[Ringing-lib-announce] Version 0.2.6 released

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Version 0.2.6 of the Ringing Class Library is now available.

Release notes:
Version 0.2.6 (13 January 2002):
  More method library improvements and tidying.
  Add printing of whole methods, and colour printing.  Command-line
    program examples/psline for method printing.
  New touch classes (still experimental).

In particular, there is a useful command-line program for producing
PostScript lines for methods.  Unfortunately you can only compile it if
you have the GNU C library's argp functions, but I will try to write a
replacement for them soon.

We have been thinking about supporting shared libraries on Unix platforms,
but this would mean that anybody wanting to compile from the CVS source
would need to download the latest alpha release of GNU libtool.  Would
that upset people?  If it would, we will wait until the next stable
release (1.5) comes out.  DLLs for Windows are being considered, but
they're probably still some way off.

I'd appreciate comments on the design of the touch classes.

Martin

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Martin Bright, Clare College, Cambridge
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