XDL_VIEW News and Updates

Introduction

The following sections are included:

News Items
Index of Changes
Details of Changes

News Items

1. October 1996

   Details of changes made to XDL_VIEW version 4 are now given in this document.

2. August 1996

   The documentation for XDL_VIEW may now be found via the 'John W. Campbell's Software Packages' top page on the World Wide Web.

   URL http://wserv1.dl.ac.uk/SRS/PX/jwc_progs/index_progs.html

Index of Changes

11  TEXT_TAB   04/02/98  Correction to height calculation
10  MOST       15/01/98  Header declarations & minor compile fixes
9   IMAGE      10/10/97  Change Button 3 operation + bug fix
8   GRAPH_WIN  10/10/97  Reduce unwanted repaints
7   XDL_VIEW   10/10/97  Compress exposes etc to reduce unwanted repaints
6   IMG_RD     08/07/97  New routine to read 'pfbyte' images
5   LAUE_SIM   14/02/97  New gnomonic projections option
4   XDL_VIEW   30/10/96  New routine to get events with timeout
3   PARM_TAB   30/10/96  Allow menu button with label item
2   IMAGE      30/10/96  Additional squashed 'i2' image data types
1   MENU_AREA  30/10/96  Correction to menu height calculation

Details of Changes

Update Notice 1

Program name: MENU_AREA Date: 30/10/96

Abstract: Correction to menu height calculation

Details of changes:-

Correction made to the menu height calculation.

Update Notice 2

Program name: IMAGE Date: 30/10/96

Abstract: Additional squashed 'i2' image data types

Details of changes:-

Allows for additional squashed 'i2' image data types as requested
by Andrew Leslie. RaxisII, RaxisIV, Mac Science

Update Notice 3

Program name: PARM_TAB Date: 30/10/96

Abstract: Allow menu button with label item

Details of changes:-

Allow menu button with label item

Update Notice 4

Program name: XDL_VIEW Date: 30/10/96

Abstract: New routine to get events with timeout

Details of changes:-

New routine to get events with timeout as requested by
Andrew Leslie.

Update Notice 5

Program name: LAUE_SIM Date: 14/02/97

Abstract: New gnomonic projections option

Details of changes:-

New Gnomonic projections option added.
Note: Extra parameter required in xdl_laue_sim and xdl_laue_sim_new and
      equivalent Fortran interface routines.

Update Notice 6

Program name: IMG_RD Date: 08/07/97

Abstract: New routine to read 'pfbyte' images

Details of changes:-

 New routine to read 'pfbyte' images xdl_read_pfbyte (xdlf_read_pfbyte)

Update Notice 7

Program name: XDL_VIEW Date: 10/10/97

Abstract: Compress exposes etc to reduce unwanted repaints

Details of changes:-

Compress exposes & configure_notifys (with a delay) to reduce unwanted
repaints which occur on some systems.

Update Notice 8

Program name: GRAPH_WIN Date: 10/10/97

Abstract: Reduce unwanted repaints

Details of changes:-

Mod to to reduce unwanted repaints which occur on some systems.

Update Notice 9

Program name: IMAGE Date: 10/10/97

Abstract: Change Button 3 operation + bug fix

Details of changes:-

Change Button 3 operation so that intensity displayed if button 3 is
down & dragged.
Fix to xdlf_image_settings Fortran/C interface routine.

Update Notice 10

Program name: MOST Date: 15/01/98

Abstract: Header declarations & minor compile fixes

Details of changes:-

Add header declarations in xdl_view.h for all user callable xdl_view
routines (all view objects). Subsequent compile fixes revealsed and
made. Minor change to handling of visual/depth in xdl_view.c.

Update Notice 11

Program name: TEXT_TAB Date: 04/02/98

Abstract: Correction to height calculation

Details of changes:-

Correction to height calculation in xdl_text_table_cell where nrows and
min_height both given.