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From: steve@groucho.ucar.edu (Steve Emmerson)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.windows.x
Subject: XGKS release 2.2 now available
Keywords: X, GKS, XGKS
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Date: 14 Dec 90 05:11:08 GMT
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Greetings,

Release 2.2 of XGKS is now available for anonymous FTP:

    FILE:	pub/xgks.tar.Z
    HOST:	unidata.ucar.edu	[128.117.140.3]

Those of you who got a (beta) XGKS release within the past month 
or two needn't bother getting the new one.  Functionally, it's the
same.

Besides some enhancements and bug fixes, the major change has been a
dropping of imake(1) and Imakefile(5) support in favor of pure make(1)
and Makefile(5) support.  I did this because too many clients of the
Unidata Project Center were having problems with imake(1) and
Imakefile(5)s.  Please accept my apologies.

As a consequence, those of you who prefer imake(1) and Imakefile(5)s
should merge that functionality from your previous release into this 
one (in which there are *no* Imakefile(5)s or template files).  Be aware
that some additional files now exist; in particular, the "lib/fortran"
and "lib/xgks" directories each have a file named "externinit.c".

Here's an overview of the changes since version 2.1:

    Installation procedure completely rewritten.
    Support for sharable-libraries under SunOS and AIX.
    GKS-to/from-X color-mapping correctly handled for INQUIRE PIXEL
	functions.
    Added support for "soft" clipping, curing wraparound problem in
	GKS-to-X co-ordinate transformation.
    More lint(1) removal.
    Support for opening a GKSM file associated (somehow) with a Fortran
	Logical Unit Number (LUN).
    Better documentation.

As before, please feel free to contribute to the evolution of XGKS by
sending correspondence to the XGKS mailing-list or to the XGKS
co-ordinator.

To mail to the XGKS co-ordinator (to request being added to the
XGKS mailing-list, for example) send to

    xgks-request@unidata.ucar.edu	[128.117.140.3]

To post to the XGKS mailing-list, send to

    xgks@unidata.ucar.edu


Regards,
Steve Emmerson		xgks-request@unidata.ucar.edu

Steve Emmerson        steve@unidata.ucar.edu        ...!ncar!unidata!steve