RELEASE NOTES 

		spatstat 1.9-5

	 	22 August 2006

	We thank Kasper Berthelsen and Brian Ripley for advice.

OVERVIEW

	Fixed several problems with installation.
	Various bug fixes and minor improvements.
	
IMPROVEMENTS/ENHANCEMENTS

	contour.im
		generates a contour plot of a pixel image object.
		This previously undocumented function now has a help file.
		Its behaviour has been improved.

	spatstat.options
		New parameter "par.contour" allows the user 
		to set default options for contour plots.

	pppdist, ppprohorov
		Now checks for numerical underflow/overflow.
		
	bdist.points
	nearest.raster.point
	pixellate
		These functions now handle the case where the point pattern
		is empty.

	plot.splitppp
		Display layout improved.

	help(spatstat)
	help(plot.im)
		Minor improvements to these help files


BUGS

	[1] installation under Solaris 
		Installation failed during compilation of PerfectStrauss.cc,
		with an error message about the function 'fmin'.
		Fixed.

	[2] installation under Debian Linux (some systems)
		Installation failed during compilation of PerfectStrauss.cc
		with an error message about Sampler::Forward.
		Fixed.

	[3] installation under Macintosh OS-X (some systems)
		Installation failed during linking of shared library,
		with error messages about multiply declared variables.
		Fixed (we think).

	[4] clickppp
		Plot symbols were incorrect in the multitype case.
		Fixed.