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      ANNOUNCING the Xy-pic version 3 DIAGRAM TYPESETTING PACKAGE
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This is to announce a MAJOR RELEASE of my DIAGRAM TYPESETTING PACKAGE:

			       Xy-pic 3.0

In particular most features that have been added since version 2.6 are
now sufficiently stable to leave beta-test.

Xy-pic is a package for typesetting a variety of graphs and diagrams
with TeX.  Xy-pic works with most formats (including LaTeX, AMS-LaTeX,
AMS-TeX, and plain TeX), in particular Xy-pic is provided as a LaTeX2e
`supported package' (following the `CTAN LaTeX2e bundle' standard).

Further details on the package are in the README file of the distribution.

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				  NEWS
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Xy-pic version 3 is a thorough rewrite of the last major version,
version 2 (last version 2 release was release 2.6; several beta-test
releases numbered 2.7-2.12 have been made available to users).  However,
full backwards compatibility is maintained (except for the unavoidable
but fully documented obscure cases).

The package is now structured as a kernel and several orthogonal
modules, in particular there are independent `specialist' modes for
convenient typesetting of components that are structured as graphs,
matrices, polygons, 2-cells, etc.

Finally, version 3 adds the following to what was available in
v2.12/3beta:

* The User's Guide is up to date with v3 features!
* There is a new input mode specially for KNOTS AND LINKS!
* Arbitrary arcs and frames are now properly integtared!
* DVI driver interface greatly simplified!

A few DVI drivers are not quite ready for release which is why this is
v3.0 and there will be a 3.1 including the missing drivers (as well as
the inevitable bug fixes).

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			      AVAILABILITY
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Xy-pic can be retrieved through the World Wide Web Xy-pic `home page':

  <URL: http://www.diku.dk/users/kris/Xy-pic.html>

as well as by anonymous ftp from

  CTAN :		/tex-archive/macros/generic/diagrams/xypic

and from the archives of the authors:

  ftp.diku.dk : 	/diku/users/kris/TeX/
  ftp.mpce.mq.edu.au :	/pub/maths/TeX/

Check the README file in each location for the exact details.

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				CREDITS
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Xy-pic was created by Kristoffer H. Rose, DIKU, U of Copenhagen.  Most
of the rewrite was accomplished in collaboration with Ross Moore while
visiting Macquarie U, Sydney (Jan-May 1994), supported by the Australian
Research Council, Macquarie University, and using donated DEC equipment.

Xy-pic is Copyright (c) 1991-1995 by Kristoffer H. Rose under GNU
COPYLEFT which means that you can use the package for any purpose but if
you provide the macros or any code derived from them to a third party
then you are obliged to include the entire Xy-pic package (full details
in the file COPYING).

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	  This is the end of the announcement.  Enjoy Xy-pic!

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	      Kristoffer H{\o}gsbro ROSE  <kris@diku.dk>
     DIKU, Universitetsparken 1, 2100 K{\o}benhavn {\O}, DANMARK
     Phones: +45 35321400 direct: +45 35321420 fax: +45 35321401
	    World Wide Web  <URL: http://www.diku.dk/~kris/>

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