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 Package: BoutrosLab.plotting.general
-Version: 6.0.5
+Version: 6.1.0
 Type: Package
 Title: Functions to Create Publication-Quality Plots
 Date: 2021-10-26
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-BoutrosLab.plotting.general 6.0.5 2021-10-26
+BoutrosLab.plotting.general 6.1.0 2021-10-26
 
 UPDATE
 * Add option to use dots in a legend instead of default rectangles
-
-BUG
-* Account for case where only one colour is passed to create.heatmap
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-BoutrosLab.plotting.general 6.0.4 2021-08-30
+* Enable create.boxplot to print different text label on each panel
 
 BUG
 * Fixed inconsistent grouping of point colours in create.boxplot
+* Account for case where only one colour is passed to create.heatmap
 
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 BoutrosLab.plotting.general 6.0.3 2021-01-24