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1.1     ! root        1: Tue Jul  5 08:00:46 EDT 1988
        !             2: 
        !             3: - added a new command: reference_include let's you include
        !             4:        a database file of references in a list of references without
        !             5:        having to cite each reference in the text.
        !             6: 
        !             7: - integrated some more exptool changes
        !             8: 
        !             9: 
        !            10: 
        !            11: Sat Feb 27 15:44:52 EST 1988
        !            12: 
        !            13: - prefer's -s option and the |reference_style command let you supply your
        !            14:        own style awk script.
        !            15: 
        !            16: - pinvert now stores the name of the common word file (-c option)
        !            17:        and the max keyword length (-l option) in the *.h file.
        !            18:        Likewise, plook and prefer expect to read these values
        !            19:        from the *.h file so you will need to rerun pinvert on all
        !            20:        your old bibliography databases.
        !            21: 
        !            22: - prefer no longer aborts when it cannot find a bibliography database;
        !            23:        instead it scans thru its entire input, processing as many prefer
        !            24:        commands as it can.
        !            25: 
        !            26: - plook does an exit(1) when it can't find anything
        !            27: 
        !            28: - miscellaneous bug fixes: %verbatim() command, sorting authors names and dates
        !            29: 
        !            30: 
        !            31: 
        !            32: 
        !            33: Sat Sep 12 23:15:22 EDT 1987
        !            34: 
        !            35: - added %verbatim() command
        !            36:        to keep author's names from being permuted; this can be
        !            37:        used for corporate authors: %verbatim(AT&T Bell Laboratories).
        !            38: 
        !            39: - added a new style: spectrum
        !            40: 
        !            41: - ported to 4.3BSD on a Sun
        !            42: 
        !            43: - picked up changes for EXPTOOLS
        !            44: 
        !            45: - miscellaneous bug fixes
        !            46: 
        !            47: 
        !            48: 
        !            49: 
        !            50: Thu Sep 18 17:01:37 EDT 1986
        !            51: 
        !            52: -added sort keys (adt for author/date/title)
        !            53:        to -o option on prefer and to |reference_style command
        !            54: 
        !            55: -changed changed maxref in locate.c so that up to 500 references
        !            56:        can be retrieved with one keyword
        !            57: 
        !            58: -fixed misc bugs in pconvert and pinvert
        !            59: 
        !            60: -changed styles to make editor optional for incollection
        !            61: 
        !            62: 
        !            63: 
        !            64: 
        !            65: Mon Aug 25 13:32:54 EDT 1986
        !            66: 
        !            67: fixed misc bugs including
        !            68: 
        !            69:        - |reference_list: handling of %lines that extend beyond one line
        !            70:        - EOF bug in pinvert
        !            71:        - EOF bug in prefer
        !            72: 
        !            73: new features
        !            74: 
        !            75:        - %also searchkey...
        !            76:                where searchkeys are just like keywords in |reference()
        !            77:                and are used to search the database for a matching reference.
        !            78:                Replaces %other Also......
        !            79:                allowing "Also..." stuff in a reference to be
        !            80:                formatted correctly.
        !            81:                An alterntive format is
        !            82:                        %also_begin text
        !            83:                        %type...
        !            84:                        %author...
        !            85:                        %etc...
        !            86:                        %also_end text
        !            87:                where the text arg is optional
        !            88: 
        !            89:        - new style: lsa (Linguistic Society of America)
        !            90: 
        !            91: 
        !            92: Wed Aug 12 17:01:25 EDT 1987
        !            93: 
        !            94: Integrated changes from exptools.
        !            95: 
        !            96: 
        !            97: 
        !            98: Fri Mar 24 13:07:08 EST 1989
        !            99: 
        !           100:  - Fixed pconvert -d bug so that
        !           101: 
        !           102:  - Fixed style scripts to get rid of extraneous white space
        !           103: 
        !           104: Other recent fixes and changes by others include:
        !           105:  - SIGINT bug fix
        !           106:  - s/gets/fgets/ in lookup.c
        !           107:  - Incorporated Kruskal's pami style
        !           108: 

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