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This message announces the availability of Oleo version 1.2 (a beta
release).  This version is available for ftp from:

	prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/oleo-1.2.tar.Z

Oleo is a spreadsheet program (better for you than the more expensive
spreadsheet).  It supports X windows and character-based terminals, and
can generate embedded PostScript(*) renditions of spreadsheets.
Keybindings should be familiar to Emacs users and are configurable by
users.

This is primarily a bugfix release; this version should be
considerably more robust than previous releases.  Many commands that
used to reliably coredump have been fixed.

Please report bugs to the mailing list:
	bug-gnu-utils@prep.ai.mit.edu

>From the NEWS file:

===== Oleo 1.2 =====


* New command line options

  --version or -v: print out a version number
  --quiet or -q: don't print the disclaimer
  --ignore-init-file or -f: don't read commands from .oleorc or ~/.oleorc

* New commands/Changes to commands

  write-variables:  writes to a file or pipe the values of all variables 
	that are bound to cells.  Variables bound to regions are not 
	written.

  read-variables: The inverse of write-variables.  Variables that are
	bound to a range cause an error.  Variables not bound to a
	cell are ignored.

  Format-cell and format-region can now be used to set cell fonts.

  set-region-forumla: This can be used to edit many cells at once.

  {upper,lower}-{left,right}: These commands go to extremes.  They are
  bound to M-{^Y ^U ^B and ^N}.

  {insert,delete}-{row,column}: new commands bound to ^O, ^K, M-^O, M-^K.

  {move,copy}-region: these commands now work (at least for many test cases).

  exchange-point-and-mark: ^X ^X

* File Format Changes

  SYLK mode appears to have changed at some time in the past.  Older
  (and correct, i presume)  versions write cell references in a0
  format.  The last alpha and early beta releases use rc format.  
  Now there are two file formats ``sylk'' and ``sylk-noa0''.
  If older sylk files don't work with one, they may with the other.
  Hopefully, between them, all oleo-generated sylk files can be read.
  Users are encouraged to read and write files in ``oleo'' format (the
  default).

  Oleo file format has changed in a (hopefully) upward compatable way.

  When reading sylk or oleo files, a format error now causes the read
  to be aborted.

  Oleo no longer generates a panic file on any signal (it dumps core
  like everyone else).

* X tweaks
 
  The window now has a title.

  Whatever key corresponds to Mod1Mask is treated as a meta key.

  The resources oleo.geometry, oleo.foreground and oleo.background
  have the expected effects.

* New formula functions

  In the `cells' package there is a new function vlookup_str that can
  be used to search a table, using a keyword string.  See USING.


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