[Pspp-cvs] pspp NEWS

[Ben Pfaff]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/pspp
Module name:    pspp
Branch:         
Changes by:     Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>      06/01/29 03:09:24

Modified files:
        .              : NEWS 

Log message:
        Add some news.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/pspp/pspp/NEWS.diff?tr1=1.11&tr2=1.12&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: pspp/NEWS
diff -u pspp/NEWS:1.11 pspp/NEWS:1.12
--- pspp/NEWS:1.11      Mon Jul 25 03:32:20 2005
+++ pspp/NEWS   Sun Jan 29 03:09:23 2006
@@ -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 address@hidden
 
+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: