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         File: Becasso_1.1_ESD.pkg
       Author: Sum Software (Sander Stoks, #E-1386)
      Release: 4 Mar 1998, 11:56 PST.  Masters entry, not for public use yet.
Compatibility: PR2
     Location: pub/incoming/masters
  Description: Paint/Image editing proggy.
        Notes: 
    
    This identifies as version 1.1 of Becasso, but it's really not
    finished for release yet.  I spent the last day before the
    deadline implementing tear-off toolbar menus but there are still
    things grossly unfinished.  For one thing, the documentation is
    still 1.0; what's new in 1.1 is summarized as follows:
    
    * InterfaceElements BBP
      Protocol for launching and communicating with Becasso 
      from another app.  Docs are at 
      http://www.sumware.demon.nl/producs/becasso/documentation/BBP.html
    * Symlinks
      Becasso now resolves symlinks dropped on it.
    * Capture import (via add-ons)
      Via e.g. Mark Abramson's Casio Camera add-ons or Jim Moy's Scanner
      add-on.
    * Double click to access tool inspector / color editor
      Friendlier for Mac users.
    * Channel Operations
      Presently only Blend and Multiply.  More will follow.
    * Layer merging
      == Flattening.
    * Layer menu accessible from canvas window
      And layer switching via hotkeys.  Speeds things up.
    * Preserve selection after cut/copy
      Turned out to be much nicer.
    * More add-ons
      Even by third parties!
    * Hotkey to attach selection on mouse (Enter)
      Had to do this, said Thijs.
    * Hotkey to switch selection/drawing mode (Tab)
      Saves hours.  :-)
    * Better support for single-pixel editing in freehand tool
      Used to be quite hard.  Even in magnification 1600%.
    * Wacom tablet support
      Presently only as a "proof of concept"; it operates the same way as
      a brush (with pressure sensitivity of course).  Will be extended so that
      the tablet can operate all tools.  Will probably write a generic
      mouse-replacing driver if that's possible in R3.  Wacom contract is
      on the way.
    * Separate thread for mouse tracking.  Smoother operation.
      Had to change the infrastructure for the tablet support anyway.
    * Channel <-> Selection operations.
      Allows for cool effects!
    * Excepts RRaster and Icon drops
      Icon drops from the FileTypes app, that is.  Try it.
      (Oh, drops should go to the main window, canvas windows ignore them
      ATM.  Still deciding between whether such drops should be opened in 
      separate windows then, or paste'd into the window you drop them on.
      Any thoughts?)
    * Single dynamic Tool/Mode inspector windows
      Fancy name for the fact that you now no longer clutter your desktop
      with tool inspectors.  They now attach themselves as views to a single
      window.  Much more intuitive.
    * Parametrizable brush
      I.e. no longer only a fixed set of brushes.  Will extend this to allow
      for other profiles than just the Gaussian Bell shape.
    * Tear off tool menus
      Not completely ready.  They should do highlighting when the mouse passes
      over (code is commented out due to a bug still in there at 11:55 :-( ).
      Also, right click/double click on the torn-off menu should of course
      open the tool inspector as well.  In fact, writing this I realized that
      selecting another tool from a torn-off menu while the tool inspector
      window is visible doesn't even change the inspector view.  Oops.

NOTE: Most notably the Undo functionality isn't ready.  This was right next
      on my list after tear-off menus.  Any action that changes the size or
      order of the layers is _not_ undoable and gives "interesting" results
      when you try it (if not crash :-).  These include all entries in the
      "Entire Canvas" menu under "Edit" (rotate, resize, etc.), layer merging,
      and dragging layers from one place to another.  More specifically:  The
      undo buffer entries don't remember on what layer they were generated.
      So if you make a change, switch to another layer, and undo, the previous
      layer's information will overwrite the current one.  It sucks, and I know
      it.

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