Final release of VEGA1.4.0

Dear colleagues,
 we are glad to announce the new final release of VEGA1.4.0
 (http://users.unimi.it/~ddl) our well known program to
 convert, manage and
 visualize of 3D structures for several platforms (Win32, Linux, Irix,
 AmigaOs).
 New features of VEGA1.4.0:
 - MDL Mol file loader.
 - Improved IFF file format (new chunks).
 - Extended command line interface for language scripting.
 - Return code handler.
 - Fix: Biosym archive 3 (.car) loader now reads the element column.
 - Fix: mol2 hack for Insight generated mol2 files.
 - Fix: mol2 saver.
 - Manual: added Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) page.
 - Win32: atom picking and interactive measures/selection (atom, distance,
 angle, torsion and angle betwee two planes).
 - Win32: Dhrystone Test plugin (tstdhry.dll) to test the CPU performance.
 - Win32: joystick control.
 - Win32: color requester.
 - Win32: customizable atom selection.
 - Win32: some new commands can be send trough the standard window port, in
 order to interpret complex command sequences.
 - Win32: now the trajectory animation is compatible with the new refresh
 mode.
 - Win32: the selection tool for trajectory analysis supports the atom
 picking.
 - Win32: the trajectory files can be opened directly with File -> Open menu
 item.
 - Win32: dynamic loading for devil.dll, fmod.dll, ilu.dll, ilut.dll,
 libbz2.dll and zlib32.dll.
 - Win32: VEGA select the dll with the optimizations for the installed CPU.
 - Win32: new menu items: Help -> Last error and Display -> Select ->
 None.
 - Win32: new demo music by Chris Hülsbeck.
 Moreover the most important feature of this release is the new plugin
 architecture  to expand the VEGA capabilities so that everyone can
 collaborate to VEGA project by writing your source code in order to add
 custom applications to VEGA platform.
 If you create a plugin, please communicate us in order to point out  your
 products in our website
 The VEGA team
 Alessandro Pedretti & Giulio Vistoli