· This release fixes a problem where exponentiation to a large negative rational power could underflow.
· It is strongly recommended to update to this version.
· Animation of Frink graphics is now possible.
· Symbolic simplification of expressions has also been improved.
· In addition, the Java Web Start files have been improved to allow more robustness when not connected to the Internet.
· The graphics library now has the ability to draw and fill complex shapes using a combination of lines and cubic and quadratic Bezier curves. This also allows proper rendering of objects with "holes" in them.
· This release fixes overflow problems in certain cases of the exponentiation operator where the exponent is an exact rational number.
· In addition, some unnecessary messages were suppressed when calling the graphics.show[] method at the end of a program.
· This release fixes foreign language translations so that they work again.
· With this release, on-screen graphics can be incrementally repainted on demand.
· In addition, functions for exactly tracking all leap seconds have been added, and some currency codes have been updated.
· This release contains several minor improvements and bugfixes.
· Graphics can now be printed in a "tiled" fashion across several pieces of paper.
· Some issues with printing polygons were improved.
· Several currency codes were updated.
· Array manipulation methods were added.
· Fundamental physical constants were updated to 2006 CODATA figures.
· Rendering background colors to image files was fixed.
· In addition, fixes were made to formatting of intervals and for the leap second that will be added at the end of 2008.
· This release allows text to be aligned to various sides (left, right, top, bottom, etc.) in Frink's new graphics library.
· In addition, an issue with not repainting a graphics window the first time it was maximized has been fixed.
· This release adds the ability to draw high-quality text to Frink's new graphics capabilities.
· Text has high-quality, anti-aliased edges, fully supports transparency, and can be automatically scaled along with an image, or can be rendered at a constant size.
· Text and graphics can also be rendered into various image file formats including JPEG, PNG, and SVG, or printed to a printer.
· This is a major release that allows Frink to draw high-quality graphics.
· Graphics can be displayed to the screen, printed to printers, or rendered to a variety of image formats.
· Lines and shapes are anti-aliased and support full transparency.
· Graphics are designed to be scalable to any size without loss of quality.
· In addition, lengths can be specified on drawings, allowing printing of graphics at an exact size.
· This release fixes some small problems with starting in programming mode.
· The Swing-based GUI is now considered the preferred version, and the Swing-based Java Web Start file will ask to make file associations for .frink files.
· In addition, the factoring and primality testing functions were cleaned up and a nextPrime[n] function was added to somewhat efficiently find the next prime following a given number.
