Finalize 1.25.05 changelog

Author: d-torrance

M2/Macaulay2/packages/Macaulay2Doc/changes.m2

@@ -104,13 +104,57 @@ document {
 		LI { TO "ToricHigherDirectImages::ToricHigherDirectImages", ", a package by Sasha Zotine for computations involving pushforwards and higher direct images of toric maps, has been added." },
 		}
 	    },
+	LI { "improved packages:",
+	    UL {
+		LI { TO "AbstractSimplicialComplexes::AbstractSimplicialComplexes", " has been updated to version 1.1 with cosmetic updates."},
+		LI { TO "ForeignFunctions::ForeignFunctions", " has been updated to version 0.5."},
+		LI { TO "GeometricDecomposability::GeometricDecomposability", " has been updated to version 1.4.2 with minor updates."},
+		LI { TO "JSON::JSON", " has been updated to version 0.4."},
+		LI { TO "LieTypes::LieTypes", " has been updated to version 0.9 with various improvements."},
+		LI { TO "MatrixSchubert::MatrixSchubert", " has been updated to version 1.2 with a bug fix and documentation improvements."},
+		LI { TO "MultigradedBGG::MultigradedBGG", " has been updated to version 1.2 with documentation improvements."},
+		LI { TO "Permutations::Permutations", " has been updated to version 1.1, adding several new methods."},
+		LI { TO "RealRoots::RealRoots", " has been updated to version 1.1." },
+		LI { TO "Style::Style", " has been updated to version 1.1 and now exports a ", TO "Style::generateGrammar", " method for generating grammars for syntax highlighting."},
+		LI { TO "TerraciniLoci::TerraciniLoci", " has been updated to version 0.3."},
+		LI { TO "ThinSincereQuivers::ThinSincereQuivers", " has been updated to version 0.1 with expanded documentation, fixed typos, and functionality added."},
+		LI { TO "ToricVectorBundles::ToricVectorBundles", " has been updated to version 1.3 with a bug fix."},
+		LI { TO "Varieties::Varieties", " has been updated to version 0.3." },
+		LI { TO "Visualize::Visualize", " has been updated to version 1.7." },
+		}
+	    },
+	LI { "functionality added or improved:",
+	    UL {
+		LI { "The profiler has been updated significantly.  ", TO symbol profile, " is now a keyword that will accept any Macaulay2 code.  Run ",
+		    TO profileSummary, " or ", TO coverageSummary, " to view the profiling results."},
+		LI { "The ", TO (random, QQ), " method has been added." },
+		LI { TO gcd, " and ", TO lcm, " now accept a single argument." },
+		LI { TO Vector, " objects belonging to modules of rank 1 may now be added, subtracted, and tested for equality with elements from their underlying rings." },
+		LI { TO pairs, " will now accept any instance of class for which an ", TO iterator, " method is installed."},
+		LI { TO applyPairs, ", ", TO scanPairs, ", and ", TO selectPairs, " will now accept any object that works with ", TO pairs, "."},
+		LI { TO vector, " now accepts a ring as its first argument for constructing elements of free modules." },
+		LI { TO format, " now escapes all control characters in a string." },
+		LI { "It is now possible to write ", M2CODE "new ... from", " methods that accept 2 or 3 arguments.  See ", TO symbol new, "."},
+		LI { M2CODE "intersection", " is now a synonym for ", TO intersect, "."},
+		LI { TO directProduct, ", formerly exported by ", TO "Polyhedra::Polyhedra", ", has been moved to Core and now accepts any positive number of arguments."},
+		LI { "The ", TO sign, " method has been added."},
+		LI { "Package documentation pages now display BibTeX citation information, provided by ", TO "PackageCitations::cite", "."},
+		LI { "There now exists a ", TO Citation, " documentation keyword for overriding the default package citation information provided by ", TO "PackageCitations::cite", "."},
+		LI { "There are now several additional ", TO round, " methods."},
+		LI { TO needsPackage, " will now reload a package if its source has been modified since the last time it was loaded." },
+		LI { "Several new ", TO check, " methods have been added."},
+		LI {TO randomSubset, " has been added for generating random subsets of lists and sets."},
+		},
+	    },
 	LI { "functionality changed in a way that could break code:",
 	    UL {
 		LI { "The method ", TO "Isomorphism :: isIsomorphism", " now only returns true or false. ",
 		    "To retrieved the computed isomorphism, use the method ", TO "Isomorphism :: isomorphism", "." },
 		LI { "The method ", TO (symbol\\, Matrix, Matrix), " is now a shortcut for ", TO (quotient', Matrix, Matrix), ". ",
 		    "The previous functionality is still available via ", TO (symbol//, Matrix, Matrix), ", which is a shortcut for ",
-		    TO (quotient, Matrix, Matrix), ". Additionally, both methods now work for maps of non-free modules."}
+		    TO (quotient, Matrix, Matrix), ". Additionally, both methods now work for maps of non-free modules."},
+		LI { TO (leadTerm, Ideal), " now returns an ideal instead of a matrix." },
+		LI { TO gcdCoefficients, " now returns a sequence instead of a list." },
 		}
 	    }
 	}