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Revision: 12515 http://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/code/12515 Author: arjenmarkus Date: 2013-09-22 10:01:44 +0000 (Sun, 22 Sep 2013) Log Message: ----------- Changed the general reference to the Wiki to the specific page regarding Cygwin. Modified Paths: -------------- trunk/README.release Modified: trunk/README.release =================================================================== --- trunk/README.release 2013-09-22 05:46:07 UTC (rev 12514) +++ trunk/README.release 2013-09-22 10:01:44 UTC (rev 12515) @@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ (5.9.10) The current format for maps used by plmap has been deprecated in favour of using shapefiles (a standard format widely used for GIS and with -suitable free data sources available). This requires the shapelib library +suitable free data sources available). This requires the shapelib library to be installed. If this library is not installed then by default no map -support will be available. Support for the old binary format is still -available by setting the cmake variable PL_DEPRECATED, however this +support will be available. Support for the old binary format is still +available by setting the cmake variable PL_DEPRECATED, however this support will be removed in a future release of PLplot. (5.9.10) Those who use the Python version of plgriddata will have to @@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ as well all g77's legacy features). An important consequence is that we can not test the implementation for -compliance to the FORTRAN 77 standard. +compliance to the FORTRAN 77 standard. Furthermore, we would prefer to concentrate all our Fortran development effort on our f95 bindings and strongly encourage all our Fortran users to use those bindings if they haven't switched from the @@ -473,28 +473,28 @@ 1.1 The format for map data used by plmap has changed -The format for map data used by plmap is now the shapefile format. +The format for map data used by plmap is now the shapefile format. This is a widely used standard format and there are many sources of data in this format. This replaces the custom binary format that PLplot used -to use. The support for reading shapefiles is provided by the shapelib +to use. The support for reading shapefiles is provided by the shapelib library, which is a new dependency for PLplot. If users do not have this -installed then, by default, they will not get any map capabilites with +installed then, by default, they will not get any map capabilites with PLplot. Support for the old format can still be enabled by setting the -PL_DEPRECATED cmake variable, but this support will be removed in a +PL_DEPRECATED cmake variable, but this support will be removed in a subsequent PLplot release. 1.2 Python support for Numeric has been dropped -Support for the python Numeric package has been dropped. This has been -deprecated since 5.9.6. Numeric is no longer supported and is superceded -by numpy. Support for numpy has been the default in plplot for a number +Support for the python Numeric package has been dropped. This has been +deprecated since 5.9.6. Numeric is no longer supported and is superceded +by numpy. Support for numpy has been the default in plplot for a number of years so most users should notice no difference. 1.3 Non-integer line widths allowed All functions which take line width arguments (plwid, plshade*, pllegend) now support PLFLT values for the line width. This allows drivers which -support this to take advantage of fine line widths. This is an API change +support this to take advantage of fine line widths. This is an API change from previous releases. 1.4 Improvements to the build system for the Cygwin case @@ -508,8 +508,8 @@ CMake-based build system to adjust for these recent CMake changes for Cygwin, we have indeed confirmed that prediction for the PLplot case. There are still some Cygwin platform issues left which are being -discussed on our Wiki at http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/, but -some fundamental breakthroughs have also been made for the Cygwin case +discussed on our Wiki at http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Setup_cygwin, +but some fundamental breakthroughs have also been made for the Cygwin case that should interest all our Windows users. For example, for the first time ever we have been able to build our cairo and qt device drivers on the Cygwin platform giving our Windows users convenient @@ -1342,28 +1342,28 @@ 2.53 The format for map data used by plmap has changed -The format for map data used by plmap is now the shapefile format. +The format for map data used by plmap is now the shapefile format. This is a widely used standard format and there are many sources of data in this format. This replaces the custom binary format that PLplot used to use. The support for reading shapefiles is provided by the shapelib library, which is a new dependency for PLplot. If users do not have this installed then, by default, they will not get any map capabilites with PLplot. Support for the old format can still be enabled by setting the -PL_DEPRECATED cmake variable, but this support will be removed in a +PL_DEPRECATED cmake variable, but this support will be removed in a subsequent PLplot release. 2.54 Python support for Numeric has been dropped -Support for the python Numeric package has been dropped. This has been -deprecated since 5.9.6. Numeric is no longer supported and is superceded -by numpy. Support for numpy has been the default in plplot for a number +Support for the python Numeric package has been dropped. This has been +deprecated since 5.9.6. Numeric is no longer supported and is superceded +by numpy. Support for numpy has been the default in plplot for a number of years so most users should notice no difference. 2.55 Non-integer line widths allowed All functions which take line width arguments (plwid, plshade*, pllegend) now support PLFLT values for the line width. This allows drivers which -support this to take advantage of fine line widths. This is an API change +support this to take advantage of fine line widths. This is an API change from previous releases. 2.56 Improvements to the build system for the Cygwin case @@ -1377,8 +1377,8 @@ CMake-based build system to adjust for these recent CMake changes for Cygwin, we have indeed confirmed that prediction for the PLplot case. There are still some Cygwin platform issues left which are being -discussed on our Wiki at http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/, but -some fundamental breakthroughs have also been made for the Cygwin case +discussed on our Wiki at http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/index.php?title=Setup_cygwin, +but some fundamental breakthroughs have also been made for the Cygwin case that should interest all our Windows users. For example, for the first time ever we have been able to build our cairo and qt device drivers on the Cygwin platform giving our Windows users convenient This was sent by the SourceForge.net collaborative development platform, the world's largest Open Source development site. |