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diff --git a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt
index 9c1ba12..f23a2c5 100644
--- a/release_docs/HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt
+++ b/release_docs/HISTORY-1_0-1_8_0_rc3.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 HDF5 HISTORY
 ============
 This file contains history of the HDF5 libraries releases starting with
-HDF5-1.0.0 and ending with HDF5-1.8.0-rc3 (the state of the code before i
+HDF5-1.0.0 and ending with HDF5-1.8.0-rc3 (the state of the code before
 the HDF5 1.8.0 release).
 
 CONTENTS
@@ -90,119 +90,119 @@ New Features
     --------------
         - Removed stream-vfd from the HDF5 library. - AKC 2007/11/19.
         - Updated versions of autotools. HDF5 now uses automake 1.10.0,
-          autoconf 2.61, and libtool 1.5.22. MAM - 2007/7/25.
+            autoconf 2.61, and libtool 1.5.22. MAM - 2007/7/25.
         - Changed default fortran compiler to g95 when gcc is used. - AKC
-          2007/2/17.
+            2007/2/17.
         - 'make check-vfd' can now be run from the top level directory. Not all
-          tests that 'make check' invokes work with certain Virtual File Drivers,
-          so those tests have been skipped. - MAM 2006/7/17
+            tests that 'make check' invokes work with certain Virtual File Drivers,
+            so those tests have been skipped. - MAM 2006/7/17
         - Added the variable HDF5TestExpress to control how long tests run.
-          Setting it to a value between 0 and 3 controls how thoroughly the
-          library is tested, with 0 being an "exhaustive run" and 3 being a
-          very quick "smoke test."  1 (a "full run") is the default.
-          -JML 2006/6/21
+            Setting it to a value between 0 and 3 controls how thoroughly the
+            library is tested, with 0 being an "exhaustive run" and 3 being a
+            very quick "smoke test."  1 (a "full run") is the default.
+            -JML 2006/6/21
         - If both shared and static libraries are installed, now both will be
-          tested during 'make install'. -MAM 2006/06/21
+            tested during 'make install'. -MAM 2006/06/21
         - Added support to explicity enable stream_vfd or shared libraries
-          when using parallel via the '--enable-stream_vfd' and
-          '--enable-shared' options, respectively. If not explicity defined,
-          These settings default to enabled when parallel is not used,
-          and disabled when parallel is used. -MAM 2006/06/17
+            when using parallel via the '--enable-stream_vfd' and
+            '--enable-shared' options, respectively. If not explicity defined,
+            These settings default to enabled when parallel is not used,
+            and disabled when parallel is used. -MAM 2006/06/17
         - Remove the flexible parallel code and the --enable-fphdf5
-          configure option, it was never up to production standards
-          anyway.  -QAK 2006/4/20
+            configure option, it was never up to production standards
+            anyway.  -QAK 2006/4/20
         - Added a macro hdf5_mpi_special_collective_io_works to filter out
-          some mpi-io packages that don't support collective IO for no IO
-          contributions in some processes. -KY 2006/2/16
-	- Added -shlib option to link against installed shared libraries to
-	  h5c++ and h5fc.  -JML 2005/11/1
-	- Added --enable-build-all option to configure, which only developers
-	  should need to use.  -JML 2005/10/24
-	- Configure uses the 'TR' variable to let the user override the path
-          to the 'tr' utility. -JML 2005/10/17
-	- Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
-	  2005/9/28.
+            some mpi-io packages that don't support collective IO for no IO
+            contributions in some processes. -KY 2006/2/16
+        - Added -shlib option to link against installed shared libraries to
+            h5c++ and h5fc.  -JML 2005/11/1
+        - Added --enable-build-all option to configure, which only developers
+            should need to use.  -JML 2005/10/24
+        - Configure uses the 'TR' variable to let the user override the path
+            to the 'tr' utility. -JML 2005/10/17
+        - Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
+            2005/9/28.
         - MD5 checksumming has been added to snapshot releases.  Release
-          tarballs will be accompanied by .md5 checksum files, which can
-          be verified using the md5sum utility.  -JML 2005/9/6
+            tarballs will be accompanied by .md5 checksum files, which can
+            be verified using the md5sum utility.  -JML 2005/9/6
         - Some configure flags are incompatible (e.g., the C++ APIs cannot
-          be built using the parallel version of HDF5).  configure will now
-          output errors when some common incompatible features are used
-          together.  -JML 2005/9/6
+            be built using the parallel version of HDF5).  configure will now
+            output errors when some common incompatible features are used
+            together.  -JML 2005/9/6
         - A new API function, H5Tis_hard(), was added to the library.  It
-          checks if a conversion function is a compiler (hard) conversion.
-          SLU - 2005/9/6
-	- t_mpi will run the test_mpio_derived_dtype by default unless it is
-	  known not working (indicated by macro H5_MPI_COMPLEX_DERIVED_DATATYPE_WORKS
-	  not defined.)  -AKC- 2005/8/23.
-	- Test execution has changed in a number of ways:
-	  When make is invoked in parallel (using -j), sequential tests
-	  are now executed as parallel make targets.  This should make them
-	  finish more quickly on machines with multiple processors.
-	  Since test output is garbled when they are executed by parallel make,
-	  tests now dump their output to foo.log files and foo.logsh files
-	  (for test scripts).  These logs are printed to the screen only
-	  when a test fails or when all tests in the current directory have
-	  completed successfully.
-	  When tests pass, they will create a foo.chkexe file.
-	  This prevents the test from executing again until the test or
-	  main library changes.
-	  All files generated by tests (*.chkexe, *.log, and any *.h5 files
-	  created) can be removed by invoking 'make check-clean'.
-	  Sequential and parallel library tests can now be invoked separately.
-	  'make check-s' will execute only sequential tests, and 'make check-p'
-	  will execute only parallel tests.  'make check' will still execute
-	  all tests.
-	    -JML 2005/08/03
+            checks if a conversion function is a compiler (hard) conversion.
+            SLU - 2005/9/6
+        - t_mpi will run the test_mpio_derived_dtype by default unless it is
+            known not working (indicated by macro H5_MPI_COMPLEX_DERIVED_DATATYPE_WORKS
+            not defined.)  -AKC- 2005/8/23.
+        - Test execution has changed in a number of ways:
+            When make is invoked in parallel (using -j), sequential tests
+            are now executed as parallel make targets.  This should make them
+            finish more quickly on machines with multiple processors.
+            Since test output is garbled when they are executed by parallel make,
+            tests now dump their output to foo.log files and foo.logsh files
+            (for test scripts).  These logs are printed to the screen only
+            when a test fails or when all tests in the current directory have
+            completed successfully.
+            When tests pass, they will create a foo.chkexe file.
+            This prevents the test from executing again until the test or
+            main library changes.
+            All files generated by tests (*.chkexe, *.log, and any *.h5 files
+            created) can be removed by invoking 'make check-clean'.
+            Sequential and parallel library tests can now be invoked separately.
+            'make check-s' will execute only sequential tests, and 'make check-p'
+            will execute only parallel tests.  'make check' will still execute
+            all tests.
+            JML - 2005/08/03
         - On windows, all.zip is deprecated. users should
              read INSTALL_Windows.txt to know the details.
              Reasons to deprecate all.zip:
-		1. Avoid confliction for windows programmers
+                1. Avoid confliction for windows programmers
                 2. Decrease size of CVS tree by adding all.zip
-	        3. Avoid using winzip as the intermediate step
+                3. Avoid using winzip as the intermediate step
              --KY 2005/04/22
-	- When HDF5 is created as a shared library, it now uses libtool's
-	  shared library versioning scheme. -JML 2005/04/18
-	- HDF5 now uses automake 1.9.5 to generate Makefiles.in.
-	  This has a number of effects on users:
-          The Fortran compiler should be set using the environment
-          variable $FC, not $F9X.  F9X still works, but is depreciated.
-	  The output of make may be different.  This should be only a
-          cosmetic effect.
-	  make depened (or make dep) is no longer recognized, since automake
-	  handles dependency tracking.
-	  Some new configure options exist.  --enable-dependency-tracking
-          and --disable-dependency-tracking are used to control automake's
-	  dependency tracking.  Dependencies are on by default *on most
-	  platforms and compilers*.  If --enable-dependency-tracking is
-	  used, they will be enabled on any platform.  However, this can
-	  slow down builds or even cause build errors in some cases.
-	  Likewise, --disable-dependency-tracking can speed up builds and
-	  avoid some build errors.
-	  Some make targets have alternate names.  make check-install and
-	  make installcheck do the same thing, for instance.
-	  pmake on IRIX can be invoked from the root directory, but the
-	  -V flag must be used to invoke it in any subdirectory or it
-	  will give an error about undefined variables.
-	  JML 2005/01 - 2005/03
-        - Hardware conversion between long double and integers is also added.
-          SLU 2005/02/10
-        - Started to support software conversion between long double and
-          integers.  Hardware conversion will come very soon.  SLU - 2005/1/6
-	- Intel v8.0 compiler would infinite loop when compiling some test
-	  code with -O3 option.  Changed enable-production default compiler
-	  option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
-	- Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
-	  stanadard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
-	- The IA64 will use ecc as the C++ compiler by default.
+        - When HDF5 is created as a shared library, it now uses libtool's
+            shared library versioning scheme. -JML 2005/04/18
+        - HDF5 now uses automake 1.9.5 to generate Makefiles.in.
+            This has a number of effects on users:
+              The Fortran compiler should be set using the environment
+              variable $FC, not $F9X.  F9X still works, but is depreciated.
+            The output of make may be different.  This should be only a
+              cosmetic effect.
+            make depened (or make dep) is no longer recognized, since automake
+            handles dependency tracking.
+            Some new configure options exist.  --enable-dependency-tracking
+              and --disable-dependency-tracking are used to control automake's
+            dependency tracking.  Dependencies are on by default *on most
+            platforms and compilers*.  If --enable-dependency-tracking is
+            used, they will be enabled on any platform.  However, this can
+            slow down builds or even cause build errors in some cases.
+            Likewise, --disable-dependency-tracking can speed up builds and
+            avoid some build errors.
+            Some make targets have alternate names.  make check-install and
+            make installcheck do the same thing, for instance.
+            pmake on IRIX can be invoked from the root directory, but the
+            -V flag must be used to invoke it in any subdirectory or it
+            will give an error about undefined variables.
+            JML 2005/01 - 2005/03
+            - Hardware conversion between long double and integers is also added.
+              SLU 2005/02/10
+            - Started to support software conversion between long double and
+              integers.  Hardware conversion will come very soon.  SLU - 2005/1/6
+        - Intel v8.0 compiler would infinite loop when compiling some test
+            code with -O3 option.  Changed enable-production default compiler
+            option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
+        - Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
+            stanadard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
+        - The IA64 will use ecc as the C++ compiler by default.
         - Added some initial support for making valgrind/Purify (or similar
             memory checking products) happier by initializing buffers to zero
             and disabling the internal free list code.  To take advantage of
             this, use the "--enable-using-memchecker" configure option when
             building the library.  QAK - 2004/07/23
         - Fixed the long compile time of H5detect.c when v7.x Intel Compiler
-	    is used with optimization NOT off.  AKC - 2004/05/20
-	- Fixed configure setting of C++ for OSF1 platform. AKC - 2004/01/06
+            is used with optimization NOT off.  AKC - 2004/05/20
+        - Fixed configure setting of C++ for OSF1 platform. AKC - 2004/01/06
         - Prefix default is changed from /usr/local to `pwd`/hdf5.
             AKC - 2003/07/09
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ New Features
        - Added H5Fget_intent to get the "intent" of a file (whether it
             was opened with read-write access or read-only.
             -JML 2006/8/23
-       - Added Link Access Property Lists. They currently contain two
+        - Added Link Access Property Lists. They currently contain two
             properties, nlinks (H5Pget/set_nlinks) and elink_prefix
             (H5Pget/set_elink_prefix). nlinks controls how many soft and
             user-defined traversals are allowed before HDF5 assumes it has
@@ -281,46 +281,46 @@ New Features
             The elink_prefix is a filesystem path that is prefixed to the
             names of any external link files opened using this LAPL.
             -JML 2006/8/23
-       - Add H5L link APIs.  Old APIs (H5Glink, H5Gmove, etc.) are still
-         supported but deprecated.
-         New APIs are:
-            H5Llink - create a link to an object given its ID
-            H5Lmove - just like H5Gmove2
-            H5Lcopy - copy a link without copying the underlying object
-            H5Lcreate_hard - like H5Glink2 for hard links
-            H5Lcreate_soft - like H5Glink2 for soft links
-            H5Ldelete - just like H5Gunlink
-            H5Lget_val - just like H5Gget_linkval
-            H5Lget_info - gets link-specific info (like H5Gget_objinfo)
-
-         In addition, H5Gcreate_anon, H5Tcommit_anon, and H5Dcreate_anon
-         no longer create links to objects; objects must be manually linked
-         using H5Llink or they will be deleted when the ID is closed.
-
-         Link Creation Property Lists can be used to pass character
-         encoding (ASCII or UTF-8) for link names and to set the Intermediate
-         Group Creation Flag:
-            H5Pset_char_encoding, H5Pget_char_encoding
-            H5Pset_copy_object, H5Pget_copy_object
-         -JML 2006/7/5
-       - Added managements of collective IO supports for chunking storage
-         inside parallel HDF5
-         1) Implemented One IO with collective mode for all chunks in the
-            application by building one MPI derived datatype accross all
-            chunks.
-         2) Implemented the decision-making support to do collective IO inside
-            MPI-IO per chunk.
-         3) Added the decision-making support to do one IO accross all chunks
-            or to do multiple IOs with each IO per chunk.
-         4) Added the support to handle the case some processes won't do any IOs in
-            collectively.
-         5) Some MPI-IO package(mpich 1.2.6 or lower, e.g.) cannot handle
-            collective IO correctly for the case when some processes have no
-            contributions to IOs, a special macro is added to change
-            collective IO mode to independent IO mode inside HDF5 library.
-
-            Currently we find that MPICH at Linux and vender MPI-IO package at NCSA
-            Altix cannot handle this case.
+        - Add H5L link APIs.  Old APIs (H5Glink, H5Gmove, etc.) are still
+            supported but deprecated.
+            New APIs are:
+                H5Llink - create a link to an object given its ID
+                H5Lmove - just like H5Gmove2
+                H5Lcopy - copy a link without copying the underlying object
+                H5Lcreate_hard - like H5Glink2 for hard links
+                H5Lcreate_soft - like H5Glink2 for soft links
+                H5Ldelete - just like H5Gunlink
+                H5Lget_val - just like H5Gget_linkval
+                H5Lget_info - gets link-specific info (like H5Gget_objinfo)
+
+            In addition, H5Gcreate_anon, H5Tcommit_anon, and H5Dcreate_anon
+            no longer create links to objects; objects must be manually linked
+            using H5Llink or they will be deleted when the ID is closed.
+
+            Link Creation Property Lists can be used to pass character
+            encoding (ASCII or UTF-8) for link names and to set the Intermediate
+            Group Creation Flag:
+                H5Pset_char_encoding, H5Pget_char_encoding
+                H5Pset_copy_object, H5Pget_copy_object
+            -JML 2006/7/5
+        - Added managements of collective IO supports for chunking storage
+             inside parallel HDF5
+             1) Implemented One IO with collective mode for all chunks in the
+                application by building one MPI derived datatype accross all
+                chunks.
+             2) Implemented the decision-making support to do collective IO inside
+                MPI-IO per chunk.
+             3) Added the decision-making support to do one IO accross all chunks
+                or to do multiple IOs with each IO per chunk.
+             4) Added the support to handle the case some processes won't do any IOs in
+                collectively.
+             5) Some MPI-IO package(mpich 1.2.6 or lower, e.g.) cannot handle
+                collective IO correctly for the case when some processes have no
+                contributions to IOs, a special macro is added to change
+                collective IO mode to independent IO mode inside HDF5 library.
+
+                Currently we find that MPICH at Linux and vender MPI-IO package at NCSA
+                Altix cannot handle this case.
 
              "hdf5_mpi_special_collective_io_works=${hdf5_mpi_special_collective_io_works='no'}"
               has been added at the end of file <ia64-linux-gnui> and
@@ -332,25 +332,25 @@ New Features
              support this.
 
              KY - 2006/02/16
-       - Added character encoding to attribute creation property lists.
+        - Added character encoding to attribute creation property lists.
             JML - 2006/01/02
-       - Added H5Gcopy() routine to copy objects between while keeping
-         data in compressed form.  QAK - 2005/11/06
-       - Added H5Sextent_equal() routine.  QAK - 2005/11/06
-       - Added HSYS_ERROR which retrieves the system error message and pushes
-         it to the error stack.  This gives more information of the failed
-	 system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
-       - Added H5F_OBJ_LOCAL flag to H5Fget_obj_count() & H5Fget_obj_ids(), to
-         allow querying for objects in file that were opened with a particular
-         file ID, instead of all objects opened in file with any file ID.
-         QAK - 2005/06/01
-       - Added H5T_CSET_UTF8 character set to mark datatypes that use the
-         UTF-8 Unicode character encoding.  Added tests to ensure that
-         library handles UTF-8 object names, attributes, etc. -JL 2005/05/13
-       - HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
-         dataset. Irregular selection is when users use H5Sselect_hyperslab
-         more than once for the same dataset.
-         Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support complicated MPI derived
+        - Added H5Gcopy() routine to copy objects between while keeping
+            data in compressed form.  QAK - 2005/11/06
+        - Added H5Sextent_equal() routine.  QAK - 2005/11/06
+        - Added HSYS_ERROR which retrieves the system error message and pushes
+            it to the error stack.  This gives more information of the failed
+            system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
+        - Added H5F_OBJ_LOCAL flag to H5Fget_obj_count() & H5Fget_obj_ids(), to
+            allow querying for objects in file that were opened with a particular
+            file ID, instead of all objects opened in file with any file ID.
+            QAK - 2005/06/01
+        - Added H5T_CSET_UTF8 character set to mark datatypes that use the
+            UTF-8 Unicode character encoding.  Added tests to ensure that
+            library handles UTF-8 object names, attributes, etc. -JL 2005/05/13
+        - HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
+            dataset. Irregular selection is when users use H5Sselect_hyperslab
+            more than once for the same dataset.
+            Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support complicated MPI derived
                      datatype used in the implementation of irregular
                      selection INSIDE HDF5.
                      1) DEC 5.x is not supporting complicated derived datatype.
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ New Features
                         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' should be
                         added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
                      KY - 2005/09/12
-        We also found not all MPI-IO packages support collective IO with one
+                    We also found not all MPI-IO packages support collective IO with one
                     or more processes to have no contributions to IO.
                      For mpich version 1.2.6 or lower and all IRIX machine,
                      if the library  checks that there are no IO contributions for some
@@ -386,30 +386,30 @@ New Features
                      KY - 2006/05/04
 
         - HDF5 N-bit filter
-          HDF5 support N-bit filter from this version,
-          The N-Bit filter is used effectively for compressing data of N-Bit
-          datatype as well as compound and array datatype with N-Bit fields.
-          KY - 2005/04/15
+            HDF5 support N-bit filter from this version,
+            The N-Bit filter is used effectively for compressing data of N-Bit
+            datatype as well as compound and array datatype with N-Bit fields.
+            KY - 2005/04/15
         - HDF5 scaleoffset filter
-          HDF5 supports scaleoffset filter for users to do data
-          compression through HDF5 library.
-          Scale-Offset compression performs a scale and/or offset operation
-          on each data value and truncates the resulting value to a minimum
-          number of bits and then stores the data.
-          Scaleoffset filter supports floating-point and integer datatype.
-          Please check the HDF5 reference manual for this.
-          KY - 2005/06/06
+            HDF5 supports scaleoffset filter for users to do data
+            compression through HDF5 library.
+            Scale-Offset compression performs a scale and/or offset operation
+            on each data value and truncates the resulting value to a minimum
+            number of bits and then stores the data.
+            Scaleoffset filter supports floating-point and integer datatype.
+            Please check the HDF5 reference manual for this.
+            KY - 2005/06/06
         - Retired SRB vfd (--with-srb). Functions H5Pset_fapl_srb and
-          H5Pget_fapl_srb were removed.  EIP - 2005/04/07
-	- Retired GASS vfd (--with-gass).  Functions H5Pset_fapl_gass and
-	  H5Pget_fapl_gass are removed too.  AKC - 2005/3/3
+            H5Pget_fapl_srb were removed.  EIP - 2005/04/07
+        - Retired GASS vfd (--with-gass).  Functions H5Pset_fapl_gass and
+            H5Pget_fapl_gass are removed too.  AKC - 2005/3/3
         - Pablo was removed from the source code EIP - 2005/01/21
         - Modified registration of SZIP to dynamically detect the presence
             or absence of the encoder.  Changed configure and Makefiles,
             and tests to dynamically detect encoder. BEM - 2004/11/02
-	- Added function H5Pget_data_transform, together with the previously
-	    added H5Pset_data_transform, to support the data transform
-	    feature. AKC - 2004/10/26
+        - Added function H5Pget_data_transform, together with the previously
+            added H5Pset_data_transform, to support the data transform
+            feature. AKC - 2004/10/26
         - Compound datatype has been enhanced with a new feature of size
             adjustment.  The size can be increased and decreased(without
             cutting the last member) as long as it doesn't go down to zero.
@@ -442,15 +442,15 @@ New Features
         - Added support for user defined identifier types.  NF/JL - 2004/06/29
         - A new API function H5Fget_filesize was added.  It returns the
             actual file size of the opened file.  SLU - 2004/06/24
-	- New Feature of Data transformation is added.  AKC - 2004/05/03.
+        - New Feature of Data transformation is added.  AKC - 2004/05/03.
         - New exception handler for datatype conversion is put in to
             replace the old overflow callback function.  This exception
             handler is set through H5Pset_type_conv_cb function.
             SLU - 2004/4/27
         - Added option that if $HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK is set to 2,
-	    will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
-	    AKC - 2004/4/14
-	- A new type of dataspace, null dataspace(dataspace without any
+            will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
+            AKC - 2004/4/14
+        - A new type of dataspace, null dataspace(dataspace without any
             element) was added.  SLU - 2004/3/24
         - Data type conversion(software) from integer to float was added.
             SLU - 2004/3/13
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ New Features
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
-	- Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/9/28.
-	- A dataset created in serial mode with H5D_ALLOC_TIME_INCR allocation
-	  setting was not extendible, either explicitly by H5Dextend or
-	  implicitly by writing to unallocated chunks.	Library now allocates
-	  more space when needed or directed if the file is opened by parallel
-	  mode, independent of what the dataset allocation mode is.
-	  CC/AKC - 2005/08/29.
+        - Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/9/28.
+        - A dataset created in serial mode with H5D_ALLOC_TIME_INCR allocation
+            setting was not extendible, either explicitly by H5Dextend or
+            implicitly by writing to unallocated chunks.    Library now allocates
+            more space when needed or directed if the file is opened by parallel
+            mode, independent of what the dataset allocation mode is.
+            CC/AKC - 2005/08/29.
         - Allow compressed, chunked datasets to be read in parallel.
             QAK - 2004/10/04
         - Add options of using atomicity and file-sync to test_mpio_1wMr.
@@ -507,16 +507,16 @@ New Features
          - added new functions h5fget_name_f and h5fget_filesize_f
                                                  EIP 2004/07/08
          - h5dwrite/read_f and h5awrite/read_f functions only accept dims parameter
-            of the type INTEGER(HSIZE_T).
+                of the type INTEGER(HSIZE_T).
          - added support for native integers of 8 bytes (i.e. when special
-           compiler flag is specified to set native fortran integers to 8 bytes,
-           for example, -i8 flag for PGI and Absoft Fortran compilers,
-           -qintsize=8 flag for IBM xlf compiler).
+            compiler flag is specified to set native fortran integers to 8 bytes,
+            for example, -i8 flag for PGI and Absoft Fortran compilers,
+            -qintsize=8 flag for IBM xlf compiler).
                                                  EIP 2005/06/20
          - added support for "big" REAL and DOUBLE PRECISION types
-           (usually the size is specified by compilers flags like
-            -r8, -r16, etc.)
-           Known problem: multi file test fails when REAL is 16 bytes.
+            (usually the size is specified by compilers flags like
+                -r8, -r16, etc.)
+            Known problem: multi file test fails when REAL is 16 bytes.
                                                 EIP 2005/09/8
 
     C++ Library:
@@ -539,41 +539,41 @@ New Features
     Tools:
     ------
         - h5repack and h5diff changed command line parameter syntax to be
-           similar to h5dump, adding also long switch names. PVN - 2008/1/16
+            similar to h5dump, adding also long switch names. PVN - 2008/1/16
         - h5repack now supports adding multiple filters to all objects.
-	     PVN - 2008/1/16
+            PVN - 2008/1/16
         - h5dump lists groups and attributes in requested orders (by name and
-           creation order, both ascending and descending). PVN - 2007/10/5
+            creation order, both ascending and descending). PVN - 2007/10/5
         - h5import imports string (text) data. PVN - 2007/10/5
         - h52gif and gif2h5: Both these tools were revised to include the High
-          Level Image API support, and tests were added to /hl/tools/gif2h5.
-           PVN - 2007/04/13
+            Level Image API support, and tests were added to /hl/tools/gif2h5.
+            PVN - 2007/04/13
         - h5dump: added support for double long type H5T_NATIVE_LDOUBLE. PVN
-           2007/03/13
+            2007/03/13
         - h5dump: added support for binary output, see usage. PVN 2007/03/13
         - h5repack: added support for the new nbit and scaleoffset filters.
-           PVN - 2007/05/07
+            PVN - 2007/05/07
         - h5repack: now uses the API function H5Ocopy (of the tool h5copy) to
-           recreate objects if there is not a user input for changes. PVN -
-           2007/05/07
+            recreate objects if there is not a user input for changes. PVN -
+            2007/05/07
         - h5repack: added support for reading and repacking  by hyperslabs for
-           large files. PVN - 2007/03/01
+            large files. PVN - 2007/03/01
         - h5repack: a new option allows the copy using the file type (default)
-           instead of the previous conversion to native type. PVN - 2007/03/01
+            instead of the previous conversion to native type. PVN - 2007/03/01
         - h5repack: output the percentage of compression used. PVN - 2007/03/01
         - h5diff: added support for -p option for unsigned long_long data. PVN
-          - 2007/02/26
+            2007/02/26
         - h5diff: added support for comparing dataset regions. PVN - 2007/02/20
         - h5diff: added support for reading and comparing by hyperslabs for large files.
-           PVN - 2007/02/20
+            PVN - 2007/02/20
         - h5diff: printing of dataset dimensions along with dataset name. PVN -2007/02/19
         - h5dump now uses the new API function H5Rget_name to display the name
-          of the dataset referenced instead of its ID. PVN - 2007/02/19
+            of the dataset referenced instead of its ID. PVN - 2007/02/19
         - Added new tool, h5mkgrp. QAK - 2007/02/14
         - Added new tool, h5copy. PVN - 2006/7/15
-	- Removed obsolete pdb2hdf5 tool from tools/misc  -JML 2005/10/24
-	- Added build_h5perf_alone.sh that builds h5perf by standalone mode.
-	  AKC - 2005/09/18.
+        - Removed obsolete pdb2hdf5 tool from tools/misc  -JML 2005/10/24
+        - Added build_h5perf_alone.sh that builds h5perf by standalone mode.
+            AKC - 2005/09/18.
         - Sped up h5dump on files with large numbers of objects.
             QAK - 2005/08/25
         - Added a standalone mode for building h5perf.  AKC - 2005/08/12
@@ -584,8 +584,8 @@ New Features
             available for h5dump and h5ls.  RPM & QAK - 2004/02/01
         - Added option --vfd= to h5ls to allow a VFL driver to be selected
             by a user.  RPM & QAK - 2004/02/01
-	- Added option -showconfig to compiler tools (h5cc,h5fc,h5c++).
-	    AKC - 2004/01/08
+        - Added option -showconfig to compiler tools (h5cc,h5fc,h5c++).
+            AKC - 2004/01/08
         - Install the "h5cc" and "h5fc" tools as "h5pcc" and "h5pfc"
             respectively if library is built in parallel mode.
             WCW - 2003/11/04
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ New Features
     ------
         - Fortran interfaces for the Image, Table and Lite APIs. PVN - 2007/5/1
         - New HDF5 Dimension Scale API (H5DS) allows dimension scales to be
-          created in an HDF5 file and associated with specific datasets. PVN - 2007/5/1
+            created in an HDF5 file and associated with specific datasets. PVN - 2007/5/1
         - There are two new functions in the Lite library, H5LTtext_to_dtype
             and H5LTdtype_to_text.  H5LTtext_to_dtype creates a HDF5 data type
             given a text description; H5LTdtype_to_text converts a data type
@@ -628,19 +628,19 @@ New Features
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 =======================================
         - Added support for Free-BSD on amd64 with GNU C and Fortran compilers
-          4.2.1
+            4.2.1
                                                      EIP - 2007/06/25
         - Added support for sequential and parallel libraries for Intel 64 Linux
-          cluster (abe.ncsa.uiuc.edu).  Among three MPICH packages available on
-          this machine, only Open MPI works.  The VMI has seg fault in hyperslab.c
-          and bittests.c tests.  The MVAPICH2 complained about mpd not running
-          the parallel test.  (see Known Problems section for more info)
+            cluster (abe.ncsa.uiuc.edu).  Among three MPICH packages available on
+            this machine, only Open MPI works.  The VMI has seg fault in hyperslab.c
+            and bittests.c tests.  The MVAPICH2 complained about mpd not running
+            the parallel test.  (see Known Problems section for more info)
                                                      EIP - 2007/06/25
         - Added support for HPUX11.23 for both 32 and 64-bit; HDF5 C++
         - Added support for 64-bit Windows with Visual Studio .NET and 2005.
             SJW - 2007/06/25
         - Added suport for HPUX11.23 for both 32 and 64-bit; HDF5 C++
-          shared library is not supported with +DD64 flag.
+            shared library is not supported with +DD64 flag.
                                                      EIP - 2006/06/22
         - Added support for VAX floating numbers for Alpha Open VMS 7.3.2
                                                      EIP - 2006/05/05
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
         - Fixed bug where unmounted files could cause the library to go into
             an infinite loop when shutting down.  QAK - 2005/06/30
         - The library didn't save the information of family driver in file.
-          The original file member size was lost after file was closed (see
-          bug #213).  This has been fixed by saving driver name and member
-          file size in the superblock.  SLU - 2005/6/24
+            The original file member size was lost after file was closed (see
+            bug #213).  This has been fixed by saving driver name and member
+            file size in the superblock.  SLU - 2005/6/24
         - Fixed bug with hyperslab selections that use selection offsets and
             operate on chunked datasets going into infinite loop or dumping
             core.  QAK - 2005/06/17
@@ -762,20 +762,20 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
             particular file ID being closed, instead of operating on all open
             file IDs for a given file.  QAK - 2005/06/01
         - For family driver, the library didn't save member size in file.
-          When file is reopened, the size of 1st member file determine the
-          member size.  Now member size is saved in file and is used to
-          define member file size.  Wrong file access property of member size
-          will result in a failure.  Using any other driver except family
-          will cause library to return error.  So is multi driver. SLU -
-          2005/05/24
+            When file is reopened, the size of 1st member file determine the
+            member size.  Now member size is saved in file and is used to
+            define member file size.  Wrong file access property of member size
+            will result in a failure.  Using any other driver except family
+            will cause library to return error.  So is multi driver. SLU -
+            2005/05/24
         - Fixed error in opening object in group that was opened in mounted
-          file which has been unmounted.  QAK - 2005/03/17
+            file which has been unmounted.  QAK - 2005/03/17
         - Fixed a racing condition in MPIPOSIX virtual file drive close
-	  function.  Now all processes must completed the close before any
-	  of them is returned.  This prevents some "faster" processes start
-	  accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
-	  while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
-	  the previous purpose.  AKC - 2005/03/01
+            function.  Now all processes must completed the close before any
+            of them is returned.  This prevents some "faster" processes start
+            accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
+            while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
+            the previous purpose.  AKC - 2005/03/01
         - H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct
             value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first.  It's fixed.  SLU -
             2005/02/08
@@ -794,15 +794,15 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
             SLU - 2004/10/5
         - Fixed address check in Core VFL driver to avoid spurious address/size
             overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
-	- Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
-	    I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
-	    processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
+        - Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
+            I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
+            processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
         - Corrected error where dataset region references were written in an
             incorrect way on Cray machines.  PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
         - The H5Tget_native_type now determines the native type for integers
-	    based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting
+            based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting
             an int to a short in machines that have a short of 8 bytes but with
-	    32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07
+            32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07
         - Changed H5Dread() to not overwrite data in an application's buffer
             with garbage when accessing a chunked dataset with an undefined
             fill value and an unwritten chunk is uncountered.  QAK - 2004/08/25
@@ -852,10 +852,10 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
             too large (a value greater than could be represented in 32-bits)
             could cause the incorrect amount of space to be allocated in a
             file for the raw data for the dataset.  QAK - 2004/06/01
-	- Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
+        - Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
             machines.  AKC - 2004/4/16
         - Fixed problem with fletcher32 filter when converting data of different
-	    endianess. PVN - 2004/03/10
+            endianess. PVN - 2004/03/10
         - Fixed problem with H5Tget_native_type() not handling opaque fields
             correctly.  QAK - 2004/01/31
         - Fixed several errors in B-tree deletion code which could cause a
@@ -970,8 +970,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-	- Configure can now use any tr command.  No more need for
-	  defining variable TR nor is it supported. -AKC 2006/05/19
+        - Configure can now use any tr command.  No more need for
+            defining variable TR nor is it supported. -AKC 2006/05/19
         - Parallel I/O with the MPI-I/O driver will no longer work if the
             filesystem is not POSIX compliant.  The "HDF5_MPI_1_METAWRITE"
             environment variable has been removed.  QAK - 2004/01/30
@@ -991,27 +991,27 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
     Tools
     -----
         - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of blocks in hyperslab
-           selections. PVN 2008/01/16
+            selections. PVN 2008/01/16
         - Fixed h5diff regarding the display of NaN (Not a Number)
-           values. PVN 2008/01/16
-	- Fixed h5dump regarding the parsing of binary output parameters.
-           PVN 2008/01/16
-	- Fixed memory problems in h52gif and gif2h5. PVN 2008/01/16
-	- Fixed h5repack dealing with NULL references. PVN 2008/01/16
+            values. PVN 2008/01/16
+        - Fixed h5dump regarding the parsing of binary output parameters.
+            PVN 2008/01/16
+        - Fixed memory problems in h52gif and gif2h5. PVN 2008/01/16
+        - Fixed h5repack dealing with NULL references. PVN 2008/01/16
         - Fixed h5dump & h5ls to display attributes in "name" order, rather
-           than the order they are encountered in the object header.
-           QAK - 2007/10/04
+            than the order they are encountered in the object header.
+            QAK - 2007/10/04
         - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of named datatypes
-           attributes. PVN 2007/03/13
+            attributes. PVN 2007/03/13
         - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of group comments. PVN
-           2007/03/13
+            2007/03/13
         - Fixed h5dump regarding the display of hardlinks pointing
-           to the root group. PVN 2007/03/13
+            to the root group. PVN 2007/03/13
         - Fixed h5diff percentage option -p. PVN 2007/03/05
         - Fixed h5dump that caused array indices greater than 2 ^32-1
-           not to be printed correctly - PVN 2007/2/19
+            not to be printed correctly - PVN 2007/2/19
         - Fixed h5dump to print attributes data in ASCII if -r option is used.
-	    AKC - 2004/11/18
+            AKC - 2004/11/18
         - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error in formula
             used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
         - Fixed h5redeploy which sometimes complain too many argument for the
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-rc* release
                                   Intel 9.1 (icc, ifort, icpc)
     Linux 2.6.16.27 x86_64 AMD    gcc 4.1.0 (SuSE Linux), g++ 4.1.0, g95 (GCC 4.0.3)
     (smirom)                      PGI 6.2-5 (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC)
-                         	  Intel 9.1 (icc, iort, icpc)
+                                  Intel 9.1 (icc, iort, icpc)
     Linux 2.6.5-7.252.1-rtgfx #1
           SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
     (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 9.0
@@ -1092,23 +1092,23 @@ Platforms marked with * were not tested for hdf5-1.8.0-rc* release
     (linew)                       f90: Sun Fortran 95 8.2
                                   CC: Sun C++ 5.8
     Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
-    (tungsten)	                  gcc 3.2.2 20030222
+    (tungsten)                      gcc 3.2.2 20030222
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_292.til1 ia64
     (NCSA tg-login)               gcc 3.2.2
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.1
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
+                                  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
     Windows XP
-				  Visual Studio .NET
+                                  Visual Studio .NET
                                   Visual Studio 2005 w/ Intel Fortran 9.1
                                   Cygwin(native gcc compiler and g95)
-				  MinGW(native gcc compiler and g95)
+                                  MinGW(native gcc compiler and g95)
     Windows XP x64
-			          Visual Studio 2005 w/ Intel Fortran 9.1
+                                  Visual Studio 2005 w/ Intel Fortran 9.1
     Windows Vista
-			          Visual Studio 2005
+                                  Visual Studio 2005
 
     MAC OS  10.4 (Intel)          gcc i686-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1
                                   G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Nov 21 2006)
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ Alpha OpenVMS 7.3.2      n       n         n         y        n
            (12) AMD Opteron x86_64
            (13) ifort
            (14) Yes with C and Fortran, but not with C++
-	   (15) Using Visual Studio 2005 or Cygwin
+    (15) Using Visual Studio 2005 or Cygwin
            (16) Not tested for this release.
     Compiler versions for each platform are listed in the preceding
     "Platforms Tested" table.
@@ -1420,13 +1420,13 @@ Known Problems
 
         ($* > $STDOUT_FILE) >& $STDERR_FILE
 
-	set RETURN_VALUE=$status
+    set RETURN_VALUE=$status
 
         cat $STDOUT_FILE
 
         tail +3 $STDERR_FILE
 
-	exit $RETURN_VALUE
+    exit $RETURN_VALUE
 
   You get the HDF make files and test scipts to execute your filter script
   by setting the environment variable "RUNSERIAL" to the full path of the
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.5 Release
     -------
         - Fixed several bugs with writing fill values for datasets that have
             a variable-length datatype or component datatype.  QAK -
-2007/06/19
+            2007/06/19
         - STDIO driver didn't support files bigger than 2GB because the OFFSET
             parameter of fseek is of type LONG INT, not big enough for big
             files.  Use fseeko instead for big files if it's available on the
@@ -2083,7 +2083,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.5 Release
         - Fixed potential file corruption bug which could overwrite a portion
             of an object's header when an attribute was renamed.  If the new
             name for the attribute was longer than the old name, it was
-possible
+            possible
             that the attribute would grow enough to overwrite another message
             in the object's header.  QAK - 2007/01/02
         - Fixed file corruption bug which could write an incorrect number of
@@ -2108,11 +2108,11 @@ possible
             resembles the following, the object has been affected by this bug:
 
               #007: ../../hdf5_v1.6/src/H5C.c line 3887 in H5C_load_entry():
-unable to load entry
+                unable to load entry
                 major(08): Meta data cache layer
                 minor(40): Unable to load metadata into cache
               #008: ../../hdf5_v1.6/src/H5Ocache.c line 332 in H5O_load():
-corrupt object header - too few messages
+                corrupt object header - too few messages
                 major(12): Object header layer
                 minor(40): Unable to load metadata into cache
 
@@ -2175,8 +2175,7 @@ corrupt object header - too few messages
           - Wrappers of H5Rcreate had incorrect prototypes.  Added these
             overloaded functions:
                   IdComponent::reference(void* ref, const char* name,
-DataSpace&
-                          dataspace, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_DATASET_REGION)
+                  DataSpace& dataspace, H5R_type_t ref_type = H5R_DATASET_REGION)
                   IdComponent::void reference(void* ref, const char* name)
                   IdComponent::reference(void* ref, const H5std_string& name)
             and will remove these incorrect member functions:
@@ -2621,62 +2620,62 @@ New Features
 ============
     Configuration:
     -------------------------
-	- Added yodconfigure, a configure tool, that patches up the configure
-	  file to allow configure to launch executable via the proper
-	  launching command like "yod -sz 1".  AKC - 2005/11/10
-	- Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
-          tr utility.  JML 2005/10/20
+        - Added yodconfigure, a configure tool, that patches up the configure
+            file to allow configure to launch executable via the proper
+            launching command like "yod -sz 1".  AKC - 2005/11/10
+        - Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
+            tr utility.  JML 2005/10/20
 
     Source code distribution:
     -------------------------
-	- Added g95 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+        - Added g95 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
         - Added MD5 checksumming to snapshot releases.  Releases will now
-          produce an .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
-          used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
+            produce an .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
+            used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
 
     Library:
     --------
         - Added HSYS_ERROR which retrieves the system error message and pushes
-          it to the error stack.  This provides more information regarding the
-	  failed system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
+            it to the error stack.  This provides more information regarding the
+            failed system call. AKC - 2005/08/04
         - Added H5F_OBJ_LOCAL flag to H5Fget_obj_count() & H5Fget_obj_ids(), to
-          allow querying for objects in a file that was opened with a particular
-          file ID, instead of all objects opened in the file with any file ID.
-          QAK - 2005/06/01
+            allow querying for objects in a file that was opened with a particular
+            file ID, instead of all objects opened in the file with any file ID.
+            QAK - 2005/06/01
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
-	- Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
-	- HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
-	  dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
-	  more than once for the same dataset.
-	  Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support the complicated
-	  MPI derived datatypes used in the implementation of irregular
-	  selections INSIDE HDF5.
-	  1) DEC 5.x wdoes not support complicated derived datatypes.
-	  2) For AIX 5.1:
-	     If your poe version number is 3.2.0.20 or lower,
-	     please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x in the directory hdf5/config/.
-	     Find the line with
-	          << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works >>
-	     and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
-	     check poe version with the following command:
-	     lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
-	  3) For Linux cluster,:
-	     If mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
-	     IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
-	  4) For IRIX 6.5:
-	     if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular
-	     selection IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
-	  5) For platforms which internally used mpich:
-	     If the mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the
-	     corresponding config (in hdf5/config) file and add
-	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no'
-	     at the end of the configuration file. For example, on the
-	     NCSA SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So
-	         hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no'
-	     should be added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
-	     KY - 2005/09/12
+        - Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+        - HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
+            dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
+            more than once for the same dataset.
+            Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support the complicated
+            MPI derived datatypes used in the implementation of irregular
+            selections INSIDE HDF5.
+            1) DEC 5.x wdoes not support complicated derived datatypes.
+            2) For AIX 5.1:
+                If your poe version number is 3.2.0.20 or lower,
+                please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x in the directory hdf5/config/.
+                Find the line with
+                    << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works >>
+                and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
+                check poe version with the following command:
+                lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
+            3) For Linux cluster,:
+                If mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
+                IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
+            4) For IRIX 6.5:
+                if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular
+                selection IO is not supported; internally independent IO is used.
+            5) For platforms which internally used mpich:
+                If the mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the
+                corresponding config (in hdf5/config) file and add
+                    hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no'
+                at the end of the configuration file. For example, on the
+                NCSA SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So
+                    hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no'
+                should be added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
+                KY - 2005/09/12
 
     Tools:
     ------
@@ -2691,24 +2690,24 @@ New Features
     C++ API:
     --------
         - Added missing member functions:
-		H5::CompType::getMemberArrayType
-		H5::CompType::getMemberVarLenType
-		H5::AbstractDs::getArrayType
-		H5::AbstractDs::getVarLenType
-		H5::CommonFG::openArrayType
-		H5::CommonFG::openVarLenType
-		H5::PropList::copyProp -- this will replace the current
-			H5::PropList::copyProp in later releases due
-			to incorrect prototype.
-		BMR - 2005/07/27
+            H5::CompType::getMemberArrayType
+            H5::CompType::getMemberVarLenType
+            H5::AbstractDs::getArrayType
+            H5::AbstractDs::getVarLenType
+            H5::CommonFG::openArrayType
+            H5::CommonFG::openVarLenType
+            H5::PropList::copyProp -- this will replace the current
+            H5::PropList::copyProp in later releases due
+            to incorrect prototype.
+            BMR - 2005/07/27
 
 
 Support for New Platforms, Languages and Compilers
 ==================================================
-    - Added support for RedStorm platform (serial only.)  AKC 2005/11/10
-    - Added support for BG/L platform (serial only.)  LA 2005/11/10
-    - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
-      with the +DD64 flag
+        - Added support for RedStorm platform (serial only.)  AKC 2005/11/10
+        - Added support for BG/L platform (serial only.)  LA 2005/11/10
+        - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
+              with the +DD64 flag
                                              EIP 2005/10/05
 
 
@@ -2769,11 +2768,11 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 Release
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-	- Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
-	  2005/9/28.
-	- Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
-	    icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
-	    8. AKC - 2005/09/02
+        - Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
+            2005/9/28.
+        - Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
+            icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
+            8. AKC - 2005/09/02
 
     Performance
     -------------
@@ -2793,15 +2792,15 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 Release
 
     C++ API
     -------
-	- Several member functions' prototype changed due to the
-	  "int -> unsigned" change in the main library.  They are:
-		H5::CompType::getMemberDataType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberCompType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberEnumType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberIntType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberFloatType(unsigned member_num)
-		H5::CompType::getMemberStrType(unsigned member_num)
-		BMR - 2005/07/27
+    - Several member functions' prototype changed due to the
+    "int -> unsigned" change in the main library.  They are:
+        H5::CompType::getMemberDataType(unsigned member_num)
+        H5::CompType::getMemberCompType(unsigned member_num)
+        H5::CompType::getMemberEnumType(unsigned member_num)
+        H5::CompType::getMemberIntType(unsigned member_num)
+        H5::CompType::getMemberFloatType(unsigned member_num)
+        H5::CompType::getMemberStrType(unsigned member_num)
+        BMR - 2005/07/27
 
 
 
@@ -2812,14 +2811,14 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.6
                                   xlf 8.1.1.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.6
-				  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.6
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
                                   mpxlf_r 8.1.1.3
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
     AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit)           xlc 6.0.0.8
                                   xlC 6.0.0.9
                                   xlf 8.1.1.7
@@ -2851,30 +2850,30 @@ Platforms Tested
     IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
                                   F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
                                   C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
-				  mpt 1.6
+                                  mpt 1.6
     Linux 2.4.20-28.7             gcc 2.96
     (eirene, verbena)             gcc 3.3.2
                                   PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC)
                                   version 5.2-1
                                   Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
-                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
                                   MPIch 1.2.6
     Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64   gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD)
     (mir)                         PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32)
-                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
     Linux 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 Altix
           SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
     (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
                                   SGI MPI
     OSF1 V5.1 (QSC)               Compaq C V6.5-011
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-036
-				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-036
+                                  MPIX200_64_r13.4
     OSF1 V5.1 (PSC)               Compaq C V6.5-303
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
     SunOS 5.8 32,46               Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
      (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
                                   Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
@@ -2886,12 +2885,12 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
                                   Patch 111685-13
     Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
-    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
+    (tungsten)                    Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_292.til1 ia64
     (NCSA tg-login)               Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
+                                  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
                                   MSVC++ 6.0
                                   Intel 8.1 C++
@@ -2913,7 +2912,7 @@ Key:   y   = tested and supported
 
 Platform                             C        F90    F90      C++  zlib  SZIP
                                      parallel        parallel
-IBM BG/L (16)			     n        n      n        n    y     y
+IBM BG/L (16)                 n        n      n        n    y     y
 Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
 Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
 Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
@@ -2936,7 +2935,7 @@ FreeBSD 4.11                         n        n      n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W (3)                    y(1)     y(11)  n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W Intel (3)              n        y      n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W PGI (3)                n        y      n        y    y     y
-RedStorm (16)			     n        y      n        y    y     n
+RedStorm (16)                 n        y      n        y    y     n
 SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n        y(12)  n        y    y     y
 SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               n        y(14)  n        y    y     y
 Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  n        y      n        y    y     y
@@ -2946,7 +2945,7 @@ Linux 2.4 SGI Altix ia64 Intel (3)   y        y      y        y    y     y
 
 Platform                             Shared        static-  Thread-  STREAM-
                                      libraries(4)  exec     safe     VFD
-IBM BG/L 			     n              y       n        n
+IBM BG/L                  n              y       n        n
 Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
 Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
 Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
@@ -2968,7 +2967,7 @@ FreeBSD 4.11                         y              y       y        y
 RedHat 7.3   W (3)                   y              y       y        y
 RedHat 7.3  W  Intel (3)             n              y       n        y
 RedHat 7.3  W  PGI (3)               n              y       n        y
-RedStorm 			     n              y       n        y
+RedStorm                  n              y       n        y
 SuSe x86_64 gcc (3,13)               n              y       n        y
 SuSe x86_64 icc (3,13)               y              y(15)   n        y
 Linux 2.4 Xeon C Lustre Intel (3,6)  y              y       n        y
@@ -3262,7 +3261,7 @@ New Features
 
     Tools:
     ------
-	- New tool, h5jam.  See HDF5 Reference Manual.  2004/10/08
+        - New tool, h5jam.  See HDF5 Reference Manual.  2004/10/08
 
     F90 API:
     --------
@@ -3270,9 +3269,9 @@ New Features
 
     C++ API:
     --------
-	- Started using C library's reference counting in place of the class
-	  RefCounter, which existed before the C mechanism was available.
-	  As a result, RefCounter has been removed.  2005/03/12 BMR
+        - Started using C library's reference counting in place of the class
+            RefCounter, which existed before the C mechanism was available.
+            As a result, RefCounter has been removed.  2005/03/12 BMR
 
 
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
@@ -3280,7 +3279,7 @@ Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-	- Upgraded from GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59.  JML - 2005/01/31
+        - Upgraded from GNU autoconf 2.53 to autoconf 2.59.  JML - 2005/01/31
 
 
 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
@@ -3289,54 +3288,54 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.3 release
     Library
     -------
         - Fixed a racing condition in MPIPOSIX virtual file drive close
-	  function.  Now all processes must completed the close before any
-	  of them is returned.  This prevents some "faster" processes start
-	  accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
-	  while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
-	  the previous purpose.  AKC - 2005/03/01
-	- H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct
-          value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first.  It's fixed.  SLU -
-          2005/02/08
+              function.  Now all processes must completed the close before any
+              of them is returned.  This prevents some "faster" processes start
+              accessing the file for another purpose (e.g., open with truncate)
+              while other "slower" processes have not closed the same file with
+              the previous purpose.  AKC - 2005/03/01
+        - H5Tget_member_value calls for enum datatype didn't return correct
+              value if H5Tenum_valueof was called first.  It's fixed.  SLU -
+              2005/02/08
         - For variable-length string, H5Tget_class returned H5T_STRING as its
-          class.  But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
-          as H5T_VLEN.  This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
-          as H5T_STRING.  SLU - 2005/02/08
+              class.  But H5Tdetect_class and H5Tget_member_class considered it
+              as H5T_VLEN.  This is fixed to let all these 3 functions treat it
+              as H5T_STRING.  SLU - 2005/02/08
         - The byte order of all 1-byte integer types was fixed as
-          little-endian even on a big-endian machine.  It's corrected.
-          SLU - 2005/02/07
+              little-endian even on a big-endian machine.  It's corrected.
+              SLU - 2005/02/07
         - Fixed segmentation fault when calling H5Fflush with an attribute that
-          hasn't had a value written to it open.  QAK - 2004/10/18
+              hasn't had a value written to it open.  QAK - 2004/10/18
         - Backed out support for bitfield and time types in H5Tget_native_type.
-          Leave it to future support.  The function simply returns error
-          message of "not support" for bitfield and time types. SLU - 2004/10/5
+              Leave it to future support.  The function simply returns error
+              message of "not support" for bitfield and time types. SLU - 2004/10/5
         - Fixed address check in Core VFL driver to avoid spurious address/size
-          overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
+              overflows for odd valued addresses and/or sizes.  QAK - 2004/09/27
         - Fixed problem where chunked datasets were not able to be deleted
-          from a file under certain circumstances.  QAK - 2004/09/27/
+              from a file under certain circumstances.  QAK - 2004/09/27/
 
     Configuration
     -------------
-	- IRIX64 MIPSpro compiler of 7.4.x supports C99 features.  Default
-	  to use the 'c99' compiler if available. AKC - 2004/12/13
-	- Intel v8.0 compiler would infinite loop when compiling some test
-	  code with -O3 option.  Changed enable-production default compiler
-	  option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
-	- Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
-	  standard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
+        - IRIX64 MIPSpro compiler of 7.4.x supports C99 features.  Default
+            to use the 'c99' compiler if available. AKC - 2004/12/13
+        - Intel v8.0 compiler would infinite loop when compiling some test
+            code with -O3 option.  Changed enable-production default compiler
+            option to -O2. AKC - 2004/12/06
+        - Long double is assumed to be a supported C data type.  It is a
+            standard C89 type. AKC - 2004/10/22
 
     Performance
     -------------
-    Many changes were made to the library to improve performance,
-    especially for the variable-length datatypes and metadata cache.
+        Many changes were made to the library to improve performance,
+        especially for the variable-length datatypes and metadata cache.
 
     Tools
     -----
         - h5fc and h5c++ work correctly when -c compiler flag
-          is used.  EIP - 2005/03/14
-	- Fixed h5dump to print attributes data in ASCII if -r option is used.
-	  AKC - 2004/11/18
+            is used.  EIP - 2005/03/14
+        - Fixed h5dump to print attributes data in ASCII if -r option is used.
+            AKC - 2004/11/18
         - Fixed space utilization reported in h5ls to correct error
-          in formula used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
+            in formula used.  QAK - 2004/10/22
 
     Documentation
     -------------
@@ -3375,14 +3374,14 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.6
                                   xlf 8.1.1.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.6
-				  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.6
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
                                   mpxlf_r 8.1.1.3
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
     AIX 5.2 (32/64 bit)           xlc 6.0.0.8
                                   xlC 6.0.0.9
                                   xlf 8.1.1.7
@@ -3410,31 +3409,31 @@ Platforms Tested
     IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
                                   F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
                                   C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
-				  mpt 1.6
+                                  mpt 1.6
     Linux 2.4.20-28.7             gcc 2.96
     (eirene, verbena)             gcc 3.3.2
                                   PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC)
                                   version 5.2-1
                                   Absoft Fortran compiler v9.0
-                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
                                   MPIch 1.2.6
     Linux 2.4.21-268-smp x86_64   gcc 3.3.1 (SuSE Linux, AMD)
     (mir)                         PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32)
-                         	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
     Linux 2.4.21-sgi303r2 Altix
           SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
     (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
                                   SGI MPI
     OSF1 V5.1 (QSC)               Compaq C V6.5-011
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-036
-				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-036
+                                  MPIX200_64_r13.4
     OSF1 V5.1 (PSC)               Compaq C V6.5-303
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
-				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
+                                  MPIX200_64_r13.4
                                   FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04
     SunOS 5.8 32,46               Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
      (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
@@ -3445,12 +3444,12 @@ Platforms Tested
     TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.5.2 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
                                           local modifications
     Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
-    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+    (tungsten)                      Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
     (NCSA tg-login)               Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
+                                  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
                                   MSVC++ 6.0
                                   Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
@@ -3796,33 +3795,33 @@ New Features
             INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt for details.
 
           - On Windows, h5repack,h5diff,h5ls and h5import tool tests have been added.
-          KY - 2004/9/16
+            KY - 2004/9/16
 
 
     Library:
     --------
         - Modified the way how HDF5 calculates 'pixels_per_scanline' parameter for
-          SZIP compression. Now there is no restriction on the size and shape of the
-          chunk except that the total number of elements in the chunk cannot be
-          bigger than 'pixels_per_block' parameter provided by the user.
+            SZIP compression. Now there is no restriction on the size and shape of the
+            chunk except that the total number of elements in the chunk cannot be
+            bigger than 'pixels_per_block' parameter provided by the user.
                                                                     EIP - 2004/07/21
         - HDF5 can now link to SZIP with or without szip's encoder.
-          The new API function H5Zget_filter_info can be used to check
-          szip's status.  Attempting to assign szip to a dataset property
-          list or attempting to write with szip will generate an error if
-          szip's encoder is disabled.  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
+            The new API function H5Zget_filter_info can be used to check
+            szip's status.  Attempting to assign szip to a dataset property
+            list or attempting to write with szip will generate an error if
+            szip's encoder is disabled.  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
         - SZIP always uses K13 compression.  This flag no longer needs to
-          be set when calling H5Pset_szip.  If the flag for CHIP
-          compression is set, it will be ignored (since the two are mutually
-          exclusive).  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
+            be set when calling H5Pset_szip.  If the flag for CHIP
+            compression is set, it will be ignored (since the two are mutually
+            exclusive).  JL/NF - 2004/6/30
         - A new API function H5Fget_name was added.  It returns the name
-          of the file by object(file, group, data set, named data type,
-          attribute) ID.  SLU - 2004/06/29
+            of the file by object(file, group, data set, named data type,
+            attribute) ID.  SLU - 2004/06/29
         - A new API function H5Fget_filesize was added.  It returns the
-          actual file size of the opened file.  SLU - 2004/06/24
-	- Added option that if $HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK is set to 2,
-	  will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
-	  AKC - 2004/4/14
+            actual file size of the opened file.  SLU - 2004/06/24
+        - Added option that if $HDF5_DISABLE_VERSION_CHECK is set to 2,
+            will suppress all library version mismatch warning messages.
+            AKC - 2004/4/14
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
@@ -3830,19 +3829,19 @@ New Features
     Tools:
     ------
         - h5repack was added to the tools suite. h5repack regenerates an HDF5 file
-	  from another HDF5 file, optionally applying HDF5 filters (compression)
-	  and/or chunking to the copied file. The filters options are read from
-	  the command line. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
-	  PVN - 2004/9/13
+            from another HDF5 file, optionally applying HDF5 filters (compression)
+            and/or chunking to the copied file. The filters options are read from
+            the command line. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
+            PVN - 2004/9/13
 
         - h5dump includes new features:
-           1) Printing of dataset filters, storage layout and fill value information.
-           2) Print a list of the file contents.
-	   3) Escape non printing characters.
-	   4) Print the content of the boot block.
-	   5) Print array indices with the data (the default).
-	  These options are all switch controlled. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
-	  PVN - 2004/9/13
+            1) Printing of dataset filters, storage layout and fill value information.
+            2) Print a list of the file contents.
+            3) Escape non printing characters.
+            4) Print the content of the boot block.
+            5) Print array indices with the data (the default).
+            These options are all switch controlled. See /doc/html/Tools.html for more details.
+            PVN - 2004/9/13
 
 
     F90 API:
@@ -3859,12 +3858,12 @@ New Features
 
     C++ API:
     --------
-	- Added wrappers for array and variable length datatypes APIs
-	- Added wrappers for newly added APIs from H5T, H5F, and H5I
-	- Added many wrappers that were missing from the H5P API
-	- Added the ability to reference HDF5 objects to these classes:
-	  DataSet, DataType, Group, and H5File (wrappers for H5R APIs)
-	BMR 2004/08/04
+        - Added wrappers for array and variable length datatypes APIs
+        - Added wrappers for newly added APIs from H5T, H5F, and H5I
+        - Added many wrappers that were missing from the H5P API
+        - Added the ability to reference HDF5 objects to these classes:
+            DataSet, DataType, Group, and H5File (wrappers for H5R APIs)
+            BMR 2004/08/04
 
 
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
@@ -3874,12 +3873,12 @@ Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
         - Absoft compiler f95 v9.0 is supported on Linux 2.4 32bit
                             EIP - 2004/07/29
         - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on Mac OSX with IBM XL Fortran
-          compiler version 8.1. This is a default compiler.
+            compiler version 8.1. This is a default compiler.
         - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on MAC OSX with Absoft F95 compiler
-          version 8.2; set F9X environment variable to f95, for example
-          setenv F9X f95
-          Use --disable-shared --enable-static configure flags when Absoft
-          compiler is used.
+            version 8.2; set F9X environment variable to f95, for example
+            setenv F9X f95
+            Use --disable-shared --enable-static configure flags when Absoft
+            compiler is used.
                              EIP - 2004/07/27
 
 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2 release
@@ -3887,72 +3886,72 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2 release
 
     Library
     -------
-	- Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
-	  I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
-	  processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
+        - Fixed parallel bug in which some processes attempted collective
+            I/O while others did independent I/O.  Bug appeared when some
+            processes used point selections, and others didn't.  JRM - 2004/9/15
         - Corrected error where dataset region references were written in an
-          incorrect way on Cray machines.  PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
+            incorrect way on Cray machines.  PVN & QAK - 2004/09/13
         - The H5Tget_native_type now determines the native type for integers
-          based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting
-          an int to a short in machines that have a short of 8 bytes but with
-	  32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07
+            based on the precision. This is to avoid cases of wrongly converting
+            an int to a short in machines that have a short of 8 bytes but with
+            32bit precision (e.g Cray SV1). PVN - 2004/09/07
         - Changed H5Dread() to not overwrite data in an application's buffer
-          with garbage when accessing a chunked dataset with an undefined fill
-          value and an unwritten chunk is uncountered.  QAK - 2004/08/25
+            with garbage when accessing a chunked dataset with an undefined fill
+            value and an unwritten chunk is uncountered.  QAK - 2004/08/25
         - Fixed error which could cause a core dump when a type conversion
-          routine was registered after a compound datatype had been
-          converted and then an equivalent compound datatype was converted
-          again.  QAK - 2004/08/07
+            routine was registered after a compound datatype had been
+            converted and then an equivalent compound datatype was converted
+            again.  QAK - 2004/08/07
         - Fixed memory overwrite when encoding "multi" file driver information
-          for file's superblock.  QAK - 2004/08/05
+            for file's superblock.  QAK - 2004/08/05
         - Fixed obscure bug where a filter which failed during chunk allocation
-          could allow library to write uncompressed data to disk but think
-          the data was compressed.  QAK - 2004/07/29
+            could allow library to write uncompressed data to disk but think
+            the data was compressed.  QAK - 2004/07/29
         - Fixed bug where I/O to an extendible chunked dataset with zero-sized
-          dimensions would cause library to fail an assertion.
-          QAK - 2004/07/27
+            dimensions would cause library to fail an assertion.
+            QAK - 2004/07/27
         - Fixed bug where chunked datasets which have filters defined,
-          allocation time set to "late" and whose chunks don't align with
-          the dataspace bounds could have incorrect data stored when
-          overwriting the entire dataset on the first write.  QAK - 2004/07/27
+            allocation time set to "late" and whose chunks don't align with
+            the dataspace bounds could have incorrect data stored when
+            overwriting the entire dataset on the first write.  QAK - 2004/07/27
         - Added check to ensure that dataspaces have extents set. JML-2004/07/26
         - Fixed bug on some Solaris systems where HDF5 would try to use
-          gettimeofday() when that function didn't work properly.
-          JML - 2004/07/23
+            gettimeofday() when that function didn't work properly.
+            JML - 2004/07/23
         - Fixed bug in H5Sset_extent_simple where setting maximum size to
-          non-zero, then to zero would cause an error.  JML - 2004/07/20
+            non-zero, then to zero would cause an error.  JML - 2004/07/20
         - Allow NULL pointer for buffer parameter to H5Dread & H5Dwrite
-          when not writing data ("none" selection or hyperslab or point
-          selection with no elements defined).  QAK - 2004/07/20
+            when not writing data ("none" selection or hyperslab or point
+            selection with no elements defined).  QAK - 2004/07/20
         - Calling H5Gcreate() on "/" or "." throws an error instead of
-          failing quietly. JML - 2004/07/19
+            failing quietly. JML - 2004/07/19
         - Fixed bug where setting file address size to be very small could
-          trigger an assert if the file grew to more than 64 KB.  Now throws
-          an error and data can be recovered. JL/NF - 2004/07/14
+            trigger an assert if the file grew to more than 64 KB.  Now throws
+            an error and data can be recovered. JL/NF - 2004/07/14
         - Fixed bug where "resurrecting" a dataset was failing.
-          QAK - 2004/07/14
+            QAK - 2004/07/14
         - Fixed bug where incorrect data could be read from a chunked dataset
-          after it was extended.  QAK - 2004/07/12
+            after it was extended.  QAK - 2004/07/12
         - After compound datatype with variable-length string in the fields
-          is committed to file, the size is messed up when it's read back.
-          Fixed.  SLU - 2004/06/11
+            is committed to file, the size is messed up when it's read back.
+            Fixed.  SLU - 2004/06/11
         - Fixed potential file corruption bug when a block of metadata could
-          overlap the end of the internal metadata accumulator buffer and
-          the buffer would be extended correctly, but would incorrectly
-          change it's starting address.  QAK - 2004/06/09
+            overlap the end of the internal metadata accumulator buffer and
+            the buffer would be extended correctly, but would incorrectly
+            change it's starting address.  QAK - 2004/06/09
         - Opaque datatype with no tag failed for some operations.  Fixed.
-          SLU - 2004/6/3
+            SLU - 2004/6/3
         - Fixed potential file corruption bug where dimensions that were
-          too large (a value greater than could be represented in 32-bits)
-          could cause the incorrect amount of space to be allocated in a
-          file for the raw data for the dataset.  QAK - 2004/06/01
-	- Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
-	  machines.  AKC - 2004/4/16
+            too large (a value greater than could be represented in 32-bits)
+            could cause the incorrect amount of space to be allocated in a
+            file for the raw data for the dataset.  QAK - 2004/06/01
+        - Fixed dtypes "sw long double -> double" failure in QSC class
+            machines.  AKC - 2004/4/16
 
     Configuration
     -------------
         - Fixed the long compile time of H5detect.c when v7.x Intel Compiler
-	  is used with optimization NOT off.  AKC - 2004/05/20
+            is used with optimization NOT off.  AKC - 2004/05/20
 
     Performance
     -------------
@@ -3960,82 +3959,81 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.2 release
     Tools
     -----
         - On SGI h5dump displayed only part of the data due to the bug
-          in the system printf; fixed.
+            in the system printf; fixed.
                                              EIP - 2004/09/21
     Documentation
     -------------
         - Several descriptive errors have been fixed throughout the
-          documentation, particularly in the reference manual (RM).
-          A selection particularly worthy of note would be these:
+            documentation, particularly in the reference manual (RM).
+            A selection particularly worthy of note would be these:
         - The H5Pset_szip description in the RM has been expanded and
-          corrected to facilitate use of SZIP compression.
+            corrected to facilitate use of SZIP compression.
         - A note has been added to the H5Dcreate description that an
-          unexplained failure is likely to be due to a property list error
-          that is detected only at the time of dataset creation.
-        -
-        FMB - 2004/09/21
+            unexplained failure is likely to be due to a property list error
+            that is detected only at the time of dataset creation.
+            FMB - 2004/09/21
 
     F90 API
     -------
-
-    Fortran functions h5dwrite/read_f and h5awrite/read_f do not
-    accept dims parameter of INTEGER type anymore. Code was removed.
+        - Fortran functions h5dwrite/read_f and h5awrite/read_f do not
+            accept dims parameter of INTEGER type anymore. Code was removed.
                                                     2004/04/15
+
     C++ API
     -------
-	- H5::Exception's and its subclasses' constructors that were
-	  overloaded to take char pointers are removed and constructors
-	  that passed in reference of 'string' are changed to pass
-	  by value.  In addition, the default value of the data member
-	  H5::Exception::detailMessage is changed from 0/NULL to
-	  DEFAULT_MSG ("No detailed information provided".)
-	- Prototype for DSetCreatPropList::setLayout is changed: 1st parameter
-          is removed because it was there only by mistake.
-	BMR 2004/08/04
+        - H5::Exception's and its subclasses' constructors that were
+            overloaded to take char pointers are removed and constructors
+            that passed in reference of 'string' are changed to pass
+            by value.  In addition, the default value of the data member
+            H5::Exception::detailMessage is changed from 0/NULL to
+            DEFAULT_MSG ("No detailed information provided".)
+        - Prototype for DSetCreatPropList::setLayout is changed: 1st parameter
+            is removed because it was there only by mistake.
+            BMR 2004/08/04
 
 Documentation
 =============
     HDF5 Library documentation
     --------------------------
         - HDF5 C++ API Reference Manual
-          This document has been added to the HDF5 document set.
-          The predecessor document, "HDF5 C++ Interfaces," has been removed.
+            This document has been added to the HDF5 document set.
+            The predecessor document, "HDF5 C++ Interfaces," has been removed.
         - HDF5 C++ API Design Specification
-          A first draft of this document has been added to the HDF5 document
-          set.  The draft has been posted on the HDF5 website and a link
-          has been added to the HDF5 documents index (index.html at the top
-          level of the document set).
+            A first draft of this document has been added to the HDF5 document
+            set.  The draft has been posted on the HDF5 website and a link
+            has been added to the HDF5 documents index (index.html at the top
+            level of the document set).
         - Parallel HDF5
-          In prior releases, the HDF5 document set included two parallel
-          HDF5 documents.  Those documents have been deleted and the
-          HDF5 documents index (index.html) now links to a "Parallel HDF5"
-          page on the HDF5 website (http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/PHDF5/).
+            In prior releases, the HDF5 document set included two parallel
+            HDF5 documents.  Those documents have been deleted and the
+            HDF5 documents index (index.html) now links to a "Parallel HDF5"
+            page on the HDF5 website (http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/PHDF5/).
         - HDF5 High Level APIs
-          Links to the HDF5 High Level APIs and to the HDF5 High Level
-          Reference Manual have been added to the HDF5 documents index
-          (index.html).
+            Links to the HDF5 High Level APIs and to the HDF5 High Level
+            Reference Manual have been added to the HDF5 documents index
+            (index.html).
         - HDF5 Reference Manual
-          Tools: h5repack -- A description of the new h5repack tool has been
+            Tools: h5repack -- A description of the new h5repack tool has been
               added to the Tools page.
-          Tools: h5dump -- Several new options have been added to h5dump.
-          New functions -- All new functions have been added to the RM.
-          API changes -- Relevant function descriptions have been updated in
+            Tools: h5dump -- Several new options have been added to h5dump.
+            New functions -- All new functions have been added to the RM.
+            API changes -- Relevant function descriptions have been updated in
               instances where programming interfaces have changed.
-        FMB - 2004/09/21
+              FMB - 2004/09/21
 
     Windows installation documentation
     ----------------------------------
         -  INSTALL_Windows.txt has been enhanced to include instructions building
-           HDF5 with FORTRAN and C++.
+            HDF5 with FORTRAN and C++.
         -  Two optional installation documents have been added. They are
-           INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt and INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
-           INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt is supposed to help general users who
-           only want to build,test and install HDF5 in a quick way.
-           INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt is supposed to help users who
-           would like to compile,test and install HDF5 in command line environment.
+            INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt and INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt.
+            INSTALL_Windows_Short.txt is supposed to help general users who
+            only want to build,test and install HDF5 in a quick way.
+            INSTALL_Windows_From_Command_Line.txt is supposed to help users who
+            would like to compile,test and install HDF5 in command line environment.
         -  INSTALL_Windows_withcpp.txt and INSTALL_Windows_withF90.txt became
-           obsolete. Files are deleted from the release_docs directory.
-        KY 2004/09/16, EIP 2004/9/21
+            obsolete. Files are deleted from the release_docs directory.
+            KY 2004/09/16, EIP 2004/9/21
 
 
 
@@ -4044,14 +4042,14 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.6
                                   xlf 8.1.1.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.6
-				  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.6
+                                  mpcc_r 6.0.0.6
                                   mpxlf_r 8.1.1.3
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
     AIX 5.2                       xlc 6.0.0.8
                                   xlC 6.0.0.8
                                   xlf 8.1.1.6
@@ -4072,7 +4070,7 @@ Platforms Tested
     IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
                                   F90 MIPSpro 7.3.1.3m (64 only)
                                   C++ MIPSpro cc 7.3.1.3m
-				  mpt 1.6
+                                  mpt 1.6
     Linux 2.4.18                  gcc 2.96, 3.3.2
                                   g++ 3.3.2
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
@@ -4085,10 +4083,10 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   MPIch 1.2.4
     Linux 2.4.21-2.9.5ws #3       gcc 3.2.3 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-16)
           SMP x86_64              g++ 3.2.3
-    Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.0
-    				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.0
-				  gcc 3.4.0
-				  MPICH 1..5.2 Inmel 8.0
+    Linux 2.4.21-4.ELsmp          Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.0
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.0
+                                  gcc 3.4.0
+                                  MPICH 1..5.2 Inmel 8.0
     Linux 2.4.19-SMP  x86_64      gcc (GCC) 3.2.2 (SuSE Linux)
                                   g++ 3.2.2
     Linux 2.6.4-52smp x86_64      gcc 3.3.3 (SuSE Linux 9.1 AMD64))
@@ -4100,8 +4098,8 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   SGI MPI
     OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.5-303
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
-				  MPI_64bit_R13
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-040
+                                  MPI_64bit_R13
     SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit)      WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
      (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
                                   WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25
@@ -4116,7 +4114,7 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.0
 
     Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
-	                          Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
+                                  Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
 
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.16 ia64       gcc version 3.0.4
@@ -4126,13 +4124,13 @@ Platforms Tested
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
+                                  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
 
     Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
                                   MSVC++ .NET
                                   DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
                                   Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
-				  Code Warrior 8.0
+                                  Code Warrior 8.0
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
                                   MSVC++ 6.0
                                   DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
@@ -4435,31 +4433,31 @@ New Features
     Configuration:
     --------------
         - Default of $prefix is changed to $PWD/hdf5 so that multiple
-	  builds using --srcdir is possible in the same machine.
-	  AKC - 2003/12/1
+            builds using --srcdir is possible in the same machine.
+            AKC - 2003/12/1
 
     Library:
     --------
         - Added H5Iget_ref, H5Iinc_ref and H5Idec_ref routines to the C
-          library and the FORTRAN wrapper.  See the reference manual for a
-          full description of these new routines.  QAK - 2003/12/11
+            library and the FORTRAN wrapper.  See the reference manual for a
+            full description of these new routines.  QAK - 2003/12/11
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
-	- The parallel tests in testpar/ now provides different levels of
-	  verbosity via the '-v' option.  The default is less verbose
-	  than before.  AKC - 2004/01/23
+    - The parallel tests in testpar/ now provides different levels of
+            verbosity via the '-v' option.  The default is less verbose
+            than before.  AKC - 2004/01/23
         - Added parallel test, test_mpio_1wMr, which tests if the
-          underlaying parallel I/O system is conforming to the POSIX
-          write/read requirement. This version includes options of using
-          atomicity and file-sync.  AKC - 2003/11/27
+            underlaying parallel I/O system is conforming to the POSIX
+            write/read requirement. This version includes options of using
+            atomicity and file-sync.  AKC - 2003/11/27
 
     Tools:
     ------
         - Added option -showconfig to compiler tools (h5cc,h5fc,h5c++).
-	  AKC - 2004/01/08
-	- Install the "h5cc" and "h5fc" tools as "h5pcc" and "h5pfc"
-	  respectively if library is built in parallel mode.  AKC - 2004/01/07
+            AKC - 2004/01/08
+        - Install the "h5cc" and "h5fc" tools as "h5pcc" and "h5pfc"
+            respectively if library is built in parallel mode.  AKC - 2004/01/07
         - Added metadata benchmark (perform/perf_meta).  SLU - 2003/10/03
 
     C++ API:
@@ -4547,9 +4545,9 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.1 release
 
     Tools
     -----
-	- Fixed h5redeploy which sometimes complain too many argument for the
-	  test command. (The complain did not hinder the h5redploy to proceed
-	  correctly.) AKC - 2003/11/03
+        - Fixed h5redeploy which sometimes complain too many argument for the
+            test command. (The complain did not hinder the h5redploy to proceed
+            correctly.) AKC - 2003/11/03
 
     Documentation
     -------------
@@ -4565,12 +4563,12 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.2
                                   xlf 8.1.0.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.4
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.4
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
                                   poe 3.2.0.10
     Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.2
                                   Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.2
@@ -4606,11 +4604,11 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 7.1
                                   SGI MPI
     OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.4-014
-				  Compaq Fortran V5.5-2602
-				  Compaq Fortran V5.5-1877
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-033
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-030
-				  MPI_64bit_R13
+                                  Compaq Fortran V5.5-2602
+                                  Compaq Fortran V5.5-1877
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-033
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-030
+                                  MPI_64bit_R13
     SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit)      WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
      (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
                                   WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/10/25
@@ -4631,12 +4629,12 @@ Platforms Tested
     IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
+                                  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
 
     Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
                                   DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
                                   Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
-				  Code Warrior 8.0
+                                  Code Warrior 8.0
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 7.2
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
@@ -5003,7 +5001,7 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.0 release
 
     Tools
     -----
-	- Fixed a segmentation fault of h5diff when percentage option is used.
+        - Fixed a segmentation fault of h5diff when percentage option is used.
             AKC - 2003/08/27
         - Switched away from tools using internal "fixtype" function(s) to use
             H5Tget_native_type() internally.  QAK - 2003/08/25
@@ -5035,12 +5033,12 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.2
                                   xlf 8.1.0.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.4
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.4
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
                                   poe 3.2.0.10
     Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.2
                                   Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.2
@@ -5067,9 +5065,9 @@ Platforms Tested
     Linux 2.4.20-8                gcc 3.2.2
     OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.4-014
                                   Compaq C V6.3-027
-				  Compaq Fortran V5.5-2602
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-030
-				  MPI_64bit_R5
+                                  Compaq Fortran V5.5-2602
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-030
+                                  MPI_64bit_R5
                                   g++ version 3.0 for C++
     SunOS 5.7(32 and 64 bit)      WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
      (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
@@ -5090,7 +5088,7 @@ Platforms Tested
     Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
                                   DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
                                   Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
-				  Code Warrior 8.0
+                                  Code Warrior 8.0
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 6.8
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
@@ -5272,6 +5270,8 @@ Known Problems
 
 * Information about building with PGI and Intel compilers is available in
   INSTALL file sections 5.7 and 5.8
+
+
 %%%%1.6.0%%%%   Release Information for hdf5-1.6.0 (03/July/03)
 
 14.  Release information for HDF5 version 1.6.0
@@ -5585,12 +5585,12 @@ Platforms Tested
 
     AIX 5.1  (32 and 64-bit)      xlc 6.0.0.2
                                   xlf 8.1.0.3
-    				  xlC 6.0.0.4
-				  xlc 5.0.2.5
-				  xlf 7.1.1.2
-				  xlC 5.0.2.5
-				  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
-				  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 6.0.0.4
+                                  xlc 5.0.2.5
+                                  xlf 7.1.1.2
+                                  xlC 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpcc_r 5.0.2.5
+                                  mpxlf_r 7.1.1.2
                                   poe 3.2.0.10
     Cray T3E sn6606 2.0.6.08      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.2
                                   Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.0.2
@@ -5619,9 +5619,9 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   MPIch 1.2.4
     OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.4-014
                                   Compaq C V6.3-027
-				  Compaq Fortran V5.5-1877
-				  Compaq C++ V6.5-014
-				  MPI_64bit_R5
+                                  Compaq Fortran V5.5-1877
+                                  Compaq C++ V6.5-014
+                                  MPI_64bit_R5
                                   g++ version 3.0 for C++
     SunOS 5.7                     WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0
      (Solaris 2.7)                WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0
@@ -5645,7 +5645,7 @@ Platforms Tested
     Windows 2000 (NT5.0)          MSVC++ 6.0
                                   DEC Visual Fortran 6.0
                                   Intel C and F90 compilers version 7.1
-				  Code Warrior 8.0
+                                  Code Warrior 8.0
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 6.5
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
@@ -5893,8 +5893,8 @@ New Features
         output format; function call and return event times can be logged;
         total time spent in each function can be logged.  The following
         HDF5_DEBUG environment variable words affect tracing:
-	    trace   -- turn on/off basic tracing
-	    ttimes  -- turn on tracing and report event times and
+        trace   -- turn on/off basic tracing
+        ttimes  -- turn on tracing and report event times and
                        time spent in each API function.
         ttop    -- turn on tracing but display only top-level
                        API calls.
@@ -6369,22 +6369,22 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.3 Release
 Performance Improvements
 ========================
     This release of the HDF5 library has been extensively tuned to improve
-performance, especially to improve parallel I/O performance.
+        performance, especially to improve parallel I/O performance.
     Most of the specific information for particular performance improvements
-is mentioned in the "New Features" and "Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.3" sections
-of this document, but in general, the library should make fewer and larger
-I/O requests when accessing a file.  Additionally, improvements to the parallel
-I/O portions of the library should have reduced the communications and barriers
-used in various internal algorithms, improving the performance of the library.
+        is mentioned in the "New Features" and "Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.3" sections
+        of this document, but in general, the library should make fewer and larger
+        I/O requests when accessing a file.  Additionally, improvements to the parallel
+        I/O portions of the library should have reduced the communications and barriers
+        used in various internal algorithms, improving the performance of the library.
     However, with the extensive changes to some portions of the library that
-were required for these improvements, some errors or unanticipated results may
-have been introduced also.  Please report any problems encountered to our
-support team at hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
+        were required for these improvements, some errors or unanticipated results may
+        have been introduced also.  Please report any problems encountered to our
+        support team at hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu.
     Hopefully these improvements will benefit all HDF5 applications, but if
-there are particular I/O patterns that appear to be slower than necessary,
-please send e-mail to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu with a sample program showing the
-problem behavior; we will look into the issue to see if it is possible to
-address it.
+        there are particular I/O patterns that appear to be slower than necessary,
+        please send e-mail to hdfhelp@ncsa.uiuc.edu with a sample program showing the
+        problem behavior; we will look into the issue to see if it is possible to
+        address it.
 
 
 Documentation
@@ -6863,7 +6863,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary
     Linux 2.4      y  y (1)     n    n         y     y          y     y
 
 
-    Platform       1.2            static-   Thread-  SRB  GASS	STREAM-
+    Platform       1.2            static-   Thread-  SRB  GASS    STREAM-
                    compatibility  exec      safe                VFD
     Solaris2.7     n              x         y        n    n     y
     Solaris2.8 64  n              y         n        n    n     y
@@ -6896,7 +6896,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary
                     in serial mode.
                 (4) No HDF4-related tools.
                 (5) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library.
-		(6) Exception of (5): DLL is available for C++ API on Windows
+        (6) Exception of (5): DLL is available for C++ API on Windows
 
 
 Known Problems
@@ -7191,7 +7191,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary
     Linux 2.4      y  y (1)     n    n         y    y          y     y
 
 
-    Platform       1.2            static-   Thread-  SRB  GASS	STREAM-
+    Platform       1.2            static-   Thread-  SRB  GASS    STREAM-
                    compatibility  exec      safe                VFD
     Solaris2.6     y              x         n        n    n     y
     Solaris2.7     y              x         y        n    n     y
@@ -8271,23 +8271,23 @@ applicable, are systems that HDF5 1.2.0 was tested on.
   IRIX 6.5                      MIPSpro cc 7.30
 
   IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32)         MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m
-  			        mpt.1.3 (SGI MPI 3.2.0.0)
+                    mpt.1.3 (SGI MPI 3.2.0.0)
 
   Linux 2.2.10                  egcs-2.91.66               configured with
-  						         --disable-hsizet
+                                --disable-hsizet
                                                            lbraries: glibc2
 
   OSF1 V4.0                     DEC-V5.2-040
 
   SunOS 5.6                     cc WorkShop Compilers 4.2
                                                            no optimization
-  			        gcc 2.8.1
+                    gcc 2.8.1
 
   SunOS 5.7                     cc WorkShop Compilers 5.0
                                 gcc 2.8.1
 
   TFLOPS 2.7.1                  cicc (pgcc Rel 3.0-4i)
-  			        mpich-1.1.2 with local changes
+                    mpich-1.1.2 with local changes
 
   Windows NT4.0 intel           MSVC++ 5.0 and 6.0
 
@@ -8410,7 +8410,7 @@ C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1
   a. Property List Interface:
      ------------------------
 
-  H5Pset_xfer		- set data transfer properties
+  H5Pset_xfer        - set data transfer properties
   H5Pset_preserve      - set dataset transfer property list status
   H5Pget_preserve      - get dataset transfer property list status
   H5Pset_hyper_cache   - indicates whether to cache hyperslab blocks during I/O
@@ -8473,11 +8473,11 @@ C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1
 
   g. Ragged Arrays (alpha) (names of those API functions were changed):
      ------------------------------------------------------------------
-   H5RAcreate		- create a new ragged array (old name was H5Rcreate)
-   H5RAopen		- open an existing array    (old name was H5Ropen)
-   H5RAclose		- close a ragged array      (old name was H5Rclose)
-   H5RAwrite		- write to an array         (old name was H5Rwrite)
-   H5RAread		- read from an array        (old name was H5Rread)
+   H5RAcreate        - create a new ragged array (old name was H5Rcreate)
+   H5RAopen        - open an existing array    (old name was H5Ropen)
+   H5RAclose        - close a ragged array      (old name was H5Rclose)
+   H5RAwrite        - write to an array         (old name was H5Rwrite)
+   H5RAread        - read from an array        (old name was H5Rread)
 
 
 9. Tools
@@ -8698,7 +8698,7 @@ C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1
   with the correct version of header files.
 
 
-		    Parallel HDF5 Changes
+            Parallel HDF5 Changes
 
 * Parallel support for fixed dimension datasets with contiguous or
   chunked storages.  Also, support unlimited dimension datasets which
@@ -8724,68 +8724,68 @@ C. Changes Since Version 1.0.1
   sizes.
 
 
-			LIST OF API FUNCTIONS
+            LIST OF API FUNCTIONS
 
 The following functions are implemented. Errors are returned if an
 attempt is made to use some feature which is not implemented and
 printing the error stack will show `not implemented yet'.
 
 Library
-   H5check		- check that lib version matches header version
-   H5open		- initialize library (happens automatically)
-   H5close		- shut down the library (happens automatically)
-   H5dont_atexit	- don't call H5close on exit
-   H5get_libversion	- retrieve library version info
-   H5check_version	- check for specific library version
+   H5check        - check that lib version matches header version
+   H5open        - initialize library (happens automatically)
+   H5close        - shut down the library (happens automatically)
+   H5dont_atexit    - don't call H5close on exit
+   H5get_libversion    - retrieve library version info
+   H5check_version    - check for specific library version
 
 Property Lists
-   H5Pclose		- release template resources
-   H5Pcopy		- copy a template
-   H5Pcreate		- create a new template
-   H5Pget_chunk		- get chunked storage properties
-   H5Pset_chunk		- set chunked storage properties
-   H5Pget_class		- get template class
-   H5Pget_istore_k	- get chunked storage properties
-   H5Pset_istore_k	- set chunked storage properties
-   H5Pget_layout	- get raw data layout class
-   H5Pset_layout	- set raw data layout class
-   H5Pget_sizes		- get address and size sizes
-   H5Pset_sizes		- set address and size sizes
-   H5Pget_sym_k		- get symbol table storage properties
-   H5Pset_sym_k		- set symbol table storage properties
-   H5Pget_userblock	- get user-block size
-   H5Pset_userblock	- set user-block size
-   H5Pget_version	- get file version numbers
-   H5Pget_alignment	- get data alignment properties
-   H5Pset_alignment	- set data alignment properties
+   H5Pclose        - release template resources
+   H5Pcopy        - copy a template
+   H5Pcreate        - create a new template
+   H5Pget_chunk        - get chunked storage properties
+   H5Pset_chunk        - set chunked storage properties
+   H5Pget_class        - get template class
+   H5Pget_istore_k    - get chunked storage properties
+   H5Pset_istore_k    - set chunked storage properties
+   H5Pget_layout    - get raw data layout class
+   H5Pset_layout    - set raw data layout class
+   H5Pget_sizes        - get address and size sizes
+   H5Pset_sizes        - set address and size sizes
+   H5Pget_sym_k        - get symbol table storage properties
+   H5Pset_sym_k        - set symbol table storage properties
+   H5Pget_userblock    - get user-block size
+   H5Pset_userblock    - set user-block size
+   H5Pget_version    - get file version numbers
+   H5Pget_alignment    - get data alignment properties
+   H5Pset_alignment    - set data alignment properties
    H5Pget_external_count- get count of external data files
-   H5Pget_external	- get information about an external data file
-   H5Pset_external	- add a new external data file to the list
-   H5Pget_driver	- get low-level file driver class
-   H5Pget_stdio		- get properties for stdio low-level driver
-   H5Pset_stdio		- set properties for stdio low-level driver
-   H5Pget_sec2		- get properties for sec2 low-level driver
-   H5Pset_sec2		- set properties for sec2 low-level driver
-   H5Pget_core		- get properties for core low-level driver
-   H5Pset_core		- set properties for core low-level driver
-   H5Pget_split		- get properties for split low-level driver
-   H5Pset_split		- set properties for split low-level driver
-   H5P_get_family	- get properties for family low-level driver
-   H5P_set_family	- set properties for family low-level driver
-   H5Pget_cache		- get meta- and raw-data caching properties
-   H5Pset_cache		- set meta- and raw-data caching properties
-   H5Pget_buffer	- get raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties
-   H5Pset_buffer	- set raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties
-   H5Pget_preserve	- get type conversion preservation properties
-   H5Pset_preserve	- set type conversion preservation properties
-   H5Pget_nfilters	- get number of raw data filters
-   H5Pget_filter	- get raw data filter properties
-   H5Pset_filter	- set raw data filter properties
-   H5Pset_deflate	- set deflate compression filter properties
-   H5Pget_mpi		- get MPI-IO properties
-   H5Pset_mpi		- set MPI-IO properties
-   H5Pget_xfer		- get data transfer properties
- + H5Pset_xfer		- set data transfer properties
+   H5Pget_external    - get information about an external data file
+   H5Pset_external    - add a new external data file to the list
+   H5Pget_driver    - get low-level file driver class
+   H5Pget_stdio        - get properties for stdio low-level driver
+   H5Pset_stdio        - set properties for stdio low-level driver
+   H5Pget_sec2        - get properties for sec2 low-level driver
+   H5Pset_sec2        - set properties for sec2 low-level driver
+   H5Pget_core        - get properties for core low-level driver
+   H5Pset_core        - set properties for core low-level driver
+   H5Pget_split        - get properties for split low-level driver
+   H5Pset_split        - set properties for split low-level driver
+   H5P_get_family    - get properties for family low-level driver
+   H5P_set_family    - set properties for family low-level driver
+   H5Pget_cache        - get meta- and raw-data caching properties
+   H5Pset_cache        - set meta- and raw-data caching properties
+   H5Pget_buffer    - get raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties
+   H5Pset_buffer    - set raw-data I/O pipe buffer properties
+   H5Pget_preserve    - get type conversion preservation properties
+   H5Pset_preserve    - set type conversion preservation properties
+   H5Pget_nfilters    - get number of raw data filters
+   H5Pget_filter    - get raw data filter properties
+   H5Pset_filter    - set raw data filter properties
+   H5Pset_deflate    - set deflate compression filter properties
+   H5Pget_mpi        - get MPI-IO properties
+   H5Pset_mpi        - set MPI-IO properties
+   H5Pget_xfer        - get data transfer properties
+ + H5Pset_xfer        - set data transfer properties
  + H5Pset_preserve      - set dataset transfer property list status
  + H5Pget_preserve      - get dataset transfer property list status
  + H5Pset_hyper_cache   - indicates whether to cache hyperslab blocks during I/O
@@ -8801,89 +8801,89 @@ Property Lists
                              datatype allocation
 
 Datasets
-   H5Dclose		- release dataset resources
-   H5Dcreate		- create a new dataset
-   H5Dget_space		- get data space
-   H5Dget_type		- get data type
-   H5Dget_create_plist	- get dataset creation properties
-   H5Dopen		- open an existing dataset
-   H5Dread		- read raw data
-   H5Dwrite		- write raw data
-   H5Dextend		- extend a dataset
+   H5Dclose        - release dataset resources
+   H5Dcreate        - create a new dataset
+   H5Dget_space        - get data space
+   H5Dget_type        - get data type
+   H5Dget_create_plist    - get dataset creation properties
+   H5Dopen        - open an existing dataset
+   H5Dread        - read raw data
+   H5Dwrite        - write raw data
+   H5Dextend        - extend a dataset
  + H5Diterate           - iterate over all selected elements in a dataspace
  + H5Dget_storage_size  - return the amount of storage required for a dataset
  + H5Dvlen_reclaim      - reclaim VL datatype memory buffers
 
 Attributes
-   H5Acreate		- create a new attribute
-   H5Aopen_name		- open an attribute by name
-   H5Aopen_idx		- open an attribute by number
-   H5Awrite		- write values into an attribute
-   H5Aread		- read values from an attribute
-   H5Aget_space		- get attribute data space
-   H5Aget_type		- get attribute data type
-   H5Aget_name		- get attribute name
-   H5Anum_attrs		- return the number of attributes for an object
-   H5Aiterate		- iterate over an object's attributes
-   H5Adelete		- delete an attribute
-   H5Aclose		- close an attribute
+   H5Acreate        - create a new attribute
+   H5Aopen_name        - open an attribute by name
+   H5Aopen_idx        - open an attribute by number
+   H5Awrite        - write values into an attribute
+   H5Aread        - read values from an attribute
+   H5Aget_space        - get attribute data space
+   H5Aget_type        - get attribute data type
+   H5Aget_name        - get attribute name
+   H5Anum_attrs        - return the number of attributes for an object
+   H5Aiterate        - iterate over an object's attributes
+   H5Adelete        - delete an attribute
+   H5Aclose        - close an attribute
 
 Errors
-   H5Eclear		- clear the error stack
-   H5Eprint		- print an error stack
-   H5Eget_auto		- get automatic error reporting settings
-   H5Eset_auto		- set automatic error reporting
-   H5Ewalk		- iterate over the error stack
-   H5Ewalk_cb		- the default error stack iterator function
-   H5Eget_major		- get the message for the major error number
-   H5Eget_minor		- get the message for the minor error number
+   H5Eclear        - clear the error stack
+   H5Eprint        - print an error stack
+   H5Eget_auto        - get automatic error reporting settings
+   H5Eset_auto        - set automatic error reporting
+   H5Ewalk        - iterate over the error stack
+   H5Ewalk_cb        - the default error stack iterator function
+   H5Eget_major        - get the message for the major error number
+   H5Eget_minor        - get the message for the minor error number
 
 Files
-   H5Fclose		- close a file and release resources
-   H5Fcreate		- create a new file
-   H5Fget_create_plist	- get file creation property list
-   H5Fget_access_plist	- get file access property list
-   H5Fis_hdf5		- determine if a file is an hdf5 file
-   H5Fopen		- open an existing file
+   H5Fclose        - close a file and release resources
+   H5Fcreate        - create a new file
+   H5Fget_create_plist    - get file creation property list
+   H5Fget_access_plist    - get file access property list
+   H5Fis_hdf5        - determine if a file is an hdf5 file
+   H5Fopen        - open an existing file
    H5Freopen            - reopen an HDF5 file
    H5Fmount             - mount a file
    H5Funmount           - unmount a file
    H5Fflush             - flush all buffers associated with a file to disk
 
 Groups
-   H5Gclose		- close a group and release resources
-   H5Gcreate    	- create a new group
-   H5Gopen		- open an existing group
-   H5Giterate   	- iterate over the contents of a group
-   H5Gmove		- change the name of some object
-   H5Glink		- create a hard or soft link to an object
-   H5Gunlink    	- break the link between a name and an object
-   H5Gget_objinfo	- get information about a group entry
-   H5Gget_linkval	- get the value of a soft link
-   H5Gget_comment	- get the comment string for an object
-   H5Gset_comment	- set the comment string for an object
+   H5Gclose        - close a group and release resources
+   H5Gcreate        - create a new group
+   H5Gopen        - open an existing group
+   H5Giterate       - iterate over the contents of a group
+   H5Gmove        - change the name of some object
+   H5Glink        - create a hard or soft link to an object
+   H5Gunlink        - break the link between a name and an object
+   H5Gget_objinfo    - get information about a group entry
+   H5Gget_linkval    - get the value of a soft link
+   H5Gget_comment    - get the comment string for an object
+   H5Gset_comment    - set the comment string for an object
 
 Dataspaces
-   H5Screate	        - create a new data space
-   H5Scopy		- copy a data space
-   H5Sclose		- release data space
-   H5Screate_simple	- create a new simple data space
-   H5Sset_space		- set simple data space extents
-   H5Sis_simple		- determine if data space is simple
-   H5Sset_extent_simple	- set simple data space dimensionality and size
-   H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints	- get number of points in simple extent
+   H5Screate            - create a new data space
+   H5Scopy        - copy a data space
+   H5Sclose        - release data space
+   H5Screate_simple    - create a new simple data space
+   H5Sset_space        - set simple data space extents
+   H5Sis_simple        - determine if data space is simple
+   H5Sset_extent_simple    - set simple data space dimensionality and size
+   H5Sget_simple_extent_npoints    - get number of points in simple extent
    H5Sget_simple_extent_ndims - get simple data space dimensionality
    H5Sget_simple_extent_dims - get simple data space size
    H5Sget_simple_extent_type - get type of simple extent
-   H5Sset_extent_none	- reset extent to be empty
-   H5Sextent_copy	- copy the extent from one data space to another
+   H5Sset_extent_none    - reset extent to be empty
+   H5Sextent_copy    - copy the extent from one data space to another
    H5Sget_select_npoints - get number of points selected for I/O
-   H5Sselect_hyperslab	- set hyperslab dataspace selection
+   H5Sselect_hyperslab    - set hyperslab dataspace selection
    H5Sselect_elements   - set element sequence dataspace selection
-   H5Sselect_all	- select entire extent for I/O
-   H5Sselect_none	- deselect all elements of extent
-   H5Soffset_simple	- set selection offset
-   H5Sselect_valid	- determine if selection is valid for extent
+   H5Sselect_all    - select entire extent for I/O
+   H5Sselect_none    - deselect all elements of extent
+   H5Soffset_simple    - set selection offset
+   H5Sselect_valid    - determine if selection is valid for extent
  + H5Sget_select_hyper_nblocks   - get number of hyperslab blocks
  + H5Sget_select_hyper_blocklist - get the list of hyperslab blocks
                                    currently selected
@@ -8895,53 +8895,53 @@ Dataspaces
                                    the current selection
 
 Datatypes
-   H5Tclose		- release data type resources
-   H5Topen		- open a named data type
-   H5Tcommit		- name a data type
-   H5Tcommitted		- determine if a type is named
-   H5Tcopy		- copy a data type
-   H5Tcreate		- create a new data type
-   H5Tequal		- compare two data types
-   H5Tlock		- lock type to prevent changes
-   H5Tfind		- find a data type conversion function
-   H5Tconvert		- convert data from one type to another
-   H5Tregister    	- register a conversion function
-   H5Tunregister	- remove a conversion function
-   H5Tget_overflow	- get function that handles overflow conv. cases
-   H5Tset_overflow	- set function to handle overflow conversion cases
-   H5Tget_class		- get data type class
-   H5Tget_cset		- get character set
-   H5Tget_ebias		- get exponent bias
-   H5Tget_fields	- get floating point fields
-   H5Tget_inpad		- get inter-field padding
-   H5Tget_member_dims	- get struct member dimensions
-   H5Tget_member_name	- get struct member name
-   H5Tget_member_offset	- get struct member byte offset
-   H5Tget_member_type	- get struct member type
-   H5Tget_nmembers	- get number of struct members
-   H5Tget_norm		- get floating point normalization
-   H5Tget_offset	- get bit offset within type
-   H5Tget_order		- get byte order
-   H5Tget_pad		- get padding type
-   H5Tget_precision	- get precision in bits
-   H5Tget_sign		- get integer sign type
-   H5Tget_size		- get size in bytes
-   H5Tget_strpad	- get string padding
-   H5Tinsert		- insert scalar struct member
-   H5Tinsert_array	- insert array struct member
-   H5Tpack		- pack struct members
-   H5Tset_cset		- set character set
-   H5Tset_ebias		- set exponent bias
-   H5Tset_fields	- set floating point fields
-   H5Tset_inpad		- set inter-field padding
-   H5Tset_norm		- set floating point normalization
-   H5Tset_offset	- set bit offset within type
-   H5Tset_order		- set byte order
-   H5Tset_pad		- set padding type
-   H5Tset_precision	- set precision in bits
-   H5Tset_sign		- set integer sign type
-   H5Tset_size		- set size in bytes
-   H5Tset_strpad	- set string padding
+   H5Tclose        - release data type resources
+   H5Topen        - open a named data type
+   H5Tcommit        - name a data type
+   H5Tcommitted        - determine if a type is named
+   H5Tcopy        - copy a data type
+   H5Tcreate        - create a new data type
+   H5Tequal        - compare two data types
+   H5Tlock        - lock type to prevent changes
+   H5Tfind        - find a data type conversion function
+   H5Tconvert        - convert data from one type to another
+   H5Tregister        - register a conversion function
+   H5Tunregister    - remove a conversion function
+   H5Tget_overflow    - get function that handles overflow conv. cases
+   H5Tset_overflow    - set function to handle overflow conversion cases
+   H5Tget_class        - get data type class
+   H5Tget_cset        - get character set
+   H5Tget_ebias        - get exponent bias
+   H5Tget_fields    - get floating point fields
+   H5Tget_inpad        - get inter-field padding
+   H5Tget_member_dims    - get struct member dimensions
+   H5Tget_member_name    - get struct member name
+   H5Tget_member_offset    - get struct member byte offset
+   H5Tget_member_type    - get struct member type
+   H5Tget_nmembers    - get number of struct members
+   H5Tget_norm        - get floating point normalization
+   H5Tget_offset    - get bit offset within type
+   H5Tget_order        - get byte order
+   H5Tget_pad        - get padding type
+   H5Tget_precision    - get precision in bits
+   H5Tget_sign        - get integer sign type
+   H5Tget_size        - get size in bytes
+   H5Tget_strpad    - get string padding
+   H5Tinsert        - insert scalar struct member
+   H5Tinsert_array    - insert array struct member
+   H5Tpack        - pack struct members
+   H5Tset_cset        - set character set
+   H5Tset_ebias        - set exponent bias
+   H5Tset_fields    - set floating point fields
+   H5Tset_inpad        - set inter-field padding
+   H5Tset_norm        - set floating point normalization
+   H5Tset_offset    - set bit offset within type
+   H5Tset_order        - set byte order
+   H5Tset_pad        - set padding type
+   H5Tset_precision    - set precision in bits
+   H5Tset_sign        - set integer sign type
+   H5Tset_size        - set size in bytes
+   H5Tset_strpad    - set string padding
  + H5Tget_super         - return the base datatype from which a
                           datatype is derived
  + H5Tvlen_create       - creates a new variable-length dataype
@@ -8955,14 +8955,14 @@ Datatypes
  + H5Tset_tag           - tags an opaque datatype
  + H5Tget_tag           - gets the tag associated with an opaque datatype
 
- - H5Tregister_hard	- register specific type conversion function
- - H5Tregister_soft	- register general type conversion function
+ - H5Tregister_hard    - register specific type conversion function
+ - H5Tregister_soft    - register general type conversion function
 
 Filters
-   H5Tregister		- register a conversion function
+   H5Tregister        - register a conversion function
 
 Compression
-   H5Zregister		- register new compression and uncompression
+   H5Zregister        - register new compression and uncompression
                           functions for a method specified by a method number
 
 Identifiers
@@ -8976,10 +8976,10 @@ References
                           object reference points to
 
 Ragged Arrays (alpha)
-   H5RAcreate		- create a new ragged array
-   H5RAopen		- open an existing array
-   H5RAclose		- close a ragged array
-   H5RAwrite		- write to an array
-   H5RAread		- read from an array
+   H5RAcreate        - create a new ragged array
+   H5RAopen        - open an existing array
+   H5RAclose        - close a ragged array
+   H5RAwrite        - write to an array
+   H5RAread        - read from an array