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12 <dt>2006-09-14: Talk about Type1 fonts and PyX in Rosenheim</dt>
14 A talk about Type1 fonts and PyX was presented at the
15 <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv35/">fall meeting</a> of the <a href="http://www.dante.de/dante/events/mv35/">German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V.</a> (September 14th and 15th, Rosenheim).
16 The presentation is available in
17 <a href="presentation_dantemv35_de.pdf">German (pdf, 19 pages, 226 KB)</a> and
18 in a crude <a href="presentation_dantemv35_en.pdf">english translation</a>.
20 <dt>2006-09-11: First public version of PyXPlot released</dt>
22 Dominic Ford released the first public version of <a
23 href="http://www.pyxplot.org.uk/">PyXPlot</a>, which provides a
24 Gnuplot-style interface to PyX. PyXPlot already supports a large subset
25 of Gnuplot's original functionality, always combined with the
26 high-quality output of PyX.
28 <dt>2006-05-24: PyX 0.9 released</dt>
30 This release features a new set of deformers for path manipulations
31 like smoothing, shifting, etc. A new set of extensively documented
32 examples describing various aspects of PyX in a cookbook-like fashion
33 have been written. Type 1 font-stripping is now handled by a newly
34 written Python module. The evaluation of functions for graph plotting
35 is now left to Python. Thereby some obscure data manipulation could be
36 removed from the bar style for handling of nested bar graphs.
37 Transparency is now supported for PDF output. Many more small
38 improvements and bug fixes top off this release.
40 <dt>2006-01-20: New PyX tutorial for Gnuplot users</dt>
42 Titus Winters wrote a very nice <a href="http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~titus/pyxTutorial/">tutorial</a>
43 explaining the basics of PyX's graph-plotting facilities for users familiar with Gnuplot.
45 <dt>2005-08-13: PyX 0.8.1 released</dt>
47 This release fixes some bugs in the path module and the output of decorated
48 paths. The fallback for kpathsea was considerably improved in speed (it was
49 unintensionally slowed down in 0.8). The inclusion of the bounding box
50 information in PS and PDF files is now optional. It is suppressed by default
51 when a paperformat is specified. A new path example completes the release.
53 <dt>2005-07-13: PyX 0.8 released</dt>
55 PyX now supports PDF output and also the generation of multi-page PS/PDF
56 documents. The internals of the path system have been cleaned up and the
57 external interface has been streamlined. The axis data handling of the graph
58 component has undergone a major revision. Many other improvements and bug fixes
59 are included in this release.
61 <dt>2004-12-15: PyX 0.7.1 released</dt>
63 This release fixes some bugs in the graph system, the canvas module and
64 the kpsewhich support. The tipa package is no longer required to build
65 the FAQ. The index files to sort the examples are now included in the
66 distribution. Two new examples complete this maintenance release.
68 <dt>2004-10-29: PyX presentation in Hannover</dt>
70 PyX was presented at the
71 <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>.
72 The presentation is available in
73 <a href="presentation_dantemv31_de.pdf">German (pdf, 16 Pages, 346 KB)</a> only.
75 <dt>2004-10-21: PyX 0.7 released</dt>
77 This release adds support for the inclusion of bitmaps. The internals of the path system
78 have undergone a major revision and cleanup. The handling of short
79 path elements has been enhanced considerably to prevent numerical
80 instabilities. The data and style handling in the graph system has been
81 completely reorganized. It is now possible to combine several graph
82 styles within a single plot instruction.
84 <dt>2004-04-27: PyX 0.6.3 released</dt>
86 PyX 0.6.3 contains a few bug fixes and includes the source for the FAQ
87 and the manual as requested by a package maintainer.
89 <dt>2004-04-07: PyX 0.6.2 released</dt>
91 PyX 0.6.2 fixes a few bugs in the graph system.
93 <dt>2004-03-31: PyX 0.6.1 released</dt>
95 PyX 0.6.1 fixes a brown paper bag bug in the distribtion which missed
96 to contain the new directories for the graph and the axis system.
98 <dt>2004-03-30: PyX 0.6 released</dt>
100 This release further improves the internal design and visible interfaces
101 of PyX. The path system has undergone a major revision and cleanup.
102 The graph module has been split into several smaller modules,
103 reflecting its component architecture. Moreover, PyX now makes use of
104 the attribute system introduced in the previous release. Graph styles
105 and data handling have been largely revised. Major parts of the
106 documentation have been rewritten and are now based on the standard
107 Python documentation style. Bug-fixes and speed improvements complete
110 <dt>2004-03-05: PyX presentation in Darmstadt</dt>
112 PyX was presented at the
113 <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>.
114 The presentation is available in
115 <a href="presentation_dante2004_de.pdf">German (pdf, 18 Pages, 425 KB)</a> and
116 <a href="presentation_dante2004_en.pdf">English</a>.
118 <dt>2004-01-22: PyX 0.5.1 released</dt>
120 This release fixed a distribution error (missing C files) and a
123 <dt>2004-01-20: PyX 0.5 released</dt>
125 PyX 0.5 introduces a more consistent and flexible attribute system is
126 included. The TeX integration has been improved: native support for
127 virtual fonts has been added. Markers allow the gathering of
128 positions within the text. TeX's inter-process-communication option
129 can be used to speed up the TeX interface. The install process has
130 been streamlined. Lots of other small improvements and bugfixes were
133 <dt>2003-09-17: PyX 0.4.1 released</dt>
135 This release fixed some bugs mostly releated to the additions in the
138 <dt>2003-08-22: PyX 0.4 released</dt>
140 This release improves the special and font handling of the TeX/LaTeX
141 interface. The graph module has undergone extensive restructuring of
142 the axis component. Furthermore, various known bugs and shortcomings
145 <dt>2003-04-04: PyX 0.3.1 released</dt>
147 This release adds the examples to the tarball and fixes various bugs.
149 <dt>2003-03-31: PyX 0.3 released</dt>
151 PyX 0.3 features a new seamless TeX/LaTeX integration (internal
152 dvi reader), nice examples, and huge improvements all over the
155 <dt>2003-01-17: PyX 0.2 released</dt>
157 PyX 0.2 contains a variety of bug fixes and improvements. In
158 particular the axis handling of the graph module was enhanced
161 <dt>2002-10-07: PyX 0.1 released</dt>
163 The first public release, PyX 0.1, has been uploaded to SourceForge.
164 It allows the creation of encapsulated PostScript drawings
165 and uses TeX/LaTeX + dvips for the text creation. A graph module for
166 the creation of x-y-plots is included.
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