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RandVar 1.2.5 (2025-01-14)

adapted reference output for new startupmsg
converted encoding to UTF-8
transformed CITATION file to new format, i.e., bibentry() instead of citEntry(), c(as.person( .... ), as.person( .... ), ...), instead of as.personList(....)
fixed some broken URLs and changed URLs from http to https where possible
changed encoding to UTF-8 and updated URL for r-forge project homepage

CITATION file now uses bibentry.
require more recent distr/distrEx versions
E methods for RandVariables gain argument diagnostic (like E()-methods in distrEx v 2.8.0)

for consistency to the univariate methods, the liesInSupport() method for DiscreteMVDistribution is called with an extra argument checkFin, which is not yet used.
E methods for RandVariables use filtering of dots arguments (like E()-methods in distrEx v 2.8.0)
E methods for RandVariables if (diagnostic==TRUE) return diagnostic attributes of S3 class "DiagnosticClass"

wherever possible also use q.l internally instead of q to provide functionality in IRKernel
DESCRIPTION tag SVNRevision changed to VCS/SVNRevision

added .Rbuildignore
introduced folder vignettes
some encoding problems with vignette which now includes "\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}"
update of Rout.save files, added seed for reproducibility
suppressed gaps handling and warnings from .makeDNew (annoying with GEVD) in .getImageDistr
deleted chm folders — they are no longer needed
RobASt-Pkgs: DESCRIPTION depends become stricter (requiring distrMod, distrEx, distr >=2.4 to be on the safe side)

implemented Nataliyas quantile trick for RandVar (util).
changed some formatting errors in .Rd files and a little error in util.R
DESCRIPTION files and package-help files gain a tag SVNRevision to be filled by get[All]RevNr.R from utils in distr

added TOBEDONE (sic!) files; in English (for possible collaborators)
added keyword robust and made some minor corrections ...
added/updated NEWS files, updated CITATION files using code by A. Zeileis
Rd-parsing: * patch for Brian Ripley's Re: [Rd] Warning: missing text for item ... in \describe? * fixed errors / warnings in .Rd files detected by parser 2 (c.f. [Rd] More intensive checking of R help files, Prof Brian Ripley, 09.01.2009 10:25)
svn-revision-tags * added in all DESCRIPTION files * added field "Encoding: latin1" to all DESCRIPTION files because substituting $LastChangedDate by svn would cause problems for packages built under Windows (German) local when checking under Linux.
removed pdf-file from version control - Rnw-file is sufficient

Introduced .Rout.save files for tests.R and examples - minor problem due to system.time: may slightly vary from run to run.

fixed "NOTE" in R CMD check for RandVar
fixed a bug introduced in the last version: function(x); is incorrect R-code ! ... -> when imageDistribution is automatically produced with .getImageDistr() by default, automatically, an AbscontDistribution was produced; this fails if result has non-trivial discrete part — in extremo: if it is a DiracDistribution. now it checks if some values are repeatedly produced in simulations; in this case it will produce a UnivarLebDecDistribution — else still an AbscontDistribution.
fixed documentation error in EuclRandVarList-class.Rd, EuclRandVariable-class.Rd
nasty little bug in matrix multiplication - wrong order of maps generated
fixed a warning issue in .Rd files of RandVar
inlcuded the svn-multi.sty svnkw.sty to RandVar/inst/doc acc. to indication by Kurt Hornik
Missing links in Rd files corrected. Links were indeed missing (cf. current version on CRAN) - name of html-file has to be specified; e.g. 0distr-package instead of distr-package.

quicker way to compute image distributions of objects of class DiscreteDistribution
use of new option "newDevice"
use of on.exit() to restore old settings for options() and par() at the end of functions
introduction of NEWS-file
update of CITATION-file (based on code provided by A. Zeileis on R help)