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@@ -363,10 +363,40 @@ Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.29 [August 2003] New pairs options for @Graph: dotdashed, dotdotdashed, dotdotdotdashed; plus @GraphDotDashed, @GraphDotDotDashed, @GraphDotDotDotDashed syms -Things to do (or not) - - I may have promised to add dashed, dotted etc. options to @Tbl's - rules, but existing code does not lend itself to it, so I haven't. - Bug in placement of Index/Glossary headings (awaiting example of bug). + Things not done + + I may have promised to add dashed, dotted etc. options to @Tbl's + rules, but existing code does not lend itself to it, so I haven't. + +Changes and new features introduced in Version 3.30 [October 2004] + + Bug fixes (H. K. Man's fix for PDF links, '' in Python, crashing + for some cases of "lout --option{value}") + Fixed bug with large page sizes. Lout stores object sizes in 32-bit + integers, but smaller numbers (gap widths, shifts, character metrics + etc.) in 16-bit integers. The left parameter of @Wide and @High was + erroneously being passed through a 16-bit variable. + Added A2 to list of page types (it works, too) + Reference new mailing list address + @HMirror and @VMirror symbols for reflecting objects + @IndexRangeFormat option for changing "from--to" format in indexes + "nolig @Font" for turning off ligatures in following object + @BeginSubPrefaces, @SubPreface, and @EndSubPrefaces symbols + @BeginSubIntroductions, @SubIntroduction, and @EndSubIntroductions symbols + @ParagraphItem symbol (like @ListItem but label integrated into paragraph) + Documented the danger of keeping valuable .ld files in source directories + Kerning now tries original characters before their unaccented versions + "@Graph style { grid }" replaces ticks in graphs with grid lines + + Things not done + + @CaptionGap not implementable since some gaps between figures and + captions are not accessible. Try @FigureCaptionFormat. + Brazilian Portuguese declined on the grounds that it turned out + virtually identical to Portuguese Portuguese (convince me...) + I may have promised to add an "incontents" option to large-scale + structure symbols, which would allow them to opt out of the table + of contents. On second thoughts I'm unwilling to do this. I need + to be convinced that Lout should encourage this strange thing. Jeff Kingston |