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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-06-12 00:48:49 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2010-06-12 00:48:49 +0000 |
commit | b7d09128d54f9b6bb737e80e906499037529904e (patch) | |
tree | 68ea16ac010aeee726f77bcec9162525feb14a7e /Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xypic/TRAILER | |
parent | 457703ea12a711958a619ba5f9e665242c1dcfe7 (diff) |
xypic 3.8.1 (11jun10)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@18907 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xypic/TRAILER b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xypic/TRAILER index 0910c672a83..4f6b2baddf5 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xypic/TRAILER +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/xypic/TRAILER @@ -1,13 +1,11 @@ --*-text-*- $Id: TRAILER,v 3.7 1999/02/16 15:12:50 krisrose Exp $ +-*-text-*- $Id: TRAILER,v 3.16 2010/06/10 18:45:49 krisrose Exp $ ======================================================================= - ANNOUNCING the Xy-pic version 3.7 DIAGRAM TYPESETTING PACKAGE + ANNOUNCING the Xy-pic version 3.8 DIAGRAM TYPESETTING PACKAGE ======================================================================= -This is to announce a release of my diagram typesetting package Xy-pic. - -With version 3.7 we explicitly grant permission to use the unmodified -Xy-pic fonts and specials in distributed documents. +This is to announce a release of the diagram typesetting package Xy-pic. +It has been more than a decade, so we find that a release is in order. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL @@ -15,33 +13,42 @@ Xy-pic fonts and specials in distributed documents. Xy-pic is a package for typesetting a variety of graphs and diagrams with TeX. Xy-pic works with most formats (including LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX, -AMS-TeX, and plain TeX), in particular Xy-pic is provided as a LaTeX2e -`supported package' (following the `CTAN LaTeX2e bundle' standard). +AMS-TeX, and plain TeX). -Further specifics of the package are in the distribution README file. +Further specifics of the package are in the distribution README file +and other documentation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -The primary purpose of release 3.7 is the granting of special permission -to copy the Xy-pic fonts and graphic specials inside documents, for -example in DVI, PostScript, and PDF files. This has no practical -significance except making current (reasonable) practice explicitly -legal. - -Release 3.7 furthermore fixes a few bugs in release 3.6 and adds a few -features: a "smart turning path" feature and an extension with macro -expansion in kernel expressions and polygon shapes by George C. Necula, -and the beginnings of an emulation of LaTeX picture mode proposed by -Paul Burchard and Bill Richter. - -Special thanks to George Necula for the bug fixes and impressive -extensions, to Bill Richter for extending Paul Burchard's pb-diagram to -use Xy-pic as a backend and for contributing the `picture' feature, to -Berthold Horn of Y&Y Inc. for releasing the copyright on their -PostScript fonts, and to Pieter Donche and Marcelo Cunha dos Santos for -the bug reports. +Release 3.8.1 includes the missing ".enc" files in the distribution. + +The primary purpose of release 3.8 is to incorporate support for +proper PDF output by including Daniel Müllner's "xypdf" package using +native PDF for drawing. The driver is integrated with most of +Xy-pic's extensions, however, there may still be gray areas where +support is sketchy, so please try your favorite diagrams with pdfTeX +and tell us if it works for you! We're grateful to Daniel for having +contributed such a key piece of infrastructure that Xy-pic has been +lacking for many years. + +This version also marks the first version where xymatrix entries are +aligned by their math axis by default as suggested by Alex Perlis (in +TUGboat 22 (2001), 330-334); thanks to Alex for the thorough analysis. +Please check whether your matrices still work as you expect! + +Also thanks to Jeremy Gibbons for contributing the new "lu" style of +arrow tips suitable for use with Lucida, and to Scott Pakin and the +FontForge team for the great programs used to generate all Type1 fonts +directly from METAFONT sources. + +Release 3.8 furthermore fixes a few bugs in release 3.7; do tell if +you believe that any of the "fixes" are really new bugs. + +Finally, thanks to our loyal users; indeed if you enjoy Xy-pic then +please rate us on http://sourceforge.net/projects/xy-pic where Xy-pic +development is now completely in the open! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- AVAILABILITY @@ -49,24 +56,19 @@ the bug reports. Xy-pic can be retrieved through the World Wide Web Xy-pic `home page': - URL: http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~krisrose/Xy-pic.html - -as well as by anonymous ftp from - - CTAN: macros/generic/diagrams/xypic + http://xy-pic.sourceforge.net -Check the README file in each location for specifics, in particular -check that you have reached a version 3.7 copy (some archives take a -while to mirror the latest files)! +Make sure to check that you have reached a version 3.8 copy (some +archives take a while to mirror the latest files)! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HISTORY & CREDITS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The first public release (version 1.40) of Xy-pic was created by -Kristoffer H. Rose, DIKU, U of Copenhagen (now ENS-Lyon, France) and -distributed via Usenet on December 19, 1991. This quickly became -version 2 of which version 2.6 was the stable for sevarl years. +Kristoffer H. Rose, then at DIKU, U of Copenhagen, and distributed via +Usenet on December 19, 1991. This quickly became version 2 of which +version 2.6 was stable for a few years. The thorough rewrite that became version 3 is a continued collaboration with Ross Moore, Macquarie U, Sydney, initiated through @@ -75,14 +77,14 @@ Research Council, Macquarie University, and using donated DEC equipment). However, full backwards compatibility is maintained (except for the unavoidable but fully documented obscure cases). -Xy-pic is Copyright (c) 1991-1998 by Kristoffer H. Rose and 1994-1998 -by Ross Moore under GNU COPYLEFT (GPL) which means that you can use -the package for any purpose but if you provide the macros or any code -derived from them to a third party then you are obliged to include the -entire Xy-pic package (full details in the file COPYING). The -PostScript fonts are additionally Copyright (c) 1997 Y&Y Inc. The -FONTCOPYING file details the special permissions to distribute fonts -without the full requirements of the GPL. +Xy-pic is principally Copyright (c) 1991-2010 by Kristoffer H. Rose +and 1994-2010 by Ross Moore, with contributions by several others, all +under GNU COPYLEFT (GPL) which means that you can use the package for +any purpose but if you provide the macros or any code derived from +them to a third party then you are obliged to include the entire +Xy-pic package (full details in the file COPYING). The FONTCOPYING +file details the special permissions to distribute fonts without the +full requirements of the GPL. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |