RELEASE NOTES 

		spatstat 1.8-5

	 	19 December 2005


OVERVIEW

	Several urgent bug fixes
	and some minor improvements.


IMPROVEMENTS/ENHANCEMENTS

	Kinhom
		the argument `lambda' can now be a pixel image
		instead of a vector.
		
	as.owin
		now has extra arguments '...' and 'fatal'.

	rpoint
		Execution slightly accelerated.

	rtoro
		Now has extra arguments radius, width and height
		controlling the distribution of the 
		random displacement vector.

	Various help files improved.
	Software stability improved.

BUGS

	[1] residuals.ppm
		Sometimes generated NA's in the residuals
		for a model with a hard core (StraussHard, MultiStraussHard
		or DiggleGratton).
		Fixed.

	[2] diagnose.ppm
		Sometimes crashed for a model with a hard core.
		This was a side-effect of [1]. Eliminated.