qhull 3.0 2001/02/11 -- Contents of qhull3.0.tar.gz

Changes to distribution
 - added qconvex, qdelaunay, qhalf, and qvoronoi
 - added qhull-interface.cpp on calling Qhull from C++ [K. Erleben]
 - renamed to qhull3.0/.
 - added eg/, html/, and src/ directories

Changes to URLs
 - MathLab6 qhull: convhulln, delaunayn, griddatan, tsearchn, vororoin [Z. You]
 - Wolfram Research wrote a Mathematica interface for qdelaunay [Hinton]
 - Geomview moved from www.geom.umn.edu to www.geomview.org [M. Phillips}
 - added URLs for tcsh and cygwin to README.txt

Changes to documentation
 - reorganized table of contents and renamed qh-man.htm to index.htm
 - wrote program documentation, dropped qh-opt.htm and qh-optv.htm
 - added quick reference, qh-quick.htm
 - reorganized qh-rbox.htm and renamed it to rbox.htm
 - split up qh-c.htm for quick navigation

Corrections to code
 - fixed type of arg for error message in qh_initqhull_globals [N. Max]
 - fixed incorrect initialization of qh MINdenom_1 for scalepoints
 - fixed drop dim for 'H Qbk:0Bk:0'.  Added qh.feasible_point to qh_projectinput
 - qh_WARNnarrow is angle between facet normals.  Negate for warning message.
 -   statistics for Wangle/etc. concerns facet normals.  Reworded [E. Voth]
 - fixed error message for 'FC v'
 - report cospherical points if Delaunay and error in qh_scalelast()

Changes to code
 - turn on Pg if (QVn or QGn) and not (Qg or PG)
 - turn on Qc if format option 'Fc', 'FP', or 'Gp' (removes warning)
 - removed last good facet unless ONLYgood ('Qg').
 - added count of non-simplicial or merged facets to 'FS'
 - added count of non-simplicial facets to 's' (OK if #vertices==dim)
 - added Znonsimplicial and Znowsimplicial to 'Ts'
 - allow Mathematica output of dual polytope for halfspace intersection
 - added qh_checkflags to globals.c for multiple front ends
 - qh_initqhull_globals sets qh.MERGING if qh.MERGEexact
 - removed hashentryT.  It is no longer used.

Changes to prompts and warnings
 - reorganized prompts
 - reorganized synopsis for rbox.c
 - print warning if 'Fc' or 'FP' with 'd QJ'.  Coincident points are unlikely.
 - ignore warning if options 'v i Pp'.  qvoronoi users may need Delaunay tri.
 - reworded warning if 'Pg' and 'QVn' is not a vertex.
 - reworded warning for 'Qx Tv', qh_check_points() in poly2.c
 - if 'Pp', turn off warning for 'Qbb' without 'd' or 'v'
 - in qh_printsummary() of Voronoi and Delaunay, distinguish QVn, QGn, Pdn, PDn

Changes to FAQ
 - added FAQ item for nearly flat Delaunay triangles [Z. You]
 - added FAQ item for area and volume [R. Konatham]
 - added FAQ item for Voronoi diagram of a square [J. Yong]
 - edited FAQ item on point location in Delaunay triangles [Z. You]
 - added FAQ item on nearly flat Delaunay triangles [Dehghani]
 - added FAQ item about halfspace intersection [V. Tyberghein]
 - added FAQ item for missing ridges [M. Schmidt]
 - added FAQ item about qh_call_qhull [R. Snyder]
 - added FAQ item about memory statistics [Masi]
 - added FAQ item on meshing non-convex objects
 - added FAQ item on MATLAB and Mathematica interface
qhull 3.1 2001/10/04 -- contents of qhull3.1.tgz

New features
 - Added option 'Qt' to triangulate non-simplicial facets
 - Added option 'TI file' to input data from file
 - Added option 'Q10' to prevent special processing for narrow distributions
        e.g., RBOX 1000 L100000 s G1e-6 t1001803691 | QHULL Tv Q10
 - Tried to compute Voronoi volumes ('Pv'). Requires dual face graph--not easy
        See Clarkson's hull program for code.

Changes to options
 - Added numtricoplanars to 'Fs'. Number of good, triangulated facets for 'Qt'
 - Added Zdelvertextot to 'Fs'.  If non-zero and Delaunay, input is degenerate
 - Qhull command ('FQ') may be repeated.
 - If 'TPn' and 'TWn' defined, trace the addition of point 'n'
     otherwise continue tracing (previously it stopped in 4-d)
 - Removed 'Ft' from qdelaunay.  Use 'Qt o' or 'qhull d QJ Qt' instead.
     For non-simplicial regions, 'Ft' does not satisify the Delaunay property.
 - If 'Po' or 'TVn', qhull checks outer planes.  Use 'Q5' to turn off.
 - If 'T4', print facet lists and check polygon after adding each point

Corrections to code
 - rbox: allow 'c' and 'd' with 's r', meshes, etc.
 - qh_findbest: redesigned as directed search. qh_findbesthorizon for coplanar
      qh_findbest is faster for many distributions
 - qh_findbestnew: redesigned to search horizon of coplanar best newfacets
      needed for distributions with a sharp edge,
          e.g., rbox 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 | qhull Tv
 - qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew: search neighbors of better horizon facets
      was needed for RBOX 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 t996564279 | qhull Tv
      and RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 P0 t996547055 | QHULL d Qbb Qc Tv
 - qh_findbest with noupper: could return an upperdelaunay facet if dist>qh.MINoutside.
 - qh_findbestnew: allow facet->upperdelaunay if dist > qh.MINoutside
 - qh_partitioncoplanar: call qh_partitionpoint if outside and perpendicular
      for distributions with a sharp edge
 - qh_partitionvisible: report precision error if all newfacets degenerate.
      was needed for RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 t995138628 | QHULL d
 - qh_createsimplex: clears qh.num_visible, may be non-zero with 'TRn QJ'

Changes to prompts, warnings, and statistics
 - For Delaunay & Voronoi, 's' reports deleted vertices due to facet merging.
   They were incorrectly reported as nearly incident points.
 - Warn if recompute centrum after constructing hull
 - Simplified narrow hull warning and print all digits of cosine.
     A narrow hull may lead to a point outside of the hull.
 - Print total vertices deleted instead of ave. per iteration (Zdelvertextot)
 - Improved tracing for qh_partitionpoint and qh_partitioncoplanar
 - Added number of distance tests for checking outer planes (qh_check_maxout)
 - Simplified "qhull precision error: Only n facets remain."
 - Included 'TRn' in the causes of a premature exit

Changes to documentation
 - README.txt: Added quickstart instructions for Visual C++
 - rbox: Added example of edge of narrow lens, rbox 1000 L100000 s G1e-6
 - Added cross references between options 'o' and 'p'.
 - qh-eg.html: added examples comparing 'Qt', 'QJ', and neither 'Qt' nor 'QJ'
        eg.15a.surface, eg.15b.triangle, eg.17a.delaunay.2, etc.
 - Reorganized and enhanced discussion of precision problems in qh_impre.htm
 - Fixed spelling errors [K. Briggs]
 - Fixed link errors, validated HTML, and spell checked [HomeSite]
 - Removed unnecessary #TOP links
 - Added source links to the qh-quick.htm's header and footer
 - qh-geom.htm, qh-poly.htm: add links to Voronoi functions in io.c
 - src/index.htm: Added how to search qhulllib.h for qhull options
 - qvoronoi.htm/qdelaun.htm: 'Fc' and 'FN' includes deleted vertices

Changes to URLs
 - Added http://www.voronoi.com and http://www.magic-software.com

Changes to code
 - qh_qhull: if 'TVn' or 'TCn' do not call qh_check_maxout and qh_nearcoplanar
 - reviewed time profile.  Qhull is slower.  Optimized qh_findbestnew()
 - qh_addpoint: Added warning note about avoiding a local minimum
 - qh_checkpolygon: report qh.facet_next error if NARROWhull & dist>MINoutside
 - qh_findbest: renamed "newfacets" parameter to "isnewfacets" since it is boolT
 - qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew: testhorizon even if !MERGING
        Otherwise qhull c D6 | qhull Q0 Tv assigns coplanar points
 - qh_resetlists: add qh_RESETvisible for qh_triangulate
 - qh_findbest: search better facets first.  Rewritten.
 - qh_findbest: increased minminsearch, always check coplanar facets.
        See: RBOX 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 t996564279 | QHULL Tv
 - qh_findbestnew: report precision error for deleted cones [rare event]
        e.g.:  RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 P0 t1001034076 | QHULL d Qbb Qc Tv
 - qh_findbesthorizon: search horizon of qh.coplanarset.  New.
 - qh_findbestsharp: replaced with qh_sharpnewfacets followed by qh_findbestnew
 - qh_partitionpoint, Delaunay sites can not be inside.  Otherwise points may
       be outside upperDelaunay facets yet not near-inside Delaunay facets
       See: RBOX s 1000 t993602376 | QHULL C-1e-3 d  Qbb FA Tv
 - qh_partitioncoplanar: call qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew with qh DELAUNAY
 - qh_printlists: format long lines
 - qh_printvertex: format long lines
 - user.h: tightened qh_WARNnarrow and qh_MAXnarrow.  Do not see problems
       until they are -1.0.
 - user.h: defined qh_DISToutside, qh_SEARCHdist, and qh_USEfindbestnew
 - qh_checkfacet: in 3-d, allow #ridges > #vertices.  Can get a vertex twice
   in a ridge list, e.g,  RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 t995849315 D2 | QHULL d Tc Tv

Changes to FAQ
 - Recommended use of triangulated output ('Qt')

Changes to distribution
 - Recompiled in Visual C++ 5.0 with optimization (as was version 2.6)
 - q_test: Added bad cases for Qhull and tests for new features

Changes to Qhull library
 - Added qh_triangulate() to poly2.c.  It triangulates the output.
 - Added option 'Q11' to copy normals and recompute centrums for tricoplanar facets
        'FP' may not print the nearest vertex for coplanar points
        Use option 'Q11' when adding points after qh_triangulate()
qhull 2002.1  2002/8/20 -- Contents of qhull-2002.1.tgz

Changes to distribution:
 - Set up savannah.nongnu.org/projects/qhull/ [R. Laboissiere]
 - Set up www.thesa.com as a backup
 - Added qh-get.htm, a local copy of the download page
 - Added Visual C++ interface to Qhull, qhull_interface.cpp [K. Erleben]
 - Use HTTP instead of FTP for downloading Qhull
 - Renamed qhull-1.0.sit.hqx

Bug fixes:
 - Fixed sign of coefficients for cdd halfspaces ('FD','Fd')  [T. Abraham]

Changes to code:
 - Replace qh_version with qh_VERSION in qhulllib.h.
   Allows shared libraries and single point of definition
 - Added qh.TESTpoints for future implementation of tsearch

Changes to build
 - Makefile.txt works under cygwin
 - Added Make-config.sh to create a Debian build [R. Laboissiere]
 - Added .exe to Makefile.txt#clean.
 - In README, use -fno-strict-aliasing with gcc-2.95.1 [Karas, Krishnaswami]
 - Fixed chmod in Makefile.txt [B. Karas]

Documentation updates
 - Documented input options for each program [A. Montesinos]
 - FAQ: "How to get the radii of the empty spheres for Voronoi vertices"

URL updates:
 - Changed official URL from locate/qhull to software/qhull
 - Changed URLs from relative to absolute in qh-home.htm and qh-get.htm
 - Added URL for Newsgroup: comp.soft-sys.matlab
 - Added URL for GNU Octave
 - Added URLs for Google and Google Groups
 - Replaced qhull_mail.html and qhull_bug.html with mailto links.
 - Removed URL for Computational Geometry Tribune
 - Changed URL for locate/cglist to software/cglist
 - Used site relative links for qh-home.htm
qhull 2003.1  2003/12/30 -- Contents of qhull-2003.1-src.tgz

New Features:
 - Add Maple output ('FM') for 2-d and 3-d convex hulls [T. Abraham]

Breaking Code Changes:
 - Annotate C code with 'const'.  An ANSI compatible compiler is required.

Bug Fixes and Code Changes:
 - Fixed qh_findbest() for upperdelaunay facets w/o better, lower neighbors
     For library users and some qhull users [A. Cutti, E. Milloti, K. Sun]
 - Preserved qhmem.ferr in qh_memfreeshort() for library users
 - Removed 'static' from qh_compare... for io.h and merge.h [V. Brumberg]
 - Split out qh_initqhull_start2() to avoid allocating qh_qh
 - Split out qh_freeqhull2() to avoid freeing qh_qh
 - Split out qh_produce_output2() and qh_prepare_output()
 - qh_initstatistics() frees a previously existing qh_qhstat
 - qh_initqhull_start2() checks that qh_initstatistics() called first

Documentation:
 - Add warning to findDelaunay() and qh_in.htm about tricoplanar facets
 - Noted Edelsbrunner's Geometry & Topology for Mesh Generation [qh-impre.htm]
 - Noted Gartner's Miniball algorithm [qh_impre.htm]
 - Noted Veron and Leon's shape preserving simplification [qh_impre.htm]

qhull 2003.1  2003/12/19

Bug Fixes:
 - Reversed coordinate order for qh.ATinfinity in qh_projectinput [V. Brumberg]
   This effects:
     Qhull library 'd' or 'v' users with 'Qz' and unequal coordinate ranges.
     qdelaunay/qvoronoi users with 'Qbk:0Bk:0', 'Qz', and unequal coordinate ranges

Changes to code:
 - Replaced qh_VERSION with qh_version in global.c [B. Pearlmutter]
    The previous techniques were either clumsy or caused compiler errors
 - Removed unused variables from qh_findbest and qh_findbestnew [B. Pearlmutter]
 - Note that qh.TESTpoints was added in 2002.1 for tsearch implementation

Changes to distribution:
 - Added Unix distribution including Debian files [R. Laboissiere]
    The previous Unix distribution is now the source distribution
 - Added rpm distribution [L. Mazet]
 - Investigated generation of Win32 dll.  Need to define a C++ interface.

Changes to documentation:
 - Moved Qhull to www.qhull.org (geom.umn.edu is not available)
 - The Geometry Center is archived at http://www.geom.uiuc.edu
 - Reviewed introduction to each program
    Triangulated output ('Qt') is more accurate than joggled input ('QJ')
    qdelaunay is 'qhull d Qbb' [C. Ulbrich]
    qvoronoi is 'qhull v Qbb'
    Added example of non-simplicial intersection to halfspace intersections
 - Added warning about using the Qhull library.
 - Added qhull timings to When to use Qhull [C. Ulbrich]
 - Reorganized the home page index and the manual index
 - Moved qh-home.htm to index.htm

Changes to examples
 - Fixed options for eg/eg.t23.voronoi.imprecise [B. Pearlmutter]
First cut at a C++ interface to Qhull.

Includes QTest files for each class and user-eg3.c for demonstrating the interface.
See src/Changes.txt for change notes and to do.
See FIXUP for problems
See WARN64 for 64-bit problems
Add .pro files for qhull, qhulltest, rbox, and user_eg3.c

Qhull and rbox build correctly under mingw with gcc 4.4.0.  Please
send email to bradb@shore.net if Qhull builds correctly with Linux
gcc 4.4.0 -O2.   With gcc 4.2 and 4.3 qset.c segfaulted due to an
optimization error.
      http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2007-09/msg00474.html
      [April 2008] of http://www.qhull.org/news/#bugs

user_eg3 is a demonstration of using Qhull C++ interface.

Qhulltest contains some failing testcases due to changes made for user_eg3.
Will be fixed soon.

qhull-qt reports an error because the link does not skip userprintf.c
in libqhull.a.  Also the dependencies between qhull-qt and libqhull.a
are handled incorrectly.
qhulllib should be a static library instead of a dynamic library.  Otherwise
it always includes userprintf and usermem.c

Something is wrong since qhull-qt tries to load a dll

Also ConvexHull is a submodule when it shouldn't appear at all.  This causes
problems with switching between branches.
Clean build of Qhull with all tests passing and user_eg3 OK.

Breaking change
  Renamed qhulllib to libqhull to match libqhull.a
  Keep rboxlib as is.  librbox does not scan and rbox is not a lib
Updated qhull.sln and *.vcproj for renamed libqhull and UsingLibQhull
Redid include files from specific to general
Moved vector<> from base type of Coordinates to a field
Changes to Coordinates to match iterator and subtype guidelines
Add PointCoordinatesIterator
Split dynamic and static libs for qhull and qhullcpp
Move class objects after fields in .h files
Added more changes.txt
Changed version to 2009.0.1
A few compile fixes for mingw.
Alias patch (taken from qhull-2003.1-13.fc12.src.rpm).
First tracked release, 2010.0.1

Organized src/Changes.txt
Updated copyright dates
Fixed warnings from Kent William
Reviewing FIXUP
Add qhull-all.pro to build projects in order
Passed 127 tests.
Qhull 2010.0.1 2009/01/03

Updated citeseer references to  citeseerx doi =10.1.1.117.405
Changed copyright to C.B. Barber
Updated Register.txt to Qhull
Merge branch 'amorilia' into next

Use SETfirstt_ and SETsecondt_ for type conversion [amorilia+alphax]

Rewrite qh_setappend to avoid some g++ 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3 strict_aliasing errors.
  Orion Poplawski (orion@cora.nwra.com)
  http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/12/ppc/qhull-devel-2003.1-13.fc12.ppc64.html
Some Makefile and compile fixes.
A few small fixes so code compiles with g++.
File mode fix.
Another fix for g++.
Fixed qh_gethash bug and reviewed code

Added project files for qhull programs
Changed qh_gethash to return an int
Changed qh_addhash to take an int