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MathTools News Digest - December 1996
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (MathTools Info)
Sat Nov 30 06:36:09 1996
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 1996 04:47:15 -0500 (EST)
From: MathTools Info <mtinfo@shore.net>
To: MathTools.Users:;@shore.net
Dear Sir or Madam,
We are happy to send you the following news and updates about
our MATCOM V2 and MAT<LIB> products. More information can be
found in our home page, http://www.mathtools.com.
In this message you will find:
* The maintenance release of MATCOM V2 and MAT<LIB> is available
* Tips and Tricks for MATCOM V2 / MAT<LIB>
* Announcing new price schedule for Q1,Q2 1997
* List of our available technical documents
If you need more information, please contact us.
Wishing you a happy new year,
The MathTools.
Maintenance release of MATCOM V2 and MAT<LIB>
=============================================
The MATCOM/MAT<LIB> V2.01 maintenance package has been released.
This package includes -
o Bug fixes for rare indexing conditions
o Correct fscanf operation when reading more than 4000 elements
o zeros, ones, eye round of non-integer arguments
o colormap function
o "multiply defined" problem with new gcc
o Matrix^(-0.5) fixed
o HP+BLAS, IBM+ESSL problems fixed
o Other minor bug fixes
The maintenance package is free for our licensed users -
a username and password are needed to download it.
If you have not yet licensed our software, now is the time to do
so and enjoy the introductory prices of 1996.
Tips and Tricks for MATCOM V2 / MAT<LIB>
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o EasyMex: Mex files made easy for PC users
An EasyMex solution is available for PC users. This solution
creates MEX files without using cmex.bat or depending on the
WATCOM C++ compiler. This is accessible to all users as
TechDoc #1028 (http://www.mathtools.com/techdocs/td1028.html).
If you were having trouble using MEX files on Windows NT,
try EasyMex.
(When using EasyMex, be sure to change directory in Matlab to
the mex directory before running it. Do not run it from the
path; this might cause GPF.)
Note: This is for Windows 95 / Windows NT only.
o FLOAT matrices save memory and time
Use float matrices in program which does not require more
precision. Your programs will use half the memory and run
faster. To compile a program using float matrices:
matcom myprogram /float
If you have previously compiled it without /float, add a /force
switch to force matcom into re-translating:
matcom myprogram /float /force
o Watcom C++ & Visual C++ installation
If you have problems installing MATCOM V2 for VC++ or WATCOM,
please take a look in the following techdocs:
Visual C++: http://www.mathtools.com/techdocs/td1018.html
http://www.mathtools.com/techdocs/td1027.html
WATCOM C++: http://www.mathtools.com/techdocs/td1026.html
Announcing new price schedule for 1997
======================================
The introductory period of MATCOM V2 and MAT<LIB> prices
will be over on Jan 1st, 1997. The new prices, effective
Jan 1, 1997 till July 1, 1997 are as following:
MATCOM V2 or MAT<LIB>: NORMAL+ ACADEMIC-
1 users ....... each $399 $199
2 to 4 users ....... each $349 $159
or 5 to 9 users ....... each $329 $119
or 10 up (site license) - contact MathTools.
+ The Normal license includes a royalty-free distribution
license of applications created with our products
- The Academic license prohibits distributing applications
created with our products
(prices are subject to change without notice from us).
List of our available technical documents
=========================================
Our technical documents are divided into two section:
Installation documents (free for everyone) and Usage
documents (available only for our licensed users).
If you have a problem using our products or need some
extra feature, the solution may well be in the
technical documents - so keep yourself updated, both
with the TechDocs and with the FAQ in the page.
Installation Technical Documents:
No. Description Platform OS/Compiler
--- ----------- --------------------
1001 "getenv" cannot be overloaded Alpha OSF/1/DEC CXX
1002 iostream.h not found All All/gcc
1003 Missing #includes PC Linux/gcc
1005 Where is Win32s? PC Win 3.11/All
1006 Where is DJGPP? PC DOS/DJGPP
1010 Installation PC,Sparc,Solaris/SUN CC
1015 Installation HP,IBM HPUX,AIX/gcc+BLAS/xlC+ESSL
1017 Auto mounted directory names ALL Unix/ALL
1018 Installation PC Windows/VC++ 4.2
1026 FILE_95.CXX(363): Error! PC Windows/WATCOM C++
1027 no include path set PC Windows/Visual C++
1028 EasyMEX - simple glue MEX PC Windows/ALL
Usage Technical Documents:
No. Description Platform OS/Compiler
--- ----------- --------------------
1000 Can not find wintty*.obj files PC Win311+Win32s/Borland C++
1004 Where is BLAS for Linux? PC Linux/gcc
1007 clrscr not working (ansi.com) PC Win 95/NT/All
1008 How to increase maximum fids? All All/All
1009 Exceptions in libm PC DOS/DJGPP 2
1011 Executable size All All/gcc
1012 MEX file warnings and coredump PC Windows/Borland C++
1013 C-MEX file ToolKit All All/All
1014 How to use conditional code All All/All
1016 Load/save, file name is variable All All/All
1019 How to compile spline.m ALL All/All
1020 Undefined state of variables All All/ALL
1021 Using the library in IDE Projects PC Windows/Visual C++
1022 Using the library in MFC Projects PC Windows/Visual C++
1023 MexMaker - Creating MEX files PC Windows/VC++, BC++
1024 polyfit.m patch All All/All
1025 fmins.m patch All All/All
1029 Problems reading from file All All/All
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