[FreeSnell-discuss] FreeSnell-1c3 available

[Aubrey Jaffer]

This message announces the release of FreeSnell-1c3.

FreeSnell is a program which computes optical properties of multilayer
thin-film coatings.  Dielectric, metallic, and granular metallic films
are supported.  The FreeSnell package includes a SCM script (program)
"nk" to create, manage, and query a refractive-index spectral
database.

FreeSnell is an application of the SCM Scheme implementation and the
WB B-tree database package.

FreeSnell is free software.  It is released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

The FreeSnell home page details installation and links to
distributions, documentation, and examples:

            <http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/FreeSnell>

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FreeSnell-1c3 news:

FreeSnell-1c3 is a minor release.  Details at
<http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/freesnell/freesnell/ChangeLog>

  * opticolr.scm: Print coordinates for both L*a*b* and sRGB colors.
  * FreeSnell.info, FreeSnell.texi, index.html, ANNOUNCE: scm, slib,
  wb versions were outdated.

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The FreeSnell package is available from
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1c3.zip>
 <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freesnell/FreeSnell-1c3.zip>
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1c3-1.exe>

SLIB is the portable scheme library which FreeSnell requires:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b6.zip>
Also available as RPM:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b6-1.src.rpm>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b6-1.noarch.rpm>
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b6-1.exe>

SCM is the Scheme implementation under which FreeSnell runs.
SCM source is available from:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5f3.zip>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5f3-1.src.rpm>
Also available as a binary RPM:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5f3-1.x86_64.rpm>
Also available as i386 MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b6-1.exe>

WB databases are used via SCM.
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b4.zip>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b4-1.src.rpm>
Also available as a binary RPM:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b4-1.x86_64.rpm>