diff --git a/doc/CREDITS b/doc/CREDITS
index b19813812849b83b46cab9156aa170f6502c6035..af366c079096dee8b3bea5ea9e32c79484375df4 100644
--- a/doc/CREDITS
+++ b/doc/CREDITS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: CREDITS,v 1.12 2004-04-09 22:01:12 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: CREDITS,v 1.13 2004-06-04 18:58:46 geuzaine Exp $
 
              Gmsh is copyright (C) 1997-2004 
 
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright
 notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.
 This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
 
+The MathEval library (MathEval/*) is based on GNU libmatheval,
+copyright (C) 1999, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
 The colorbar widget (Fltk/Colorbar_Window.cpp) was inspired by code
 from the Vis5d program for visualizing five dimensional gridded data
 sets, copyright (C) 1990-1995, Bill Hibbard, Brian Paul, Dave Santek,
diff --git a/doc/README.mac b/doc/README.mac
index 35d77cbaa06489a825e8b67666e3d228666ca2f8..31e6007f1211db97c013d81d284df6d265280924 100644
--- a/doc/README.mac
+++ b/doc/README.mac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.mac,v 1.5 2003-05-09 16:29:57 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: README.mac,v 1.6 2004-06-04 18:58:46 geuzaine Exp $
 
 How to make a version recognized by the Mac Finder?
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The old way (using resource forks):
 
 - append the resources to the executable:
 
-  /Developer/Tools/Rez -t APPL -o $(GMSH_BIN_DIR)/gmsh $(FLTK_DIR)/FL/mac.r
+  /Developer/Tools/Rez -t APPL -o bin/gmsh Fltk/MacRes.r
 
 - copy all the stuff you want to distribute (using the finder or
   'ditto'! copying with 'cp' in a shell will destroy the resources!)
diff --git a/doc/README.win32 b/doc/README.win32
index ce2a9eb33d54e4bc444f0004ce5d7bf0f71c4355..52da3b9ec978d6bd82d9d5861457f3169bbf3e41 100644
--- a/doc/README.win32
+++ b/doc/README.win32
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.win32,v 1.3 2003-10-26 16:53:12 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: README.win32,v 1.4 2004-06-04 18:58:46 geuzaine Exp $
 
 1) About opengl32.dll and glu32.dll:
 
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ of applications sharing the library and running simultaneously.
 3) About configuration files:
 
 Gmsh saves session information and default options in the $GMSH_HOME
-directory, or the $TMP or $TEMP directories if $GMSH_HOME is not
-defined. If none of theses variables are defined, Gmsh will save/load
-its configuration files from the current working directory.
+directory, or in the $HOME, $TMP or $TEMP directories if $GMSH_HOME is
+not defined. If none of theses variables are defined, Gmsh will
+save/load its configuration files from the current working directory.
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS b/doc/VERSIONS
index d85e844ea500f359ddd566dc704c1095f852e906..fde59195f4b2a2ef3789cc1a89cdf60778401b14 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.219 2004-06-02 02:19:51 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: VERSIONS,v 1.220 2004-06-04 18:58:46 geuzaine Exp $
 
 New in 1.53: completed support for second order elements in the mesh
 module (lines, triangles, quadrangles, tetrahedra, hexahedra, prisms
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ order; Mac users can now double click on geo/msh/pos files in the
 Finder to launch Gmsh; removed support for fltk 1.0; rewrote most of
 the code related to quadrangles; fixed 2d elliptic algorithm; removed
 all OpenGL display list code and options; fixed light positioning; new
-BoundingBox command to set the bounding box explicitly; many code
-cleanups;
+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
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.1 b/doc/gmsh.1
index 245aea7eef8379048592e1a2c43f7d8a60a00b97..606441a328fbe715c17d4b238f70e91c31ec9fec 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.1
+++ b/doc/gmsh.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $Id: gmsh.1,v 1.54 2004-05-31 18:36:20 geuzaine Exp $
-.TH Gmsh 1 "14 June 2003" "Gmsh 1.45" "Gmsh Manual Pages"
+.\" $Id: gmsh.1,v 1.55 2004-06-04 18:58:46 geuzaine Exp $
+.TH Gmsh 1 "4 June 2004" "Gmsh 1.53" "Gmsh Manual Pages"
 .UC 4
 .\" ********************************************************************
 .SH NAME
diff --git a/doc/gmsh.html b/doc/gmsh.html
index 09cda13f84efdacf76a7f175dbfea76e96f05c51..e11daca35be9d04203587a840dfae952b7d21de2 100644
--- a/doc/gmsh.html
+++ b/doc/gmsh.html
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ generator with built-in pre- and post-processing facilities</h1>
 <p>
 <h3 align="center">Christophe Geuzaine and Jean-François Remacle</h3>
 <p>
-<h3 align=center>Version <a href="doc/VERSIONS">1.53</a>, xx May 2004</h3>
+<h3 align=center>Version <a href="doc/VERSIONS">1.53</a>, 4 June 2004</h3>
 <p>
 <center>
   <a href="#Description">Description</a> |
diff --git a/doc/texinfo/opt_general.texi b/doc/texinfo/opt_general.texi
index 2751cd6cc42faa786612fa5fd4be9a52c84492d1..d4fe79b097a3a88a3a070f19e0426e2b317aa5b4 100644
--- a/doc/texinfo/opt_general.texi
+++ b/doc/texinfo/opt_general.texi
@@ -249,6 +249,11 @@ Use a double buffered graphic window (on Unix, should be set to 0 when working o
 Default value: @code{1}@*
 Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
 
+@item General.FakeTransparency
+Use fake transparency (cheaper than the real thing, but incorrect)@*
+Default value: @code{0}@*
+Saved in: @code{General.OptionsFileName}
+
 @item General.FastRedraw
 Fast redraw (no mesh or view display) when interacting with the model@*
 Default value: @code{1}@*