PyGallery 2.0

Changes by Daniel Haertle:
2.0b2 2003/09/10
	- while processing OK button now turns to Abort and after porcessing to Finish
	- in win32 build: eliminated dos window 
	- Novelty check description in Developer.txt updated
	- ascending/descending sort order
	- sort by date, size, or name	
	- avoided Image.py deprecation warnings
	- GUI now runs in a separate thread, so that stdout can be displayed in GUI
	- reloading factory defauts now shows the correct in/output dir
	- corrected bug that appended "_full" to filenames and crashed if one does not let
	  copy the original pictures to OutputDir
	- corrected bug when "Don't copy the pictures to OutputDir..." was unchecked
	- resizing now with NEAREST filter, which is faster than BILINEAR before
	- thumbnails now with ANTIALIAS filter (only for PIL 1.1.3 and later), 
	  which is better than NEAREST before
	- changed md5 novelty check algorythm for thumbnails and low res pics
	- in Python 2.3 on win32 directories are no longer lowercase
	- corrected bug that "back to parent" link disappeared
	- corrected bug that gallery.cfg were not loaded in subdirs
	- in thumb column style, better calculation of the thumb fram width
	- changed the default output directory on Mac OS X to Desktop/gallery-out
	- updated the usage in the docstring of PyGallery
	- fixed bug that, in windows, caused failure if InputDir or OutputDir ended with a
	  backslash
	- replaced all string module functions by string methods (except for GalleryFTP.py)
	- in dynamic style, when many images, name the pictures Pic01, Pic02,... instead of 
	  Pic1, Pic2,...

2.0b1 2003/08/10
	- built executable in windows (standalone)
	- built executable on Mac OS X (requires Python)
	- got GUI working on Mac OS X
	- added command line directory arguments: PyGallery [options] [InputDir] [OutputDir]
	  thus enableing drag and drop of InputDir on the compiled program
	- load/save gallery.cfg settings file from gui
	- in Javascript mode, when clicking on larger, updates the index
	- taken away SubGalleryIndexTableBGColor
	- in Javascript mode, now the image changes image if one presses a variant link
	- in Javascript style: let click on image
	- in caption files and options, separated author and caption by tab, instead of comma
	- GUI
	- if a gallery has no large pic, make no low resolution variant
	- added Exludelist, a configuration option to exclude some directories or
	  pictures from being inserted into the gallery
	- performance: does not recalculate thumbnails if not needed
	- ported to MacOs 
	- added link in exhibits to exhibit in other resolution (if available)
	- added captions key to config (so it is possible to give a caption to the root gallery
	- does not put variant list in exhibit when all equal
	- renamed to PyGallery, there are too many Galleries around

1.4 2003/03/18
	- possibility to merge all pictures in the subdirs into one gallery 
	- in the exhibits, click on the left quarter of the pic to go the previous pic,
	  and on the right three quarters to go to the next pic
	- navigation buttons in exhibit above and/or under the picture and in 5 different styles
	- automatic FTP upload
	- don't let the columns of thumbnails half full unless configured so
	- OutputDir can now be a sudir of InputDir

1.3 2002/01/26
	- in recursive mode, handle also initial dirs without pics, if their subdirs have pics
	- choose whether or not to eredit the gallery.cfg from the parent directory
	- bug correction
	- recursing directory for the other styles
	- recursing directory process (for JavaScript style)
	- split galleries with many pictures in several parts
	- creates thumbnails for directories
	- display filesize
	- better sorting
	- validate and correct configuration options
	- more config parameters
	- load all images supported by PIL
	- display filename and image dimensions
	- new module GalleryUtil with support routines
	
1.1 2001/01/10
	- added JavaScript style
	- corrected tests in the modules
	- get captions from ACDsee descript.ion
	
Changes by Kevin Dahlhausen:

1.0 2000/03/26
	- added cascading option files
	- added ability to read arrow gif and logo locations from config file

0.9 1999/09/01
	- added frames
	- added refs to Python and PIL URLs
	- added CaptionColor option
	- changed wording on index title
	- added background image support