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diff --git a/whatsnew b/whatsnew new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc2c774 --- /dev/null +++ b/whatsnew @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.04 + + Bug fixes + Underlining + Small capitals now work properly + More flexible reference formatting setup file options + List items and displays now break across page boundaries + Quick reference guide (Appendix A, User's Guide) + Version of @Eq that uses TeX's fonts + Numbered list items can be tagged and referred to using @NumberOf + Multi-paragraph figure captions and multi-page figures + Various micro changes to @Eq to improve appearance + Merged index entries, and better guidance on how to make an index + DOS portability (I hope), still working on Mac portability + Eiffel programming language printing + Multi-word tags and sorting keys permitted + Margin notes + `Bypass' symbols (fewer passes for computer-generated Lout source) + Arbitrary chapter heading and part heading layouts + Viewers like GhostView now show real page numbers + @Sup and @Sub symbols (similar to sup and sub in equations) + Slovenian language + ANSI C (getting closer and closer...) + @IncludeGraphic will now accept a compressed file e.g. filename.eps.gz + @Verbatim { ... } like in LaTeX. + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.05 + + Bug fixes + ANSI C (getting very very close...) + Removed call to system("sort"), which was causing porting problems + Optional list of tables and list of figures in books + More options and setup file options for fine-tuning tables and figures + Package for printing bar codes (see software directory) + Moved initialization of non-English error message files into makefile + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.06 + + Bug fixes + Czech + Plain text manual pages for people without troff + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.07 + + Bug fixes + @URL field added to references + @LongFootNote, @LongEndNote, @LongCaption stupidity removed + Matrices and delimiters in equations improved + Captions to figures and tables may be above or below + Theorems, definitions, claims, propositions, lemmas, corollaries, examples + Words like "Chapter" and "Theorem" may be changed by the user + Numbered displays have been re-implemented and are much improved + @RightDisplay symbol + @F symbol added as synonym for { Courier Base -1p } @Font ... + Ability to set simple document options in the command line + Horizontal galleys (for expert users) + Drop capitals (large capitals in top left corner of paragraph) + Optimal body text breaking (makes large in-line displays more practical) + More flexible control of the format of chapter, section etc. headings + Option for starting chapters etc. on any, odd, or even pages + Command line option -S for safe execution (prohibits calls to system()) + Symbols for up to three independent indexes at the end of each document + References work now when the citation point is after the reference list + Placement of objects at arbitrary points on the page + Reference lists may be before or after appendices + Choice of nine locations for figures and tables (page top, foot, etc.) + Numbering of footnotes works properly in all unusual cases now + Database index files created afresh automatically if system has stat() + Choice of rules for spaces between words (like Lout, troff, or TeX) + Spacing in equations (both eq and teq) further improved + Kerning of accented characters deduced from corresponding unaccented ones + @NotRevealed symbol (for expert users) + Another, hopefully better attempt made at Latin-2 formatting + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.08 + + Bug fixes + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.09 + + Bug fixes + French hyphenation + foll_or_prec works in all cases now, not just galleys (for expert users) + @Enclose symbol (for expert users) + Multi-page figures and tables can be boxed (revised @Format option) + Optimal paragraph breaker has been tuned to discourage widow words, + and to hyphenate more paragraphs but use fewer hyphens when it does + More consistent set of setup files since all now derived from one master + Setup files "doc" and "report" now work with plain text output + Unpaginated (continuous) plain text output + @FirstChapterNumber, @FirstSectionNumber etc. options in setup file + Alternative error message format (filename:linenum:colnum: ...) + Newline no longer needed at end of file + New diagram drawing package called Diag (replaces Fig): + many new link types; trees; labelled nodes and links; many useful options + New "oragged" paragraph breaking style, combines ragged and outdent + Comprehensive usage message printed by "lout -u" + Horizontal spacing of subscripts in equations (both eq and teq) improved + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.10 + + Bug fixes + @StructPageNums option for pages numbered by section + Dot between section (etc.) numbers and title made optional + Updated version of lout.teq (TeX-style equation formatter) + EvenPageTop and EvenFullPage figure and table locations + @Graph options for plotting values in decreasing order + References may cite other references now (bug fix) + Installation option for making "lout -S" the default behaviour + @E symbol added alongside @Eq as synonym for @OneCol @Eq + New language EnglishUK which is like English but with UK hyphenation rules + @AnotherFootNote symbol for consecutive footnotes on one word + LOUTLIB env variable determines library directory at run time if set + Lots of arrow symbols added to eq and teq + Paragraph gaps may have "u" suffix, meaning unbreakable (for expert users) + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.11 + + Bug fixes + Sorting collation sequence may be locale-specific if desired + Changed paragraph breaker, no longer calls the notorious CorrectOversize + Word count feature (see manual entry, -w) + Italian language + Fix for the long-standing bug in database file reading on DOS-like systems + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.12 + + Bug fixes + @CurrFamily and @CurrFace symbols similar to @CurrLang (for expert users) + @II symbol for getting italics right in headings and tables of contents + @Graph now has rticks option for ticks on right-hand side of frame + PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) back end (command line flag -Z) + Latin2 and Russian are now part of the main Lout distribution + Changed license from GNU General Public License Version 1 to Version 2 + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.13 [released February 1999] + + Bug fixes + Gaps between galley components may have "u" (unbreakable) suffix, meaning + that the galley may not be broken at this gap (for expert users) + @StartHSpan, @StartVSpan, @StartHVSpan, @HSpan, @VSpan (spanning cols, rows) + unbreakablefirst @Break and unbreakablelast @Break (stops widows, orphans) + named parameters may import their parent, like body parameters (expert) + definitions and named parameters may have multiple names (expert) + @OneOf symbol chooses result that contains desired galley target (expert) + @HLimited, @VLimited symbols for further control over use of space (expert) + @ListInterruptItem and @ListNewPage: interrupts, page breaks between items + @Verbatim symbol now built-in, so no longer limited to Unix + @RawVerbatim like @Verbatim but preserves initial spaces on first line + 0rt gap for left justification of the preceding object (expert) + @Background symbol for printing one object in the background of another + Maximum depth of @Includes increased from 7 to 10 + New table formatting package, see User's Guide (old one is still there) + New @Meld symbol for better melding of index entries (expert) + Option to @FootNote for choosing your own footnote label + Optional full-width abstracts in technical reports + Hungarian language including Hungarian-specific heading formats + + *** IMPORTANT: TWO CHANGES THAT ARE NOT UPWARDLY COMPATIBLE *** + + (1) The @Abstract symbol in technical reports now comes before the + // symbol, not after it. See User's Guide for details. + + (2) Setup file arrangements have changed. You now need to have one + @SysInclude line for each package you use. For example, + + Previous versions Version 3.13 + --------------------------------------------- + + @SysInclude { eq } @SysInclude { eq } + @SysInclude { ddoc } @SysInclude { diag } + @SysInclude { doc } + + Import clauses in mydefs files also have to change: + + Previous versions Version 3.13 + --------------------------------------------- + + import @DocumentLayout import @BasicSetup + import @CPrint import @CPSetup + import @DiagramPrint import @DiagSetup + + Sorry for the inconvenience, but the old system was inconsistent + and was tending towards an unsustainable combinatorial explosion + of setup files. No changes *within* documents are needed, and + these new arrangements do not affect the content of the packages. + The user's guide documents it all. + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.14 [released March 1999] + + Bug fixes + "lout -PDF" now available as alternative to "lout -Z" + Cross referencing list items yields just the raw item number now + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.15 [May 1999] + + Bug fixes + @FootNoteFormat option for controlling format of footnotes + @TheoremFormat option for controlling format of theorems (etc.) + @ListOuterGap setup file option for space before and after lists + Standardized and improved "slides" package, incl. new setup file options + (NB please send me @Word&&lecture and @Word&&overhead in your language) + Faster database reading (uses more memory though); prevent with -M + @DoubleLine symbol in diagrams for drawing a double line + -l and -L flags for selecting collation order (see lout -u) + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.16 [28 May 1999] + + Bug fixes + Optimal paragraph breaking weights adjusted yet again (sigh) + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.17 [13 September 1999] + + Bug fixes + @AtEnd option for @Book and @Report (unnumbered back cover page) + @Abbreviations symbol in books (like @Introduction but for abbreviations) + @Euro symbol added for getting a European Currency symbol + Document OBJECT struct declaration in externs.h (for gurus only) + +Things that ought to be done but haven't been done yet + + pdfmark in PostScript output + Review Uwe's proposal for moving word row marks to the baseline + +Jeff Kingston +17 September 1999 |