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+2.6.1 (July 15, 2012): minor improvements and bug fixes.
+
 2.6.0 (Jun 19, 2012): new quadrilateral meshing algorithms (Blossom and
 DelQuad); new solver module based on ONELAB project (requires FLTK 1.3); new
 tensor field visualization modes (eigenvectors, ellipsoid, etc.); added support