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Scilab 5.5.2
Scilab 5.5.2 is a minor release which solves in particular two serious bugs:
- Scilab failed to start under some Windows platforms due to an ATOMS internal libraries loading issue (See bug #12842),
- All graphics were displayed in red under some Windows platforms (See bug #12788).
This release also includes new graphics features such as the improvement of
fec function to enable the rendering of meshes based on any convex polygon type (not only triangles).
Check Scilab 5.5.2 release notes.
Scilab 5.5.1
Scilab 5.5.1 is a minor release to solve in particular three serious issues:
- Scilab could not be used on Linux platforms using old GLIBC versions (CentOS, RedHat, etc).
- ATOMS modules update failed in some configurations.
- The Japanese and Russian help pages were not available on Linux versions.
Check Scilab 5.5.1 release notes.
Scilab 5.5.0
GUI creation capabilities have been refactored:
This release also includes new sets of functions:
- HDF5 module allowing to read/write HDF5 files and datasets.
- Java external objects interface to interact directly with Java objects from Scilab. For more information, see the tutorial.
- Function getURL to retrieve/read remote files through ftp:// or http:// protocols.
- Possibility to translate Scilab external modules.
- MPI capabilities available in Scilab source tree (not activated by default).
- New erfi and dawson special functions.
- New daskr solver in Scilab and Xcos.
New graphics features aiming at improving Scilab usability and capabilities have been integrated:
- Improvements of Matplot function capabilities in order to display images in true colors.
- Management of lighting on 3-D graphics.
- New interactions on graphics enabling to edit graphics handles directly on figures using the mouse.
- Datatips features rewritten as native Java code.
- Customization capabilities on axes and ticks with dedicated properties.
Scilab switched to the version 2.1 of CeCILL license.
Many bug fixes and documentation improvements are also available in this release.
Check Scilab 5.5.0 release notes.
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