VER25.TXT	15-Feb-2006

The major new feature of version 2.5 is the ability to insert assembly
code directly into an .XPL source file using the new command word "asm".
There are also a few minor bug fixes and enhancements that have
accumulated since the last release (version 2.4.6).

The manual was updated, reflecting changes since version 2.3. There is a
new section in a separate file called ADDENDUM.TXT that describes the
major changes, such as the in-line assembly capability.

The ReadPix intrinsic (44) is many times faster when using graphic mode
$13. The BIOS call that was used previously was replaced with much faster
code that directly accesses video memory.

A bug in the Chain intrinsic (28) was fixed where ES did not point to the
PSP when a sub-program was started. Thus GetReg (intrinsic 35) returned
the wrong value in its array element 11.

There were other trivial changes such as modifying comments in STDLIB.XPL
and using modern looking lowercase names in CODESI.XPL.

The XREF utility was updated to handle in-line assembly and to not shift
names to uppercase.

-Loren Blaney
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