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 Package: IgorR
 Type: Package
 Title: Read Binary Files Saved by 'Igor Pro' (Including 'Neuromatic' Data)
-Version: 0.7.2.99
+Version: 0.8
 Author: Greg Jefferis with contributions from Thomas Braun
 Maintainer: Greg Jefferis <jefferis@gmail.com>
 Description: Provides function to read data from the 'Igor Pro' data analysis
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+IgorR 0.8
+=========
+* fix bug in reading igor waves with embedded non-null terminated strings (#3)
+* fix bug in reading igor pxp files with names that are not valid R names e.g. 
+  begining with an underscore. (#2)
+* Thanks to Troy Margrie, Mateo Velez and Charly Rousseau for the reports/test
+  data
+* Minor description fixes for R 3.2.0
+* dev: switch to tests in tests/testthat (making them an optional install) but 
+  keeping some igor waves required for examples in inst/igor
+* dev: switch to new style travis config
+* dev: upgrade to roxygen2 4.1.1
+
+IgorR 0.7.2
+===========
+* minor doc fixes
+
 IgorR 0.7.1
 ===========
 * Fix encoding issue of Igor pxp files containing high bytes.