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--- news:release_2_13 [2012/03/30 12:28] – [Changes in 2.13] paffenholz
+++ news:release_2_13 [2014/04/08 08:30] – [Changes] joswig
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-====== New Features in Next Release 2.13 ======
+====== Release 2.13 ======
-Release date: unspecified.
+Release date: April 4th 2014.
-  * new application ideal
+===== New Features =====
+  * new application ideal with an interface to singular (4.x.x)
+  * new application fulton for normal toric varieties
+  * quadratic field extensions and exact representations of Platonic solids (and others)
+  * new bundled extension for libnormaliz
+  * new interface to ppl
+  * additional symmetric convex hull implementations via sympol
+  * new rule to test regularity of a complete fan
   * visualization: saving the view point
+  * visualization via sketch: new option Scale, can now do VertexLabels and individual colors per vertex or facet
   * new formatting_filter for numbered/labeled array types
+  * fast loading of gzipped XML files
+  * further modularization via bundled extensions
+  * enhanced extension management: dependences, credits, reconfiguration
+  * experimental version of PolyViewer (?)
+===== Changes=====
-====== Changes in 2.13 ======
+  * partial refactoring in application tropical (to be continued)
+  * refactoring of heuristic methods in application topaz (e.g., for sphere recognition)
-  * discontinued support for legacy versions of gcc
+  * discontinued support for legacy versions of gcc and perl (gcc 4.2/perl 5.10 or higher needed)
+  * ''create_24_cell'' replaced by ''regular_24_cell'' from general Wythoff construction (now comes with the group)
   * ''eliminate_denominators'' (for type ''Matrix'') renamed to ''eliminate_denominators_in_rows''; reason: avoid confusion with new function ''eliminate_denominators_entire'' with same signature; ''eliminate_denominators'' for type ''Vector'' unchanged
-  * new rule to test regularity of a complete fan
+  * visualization: Sketch-Output has a different papersize, so you don't need to scroll down anymore