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Sam Lantinga sent a gaggle of mails to the SDL-announcement list with various SDL library updates:

• SDL_image 1.2.1 has been released; changes include:
  • fixed transparency in the GIF loading code
  • added support for the IFF (LBM) image format
  • added Project Builder projects for building MacOS X framework
  • fixed transparency in 8-bit PNG files
  • added support for loading XPM image data directly
• SDL_net 1.2.3 has been released; changes include:
  • Fixed byte order read/write macros on sparc
  • Fixed non-blocking socket flags on Windows
• SDL_mixer 1.2.1 has been released; changes include:
  • fixed MOD music volume when looping
  • stop implicit looping, set fade out and other flags on MOD files
  • the music file type is now determined by extension as well as magic
  • added a realtime sound effect API to SDL_mixer.h
  • added the following standard sound effects: panning, distance attenuation, basic positional audio, stereo reversal
  • added API for mixer versioning: Mix_Linked_Version() and MIX_VERSION()
  • updated MikMod code to version 3.1.9a
  • added support for loading AIFF audio chunks
  • fixed AIFF music playing support
  • added Mix_ChannelFinished() and Mix_GetChunk()
  • added VOC sound file support
  • fixed crashes when API used with audio not initialized
• SDL_ttf 2.0.4 has been released; changes include:
  • added ‘glfont’, a program to demonstrate using SDL_ttf with OpenGL
  • added support for selecting individual font faces
  • added support for foreground/background color in showfont
  • fixed endian bug in blended font rendering

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