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12 <dt>2006-05-24: PyX 0.9 released</dt>
14 This release features a new set of deformers for path manipulations
15 like smoothing, shifting, etc. A new set of extensively documented
16 examples describing various aspects of PyX in a cookbook-like fashion
17 have been written. Type 1 font-stripping is now handled by a newly
18 written Python module. The evaluation of functions for graph plotting
19 is now left to Python. Thereby some obscure data manipulation could be
20 removed from the bar style for handling of nested bar graphs.
21 Transparency is now supported for PDF output. Many more small
22 improvements and bug fixes top off this release.
24 <dt>2006-01-20: New PyX tutorial for Gnuplot users</dt>
26 Titus Winters wrote a very nice <a href="http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~titus/pyxTutorial/">tutorial</a>
27 explaining the basics of PyX's graph-plotting facilities for users familiar with Gnuplot.
29 <dt>2005-08-13: PyX 0.8.1 released</dt>
31 This release fixes some bugs in the path module and the output of decorated
32 paths. The fallback for kpathsea was considerably improved in speed (it was
33 unintensionally slowed down in 0.8). The inclusion of the bounding box
34 information in PS and PDF files is now optional. It is suppressed by default
35 when a paperformat is specified. A new path example completes the release.
37 <dt>2005-07-13: PyX 0.8 released</dt>
39 PyX now supports PDF output and also the generation of multi-page PS/PDF
40 documents. The internals of the path system have been cleaned up and the
41 external interface has been streamlined. The axis data handling of the graph
42 component has undergone a major revision. Many other improvements and bug fixes
43 are included in this release.
45 <dt>2004-12-15: PyX 0.7.1 released</dt>
47 This release fixes some bugs in the graph system, the canvas module and
48 the kpsewhich support. The tipa package is no longer required to build
49 the FAQ. The index files to sort the examples are now included in the
50 distribution. Two new examples complete this maintenance release.
52 <dt>2004-10-29: PyX presentation in Hannover</dt>
54 PyX was presented at the
55 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv31/">fall meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (October 29nd to 30th, Hannover)</a>.
56 The presentation is available in
57 <a href="presentation_dantemv31_de.pdf">German (pdf, 16 Pages, 346 KB)</a> only.
59 <dt>2004-10-21: PyX 0.7 released</dt>
61 This release adds support for the inclusion of bitmaps. The internals of the path system
62 have undergone a major revision and cleanup. The handling of short
63 path elements has been enhanced considerably to prevent numerical
64 instabilities. The data and style handling in the graph system has been
65 completely reorganized. It is now possible to combine several graph
66 styles within a single plot instruction.
68 <dt>2004-04-27: PyX 0.6.3 released</dt>
70 PyX 0.6.3 contains a few bug fixes and includes the source for the FAQ
71 and the manual as requested by a package maintainer.
73 <dt>2004-04-07: PyX 0.6.2 released</dt>
75 PyX 0.6.2 fixes a few bugs in the graph system.
77 <dt>2004-03-31: PyX 0.6.1 released</dt>
79 PyX 0.6.1 fixes a brown paper bag bug in the distribtion which missed
80 to contain the new directories for the graph and the axis system.
82 <dt>2004-03-30: PyX 0.6 released</dt>
84 This release further improves the internal design and visible interfaces
85 of PyX. The path system has undergone a major revision and cleanup.
86 The graph module has been split into several smaller modules,
87 reflecting its component architecture. Moreover, PyX now makes use of
88 the attribute system introduced in the previous release. Graph styles
89 and data handling have been largely revised. Major parts of the
90 documentation have been rewritten and are now based on the standard
91 Python documentation style. Bug-fixes and speed improvements complete
94 <dt>2004-03-05: PyX presentation in Darmstadt</dt>
96 PyX was presented at the
97 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante2004/">annual meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (March 2nd to 6th, Darmstadt)</a>.
98 The presentation is available in
99 <a href="presentation_dante2004_de.pdf">German (pdf, 18 Pages, 425 KB)</a> and
100 <a href="presentation_dante2004_en.pdf">English</a>.
102 <dt>2004-01-22: PyX 0.5.1 released</dt>
104 This release fixed a distribution error (missing C files) and a
107 <dt>2004-01-20: PyX 0.5 released</dt>
109 PyX 0.5 introduces a more consistent and flexible attribute system is
110 included. The TeX integration has been improved: native support for
111 virtual fonts has been added. Markers allow the gathering of
112 positions within the text. TeX's inter-process-communication option
113 can be used to speed up the TeX interface. The install process has
114 been streamlined. Lots of other small improvements and bugfixes were
117 <dt>2003-09-17: PyX 0.4.1 released</dt>
119 This release fixed some bugs mostly releated to the additions in the
122 <dt>2003-08-22: PyX 0.4 released</dt>
124 This release improves the special and font handling of the TeX/LaTeX
125 interface. The graph module has undergone extensive restructuring of
126 the axis component. Furthermore, various known bugs and shortcomings
129 <dt>2003-04-04: PyX 0.3.1 released</dt>
131 This release adds the examples to the tarball and fixes various bugs.
133 <dt>2003-03-31: PyX 0.3 released</dt>
135 PyX 0.3 features a new seamless TeX/LaTeX integration (internal
136 dvi reader), nice examples, and huge improvements all over the
139 <dt>2003-01-17: PyX 0.2 released</dt>
141 PyX 0.2 contains a variety of bug fixes and improvements. In
142 particular the axis handling of the graph module was enhanced
145 <dt>2002-10-07: PyX 0.1 released</dt>
147 The first public release, PyX 0.1, has been uploaded to SourceForge.
148 It allows the creation of encapsulated PostScript drawings
149 and uses TeX/LaTeX + dvips for the text creation. A graph module for
150 the creation of x-y-plots is included.
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