2004-01-27: release 0.5
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Release Name: 0.5

Notes:

  This release contains a large number of fixes (including fixes for 
  a few crashbugs and for serious problems with fullscreen support). 
  A number of new features has been added as well: tables, scaling of 
  pll-embedded content (like LaTeX or Metapost), pll-to-tgz packing etc.
  It should also be mentioned that pointless no longer uses python embedded 
  but has become a plain python extension. Finally pointless now uses far 
  less memory and cpu cycles.

2003-08-02: release 0.4 
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Release Name: 0.4

Notes:

  This release is mainly a bug-fix and clean-up release but a few new
  features have also been added: The Pll language now supports plain
  background images (not stretched or tiled) as well as images with a
  fixed position.  Customization support has been added to some pll
  commands. As to the portability of pointless, the Mac OS port appears 
  to work smoothly by now.  Moreover, the SDL variant of pointless has
  been updated to reflect most of the features in the X11 variant.  
  Finally, the manual has been updated to reflect all new features.

2003-04-14: release 0.3
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Release Name: 0.3

Notes:

  This release introduces full-screen support (interactive as well as
  on the commandline). For X11 installations with XVidMode support, 
  there is support for resolution selection (interactive as well as 
  on the commandline). The Pll language now has support for stretchable 
  and tileable backgrounds.  Moreover, there is support for inclusion of 
  metapost, gnuplot and source code.  Finally, quite a few bugs have 
  been fixed (but new ones have probably been introduced as well :)).

2003-03-15: release 0.2
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Release Name: 0.2

Notes:

  This is the first announced release of pointless. Although pointless is
  still considered to be very much 'in development', this release
  certainly has enough features to make the program usable for real
  presentations. Since 0.1 a large number of bugs have been fixed, the Pll
  language has been extended with quite a few new commands and pointless
  now ships with support for inclusion of vector graphics (encapsulated
  postscript) and LaTeX formulas. Finally, there is now a manual included
  in the release.

2003-02-02: release 0.1
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Release Name: 0.1

Notes:

  The project is currently in a pre-release phase. This means that
  while we encourage users to download the software and give it
  a spin (remember to report bugs and suggestions!), we do not
  consider pointless ready for production use yet, this is to mean
  that backward compatibility (in particular backward compatibility
  of the the pointless language) cannot be guaranteed.

