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@@ -1,23 +1,42 @@
-$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.362 2006-04-15 17:21:18 geuzaine Exp $
-
-New in 1.64: Windows versions do no depend on Cygwin anymore; various
-bug fixes and cleanups.
-
-New in 1.63: post-processing views can now be exported as meshes;
-improved background mesh handling (a lot faster, and more accurate);
-improved support for input images; new Plugin(ExtractElements); small
-bug fixes and enhancements.
-
-New in 1.62: new option to draw color gradients in the background;
-enhanced perspective projection mode; new "lasso" selection mode (same
-as "lasso" zoom, but in selection mode); new "invert selection" button
-in the visibility browser; new snapping grid when adding points in the
-GUI; nicer normal smoothing; new extrude syntax (old syntax still
-available, but deprecated); various small bug fixes and enhancements.
-
-New in 1.61: added support for second order (curved) elements in
-post-processor; new version (1.4) of post-processing file formats; new
-stippling options for 2D plots; removed limit on allowed number of
+$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.363 2006-08-25 19:27:46 geuzaine Exp $
+
+2.0: new geometry and mesh databases; complete rewrite of geometry and
+mesh drawing code; complete rewrite of the input/output code (new
+binary mesh format, improved support for STL, MESH, VRML and UNV
+formats); new 2D mesh algorithm; lots of small improvements all over
+the place.
+
+1.66: added support for offscreen rendering using OSMesa; added
+support for SVG output;
+
+1.65 (May 15, 2006): new Plugin(ExtractEdges); fixed compilation
+errors with gcc4.1; replaced Plugin(DisplacementRaise) and
+Plugin(SphericalRaise) with the more flexible Plugin(Warp); better
+handling of discrete curves; new Status command in parser; added
+option to renumber nodes in .msh files (to avoid holes in the
+numbering sequence); fixed 2 special cases in quad->prism extrusion;
+fixed saving of 2nd order hexas with negative volume; small bug fixes
+and cleanups.
+
+1.64 (Mar 18, 2006): Windows versions do no depend on Cygwin anymore;
+various bug fixes and cleanups.
+
+1.63 (Feb 01, 2006): post-processing views can now be exported as
+meshes; improved background mesh handling (a lot faster, and more
+accurate); improved support for input images; new
+Plugin(ExtractElements); small bug fixes and enhancements.
+
+1.62 (Jan 15, 2006): new option to draw color gradients in the
+background; enhanced perspective projection mode; new "lasso"
+selection mode (same as "lasso" zoom, but in selection mode); new
+"invert selection" button in the visibility browser; new snapping grid
+when adding points in the GUI; nicer normal smoothing; new extrude
+syntax (old syntax still available, but deprecated); various small bug
+fixes and enhancements.
+
+1.61 (Nov 29, 2005): added support for second order (curved) elements
+in post-processor; new version (1.4) of post-processing file formats;
+new stippling options for 2D plots; removed limit on allowed number of
 files on command line; all "Combine" operations are now available in
 the parser; changed View.ArrowLocation into View.GlyphLocation;
 optimized memory usage when loading many (>1000) views; optimized
@@ -34,10 +53,10 @@ entity selection; new experimental Tetgen integration; new
 experimental STL remeshing algorithm; various small bug fixes and
 improvements.
 
-New in 1.60: added support for discrete curves; new Window menu on Mac
-OS X; generalized all octree-based plugins (CutGrid, StreamLines,
-Probe, etc.) to handle all element types (and not only scalar and
-vector triangles+tetrahedra); generalized Plugin(Evaluate),
+1.60 (Mar 15, 2005): added support for discrete curves; new Window
+menu on Mac OS X; generalized all octree-based plugins (CutGrid,
+StreamLines, Probe, etc.) to handle all element types (and not only
+scalar and vector triangles+tetrahedra); generalized Plugin(Evaluate),
 Plugin(Extract) and Plugin(Annotate); enhanced clipping plane
 interface; new grid/axes/rulers for 3D post-processing views (renamed
 the AbscissaName, NbAbscissa and AbscissaFormat options to more
@@ -45,13 +64,13 @@ general names in the process); better automatic positioning of 2D
 graphs; new manipulator dialog to specify rotations, translations and
 scalings "by hand"; various small enhancements and bug fixes.
 
-New in 1.59: added support for discrete (triangulated) surfaces,
-either in STL format or with the new "Discrete Surface" command; added
-STL and Text output format for post-processing views and STL output
-format for surface meshes; all levelset-based plugins can now also
-compute isovolumes; generalized Plugin(Evaluate) to handle external
-view data (based on the same or on a different mesh); generalized
-Plugin(CutGrid); new plugins (Eigenvalues, Gradient, Curl,
+1.59 (Feb 06, 2005): added support for discrete (triangulated)
+surfaces, either in STL format or with the new "Discrete Surface"
+command; added STL and Text output format for post-processing views
+and STL output format for surface meshes; all levelset-based plugins
+can now also compute isovolumes; generalized Plugin(Evaluate) to
+handle external view data (based on the same or on a different mesh);
+generalized Plugin(CutGrid); new plugins (Eigenvalues, Gradient, Curl,
 Divergence); changed default colormap to match Matlab's "Jet"
 colormap; new transformation matrix option for views (for
 non-destructive rotations, symmetries, etc.); improved solver
@@ -62,8 +81,8 @@ the progression; added ability to retrieve Gmsh's version number in
 the parser (to help write backward compatible scripts); fixed white
 space in unv mesh output; fixed various small bugs.
 
-New in 1.58: fixed UNIX socket interface on Windows (broken by the TCP
-solver patch in 1.57); bumped version number of default
+1.58 (Jan 01, 2005): fixed UNIX socket interface on Windows (broken by
+the TCP solver patch in 1.57); bumped version number of default
 post-processing file formats to 1.3 (the only small modification is
 the handling of the end-of-string character for text2d and text3d
 objects in the ASCII format); new File->Rename menu; new
@@ -75,15 +94,15 @@ shortcuts; fixed TeX output for large scenes; new option dialogs for
 various output formats; fixed many small memory leaks in parser; many
 small enhancements to polish the graphics and the user interface.
 
-New in 1.57: generalized displacement maps to display arbitrary view
-types; the arrows representing a vector field can now also be colored
-by the values from other scalar, vector or tensor fields; new adaptive
-high order visualization mode; new options (Solver.SocketCommand,
-Solver.NameCommand, View.ArrowSizeProportional, View.Normals,
-View.Tangents and General.ClipFactor); fixed display of undesired
-solver plugin popups; enhanced interactive plugin behavior; new
-plugins (HarmonicToTime, Integrate, Eigenvectors); tetrahedral mesh
-file reading speedup (50% faster on large meshes); large memory
+1.57 (Dec 23, 2004): generalized displacement maps to display
+arbitrary view types; the arrows representing a vector field can now
+also be colored by the values from other scalar, vector or tensor
+fields; new adaptive high order visualization mode; new options
+(Solver.SocketCommand, Solver.NameCommand, View.ArrowSizeProportional,
+View.Normals, View.Tangents and General.ClipFactor); fixed display of
+undesired solver plugin popups; enhanced interactive plugin behavior;
+new plugins (HarmonicToTime, Integrate, Eigenvectors); tetrahedral
+mesh file reading speedup (50% faster on large meshes); large memory
 footprint reduction (up to 50%) for the visualization of
 triangular/tetrahedral meshes; the solver interface now supports
 TCP/IP connections; new generalized raise mode (allows to use complex
@@ -92,22 +111,22 @@ version 4.4; new optional TIME list in parsed views to specify the
 values of the time steps; several bug fixes in the Elliptic mesh
 algorithm; various other small bug fixes and enhancements.
 
-New in 1.56: new post-processing option to draw a scalar view raised
-by a displacement view without using Plugin(DisplacementRaise) (makes
-drawing arbitrary scalar fields on deformed meshes much easier);
-better post-processing menu (arbitrary number of views+scrollable+show
-view number); improved view->combine; new horizontal post-processing
-scales; new option to draw the mesh nodes per element; views can now
-also be saved in "parsed" format; fixed various path problems on
-Windows; small bug fixes.
-
-New in 1.55: added background mesh support for Triangle; meshes can
-now be displayed using "smoothed" normals (like post-processing
-views); added GUI for clipping planes; new interactive
+1.56 (Oct 17, 2004): new post-processing option to draw a scalar view
+raised by a displacement view without using Plugin(DisplacementRaise)
+(makes drawing arbitrary scalar fields on deformed meshes much
+easier); better post-processing menu (arbitrary number of
+views+scrollable+show view number); improved view->combine; new
+horizontal post-processing scales; new option to draw the mesh nodes
+per element; views can now also be saved in "parsed" format; fixed
+various path problems on Windows; small bug fixes.
+
+1.55 (Aug 21, 2004): added background mesh support for Triangle;
+meshes can now be displayed using "smoothed" normals (like
+post-processing views); added GUI for clipping planes; new interactive
 clipping/cutting plane definition; reorganized the Options GUI;
 enhanced 3D iso computation; enhanced lighting; many small bug fixes.
 
-New in 1.54: integrated Netgen (3D mesh quality optimization +
+1.54 (Jul 03, 2004): integrated Netgen (3D mesh quality optimization +
 alternative 3D algorithm); Extrude Surface now always automatically
 creates a new volume (in the same way Extrude Point or Extrude Line
 create new lines and surfaces, respectively); fixed UNV output; made
@@ -122,12 +141,12 @@ loops; generalized Plugin(Triangulate) to handle vector and tensor
 views; much nicer display of discrete iso-surfaces and custom ranges
 using smooth normals; small bug fixes and cleanups.
 
-New in 1.53: completed support for second order elements in the mesh
-module (line, triangles, quadrangles, tetrahedra, hexahedra, prisms
-and pyramids); various background mesh fixes and enhancements; major
-performance improvements in mesh and post-processing drawing routines
-(OpenGL vertex arrays for tri/quads); new Plugin(Evaluate) to evaluate
-arbitrary expressions on post-processing views; generalized
+1.53 (Jun 04, 2004): completed support for second order elements in
+the mesh module (line, triangles, quadrangles, tetrahedra, hexahedra,
+prisms and pyramids); various background mesh fixes and enhancements;
+major performance improvements in mesh and post-processing drawing
+routines (OpenGL vertex arrays for tri/quads); new Plugin(Evaluate) to
+evaluate arbitrary expressions on post-processing views; generalized
 Plugin(Extract) to handle any combination of components; generalized
 "Coherence" to handle transfinite surface/volume attributes; plugin
 options can now be set in the option file (like all other options);
@@ -140,8 +159,8 @@ all OpenGL display list code and options; fixed light positioning; new
 BoundingBox command to set the bounding box explicitly; added support
 for inexpensive "fake" transparency mode; many code cleanups.
 
-New in 1.52: new raster ("bitmap") PostScript/EPS/PDF output formats;
-new Plugin(Extract) to extract a given component from a
+1.52 (May 06, 2004): new raster ("bitmap") PostScript/EPS/PDF output
+formats; new Plugin(Extract) to extract a given component from a
 post-processing view; new Plugin(CutGrid) and Plugin(StreamLines);
 improved mesh projection on non-planar surfaces; added support for
 second order tetrahedral elements; added interactive control of
@@ -154,7 +173,7 @@ default initial file browser directory, extrusion of points with
 non-normalized axes of rotation, computation of the scene bounding box
 in scripts, + the usual documentation updates).
 
-New in 1.51: initial support for visualizing mesh partitions;
+1.51 (Feb 29, 2004): initial support for visualizing mesh partitions;
 integrated version 2.0 of the MSH mesh file format; new option to
 compute post-processing ranges (min/max) per time step; Multiple views
 can now be combined into multi time step ones (e.g. for programs that
@@ -166,116 +185,119 @@ converted into individual geometrical surfaces; many other small
 improvements and bug fixes (multi timestep tensors, color by physical
 entity, parser cleanup, etc.).
 
-New in 1.50: small changes to the visibility browser + made visibility
-scriptable (new Show/Hide commands); fixed (rare) crash when deleting
-views; split File->Open into File->Open and File->New to behave like
-most other programs; Mac versions now use the system menu bar by
-default (if possible); fixed bug leading to degenerate and/or
+1.50 (Dec 06, 2003): small changes to the visibility browser + made
+visibility scriptable (new Show/Hide commands); fixed (rare) crash
+when deleting views; split File->Open into File->Open and File->New to
+behave like most other programs; Mac versions now use the system menu
+bar by default (if possible); fixed bug leading to degenerate and/or
 duplicate tetrahedra in extruded meshes; fixed crash when reloading
 sms meshes.
 
-New in 1.49: made Merge, Save and Print behave like Include (i.e.,
-open files in the same directory as the main project file if the path
-is relative); new Plugin(DecomposeInSimplex); new option
+1.49 (Nov 30, 2003): made Merge, Save and Print behave like Include
+(i.e., open files in the same directory as the main project file if
+the path is relative); new Plugin(DecomposeInSimplex); new option
 View.AlphaChannel to set the transparency factor globally for a
 post-processing view; new "Combine Views" command; various bug fixes
 and cleanups.
 
-New in 1.48: new DisplacementRaise plugin to plot arbitrary fields on
-deformed meshes; generalized CutMap, CutPlane, CutSphere and Skin
-plugins to handle all kinds of elements and fields; new "Save View[n]"
-command to save views from a script; many small bug fixes (configure
-tests for libpng, handling of erroneous options, multi time step
-scalar prism drawings, copy of surface mesh attributes, etc.).
-
-New in 1.47: fixed extrusion of surfaces defined by only two curves;
-new syntax to retrieve point coordinates and indices of entities
-created through geometrical transformations; new PDF and compressed
-PostScript output formats; fixed numbering of elements created with
-"Extrude Point/Line"; use $GMSH_HOME as home directory if defined.
-
-New in 1.46: fixed crash for very long command lines; new options for
-setting the displacement factor and Triangle's parameters + renamed a
-couple of options to more sensible names (View.VectorType,
+1.48 (Nov 23, 2003): new DisplacementRaise plugin to plot arbitrary
+fields on deformed meshes; generalized CutMap, CutPlane, CutSphere and
+Skin plugins to handle all kinds of elements and fields; new "Save
+View[n]" command to save views from a script; many small bug fixes
+(configure tests for libpng, handling of erroneous options, multi time
+step scalar prism drawings, copy of surface mesh attributes, etc.).
+
+1.47 (Nov 12, 2003): fixed extrusion of surfaces defined by only two
+curves; new syntax to retrieve point coordinates and indices of
+entities created through geometrical transformations; new PDF and
+compressed PostScript output formats; fixed numbering of elements
+created with "Extrude Point/Line"; use $GMSH_HOME as home directory if
+defined.
+
+1.46 (Aug 23, 2003): fixed crash for very long command lines; new
+options for setting the displacement factor and Triangle's parameters
++ renamed a couple of options to more sensible names (View.VectorType,
 View.ArrowSize); various small bug fixes; documentation update.
 
-New in 1.45: small bug fixes (min/max computation for tensor views,
-missing physical points in read mesh, "jumping" geometry during
+1.45 (Jun 14, 2003): small bug fixes (min/max computation for tensor
+views, missing physical points in read mesh, "jumping" geometry during
 interactive manipulation of large models, etc.); variable definition
 speedup; restored support for second order elements in one- and
 two-dimensional meshes; documentation updates.
 
-New in 1.44: new reference manual; added support for PNG output; fixed
-small configure script bugs.
+1.44 (Apr 21, 2003): new reference manual; added support for PNG
+output; fixed small configure script bugs.
 
-New in 1.43: fixed solver interface problem on Mac OS X; new option to
-specify the interactive rotation center (default is now the pseudo
-"center of gravity" of the object, instead of (0,0,0)).
+1.43 (Mar 28, 2003): fixed solver interface problem on Mac OS X; new
+option to specify the interactive rotation center (default is now the
+pseudo "center of gravity" of the object, instead of (0,0,0)).
 
-New in 1.42: suppressed the automatic addition of a ".geo" extension
+1.42 (Mar 19, 2003): suppressed the automatic addition of a ".geo" extension
 if the file given on the command line is not recognized; added missing
 Layer option for Extrude Point; fixed various small bugs.
 
-New in 1.41: Gmsh is now licensed under the GNU General Public
+1.41 (Mar 04, 2003): Gmsh is now licensed under the GNU General Public
 License; general code cleanup (indent).
 
-New in 1.40: various small bug fixes (mainly GSL-related).
+1.40 (Feb 26, 2003): various small bug fixes (mainly GSL-related).
 
-New in 1.39: removed all non-free routines; more build system work;
-implemented Von-Mises tensor display for all element types; fixed
-small GUI bugs.
+1.39 (Feb 23, 2003): removed all non-free routines; more build system
+work; implemented Von-Mises tensor display for all element types;
+fixed small GUI bugs.
 
-New in 1.38: fixed custom range selection for 3D iso graphs; new build
-system based on autoconf; new image reading code to import bitmaps as
-post-processing views.
+1.38 (Feb 17, 2003): fixed custom range selection for 3D iso graphs;
+new build system based on autoconf; new image reading code to import
+bitmaps as post-processing views.
 
-New in 1.37: generalized smoothing and cuts of post-processing views;
-better Windows integration (solvers, external editors, etc.); small
-bug fixes.
+1.37 (Jan 25, 2003): generalized smoothing and cuts of post-processing
+views; better Windows integration (solvers, external editors, etc.);
+small bug fixes.
 
-New in 1.36: enhanced view duplication (one can now use "Duplicata
-View[num]" in the input file); merged all option dialogs in a new
-general option window; enhanced discoverability of the view option
-menus; new 3D point and line display; many small bug fixes and
+1.36 (Nov 20, 2002): enhanced view duplication (one can now use
+"Duplicata View[num]" in the input file); merged all option dialogs in
+a new general option window; enhanced discoverability of the view
+option menus; new 3D point and line display; many small bug fixes and
 enhancements ("Print" format in parser, post-processing statistics,
 smooth normals, save window positions, restore default options, etc.).
 
-New in 1.35: graphical user interface upgraded to FLTK 1.1 (tooltips,
-new file chooser with multiple selection, full keyboard navigation,
-cut/paste of messages, etc.); colors can be now be directly assigned
-to mesh entities; initial tensor visualization; new keyboard animation
-(right/left arrow for time steps; up/down arrow for view cycling); new
-VRML output format for surface meshes; new plugin for spherical
-elevation plots; new post-processing file format (version 1.2)
-supporting quadrangles, hexahedra, prisms and pyramids; transparency
-is now enabled by default for post-processing plots; many small bug
-fixes (read mesh, ...).
-
-New in 1.34: improved surface mesh of non-plane surfaces; fixed
-orientation of elements in 2D anisotropic algorithm; minor user
+1.35 (Sep 11, 2002): graphical user interface upgraded to FLTK 1.1
+(tooltips, new file chooser with multiple selection, full keyboard
+navigation, cut/paste of messages, etc.); colors can be now be
+directly assigned to mesh entities; initial tensor visualization; new
+keyboard animation (right/left arrow for time steps; up/down arrow for
+view cycling); new VRML output format for surface meshes; new plugin
+for spherical elevation plots; new post-processing file format
+(version 1.2) supporting quadrangles, hexahedra, prisms and pyramids;
+transparency is now enabled by default for post-processing plots; many
+small bug fixes (read mesh, ...).
+
+1.34 (Feb 18, 2002): improved surface mesh of non-plane surfaces;
+fixed orientation of elements in 2D anisotropic algorithm; minor user
 interface polish and additions (mostly in post-processing options);
 various small bug fixes.
 
-New in 1.33: new parameterizable solver interface (allowing up to 5
-user-defined solvers); enhanced 2D aniso algorithm; 3D initial mesh
-speedup.
+1.33 (Jan 24, 2002): new parameterizable solver interface (allowing up
+to 5 user-defined solvers); enhanced 2D aniso algorithm; 3D initial
+mesh speedup.
 
-New in 1.32: new visibility browser; better floating point exception
-checks; fixed infinite looping when merging meshes in project files;
-various small clean ups (degenerate 2D extrusion, view->reload, ...).
+1.32 (Oct 04, 2001): new visibility browser; better floating point
+exception checks; fixed infinite looping when merging meshes in
+project files; various small clean ups (degenerate 2D extrusion,
+view->reload, ...).
 
-New in 1.31: corrected ellipses; PostScript output update (better
-shading, new combined PS/LaTeX output format); more interface polish;
-fixed extra memory allocation in 2D meshes; Physical Volume handling
-in unv format; various small fixes.
+1.31 (Nov 30, 2001): corrected ellipses; PostScript output update
+(better shading, new combined PS/LaTeX output format); more interface
+polish; fixed extra memory allocation in 2D meshes; Physical Volume
+handling in unv format; various small fixes.
 
-New in 1.30: interface polish; fix crash when extruding quadrangles.
+1.30 (Nov 16, 2001): interface polish; fix crash when extruding
+quadrangles.
 
-New in 1.29: translations and rotations can now be combined in
-extrusions; fixed coherence bug in Extrude Line; various small
-bug fixes and additions.
+1.29 (Nov 12, 2001): translations and rotations can now be combined in
+extrusions; fixed coherence bug in Extrude Line; various small bug
+fixes and additions.
 
-New in 1.28: corrected the 'Using Progression' attribute for
+1.28 (Oct 30, 2001): corrected the 'Using Progression' attribute for
 tranfinite meshes to actually match a real geometric progression; new
 Triangulate plugin; new 2D graphs (space+time charts); better
 performance of geometrical transformations (warning: the numbering of
@@ -284,89 +306,89 @@ in post-processing views (file format updated to version 1.1); more
 robust mean plane computation and error checks; various other small
 additions and clean-ups.
 
-New in 1.27: added ability to extrude curves with Layers/Recombine
-attributes; new PointSize/LineWidth options; fixed For/EndFor loops in
-included files; fixed error messages (line numbers+file names) in
-loops and functions; made the automatic removal of duplicate
-geometrical entities optional (Geometry.AutoCoherence=0); various
-other small bug fixes and clean-ups.
+1.27 (Oct 05, 2001): added ability to extrude curves with
+Layers/Recombine attributes; new PointSize/LineWidth options; fixed
+For/EndFor loops in included files; fixed error messages (line
+numbers+file names) in loops and functions; made the automatic removal
+of duplicate geometrical entities optional (Geometry.AutoCoherence=0);
+various other small bug fixes and clean-ups.
 
-New in 1.26: enhanced 2D anisotropic mesh generator (metric
+1.26 (Sep 06, 2001): enhanced 2D anisotropic mesh generator (metric
 intersections); fixed small bug in 3D initial mesh; added alternative
 syntax for built-in functions (for GetDP compatibility); added line
 element display; Gmsh now saves all the elements in the mesh if no
 physical groups are defined (or if Mesh.SaveAll=1).
 
-New in 1.25: fixed bug with mixed recombined/non-recombined extruded
-meshes; Linux versions are now build with no optimization, due to bugs
-in gcc 2.95.X.
-
-New in 1.24: fixed characteristic length interpolation for Splines;
-fixed edge swapping bug in 3D initial mesh; fixed degenerated case in
-geometrical extrusion (ruled surface with 3 borders); fixed generation
-of degenerated hexahedra and prisms for recombined+extruded meshes;
-added BSplines creation in the GUI; integrated Jonathan Shewchuk's
-Triangle as an alternative isotropic 2D mesh generator; added
-AngleSmoothNormals to control sharp edge display with smoothed
+1.25 (Sep 01, 2001): fixed bug with mixed recombined/non-recombined
+extruded meshes; Linux versions are now build with no optimization,
+due to bugs in gcc 2.95.X.
+
+1.24 (Aug 30, 2001): fixed characteristic length interpolation for
+Splines; fixed edge swapping bug in 3D initial mesh; fixed degenerated
+case in geometrical extrusion (ruled surface with 3 borders); fixed
+generation of degenerated hexahedra and prisms for recombined+extruded
+meshes; added BSplines creation in the GUI; integrated Jonathan
+Shewchuk's Triangle as an alternative isotropic 2D mesh generator;
+added AngleSmoothNormals to control sharp edge display with smoothed
 normals; fixed random crash for lighted 3D iso surfaces.
 
-New in 1.23: fixed duplicate elements generation + non-matching
-tetrahedra faces in 3D extruded meshes; better display of displacement
-maps; fixed interactive ellipsis construction; generalized boundary
+1.23: fixed duplicate elements generation + non-matching tetrahedra
+faces in 3D extruded meshes; better display of displacement maps;
+fixed interactive ellipsis construction; generalized boundary
 operator; added new explode option for post-processing views; enhanced
 link view behavior (to update only the changed items); added new
 default plugins: Skin, Transform, Smooth; fixed various other small
 bugs (mostly in the post-processing module and for extruded meshes).
 
-New in 1.22: fixed (yet another) bug for 2D mesh in the mean plane;
-fixed surface coherence bug in extruded meshes; new double logarithmic
-scale, saturate value and smoothed normals option for post-processing
-views; plugins are now enabled by default; three new experimental
-statically linked plugins: CutMap (extracts a given iso surface from a
-3D scalar map), CutPlane (cuts a 3D scalar map with a plane section),
-CutSphere (cuts a 3D scalar map with a sphere); various other bug
-fixes, additions and clean-ups.
-
-New in 1.21: fixed more memory leaks; added -opt command line option
-to parse definitions directly from the command line; fixed missing
-screen refreshes during contour/surface/volume selection; enhanced
-string manipulation functions (Sprintf, StrCat, StrPrefix); many other
-small fixes and clean-ups.
-
-New in 1.20: fixed various bugs (memory leaks, functions in included
-files, solver command selection, ColorTable option, duplicate nodes in
-extruded meshes (not finished yet), infinite loop on empty views,
-orientation of recombined quadrangles, ...); reorganized the interface
-menus; added constrained background mesh and mesh visibility options;
-added mesh quality histograms; changed default mesh colors;
+1.22 (Aug 03, 2001): fixed (yet another) bug for 2D mesh in the mean
+plane; fixed surface coherence bug in extruded meshes; new double
+logarithmic scale, saturate value and smoothed normals option for
+post-processing views; plugins are now enabled by default; three new
+experimental statically linked plugins: CutMap (extracts a given iso
+surface from a 3D scalar map), CutPlane (cuts a 3D scalar map with a
+plane section), CutSphere (cuts a 3D scalar map with a sphere);
+various other bug fixes, additions and clean-ups.
+
+1.21 (Jul 25, 2001): fixed more memory leaks; added -opt command line
+option to parse definitions directly from the command line; fixed
+missing screen refreshes during contour/surface/volume selection;
+enhanced string manipulation functions (Sprintf, StrCat, StrPrefix);
+many other small fixes and clean-ups.
+
+1.20 (Jun 14, 2001): fixed various bugs (memory leaks, functions in
+included files, solver command selection, ColorTable option, duplicate
+nodes in extruded meshes (not finished yet), infinite loop on empty
+views, orientation of recombined quadrangles, ...); reorganized the
+interface menus; added constrained background mesh and mesh visibility
+options; added mesh quality histograms; changed default mesh colors;
 reintegrated the old command-line extrusion mesh generator.
 
-New in 1.19: fixed seg. fault for scalar simplex post-processing; new
-Solver menu; interface for GetDP solver through sockets; fixed
-multiple scale alignment; added some options + full option
-descriptions.
+1.19 (May 07, 2001): fixed seg. fault for scalar simplex
+post-processing; new Solver menu; interface for GetDP solver through
+sockets; fixed multiple scale alignment; added some options + full
+option descriptions.
 
-New in 1.18: fixed many small bugs and incoherences in
+1.18 (Apr 26, 2001): fixed many small bugs and incoherences in
 post-processing; fixed broken background mesh in 1D mesh generation.
 
-New in 1.17: corrected physical points saving; fixed parsing of DOS
-files (carriage return problems); easier geometrical selections
+1.17 (Apr 17, 2001): corrected physical points saving; fixed parsing
+of DOS files (carriage return problems); easier geometrical selections
 (cursor change); plugin manager; enhanced variable arrays (sublist
 selection and affectation); line loop check; New arrow display;
 reduced number of 'fatal' errors + better handling in interactive
 mode; fixed bug when opening meshes; enhanced File->Open behavior for
 meshes and post-processing views.
 
-New in 1.16: added single/double buffer selection (only useful for
-Unix versions of Gmsh run from remote hosts without GLX); fixed a bug
-for recent versions of the opengl32.dll on Windows, which caused OpenGL
-fonts not to show up.
+1.16 (Feb 26, 2001): added single/double buffer selection (only useful
+for Unix versions of Gmsh run from remote hosts without GLX); fixed a
+bug for recent versions of the opengl32.dll on Windows, which caused
+OpenGL fonts not to show up.
 
-New in 1.15: added automatic visibility setting during entity
+1.15 (Feb 23, 2001): added automatic visibility setting during entity
 selection; corrected geometrical extrusion bug.
 
-New in 1.14: corrected a few bugs in the GUI (most of them were
-introduced in 1.13); added interactive color selection; made the
+1.14 (Feb 17, 2001): corrected a few bugs in the GUI (most of them
+were introduced in 1.13); added interactive color selection; made the
 option database bidirectional (i.e. scripts now correctly update the
 GUI); default options can now be saved and automatically reloaded at
 startup; made some changes to the scripting syntax
@@ -375,88 +397,90 @@ etc.); corrected the handling of simple triangular surfaces with large
 characteristic lengths in the 2D isotropic algorithm; added an ASCII
 to binary post-processing view converter.
 
-New in 1.13: added support for JPEG output on Windows.
+1.13 (Feb 09, 2001): added support for JPEG output on Windows.
 
-New in 1.12: corrected vector lines in the post-processing parsed
+1.12: corrected vector lines in the post-processing parsed
 format; corrected animation on Windows; corrected file creation in
 scripts on Windows; direct affectation of variable arrays.
 
-New in 1.11: corrected included file loading problem.
+1.11 (Feb 07, 2001): corrected included file loading problem.
 
-New in 1.10: switched from Motif to FLTK for the GUI. Many small
-tweaks.
+1.10 (Feb 04, 2001): switched from Motif to FLTK for the GUI. Many
+small tweaks.
 
-New in 1.00: added PPM and YUV output; corrected nested If/Endif;
-Corrected several bugs for pixel output and enhanced GIF output
-(dithering, transparency); slightly changed the post-processing file
-format to allow both single and double precision numbers.
+1.00 (Jan 15, 2001): added PPM and YUV output; corrected nested
+If/Endif; Corrected several bugs for pixel output and enhanced GIF
+output (dithering, transparency); slightly changed the post-processing
+file format to allow both single and double precision numbers.
 
-New in 0.999: added JPEG output and easy MPEG generation (see t8.geo
-in the tutorial); clean up of export functions; small fixes; Linux
-versions are now compiled with gcc 2.95.2, which should fix the
+0.999 (Dec 20, 2000): added JPEG output and easy MPEG generation (see
+t8.geo in the tutorial); clean up of export functions; small fixes;
+Linux versions are now compiled with gcc 2.95.2, which should fix the
 problems encountered with Mandrake 7.2.
 
-New in 0.998: corrected bug introduced in 0.997 in the generation of
-the initial 3D mesh.
-
-New in 0.997: corrected bug in interactive surface/volume selection;
-Added interactive symmetry; corrected geometrical extrusion with
-rotation in degenerated or partially degenerated cases; corrected bug
-in 2D mesh when meshing in the mean plane.
-
-New in 0.996: arrays of variables; enhanced Printf and Sprintf;
-Simplified options (suppression of option arrays).
-
-New in 0.995: totally rewritten geometrical database (performance has
-been drastically improved for all geometrical transformations, and
-most notably for extrusion). As a consequence, the internal numbering
-of geometrical entities has changed: this will cause incompatibilities
-with old .geo files, and will require a partial rewrite of your old
-.geo files if these files made use of geometrical transformations. The
-syntax of the .geo file has also been clarified. Many additions for
-scripting purposes. New extrusion mesh generator. Preliminary version
-of the coupling between extruded and Delaunay meshes. New option and
-procedural database. All interactive operations can be scripted in the
-input files. See the last example in the tutorial for an example. Many
-stability enhancements in the 2D and 3D mesh algorithms. Performance
-boost of the 3D algorithm. Gmsh is still slow, but the performance
-becomes acceptable. An average 1000 tetrahedra/second is obtained on a
-600Mhz computer for a mesh of one million tetrahedra. New anisotropic
-2D mesh algorithm. New (ASCII and binary) post-processing file format
-and clarified mesh file format. New handling for interactive rotations
-(trackball mode). New didactic interactive mesh construction (watch
-the Delaunay algorithm in real time on complex geometries: that's
-exciting ;-). And many, many bug fixes and cleanups.
-
-New in 0.992: corrected recombined extrusion; corrected ellipses; added
-simple automatic animation of post-processing maps; fixed various bugs.
-
-New in 0.991: fixed a serious allocation bug in 2D algorithm, which
-caused random crashes. All users should upgrade to 0.991.
-
-New in 0.990: bug fix in non-recombined 3D transfinite meshes.
-
-New in 0.989: added ability to reload previously saved meshes; some
-new command line options; reorganization of the scale menu; GIF
+0.998 (Dec 19, 2000): corrected bug introduced in 0.997 in the
+generation of the initial 3D mesh.
+
+0.997 (Dec 14, 2000): corrected bug in interactive surface/volume
+selection; Added interactive symmetry; corrected geometrical extrusion
+with rotation in degenerated or partially degenerated cases; corrected
+bug in 2D mesh when meshing in the mean plane.
+
+0.996: arrays of variables; enhanced Printf and Sprintf; Simplified
+options (suppression of option arrays).
+
+0.995 (Dec 11, 2000): totally rewritten geometrical database
+(performance has been drastically improved for all geometrical
+transformations, and most notably for extrusion). As a consequence,
+the internal numbering of geometrical entities has changed: this will
+cause incompatibilities with old .geo files, and will require a
+partial rewrite of your old .geo files if these files made use of
+geometrical transformations. The syntax of the .geo file has also been
+clarified. Many additions for scripting purposes. New extrusion mesh
+generator. Preliminary version of the coupling between extruded and
+Delaunay meshes. New option and procedural database. All interactive
+operations can be scripted in the input files. See the last example in
+the tutorial for an example. Many stability enhancements in the 2D and
+3D mesh algorithms. Performance boost of the 3D algorithm. Gmsh is
+still slow, but the performance becomes acceptable. An average 1000
+tetrahedra/second is obtained on a 600Mhz computer for a mesh of one
+million tetrahedra. New anisotropic 2D mesh algorithm. New (ASCII and
+binary) post-processing file format and clarified mesh file
+format. New handling for interactive rotations (trackball mode). New
+didactic interactive mesh construction (watch the Delaunay algorithm
+in real time on complex geometries: that's exciting ;-). And many,
+many bug fixes and cleanups.
+
+0.992 (Nov 13, 2000): corrected recombined extrusion; corrected
+ellipses; added simple automatic animation of post-processing maps;
+fixed various bugs.
+
+0.991 (Oct 24, 2000): fixed a serious allocation bug in 2D algorithm,
+which caused random crashes. All users should upgrade to 0.991.
+
+0.990: bug fix in non-recombined 3D transfinite meshes.
+
+0.989 (Sep 01, 2000): added ability to reload previously saved meshes;
+some new command line options; reorganization of the scale menu; GIF
 output.
 
-New in 0.987: fixed bug with smoothing (leading to the possible
-generation of erroneous 3d meshes); corrected bug for mixed 3D meshes;
-moved the 'toggle view link' option to Opt->Postprocessing_Options.
+0.987: fixed bug with smoothing (leading to the possible generation of
+erroneous 3d meshes); corrected bug for mixed 3D meshes; moved the
+'toggle view link' option to Opt->Postprocessing_Options.
 
-New in 0.986: fixed overlay problems; SGI version should now also run
-on 32 bits machines; fixed small 3d mesh bug.
+0.986: fixed overlay problems; SGI version should now also run on 32
+bits machines; fixed small 3d mesh bug.
 
-New in 0.985: corrected colormap bug on HP, SUN, SGI and IBM versions;
+0.985: corrected colormap bug on HP, SUN, SGI and IBM versions;
 corrected small initialization bug in postscript output.
 
-New in 0.984: corrected bug in display lists; added some options in
+0.984: corrected bug in display lists; added some options in
 Opt->General.
 
-New in 0.983: corrected some seg. faults in interactive mode; corrected
-bug in rotations; changed default window sizes for better match with
+0.983: corrected some seg. faults in interactive mode; corrected bug
+in rotations; changed default window sizes for better match with
 1024x768 screens (default X resources can be changed: see ex03.geo).
 
-New in 0.982: lighting for mesh and post-processing; corrected 2nd
-order mesh on non plane surfaces; added example 13.
+0.982: lighting for mesh and post-processing; corrected 2nd order mesh
+on non plane surfaces; added example 13.