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ABOUT REV 0143 - 28 July 2008

Now using ECJ (the Eclipse Compiler for Java) instead of Javac. The
Eclipse compiler is more easily pluggable in the more basic ways
that we'd like to use it. Also moving toward removing the requirement
(since release 0136+) for a full JDK.

** IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST RELEASE SINCE 0135, PLEASE READ THE "ABOUT" **
**  ENTRIES FOR 0136 TO 0142 BELOW FOR MAJOR CHANGES AND KNOWN BUGS  **

[ fixes ]

+ The new compiler fixes (or avoids) a handful of compiler-related bugs.
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=828
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=831

+ "Target VM failed to initialize: VM initialization failed" now fixed.
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=796

+ Added a proper error message for cases where "maximum available memory"
 is set too high.

+ A handful of fixes for the build scripts, submitted by helpful users.
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=851
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=842

+ Giving up on Apple ever fixing their font specification bug,
 and just built in a workaround so that fonts are more likely to
 work on Mac OS X. With the workaround, using createFont() in code
 (on OS X) may cause a lag (on my machine it's 150 ms with 800 fonts)
 or in some cases when using hint(ENABLE_NATIVE_FONTS).
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=407
 Filed as bug #4769141 with Apple http://bugreport.apple.com/

+ Properly handle negative values passed to the arc() command.

[ changes ]

+ Add a resize(int width, int height) method to PImage.
 Not yet documented in the reference, but allows you to resize
 a PImage in place. Setting width or height to zero will resize
 that dimension in proportion to the other.

[ cannot fix ]

+ Slow response on file/sketchbook/examples menus on OS X 10.5.
 This is an Apple bug in Java 1.5 and 1.6 on Mac OS X 10.5
 (but not 10.4) causing these menus to be extremely slow.
 Workarounds described in the bug report:
 http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=786