2.6.0 & 22/10/15 &  \\
2.5.1 & 29/01/15 & error bar style options; support for 5K displays; can plot vectors and render with colours if h not read; range restrictions apply during splash to grid; improved line-style legend; now up to 6 line styles; fixes to amuse-hdf5 read; phantom read handles star/dm particles; various bugs fixed \\
2.5.0 & 22/08/14 & instant multiplots by giving multiple columns as y axis; ability to plot multiple exact solution files on same plot; compiles in parallel by default; support for tagged sphNG/Phantom format; AMUSE hdf5 format reader added; various bug fixes \\
2.4.1 & 01/04/14 & Roche-lobe plotting vastly improved; newunit= issue fixed; bug fix with reading sink velocities from Phantom; other minor bug fixes \\
2.4.0 & 21/02/14 & time formatting in legend can include general functions; option to include sinks in opacity rendering; supports one-fluid dust visualisation; C-shock exact solution; better polytrope solution \\
2.3.1 & 11/11/13 & SPLASH\_COROTATE option to plot in frame corotating with sinks; bug fixes with handling of dead/accreted/boundary particles in sphNG/phantom; various other bugs fixed \\
2.3.0 & 09/08/13 & can customise time formatting in legend; improvements to legends; less verboseness; splash can read and plot pixel maps produced with -o ascii; 3D vector field plotting improved; bug fix with gfortran 4.8 \\
2.2.2 & 10/05/13 & particle tracking by type implemented; can interpolate specific columns in splash to grid; SPLASH\_CENTRE\_ON\_SINK option generic to all data reads; Aly Reheam format added; option for 2nd y axis on plots; bug fix with X11 linking on Ubuntu; can read gadget ICs files \\
2.2.1 & 21/02/13 & minor bug with axes plotting fixed; Wendland kernels added; bugs with exact solution plotting fixed; bug fix with tracking of dark matter particles \\
2.2.0 & 16/11/12 & option to use different kernels for interpolation; floating/inset colour bars added; splash to gadget conversion implemented; splash to grid works in 2D; improved interfaces to shapes and animation sequences; automatically turns on dark matter particle plotting if no gas; interactive mode help displayed automatically \\
2.1.1 & 31/08/12 & irregular/circular particle selection using shift-left click/middle click; improved h5part and GADGET HDF5 data reads; splash can be compiled in double precision; bug fixes with calculated quantities + change of coordinate systems; improved vector plot legend; option for box+numbers but no labels added \\
2.1.0 & 16/05/12 & 3D vector field visualisation added; GADGET HDF5 read implemented; page sizes can be specified in pixels; limits can auto-adapt to device aspect ratio; more general exact solution from file option; tiling works with one colour bar per row; splash calc handles different particle types \\
2.0-beta & 29/08/11 & new giza backend --- antialiased lines; real fonts; pdf, eps and svg drivers; fewer build dependencies (only cairo, X11); support for semi-transparent text; Double-rendering (with transparent background) implemented \\
1.15.0 & 29/08/11 & Multiplot with different particle types implemented; calculated quantities list is now pre-filled automatically; preliminary support for r-phi and r-z rendering; outlined solid markers implemented; better handling of multiple types; manual contour levels can be specified in splash.contours; parallel splash to grid; better support for non-square pixels; clipping of numbers at edge of viewport fixed \\
1.14.1 & 17/03/11 & SEREN data read added; dragon read updated; build follows Gnu conventions on DEST and DESTDIR (for macports build); can have up to 12 particle types; exact solutions re-ordered; dusty wave exact solution added \\
1.14.0 & 06/12/10 & Can flip between rendered quantities in interactive mode using f,F; SPLASH\_DEFAULTS variable can be set for system-wide defaults; can plot arbitrary functions of x,t as exact solution; added data read for H5PART format; GADGET read across multiple files implemented; error bars can be plotted for x and y axis simultaneously; default rotation angles set if 3D perspective turned on; new directory layout and more helpful error messages during build; PGPLOT linking is easier to get right \\
1.13.1 & 26/02/10 & bugs with new calc quantities module fixed; generic library interface implemented so backend can be changed easily; bug fix with auto pixel selection; simpler foreground/background colour setting; added subgrid interpolation warning \\
1.13.0 & 25/02/10 & function parser incorporated; calculated quantities can now be specified at runtime; arbitrary function plotting implemented as an exact solution; command-line SPH->grid conversion ("splash to grid") implemented; ctrl-t in interactive mode adds arbitrary text box; better line style/colour changing; bug fix with tiling and y-axis labels; various other bug fixes \\
1.12.2 & 15/07/09 & Variable marker sizes added, can plot particles as circles with size proportional to h; dark matter rendering with block-labelled GADGET format fixed; VINE read handles star particles; TIPSY read with ifort10.0.0 works; snsph read added; splash to phantom added; does not override labels for coords, vectors by default; bug fixes with contouring options; stability bug fixes with older compilers; more robust memory handling; bug fix with automatic pixel selection causing seg fault \\
1.12.1 & 20/04/09 & Can edit/delete text shapes interactively, also the colour bar label; can customise the label on projection plots; contour levels better defined; SPLASH\_HMIN\_CODEUNITS added; option for numeric labelling of contours; contour limits can be set separately to render limits for same quantity; minor bug fixes \\
1.12.0 & 22/12/08 & command-line plotting implemented; ln transform added; bug fixes in GADGET read; backspace over annotation (legends,titles,axes,colour bar) in interactive mode removes it; "splash calc" command line utility calculates time sequences of global quantities from a sequence of dump files; bug fix causing seg fault \\
1.11.1 & 13/10/08 & automatic number of pixels and exact pixel boundaries implemented; mass does not have to be read from dump file; frame changes are per-page not per-dump file for animation sequences; lower stacksize footprint; bug fix with circles of interaction; bug fixes with block-labelled GADGET read; Steve Foulkes data read added \\
1.11.0 & 15/08/08 & ability to use subset of particles in restricted parameter range(s); probability density function plot option; plot-hugging colour bars added; ability to annotate plot with a range of shapes; v, V, w and H implemented in interactive mode for >1 panel; various bug fixes \\
1.10.2 & 08/05/08 & disc surface density / toomre q parameter plotting added; flash colour schemes added; splash to binary convert option; can change order in which particle types are plotted; splash.columns file overrides default column label settings; vanaverbeke format read; various bug fixes \\
1.10.1 & 11/03/08 & "splash to" command line option converts binary dumps to ascii format; vector plots + rotation now implemented; block labelled GADGET format read; ring-spreading exact solution added; other minor changes \\
1.10.0 & 29/11/07 & horizontal colour bars implemented; -p, -o command line options; can have mixed types in data reads; TIPSY and DRAGON data reads; density weighted rendering; normalisation option applies to column density plots; improved particle tracking; save as option; various bug fixes \\
1.9.2 & 12/09/07 & improvements to ascii read including asplash -e option; smarter foreground/background colour changing for titles; min=max problem fixed (caught by splash not pgplot); fixed vector arrow length option; other minor changes and bug fixes \\
1.9.1 & 11/07/07 & environment variables + improvements to gadget data read; better prompting; 3 new colour schemes; improved legend/title options; other minor changes \\
1.9.0 & 21/05/07 & animation sequences implemented; origin settings now affect radius calculation and are relative to tracked particle; automatic line width choice for postscript devices; w key adapts vector arrows; vastly improved userguide \\
1.8.1 & 28/03/07 & option to hide vector arrows where there are no particles added; smoother 3D plotting at low pixel numbers; (smoother vector plots); bug fixes with a); issues with round-off error with z integration of vectors fixed \\
1.8.0 & 15/03/07 & hidden particles not used in rendering; units for z integration addded; a) and g) implemented in interactive mo  de for multiple-plots-per-page; improved cross section using x in interactive mode \\
1.7.2 & 19/02/07 & Menu shortcuts implemented; bug fix/ more sensible transformation of angular vector components in different co-ordinate systems; improvements to interactive zoom and origin recentreing; improved colour-by-type option; restrictions on page size removed; minor bug fixes \\
1.7.1 & 04/01/07 & command line options for defaults and limits files added; minor bug fixes \\
1.7.0 & 13/12/06 & renamed SPLASH instead of SUPERSPHPLOT; much faster data read for gadget and sphNG reads (only required columns read); physical units can be saved to file; new menu formats; various other bug fixes \\
1.6.2 & 24/10/06 & fast particle plotting and streamline plotting implemented; more bug fixes with interactive mode on multiplots; various other bug fixes \\
1.6.1 & 24/08/06 & bug fixes to 1.6.0; further improvements to interactive mode on multiplots \\
1.6 & 11/08/06 & interactive mode on multiple plots per page; highly optimised interpolation + parallel version; new Makefile; various bug fixes \\
1.5.4 & 06/07/06 & Handles multiple SPH/non-SPH particle types; axes redrawn after plotting; minor bug fixes \\
1.5.3 & 03/07/06 & minor bug fixes/improvements to multiple plots per page, colour bar labelling, tiled plots and legend. Accelerated rendering option for projections \\
1.5.2 & 11/05/06 & S) option for saving limits and defaults; MUCH faster interactive replotting (no unnecessary re-rendering); a few other minor things \\
1.5.1 & 26/04/06 & docs updated for v1.5, other minor changes \\
1.5 & 17/03/06 & 3D perspective added, 3D opacity rendering, improved rotation, colour schemes, adjustable vector arrows (+legend), improved timestepping behaviour, speed enhancements, physical unit rescaling \\
1.0.5 & 28/09/05 & error calculation for exact solutions; legend for plot markers; exact(densityprofiles) added; more colour schemes; unit rescaling improved; other minor changes and bug fixes \\
1.0.4 & 17/08/05 & better colour schemes; interactive colour scheme changing; various minor changes and bug fixes \\
1.0.3 & 05/07/05 & rescale data option; better page setup; improved zooming; interactive particle tracking + various minor changes and bug fixes \\
1.0.2 & 01/06/05 & much improved ascii data read; better line plotting; zoom on powerspectrum plots; calculate quantities switch + various bug fixes \\
1.0.1 & 17/05/05 & better colour bar behaviour on multiplots; various minor improvements \\
1.0 & 17/04/05 & first "official" release: version given to many people at IPAM meeting and
put on web.\\

0.667 & 12/04 & This version was released to a limited number of people who had
specifically requested a copy. \\

0.666 & 10/04 & This version was released to one or two people and had some bugs still
buried. \\
