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This is the first relax version of the new 2.0 line. Due to incredible number of changes to the core and large improvements visible throughout prompt and graphical user interfaces (UIs), it was decided that a brand new development line would be created. The 1.3 line will now be discontinued as it quite old - it came into existence 6 years ago (see https://mail.{{gna.org/public/mailing list url|relax-devel/2006-10/msg00053.html)}}.
The features of these release include a complete restructuring of the user functions so that special 'definitions' are used to automatically create the user function front ends in all UIs. This now means that all user functions are now accessible from the GUI. The help system in the prompt UI mode has been revamped and is now better formatted (with better line wrapping for MS Windows). The core of the specific analysis API has been redesigned to make it much easier for NMR spectroscopists to add their own analysis types to relax. The GUI test suite has been significantly expanded so that the GUI should now be, and remain, robust. The XML formatted relax results and save files have been redesigned and improved for both numerical accuracy and readability. Data pipes can now be grouped together in special data bundles, and analysis tabs in the GUI are now associated with a specific bundle. BMRB export (as well as import) and support for Bruker Dynamics Centre relaxation data files are now tightly integrated into the GUI. Many other improvements can be found throughout the GUI. The incredible number of changes that have gone into this release can be seen below!
As this is the first release of a new line, a few minor bugs should be expected. All feedback is appreciated. Bugs can be reported at the official relax bug tracker through the link https://{{gna url|1=gna.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=relax}}. Any error messages that are not 'RelaxErrors', any strange behaviour in the GUI such as windows disappearing out the back, elements not updating, etc., or anything that does not behave exactly as you would expect should be treated as a bug!
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For reference, the following links are also part of the announcement for this release:
* [http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Relax_2.0.0 Official release notes]
* [https://{{gna link|url=gna.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2354 |text=Gna! news item]}}
* [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.nmr.relax.announce/5 Gmane]
* [https://mail.gna.org/public/relax-announce/2012-06/msg00000.html Local archives]
