September 08, 2003
Panther Developer Notes
Panther developer notes: Ink Services, Perl, more
Scriptable Printing: Panther's printing system supports an enhanced Apple Event for printing that enables script creators to define settings like page range, number of copies, and more. - Perl 5.8.1: - Apple is introducing a new Ink Services API in Panther so that developers can take advantage of Ink input for their applications and integrate Ink further into their software. - vImage: Apple has publicly demonstrated Panther's image editing capabilities, such as the ability to set up a folder action that automatically processes images, resizing or converting them as they are dropped in - QuickTime: In preliminary documentation for Panther's installation of QuickTime, Apple playfully dubs it "QuickTime Reloaded." Panther's version has a number of new APIs -- over 50 new documented APIs for Panther. - GCC 3.3: As Apple has announced, Panther's Xcode development suite includes GCC 3.3 as the default OS X compiler for C, C++, Objective-C, and Objective-C++. [Studio Log]