PSPP NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Time-stamp: <2009-07-09 20:12:22 blp>
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+Copyright (C) 1996-9, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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-Changes from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2-pre4:
+Changes from 0.7.3 to 0.7.7:
- * Internationalization:
+ * The "pspp" program has a new option --batch (or -b) that selects
+ "batch" syntax mode. In previous versions of PSPP this syntax mode
+ was the default. Now a new "auto" syntax mode is the default. In
+ "auto" mode, PSPP interprets most syntax files correctly regardless
+ of their intended syntax mode.
- - A translation into Dutch is now supplied, thanks to Harry
- Thijssen and the translationproject.org coordinators.
+ See the "Syntax Variants" section in the PSPP manual for more
+ information.
+
+ * The "pspp" program has a new option --syntax-encoding that
+ specifies the encoding for syntax files listed on the command line,
+ as well as the default encoding for syntax files included with
+ INCLUDE or INSERT. The default is to accept the system locale
+ encoding, UTF-8, UTF-16, or UTF-32, automatically detecting which
+ one the system file uses.
+
+ See the documentation for the INSERT command in the PSPP manual for
+ more information.
+
+ * The INCLUDE and INSERT commands now support the ENCODING subcommand
+ to specify the encoding for the included syntax file.
+
+ * Strings may now include arbitrary Unicode code points specified in
+ hexadecimal, using the syntax U'hhhh'. For example, Unicode code
+ point U+1D11E, the musical G clef character, may be expressed as
+ U'1D11E'.
+
+ See the "Tokens" section in the PSPP manual for more information.
+
+ * In previous versions of PSPP, in a string expressed in hexadecimal
+ with X'hh' syntax, the hexadecimal digits expressed bytes in the
+ locale encoding. In this version of PSPP, X'hh' syntax always
+ expresses bytes in UTF-8 encoding.
+
+ See the "Tokens" section in the PSPP manual for more information.
+
+ * The DO REPEAT command has been reimplemented. The most prominent
+ change is that when a DO REPEAT block contains an INCLUDE or INSERT
+ command, substitutions are not applied to the included file.
+
+ See the "DO REPEAT" section in the PSPP manual for more information.
+
+ * NPAR TESTS now supports the /KRUSKAL-WALLIS and /RUNS subcommands.
+
+ * AUTORECODE now supports the /GROUP subcommand.
+
+ * The MRSETS command is now implemented.
+
+ * SAVE TRANSLATE is now implemented, with initial support for saving
+ data in comma-separated value and tab-delimited formats.
+
+ * The PRESERVE and RESTORE commands are now implemented.
+
+ * The HOST command has been updated to use more modern syntax.
+
+ * The SET and SHOW commands no longer support the ENDCMD, NULLINE,
+ PROMPT, CPROMPT, and DPROMPT subcommands. The defaults are now the
+ only supported values.
+
+Changes from 0.7.2 to 0.7.3:
+
+ * Charts are now produced with Cairo and Pango, instead of libplot.
+ Without them, the new graphing features will not work. If you do
+ not have Cairo and Pango installed, you must run `configure' with
+ --without-cairo.
+
+ * The new "cairo" output driver supports output in PostScript, PDF,
+ and SVG formats. Its functionality is a superset of that of the
+ "postscript" driver, which has been removed. You must have Cairo
+ and Pango installed to build the "cairo" driver.
+
+Changes from 0.7.1 to 0.7.2:
+
+ * Updated Perl module interface.
+
+ * Value labels for long string variables are now supported.
+
+ * Missing values for long string variables are now supported.
+
+Changes from 0.7.0 to 0.7.1:
+
+ * Added a perl module to facilitate reading and writing of pspp system
+ files from perl programs.
+
+Changes from 0.6.2-pre6 to 0.7.0:
+
+ * Custom variable and data file attributes are now supported.
+ Commands VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE and DATAFILE ATTRIBUTE have been added
+ for setting and clear attributes. Support for attributes has also
+ been added to commands that read and write system files, such as
+ SAVE and GET, as well as to the DISPLAY command.
+
+ * Numererous improvements to the Graphical User Interface have
+ made. Notable improvements include:
+
+ - Non-Ascii characters in strings, labels and variable names are
+ now supported.
+
+ - A "Split Window" function is available, which makes it easier to
+ see different parts of a large data file.
+
+ - Data files can now be opened by specifing their name as the first
+ argument. This means that on a properly configured desktop, double
+ clicking on an icon will open the file.
+
+
+ * New statistical procedures:
+ - CORRELATIONS
+ - ROC
+ - RELIABILITY
+
+ NPAR TESTS now supports the WILCOXON and SIGN subcommands.
+
+ The CROSSTABS command has been completely re-implemented to fix numerous bugs.
+
+ * Three new commands to combine data files have been added: MATCH FILES,
+ UPDATE and ADD FILES.
+
+ * A tutorial chapter has been added to the user manual.
+
+Changes from 0.6.1 to 0.6.2
+
+ * New translations:
+
+ - Dutch, thanks to Harry Thijssen.
+
+ - Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to Michel Boaventura.
+
+ Thanks for translations are also due to the coordinators at
+ translationproject.org.
* Statistical bug fixes:
- - Report correct standard error of the estimate in REGRESSION
- output (bug #25677).
+ - REGRESSION: Report correct standard error of the estimate (bug
+ #25677).
+
+ - T-TEST: Report correct significance of paired sample T-test in
+ the common case (bug #26936) and corner cases. Thanks to Mike
+ Griffiths and Matej Cepl for reporting these bugs.
* Build fixes and changes:
+ - Fix build with GTK+ 2.17.4 and later.
+
- Make running "make" after running "configure" with different
settings reliably rebuild version.c.
- Fix writing corrupted .sav files on Windows.
+ - Fix writing variable labels longer than 252 bytes to save files.
+ Thanks to Robert Westlund for reporting this bug.
+
- Fix writing corrupted .por files (bug #26034).
- Fix reading .por files whose initial lines are not padded out
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