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+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 10/2/2011
+ libXext
+ libXau
+ libX11
+ pixman
+ mesa
+ libfontenc
+ libXinerama
+- xdmcp: add host connected to in the title of the main window
+- Solved a crash in multiwindow mode due to a stack overflow (possible endless recursion)
+
+Changes in 1.9.3.1
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 2/2/2011
+ pixman git update until 2/2/2011
+ libX11 git update until 2/2/2011
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 2/2/2011
+ libxcb git update until 2/2/2011
+ mesa git update until 2/2/2011
+ xkbcomp git update until 2/2/2011
+ libfontenc git update until 2/2/2011
+ libXau git update until 2/2/2011
+ libXinerama git update until 2/2/2011
+ libXdmcp git update until 2/2/2011
+ plink: updated to putty revision 9080
+ freetype 2.4.4
+ openssl-1.0.0c
+ cvs update pthreads
+- Added following packages
+ xbitmaps-1.1.1
+ libXft-2.2.0
+ fontconfig-2.8.0
+ libXrender-0.9.6
+ windowswmproto-1.0.4
+- Prevent crash with remote font servers
+- Use winUpdateFBPointer() in winshaddd.c rather than duplicating it inline
+- VS2008 is not actively supported anymore
+- Search for bitmaps in the current directory in stead of the HOME directory on windows
+- Search for XtErrorDB in current directory
+- added XtErrorDB file
+- Added xclock application files
+- Do not include dllmain for static library
+- Solved possible crash due to not initialised pointer
+- Use other default bitmap dir
+- Solved problem of app icon not being loaded
+- Enabled XRENDER in xclock
+- Use .Xdefaults file in current directory
+- Also install xclock and xclock-color
+- solved problem of -resize not working when window was maximised
+- Xlaunch: solved problem of Wgl setting not being saved in configuration file
+- Enabled ROOTLESS option in dix
+- Solved problem of using an unitialised variable.
+- release build: main should also pass the penv argument
+- Enabled global optimisation in release build: linker is a lot slower but it should give better performance
+- Added host selection menu in case -broadcast is given on the command line
+
+Changes in 1.9.3.0
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 9/1/2011
+ pixman git update until 9/1/2011
+ libX11 git update until 9/1/2011
+ libXext git update until 9/1/2011
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 9/1/2011
+ libxcb git update until 9/1/2011
+ libfontenc update until 9/1/2011
+ xextproto git update until 9/1/2011
+ libXdmcp git update until 9/1/2011
+ randrproto git update until 9/1/2011
+ mesa git update until 9/1/2011
+ bigreqsproto-1.1.1
+ compositeproto-0.4.2
+ damageproto-1.2.1
+ fixesproto-4.1.2
+ fontsproto-2.1.1
+ inputproto-2.0.1
+ randrproto-1.3.2
+ recordproto-1.14.1
+ scrnsaverproto-1.2.1
+ xcmiscproto-1.2.1
+ xproto-7.0.20
+ xtrans 1.2.6
+ xcalc-1.0.4.1
+
+- updated to 9025 of putty
+- Added dxtn.dll (compression functions used in mesa)
+- mesa: solved opengl problem whan opengl is enabled in java
+
+Changes in 1.9.2.0
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 4/11/2010
+ libxcb git update until 4/11/2010
+ libfontenc git update until 4/11/2010
+ pixman git update until 4/11/2010
+ xcb-proto git update until 4/11/2010
+ libX11 git update until 4/11/2010
+ libXdmcp git update until 4/11/2010
+ xkbcomp git update until 4/11/2010
+- Fixed regression in libxcb introduced in 1.9.0.0
+- Give clipboard window a name
+
+Changes in 1.9.0.902
+--------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 18/10/2010
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 18/10/2010
+ pixman git update until 18/10/2010
+ libX11 git update until 18/10/2010
+ libXau git update until 18/10/2010
+ libXinerama git update until 18/10/2010
+ glproto-1.4.12
+ kbproto-1.0.5
+ renderproto-0.11.1
+ xclock-1.0.5
+ xextproto-7.1.2
+ xproto-7.0.18
+ xwininfo-1.1.0
+ font-mutt-misc-1.0.2
+ font-sun-misc-1.0.2
+- Cleaned ddraw code and solved problem of screen disappearing when monitor setup changes
+- Solved problem when having multiple netword cards
+- multiwindow: only make the window visible when it is not inputonly
+- Update gl.spec
+
+Changes in 1.9.0.2
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 21/9/2010
+ pixman git update until 21/9/2010
+ libX11 git update until 21/9/2010
+- Solved a number of problems with native opengl mode (-wgl)
+- Native opengl: updated to the latest opengl spec files
+- glx: synchronised with version of mesa currently used
+- Implemented smart schedule timer
+- Solved possible lockup when closing down
+
+Changes in 1.9.0.1
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 11/9/2010
+ pixman git update until 11/9/2010
+ libX11 git update until 11/9/2010
+- Solved regression swrast_dri.dll not working anymore
+- xlaunch: Make sure xdmcp is never selected in multiwindow mode
+
+Changes in 1.9.0.0
+------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 4/9/2010
+ xkeyboard-config
+ libX11
+ pixman
+ libxcb
+ xkeyboard-config
+- synchronised glx with mesa version
+- make sure process exits when clipboard thread or multiwindow thread closes
+- added support for some multimedia keys
+
+Changes in 1.8.99.906
+---------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ mesa-7.8.2
+ freetype 2.4.2
+ libX11 git update until 20/8/2010
+ libXdmcp git update until 20/8/2010
+ libXext git update until 20/8/2010
+ libXau
+ pixman
+ libxcb git update until 20/8/2010
+ xserver git update until 20/8/2010
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 20/8/2010
+ libXinerama git update until 20/8/2010
+- Fix a GDI bitmap resource leak of window icons
+- Internal WM workaround for Java AWT bug
+- Add a keycode mapping for VK_OEM_8 which can be issued by Canadian Multilingual
+ Standard layout
+- Update mapping for Canadian keyboard layouts
+ 0x00000c0c "Canadian French (legacy)" => layout ca variant fr-legacy
+ 0x00001009 "Canadian French" => layout ca variant fr
+ 0x00011009 "Canadian Multilingual Standard" => layout ca variant multix
+- Cleanup in rootless code
+- xkbcomp: avoid needless recompilation when switching between debug and release
+- fixed wrong library name for freetype library
+
+
+Changes in 1.8.99.904
+---------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ libXfont-1.4.2
+ libX11 git update until 11/7/2010
+ libXext git update until 11/7/2010
+ libxcb git update until 11/7/2010
+ xserver git update until 11/7/2010
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 11/7/2010
+ libXinerama git update until 11/7/2010
+- Solved possible dead-lock when exiting vcxsrv (when x-selection active)
+- Solved possible crash in _XReadEvents function
+
+Changes in 1.8.99.901
+---------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ openssl-1.0.0a
+ mesa-7.8.1
+ xserver git update until 17/6/2010
+ libxcb git update until 17/6/2010
+ libXext git update until 17/6/2010
+ libX11 git update until 17/6/2010
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 17/6/2010
+
+Changes in 1.8.1
+----------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ xserver git update until 12/5/2010 (1.8.1)
+ Updated to xproto-7.0.17
+ xkeyboard-config git update until 17/5/2010
+ libxcb git update until 17/5/2010
+ Made it possible to compile with VS2010
+
+Changes in 1.8.0
+----------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ pixman-0.18.0
+ xorg-server-1.8.0
+ xkeyboard-config git update till 1/4/2010
+ mesa 7.8
+ freetype-2.3.12
+ openssl 1.0.0
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.902
+---------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ pixman-0.17.10
+ xserver git update till 16/3/2010
+ xkeyboard-config git update till 16/3/2010
+ mesa 7.7
+ libXt-1.0.8
+- Added terminus-font-4.30
+- libwinmain: Make sure that control C only kills the process when a new console is created.
+- Solved problem when path environment variable was larger then 1024 bytes
+- Solved possible crash of accessing a null pointer
+- Enabled XCSECURITY
+- Solved 'ceil' undefined warning
+- Solved '_XSERVTransWSAStartup' undefined warning
+- Solved problem of some windows not being sizeable in multiwindow mode
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.901
+---------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ pixman-0.17.6
+ xorg-server-1.7.99.901
+ xserver git update till 15/2/2010
+- Solved .xlaunch file extension registry problem in vista
+- Added opengl option in xlaunch
+- Added showin of log file in menu
+- Removed NATIVEGDI compilation (is currently not working)
+- Solved problem of certain windows not being sizeable in multiwindow mode
+- Also handle MappingNotify event in clipboard thread
+
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.6
+-------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ libX11-1.3.3
+ pixman-0.17.4
+ glproto-1.4.11
+ xserver git update till 25/1/2010
+- Added patches for bug http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20500
+ 0001-dix-EventToCore-needs-to-copy-the-root-window-too.patch
+ 0001-Re-enable-the-RECORD-extension.patch
+- Solved a possible crash in closing down the screen due to use on an uninitialised pointer.
+- Solved problem in drawing of wide lines. Occured when plotting in octave.
+
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.5
+-------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ freetype-2.3.11
+ mesa_7_6_1_rc1
+ xserver git update till 5/1/2010
+- Fixed problem of clipboard client being shutdown when connecting through xdmcp.
+- Always use screen 0 to start windows clients.
+- Multiwindow: solved problem of window not having the correct size.
+
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.4
+-------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ libxcb-1.5
+ xcb-proto-1.6
+ xserver git update till 17/12/2009
+- Use swrast_dri_dbg.dll when running vcxsrv_dbg.exe
+- Added native opengl with the -wgl option
+
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.3
+-------------------
+- Update the following packages:
+ pixman-0.17.2
+
+- Switch to the git master branch for xserver
+- Added cygwin-aiglx branch of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/~jturney/xserver
+ to have native opengl rendering. Only working with -multiwindow and
+ when export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT
+- vcxsrv.exe: When the first parameter is -console, the output is also written
+ to the console.
+- xinerama: solved endless loop problem when moving the cursor from one screen to there
+ other.
+- vcxsrv.exe: Set the current directory always to the directory where vcxsrv.exe is
+ installed, so the fonts are always found.
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.2
+-------------------
+- Added the following packages:
+ xwininfo-1.0.5
+ xcalc-1.0.2
+ xclock-1.0.4
+ libXmu-1.0.5
+ libXaw-1.0.7
+ libXpm-3.5.8
+ libXext-1.1.1
+ libXt-1.0.7
+- Solved some building problems in the makefiles when building from cmd.exe
+- Do not open command window when running release build
+- Solved incorrect behaviour of writev in case the first send succeeded and the second returned with an error.
+- Solved crash in dix\colormap.c because wrong map was adjusted when the number of visuals was reallocated.
+
+Changes in 1.7.99.1
+-------------------
+- Updated to the following packages
+ libX11-1.3.2
+ xorg-server-1.7.99.1
+ xtrans-1.2.5
+ font-util-1.1.1
+- Now complete locale directory is build and packaged.
+- solved possible problem in xcb: Make sure the winsock library
+ and pthread library are initialised.
+- Solved problem of local fonts not being registered. This caused certain
+ application not to start (like xcalc)
+
+Changes in 1.7.0.1
+------------------
+- Updated to the following packages
+ encodings-1.0.3
+ font-adobe-75dpi-1.0.1
+ font-adobe-100dpi-1.0.1
+ font-adobe-utopia-75dpi-1.0.2
+ font-adobe-utopia-100dpi-1.0.2
+ font-adobe-utopia-type1-1.0.2
+ font-alias-1.0.2
+ font-arabic-misc-1.0.1
+ font-bh-75dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bh-100dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bh-lucidatypewriter-75dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bh-lucidatypewriter-100dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bh-ttf-1.0.1
+ font-bh-type1-1.0.1
+ font-bitstream-75dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bitstream-100dpi-1.0.1
+ font-bitstream-speedo-1.0.1
+ font-bitstream-type1-1.0.1
+ font-cronyx-cyrillic-1.0.1
+ font-cursor-misc-1.0.1
+ font-daewoo-misc-1.0.1
+ font-dec-misc-1.0.1
+ font-ibm-type1-1.0.1
+ font-isas-misc-1.0.1
+ font-jis-misc-1.0.1
+ font-micro-misc-1.0.1
+ font-misc-cyrillic-1.0.1
+ font-misc-ethiopic-1.0.1
+ font-misc-meltho-1.0.1
+ font-misc-misc-1.1.0
+ font-mutt-misc-1.0.1
+ font-schumacher-misc-1.1.0
+ font-screen-cyrillic-1.0.2
+ font-sony-misc-1.0.1
+ font-sun-misc-1.0.1
+ font-util-1.1.0
+ font-winitzki-cyrillic-1.0.1
+ font-xfree86-type1-1.0.2
+ libXfont-1.4.1
+ mkfontscale-1.0.7
+- Added mesa 7.6. Opengl is working now.
+- Bug fix in miClipPictureSrc function.
+
+Changes in 1.7.0
+----------------
+- Updated to the following packages:
+ fixesproto-4.1.1
+ randrproto-1.3.1
+ libxkbfile-1.0.6
+ xkeyboard-config-1.7
+ pixman-0.16.2
+ libX11-1.3
+ libXinerama-1.1
+ xkbcomp-1.1.1
+ recordproto-1.14
+ xineramaproto-1.2
+ inputproto-2.0
+ compositeproto-0.4.1
+ xorg-server-1.7.0
+- Removed most tracing in release version. Use vcxsrv_dbg when you want a log of tracing.
+- Also install xerrordb file.
+- Make sure the temporary file gets deleted after keyboard compilation.
+- Take for the log file the same verbosity as for the screen.
+- Change trace buffer from static to local to avoid problems in multithreaded tracing.
+- Print some more information in X error handler.
+- Solved run-time downcast errors in debug version.
+- Solved error: XSetWindowBorderWidth can only be called if the window class is different from InputOnly
+- Make it possible to overrule XSERVER_DTRACE in the makefiles
+- Call XSelectInput when a window is mapped and not when it is created.
+ (There seems to be windows which created and destroyed soon without being
+ mapped to real windows. This was causing some errors.)
+
+
+Changes in 1.1.2
+----------------
+- Updated to the following packages:
+ xorg-server-1.6.99.902
+ xproto-7.0.16
+ libXdmcp-1.0.3
+ bdftopcf-1.0.2
+- Solved endless looping when clipboardthread is restarted due to winioerrhandler.
+ Caused an unexpected exit of the server when the -clipboard option was specified.
+- Solved possible crash upon server restart because some global pointers
+ were not initialised back to 0
+
+Changes in 1.1.1
+----------------
+- Updated to the following packages:
+ xorg-server-1.6.99.901
+ xkeyboard-config-1.6.99
+- Enabled support for xinerama
+- Rewritten part of the clipboard code (sometimes clipboard was
+ not working as expected)
+ One problem remains (clipboard thread exiting at startup.). This
+ one is hard to solve since no known recipy to reproduce.
+- Now also install the debug version of the executable (vcxsrv_dbg).
+ This version has some more logging and error checking.
+- Solved stack corruption in QueryMonitor. Now use multimon.h
+- Bug solved in xcb_conn.c: use closesocket instead of close.
+- Also display the number of active clients in the tray icon tooltip text.
+
+Changes in 1.1.0
+----------------
+- Updated to the following packages:
+ libX11-1.2.99.901.tar.gz
+ xtrans-1.2.4.tar.gz
+ fontsproto-2.1.0.tar.gz
+ damageproto-1.2.0.tar.gz
+ xcmiscproto-1.2.0.tar.gz
+ bigreqsproto-1.1.0.tar.gz
+ scrnsaverproto-1.2.0.tar.gz
+ resourceproto-1.1.0.tar.gz
+ xextproto-7.1.1.tar.gz
+ recordproto-1.13.99.1.tar.gz
+ inputproto-1.9.99.902.tar.gz
+ font-util-1.0.2.tar.gz
+ xorg-server-1.6.99.900.tar.gz
+- Make sure clipboard thread is cleaned up correctly on error.
+ Solved clipboard thread exits causing the clipboard not to be working.
+- Solved some errors in the fonts directory due to makefile problems
+
+Changes in 1.0.2
+----------------
+
+- installer: Do not show details by default
+- xlaunch: show message box when display number is nto filled in.
+- BUG: Solved right mouse button not working in multi window mode.
+- Added plink tool in installation.
+- Xlaunch is now a windows application in stead of a console application
+
+Changes in 1.0.1
+----------------
+
+- installer: make sure the latest version of the installed MSVC run-time is used.
+- BUG: Solved mouse wheel not behaving correctly (especially when there are multiple monitors)
+- locale: swith to the version of libX11/nls/C/makefile
+- clipboard: solved paste problem from X to windows (in Vista)
+- xkbcomp/listing.c: Solved uninitialised variable error in WIN32
+- xkbdata.src/symbols/level3: Removed warning when compiling for be keyboard.
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