Release PSPP version 1.4.0.

[pspp] / NEWS

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@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
 PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1996-2000, 2008-2016, 2017, 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996-2000, 2008-2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
 Please send PSPP bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org.
 
-Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0:
+Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.4.0:
+
+ * The file pspp-mode.el (the pspp-mode for Emacs) is no longer distributed
+   with PSPP.  Instead, it can be installed directly in emacs and is available
+   from https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/pspp-mode.html
+
+ * The Find dialog box, when searching for numeric values, will match only
+   to the precision of the variable's print format.  This avoids behaviour
+   which is suprising to some users.
+
+ * PSPP now supports the SPSS viewer (.spv) format that SPSS 16 and later
+   use to save the contents of its output editor:
+
+   - PSPP and PSPPIRE can write output to .spv files.
+
+   - The new utility pspp-output can convert .spv files to other formats.
+
+   - The pspp-convert utility can now decrypt encrypted .spv files.  The
+     encrypted viewer file format is unacceptably insecure, so to
+     discourage its use PSPP and PSPPIRE do not directly read or write
+     this format.
 
  * A bug where the Data|Select Cases|Random Sample menu would generate
    invalid syntax has been fixed.
@@ -14,8 +34,16 @@ Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0:
  * Plain text output is no longer divided into pages, since it is now
    rarely printed on paper.
 
- * pspp-convert: New "-a", "-l", "--password-list" options to search
-   for an encrypted file's password.
+ * pspp-convert improvements:
+
+   - New "-a", "-l", "--password-list" options to search for an
+     encrypted file's password.
+
+   - New "--keep" and "--drop" options to output only selected variables.
+
+   - New "--recode", "--no-var-name", "--labels", "--print-formats",
+     "--decimal", "--delimiter", and "--qualifier" options to control
+     CSV output.
 
  * Improvements to SAVE DATA COLLECTION support for MDD files.
 
@@ -36,9 +64,6 @@ Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0:
 
  * The MEANS command has been re-implemented.
 
- * A bug where the GUI would crash when T-TEST was executed whilst
-   a filter was set has been fixed.
-
  * The GUI now has a sub-dialog for post-hoc tests of the oneway
    anova test.
 
@@ -48,6 +73,9 @@ Changes from 1.2.0 to 1.3.0:
    sub-category as a percentage of the primary category instead of the
    total.
 
+ * The Syntax Window now has a Find function to perform simple text
+   searching.
+
  * AUTORECODE:
 
    - The PRINT subcommand is now implemented.
@@ -176,7 +204,7 @@ Changes from 0.8.5 to 0.10.0:
 
  * The graphical user interface (psppire) has been changed as follows:
 
-   - It now uses Gtk+ version 3 instead of version 2.  Accordingly, it has a 
+   - It now uses Gtk+ version 3 instead of version 2.  Accordingly, it has a
      somewhat different look and feel.
 
    - There is now a Graphs menu to access the GRAPH command.
@@ -423,7 +451,7 @@ Changes from 0.6.2 to 0.8.0:
    - DO REPEAT command has been reimplemented.  Now, when DO REPEAT
      contains an INCLUDE or INSERT command, substitutions are not
      applied to the included file.
-  
+
    - FILE HANDLE has a new ENDS subcommand to select CR or CRLF new-lines.
 
    - HOST has been updated to use more modern syntax.
@@ -437,7 +465,7 @@ Changes from 0.6.2 to 0.8.0:
    - ONEWAY: the POSTHOC subcommand is now implemented.
 
    - The following new subcommands to NPAR TESTS have been implemented:
-     COCHRAN, FRIEDMAN, JONCKHEERE-TERPSTRA, KENDALL, KRUSKAL-WALLIS, MANN-WHITNEY, 
+     COCHRAN, FRIEDMAN, JONCKHEERE-TERPSTRA, KENDALL, KRUSKAL-WALLIS, MANN-WHITNEY,
      MCNEMAR, SIGN, WILCOXON, and RUNS
 
    - SET and SHOW no longer have ENDCMD, NULLINE, PROMPT, CPROMPT, and