Updates.txt 15 Aug. 2005 === DIRDIF news and recent updates === === Latest news stored on top === === DIRDIF=2008.3 === ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRDIF-2008.3 15 Aug. 2008 --------------------------- Important improvements have been implemented. It is adviced to download DIRDIF-2008.3 , to keep in line with other users. Please, let me know that you did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ updates DIRDIF-2008.2 : 02 June : Some corrections re program BIJVOET refl. dafa file .hkl has priority over fref !! 28 April: TRACOR suitable for >99 models output 15 April: problem for old WINDOS XP repared 10 April: update WINGX : dirdif and manual dd 8 April 08 April: Update manual.pdf 05 April: a minor change for MSDOS bat files 04 April: New info files : download.txt, implem.txt, updates.txt, etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRDIF-2008.2 22 March 2008 ------------- This update became available via our ftp site: ftp.sci.kun.nl , and the internet site: www.crystallography.nl , and DIRDIF was implemented in the stand-alone version of WINGX . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRDIF-2008.1 was the first trial to upload DIRDIF-2008 to the internet. ------------- Some errors have been corrected, including an important error in the program BIJVOET. The use of the SHELX ccode.ins and ccode.res files has been changed !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRDIF-2006 and DIRDIF-2007 were beta-versions. --------------------------- Many serious errors have been corrected and many minor improvements have been implemented. Especially some names and use of files have been changed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIRDIF-1999.2 was the latest 20-th century's update: ------------- Major changes in DIRDIF-2008 relative to DIRDIF-1999: - it is one single program (it was a collection of many programs) - it is computer independent - it accepts more sets in ATMOD ( file for molecular search fragments ) - it analyses all possible atoms sets obtained from the Patterson ( both for heavy atom structures and for Vector Search procedures ) - it includes a generation program for flexible molecular fragments - and all is fully automatic: no control data needed - the use of the SHELX ccode.ins and ccode.res files has been changed - it is freely available for all non-commercial users. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You are invited to download DIRDIF-2008.3 , and, please, let me know you did so, email: PTBeurskens [AT[ hetnet.nl (subject line: DIRDIF ) . ------------------------------------------------------------------------