[neutron-mc] mcstas-1.7 is out

[Peter Willendrup]

Dear users,

Finally it happened, mcstas-1.7 is out! An announcement
has been put on the webpage as well as updated installation
instructions.
 From the list of release highlights:

    * New language extensions, %include, SHARE %{ %} + ...
    * Inter-simulation saving using kill -USR2
    * No reqirement for PGPLOT, pgperl, PDL, flex, bison
    * Simpler installation
    * New graphical backends based on Matlab and Scilab
    * 3D visualisation of data and instruments
    * Improved support for Windows systems (at least Windows 2000 + XP)
    * Better integration of documentation tools 

A page with install/build test info has been written at
http://mcstas.risoe.dk/developments/platforms.

Also note that all information on the webpage is not in sync with the new
release. This will happen in the near future.


Greetings to you all from

Peter Willendrup
Emmanuel Farhi
Kim Lefmann

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