<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><title>History of Ghostscript versions 5.n</title><!-- $Id: History5.htm,v 1.41 2005/10/20 19:46:23 ray Exp $ --><!-- WARNING: do not use Pete Kaiser's emacs function "gs-toc" alone to re-create the table of contents here, because it will replace the hand-edited TOC subheads with a separate subhead for each H2 in the body of the file. Or if you do, first look at the original TOC to see how to edit it for visual conciseness.--><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gs.css" title="Ghostscript Style"></head> <body><!-- [1.0 begin visible header] ============================================ --> <!-- [1.1 begin headline] ================================================== --> <h1>History of Ghostscript versions 5.n</h1> <!-- [1.1 end headline] ==================================================== --> <!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= --> <h2>Table of contents</h2> <blockquote><ul><li><a href="#Version5.99">Version 5.99 (beta) (1999-12-18)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.99_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.99_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.99_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.99_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.99_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.99_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.99_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.99_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.99_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.99_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.99_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.99_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.98">Version 5.98 (beta) (1999-12-01)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.98_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.98_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.98_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.98_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.98_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.98_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.98_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.98_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.98_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.98_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.98_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.97">Version 5.97 (beta) (11/22/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.97_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.97_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.97_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.97_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.97_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.97_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.97_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.97_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.97_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.96">Version 5.96 (beta) (11/12/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.96_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.96_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.96_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.96_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.96_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.96_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.96_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.96_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.96_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.96_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.96_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.95">Version 5.95 (beta) (11/1/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.95_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.95_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.95_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.95_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.95_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.95_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.95_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.95_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.95_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.95_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.95_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.94">Version 5.94 (beta) (9/30/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.94_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.94_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.94_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.94_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.94_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.94_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.94_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.94_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.94_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.94_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.94_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.94_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.93">Version 5.93 (beta) (9/11/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.93_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.93_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.93_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.93_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.93_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.93_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.93_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.93_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.93_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.93_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.93_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.92">Version 5.92 (beta) (9/2/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.92_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.92_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.92_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.92_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.92_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.92_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.92_Streams">Streams</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.91">Version 5.91 (beta) (8/30/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.91_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.91_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.91_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.91_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.91_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.91_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.91_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.90">Version 5.90 (beta) (8/20/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.90_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.90_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.90_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.90_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.90_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.90_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.90_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.90_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.90_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.90_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.90_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.90_Library">Library</a></ul><li>(Version 5.89 deliberately omitted.)<li><a href="#Version5.88">Version 5.88 (tester) (8/3/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.88_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.88_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.88_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.88_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.88_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.88_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.88_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.88_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.88_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.88_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.87">Version 5.87 (tester) (6/29/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.87_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.87_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.87_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.87_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.87_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.87_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.87_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.86">Version 5.86 (tester) (6/14/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.86_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.86_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.86_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.86_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.86_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.86_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.86_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.86_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.86_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.86_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.86_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.85">Version 5.85 (tester) (5/29/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.85_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.85_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.85_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.85_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.85_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.85_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.85_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.85_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.84">Version 5.84 (tester) (5/19/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.84_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.84_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.84_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.84_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.84_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.84_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.84_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.84_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.83">Version 5.83 (tester) (5/13/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.83_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.83_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.83_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.83_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.83_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.83_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.82">Version 5.82 (tester) (4/24/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.82_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.82_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.82_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.82_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.82_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.82_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.82_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.82_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.82_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.81">Version 5.81 (tester) (4/14/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.81_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.81_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.81_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.81_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.81_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.81_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.81_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.81_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.81_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.80">Version 5.80 (tester) (4/6/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.80_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.80_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.80_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.80_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.80_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.80_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.80_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.80_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.80_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.80_Library">Library</a></ul><li>(Versions 5.74 - 5.79 deliberately omitted.)<li><a href="#Version5.73">Version 5.73 (tester) (3/19/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.73_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.73_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.73_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.73_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.73_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.73_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.72">Version 5.72 (tester) (3/17/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.72_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.72_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.72_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.72_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.72_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.72_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.72_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.72_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.72_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.72_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.71">Version 5.71 (tester) (3/3/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.71_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.71_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.71_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.71_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.71_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.71_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.71_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.71_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.71_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.71_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.70">Version 5.70 (internal) (2/20/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.70_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.70_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.70_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.70_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.70_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.70_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.70_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.70_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.70_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.70_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.69">Version 5.69 (internal) (2/4/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.69_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.69_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.69_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.69_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.69_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.69_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.68">Version 5.68 (internal) (1/29/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.68_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.68_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.68_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.68_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.68_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.68_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.68_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.68_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.68_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.68_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.67">Version 5.67 (internal) (1/8/99)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.67_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.67_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.67_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.67_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.67_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.67_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.67_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.67_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.67_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.67_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.66">Version 5.66 (internal) (11/25/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.66_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.66_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.66_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.66_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.66_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.66_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.66_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.66_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.66_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.66_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.65">Version 5.65 (internal) (11/13/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.65_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.65_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.65_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.65_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.65_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.65_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.65_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.65_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.65_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.64">Version 5.64 (internal) (11/5/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.64_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.64_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.64_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.64_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.64_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.63">Version 5.63 (internal) (11/4/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.63_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.63_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.63_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.63_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.63_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.63_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.62">Version 5.62 (internal) (10/31/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.62_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.62_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.62_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.62_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.62_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.61">Version 5.61 (internal) (10/28/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.61_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.61_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.61_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.61_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.61_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.61_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.61_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.60">Version 5.60 (internal) (10/18/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.60_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.60_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.60_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.60_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.60_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.60_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.60_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.60_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.60_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.60_Library">Library</a></ul><li>(Versions 5.51 - 5.59 deliberately omitted.)<li><a href="#Version5.50">Version 5.50 (9/16/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.50_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.50_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.50_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.50_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.50_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.50_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.50_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.50_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.40">Version 5.40 (beta) (9/10/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.40_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.40_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.40_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.40_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.40_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.40_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.39">Version 5.39 (beta) (9/8/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.39_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.39_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.38">Version 5.38 (beta) (9/3/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.38_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.38_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.38_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.38_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.37">Version 5.37 (beta) (8/31/98)</a><ul><li><a href="#5.37_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.37_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.37_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.37_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.37_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.37_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.37_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.37_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.37_Library">Library</a></ul><li><a href="#Version5.36">Version 5.36 (beta) 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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>History of Ghostscript versions 5.n</title> <!-- $Id: History5.htm,v 1.41 2005/10/20 19:46:23 ray Exp $ --> <!-- WARNING: do not use Pete Kaiser's emacs function "gs-toc" alone to re-create the table of contents here, because it will replace the hand-edited TOC subheads with a separate subhead for each H2 in the body of the file. Or if you do, first look at the original TOC to see how to edit it for visual conciseness. --> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gs.css" title="Ghostscript Style"> </head> <body> <!-- [1.0 begin visible header] ============================================ --> <!-- [1.1 begin headline] ================================================== --> <h1>History of Ghostscript versions 5.n</h1> <!-- [1.1 end headline] ==================================================== --> <!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= --> <h2>Table of contents</h2> <blockquote><ul> <li><a href="#Version5.99">Version 5.99 (beta) (1999-12-18)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.99_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.99_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.99_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.99_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.99_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.99_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.99_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.99_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.99_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.99_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.99_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.99_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.98">Version 5.98 (beta) (1999-12-01)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.98_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.98_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.98_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.98_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.98_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.98_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.98_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.98_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.98_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.98_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.98_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.97">Version 5.97 (beta) (11/22/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.97_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.97_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.97_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.97_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.97_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.97_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.97_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.97_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.97_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.96">Version 5.96 (beta) (11/12/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.96_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.96_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.96_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.96_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.96_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.96_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.96_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.96_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.96_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.96_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.96_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.95">Version 5.95 (beta) (11/1/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.95_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.95_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.95_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.95_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.95_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.95_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.95_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.95_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.95_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.95_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.95_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.94">Version 5.94 (beta) (9/30/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.94_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.94_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.94_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.94_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.94_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.94_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.94_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.94_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.94_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.94_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.94_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.94_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.93">Version 5.93 (beta) (9/11/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.93_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.93_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.93_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.93_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.93_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.93_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.93_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.93_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.93_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.93_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.93_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.92">Version 5.92 (beta) (9/2/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.92_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.92_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.92_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.92_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.92_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.92_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.92_Streams">Streams</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.91">Version 5.91 (beta) (8/30/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.91_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.91_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.91_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.91_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.91_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.91_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.91_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.90">Version 5.90 (beta) (8/20/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.90_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.90_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.90_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.90_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.90_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.90_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.90_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.90_PDF_writer">PDF writer</a>, <a href="#5.90_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.90_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.90_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.90_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li>(Version 5.89 deliberately omitted.) <li><a href="#Version5.88">Version 5.88 (tester) (8/3/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.88_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.88_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.88_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.88_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.88_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.88_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.88_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.88_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.88_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.88_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.87">Version 5.87 (tester) (6/29/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.87_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.87_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.87_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.87_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.87_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.87_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.87_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.86">Version 5.86 (tester) (6/14/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.86_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.86_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.86_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.86_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.86_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.86_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.86_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.86_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.86_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.86_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.86_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.85">Version 5.85 (tester) (5/29/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.85_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.85_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.85_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.85_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.85_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.85_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.85_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.85_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.84">Version 5.84 (tester) (5/19/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.84_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.84_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.84_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.84_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.84_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.84_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.84_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.84_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.83">Version 5.83 (tester) (5/13/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.83_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.83_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.83_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.83_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.83_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.83_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.82">Version 5.82 (tester) (4/24/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.82_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.82_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.82_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.82_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.82_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.82_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.82_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.82_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.82_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.81">Version 5.81 (tester) (4/14/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.81_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.81_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.81_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.81_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.81_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.81_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.81_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.81_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.81_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.80">Version 5.80 (tester) (4/6/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.80_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.80_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.80_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.80_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.80_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.80_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.80_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.80_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.80_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.80_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li>(Versions 5.74 - 5.79 deliberately omitted.) <li><a href="#Version5.73">Version 5.73 (tester) (3/19/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.73_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.73_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.73_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.73_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.73_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.73_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.72">Version 5.72 (tester) (3/17/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.72_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.72_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.72_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.72_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.72_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.72_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.72_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.72_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.72_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.72_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.71">Version 5.71 (tester) (3/3/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.71_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.71_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.71_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.71_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.71_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.71_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.71_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.71_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.71_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.71_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.70">Version 5.70 (internal) (2/20/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.70_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.70_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.70_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.70_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.70_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.70_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.70_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.70_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.70_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.70_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.69">Version 5.69 (internal) (2/4/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.69_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.69_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.69_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.69_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.69_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.69_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.68">Version 5.68 (internal) (1/29/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.68_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.68_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.68_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.68_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.68_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.68_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.68_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.68_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.68_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.68_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.67">Version 5.67 (internal) (1/8/99)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.67_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.67_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.67_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.67_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.67_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.67_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.67_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.67_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.67_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.67_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.66">Version 5.66 (internal) (11/25/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.66_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.66_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.66_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.66_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.66_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.66_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.66_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.66_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.66_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.66_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.65">Version 5.65 (internal) (11/13/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.65_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.65_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.65_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.65_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.65_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.65_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.65_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.65_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.65_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.64">Version 5.64 (internal) (11/5/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.64_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.64_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.64_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.64_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.64_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.63">Version 5.63 (internal) (11/4/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.63_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.63_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.63_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.63_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.63_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.63_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.62">Version 5.62 (internal) (10/31/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.62_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.62_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.62_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.62_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.62_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.61">Version 5.61 (internal) (10/28/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.61_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.61_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.61_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.61_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.61_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.61_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.61_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.60">Version 5.60 (internal) (10/18/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.60_Incompatible_changes">Incompatible changes</a>, <a href="#5.60_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.60_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.60_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.60_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.60_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.60_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.60_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.60_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.60_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li>(Versions 5.51 - 5.59 deliberately omitted.) <li><a href="#Version5.50">Version 5.50 (9/16/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.50_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.50_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.50_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.50_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.50_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.50_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.50_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.50_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.40">Version 5.40 (beta) (9/10/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.40_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.40_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.40_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.40_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.40_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.40_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.39">Version 5.39 (beta) (9/8/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.39_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.39_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.38">Version 5.38 (beta) (9/3/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.38_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.38_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.38_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.38_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.37">Version 5.37 (beta) (8/31/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.37_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.37_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#5.37_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.37_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.37_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.37_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.37_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.37_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.37_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.36">Version 5.36 (beta) (8/25/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.36_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.36_Utilities">Utilities</a>, <a href="#5.36_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.36_Platforms">Platforms</a>, <a href="#5.36_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.36_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.36_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.36_Streams">Streams</a>, <a href="#5.36_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.35">Version 5.35 (beta) (8/18/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#5.35_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#5.35_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#5.35_Fonts">Fonts</a>, <a href="#5.35_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#5.35_Interpreter_PDF">Interpreter (PDF)</a>, <a href="#5.35_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.34">Version 5.34 (beta) (8/16/98)</a> <ul> <li><a href="#V5.34_Documentation">Documentation</a>, <a href="#V5.34_Procedures">Procedures</a>, <a href="#V5.34_Drivers">Drivers</a>, <a href="#V5.34_Interpreter">Interpreter</a>, <a href="#V5.34_Library">Library</a> </ul> <li><a href="#Version5.33">Version 5.33 (beta) (8/14/98)</a>