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Version: 1.6:
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* new Movie-Maker: xcrysden allows for real-time capture of display. Three
modes are supported: "real-time capture", "every redisplay", and
"manual".
* several movie encoders are supported, in particular
- for Animated-GIF: convert (from ImageMagick), gifsicle, and
whirlgif; convert is used by default.
- for AVI/MPEG: mencoder (from mplayer) and ppmtompeg. Mencoder is
used by default.
* better algorithm for isosurface shading (nicer surfaces)
* no more external package specifications in
~/.xcrysden/custom-definitions, due to automatic package finding
mechanism. The only exception is the CRYSTAL package
(http://www.crystal.unito.it/), which still needs to be explicitly
defined.
* customization of Fermi surface viewer is possible in ~/.xcrysden/custom-definitions
* new command-line option --custom for reading customization from specified file
* compatibility with Quantum-Espresso 4.x, WIEN2k_08, and CRYSTAL06+09
* XCRYSDEN_TOPDIR and XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH environmental variables are not
required anymore. The use of the former is deprecated and the latter
is set to /tmp if unspecified.
* the use of "xcConfigure" is deprecated
* "make install" now installs the package system-wide (see README file
for more details).
* ~/.xcrysden/Xcrysden_resources is used instead of
~/.xcrysden/Xcrysden_defaults. This is due to a new font handling
mechanism in The Tcl/Tk 8.5, which makes the fonts as specified by
old ~/.xcrysden/Xcrysden_defaults to look pretty ugly.
* improved measurement procedure: the selection of atoms is more
precise (i.e. easier) and the coordinates of mouse-click selected
atoms can be displayed in Angstrom, Bohr, crystal-primitive,
crystal-conventional, and alat units. Measured distances are
reported also in bohr units, and the printout format of measured
distances and angles is configurable
* adding mouse-wheel support for display-zooming (I finally got a
mouse with a wheel).
* a "stop-playing" button added to animations control window
* crystal borders are displayed by default for periodic structures
* checking for stale files in $XCRYSDEN_SCRATCH (prompts the user for their deletion)
* only one flavor of source package (external library sources are
download and compiled on request)
* many bug fixes
* for further information, see ChangeLog
Version: 1.4:
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* automatic labeling of k-points for k-path selection
(thanks to Peter Blaha)
* Stereo display mode (thanks to Gerardo Ballabio)
* Anaglyph display mode, i.e., fake stereo, requires red-blue glasses
(thanks to Eric VERFAILLIE)
* a few Bug fixes in visualization of Fermi surfaces (thanks to Pablo
de la Mora)
* improved EPS printing (also PDF printing) thanks to new
gl2ps-1.2.4. The vectorial EPS printing of Lighting-On mode is
finally good enough.
* comments added to the XSF format; comment-lines start with the "#"
character and can be located only in between the sections, but
within a given section.
Version: Beta-1.2
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* improved visualization of Fermi surfaces (a few Bug fixes; thanks to Pablo de la Mora)
* visualization of vector-fields
* dummy "X" atom does not have bonds anymore
* multi-band display of Fermi surfaces in one widget
* added support for CRYSTAL03
* more configurable options for forces (color, thickness)
* Coordinate system color is configurable
Version: Beta-1.0
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* XCRYSDEN covered by GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
* XCRYSDEN ported to MAC OSX (requires Xserver)
* XCRYSDEN ported to MS-Windows (under CYGWIN). Does not require
X-server, but require CYGWIN (http://www.cygwin.com/).
* Visualization of H-bonds (lighting-on mode only).
* Update of the PWscf IO filters (compatible with PWscf v.2.0).
* XCRYSDEN interface was mad compatible with CRYSTAL03
* Simple bond editing: the covalent-radius item
(Modify-->Atomic Radius menu) has been split into
covalent- and display-radius items. By changing the covalent radii
of given atomic types the display of bonds can be altered.
* Improved "Save Current State and Structure" mechanism.
* XCRYSDEN can be embedded in an another aplication's window
by using --use option, i.e., "xcrysden --use window-id".
* Adding reduce "-r" option to reduce the dimensionality of the
structure (works for XSF file only): "xcrysden -r 2 --xsf file.xsf"
will display the structure from file.xsf as slab (dim=2) even if it
was specified as crystal (dim=3) in file.xsf
* Visualization of Fermi surfaces a bit improved
* Some bug fixes ...
* Fixing bug for transformation of selected k-points to WIEN2k format
(fixed by Florent Boucher). BEWARE: it seems this transformation
remains buggy. Use at your own risk, and please, check carefully
every time the resultant klist file: the program prints some useful
supporting information during the transformation to WIEN2k format.
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