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From: "rob pike" <rob@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: [9fans] New release
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 17:14:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001014211424.809B1199CF@mail> (raw)

A new release of Plan 9 is now available at
	http://plan9.bell-labs.com/plan9
You can download a full distribution or an update relative to the
previous release, dated July 29 2000.  For a variety of reasons the
update is larger than previous ones, but still much smaller than the
full release.

Although this is primarily a maintenance release, it contains a number of new
things.

	- The open source license has been updated to improve some of the
	more contentious clauses and to add language about the Plan 9
	trademark.
	- More VGA cards are supported, particularly the 3dfx, and more now
	have support for hardware acceleration.
	- The AccuPoint II's extra buttons are now connected to `button 2' of
	the mouse interface; thanks to Ionkov for the crucial piece of information.
	(See mouse(8).)
	- The cpu command now has the ability to encrypt the data on its
	communication channel. This facility is enabled by default, use
		cpu -e clear
	to turn it off.
	- Acme now has a command language for editing, essentially identical
	to sam's.
	- Formatted I/O for floating point has been rewritten to provide the
	best possible answer always.
	- There is a full set of `rune string' routines installed in the C library.
	- Pipefile(1) is installed; it is used by the accupoint support and by
	Kenji's ktrans.
	- Lp will now print to an HP DeskJet and in fact to any Ghostscript-
	supported device.
	- New command leak(1) detects memory leaks in running programs
	without prior arrangement; thanks to Russ Cox.
	- Scat now has the ability to orient the maps to place the zenith up;
	thanks to Doug McIlroy.
	- /bin/termrc has a simple mechanism to enable system-dependent
	configuration. cpurc should do the same, but doesn't, for historical
	reasons.

There are doubtless many more minor things.

-rob



             reply	other threads:[~2000-10-14 21:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-10-14 21:14 rob pike [this message]
2000-10-16  8:45 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2000-10-15 19:16 jmk
2000-10-16 18:48 ` Ish Rattan
2000-10-15 21:37 forsyth
2000-10-16 19:02 jmk
2000-10-17 10:31 Richard Miller

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