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CHANGES BETWEEN VERSION XLN AND XLNb:
Bug fix: Plot dimensions were not reset if a plot was redrawn without
text.
Bug fix: The function of the REDRAW menu option was not always
consistent.
Bug fix: Y Axis text was not cleared properly if a plot was redrawn
without text.
Bug fix: The ZOOM option will no longer crash if used with enthusiasm.
The maximum zoom possible is 1,600 times.
Bug fix: Multiplot is now a little more resistant to low chip memory
situations.
Bug fix: The wait pointer was not cleared after cancelling a save in
IntroCAD or Draw format.
Bug fix: Saves in mCAD, introCAD and Draw format with the grid option
switched on did not save the vertical grid lines.
Bug fix: The lowest tick or grid line was sometimes omitted.
Bug fix: The screen was munged if the ZOOM box or SLIDE vector were drawn
using the cross hairs.
Bug fix: Multiplot will now handle greater than 20 data sets. As far as I
know, the number of data sets is limited by memory alone.
Typo fix: The menu option SAVE HPGL is now correctly named. Was HPLG!
Style Change: The "How to Plot" window has been renamed DEFINE PLOT and
the menu option that calls it has been renamed REDEFINE
PLOT.
Style Change: The Menu QUIT selection key shortcut has been changed to
Left-Amiga-e so as not to conflict with Commodore- Amiga's
style guidelines. The menu option has been renamed EXIT so
as to remain easy to remember.
Style Change: The ZOOM and SLIDE functions now operate in the standard
Amiga way; that is, the zoom box or slide vector is drawn
WHILE the left mouse button is held down. The screen is
redrawn when the left mouse button is released.
Style Change: Delimiters (caps) are now drawn on the error bars. This
slows some functions down, especially conversions to other
formats, but most other graph plotting programs have them,
so I put them in.
Removal of feature: Menu selection "White BG" no longer exists.
New plot mode: Both lines and points for same data set.
New feature: The Custom Plot window allows selection of different plot
symbols. If a default plot is selected from the Define Plot
window, the symbols are cycled through the data sets. This
feature together with plot colours allows 54
distinguishable data sets to be plotted.
New feature: The conversion module to change to the Draw format has been
recoded. It is now faster, smaller, requires less memory,
and provides line colours.
New feature: Menu selection to call palette for selection of screen
colours. Palette may be saved.
New feature: The ZOOM out feature to reduce the size of the plot now
obtains the "double click" timing from preferences.
New feature: The loading of a default palette on starting. Palette data
is stored in a file called "MPlot.def" in either the same
directory as Multiplot, or in the s: directory.
New feature: The number of X and Y axis tick marks or lines can now be
defined independently.
New feature: Multiplot now uses overdimensional screens. An attempt is
made to open and use a screen the same size as workbench.
This will give those with multisync monitors and the
Morerows patch some more real estate to play with. The
screen size can be forced to standard if needed.
New feature: Data file format is checked before loading. Loading status
is displayed in screen title bar.
New feature: The data file may now contain carriage returns at the ends
of lines. This allows data to be imported from spreadsheets
which are IBM file compatible.
New feature: All error reports are relayed via alerts or requesters. No
error messages will appear in the current CLI.
New feature: Lines in the data file which begin with "*SCALFACT*" may
contain scale factors by which collected data is to be
multiplied. The scale factor columns map to data columns
after the keyword "*SCALFACT*" is discarded.
New feature: Title, X axis label and Y axis labels are now printed. They
may be defined in the data file by using the *Title*,
*XLabel* and *YLabel* keywords. Note that although the Y
axis label appears on screen as vertical text, on the
printed output, it is written sideways.
New feature: It is now possible to quit from the Data Selection Window.
This is necessary if a suitable file to plot cannot be
found.
New feature: The Custom Plot window now has a STOP button. If used when
defining plot options for the first time, all remaining
data sets will be skipped and not plotted. If the plot
options are being described after calling Redefine Plot
from the menu bar in the Plot window, this button will
redraw the plot without changing the options for the
remaining data sets.