Announce: Cenon 3.70

[Georg Fleischmann]

Announce

We are glad to announce Cenon version 3.70. This version brings many little  
improvement.
You can find Cenon at:

http://www.Cenon.info


*** What's new ? ***

Cenon 3.70

- Layer Inspector: direct adding of a layer with the given name
- Punch: it is now possible to punch with an unfilled object
- Ungroup: in mixed selection the groups can be ungrouped
- Join: better closing (fill) of open paths
- Printing: print always 100%
- Fix, Printing: Print-Panel settings are stored
- Gerber-Import: improved import of polygons
- Gerber-Import: Arc angles close to 360 degree improved
- Gerber-Export: output of complex paths improved
- PostScript-Import: better support of CMYK color space
- Display: better performance with many objects in groups or paths
- Fix: loading of an empty group works
- Fix, Contour: large images don't crash with contour fill and image contour
- Fix for PolyLines within Paths
- Antialiasing fixes for Apple and GNUstep
- more bug fixes


*** What is Cenon ? ***

Cenon is a vector graphics tool with a wide range of applications. It is built  
upon a modular graphical core, and offers a variety of applications beyond  
desktop publishing. Cenon can convert, import, and export many graphics  
formats. The modular concept allows the extension of Cenon for specialized  
applications.

Key features:
- import/export of vector graphics formats like HPGL, PostScript, Gerber,
  DXF, and more
- graphic elements like lines, curves, arcs, text, complex paths,
  poly lines, text on path etc.
- DTP functionality for exposing images, color shading, color separation,
  thumbnail images, etc.
- Extension of Cenon with modules (bundles)
- Cenon runs on GNUstep, OpenStep and Mac OS X

Cenon is free software and is released under the vhf public license (vhfPL).
We have taken the freedom to create our own free software license for
reasons of diversity. The vhfPL is compatible to most free software licenses.

You can find more information on Cenon at
http://www.Cenon.info


*** Cenon on GNUstep ***

The Art backend is the prefered backend if you need text rotation
and text scaling.


*** Authors ***

Cenon is the creation of
Georg Fleischmann  <georg@vhf.de> and
Ilonka Fleischmann <ilonka@vhf.de>