This directory contains:

- Upgrade notes (upgrade.txt)
- Release notes for 1.4, including usage notes and changes since 1.3
  (release.txt)
- Release notes, usage notes, and changes since 1.0 (release_11.txt),
  since 1.1 (release_12.txt), and since 1.2 (release_13.txt).
- Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ.txt, FAQ.html)
- Technical notes (note_*.txt)
- Licensing instructions (licensing.txt)
- Copyright information (copyrights.txt)


Upgrade notes
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The text file upgrade.txt describes some useful information to know
when you upgrade Visual Thought to version 1.4.


Release notes for 1.4, including usage notes and changes since 1.3
------------------------------------------------------------------
A number of bugs were fixed and some features were added or enhanced
between the 1.3 and 1.4 releases of Visual Thought.  The text file
release.txt provides a brief summary of those changes.  It also
includes some brief notes regarding usage of Visual Thought.


Release notes and changes since 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
---------------------------------------------
The text file release_11.txt provides a brief summary of the bugs
fixed and features added between the 1.0 and 1.1 releases.  Likewise,
the files release_12.txt and release_13.txt describe the changes
between the 1.1 and 1.2 releases and between the 1.2 and 1.3 releases.


Technical notes
---------------
Technical notes are provided containing detailed information and
instructions to fix problems related to the use of Visual Thought.

The following technical notes are currently available:

  File                  Subject
  ----                  -------
  note_colormap.txt     Colormap Problems
  note_export.txt       File Export Formats and Plug-In Translators
  note_hpaudio.txt      Using Audio on HP-UX
  note_license.txt      The Confluent License Server
  note_packinfo.txt     Mailing Compressed Directories and Binary Files
  note_path.txt         Path Problems
  note_personality.txt  Visual Thought Personalities
  note_preferences.txt  Visual Thought Preferences
  note_shapedefs.txt    User-Definable Shapes


Frequently-Asked Questions
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A list of Frequently-Asked Questions is provided in both text
(FAQ.txt) and HTML (FAQ.html) formats.  These files contain
information that will answer many of your installation, licensing, and
usage questions.


Licensing Instructions
----------------------
To run Visual Thought will full functionality, you must install a
valid license key.  If you do not already have a valid license key,
you can obtain one from Confluent or your reseller by following the
instructions in the text file licensing.txt.


Copyright information
---------------------
Several independent software packages are incorporated in Visual
Thought or included in the Visual Thought distribution.  The text file
copyrights.txt contains the copyright notices for these software
packages and the permission notices authorizing their distribution.
