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- DO NOT REPORT BUGS IN THE ALPHA OR BETA TEST VERSIONS TO
- PUBLIC CONFERENCES! PLEASE! RADICAL EYE CAN BE REACHED
- BY FAX AT (415) 327-3329 (you probably won't get a reply)
- OR BY BBS AT (415) 327-2346. OR ON BIX. IF YOU REPORT A
- BUG, MAKE SURE YOU ARE RUNNING THE LATEST DVIPS AS WELL
- AS TEXVIEW, AND INCLUDE ALL FILES NECESSARY TO REPRODUCE
- THE BUG. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
-
- Expect bugs, folks, and keep a copy of the original 2.0
- TeXview/dvips around to fall back on when you trip over
- them. Thanks!
-
- Announcing: an alpha version of TeXview, available now from
- labrea.stanford.edu in ~ftp/pub get texview.tar.Z. Requires
- dvips5483.tar.Z and dvips5475lib.tar.Z, so if you don't have
- them, get them too.
-
- This is one of the *last* alpha releases, so if you have
- any comments or suggestions, please get them to be soon.
- What do you want? What would you change? Etc.
-
- Most documentation is in dvips.tex in dvips5480.tar.Z; things
- work the same as in that code.
-
- Alpha 9 release:
-
- Added hints panel. Check it out, read it please, make comments.
-
- Added page inspector (command window) panel.
-
- Won't crash if EPSF cannot be found (I think this is a WSM bug, but
- I can't be sure.)
-
- Changed the way arrow keys are handled; try arrow keys, shift arrow
- keys, control arrow keys, shift control arrow keys. (Or read hints.)
-
- Fixed some bugs.
-
- Alpha 8 release:
-
- Just a patch to make Alpha 7 work at *all* on PostScript fonts.
- Sorry, folks.
-
- Alpha 7 release:
-
- Same deal as Alpha 6, only now you need to get dvips 5.483!
- Sorry!
-
- Just a few bugs fixed; nothing really major new (yet). More
- neat things to follow. Mainly intended to accompany all the
- neat new reencoding features of dvips 5.483.
-
- Alpha 6 release:
-
- warning warning warning warning warning warning warning warning
-
- If you are using PostScript fonts, you will need to get
- dvips 5.482 and this release and install both at the
- same time. This new release depends on the texps.lpro
- supplied there, and that texps.lpro is incompatible with
- the old dvips texps.lpro. This is unfortunate, but
- necessary, to get around some bugs in the old texps.lpro
- and to make things work a little nicer.
-
- warning warning warning warning warning warning warning warning
-
- Major aesthetic changes again: the pendulum has swung. I
- think this will be the final interface; menus and tear-offs
- work well and should be encouraged over button-heavy
- interfaces. Let me know what you think.
-
- Saves fonts from the TeX command window to be the default
- next time around for both TeX command and Console windows.
- Uniformity between command-keys and normal keys by simply
- changing normal key events to command key events. Many other
- changes . . . can select hide on launch in Preferences. Can
- measure things now.
-
- Hints:
-
- Try typing a page number when the TeX preview window is key; the
- random-page gadget will automatically start up.
-
- Try click-dragging on the TeX preview window.
-
- Try just clicking on the TeX preview window.
-
- The *only* things currently on my todo list are:
- - Services in both directions
- - Integration with editors (edit, emacs, vi) to some degree
- - Get FAX support working
- - EPSF inclusion of malformed images won't crash whole system
- - Possibly reopen on same page when tracking
-
- Alpha 5 release:
-
- Many, many, many interface changes. Removed autoactivation
- feature; replaced with command key window that can stay around.
- (This should be less confusing for the user.) TeXview window
- now closable; will reopen on reactivation. Optional hide on
- deferred. Remember which windows were open for next activation.
- Font selection for console windows should work now.
-
- Alpha 4 release:
-
- Various bug fixes. Do not select the Services menu item yet;
- it's not operational.
-
- Alpha 3 release:
-
- Added automatic-re-running of TeX on activation of TeXview if
- the dvi file or tex file is new. (If the dvi file is new *and*
- newer than the TeX file, then just it is read; else, the new
- TeX file is processed.) You have to enable this in Preferences
- if it isn't already enabled. (If the change is to some file
- input'ed or include'd by TeX, then you'll just have to hit `t'
- yourself. Also, for LaTeX users, add %&latex at the top of the
- file and this will work for you too.)
-
- Console, TeX window size and placement saved on save Preferences
-
- -, 0-9 now automatically start up random page gadget, so to go
- to a new page, just type the page number.
-
- Added keys to the help menu.
-
- Pulled font menu until I figure what to do with them.
-
- Added command-k to clear console window
-
- Changed `a' for AMSTeX to `A' so as not to conflict with edit menu
-
- Added mock graphics in Preferences for speed
-
- Grab page with mouse and drag it around
-
- Figures searched on TEXINPUTS path (set in .cshrc)
-
- Console pops to front after five seconds of waiting for command completion
-
- Some bugs fixed.
-
- Still to do:
- FAX support (I'm still waiting on a FAX machine)
- Improve EPSF inclusion for files that are broken
- Reopen on same page???
- Add ability to add to compile menu??? (phyztex -v %s)
- Hooks into particular editors???
- File name/line number info when TeX has error???
-
- Alpha 2 release:
-
- Now you can type stuff to the TeX window.
-
- TeXview understands TeX files now; register for the .tex
- extension and watch the sparks fly!
-
- Some bugs fixed.
-
- key-commands:
- l re-LaTeX file
- b re-bibTeX file
- s re-SliTeX file
- a re-AmsTeX file
-
- Alpha 1 release:
-
- key-commands:
- T bring TeX window to front
- C bring console to front
- t re-TeX file (for LaTeX, have %&latex on the first line)
-
- I'm releasing this a bit prematurely, because I made a major
- structural goof---I can't abuse vfork() like I currently am;
- TeXview runs out of processes after a total of 100 prints or
- re-TeX's. Of course, we want the program to run forever, so
- this is clearly unacceptable.
-
- So many things still to do . . .
-
- Please get any and all comments to me as soon as possible. Thanks!
-
- Major new features: color support, paper size support.
-
- New features:
- Window size and placement saved on `Preferences save config'
- Non-square aspect ratio support for figure inclusion
- Optional clipping on figure inclusion
- Support for psfig `command' files (`zcat fig.ps, for example)
- Support for MSDOS binary .pfb font files
- Will read environment variables (set in .cshrc), even when started
- from workspace manager or from open.
- Optional MAKETEXPK environment variable for font creation command
- Will not attempt to generate fonts below 69 dpi
- Support for `p' to specify other psfonts.map file, and `p+' to
- specify additional psfonts.map file.
- Can scroll around by grabbing and moving screen with mouse.
-
- Bug fixes:
- Zoom/unzoom sizes now saved correctly (might have failed
- earlier)
- Bug fix in virtual font support that could cause crash
- Better spacing with fonts with negative widths
- Various tpic improvements
- Various other bug fixes from dvips
- Slanted, expanded PostScript fonts now supported
- If a TFM file can't be found, cmr10.tfm is used by default
-
- Other changes:
- PK paths with % in them now expanded on a per path-element basis,
- rather than always (so you can say .:/NextLibrary/Fonts/%s.%dpk
- and have it work like you'd expect.)
- Modified the prolog definitions to be more forgiving of bad EPSF
- inclusions (like those from Adobe Illustrator, TopDraw)
- Default window size is larger
- Some buffering glitches were removed; were they replaced with other
- buffering glitches?
-
- Still to do:
- Get FAX support working
- On-line help
- Nicer UI; point and click to TeX, edit, etc.
- EPSF inclusion of malformed images
- Rulers/measurement??
- Does color graphics work on color NeXTstations?
- Reopen on same page when tracking?
-