2010, 12:56:29 AM
I hereby announce a new release of MDZ - Mandelbrot Deep Zoom.

MDZ-0.1.0 Get the source code at http://jwm-art.net/mdz/mdz-0.1.0.tar.bz2 (http://jwm-art.net/mdz/mdz-0.1.0.tar.bz2)
MDZ-0.1.1http://jwm-art.net/mdz/mdz-0.1.1.tar.bz2 (http://jwm-art.net/mdz/mdz-0.1.1.tar.bz2)

Sorry no binary packages.

NEW FEATURES:

* Three new fractal types, Burning Ship, Generalized
  Celtic, and Variant. See README.

* New Correct Rounding option - when not
  set uses slightly faster multi-precision
  maths routines than previous versions.
  (ie it uses GMP instead of MPFR). See README.


CHANGES:

* Added non-rounding precision label in Attributes
  dialog. See README.

* MDZ settings files created with mdz-0.1.0 are
  not compatible with older versions of MDZ, but
  older files are still readable with mdz-0.1.0.

* Randomize button is now always visibile (I'm
  trialling this, please give feedback)


FIXES:

* Increased minimum precision to 2 bits to prevent
  MPFR assertion failure ;-)

* Palette offset setting in MDZ files no longer
  ignored.

* Image dimensions, anti-aliasing, and thread count
  not lost in new instance created by duplicate and
  zoom-in-new-window menu commands.

* Loading of an MDZ settings file no longer resets
  anti-aliasing.

* Fix in mdz file test-read routine which was
  previously non-apparent.

* Fix for my_mpfr_to_str routine (for older versions
  of MPFR) to include exponent in output string.


MDZ Homepage http://jwm-art.net/mdz/ (http://jwm-art.net/mdz/)