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Version 1.6     2012 Jan 23

   o   In lmrd(), the framing box and the lines at x=0 and y=0 are drawn in
       colour 'par("fg")'.  The lines for distributions "GEV" and "PE3" use
       less bright colours.

   o   In lmrd(), argument 'legend.lmrd' can be a list of arguments to legend().

   o   In lmrd() there is a small change to the default position of the legend,
       ensuring that if a legend box is drawn (via the argument
       'legend=list(bty="o")'), its top left corner is offset by 45 degrees
       from the top left corner of the plot.

   o   Removed inappropriate WRITE statements from Fortran code.

   o   Fixed: some minor errors in the documentation (expressions for quantile
       functions in help topics 'cdfgev', 'cdfglo', 'cdfgpa', and 'cdfkap').


Version 1.5     2009 Nov 16

   o   Quantile functions drawn by evplot() now extend across the entire
       x range of the plot (previously, with 'par("xaxs")' at its default
       value "r", gaps were left at the sides of the plot).

   o   lmrexp(), lmrgam(), lmrgev(), lmrglo(), lmrgno(), lmrgpa(), lmrgum(),
       lmrkap(), lmrnor(), lmrpe3(), lmrwak(), pelp(), and pelq() now have
       a different specification of the default values for some of their
       arguments.  The actual usage of the functions is unchanged.  The change
       was made so that the help files can avoid the use of a "\synopsis"
       section, which was giving unintended results in R 2.10.0.


Version 1.4     2009 Jul 10

   o   New functions lmrdpoints() and lmrdlines(), to add points or lines
       to an existing L-moment ratio diagram.

   o   evplot.default() is now exported from the package namespace.


Version 1.3     2009 Apr 30

   o   evplot() is now a generic function, with (only) a default method.
       (Further methods will be defined in package lmomRFA, version 2.0.)

   o   evplot(), when argument 'qfunc' is present but 'para' is missing, no
       longer gives an error but instead uses default values for the parameters
       of the distribution, i.e. internally it calls function 'qfunc' with only
       one argument.

       evdistp() and evdistq(), when argument 'para' is missing, act similarly.

   o   lmrd(), when 'x' is supplied but not 'y', now tries to identify
       L-skewness and L-kurtosis elements in 'x' by name rather than by
       position.

   o   lmrd() now recognizes distribution identifiers ("GEV", etc.) in either
       upper or lower case.

   o   lmrd() gains an argument 'cex', to control the size of plotted points.

   o   lmrd(), when given an argument 'col' of length 1, will apply it
       to the plotted points rather than to all the lines.

   o   samlmu() and samlmu.s() give a more direct error message when their
       first argument is not numeric.

   o   Fixed: evplot() would sometimes not honour the y-axis limits supplied
       in 'ylim'.  Specifically, if argument 'qfunc' was specified, the y-axis
       limits would be extended if necessary to include the range of quantile
       values plotted.

   o   Fixed: lmrd() would set default y axis limits based on the values
       of 'x', not of 'y'.


Version 1.2     2009 Mar 16

   o   Default parameter values for the Weibull distribution are now 'c(0,1,1)'.
       (The previous default, 'c(0,1,0)', used an invalid value for the third
       parameter.)  Functions affected: cdfwei(), lmrwei(), quawei().

   o   Fixed: cdfgum() gave incorrect results.


Version 1.1     2008 Dec 23

   o   New functions, for the Weibull distribution: cdfwei(), lmrwei(),
       pelwei(), quawei().

   o   New functions, for the 3-parameter lognormal distribution: cdfln3(),
       lmrln3(), pelln3(), qualn3().  pelln3() also permits parameter
       estimation for the 2-parameter lognormal distributon.

   o   Fixed: pelp() and pelq() would fail when the name of the
       optimization routine (argument 'method') was also the name
       of an object in the global environment.


Version 1.0     2008 Jul  3

   o   Initial release.  Functions included:
         cdfexp
         cdfgam
         cdfgev
         cdfglo
         cdfgno
         cdfgpa
         cdfgum
         cdfkap
         cdfnor
         cdfpe3
         cdfwak
         evdistp
         evdistq
         evplot
         evpoints
         lmrd
         lmrexp
         lmrgam
         lmrgev
         lmrglo
         lmrgno
         lmrgpa
         lmrgum
         lmrkap
         lmrnor
         lmrp
         lmrpe3
         lmrq
         lmrwak
         pelexp
         pelgam
         pelgev
         pelglo
         pelgno
         pelgpa
         pelgum
         pelkap
         pelnor
         pelp
         pelpe3
         pelq
         pelwak
         quaexp
         quagam
         quagev
         quaglo
         quagno
         quagpa
         quagum
         quakap
         quanor
         quape3
         quawak
         samlmu
         samlmu.s