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                   GNU Image Manipulation Program
                           Stable Branch
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This is the stable branch of GIMP.


Overview of Changes from GIMP 3.2.2 to GIMP 3.2.4
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Core:

  - The "edit-fill-*" actions will now behave accordingly on specific
    cases. E.g. it will skip layers which can't be filled (content-lock
    layers and link layers) and it will fill the expected way
    non-rasterized text and vector layers.
  - Images opened through command lines are not considered stray images
    anymore on exit when run without a GUI (scripts, etc.).
  - We improved the support of the process temporary folder, so that we
    can avoid clashes when several users run GIMP on a same computer.
    Furthermore the temporary folder is now deleted at startup (unless
    it is not empty, which it should be).

Tool

  - Text tool:
    * When editing text, prioritize our global actions when a
      shortcut matches, before sending the hit keys to the IME (Input
      Method Engine). Otherwise some IME may consume our keys and block
      custom shortcuts (e.g. Alt+key events are often used to trigger
      special characters on macOS or Windows and may block core
      actions).
    * Prevent font size jumping to 0 when using shortcuts on selected
      text.
  - Selection tools: when moving a floating layer or selection,
    temporarily disable the marching ants outline. Among other reasons,
    it improves performance.

Plug-Ins:

  - Fixes bugs to: APNG import, PAA import.
  - Improved PDF export.
  - file-compressor: improved error messaging.

API:

  - libgimp/PDB:
    * libgimp/PDB functions gimp_context_set_line_width_unit() and
      gimp_vector_layer_set_stroke_width_unit() now accept pixel as input unit.
    * Improved error handling in gimp_temp_file().
    * New function: gimp_resources_loaded()
  - libgimp:
    * A function gimp_env_exit() was added, but same as gimp_env_init(),
      it is not declared in public headers and should never be used by
      plug-ins. It is considered private.
    * gimp_quit() function is deprecated.
  - PDB:
    * (gimp-quit) procedure (without libgimp wrapper) is deprecated.

Build:

  - Many build warnings are being cleaned out.
  - New jobs are being set up with -Werror progressively as we weed out
    existing build warnings.
  - The issue bot will now run and create reports when specific jobs
    fail.
  - New rules to generate Markdown versions of our man pages for the
    website.


Overview of Changes from GIMP 3.2.0 to GIMP 3.2.2
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Core:

  - We removed support for a separate folder for loading 32-bit binaries
    on 64-bit Windows. This was being used for core plug-ins for the
    TWAIN plug-in only.
  - Various fixes related to the new non-destructive layer types, or to
    non-destructive layer effects.
  - More robust handling of Procreate and SwatchBooker palettes.
  - Fix scaling paths when importing SVG as paths.
  - We now support reading the documentation being installed in the user
    config directory in the `help/` subdirectory.
  - Histogram dialog: the unique color count feature now takes into
    account any selection.

Graphical User Interface:

  - Theme fixes.
  - Various text fixed for better localization.
  - Display the "Tab" shortcut for the "Hide Docks" action, even though
    it is not a real global shortcut (it only works on the canvas).
  - Metadata Rotation import dialog: you can now click the preview for
    Original and Rotated images in the Metadata Rotation Import Dialog,
    and have it open the image rotated as shown in the preview.

Plug-Ins:

  - Tile: carry over the source image's profile to the newly created
    image.
  - Improve support of: FITS, TIM, PAA, ICNS, PVR, SFW, JIF, PSP, PSD

Translations:

  - Serbian Cyrillic now has upstream support in InnoSetup (in their
    "Unofficial" list still, which means it is less verified). Our
    installer now has Serbian Cyrillic localization too.

Build:

  - NM environment variable is now used in priority for the `nm` tool
    used for the build. This check is stored from configure-time
    environment.
  - Windows x86 32-bit pipeline has now been decommissioned from our CI.
    This implies that 32-bit builds won't be available anymore in our
    Windows installer, just as was already the case on the Windows Store.
  - Meson build:
    * New boolean option -Dtwain-unmaintained: this puts our TWAIN
      plug-in behind a disabled-by-default flag, because this plug-in
      only made sense in 32-bit. The next step will be to replace it by
      a WIA plug-in.
    * Option -Dwin32-32bits-dll-folder removed.
  - GIMP can now be built fully without patches on macOS. The in-house
    macOS build is slowly moving to become our main CI for this OS and
    for making the release DMGs.
  - Snap: enable MIDI (Alsa) support.
  - AppImage: enable "Send by email".