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["Johan Hoffman" <jhoffman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Johan Hoffman wrote:
>> Looks great! So what does MeshBuilder do? Does it create MeshFunction's
>> from a mesh using a graphical interface?
>
> Yes.

Ok; very nice.

>>Or is it a mesh generator?
>
> Not yet.

Ok. Is there a plan for it to become one? And if so; is someone (you?)
going to write it from scratch, or is there something existent that should
be wrapped?

/Johan


>
> Garth
>
>>
>> /Johan
>>
>>
>>> PS: A preview of MeshBuilder is now available by
>>>
>>>     hg clone http://www.fenics.org/dev/meshbuilder
>>>
>>> And here's a screenshot/teaser:
>>>
>>>     http://www.fenics.org/wiki/Image:Meshbuilder.png
>>>
>>> It may still be a bit rough around the edges but should mostly work.
>>>
>>> /Anders
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:17:56AM +0200, Anders Logg wrote:
>>>> 0.7.0 [2007-06-20]
>>>>  - Move to UFC interface for code generation
>>>>  - Major rewrite, restructure, cleanup
>>>>  - Add support for Brezzi-Douglas-Marini (BDM) elements
>>>>  - Add support for Raviart-Thomas (RT) elements
>>>>  - Add support for Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) methods
>>>>  - Add support for mesh partitioning (through SCOTCH)
>>>>  - Handle both UMFPACK and UFSPARSE
>>>>  - Local mesh refinement
>>>>  - Mesh smoothing
>>>>  - Built-in plotting (through Viper)
>>>>  - Cleanup log system
>>>>  - Numerous fixes for mesh, in particular MeshFunction
>>>>  - Much improved Python bindings for mesh
>>>>  - Fix Python interface for vertex and cell maps in boundary
>>>> computation
>>>> 0.6.4 [2006-12-01]
>>>>  - Switch from Python Numeric to Python NumPy
>>>>  - Improved mesh Python bindings
>>>>  - Add input/output support for MeshFunction
>>>>  - Change Mesh::vertices() --> Mesh::coordinates()
>>>>  - Fix bug in output of mesh to MATLAB format
>>>>  - Add plasticty module (experimental)
>>>>  - Fix configure test for Python dev (patch from Åsmund Ødegård)
>>>>  - Add mesh benchmark
>>>>  - Fix memory leak in mesh (data not deleted correctly in
>>>> MeshTopology)
>>>>  - Fix detection of curses libraries
>>>>  - Remove Tecplot output format
>>>> 0.6.3 [2006-10-27]
>>>>  - Move to new mesh library
>>>>  - Remove dolfin-config and move to pkg-config
>>>>  - Remove unused classes PArray, PList, Table, Tensor
>>>>  - Visualization of 2D solutions in OpenDX is now supported (3D
>>>> supported before)
>>>>  - Add support for evaluation of functionals
>>>>  - Fix bug in Vector::sum() for uBlas vectors
>>>> 0.6.2-1 [2006-09-06]
>>>>  - Fix compilation error when using --enable-petsc
>>>> (dolfin::uBlasVector::PETScVector undefined)
>>>> 0.6.2 [2006-09-05]
>>>>  - Finish chapter in manual on linear algebra
>>>>  - Enable PyDOLFIN by default, use --disable-pydolfin to disable
>>>>  - Disable PETSc by default, use --enable-petsc to enable
>>>>  - Modify ODE solver interface for u0() and f()
>>>>  - Add class ConvectionMatrix
>>>>  - Readd classes LoadVector, MassMatrix, StiffnessMatrix
>>>>  - Add matrix factory for simple creation of standard finite element
>>>> matrices
>>>>  - Collect static solvers in LU and GMRES
>>>>  - Bug fixes for Python interface PyDOLFIN
>>>>  - Enable use of direct solver for ODE solver (experimental)
>>>>  - Remove demo bistable
>>>>  - Restructure and cleanup linear algebra
>>>>  - Use UMFPACK for LU solver with uBlas matrix types
>>>>  - Add templated wrapper class for different uBlas matrix types
>>>>  - Add ILU preconditioning for uBlas matrices
>>>>  - Add Krylov solver for uBlas sparse matrices (GMRES and BICGSTAB)
>>>>  - Add first version of new mesh library (NewMesh, experimental)
>>>>  - Add Parametrized::readParameters() to trigger reading of values on
>>>> set()
>>>>  - Remove output of zeros in Octave matrix file format
>>>>  - Use uBlas-based vector for Vector if PETSc disabled
>>>>  - Add wrappers for uBlas compressed_matrix class
>>>>  - Compute eigenvalues using SLEPc (an extension of PETSc)
>>>>  - Clean up assembly and linear algebra
>>>>  - Add function to solve Ax = b for dense matrices and dense vectors
>>>>  - Make it possible to compile without PETSc (--disable-petsc)
>>>>  - Much improved ODE solvers
>>>>  - Complete multi-adaptive benchmarks reaction and wave
>>>>  - Assemble boundary integrals
>>>>  - FEM class cleaned up.
>>>>  - Fix multi-adaptive benchmark problem reaction
>>>>  - Small fixes for Intel C++ compiler version 9.1
>>>>  - Test for Intel C++ compiler and configure appropriately
>>>>  - Add new classes DenseMatrix and DenseVector (wrappers for ublas)
>>>>  - Fix bug in conversion from Gmsh format
>>>> 0.6.1 [2006-03-28]
>>>>  - Regenerate build system in makedist script
>>>>  - Update for new FFC syntax: BasisFunction --> TestFunction,
>>>> TrialFunction
>>>>  - Fixes for conversion script dolfin-convert
>>>>  - Initial cleanups and fixes for ODE solvers
>>>>  - Numerous small fixes to improve portability
>>>>  - Remove dolfin:: qualifier on output << in Parameter.h
>>>>  - Don't use anonymous classes in demos, gives errors with some
>>>> compilers
>>>>  - Remove KrylovSolver::solver()
>>>>  - Fix bug in convection-diffusion demo (boundary condition for
>>>> pressure), use direct solver
>>>>  - LinearPDE and NewonSolver use umfpack LU solver by default (if
>>>> available) when doing direct solve
>>>>  - Set PETSc matrix type through Matrix constructor
>>>>  - Allow linear solver and preconditioner type to be passed to
>>>> NewtonSolver
>>>>  - Fix bug in Stokes demos (wrong boundary conditions)
>>>>  - Cleanup Krylov solver
>>>>  - Remove KrylovSolver::setPreconditioner() etc. and move to
>>>> constructors
>>>>  - Remove KrylovSolver::setRtol() etc. and replace with parameters
>>>>  - Fix remaining name changes: noFoo() --> numFoo()
>>>>  - Add Cahn-Hilliard equation demo
>>>>  - NewtonSolver option to use residual or incremental convergence
>>>> criterion
>>>>  - Add separate function to nls to test for convergence of Newton
>>>> iterations
>>>>  - Fix bug in dolfin-config (wrong version number)
>>>> 0.6.0 [2006-03-01]
>>>>  - Fix bug in XML output format (writing multiple objects)
>>>>  - Fix bug in XML matrix output format (handle zero rows)
>>>>  - Add new nonlinear PDE demo
>>>>  - Restructure PDE class to use envelope-letter design
>>>>  - Add precompiled finite elements for q <= 5
>>>>  - Add FiniteElementSpec and factor function for FiniteElement
>>>>  - Add input/output of Function to DOLFIN XML
>>>>  - Name change: dof --> node
>>>>  - Name change: noFoo() --> numFoo()
>>>>  - Add conversion from gmsh format in dolfin-convert script
>>>>  - Updates for PETSc 2.3.1
>>>>  - Add new type of Function (constant)
>>>>  - Simplify use of Function class
>>>>  - Add new demo Stokes + convection-diffusion
>>>>  - Add new demo Stokes (equal-order stabilized)
>>>>  - Add new demo Stokes (Taylor-Hood)
>>>>  - Add new parameter for KrylovSolvers: "monitor convergence"
>>>>  - Add conversion script dolfin-convert for various mesh formats
>>>>  - Add new demo elasticity
>>>>  - Move poisson demo to src/demo/pde/poisson
>>>>  - Move to Mercurial (hg) from CVS
>>>>  - Use libtool to build libraries (including shared)
>>>> 0.5.12 [2006-01-12]
>>>>  - Make Stokes solver dimension independent (2D/3D)
>>>>  - Make Poisson solver dimension independent (2D/3D)
>>>>  - Fix sparse matrix output format for MATLAB
>>>>  - Modify demo problem for Stokes, add exact solution and compute
>>>> error
>>>>  - Change interface for boundary conditions: operator() --> eval()
>>>>  - Add two benchmark problems for the Navier-Stokes solver
>>>>  - Add support for 2D/3D selection in Navier-Stokes solver
>>>>  - Move tic()/toc() to timing.h
>>>>  - Navier-Stokes solver back online
>>>>  - Make Solver a subclass of Parametrized
>>>>  - Add support for localization of parameters
>>>>  - Redesign of parameter system
>>>> 0.5.11 [2005-12-15]
>>>>  - Add script monitor for monitoring memory usage
>>>>  - Remove meminfo.h (not portable)
>>>>  - Remove dependence on parameter system in log system
>>>>  - Don't use drand48() (not portable)
>>>>  - Don't use strcasecmp() (not portable)
>>>>  - Remove sysinfo.h and class System (not portable)
>>>>  - Don't include <sys/utsname.h> (not portable)
>>>>  - Change ::show() --> ::disp() everywhere
>>>>  - Clean out old quadrature classes on triangles and tetrahedra
>>>>  - Clean out old sparse matrix code
>>>>  - Update chapter on Functions in manual
>>>>  - Use std::map to store parameters
>>>>  - Implement class KrylovSolver
>>>>  - Name change: Node --> Vertex
>>>>  - Add nonlinear solver demos
>>>>  - Add support for picking sub functions and components of functions
>>>>  - Update interface for FiniteElement for latest FFC version
>>>>  - Improve and restructure implementation of the Function class
>>>>  - Dynamically adjust safety factor during integration
>>>>  - Improve output Matrix::disp()
>>>>  - Check residual at end of time step, reject step if too large
>>>>  - Implement Vector::sum()
>>>>  - Implement nonlinear solver
>>>>  - New option for ODE solver: "save final solution" --> solution.data
>>>>  - New ODE test problem: reaction
>>>>  - Fixes for automake 1.9 (nobase_include_HEADERS)
>>>>  - Reorganize build system, remove fake install and require make
>>>> install
>>>>  - Add checks for non-standard PETSc component HYPRE in NSE solver
>>>>  - Make GMRES solver return the number of iterations
>>>>  - Add installation script for Python interface
>>>>  - Add Matrix Market format (Haiko Etzel)
>>>>  - Automatically reinitialize GMRES solver when system size changes
>>>>  - Implement cout << for class Vector
>>>> 0.5.10 [2005-10-11]
>>>>  - Modify ODE solver interface: add T to constructor
>>>>  - Fix compilation on AMD 64 bit systems (add -fPIC)
>>>>  - Add new BLAS mode for form evaluation
>>>>  - Change enum types in File to lowercase
>>>>  - Change default file type for .m to Octave
>>>>  - Add experimental Python interface PyDOLFIN
>>>>  - Fix compilation for gcc 4.0
>>>> 0.5.9 [2005-09-23]
>>>>  - Add Stokes module
>>>>  - Support for arbitrary mixed elements through FFC
>>>>  - VTK output interface now handles time-dependent functions
>>>> automatically
>>>>  - Fix cout for empty matrix
>>>>  - Change dolfin_start() --> dolfin_end()
>>>>  - Add chapters to manual: about, log system, parameters, reference
>>>> elements,
>>>>    installation, contributing, license
>>>>  - Use new template fenicsmanual.cls for manual
>>>>  - Add compiler flag -U__STRICT_ANSI__ when compiling under Cygwin
>>>>  - Add class EigenvalueSolver
>>>> 0.5.8 [2005-07-05]
>>>>  - Add new output format Paraview/VTK (Garth N. Wells)
>>>>  - Update Tecplot interface
>>>>  - Move to PETSc 2.3.0
>>>>  - Complete support for general order Lagrange elements in triangles
>>>> and
>>>> tetrahedra
>>>>  - Add test problem in src/demo/fem/convergence/ for general Lagrange
>>>> elements
>>>>  - Make FEM::assemble() estimate the number of nonzeros in each row
>>>>  - Implement Matrix::init(M, N, nzmax)
>>>>  - Add Matrix::nz(), Matrix::nzsum() and Matrix::nzmax()
>>>>  - Improve Mesh::disp()
>>>>  - Add FiniteElement::disp() and FEM::disp() (useful for debugging)
>>>>  - Remove old class SparseMatrix
>>>>  - Change FEM::setBC() --> FEM::applyBC()
>>>>  - Change Mesh::tetrahedrons --> Mesh::tetrahedra
>>>>  - Implement Dirichlet boundary conditions for tetrahedra
>>>>  - Implement Face::contains(const Point& p)
>>>>  - Add test for shape dimension of mesh and form in FEM::assemble()
>>>>  - Move src/demo/fem/ demo to src/demo/fem/simple/
>>>>  - Add README file in src/demo/poisson/ (simple manual)
>>>>  - Add simple demo program src/demo/poisson/
>>>>  - Update computation of alignment of faces to match FFC/FIAT
>>>> 0.5.7 [2005-06-23]
>>>>  - Clean up ODE test problems
>>>>  - Implement automatic detection of sparsity pattern from given matrix
>>>>  - Clean up homotopy solver
>>>>  - Implement automatic computation of Jacobian
>>>>  - Add support for assembly of non-square systems (Andy Terrel)
>>>>  - Make ODE solver report average number of iterations
>>>>  - Make progress bar write first update at 0%
>>>>  - Initialize all values of u before solution in multi-adaptive
>>>> solver,
>>>>    not only components given by dependencies
>>>>  - Allow user to modify and verify a converging homotopy path
>>>>  - Make homotopy solver save a list of the solutions
>>>>  - Add Matrix::norm()
>>>>  - Add new test problem for CES economy
>>>>  - Remove cast from Parameter to const char* (use std::string)
>>>>  - Make solution data filename optional for homotopy solver
>>>>  - Append homotopy solution data to file during solution
>>>>  - Add dolfin::seed(int) for optionally seeding random number
>>>> generator
>>>>  - Remove dolfin::max,min (use std::max,min)
>>>>  - Add polynomial-integer (true polynomial) form of general CES system
>>>>  - Compute multi-adaptive efficiency index
>>>>  - Updates for gcc 4.0 (patches by Garth N. Wells)
>>>>  - Add Matrix::mult(const real x[], uint row) (temporary fix, assumes
>>>> uniprocessor case)
>>>>  - Add Matrix::mult(const Vector& x, uint row) (temporary fix, assumes
>>>> uniprocessor case)
>>>>  - Update shortcuts MassMatrix and StiffnessMatrix to new system
>>>>  - Add missing friend to Face.h (reported by Garth N. Wells)
>>>> 0.5.6 [2005-05-17]
>>>>  - Implementation of boundary conditions for general order Lagrange
>>>> (experimental)
>>>>  - Use interpolation function automatically generated by FFC
>>>>  - Put computation of map into class AffineMap
>>>>  - Clean up assembly
>>>>  - Use dof maps automatically generated by FFC (experimental)
>>>>  - Modify interface FiniteElement for new version of FFC
>>>>  - Update ODE homotopy test problems
>>>>  - Add cross product to class Point
>>>>  - Sort mesh entities locally according to ordering used by FIAT and
>>>> FFC
>>>>  - Add new format for dof maps (preparation for higher-order elements)
>>>>  - Code cleanups: NewFoo --> Foo complete
>>>>  - Updates for new version of FFC (0.1.7)
>>>>  - Bypass log system when finalizing PETSc (may be out of scope)
>>>> 0.5.5 [2005-04-26]
>>>>  - Fix broken log system, curses works again
>>>>  - Much improved multi-adaptive time-stepping
>>>>  - Move elasticity module to new system based on FFC
>>>>  - Add boundary conditions for systems
>>>>  - Improve regulation of time steps
>>>>  - Clean out old assembly classes
>>>>  - Clean out old form classes
>>>>  - Remove kernel module map
>>>>  - Remove kernel module element
>>>>  - Move convection-diffusion module to new system based on FFC
>>>>  - Add iterators for cell neighbors of edges and faces
>>>>  - Implement polynomial for of CES economy
>>>>  - Rename all new linear algebra classes: NewFoo --> Foo
>>>>  - Clean out old linear algebra
>>>>  - Speedup setting of boundary conditions (add MAT_KEEP_ZEROED_ROWS)
>>>>  - Fix bug for option --disable-curses
>>>> 0.5.4 [2005-03-29]
>>>>  - Remove option to compile with PETSc 2.2.0 (2.2.1 required)
>>>>  - Make make install work again (fix missing includes)
>>>>  - Add support for mixing multiple finite elements (through FFC)
>>>>  - Improve functionality of homotopy solver
>>>>  - Simple creation of piecewise linear functions (without having an
>>>> element)
>>>>  - Simple creation of piecewise linear elements
>>>>  - Add support of automatic creation of simple meshes (unit cube, unit
>>>> square)
>>>> 0.5.3 [2005-02-26]
>>>>  - Change to PETSc version 2.2.1
>>>>  - Add flag --with-petsc=<path> to configure script
>>>>  - Move Poisson's equation to system based on FFC
>>>>  - Add support for automatic creation of homotopies
>>>>  - Make all ODE solvers automatically handle complex ODEs: (M) z' =
>>>> f(z,t)
>>>>  - Implement version of mono-adaptive solver for implicit ODEs: M u' =
>>>> f(u,t)
>>>>  - Implement Newton's method for multi- and mono-adaptive ODE solvers
>>>>  - Update PETSc wrappers NewVector, NewMatrix, and NewGMRES
>>>>  - Fix initialization of PETSc
>>>>  - Add mono-adaptive cG(q) and dG(q) solvers (experimental)
>>>>  - Implementation of new assebly: NewFEM, using output from FFC
>>>>  - Add access to mesh for nodes, cells, faces and edges
>>>>  - Add Tecplot I/O interface; contributed by Garth N. Wells
>>>> 0.5.2 [2005-01-26]
>>>>  - Benchmarks for DOLFIN vs PETSc (src/demo/form and src/demo/test)
>>>>  - Complete rewrite of the multi-adaptive ODE solver (experimental)
>>>>  - Add wrapper for PETSc GMRES solver
>>>>  - Update class Point with new operators
>>>>  - Complete rewrite of the multi-adaptive solver to improve
>>>> performance
>>>>  - Add PETSc wrappers NewMatrix and NewVector
>>>>  - Add DOLFIN/PETSc benchmarks
>>>> 0.5.1 [2004-11-10]
>>>>  - Experimental support for automatic generation of forms using FFC
>>>>  - Allow user to supply Jacobian to ODE solver
>>>>  - Add optional test to check if a dependency already exists
>>>> (Sparsity)
>>>>  - Modify sparse matrix output (Matrix::show())
>>>>  - Add FGMRES solver in new format (patch from eriksv)
>>>>  - Add non-const version of quick-access of sparse matrices
>>>>  - Add linear mappings for simple computation of derivatives
>>>>  - Add check of matrix dimensions for ODE sparsity pattern
>>>>  - Include missing cmath in Function.cpp
>>>> 0.5.0 [2004-08-18]
>>>>  - First prototype of new form evaluation system
>>>>  - New classes Jacobi, SOR, Richardson (preconditioners and linear
>>>> solvers)
>>>>  - Add integrals on the boundary (ds), partly working
>>>>  - Add maps from boundary of reference cell
>>>>  - Add evaluation of map from reference cell
>>>>  - New Matrix functions: max, min, norm, and sum of rows and columns
>>>> (erik)
>>>>  - Derivatives/gradients of ElementFunction (coefficients f.ex.)
>>>> implemented
>>>>  - Enable assignment to all elements of a NewArray
>>>>  - Add functions Boundary::noNodes(), noFaces(), noEdges()
>>>>  - New class GaussSeidel (preconditioner and linear solver)
>>>>  - New classes Preconditioner and LinearSolver
>>>>  - Bug fix for tetrahedral mesh refinement (ingelstrom)
>>>>  - Add iterators for Edge and Face on Boundary
>>>>  - Add functionality to Map: bdet() and cell()
>>>>  - Add connectivity face-cell and edge-cell
>>>>  - New interface for assembly: Galerkin --> FEM
>>>>  - Bug fix for PDE systems of size > 3
>>>> 0.4.11 [2004-04-23]
>>>>  - Add multigrid solver (experimental)
>>>>  - Update manual
>>>> 0.4.10
>>>>  - Automatic model reduction (experimental)
>>>>  - Fix bug in ParticleSystem (divide by mass)
>>>>  - Improve control of integration (add function ODE::update())
>>>>  - Load/save parameters in XML-format
>>>>  - Add assembly test
>>>>  - Add simple StiffnessMatrix, MassMatrix, and LoadVector
>>>>  - Change dK --> dx
>>>>  - Change dx() --> ddx()
>>>>  - Add support for GiD file format
>>>>  - Add performance tests for multi-adaptivity (both stiff and
>>>> non-stiff)
>>>>  - First version of Newton for the multi-adaptive solver
>>>>  - Test for Newton for the multi-adaptive solver
>>>> 0.4.9
>>>>  - Add multi-adaptive solver for the bistable equation
>>>>  - Add BiCGSTAB solver (thsv)
>>>>  - Fix bug in SOR (thsv)
>>>>  - Improved visual program for OpenDX
>>>>  - Fix OpenDX file format for scalar functions
>>>>  - Allow access to samples of multi-adaptive solution
>>>>  - New patch from thsv for gcc 3.4.0 and 3.5.0
>>>>  - Make progress step a parameter
>>>>  - New function ODE::sparse(const Matrix& A)
>>>>  - Access nodes, cells, edges, faces by id
>>>>  - New function Matrix::lump()
>>>> 0.4.8
>>>>  - Add support for systems (jansson and bengzon)
>>>>  - Add new module wave
>>>>  - Add new module wave-vector
>>>>  - Add new module elasticity
>>>>  - Add new module elasticity-stationary
>>>>  - Multi-adaptive updates
>>>>  - Fix compilation error in LogStream
>>>>  - Fix local Newton iteration for higher order elements
>>>>  - Init matrix to given type
>>>>  - Add output of cG(q) and dG(q) weights in matrix format
>>>>  - Fix numbering of frames from plotslab script
>>>>  - Add png output for plotslab script
>>>>  - Add script for running stiff test problems, plot solutions
>>>>  - Fix bug in MeshInit (node neighbors of node)
>>>>  - Modify output of sysinfo()
>>>>  - Compile with -Wall -Werror -pedantic -ansi -std=c++98 (thsv)
>>>> 0.4.7
>>>>  - Make all stiff test problems work
>>>>  - Display status report also when using step()
>>>>  - Improve adaptive damping for stiff problems (remove spikes)
>>>>  - Modify Octave/Matlab format for solution data (speed improvement)
>>>>  - Adaptive sampling of solution (optional)
>>>>  - Restructure stiff test problems
>>>>  - Check if value of right-hand side is valid
>>>>  - Modify divergence test in AdaptiveIterationLevel1
>>>> 0.4.6
>>>>  - Save vectors and matrices from Matlab/Octave (foufas)
>>>>  - Rename writexml.m to xmlmesh.m
>>>>  - Inlining of important functions
>>>>  - Optimize evaluation of elements
>>>>  - Optimize Lagrange polynomials
>>>>  - Optimize sparsity: use stl containers
>>>>  - Optimize choice of discrete residual for multi-adaptive solver
>>>>  - Don't save solution in benchmark proble
>>>>  - Improve computation of divergence factor for underdamped systems
>>>>  - Don't check residual on first slab for fixed time step
>>>>  - Decrease largest (default) time step to 0.1
>>>>  - Add missing <cmath> in TimeStepper
>>>>  - Move real into dolfin namespace
>>>> 0.4.5
>>>>  - Rename function.h to enable compilation under Cygwin
>>>>  - Add new benchmark problem for multi-adaptive solver
>>>>  - Bug fix for ParticleSystem
>>>>  - Initialization of first time step
>>>>  - Improve time step regulation (threshold)
>>>>  - Improve stabilization
>>>>  - Improve TimeStepper interface (Ko Project)
>>>>  - Use iterators instead of recursively calling TimeSlab::update()
>>>>  - Clean up ODESolver
>>>>  - Add iterators for elements in time slabs and element groups
>>>>  - Add -f to creation of symbolic links
>>>> 0.4.4
>>>>  - Add support for 3D graphics in Octave using Open Inventor (jj)
>>>> 0.4.3
>>>>  - Stabilization of multi-adaptive solver (experimental)
>>>>  - Improved non-support for curses (--disable-curses)
>>>>  - New class MechanicalSystem for simulating mechanical systems
>>>>  - Save debug info from primal and dual (plotslab.m)
>>>>  - Fix bug in progress bar
>>>>  - Add missing include file in Components.h (kakr)
>>>>  - New function dolfin_end(const char* msg, ...)
>>>>  - Move numerical differentiation to RHS
>>>>  - New class Event for limited display of messages
>>>>  - Fix bug in LogStream (large numbers in floating point format)
>>>>  - Specify individual time steps for different components
>>>>  - Compile without warnings
>>>>  - Add -Werror to option enable-debug
>>>>  - Specify individual methods for different components
>>>>  - Fix bug in dGqMethods
>>>>  - Fix bug (delete old block) in ElementData
>>>>  - Add parameters for method and order
>>>>  - New test problem reaction
>>>>  - New class FixedPointIteration
>>>>  - Fix bug in grid refinement
>>>> 0.4.2
>>>>  - Fix bug in computation of residual (divide by k)
>>>>  - Add automatic generation and solution of the dual problem
>>>>  - Automatic selection of file names for primal and dual
>>>>  - Fix bug in progress bar (TerminalLogger)
>>>>  - Many updates of multi-adaptive solver
>>>>  - Add class ODEFunction
>>>>  - Update function class hierarchies
>>>>  - Move functions to a separate directory
>>>>  - Store multi-adaptive solution binary on disk with cache
>>>> 0.4.1
>>>>  - First version of multi-adaptive solver working
>>>>  - Clean up file formats
>>>>  - Start changing from int to unsigned int where necessary
>>>>  - Fix bool->int when using stdard in Parameter
>>>>  - Add NewArray and NewList (will replace Array and List)
>>>> 0.4.0
>>>>  - Initiation of the FEniCS project
>>>>  - Change syntax of mesh files: grid -> mesh
>>>>  - Create symbolic links instead of copying files
>>>>  - Tanganyika -> ODE
>>>>  - Add Heat module
>>>>  - Grid -> Mesh
>>>>  - Move forms and mappings to separate libraries
>>>>  - Fix missing include of DirectSolver.h
>>>> 0.3.12
>>>>  - Adaptive grid refinement (!)
>>>>  - Add User Manual
>>>>  - Add function dolfin_log() to turn logging on/off
>>>>  - Change from pointers to references for Node, Cell, Edge, Face
>>>>  - Update writexml.m
>>>>  - Add new grid files and rename old grid files
>>>> 0.3.11
>>>>  - Add configure option --disable-curses
>>>>  - Grid refinement updates
>>>>  - Make OpenDX file format work for grids (output)
>>>>  - Add volume() and diameter() in cell
>>>>  - New classes TriGridRefinement and TetGridRefinement
>>>>  - Add iterators for faces and edges on a boundary
>>>>  - New class GridHierarchy
>>>> 0.3.10
>>>>  - Use new boundary structure in Galerkin
>>>>  - Make dolfin_start() and dolfin_end() work
>>>>  - Make dolfin_assert() raise segmentation fault for plain text mode
>>>>  - Add configure option --enable-debug
>>>>  - Use autoreconf instead of scripts/preconfigure
>>>>  - Rename configure.in -> configure.ac
>>>>  - New class FaceIterator
>>>>  - New class Face
>>>>  - Move computation of boundary from GridInit to BoundaryInit
>>>>  - New class BoundaryData
>>>>  - New class BoundaryInit
>>>>  - New class Boundary
>>>>  - Make InitGrid compute edges
>>>>  - Add test program for generic matrix in src/demo/la
>>>>  - Clean up Grid classes
>>>>  - Add new class GridRefinementData
>>>>  - Move data from Cell to GenericCell
>>>>  - Make GMRES work with user defined matrix, only mult() needed
>>>>  - GMRES now uses only one function to compute residual()
>>>>  - Change Matrix structure (a modified envelope/letter)
>>>>  - Update script checkerror.m for Poisson
>>>>  - Add function dolfin_info_aptr()
>>>>  - Add cast to element pointer for iterators
>>>>  - Clean up and improve the Tensor class
>>>>  - New class: List
>>>>  - Name change: List -> Table
>>>>  - Name change: ShortList -> Array
>>>>  - Make functions in GridRefinement static
>>>>  - Make functions in GridInit static
>>>>  - Fix bug in GridInit (eriksv)
>>>>  - Add output to OpenDX format for 3D grids
>>>>  - Clean up ShortList class
>>>>  - Clean up List class
>>>>  - New class ODE, Equation replaced by PDE
>>>>  - Add Lorenz test problem
>>>>  - Add new problem type for ODEs
>>>>  - Add new module ode
>>>>  - Work on multi-adaptive ODE solver (lots of new stuff)
>>>>  - Work on grid refinement
>>>>  - Write all macros in LoggerMacros in one line
>>>>  - Add transpose functions to Matrix (Erik)
>>>> 0.3.9
>>>>  - Update Krylov solver (Erik, Johan)
>>>>  - Add new LU factorization and LU solve (Niklas)
>>>>  - Add benchmark test in src/demo/bench
>>>>  - Add silent logger
>>>> 0.3.8
>>>>  - Make sure dolfin-config is regenerated every time
>>>>  - Add demo program for cG(q) and dG(q)
>>>>  - Add dG(q) precalc of nodal points and weights
>>>>  - Add cG(q) precalc of nodal points and weights
>>>>  - Fix a bug in configure.in (AC_INIT with README)
>>>>  - Add Lagrange polynomials
>>>>  - Add multiplication with transpose
>>>>  - Add scalar products with rows and columns
>>>>  - Add A[i][j] index operator for quick access to dense matrix
>>>> 0.3.7
>>>>  - Add new Matlab-like syntax like A(i,all) = x or A(3,all) = A(4,all)
>>>>  - Add dolfin_assert() macro enabled if debug is defined
>>>>  - Redesign of Matrix/DenseMatrix/SparseMatrix to use Matrix as common
>>>> interface
>>>>  - Include missing cmath in Legendre.cpp and GaussianQuadrature.cpp
>>>> 0.3.6
>>>>  - Add output functionality in DenseMatrix
>>>>  - Add high precision solver to DirectSolver
>>>>  - Clean up error messages in Matrix
>>>>  - Make solvers directly accessible through Matrix and DenseMatrix
>>>>  - Add quadrature (Gauss, Radau, and Lobatto) from Tanganyika
>>>>  - Start merge with Tanganyika
>>>>  - Add support for automatic documentation using doxygen
>>>>  - Update configure scripts
>>>>  - Add greeting at end of compilation
>>>> 0.3.5
>>>>  - Define version number only in the file configure.in
>>>>  - Fix compilation problem (missing depcomp)
>>>> 0.3.4
>>>>  - Fix bugs in some of the ElementFunction operators
>>>>  - Make convection-diffusion solver work again
>>>>  - Fix bug in integration, move multiplication with the determinant
>>>>  - Fix memory leaks in ElementFunction
>>>>  - Add parameter to choose output format
>>>>  - Make OctaveFile and MatlabFile subclasses of MFile
>>>>  - Add classes ScalarExpressionFunction and VectorExpressionFunction
>>>>  - Make progress bars work cleaner
>>>>  - Get ctrl-c in curses logger
>>>>  - Remove <Problem>Settings-classes and use dolfin_parameter()
>>>>  - Redesign settings to match the structure of the log system
>>>>  - Add vector functions: Function::Vector
>>>>  - Add vector element functions: ElementFunction::Vector
>>>> 0.3.3
>>>>  - Increased functionality of curses-based interface
>>>>  - Add progress bars to log system
>>>> 0.3.2
>>>>  - More work on grid refinement
>>>>  - Add new curses based log system
>>>> 0.3.1
>>>>  - Makefile updates: make install should now work properly
>>>>  - KrylovSolver updates
>>>>  - Preparation for grid refinement
>>>>  - Matrix and Vector updates
>>>> 0.3.0
>>>>  - Make poisson work again, other modules still not working
>>>>  - Add output format for octave
>>>>  - Fix code to compile with g++-3.2 -Wall -Werror
>>>>  - New operators for Matrix
>>>>  - New and faster GMRES solver (speedup factor 4)
>>>>  - Changed name from SparseMatrix to Matrix
>>>>  - Remove old unused code
>>>>  - Add subdirectory math containing mathematical functions
>>>>  - Better access for A(i,j) += to improve speed in assembling
>>>>  - Add benchmark for linear algebra
>>>>  - New definition of finite element
>>>>  - Add algebra for function spaces
>>>>  - Convert grids in data/grids to xml.gz
>>>>  - Add iterators for Nodes and Cells
>>>>  - Change from .hh to .h
>>>>  - Add operators to Vector class (foufas)
>>>>  - Add dependence on libxml2
>>>>  - Change from .C to .cpp to make Jim happy.
>>>>  - Change input/output functionality to streams
>>>>  - Change to new data structure for Grid
>>>>  - Change to object-oriented API at top level
>>>>  - Add use of C++ namespaces
>>>>  - Complete and major restructuring of the code
>>>>  - Fix compilation error in src/config
>>>>  - Fix name of keyword for convection-diffusion
>>>> 0.2.11-1
>>>>  - Fix compilation error (`source`) on Solaris
>>>> 0.2.11
>>>>  - Automate build process to simplify addition of new modules
>>>>  - Fix bug in matlab_write_field() (walter)
>>>>  - Fix bug in SparseMatrix::GetCopy() (foufas)
>>>> 0.2.10-1
>>>>  - Fix compilation errors on RedHat (thsv)
>>>> 0.2.10
>>>>  - Fix compilation of problems to use correct compiler
>>>>  - Change default test problems to the ones in the report
>>>>  - Improve memory management using mpatrol for tracking allocations
>>>>  - Change bool to int for va_arg, seems to be a problem with gcc > 3.0
>>>>  - Improve input / output support: GiD, Matlab, OpenDX
>>>> 0.2.8
>>>>  - Navier-Stokes starting to work again
>>>>  - Add Navier-Stokes 2d
>>>>  - Bug fixes
>>>> 0.2.7
>>>>  - Add support for 2D problems
>>>>  - Add module convection-diffusion
>>>>  - Add local/global fields in equation/problem
>>>>  - Bug fixes
>>>>  - Navier-Stokes updates (still broken)
>>>> 0.2.6 [2002-02-19]
>>>>  - Navier-Stokes updates (still broken)
>>>>  - Output to matlab format
>>>> 0.2.5
>>>>  - Add variational formulation with overloaded operators for systems
>>>>  - ShapeFunction/LocalField/FiniteElement according to Scott & Brenner
>>>> 0.2.4
>>>>  - Add boundary conditions
>>>>  - Poisson seems to work ok
>>>> 0.2.3
>>>>  - Add GMRES solver
>>>>  - Add CG solver
>>>>  - Add direct solver
>>>>  - Add Poisson solver
>>>>  - Big changes to the organisation of the source tree
>>>>  - Add kwdist.sh script
>>>>  - Bug fixes
>>>> 0.2.2:
>>>>  - Remove curses temporarily
>>>> 0.2.1:
>>>>  - Remove all PETSc stuff. Finally!
>>>>  - Gauss-Seidel cannot handle the pressure equation
>>>> 0.2.0:
>>>>  - First GPL release
>>>>  - Remove all of Klas Samuelssons proprietary grid code
>>>>  - Adaptivity and refinement broken, include in next release
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