Version 0.7.2 of the Linux framebuffer display patch to POV-Ray 3.6
and MegaPOV 1.2 for Unix is available for download from:

http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/

	This is a bugfix release, no new feature is added.
	List of changes from version 0.7.1:

* fix long-standing ugly dithering with downscaled display
* fix use of most POV_MALLOC() and friends to avoid implicit Error() calls
* fix zero timeout when first connecting to the gpm server; now 1 second
* fix missing typedef declaration for struct Mouse
* fix missing warnings when toggling terminal scrollback is not allowed
* fix Warning() calls by fprintf() when trying to set the initial colormap


	Release notes:

This maintenance release fixes several minor issues found in the 0.7 series
as well as earlier releases.  The main bugfix concerns the way images are
displayed at less than 100% on low-color framebuffer modes (i.e. mostly
8-bit PseudoColor and 15 or 16-bit DirectColor visual).  The dithering
effect will now look much more pleasant.  Note however that the display
resizing is still using a very crude method (nearest neighbour) which
will give non-smooth object edges in particular; this will be addressed
in a future release.

A patch to MegaPOV 1.2.1 is also available now.  The PC-Linux binaries
including this patch release are build 0010.


	Direct links:

Linux framebuffer display patch
   http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/#fb
Linux framebuffer display patch user manual
   Coming soon (sorry); please refer to earlier posts for now
Installation instructions for the patches
   http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/install.php
Precompiled PC-Linux binaries
   http://pov4grasp.free.fr/patches/3.6/binary.php


	- NC

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