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- What's new in Iterate version 3.0
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- * Complete mouse support.
- * Completely redesigned user interface.
- * User function files improved:
- User function can be entered in algebraic notation.
- Errors are detected better.
- Function parsing improved so it's not so persnickety.
- User function can be edited from within the program.
- Around 40 new operations added to the user function.
- '-' works right--and curses on the person who invented it.
- * Small improvements made everywhere.
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- What's new in Iterate version 3.01
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- * Some small and medium sized bugs fixed.
- * Tried to make it more idiot-proof (please try not to be too idiotic, though,
- because I'm sure it's still possible to crash it if you're idiotic enough).
- * Iterate! saves changes to graphics colors, text colors, and aspect ratio
- in a file named "Iterate!.ini".
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- What's new in Iterate version 3.02
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- * A few more bugs fixed.
- * You can now disable the mouse by typing "Iterate! nomouse" at the command
- line. This might help if Iterate! doesn't work right with your mouse.
- * A better help screen was added. You can access it by pressing "F1".
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- What's new in Iterate version 3.1
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- * Bugs fixed in function interpreter. Things like (x+5*y^2-3) now parse
- properly (they didn't before--that's what I get for borrowing somebody's
- code who didn't know what he was doing).
- * Things like -(x+y) now parse properly (that minus sign is going to be
- death of me). I think everything now parses properly that's going to.
- * You can now choose different User Function files when you use the <E>
- command.
- * You can now use your own text editor to edit user functions files, instead
- of the built in (somewhat wimpy) text editor. This also allows line length
- of up to 255 characters and an unlimited number of lines (the built in text
- editor is limited to 22 lines of 75 characters).
- * The graphics window zoom now works much better.
- * You can now iterate a point up to 2147483647 times instead of a measly 65535
- * Some context sensitive help added for editing User Function and other menus.
- * Trace iterate feature added. Press M to trace out an iteration step by step.
- Especially fascinating with Julia Sets (Function E).
- * Zippy parameter feature added. You can load in a graph of the Mandelbrot
- Set, choose a point, press Z, and the coordinates of that point are
- automatically loaded in as 'a' and 'b'. Works great for finding good Julia
- Sets.
- * Julia Set feature added. When you are working with the Julia Set function
- (Function E), press J to automatically draw the Julia Set (using Function F).
- This way, you can see the entire Julia Set and experiment to see what happens
- to points in various parts of the Julia Set.
- * Function F improved--it now draws the Julia Set much better thanks to some
- tricky algorithms.
- * Documentation expanded and revised.
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- What's new in Iterate version 3.11
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- * Iterate! automatically speeds up keyboard repeat rate if you have an
- extended keyboard. This dramatically speeds up program response when you use
- the arrow keys to move and when you use <M> to trace an iteration. If you
- don't want the repeat rate changed, you can disable this feature using the
- <G> command.
- * The KBRepeat program is included. KBRepeat adjusts the keyboard repeat
- rate. You can use it to recover from Iterate!'s adjustments or just to set
- the repeat rate the way you want it.
- * The Iterate!.ini file is now saved to the same directory Iterate!.exe is in.
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