Revision History

AlgoSim 0.9.0.117 (2010-09-11)

New version of the console component which supports zooming.
Added search text function to the console.
Minor changes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.114 (2010-08-17)

Added functions savePointSetToFile and loadPointSetFromFile.
AlgoSim Data Viewer can now read AlgoSim binary point set files (suffix *.asd).
Added functions pmRGBCombine, pmRGBSplit, pmHSVCombine, and pmHSVSplit.
Added functions pmRGBAdjustment and pmHSVAdjustment.
Added functions pmCreateGradientPixmap and updated function pmBlend.
Added function floodFill.
Added functions pmNoise, pmDistortSpace, pmDistortRGB, pmDistortHue, pmEdgeDetection, pmEmboss, pmTiles, and pmSwapRGBComponents.
Minor fixes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.111 (2010-07-26)

Added functions isSemimagicSquare and isNormalSemimagicSquare.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.110 (2010-07-26)

Added functions magicSquare, isMagicSquare, isNormalSquare, isNormalMagicSquare, isPanmagicSquare, isNormalPanmagicSquare, and multiMagicSquareOrder.
Added function fmt.
Added function leviCivita.
Added function getCPUInfo.
Added example program Sally.prg.
Minor changes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.105 (2010-07-06)

Major desuckification of the AlgoSim scripting language:
Added elseIf construct.
Removed while ... endwhile loop.
Added repeat ... indefinitely, repeat ... until, repeat ... while, doWhile ... stop, and for ... stop loops.
Now the iterate loop supports custom step sizes.
Major performance improvments of (*.prg) program execution.
Added the semicolon (;) operator.
User function OPNOTIN (corresponding to operator ∉) promoted to kernel function.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.87 (2010-07-03)

Added SVG export of 2D scenes! (Added function exportToSVG.)
Added function exportToMetafile.
Added advanced scene editor.
Minor changes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.65 (2010-06-25)

Added function getStructNameFromIndex.
Added function matToPointSet.
Minor fixes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.64 (2010-06-24)

Improvements to GUI controls.
New fundamental data type: the structure.
Functions date, time, and now now return structures.
User function inv has been promoted to a kernel function.
Function ver now returns a structure.
New function reloadOperatorTable.
New program restoreOperatorTable.
settings.asd, ops.asd, constants.asd, and programTemplate.asd now both come in a common and a local version.
Function getParameter now accepts two more parameters: "AlgoSim common/user directory".
Added functions moveFile, copyFile, deleteFile, and renameFile.
Added function deleteFunction.
Added function directSum and corresponding operator ⊕.
Added function removeDuplicatesFromSet.
Added user functions fork and wolframAlpha.
Added functions saveStructToFile, loadStructFromFile, createStruct, getStructNumMembers, getStructMemberFromIndex, copyStructToClipboard, structRenameMember, structDeleteMember, combineStructs, flattenStruct, and addMemberToStruct.
Added function OPMEMBER and associated operator : for member access.
Added function swap.
Function parseOperators now return normal brackets.
New functions invertCase, toCamelCase, and toSentenceCase.
New function OPNGISSA and associated operator ≕.
Added advanced identifier manager.
Added shell drag-and-drop support.
Added function speak.
Console input improvements.
Added left-column button Programs.
Added function choiceDialog.
Sample programs no longer require arguments.
Added function identExists.
Console now employs automatic word-wrap of output.
Added running thread status panel with Abort Computation button.
AlgoSim Data Viewer now supports structures.
Updates to Rejbrand Text Editor.
Minor fixes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.40 (2010-05-06)

Added functions isOdd and isEven that check whether a real number or a function of one variable is odd or even.
Added function sieveOfEratosthenes.
Added function numberVector.
Added function assert.
Added functions sendMessage and postMessage.
Now the getParameter function can also return certain window handles (HWNDs).
Added function indexOf.
Added functions sq (square of number or matrix) and modSq (modulus square of number or vector).
Now the height of the inputParams dialog is adjusted according to the contents of the dialog.
Undocumented poetry added.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.35 (2010-04-17)

Added functions harmonicNumber, gammaFunction, and bessel.
Now the Quick Plot dialog box allows the user to plot using a lower resolution (good for slow functions such as bessel, FresnelC, etc.).

AlgoSim 0.9.0.34 (2010-04-16)

Improved threading: Now quit will terminate any active thread in a gentle fashion, no matter if the thread is a slow function, a program, a call to a synchronous function such as animateTrajectory or playSound, or a program containing such a function. This has made the function stop obsolete.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.33 (2010-04-15)

Added functions extractFileExt, extractFileName, and extractFileDrive.
Bug fix: it is now possible to quit a program waiting for playSound to return.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.32 (2010-04-10)

Added functions reduceVector, reduceMatrix, and reduceSound.
Added function playSound, which plays a sound synchronically and by-command, not by-output.
Added functions dirExists, fileExists, and extractFilePath.
Now a sample audio file (Händel's Messiah) is included.
Added example program sampling.prg.
Now huge vectors and matrices are not printed out explicitly (which may cause memory problems in the console).
Function getParameter now accepts new arguments "screen width" and "screen height". In addition, it now can act as a wrapper for the GetSystemMetrics function of the Windows API.
The new program-flow command ;exit has the same meaning as ;endprogram.
Added the ability to change initial settings (and some new advanced settings) by means of a new file settings.asd. For example, it is now possible to enable sounds in message boxes.
Resolved a short-cut conflict Ctrl+I ("Interval" and "Reload Programs") by redefining the "Reload Programs" shortcut to Shift+Ctrl+I.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.29 (2010-04-09)

Bug fix: if you entered fullscreen mode when a program was running, the system menu code introduced in AlgoSim 0.9.0.28 would trigger a pointer (or access violation) exception, and stop the running program. This has been fixed.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.28 (2010-04-09)

The core button control has a new visual style (really impressive!).
The Identifiers list is now rendered using DejaVu Sans Mono, ensuring proper Unicode support even on systems lacking good sans-serif Unicode fonts.
Now Escape closes modal dialog boxes with a default Close button.
Bug fix: command setComplexMode no longer alters the vector notation setting.
Now the system menu is available in full-screen mode as well.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.26 (2010-04-08)

Bug fix: program template (ProgramTemplate.prg) now installed by setup. In AlgoSim 0.9.0.23-24 the toolbar command for creating new programs failed because the program template file was missing.
Rejbrand Text Editor 2.1.0.9 included (improved XHTML export).

AlgoSim 0.9.0.25 (2010-04-06)

Added registry functions regKeyExists, regValExists, and regReadValue.
Added function listFonts.
Added example programs rutherfordScattering.prg and rutherfordScattering2.prg.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.24 (2010-04-05)

Added function identifyProblems.
Added function parseOperators.
AlgoSim Data Viewer now can convert ASD files to BMP and PNG files.
Setup can now associate *.asd and *.prg files with AlgoSim Data Viewer and Rejbrand Text Editor/Notepad.
Minor correction to cone.prg example program, and minor additions to the User's Guide.
Rejbrand Text Editor 2.1.0.5 included.
Minor changes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.23 (2010-03-28)

Added table of mathematical and physical constants.
Added function constant.
Added ↑ operator meaning "times 10 raised to the power of".
New function getParameter.
Now the 2D view data can be set by right-clicking the 2D visualisation window.
Added support for Inverson bracket notation, i.e. circumfix operator [] now supports boolean operand.
OPADD operator + now accepts one number and one string as arguments.
IntToBaseN and BaseNToInt marginally faster.
Function beep now supports all Windows dialog box sounds and sine-tone generation using Windows API.
New toolbar button added, from which programs can be created, modified, and reinterprated.
New file format .asd used to store AlgoSim pixmaps, tables, matrices, vectors, and strings.
operators.dat renamed operators.asd.
ASD file viewer/editor included. Use this to edit operators.asd and constants.asd.
Rejbrand Text Editor version 2.1.0.4 included (supports Shell Drag & Drop operations).
Minor changes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.21 (2010-03-12)

Added functions heaviside and rect.
Decreased the resolution (i.e. increased the quality) of graphs created using the Quick Graph dialog.
Now the AlgoSim dialog box respects Windows "Snap to Default Button" feature.
Function sinc is now defined for non-real numbers as well.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.20 (2010-03-08)

Changed priorities in Default Operator Table. Now unary minus (-) has a lower priority than exponentiation (^).
Added Automatic "Ans" Argument Feature.
Added functions baseNInput and toBaseN.
Added infix operator # mapped to baseNInput.
Minor fixes.

AlgoSim 0.9.0.14

First version in Revision History.