From 4f31116689eeda21658601c6ecf75a915b80103b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Pfaff Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 03:09:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some news. --- NEWS | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 535fd05d..07b7ce06 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,45 @@ PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Time-stamp: <2005-07-24 20:23:41 blp> +Time-stamp: <2006-01-28 19:05:46 blp> Copyright (C) 1996-9, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send PSPP bug reports to bug-gnu-pspp@gnu.org. +Changes since 0.4.0: + + Newly implemented commands and statistical features: + + * CLOSE FILE HANDLE (a PSPP extension; see below). + + * REGRESSION. + + * XEXPORT (a PSPP extension). + + New PSPP extension: + + A new PSPP extension called "scratch files" has been implemented. + A scratch file, like a system file, consists of a dictionary and + any number of cases. A sufficiently small scratch file is stored + in memory; if it grows too large, it is written to disk. By + default, any file handle whose name begins with # is assumed to + refer to a scratch file. + + Scratch files can be used just about anywhere a system or portable + file can be used. Also, portable files are now allowed in most + places that system files were allowed in previous PSPP version. + + A new CLOSE FILE HANDLE command allows the storage associated with + scratch files to be freed. It also allows file handles to be + reassigned to new files. + + For more information on scratch files, refer to the "File Handles" + section in the PSPP manual. For specifics of what commands now + allow what kinds of files to be specified, refer to the + documentation on those particular commands. + + PSPP is now able to start up and run even if it cannot find its + configuration files. + Changes from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0: Changes in build dependencies: -- 2.30.2