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Changes for version 5.86

  • Optimized some of the Perl code further. Arc drawing uses math caching to give an extra speed boost.
  • Added a "Diagnostic" mode for loading images.
  • Also when loading images, if the module is running in accelerated mode, animated GIF transparency per frame is preserved. This is to allow you to play it back in "mask mode" as it is intended to play GIFs anyway.
  • The "examples" scripts have also been tweaked.