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#        Libjpeg.a        #
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#      by Eric Vannier    #
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Current version is v1.03.
Date : 02/03/98


This document describes the changes of the Jpeg Library for Allegro.
Any comments should be addressed to Eric Vannier. Look at the readme.1st
for further information.

Version 1.03 :
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 - Allowed the user to load jpeg files as thumbnails : faster output.
 - Added an option to have faster but less accurate decoding.
 - Allowed the user to specify the number of colors that the library can use
       in 8 bits mode.
 - C++ now supported (as C calls) : Just added the extern "C" ...
 - Added an example program : sample.c.
 - Made the error handling safer : there should not be any memory leaks any
   more whith corrupted jpeg files. (Thank you Douglas Eleveld)

Version 1.02 :
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 - Allowed the user to save directly in jpeg grayscale format
 - Fixed the bug which prevented the user from loading jpeg Grayscale images.


Version 1.01 :
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 - Added load_jpeg_ex to allow the user to specify parameters for the loading 
   : RGB, or Grayscale output.
 - Added the ability to load jpeg from Allegro datafiles with the command : 
   load_jpeg("hello.dat#ROSE",pal);. Works with load_jpeg and load_jpeg_ex.
 - Minor Bug fixes : palette generation, warnings, packaging bugs.
 - separated the compression and decompression routines to avoid getting the
   load functions, if you only need the save functions, and vice versa. You
   may save a 50K on the stripped version.

Version 1.0 : First Release
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 - load_jpeg and save_jpeg functions to load and save jpeg files. It takes 
   care of color conversion (creating color palettes when needed)
 - save_jpeg_ex function added to allow the user to specify his own parameters :
   quality of the output
