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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: 
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                     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
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                     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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