Robochart/OL8.0a, Robochart/XM2.0a Release Notes - January 1996
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This is a minor update which removes the statically linked math
library from the Robochart executable. This had been included as
a convenience for users who didn't have the dynamic math library
(it wasn't part of the default end user Solaris 2.1 install), but
was causing problems on some systems. As of this release, Robochart
requires Solaris version 2.2 or later, or SunOS 4.1.2 or later.

We also took the opportunity to add some requested features and
improvements:

* "Phantom" objects are back! If you create an object using an 
   undefined shape entry, you will get a dotted box on the screen 
   that does not print/export (but any label contents *do* print). 
   This may be more convenient than using another shape (e.g. box) 
   and changing the border type to "None". The diagram file converter 
   will convert phantom objects in old-format diagrams to the new 
   phantoms (using shape number 250).

* MIF (FrameMaker) export files can now be created with fixed scaling,
  so that you can directly control the size of the MIF image.

* A new printing option ("Auto paper size") lets you set a (fixed) 
  image scaling, then automatically adjusts the image/paper size
  accordingly based on the boundaries of the diagram. This is 
  opposite to the normal method, where you specify the paper size and 
  Robochart scales the diagram to fit, and is useful for exporting 
  diagrams for use inside other documents.

* You can specify a custom export command at runtime from the 
  Print/Export window. Previously, you had to change the RCHT_PRINT 
  environment variable and restart Robochart. Now, you can specify a 
  command line in the "To printer:" field, starting with the pipe 
  symbol ("|"), to pipe diagram output to that command. If, for 
  example, you had a filter script to convert HPGL commands into a 
  GIF image, you could enter the command "| hpgl2gif > diag.gif" and 
  export your diagram directly into a GIF file.

* Support has been added for integrating Robochart as an application
  in CDE (Common Desktop Environment). 
  
* PostScript output structure has been improved, so that all shape 
  and font definitions appear in the prolog section. This prevents 
  problems when pages of multipage documents are accessed out of 
  sequence.

* The OPEN LOOK "Load File" window has been improved; clicking 
  "Load" with a directory name but no filename now properly searches 
  the specified directory rather than complaining "Can't Load". 
  Subdirectory names in the scrolling list are now shown with a 
  trailing slash.

* The "rc_cvt" program to convert old-format Robochart diagrams has 
  been improved. Bus objects are forced to zero width or height to 
  properly match the old version. You can now customize the mapping 
  of shapes.

* Some glitches in the command line parsing of the "rcprint" batch 
  printing program have been fixed.

* The RCHT_HOME environment variable now works correctly in the
  Motif version.

* Flows are now adjusted properly when objects are moved using 
  "Align".

* The warning message "No license found" was previously changed 
  from a popup window to a console message to avoid problems with 
  some window managers, but the message could be missed depending 
  on how you start up Robochart. Now, the main window title bar 
  indicates if file saving is disabled.

* Handling for 8-bit (international) characters - keyboard input,
  clipboard input, and PostScript and MIF output - has been fixed.

* An application resource ("region") has been added to allow the 
  overall drawing area size to be changed.

* Some gremlins have been removed from the user manual.