ChangeLog

2018-01-04
	* maintenance, repackaged for upload to CTAN

2017-09-29
	* fix: improved button face generation (PDF XObjects) for dvips, based on
	current pdfbase.sty (pkg media9)

2017-09-22
	* fix: control button transparency with Distiller; README.md

2017-09-21
	* new: option `buttonalpha' for adding transparency to control buttons

2017-08-11
	* new: `speed' property added to the JS animation object for scaling
	overall animation speed

2017-05-18
	* new: configurable animation controls

2017-03-23
	* fix: pdfbase.sty related adjustments

2017-03-16
	* fix: some adjustments required due to pdfbase.sty changes

2017-02-24
	* fix: further speed improvement for animating external graphics files

2017-02-22
	* fix: code for repeated inclusion optimized for speed

2017-02-03
	* fix: RTL related (luaTeX)

2017-01-30
	* fix: usability in RTL typesetting context

2017-01-24
	* fix: minor documentation update

2017-01-09
	* fix: wrong orientation of animated content on landscape pages
	(pkgs `lscape'/`pdflascape')

2016-09-07
	* fix: adjust JavaScript part for compatibility with Foxit Reader

2016-08-31
	* fix: missing variable declarations in JavaScript part

2016-08-26
	* fix: adjust JavaScript part for compatibility with current PDF-XChange
	Editor

2016-07-27
	* new: `method=icon' default setting for dvips+ps2pdf; support for
	Foxit Reader (besides Acrobat Reader and PDF-XChange Viewer) added

2016-07-25
	* fix: timeline JavaScript of the displayed poster frame not executed
	while loading the animation for the first time

2016-06-08
	* new: reverse playback direction with shift + mouse click

2016-05-30
	* fix: broken `draft' option
	* new: aux. package `animfp' removed, now using \fp_eval:n from l3fp

2016-04-15
	* fix: compilation failure when using `timeline' option in beamer class
	document

2016-03-22
	* fix: documentation recompiled, minor code clean-ups

2016-03-15
	* fix: bug related to XObject referencing

2016-03-11
	* new: now uses pdfbase.sty for low level PDF operations 

2016-02-28
	* Fix: workaround for bug http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/295715 : different
	behaviour of AR versions with regard to PageOpen and PageVisible events
	where animation initialisation takes place 

2016-02-15
	* Fix: bug http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/292805

2016-02-04
	* Fix: minor dvips-related bug

2016-02-02
	* Fix: compilation failure with `method=ocg' setting

2016-01-25
	* Fix: compilation failure with `method=widget' setting (which is the
	default in the `dvips' mode)

2016-01-19
	* Fix: \newframe and \multiframe defined locally inside `animateinline' to
	protect them from being redefined accidentially

2015-11-02
	* Fix: improved compatibility with ocgbase.sty

2015-10-28
	* Fix: code adapted for use of ocgbase.sty (part of ocgx2 package)

2015-08-28
	* New: control button faces

2015-08-18
	* Fix: catcode issue http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/261601

2015-06-19
	* Fix: compatibility issue with luatex-0.80

2015-03-11
	* New: support for `fixocgx' [v0.3, 2015/03/11] package (placing
	animations on PDF layers)

2015-01-21
	* Fix: OCG related code

2014-12-04
	* New: option `type=<file ext>' to force animation of image sequence with
	file name extension <file ext>
	* Fix: rotated buttons in landscape (package `geometry') documents

2014-11-27
	* Fix: Animations with a particular combination of command options
	(poster=last, loop=false) did not play when clicked.

2014-11-25
	* New: In addition to `first', `last' and `none', the `poster' option also
	takes an integer number to specify the default poster frame.

2014-11-11
	* Fix: (work-around for) JavaScript NotAllowedError in AR-9 when skimming
	over pages with icon-based animations

2014-11-10
	* Fix: poster / current frame did not get printed with `method=icon'

2014-10-16
	* New: third animation method added (based on JS methods `getIcon' &
	`buttonSetIcon') with best animation performance (frame rate) so far; set as
	default for pdfLaTeX/XeLaTeX/dvipdfmx, Widget based method is default for
	dvips, as before
	* Change: option `useocg' removed in favour of `method=icon | widget | ocg'
	for selecting one of the implemented animation methods

2014-09-23
	* Change: Ghostscript 9.15+ now required for PS to PDF conversion;
	`depth' option now deprecated and ignored
	* New: options `totalheight', `keepaspectratio', `nomouse' added; `width',
	`height', `totalheight', `keepaspectratio', `scale' added as package options
	* Fix: OCG and XObject-related code rewritten, mostly thanks to recent
	 Ghostscript additions and fixes (BDC, EMC, SP pdfmarks); code reorganized
	 in order to reduce driver dependent code

2014-08-07
	* Fix: improved fix from 2014-08-06, removing need for global catcode
	changes

2014-08-06
	* Fix: bug analysed by egreg on TeX.SX
	http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/194407

2014-07-02
	* Fix: compilation error when used in `tabular' environment

2014-06-20
	* Fix: compilation failures in connection with (automatic) hyperref
	insertions in the animated material

2014-06-04
	* fix: OCG related compatibility issue with `media9' package

2014-03-25
	* fix: bugs related to AcroForm and OCProperties catalog entries;
	documentation

2014-03-12
	* Fix: incompatibility with pgf-3.0

2014-03-06
	* Fix: animation widgets were blank in some viewers

2014-02-11
	* Change: Dependency of controls on OCGs removed; better LuaLaTeX support

2014-02-06
	* New: JavaScript API for animation control added
	* Fix: broken PDF-XChange Viewer support due to [2013-07-19] changes

2013-09-24
	* Fix: Adobe Reader prompting for "save changes" for documents without
	animations

2013-07-19
	* minor, non-vital change of /AcroForm contents

2013-04-23
	* Fix: spaces in file names possible (at least with pdflatex)

2012-12-06
	* Fix: non-zeropadded file numbers did not work when embedding
	files in reverse (count-down) order

2012-10-26
	* Fix: default OC configuration dictionary of PDF catalog is
	now PDF-spec compliant

2012-09-03
	* Fix: [french]{babel}-related bug in option processing, reported by
	Jean-Luc Chesnot

2012-07-09
	* minor, non-vital fix

2012-05-24
	* minor, non-vital fix

2012-05-11
	* New: optional fourth field in timeline files for calling JavaScript;
	ticking PSTricks metronome example by Manuel Luque added to docs

2011-12-21
	* transparency and patterns in pgf/TikZ graphics with dvipdfmx/xetex
	drivers

2011-09-16
	* detects powerdot's `clock' option

2011-08-22
	* \pdfmdfivesum now used correctly

2011-05-30
	* rephrasing error message in documentation source file
	* improving call to \pdfmdfivesum in animate.sty

2010-09-28
	* \graphicspath also used for searching timeline file

2010-09-16
	* now uses \graphicspath from graphics bundle, if set

2010-08-31
	* some improvements to \multiframe loop variable computation

2010-03-04
	* Fix: workaround for some powerdot/pstricks-add/animate issue

2010-02-17
	* small code changes

2010-01-22
	* H. Oberdiek's `transparent' package now supported as well

2010-01-20
	* Fix: transparency and patterns in PGF/TikZ pictures lead to broken PDFs
	with the pdftex output driver
	* Fix: animations from PGF/TikZ pictures could not be produced with the
	dvips output driver

2010-01-04
	* check if ConTeXt's support file `supp-pdf.mkii' exists (MPS
	to PDF converter, formerly named `supp-pdf.tex')

2009-10-30
	* revision of the documentation

2009-10-08
	* New: embedding files and pages in reverse order now possible with
	\animategraphics

2009-10-02
	* small code changes

2009-09-30
	* small code changes

2009-09-24
	* DVI resolution is now checked during PS to PDF conversion and a warning
	message is written to stderr if it is >1200dpi. Large dpi values may
	lead to distorted animations when using Ghostscript ps2pdf.

2009-08-31
	* small code and documentation adjustments

2009-08-17
	* small code changes

2009-07-23
	* slight changes in the documentation

2009-07-20
	* New: the transparency stack can now be cleared using `c' in the
	timeline file
	* improved documentation of the timeline option
	* New animateinline example (Lorenz Attractor) 
	* Fix: animfp.sty: trailing zeros are now removed from the fractional part
	of the result of the addition of two reals

2009-06-08
	* Fix: \newframe did not like non-integer frame rates; the same applied to
	frame rate arguments in timeline files

2009-05-07
	* minor changes/additions in the documentation

2009-01-26
	* minor code refinements

2008-10-06
	* Fix: sometimes, when used with Powerdot document class, parts
	of embedded graphics were missing

2008-08-28
	* Fix: package `calc' like length specifications didn't work with resizing
	options

2008-08-26
	* \@anim@scale rewritten
	* New: length commands \width, \height, \depth and \totalheight for use
	with the resizing options

2008-08-20
	* New: multipage PDF support for XeTeX output driver
	* Change: some exotic graphics formats that depend on QuickTime removed
	from search list for XeTeX output driver

2008-08-06
	* minor modifications of the documentation

2008-07-31
	* minor code and documentation refinements

2008-07-17
	* New: start of maintaining a ChangeLog file
	* Fix: wrong calculation of dimension variables in \multiframe command
	* Change: stepped animations (using `step' option) don't loop any longer
	by default if `controls' option is set; better \multiframe diagnostics of
	wrong user input

2008-07-14
	* New: \multiframe command for building loops around parameterized
	pictures

2007-03-16
	* New: everything (initial release)