mlpost does not complain anymore about Metapost errors
ocamlopt is called with warning 58 disabled
fixed installation with OCaml 4.04
new module [Triangle] to draw tree-like, triangular shapes
:exclamation: (internal) Misc.call_cmd now does print output of the called program directly, instead of returning it as a string
:exclamation: module Generate has been removed
0.8.1 (April 26th 2010)
configure: store absolute paths of programs
configure: fixed META file
doc: documentation for contribs
contrib lablgtk: background setting possible and function auto_aspect
0.8.0 (April 13th, 2010)
:exclamation: ocaml >= 3.10.1 is required now
:exclamation: externalimage work only with png image
:exclamation: module Color: the definitions of the following colors have changed: lightblue, green, lightgreen, orange, lightcyan, purple, lightyellow These colors are now compatible to HTML/CSS and X11 definitions
:exclamation: Box: Box.tabularl did modify the input boxes, now it leaves them unchanged (reported by Julien Signoles)
contrib Mlpost_lablgtk : define a gtk widget to display mlpost figures It also allow to easily create an interface to interact with an mlpost figures
contrib Mlpost_dot : Use graphviz (dot) to place picture, box, ... make contrib && make install-contrib mlpost -contrib dot [...]
module Real_plot: Plot function from float to float. It can use logarithmic scale.
module Color: new function hsv to create a color from hsv colorspace and color_gen to generate different colors using hsv colorspace
concrete computations are now available without the Cairo library
option -ps with -cairo
adding Concrete.baseline
Num: new units em, ex
Bugfix: "make install" with ocamlfind (reported by Julien Signoles)
Bugfix: Concrete does not complain about being unsupported for the following functions: set_verbosity; set_prelude, set_prelude2, set_t1disasm
Bugfix: Don't use "tracingchoices"
Bugfix #411: correct definition of objects used in Path.subpath
metapost errors are printed (this should rarely occur)
each call of mpost are done in separate and temporary directories
0.7.4 (October 20th, 2009)
Mlpost tool : Fix compilation with ocamlbuild
0.7.3 (October 13th, 2009)
Fix installation without ocamlfind and without ocamlbuild
0.7.2 (October 9th, 2009)
:exclamation: -classic-display is not an option of mlpost tool anymore (use -v instead)
:exclamation: Change in the signature of Cairost.emit_cairo
Fix the -compile-name option with ocamlbuild
ocamlfind remove/install is used if ocamlfind is present
The backend Concrete output informations only with the verbose option
Radar: fixed size of bullets
Helpers: the functions for boxes have a new optional argument [within] to give a box in which the arguments will be searched
Box: new functions [set_{post,pre}_draw]
:exclamation: Box: [get_name] now returns a string option
Tree.Simple: alignment options for [node]
Box: optional argument dash
0.7.1 (July 24th, 2009)
Fix for Performance bug when shifting boxes
0.7 (July 23rd, 2009)
:exclamation: add Point.draw and Path.draw (alias of Command.draw) which can mask Command.draw in case of an open Point after an open Command
:exclamation: Mlpost tool: -pdf now the default; use -ps to produce .1 files
:exclamation: Mlpost tool: erases all generated intermediate files on success
New experimental backend using Cairo; it permits output in PS, PDF, SVG and X11; use it with commandline option -cairo. It is intended to deliver the same results as the old metapost backend. Please send a bug report if it is not the case
A module Concrete which permits to compute concrete values of mlpost objects, e.g. the float value corresponding to an object of type Num.t , the concrete point { x : float; y : float } corresponding to a Point.t, and so on
A better tree drawing algorithm (module Tree)
new function Tree.nodel to add labels to tree edges
"Smart" paths to construct a path by giving only a sequence of directions (module Path)
Histograms and Radar diagrams (modules Hist and Radar)
The type Picture.t now is equal to the type Command.t (no more conversion needed)
module Box: each box has a name by default; use Box.sub to retrieve a box with the same name inside another
New optional argument sep of Path.strip to strip both ends of a path; used in Tree, Box.cpath, and Helpers
New position constructors North, South, Upperleft to improve upon Top, `Bot etc, but the old variants are still there
0.6 (February 4th, 2009)
:exclamation: "open Mlpost" is not added to input files any more - users have to add by themselves
:exclamation: the type Command.figure becomes Command.t
inclusion of external images (png, jpg etc)
transformations on boxes
Box.{grid,gridl,gridi}: new options hpadding, vpadding, stroke, pen
additional options for many functions
corrections of some small bugs in box calculations
A function in the API to scan a TeX file for the prelude
0.5 (Octobre 20, 2008, first public release)
new option -native to use native compilation, useful for complicated pictures
0.3
new module Pos to place lists (arrays, trees)
:exclamation: Num.f function removed
new commandline arguments -v, -eps
:exclamation: The functions in the Shapes module now build objects of type Shapes.t instead of Path.t
:exclamation: In Diag, one can now specify more (and different) types of boxes for nodes
0.2 (July 22nd, 2008)
Box: no more use of boxes.mp, replaced by Ocaml code