Xlwt

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- Fixes a bug that could cause a corrupt SST in .xls files written by a
wide-unicode Python build.

- A :class:`ValueError` is now raised immediately if an attempt is made to set
column width to other than an int in ``range(65536)``

- Added the ability to set a custom RGB colour in the palette to use for
colours. Thanks to Alan Rotman for the work, although this could really
use an example in the examples folder...

- Fixed an issue trying to set a diagonal border using easyxf. Thanks to
Neil Etheridge for the fix.

- Fixed a regression from 0.7.2 when writing sheets with frozen panes.

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- Python 2.3 to 2.7 are now the officially supported versions, no Python
3 yet, sorry.

- The ``datemode`` in an xlwt :class:`Workbook` can be set to 1904 by doing
``workbook.dates_1904 = 1`` and is written to the output file. However the
datemode was not being reflected in conversions from
:class:`datetime.datetime` and :class:`datetime.date` objects to floats for
output, resulting in dates that were 4 years too high when seen in Excel.

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- Added user_set and best_fit attributes to Column class.

- Fixed an ``[Errno 0] Error`` raised when :meth:`Worksheet.flush_row_data` was
called after :meth:`Workbook.save`

- Fixed an error on Windows that occurred when writing large blocks to
files.

- Added the ability to write rich text cells

- Fixed a bug when writing ``MULBLANK`` records on big-endian platforms.

- allow the ``active_pane`` on worksheets to be specified

- added support for zoom (magn) factors and improved possibilities when
generating split panes

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- Added function Utils.rowcol_pair_to_cellrange.
``(0, 0, 65535, 255) -> "A1:IV65536"``

- Removed :class:`Worksheet` property ``show_empty_as_zero``,
and added attribute :attr:`~Worksheet.show_zero_values`
(default: ``1 == True``).

- Fixed formula code generation problem with formulas
including MAX/SUM/etc functions with arguments like A1+123.

- Added .pattern_examples.xls and put a pointer to it
in the easyxf part of Style.py.

- Fixed Row.set_cell_formula() bug introduced in 0.7.1.

- Fixed bug(?) with SCL/magnification handling causing(?) Excel
to raise a dialogue box if sheet is set to open in page preview mode
and user then switches to normal view.

- Added color and colour as synonyms for font.colour_index in easyxf.

- Removed unused attribute Row.__has_default_format.

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See source control for changes made.

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- Fixed more bugs and added more various new bits of functionality