Merge branch 'release/v3.7.1'

Author: c-lipka

.gitignore

@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 /tools/windows/htmlhelp/input
 /tools/windows/htmlhelp/output
 /tools/windows/htmlhelp/debug.txt
-/tools/windows/htmlhelp/flielist.txt
+/tools/windows/htmlhelp/filelist.txt

README.md

@@ -19,25 +19,19 @@ environment:
     platform: x64
     bin_dir: bin64
     artifact_suffix: -Win64
-    PlatformToolset: v140
   - configuration: Release-SSE2
     platform: Win32
     bin_dir: bin32
     artifact_suffix: -Win32-sse2
-    PlatformToolset: v140
   - configuration: Release
     platform: Win32
     bin_dir: bin32
     artifact_suffix: -Win32
-    PlatformToolset: v140
 
 before_build:
-- ps: |
-    $env:devenv = $env:VS140COMNTOOLS + '\..\IDE\devenv'
-    & $env:devenv windows\vs10\povray.sln /upgrade
 
 build:
-  project: windows/vs10/povray.sln
+  project: windows/vs2015/povray.sln
   parallel: true
   verbosity: minimal
 

appveyor.yml

@@ -38,10 +38,98 @@ Changes between 3.7.1-TBD and 3.7.1
 TBD
 
 
-Changes between 3.7.1-beta.2 and 3.7.1-TBD
-==========================================
+Changes between 3.7.1-beta.5 and 3.7.1-TBD
+=============================================
+
+Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
+-----------------------
+
+Reported via GitHub:
+
+  - #260 ("Pavement pattern broken")
 
-The focus of this version has been on fixing bugs.
+Miscellaneous:
+
+  - Minor updates to the documentation.
+
+
+Changes between 3.7.1-beta.4 and 3.7.1-beta.5
+=============================================
+
+The focus of this version has been on improving the Visual Studio 2015-based
+Windows build process, as well as reclaiming some performance lost earlier
+during the development of 3.7.1.
+
+Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
+-----------------------
+
+Reported via GitHub:
+
+  - #226 ("Fix use of stat in unix/configure.ac")
+  - #257 ("Text in Windows "Open with" file menu")
+
+Miscellaneous:
+
+  - Restored performance of user-defined functions (e.g. in isosurfaces) as
+    well as patterns with special turbulence handling (agate, marble, wood,
+    spiral1, spiral2).
+
+Other Noteworthy
+----------------
+
+  - To avoid overly stringent software requirements for building custom
+    Windows binaries, the VS2015 project files are now set up to generate
+    non-XP-compatible binaries by default; XP-compatible binaries can still
+    be generated through a more complex alternative build process.
+
+
+Changes between 3.7.1-beta.3 and 3.7.1-beta.4
+=============================================
+
+The focus of this version has been on fixing bugs, as well getting
+working XP-comatible binaries out of Visual Studio 2015.
+
+Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
+-----------------------
+
+Reported via GitHub:
+
+  - #241 ("Windows Build Instructions Misleading")
+
+Reported via the Newsgroups:
+
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2017-02-19, povray.beta-test, "beta.3 and ./ and ../ weirdness")
+    Paths starting with "../../" not handled properly in POV-Ray for Windows
+
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2017-02-22, povray.beta-test, "ior.inc fails in 3.7.1 beta 3")
+    Parse Error when including "ior.inc".
+
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2017-02-20, povray.beta-test, "Re: POV-Ray v3.7.1-beta.3 Released")
+    SSE2 support not properly detected on Windows XP
+
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2017-02-22, povray.beta-test, "Wrong error message building Windows console version")
+    Wrong file location specified for `syspovconfig.h`.
+
+Miscellaneous:
+
+  - Fixed two demo scenes (`incdemo/sort.pov` and `textures/normals/normmap.pov`).
+
+Other Noteworthy
+----------------
+
+  - Migrated to Visual Studio 2015 as the designated official build tool.
+    As of this beta, Visual Studio 2010 is no longer supported.
+
+
+Changes between 3.7.1-beta.2 and 3.7.1-beta.3
+=============================================
+
+The focus of this version has been on fixing bugs, as well as adding
+hardware-specific performance optiomizations.
 
 Fixed or Mitigated Bugs
 -----------------------
@@ -63,18 +151,23 @@ Reported via the Newsgroups:
     (2017-01-27, povray.beta-test, "utf8")
     Crash when using `charset utf8`.
 
+  - <[email protected]>
+    (2017-02-16, povray.beta-test, "Windows beta.2-QA09T.msvc10.win64 does not accept "./" as a path")
+    Special directory name `.` not handled properly in POV-Ray for Windows.
+
 Miscellaneous:
 
   - Optional fields in macro parameters or tuple assignments now accept
     uninitialized directory entries.
   - Some minor fixes to the Windows inbuilt help.
+  - Increased thread stack size on Linux machines.
 
 Other Noteworthy
 ----------------
 
-New Sample Scenes:
-
-  - A new sample scene has been added to demonstrate the `aoi` pattern.
+  - Added a new sample scene to demonstrate the `aoi` pattern.
+  - Added Intel optimizations for noise (courtesy of Intel; requires
+    AVX2/FMA3-capable CPU).
 
 
 Changes between 3.7.1-beta.1 and 3.7.1-beta.2

changes.txt

@@ -81,27 +81,27 @@
 // from refractive index n (nD) and nominal dispersion disp (nG-nB)
 #macro IorData_n_disp (n, optional disp)
   #local iorResult = n;
-  #ifdef(local(disp))
+  #ifdef(local.disp)
     #local dispResult = 1+disp/(n-disp/2);
   #end
-  ( iorResult , local(dispResult) )
+  ( iorResult , local.dispResult )
 #end
 
 // from typical refractive index range n1 to n2 (nD) and typical nominal dispersion disp1 to disp2 (nG-nB)
 #macro IorData_n_disp_Range (n1, optional n2, optional disp1, optional disp2)
-  #ifdef(local(n2))
+  #ifdef(local.n2)
     #local n = Average(n1,n2);
   #else
     #local n = n1;
   #end
-  #ifdef(local(disp1))
-    #ifdef(local(disp2))
+  #ifdef(local.disp1)
+    #ifdef(local.disp2)
       #local disp = Average(disp1,disp2);
     #else
       #local disp = disp1;
     #end
   #end
-  IorData_n_disp(n, local(disp))
+  IorData_n_disp(n, local.disp)
 #end
 
 // from refractive indices at Fraunhofer lines G, D and B

distribution/include/ior.inc

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 global_settings {assumed_gamma 1.0}
 
 camera { orthographic
-         location -z*10 
+         location -z*10
          look_at 0
        }
 #default { finish { phong 1 phong_size 5 } }
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ Sort_Array(Numbers)
 #end
 
 text{
-//ttf "timrom.ttf", "Colors before sorting:", .1, 0
-  ttf "arial.ttf", "Colors before sorting:", .1, 0
+  ttf "timrom.ttf", "Colors before sorting:", .1, 0
+//ttf "arial.ttf", "Colors before sorting:", .1, 0
   pigment { rgb 1 }
   scale .8
   translate <-6, 3.9>
 }
 
 CreateBoxes(1)
 
-text{ 
-// ttf "timrom.ttf", "Colors after sorting (by brightness):", .1, 0
-  ttf "arial.ttf", "Colors after sorting (by brightness):", .1, 0
+text{
+  ttf "timrom.ttf", "Colors after sorting (by brightness):", .1, 0
+//ttf "arial.ttf", "Colors after sorting (by brightness):", .1, 0
   pigment { rgb 1 }
   scale .8
   translate <-6, -1.1>

distribution/platform-specific/windows/Help/povray37.chm

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ global_settings { assumed_gamma 1.0 }
 
  #default {
      pigment { White }
-     normal { bump_size 1.5 }
+     normal { bumps bump_size 1.5 }
      finish { phong 0.8 phong_size 200 }
  }
 

distribution/scenes/incdemo/sort.pov

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 <table class="HeaderFooter" width="100%">
 <tr>
   <td colspan=5 align="left" class="HeaderFooter">
-    POV-Ray for Unix <strong class="HeaderFooter">version 3.7</strong>
+    POV-Ray for Unix <strong class="HeaderFooter">version 3.7.1</strong>
   </td>
 </tr>
 <tr >
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 </tr>
 </table>
 
+<!--BEGIN DO NOT alter or move--->
+<!--END DO NOT alter or move--->
+
 <table class="centered" width="700px" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="10">
 <tr>
   <td><img class="center" width="576px" src="images/3/34/DocImgPovlogotext.jpg"></td>
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@
 </tr>
 </table>
 <h2>Introduction</h2>
-<p>Welcome to the POV-Ray for Unix version 3.7 documentation.</p>
+<p>Welcome to the POV-Ray for Unix version 3.7.1 documentation.</p>
 <p>This content is divided into three major sections. A <a href="u1_1.html#u1_1">platform</a> specific section, a <a href="t2_1.html#t2_1">tutorial</a> section, and a <a href="r3_1.html#r3_1">reference</a> section. New to POV-Ray? You'd most likely want to begin with the tutorial section. Need to locate something quickly? The list of <a href="r3_3.html#r3_3_1_2">identifiers and keywords</a> is a good place to start. See the <a href="t2_1.html#t2_1_4_1">changes and new features</a> summary for what's new with this release. </p>
 <p>Enjoy!</p>
 

distribution/scenes/textures/normals/normmap.pov

@@ -486,6 +486,20 @@ td p.Explain {
 	margin-top: 7pt;
 }
 
+font.New {
+	color: #3300cc;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	font-style: oblique;
+	font-size: 1.05em;
+}
+
+font.Change {
+	color: #cc0033;
+	font-weight: bold;
+	font-style: oblique;
+	font-size: 1.05em;
+}
+
 /* remove the following statement to restore the specified left margin on the note and related messages */
 .Note, .Hint, .Warning, .BeAware {
 	margin-left: 0pt;