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-$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.347 2005-11-29 16:01:03 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.348 2005-12-16 17:37:44 geuzaine Exp $
 
-New since 1.61: various small bug fixes.
+New since 1.61: new option to draw color gradients in the background;
+various small bug fixes.
 
 New in 1.61: added support for second order (curved) elements in
 post-processor; new version (1.4) of post-processing file formats; new