physical entities can now be defined using a string instead of a number (and
there is a new field $PhysicalNames in the .msh format to keep track of these
strings)

remove elliptic - same as Transfinite with Mesh.Smoothing > 1

- finished volume extrusion
- cleanup ExtrudeParam (plug memory leak + remove unused stuff)
- make netgen the default 3D algo for now (since it actually works)

make explicit regions in extrusions DEPRECATED

cleanup

bidir db: phase 3 -- move all the old geo stuff into Geo/

bidi db: phase 2 -- continued

bidir db: phase 2 -- removed all (well, most of) the old data structures and
algorithms

bidir db: phase 1

- add compatibility syntax for getdp (string~{fexpr})
- add possibility to write/append to files with Printf

merging offscreen rendering from branch

- fix discrete surf (for the 100000th time)
- new Status N command in parser to force mesh status
- create reverse discrete curves

minimize the number of files that include GmshVersion.h: it's annoying to
recompiletoo many files just because the version string changes

moved most OS-dependent functions in OS.cpp

"pure windows" version (without cygwin) is almost there: the solver
interface now works quite nicely using native Windodiows sockets and
the timers work too. There are still some bugs with binary files and
user-created functions in the parser.

added support for empty lists (aa[] = {};) and concatenation of lists
(aa[] += {1,2,3};)

newsl and newll to get next available loop numbers

move yy globals into Gmsh.l

remesh in script

new "Background Mesh" command

removed the STEP parser: it's unusable, it makes the parser bigger,
and it introduces conflicts in the syntax.

fixed ugly extrusion syntax (finally!)

extrusions are now specified in the same way as all other transformations
(the old syntax is still available, but is deprecated)

- new button under the graphic window to temporarily disable mouse
  selection (speeds-up redrawing of very large models + permits to
  rotate/zoom-in a model in selection mode even when the whole screen
  is full of selectable entities--e.g. a surface mesh)

- new "lasso" selection mode (to select entities using the same kind
  of lasso as the lasso zoom: just Ctrl+click, then drag the mouse in
  selection mode; the shortcuts are the same as for the lasso zoom)

- it is now possible to unselect entities using the middle mouse button
  (only for the creation of physicals at the moment; not sure if it's
  useful in the other cases)

- new button in visibility browser to invert the current selection
  (very useful e.g. when multiple physical entities are associated
  with a given elementary entity, in order to "peel" away the model
  when adding new physicals; cf. philou)

- changed meaning of Escape shortcut (cancel lasso or toggle mouse
  selection) + restore standard fltk Escape handling for all dialog
  windows

- updated copyright string

- new mesh label mode (coordinates); all label types are now also
  available for mesh vertices

- added option in 'Print Option' dialog to disable printing of help
  strings

- added a comment string with the date when creating a new file

- new snapping grid for adding points in the GUI

- new button under the graphic window to temporarily disable mouse
  selection (speeds-up redrawing of very large models + permits to
  rotate/zoom-in a model in selection mode even when the whole screen
  is full of selectable entities--e.g. a surface mesh)

- new "lasso" selection mode (to select entities using the same kind
  of lasso as the lasso zoom: just Ctrl+click, then drag the mouse in
  selection mode; the shortcuts are the same as for the lasso zoom)

- it is now possible to unselect entities using the middle mouse button
  (only for the creation of physicals at the moment; not sure if it's
  useful in the other cases)

- new button in visibility browser to invert the current selection
  (very useful e.g. when multiple physical entities are associated
  with a given elementary entity, in order to "peel" away the model
  when adding new physicals; cf. philou)

- changed meaning of Escape shortcut (cancel lasso or toggle mouse
  selection) + restore standard fltk Escape handling for all dialog
  windows

- updated copyright string

- new mesh label mode (coordinates); all label types are now also
  available for mesh vertices

- added option in 'Print Option' dialog to disable printing of help
  strings

- added a comment string with the date when creating a new file

- new snapping grid for adding points in the GUI

Removed all compile-time depdencies on byte ordering (big- or little-
endianness). Replaced them with run-time conversions where necessary (only
for packing/unpacking of colors into unsigned ints). Performance hit
should be negligeable, but this will allow to compile Universal Binaries
on Mac in a single step (instead of having to compile the PPC/big-endian
and the i386/little-endian separately, which wouls be a royal pain in the
butt).