Changes in version 1.1-24                        

NEW FEATURES

    o   New compact01() for compact printing of 0-1 sequences aka
	bitstrings.

BUG FIXES

    o   formatN(*, digits) now _does_ use digits.

    o   Sys.sizes( * ) example needs a try( . ) because of Alpine
	Linux' possibility of a cheap ps.

    o   remove `^L` from man/Sys.ps.Rd as it warns now.

                 Changes in version 1.1-23 (2025-11-21)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   New simple formatN() for formatting typically exponentially
	formatted numbers more compactly than usually in R, or C, C++,
	etc.

    o   pkgDesc() gets a new option onlyLT = <num> which by default
	skips longish Author and Description fields.

    o   n.plot() gets new arguments type and pt.col.

BUG FIXES

    o   eaxis() is now "protected" against large options("digits")
	which may give badly formatted tick "labels".

                 Changes in version 1.1-22 (2025-09-01)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   pretty10exp() and hence eaxis() get new behaviour for
	non-default sub10 = nn; notably, nn may now be a negative
	integer; sub10 = "10" is now equivalent to sub10 = c(-1,1), and
	newly, sub10 = "100" and "1000" as "mnemonic" for sub10 = c(-1,
	2) or c(-2, 3), respectively.

                 Changes in version 1.1-21 (2025-07-26)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   New GCD(m,n) and LCM(...)

                 Changes in version 1.1-20 (2024-11-05)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   sessionInfoX() now reports R_compiled_by() when that exists.

                 Changes in version 1.1-19 (2024-08-19)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   pretty10exp() gets new offset arg off and now works correctly
	even for subnormal numbers.

Misc

    o   more packages mentioned in Rd xref's

                 Changes in version 1.1-18 (2024-04-25)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   sessionInfoX() now also stores (and prints) .Machine

BUG FIXES

    o   polyn.eval(7, x) no longer always returns 7, but rather a
	vector of the same length as x.

                 Changes in version 1.1-17 (2024-02-01)                 

Misc

    o   seq_along(.) instead of (partial arg) seq(along=.); fix other
	partial arg.

    o   Get rid of is.R(), deprecated from R 4.4.0.

                 Changes in version 1.1-16 (2023-08-10)                 

Misc

    o   NEWS.Rd work around "not yet done"-entries.

                 Changes in version 1.1-15 (2023-04-20)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   New list_() (from my pkg tools) to create auto-named list()s
	easily.

    o   improved Sys.ps.cmd() for macOS.

                 Changes in version 1.1-14 (2022-11-24)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   read.org.table() now determines a reasonable nrows
	automatically.

Tweaks

    o   eaxis() has a larger default, 12 instead of 10, for nintLog.

    o   man/*.Rd: remove some extraneous \.

    o   man/helppdf.Rd: skip example on Windows (too slow).

    o   TA.plot() now works also with NA residuals.

    o   use new internal struct() as fast substitute of structure().

                 Changes in version 1.1-13 (2022-04-02)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   relErrV(target, current) now keeps dim() and dimnames() e.g.,
	when current is an mpfr-array and names() when present.

Tweaks

    o   No longer import from methods: no need for a while already.

                 Changes in version 1.1-12 (2021-09-14)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new helppdf(topic) mostly for interactive use.

BUG FIXES

    o   shortRversion() _still_ failed with "RC".

    o   relErrV(x1, x2) now works when both objects are of length zero,
	but no longer when only one of them is.

                 Changes in version 1.1-11 (2021-04-12)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   sessionInfoX(TRUE) now choose chooses _all_ loaded packages
	(which were accidentally chosen since 1.1-9, see the bug
	fixes).

BUG FIXES

    o   sessionInfoX() no longer (since 1.1-9, accidentally) chooses
	_all_ packages.

    o   The nearcor() tests are less platform dependent.

DEPRECATED & DEFUNCT

    o   u.assign0() and u.get0() are defunct now.

                 Changes in version 1.1-10 (2021-03-29)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   shortRversion() no longer fails for "beta" or "RC" status.

                 Changes in version 1.1-9 (2021-03-23)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   sessionInfoX() now also reports grSoftVersion() and, when tcltk
	is loaded, tclVersion().

    o   repChar() is deprecated in favour of R (>= 3.3.0)'s strrep().

    o   new shortRversion() (from an old R script of mine).

    o   new relErrV() and relErr(), improved from the Matrix package
	test-tools.R

                 Changes in version 1.1-8 (2021-01-07)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   isRshared() has been “factorized out” of sessionInfoX(), as it
	maybe useful elsewhere, e.g., in Startup code setting
	.libPaths().

    o   New utilities pkgDesc() and pkgBuilt(), giving named character
	result of packageDescription().

BUG FIXES

    o   sessionInfoX()'s isRshared() is now based on tools::Rcmd()
	instead of system(), so possibly slightly more portable.

    o   Fixed not-yet-as-cran NOTE about undeclared packages in Rd
	xrefs.

                 Changes in version 1.1-7 (2020-05-07)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   eaxis() gets new option equidist.at.tol = 0.002, previously
	hardwired to 0.001.

    o   seqXtend(<Date>, *, "interpolate") now also works with changed
	base::c.Date() from R(4.1.0)-devel.

                 Changes in version 1.1-6 (2020-04-06)                  

BUG FIXES

    o   pkgLibs() now works on macOS, thanks to a hint by Brian Ripley.

                 Changes in version 1.1-5 (2020-02-09)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   on Unix-alikes export new pkgLibs() utility even though its API
	may change.

Tweaks

    o   replace class(.) != ".." in a _comment_, just for source code
	purity ;-)

BUG FIXES

    o   Regression tests should not show differences, even when a
	version of R crippled by --no-long-double is used.

    o   examples now use tempfile().

                 Changes in version 1.1-4 (2019-05-11)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   eaxis() gets new optional argument use.expr in order to force
	use of pretty10exp() in a non-log case where non-exponential
	format would be used.

    o   sessionInfoX() now also returns an element isRshared, and its
	print() method prints that and the pcre_config() information on
	the PCRE.

    o   TA.plot() now also works for lmer() results (S4 objects, not
	lists).

                 Changes in version 1.1-3 (2018-11-27)                  

Tweaks

    o   DESCRIPTION update, contains ORCID.

    o   README.md links to blog post on (17 yr old -> GH)

BUG FIXES

    o   read.org.table() thinko (grep()).

    o   read.org.table(*, encoding=) notably to work for UTF-8 files.

    o   pretty10exp(*, lab.type="latex") works better, notably for
	non-trivial sub10.

                 Changes in version 1.1-2 (2018-03-05)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   new funEnv() utility: list()-like construction of a set of
	functions (and more) which all share the same environment.

    o   Using Authors@R in DESCRIPTION and so finally honor the many
	contributors by listing them.

    o   Requiring R >= 3.2.0, so we can use \CRANpkg{.} in help files.

BUG FIXES

    o   histBxp() no longer evokes a warning from hist.default().

    o   digitsBase(0) now works.

                 Changes in version 1.1-1 (2017-06-08)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   sessionInfoX() now also reports capabilities() (and more,
	depending on R's version).

    o   mult.fig()'s default for mgp now adapts to a non-default value
	of par("las").

    o   eaxis() gets new options axp and n.axp for more flexible
	automatic tick marks.

BUG FIXES

    o   integrate.xy() is more careful in matching "data" with grid
	points, thanks to a bug report by Loraine Liping Seng.

                 Changes in version 1.1-0 (2016-02-23)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   primes() has optional pSeq argument, surprisingly with no known
	benefit.

    o   tweaks for xy.unique.x() speedup.

    o   QUnif(..., p, ...) now works for large p (and gets a silent
	option to suppress the message).

BUG FIXES

    o   Fix the tkdensity() bug introduced on 2015-07-22, hence, for
	sfsmisc versions 1.0-28 and 1.0-29, with the “codetools
	cleanup”.

                 Changes in version 1.0-29 (2016-01-22)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new function read.org.table() to read emacs org files via
	read.table().

    o   new loessDemo(), providing a version of an old loess.demo().

    o   new sessionInfoX() utility (with print() method).

BUG FIXES

    o   (workaround R (<= 3.2.2) bug:) the (invisible) return value
	str_data() no longer contains extraneous NULL entries in the
	filtering case.

                 Changes in version 1.0-28 (2015-08-15)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   tkdensity() is tweaked such as to look more standard to
	codetools;

    o   similarly (much less) for factorize() and roundfixS()

    o   new demo("pretty-lab")

BUG FIXES

    o   also import from "base" packages

    o   pretty10exp(*, lab.type = "latex") typo fixed; eaxis() works
	better with lab.type = "latex", both thanks to David Seifert.

                 Changes in version 1.0-27 (2015-01-07)                 

Repository

    o   Moved sources to Github
	(<https://github.com/mmaechler/sfsmisc>), on Aug. 9, 2014, from
	years of emacs backups and a few RCS “archives”.  Blogged about
	it on <http://mmaechler.blogspot.ch/>.

NEW FEATURES

    o   New missingCh() utility, also for didactical purposes;

    o   new rotn() "utility".

    o   eaxis() gets an optional sub10 argument.

    o   mat2tex() gets new option envir = "tabular".

BUG FIXES

    o   cairoSwd() adapted to new Sweave conventions.

                 Changes in version 1.0-26 (2014-06-16)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new is.whole() to test if numbers are integer valued.

    o   new cairoSwd() from Alain Hauser (not yet exported).

    o   new bi2int() utility (called from as.intBase()) with a nice IP
	numbers transformation example.

    o   toLatex.numeric() gets times arg (from Alain).

    o   pretty10exp() gets new args lab.type and lab.sep from Ben
	Bolker.

BUG FIXES

    o   not using prt.DEBUG() anymore ourselves, as it has been
	deprecated.

                 Changes in version 1.0-25 (2014-01-24)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   better docu on Sys.cpuinfo()

BUG FIXES

    o   finally deprecate prt.DEBUG()

                 Changes in version 1.0-24 (2013-08-06)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   Deprecate u.assign0() as globalenv assignment is mostly
	deprecated, and the S <-> R compatibility is unneeded now.

    o   ps.do() and pdf.do() are now closures with their own file name.
	==> no globalenv assignment needed anymore.

                 Changes in version 1.0-13 (2010-10-23)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new demo(hatMat) being more explicit than ?hatMat

                 Changes in version 1.0-12 (2010-09-05)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   plotDS() bug fix

                 Changes in version 1.0-11 (2010-02-23)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   fix nearCor() example

                 Changes in version 1.0-10 (2009-12-20)                 

BUG FIXES

    o   pdf.do() with better defaults [ ==> compatible to ps.do() ]

                 Changes in version 1.0-9 (2009-11-18)                  

Misc

    o   maintenance

                 Changes in version 1.0-8 (2009-08-10)                  

Misc

    o   maintenance

                 Changes in version 1.0-7 (2009-01-10)                  

Misc

    o   maintenance

                 Changes in version 1.0-6 (2008-11-25)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   new Sys.meminfo()

    o   p.profileTraces() improved; eaxis()

                 Changes in version 1.0-5 (2008-11-02)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   new Duplicated()

    o   ellipsePoints() improvements

    o   eaxis() improvements

BUG FIXES

    o   str_data() buglet

                 Changes in version 1.0-4 (2008-07-31)                  

Misc

    o   maintenance

                 Changes in version 1.0-3 (2008-06-26)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   pdf.do() has better default behavior.

                 Changes in version 1.0-2 (2008-05-05)                  

Misc

    o   maintenance

                 Changes in version 1.0-1 (2008-02-09)                  

BUG FIXES

    o   Encoding (latin1), and other platform issues

    o   inv.seq() and eaxis() improvements

                 Changes in version 1.0-0 (2007-12-10)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   plotDS() is new name for pl.ds() now allows 'ys' to be a smooth
	"fit structure".  That is now easily constructed via

    o   new seqXtend() function for constructing a sequence which
	includes a give set of numbers x.

    o   y <- roundfixS(x) yields integers y[i] with the same sum as
	x[i].

                Changes in version 0.96-01 (2007-11-21)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new function eaxis() for "engineering" / "extended" axis
	drawing, notably for log-axis labeling

                Changes in version 0.95-13 (2007-09-13)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new function nearcor() to find nearest correlation matrix;
	almost as donated by Jens Oehlschlaegel.

BUG FIXES

    o   pdf.latex(), pdf.do() : defaults; viewer specifications...

                Changes in version 0.95-12 (2007-06-30)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   New internal Sys.procinfo() function for cleaner implementation
	of Sys.cpuinfo() and Sys.meminfo().

                Changes in version 0.95-10 (2007-06-25)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   new pdf.do(), pdf.end(), pdf.latex()), as analogues to ps.do()
	etc,

    o   implemented as wrapper to new dev.latex() utility function
	(dev.latex): instead of ps.latex(); (pdf.latex, ps.latex): now
	wrappers to dev.latex

                 Changes in version 0.95-2 (2005-11-02)                 

Version and Date (Latest First)

    o   0.95-9 : 2007-03-15

    o   0.95-8 : 2007-01-18

    o   0.95-7 : 2006-10-19

    o   0.95-6 : 2006-06-26

    o   0.95-5 : 2006-06-22

    o   0.95-4 : 2006-02-26

    o   0.95-3 : 2006-01-25

    o   0.95-2 : 2005-11-03

                 Changes in version 0.95-1 (2005-04-25)                 

NEW FEATURES

    o   'rnls()' for robust nonlinear regression; 'lseq()' for [l]og
	scale 'seq()'

    o   now has a NAMESPACE

                 Changes in version 0.9-8 (2004-12-13)                  

BUG FIXES

    o   TA.plot() now also works for lme() results.

                 Changes in version 0.9-7 (2004-11-05)                  

    o   Depends on R 1.9.0 (was effectively the case earlier): Removing
	old package names "modreg", "stepfun", etc

                 Changes in version 0.9-6 (2004-09-27)                  

    o   bug fix in p.ts(): case of start(.) of length 2

                 Changes in version 0.9-5 (2004-08-12)                  

NEW FEATURES

    o   new posdefify(m) returns a positive definite matrix close to
	'm'

    o   New QUnif() and sHalton() for quasi-random number generation

BUG FIXES

    o   fixed labeling bug in compresid2way().

DEPRECATED & DEFUNCT

    o   mult.fig()'s global assignment to 'old.par' is now deprecated.
	do work with op <- mult.fig(...)$old.par instead !!

    o   plotCI() is now deprecated - use the one from package
	"gregmisc"!

                 Changes in version 0.9-4 (2004-05-27)                  

    o   p.ts() allows date-time objects for x-axis labeling, with new
	arguments 'date.x', 'do.x.axis', 'do.x.rug', 'ax.format' and
	'xlab'

    o   strcodes() had a bug (offset by 1) which also lead to one in
	AsciiToInt()

    o   p.res.2x() has new arguments 'xlim', 'ylim', 'main' and a new
	default for 'scol' (= 2:3).

                        Changes in version 0.9-3                        

    o   p.res.2x() allows 'scol' of length 2.

    o   n.plot() fixed the "log = .." (non-default) option.

                 Changes in version 0.9-2 (2004-02-07)                  

    o   put Sys.*() functions into unix-only directory

    o   ps.end() tries behaves better for non-unix finding the file

    o   u.date() becomes OS-independent.

                 Changes in version 0.9-1 (2004-02-04)                  

    o   new function compresid2way() from Werner Stahel.

    o   f.robftest() now returns an object of class "htest"

    o   For more details, see the ChangeLog file!