v2.40 (Wednesday 15-Jan-97)
 -Processor: *Wave3D-operator finished

v2.41 (Thursday 16-Jan-97)
 -Processor: *Wrap: two different methods: AMOUNT, RADIUS
             *operator-interface for the preview integrated
              into the main-routine
             *Cube: some optimizations
 -Variables: detection of dead variables in processes improved

v2.42 (Friday 17-Jan-97)
 -Convolve: *loading of wf-convolution-files didn't work
            *save- and load-shortcuts where in the wrong order
            *main-routine sometimes didn't return any result
             which was treated as error by the Processor
 -new Operators: SwapRGB, Posterise
 -Processor: *v-shortcut (like PCSinglePictureWindow)
             *some shortcuts changed

v2.43 (Friday 17-Jan-97)
 -new Operators: Roll, Noise

v2.44 (Friday 17-Jan-97)
 -PCSelect: *loading/unloading of PlugIns at any time
            *sort items alphabetically
            *refresh list-gadgets after window-resizing

v2.45 (Saturday 18-Jan-97)
 -PCSelect: *use the cursor-keys to browse through the lists, select with <enter>
            *keep selection after window-resizing

v2.46 (Sunday 19-Jan-97)
 -Processor: Operator-interface improved: all PlugIns are normal programs
             with only some Wildfire-specific routines, this makes it
             possible for the user to create it's own modules

v2.47 (Tuesday 21-Jan-97)
 -necessary changes applied to all PlugIns

v2.48 (Tuesday 21-Jan-97)
 -All operator-identifiers are now hold in the file "system/wf.plugIns"
  which is read at startup
  (Unique identifiers are necessary due the feature of dynamic (un)loading
   and to keep the old process-file-format)
 -Intro-Window: *timeout
                *Message-handling improved
 -PCSelect: error in the doubleClick-handler for the Misc-ListView removed
 -PlugIn-invocation changed to avoid crashes which occour if they are
  started as "normal programs"
 -LUT-PlugIn: proper refresh after loading a new envelope
 -Analysis: The options-file "wf.analysis" is now placed inside the system-drawer

v2.49 (Tuesday 28-Jan-97)
 -SaveImage-PlugIn
 -Balancing: all parameters are now in the range -255...255 instead of -50..50
 -Processor: load/saveProcess: (re)store the preview-state

v2.50 (Tuesday 28-Jan-97)
 -Main: *GeneralPlugIn-interface
        *GeneralPlugIn-window
 -every PlugIn has a version-string now
 -Comment-PlugIn: saveProcess-support didn't work correctly

v2.51 (Wednesday 29-Jan-97)
 -PlugIn-Window: *additional <del>/<return>-shortcuts
 -nice ColorWheel-PlugIn (The 1st ''GeneralPlugIn'')

v2.52 (Wednesday 30-Jan-97)
 -EPSSaver-PlugIn (replaces the iff2eps-package)
 -PlugIn-interface: preferences-support

v2.53 (Wednesday 30-Jan-97)
 -CountPlugIns-PlugIn (as example for the developer-kit)
 -PictureList: speed of the list-handling-routines improved
 -PlugIns: *prefs are loaded automatically at startup
           *open-flag (if the PlugIn is active while saving its prefs
            it will be activated at startup at the next time)
 -Wave-PlugIn: additional shift-parameter
 -InfoWnd: FreeAll-function removed

v2.54 (Saturday 01-Feb-97)
 -Processor: list-folding (which is a *great* feature for large projects)

v2.55 (Saturday 01-Feb-97)
 -Processor: *turned all integer-gadgets into math-gadgets
             *removed a stupid bug which caused the preview to generated
              more than one time after process-loading
             *preview-refresh after removing the whole process-list (clear)
 -Scale-PlugIn: nice bug removed: the size-values where always scaled
                while processing the preview-image - even if they where
                in percent
 -Processor: *save/loadProcess: folding-support
             *some useful folding-shortcuts
  for the docs:
   <f>         - switch folding on/off
   <left>      - unfold item (folding=off)
                 unfold whole list (folding=on)
   <right>     - fold item
   <up>/<down> - navigate

v2.56 (Saturday 01-Feb-97)
 -Envelope: proper refresh after evaluating an expression
 -Calculator: in some cases calling of functions like "sin" caused
              the program to crash - this problem *may* be fixed now
 -Memory-Handler: usage of memory-pools switched off to increase compatibility
 -Main: *some changes to the startup- and cleanup-code
        *the debug-option turns on some startup- and cleanup-information
 -PCSinglePicture: the input-gadget is initialized with the intro-picture
 -Scale-PlugIn: only autoactivate the height-gadget if it is enabled
 -LUT-PlugIn: morphCurves: src and dest where swapped if dPCount>sPCount
 -Processor: behaviour of the range-gadgets improved

v2.57 (Sunday 02-Feb-97)
 -Processor: Scale-parameter: scales all effect-parameters which
             depend on the image-size
 -Command-PlugIn which executes wf-ARexx-commands directly
 -ARexx-support for all Operators finished

v2.58 (Sunday 02-Feb-97)
 -TileImage-PlugIn
 -Log-Window: after clearing all log-messages the listview was not refreshed correctly
 -Envelopes: *improved interpolation-method
             *automatic subdividing (Prefs-parameter evaSubDiv is obsolete now)

v2.59 (Moday 03-Feb-97)
 -Processor: *Saver-PlugIn-Interface
             *Layout changed
 -Prefs: VisualSubDiv-Gadget removed

v2.60 (Tuesday 04-Feb-97)
 -ILBM-Saver-PlugIn
 -JPEG-Saver-PlugIn which doesn't work perfectly yet

v2.61 (Wednesday 05-Feb-97)
 -ColorWheel-PlugIn: close-function caused mungwall-hits - fixed
 -JPEG-Saver-PlugIn finished, the following options are supported:
                      *format=(normal|progressive)
                      *output=(color|gray)
                      *optimize Huffman table=(on|off)
                      *quality

v2.62 (Thursday 06-Feb-97)
 -PNG-Saver-PlugIn, which supports the following formats:
                      *24 Bit
                      *8 Bit Color
                      *8 Bit Gray
                      *4 Bit Color
                      *Black&White

v2.63 (Thursday 06-Feb-97)
 -Saver-PlugIns now can contain loader- and indentify-functions
 -ILBM-Saver-PlugIn: load- and identify-function
 -JPEG-Saver-PlugIn: load- and identify-function

v2.64 (Thursday 06-Feb-97)
 -PNG-Saver-PlugIn: load- and identify-function
 -memory-handler: memError-function didn't work correctly (because of
                  the use of UWORD-paramaters (which are too small))
 -Processor: storing HAM-flag before switching to another screenmode
             (if the selected isn't available)
 -PCSelect: setting the right minWindowSize-values even for the first time

v2.65 (Friday 07-Feb-97)
 -Processor: image-filetype-recognition improved
 -Envelope/LUT-PlugIn: don't change the selected point after window-moving
 -SaveImage-PlugIn: use the global writeImage-function instead of writeILBM24()
 -Scale-PlugIn: refresh preview after changing width-value
 -3D-engine: bug in bresenham3D removed
 -Cube: quality improved

v2.66 (Friday 07-Feb-97)
 -Threshold-PlugIn
 -Processor: <del>-shortcut
 -Compose-PlugIn: *genlock-mode didn't work anyway (wrong pointers)
                  *genlock=gOUTRANGE didn't work with alpha-image
 -CreateImage-PlugIn: hvCopy destroyed the 3rd red-component
 -Processor: don't open operator-windows after selection

v2.67 (Friday 07-Feb-97)
 -SaveImage-PlugIn: GUI-bugs removed
 -CountPlugIns-PlugIn: show available savers, too
 -LUT-PlugIn: envelopes with different numbers of points where no saved correctly
 -Converter: open the ProcessorWindow after loading process with activated preview
 -Requester: layout improved

v2.68 (Sunday 09-Feb-97)
 -3D-engine: quantization-parameter which is great for adjusting the 
             parameters of the various 3D-effects
 -Processor: 3DQuant-Gadget

v2.69 (Sunday 09-Feb-97)
 -ReduceContent-PlugIn: *renamed as Raster
                        *in some cases the last column of the image was ignored - fixed
 -Processor: *save and load the 3DQuant-parameter
             *save and load the default saver
 -PlugIns/Savers: sometimes the delete-function caused (harmless) enforcer-hits - fixed
 -PlugIns: don't activate opened windows automatically
 -Processor: behaviour of the up/down-functions in folding-mode fixed
 -Processor: kill-function didn't work correctly (in all special cases)
             in folding-mode
 -PlugIns: ProgressWnd-support

v2.70 (Sunday 09-Feb-97)
 -ConvertImages-PlugIn
 -new intro-picture
 -YAFAOptions: order of delta-compression-mode changed

v2.71 (Sunday 09-Feb-97)
 -Shear-PlugIn

v2.72 (Tuesday 11-Feb-97)
 -filename and type of the intro-image changed
 -Online-Help: *wf:system/help/wf_help.guide removed
               *accessing the Wildfire.guide-file instead
               *some more topics
 -PlugIns: accessing the ANSI-C-functions of the main program

v2.73 (Tuesday 11-Feb-97)
 -Processor: avoid killing Operators which are in use
 -Documentation: *All documentation is hold in one file
                  which is used as online-help-file, too.
                 *many parts rewritten (What a hard job)


v2.74 (Friday 14-Feb-97)
 -LWOB-PlugIn

v2.75 (Friday 14-Feb-97)
 -GrabWindow-PlugIn: major speedup
 -CreateImage-PlugIn: update the preview after using one of the copy-functions
 -3D-engine: there was a (trivial) error in the lightsource-routine which
             caused especially LWOB-objects to look "unreal"
 -Cartesian2Polar: sometimes not the whole phi-range was filled
 -example-pictures for the documentation

v2.76 (Sunday 16-Feb-97)
 -SlideShow-PlugIn
 -documentation finished

v2.77 (Friday 21-Feb-97)
 -LWOB-PlugIn: *now whole drawers can be processed
               *the surface-definitions where assumed to be in
                the order found in the SRFS-hunk which isn't always correct
               *changed some defaults
               *proper update of the Text-type-gadget
               *changed the render-mode to "doublesided"
 -Processor: *update the Preview after modifying the "Smoothing"-option
             *update the Preview-gadget after changing the screenmode
             *the step-parameter of Process-range didn't work correctly
             *save and load the Scale-value
 -Online-Help: don't hang up if the guide-file doesn't exist
 -Main: the taglist for most Screenmode-requesters was not terminated which
        sometimes caused the program to hang up
 -TMaker: update the type gadget after using the <t>-shortcut
 -Wrap-PlugIn: changed the rotate-centre in radius-mode

v2.78 (Friday 28-Feb-97)
 -3D-PlugIns: *additional faces-parameter
              *specularity works now and looks great
              *changed the interpretation of the lighting-vector to fit
               the orientation of the screen-coordinate-system
 -Savers: additional flag which allows you to disable the loader
 -Wrap-PlugIn: behaviour at small radius-values fixed
 -changed some compiler-flags so the program should work together
  with Cyberpatcher on 68060-boards

v2.79 (Saturday 01-Mar-97)
 -3D-operators:
   *minor speedup
   *introduction of superposition using 3d-temp-buffers (PowerPlugs!)

v2.80 (Saturday 01-Mar-97)
 -Cube-operator: problem with the edges fixed (even at high Quant3D-values)
 -Water-Operator: *additional moveXY-parameter to disable the
                   deformation in the xy-plane which sometimes
                   causes errors in the image
                  *additional axis-parameter
                  *border-behaviour changed

v2.81 (Sunday 02-Mar-97)
 -PowerPlugs!-concept finished, the following operators are
  supported: Cube, Wrap, Wave3D and Water

v2.82 (Sunday 02-Mar-97)
 -special wildfire.library for PowerPlugs!-support
 -documentation updated

v2.83 (Wednesday 05-Mar-97)
 -3D-engine: *negative 3DQuant-values to improve the image-quality at
              drastic deformations
             *the centreX,centreY-values are now really used to
              rotate/zoom around

v2.84 (Thursday 06-Mar-97)
 -Wave3D, Water, Wrap: correct interpretation of the origin-parameters
 -Calculator: rnd()-function to easily create "random walks"
              using the EvaluateExpression-function of the Envelope-Window
 -3D-engine: *minor speedup
             *fast camZ-check which only fails at very small values like -50
 -Bump-Operator: changed the type into 2D
 -Wave3D-Operator: additional originZ-parameter

v2.85 (Thursday 06-Mar-97)
 -Perspective-Operator: completely rewritten (simply uses the 3D-engine)
 -3D-operators: proper gadget-(de)activation in TEMP3D-mode

v2.86 (Friday 07-Mar-97)
 -Magnet3D-operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)
 -Envelope: update the x- and y-value after evaluating an expression

v2.87 (Friday 07-Mar-97)
 -Magnet3D-operator: additional shape-parameter
 -PowerPlugs!: *if the input- and the output-3d-buffers are different or
                if the input-buffer is a 3d-buffer the 3d-buffer to transform
                is duplicated before the transformation.
                This requires more memory but results in a clean concept
                (like the one of image-temp-buffers)
               *changes to the image-structure where not applied to the
                original-buffers which has been fixed
                (this for example caused "stripes" transforming
                 a cube)
               *(If all this sounds weird: the 3d-temp-buffer-concept is
                 complete and works now)
 -Processor: <3>-shortcut for the 3DQuant-parameter

v2.88 (Friday 07-Mar-97)
 -PowerPlugs: *additional tRender-option to save memory (avoids the
               duplication of a temp-3d-buffer which will never be used)
 -SlideShow-PlugIn: reduced the lockGUI-parameter to 0.1 s
 -all operators: additional shortcuts:  <v>    -  toggle preview
                                        <space> - test process
 -Processor: try to load even corrupted or old scripts

v2.89 (Friday 07-Mar-97)
 -Sphere-Operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)
 -Main: the shell-output (version number etc.) was totally weird
 -Converter: *if the converter was aborted after writing less than
              four frames the program crashed (while deleting the output-file)
             *the contents of the anno-string-gadget was ignored  - fixed
             *the progress can be aborted from within the preview-window
              pressing the <escape>-key

v2.90 (Saturday 08-Mar-97)
 -Twist-Operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)

v2.91 (Saturday 08-Mar-97)
 -Twirl3D-Operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)

v2.92 (Sunday 09-Mar-97)
 -Main: additional CON:-window to store the output of external
        programs (Bernd Rsch)
        (In many cases Enforcer-hits occured or Wildfire crashed
         after starting external programs which problem should
         be fixed now)
 -Processor: Clear:*reset the pcScale-value
                   *set the filename to "default.process"
 -Magnet-operator: some calculations are done using float's (instead of long's)
                   to increase the image-quality
 -Magnet3D-operator: better (and finally good) method to compute
                     the "smooth" shape

v2.93 (Sunday 09-Mar-97)
 -Transform3D-Operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)
 -3D-operators: don't activate the centreX-gadget after changing the beta-value
 -Log: report even displayed stats to the logfile

v2.94 (Monday 10-Mar-97)
 -Processor:  *continous quant3D-parameter for fine-tuning
              *save and load the smoothing-option
 -Documentation: *Operator-documentation extended and updated
                 *example-pictures and -scripts updated

v2.95 (Sunday 16-Mar-97)
 -ConvertImages-PlugIns: images where not freed after writing
 -Bump3D-Operator (with PowerPlugs!-support)

v2.96 (Wednesday 19-Mar-97)
 -Startup: *checking screenmode before calling OpenScreen (because
            this system-function sometimes causes Wildfire to crash if the
            Screenmode isn't available !)
           *some very internal changes
           *in fact the program works now:
            After booting without startup-sequence and entering the lines
             setpatch
             assign libs: hd0:classes add
             adddatatypes flush
            the program works without problems
            (without the env:-, the wf:- and all other assigns)
            Enforcer reported not any read- or write-hit while
            converting a mpeg-stream into a YAFA-animation and
            processing and displaying some images - even the
            ColorWheel-PlugIn works (which is somewhat surprising).)
 -Main: *The program can be aborted at every stage after the initialization
         pressing Ctrl-C (e.g. while converting)
        *all signals catched during initialization are ignored
        *don't open libraries which are already open 
         (I slaughtered the startup-code)
 -Demo-version: removed the text "Storing %ld bytes of memory..." printed 
                at every unsuccessfull free()-call to increase the 
                operation-speed  (the text-output slows down everything) 
                and to complicate the job of hackers
 -ARexx: the port-naming ("Wildfire.1", ...) was done too late (after
         creating the port (no joke))
 -Makefile: the General PlugIns where not generated new after changing
            the fpu-settings - this may have caused the numerous
            reported crashes ("after initializing the Command-PlugIn the
            program hangs up" - but only on system without fpu
