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20 <h3 class="title">What's new in Scilab 5.5.0?</h3>
22 GUI creation capabilities have been refactored:
24 <li>Improvements on <a href="figure.html">figure</a> creation functions with new <a href="figure_properties.html">properties</a>.</li>
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31 This release also includes new sets of functions:
33 <li>HDF5 module allowing to <a href="h5objects.html">read/write HDF5</a> files and datasets.</li>
34 <li>Java external objects interface to interact directly with Java objects from Scilab. For more information, see <a href="jims-getting-started.html">the tutorial</a>.</li>
35 <li>Function <a href="getURL.html">getURL</a> to retrieve/read remote files through ftp:// or http:// protocols.</li>
36 <li>Possibility to <a href="addlocalizationdomain.html">translate Scilab external modules</a>.</li>
37 <li>MPI capabilities available in Scilab source tree (not activated by default).</li>
38 <li>New <a href="erfi.html">erfi</a> and <a href="dawson.html">dawson</a> special functions.</li>
39 <li>New <a href="daskr.html">daskr</a> solver in Scilab and Xcos.</li>
43 New graphics features aiming at improving Scilab usability and capabilities have been integrated:
45 <li>Improvements of <a href="Matplot.html">Matplot</a> function capabilities in order to display images in true colors.</li>
46 <li>Management of <a href="lighting.html">lighting on 3-D graphics</a>.</li>
47 <li>New interactions on graphics enabling to edit graphics handles directly on figures using the mouse.</li>
48 <li><a href="datatips.html">Datatips features</a> rewritten as native Java code.</li>
49 <li>Customization capabilities on axes and ticks with dedicated <a href="axes_properties.html">properties</a>.</li>
52 <p class="para">Scilab switched to the version 2.1 of CeCILL license.
55 Many bug fixes and documentation improvements are also available in this release.
58 <a href="http://www.scilab.org/community/news/20140410/release_notes">See Scilab 5.5.0 release notes.</a>
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65 <p class="para">If you are new to Scilab, you can have a look to the <a href="scilab_keywords.html">Scilab's keyword help pages</a>.</p>
66 <p class="para">Scilab Enterprises provides some <a href="http://www.scilab.org/support/documentation/tutorials">documentations and tutorials</a>.</p>
67 <p class="para">Many other documentations are also available through the <a href="http://www.scilab.org/support/documentation">Scilab website</a>.</p>
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71 <h3 class="title">Other resources</h3>
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79 <p class="para"><a href="http://www.scilab-enterprises.com/" class="ulink">Scilab Enterprises</a> - Professional services, developments and supports on Scilab.</p>