This message announces the release of FreeSnell-1b9.

FreeSnell is a program which computes optical properties of multilayer
thin-film coatings.  Dielectric, metallic, and granular metallic films
are supported.  The FreeSnell package includes a SCM script (program)
"nk" to create, manage, and query a refractive-index spectral
database.

FreeSnell is an application of the SCM Scheme implementation and the
WB B-tree database package.

FreeSnell is free software.  It is released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

The FreeSnell home page details installation and links to
distributions, documentation, and examples:

	    <http://people.csail.mit.edu/jaffer/FreeSnell>

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FreeSnell-1b9 news:

  * fresneleq.scm (granular-IR): Now accepts functional arguments.
  * Added spectral refractive index data for liquid and frozen water.
  * Added RI-spectra from <http://luxpop.com/RefractiveIndexList.html>
  * Added chemical symbols and descriptions to nk spectra database.
  * The nk script can plot graphs with wavenumber and electron-Volt abscissas.
  * The nk script can be queried for spectral ranges.
  * The nk script can be queried for material descriptions. 
  * nk.html (Building the Refractive-Index Database):
    Documented spectra repairs.
  * Supports GNU configure.
  * Makefile: Reorganized per <http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/>.

Details at
<http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/*checkout*/freesnell/freesnell/ChangeLog>

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The FreeSnell package is available from
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b9.zip>
 <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freesnell/FreeSnell-1b9.zip>
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/FreeSnell-1b9-1.exe>

SLIB is the portable scheme library which FreeSnell requires:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b3.zip>
Also available as RPM:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b3-1.src.rpm>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b3-1.noarch.rpm>
Also available as MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b3-1.exe>

SCM is the Scheme implementation under which FreeSnell runs.
SCM source is available from:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e7.zip>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e7-1.src.rpm>
Also available as binary RPMs:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e7-1.i686.rpm>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/scm-5e7-1.x86_64.rpm>
Also available as i386 MS-Windows installer:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/slib-3b3-1.exe>

WB databases are used via SCM.
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b1.zip>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b1-1.src.rpm>
Also available as binary RPMs:
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b1-1.i686.rpm>
 <http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/ftpdir/scm/wb-2b1-1.x86_64.rpm>