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- $Id: README,v 1.40 1993/05/01 16:00:37 pturner Exp pturner $
-
- Tue Jul 27 15:41:52 PST 1993
-
- Release v2.10 patchlevel 1
-
- (C) COPYRIGHT 1991-1993 Paul J Turner
- All Rights Reserved
-
- XMGR IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. THE
- USER ASSUMES ALL RISKS OF USING XMGR. THERE IS NO CLAIM OF THE
- MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- YOU MAY MAKE COPIES OF XMGR FOR YOUR OWN USE, AND MODIFY THOSE COPIES.
- YOU MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE ANY MODIFIED SOURCE CODE OR DOCUMENTATION TO USERS
- AT ANY SITES OTHER THAN YOUR OWN.
-
- Xmgr Release v2.10 patchlevel 1
-
- This is xmgr Release 2.10, a plotting tool for workstations using Motif/X.
- Source code is available via anonymous ftp to:
-
- ftp.ccalmr.ogi.edu [129.95.72.34]:/CCALMR/pub/acegr/xmgr-2.10pl1.tar.Z
-
- or
-
- export.lcs.mit.edu:/contrib/acegr/xmgr-2.10pl1.tar.Z
-
- To build xmgr, edit the Makefile and type 'make', or use the Imakefile.
- I don't use imake in the course of development so there are most
- likely problems with the Imakefile.
-
- For a demo, in xmgr-2.10/examples is a script 'dotest' (see the file
- README.ex in the examples subdirectory about the particulars of the
- script). You might let me know about problems you may encounter running
- the demos. Some of the demos are for color systems only and will not
- draw meaningful graphs on mono or grayscale systems.
-
- I have compiled xmgr on SGIs, DECstations, RS6000s, and Suns. Others
- have compiled xmgr on DGs, and HP 9000 700s. On SGIs, and DECstations,
- the file pars.c will most likely need to be compiled separately. Use the
- 'cc' command provided in the Makefile to compile pars.c, then 'make' to
- resume the compilation.
-
- I wish to thank all those who have participated in the development
- of xmgr by supplying bug reports, fixes, and comments. The list of
- people I need to credit is a long one and I hope all of you understand
- that I've little time to compile it.
-
- Release notes patchlevel 1:
-
- * Regression for exponential fits and others did not work when the
- set length was less 12 (should have been less than 2).
- Thanx to Donald R. Benton <benton@dept.physics.upenn.edu>
-
- * Calls to XmToggleButtonGadgetSetState were missing the third parameter
- in some cases. SPecifically in drawwin.c, symwin.c, and tickwin.c.
-
- * Removed dead code in monwin.c.
- Thanx to ralf@fred.basl.rwth-aachen.de (Ralf Schwedler)
-
- * Rearranged a couple of 'update' calls - update_label_proc() in
- labelwin.c, update_labelprops_proc() in labelwin.c, and,
- update_ledit_items() in symwin.c, update_ticks() in tickwin.c to
- stop core dumps on Suns using Motif 1.2. I don't know why this
- was necessary.
-
- This version will not compile on systems using X11R3 with Motif 1.0x.
-
- Changes:
-
- The user interface has been modified to use manager widgets rather than
- the explicit placement of previous versions. There is still
- work to be done.
-
- The non-linear curve fitting module found in xvgr-2.09 is now in xmgr.
- This module is a prototype, and should not be used for analysis.
-
- Set operations may now be done from the status window.
-
- The regression module allows higher degree polynomials (up to degree
- 10), but note that beyond degree 5, the matrices can become
- quite ill-conditioned. Also, there are now items that allow
- power, exponential, logarithmic, and inverse fits - note that
- the statistics generated for these fits refer to the transformed
- data.
-
- The PostScript and FrameMaker .mif driver have been modified to allow
- compression of output, i.e., degenerate lines are not written.
- This makes for much smaller files generated from displaying large
- data sets.
-
- Added new keyword IGNORE, to allow sets to be ignored, but not killed.
-
- Bugs fixed:
-
- The PostScript driver did not handle parens properly in centered or
- right justified text.
-
- Centered or right justified text was not editable.
-
- Problems and works in progress:
-
- * Sort sets only operates on sets of type XY
- * Region operations only work on sets of type XY
- * Log plot major tick spacing needs to be in terms of magnitudes.
- * Changing to PostScript fonts has led to problems with the mapping
- of Greek and special characters (Hershey fonts are still used
- for on screen text). I've tried to adhere to the PostScript
- collating sequence for Greek characters - I've not got to the
- special characters yet, so this remains a problem. There is also
- a difference in size between the Hershey and PostScript fonts
- that leads to problems in getting WYSIWYG hardcopy.
- * The fills and patterns drawn on the screen and the .mif output are
- not matched in the PostScript output. I know how to do it,
- but I haven't found the time.
-
- Comments and bug reports to:
-
- pturner@amb4.ccalmr.ogi.edu
-
- Due to time constraints and the volume of mail, I can't promise that
- I will be able to reply.
-
- Paul J Turner
-