SOFTWARE FOR PLANAR GEOMETRY OF LANDMARK DATA
         written by Joseph G. Kunkel
The enclosed software was written and used by J.G. Kunkel
to analyse insect wing landmark data.  An accompanying
program, reapit.exe, allows reaping text files of landmark
data into binary files for the programs use.  Directions for
use of the Planar 1.0 version of the program are found, along
with sample data files in self extracting archive files in
this directory. All files are available as PK-ZIPed files.

This directory contains several programs designed to run on
IBM type PCs.  They were written to be compatible with VGA
and downward graphic adapters. They will direct text output
to epson and ibm compatible printers.  Graphic output is
also directable to various Epson and IBM graphic output
printers.  Two selfextracting .exe files are available in
PCprograms directory as zipped files: plansfx.exe and sfx4_92.exe.
In addition an executable, plan_ran.exe, is an updated executable 
which adds several features for dealing with large data-sets,
improving upon the executeable packaged within plansfx.exe.
The executeable sfx4_92.exe contains a simpler program that
might be less frustrating to learn than the more advanced
plan_ran.exe.
These programs will run in a DOS window of Windows 95. In
earlier Windows environments it is better to exit Windows
and run the programs in DOS mode.
All files have beeen zip compressed and require an unzip
utility. The resulting unzipped file is a PC executeable
'.exe.' file.
The selfextracting .exe files are best extracted in a 
directory specially created to contain these files. After
the initial extraction, additional selfextracting files
will be revealed which can be run to create additional 
directories to hold sample data.
Polite Email messages to joe@bio.umass.edu for help will
usually be reponded to promptly.  The author absolves
himself from any damage to hardware or software incurred
during the use of this software.