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#  Implimentation of - Bharath Ram S. and Ramanathan M., "Shortest path in a  #
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#  mutliply-connected domain having curved boundaries " , Computer-Aided      #
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#  Design, 45 (3), March 2013, pp. 723-732                                    #
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#  Instructions: Step 1: Select the input curve file, with correct path       #
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#                Step 2: Choose the start and end point parameters            #
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#  To run the code : Download and compile IRIT from 			      #
#		     http://www.cs.technion.ac.il/~irit	                      #
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# A new function "TGT2CRVS" for solving bitangent between two curves has been #
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# added to irit. To add this, replace the following files with the files      #
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# downloaded  from the zip file.                                              #
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# 1.C:\irit\irit\irit\freefrm7.c                                              #
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# 2.C:\irit\irit\irit\freeform.h                                              #
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# 3.C:\irit\irit\irit\inptevl0.c                                              #
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# 4.C:\irit\irit\irit\inptprsl.h                                              #
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# Rebuild irit locally in folder "C:\irit\irit\irit\" by the command          #
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# "nmake -f makefile.wnt install"                                             #
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# Rebuild full irit in folder "C:\irit\irit\ by the command                   #
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# "nmake -f makefile.wnt all"                                                 #
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