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Editra 0.5.32 Released

cody — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:32:42 -0500

VERSION 0.5.32
DATE 12/28/2009
32nd Alpha Release

NEWS:

Another quick bug fix release to address some critical issues that were still present after the last release.

BUG FIXES:

+Fix error introduced into extended autocomp in previous release.
+Handle win32api errors from calls to GetLongPathName.
+Restore html/xml autocomp behavior to put cursor between tags that are inserted.
+Fix issue with custom key profiles being saved to system directory instead of
user config directory.

Editra 0.5.30 Released

cody — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:31:17 -0500

VERSION 0.5.30
DATE 12/21/2009
31th Alpha Release

NEWS:

Quick bug fix release for some issues that arose after the last release.

BUG FIXES:

+Fix Unicode handling for file names when opening files from the command line.
+Fix bug in not properly shutting down ipc server on exit app event.
+Fix bug in not automatically continuing with the window closure when a modified
file action takes place.
+Fix duplicate entries in autocomp lists that could occur when using extended
autocomp (patch from cowo78)
+Fix replace action not being working when up is selected as the the find direction.
+Fix index error when accessing empty history cache.
+Fix error in returning a list instead of a string when getcalltip fails.
+Fix error handling for when select_style has no background color defined.

Editra 0.5.25 Released

cody — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:09:15 -0500

VERSION 0.5.25
DATE 12/15/2009
30th Alpha Release

NEWS:

Compatibility with older Editra Style Sheet's modifier syntax has been removed,
style sheet made for pre 0.4 release version may have trouble properly loading
in this version.

OSX 10.6 and Fonts

cody — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:07:51 -0500

This is a know issue with the font dialog not working on OSX 10.6. It will be resolved when a new version of wxPython is released. There is nothing that can be done about it till a new version of the libraries Editra relies on are released, so please refrain from reporting this issue any further.

So when a version of Editra that officially supports OSX 10.6 is ready an announcement will be made.

Thanks,

Cody

Projects Plugin 1.5 Released

cody — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:16:53 -0500

The latest version of the Projects plugin is now available in the Plugin Manager. This release is another bug fix release that addresses some important issues related to reliability, performance, and the history/diff commands.

New:

+Update translations and add many new ones.

Bug Fixes:

+Focus behavior on windows
+Fix number of small typos (patch from kevinsmithc)
+Fix error in doing diff when retrieval of file fails
+Fix some threading issues
+Fix error that could happen when retrieving node data for a commit action.

Official support for python2.4 has been dropped for all Editra related components. If you are still using 2.4 most things should still work but I will no longer be supplying eggs for python2.4.

note: title updated to 1.5, 1.4 was replaced within 24 hours due to a windows specific critical bug fix.

Windows Installer 0.5.15

cody — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:15:51 -0500

The windows installer (.exe) for version 0.5.15 has an issue where it puts the files for the spell checking in the wrong place. The spell checking still works but the files interfere with the subprocess module so things like Launch and source control commands in the Projects plugin will appear to do nothing.

This can be worked around by removing the following files from your installation path (i.e C:\Program Files\Editra)

* All .py and .pyc files
iconv.dll
intl.dll
libenchant.dll
libglib-2.0-0.dll
libgmodule-2.0-0.dll

This will of course cause the spell checking feature to become disabled.

Editra 0.5.15 Released

cody — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:36:10 -0500

VERSION 0.5.15
DATE 10/31/2009
30th Alpha Release

NEWS:

This release contains a a large number of internal changes. New features include
the ability to customize syntax highlighting and add new file type support
through xml files. Spell checking is now also supported through the use of the
enchant spell checking library.

When installing a new version

cody — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:10:57 -0400

The current releases are still developmental snapshots, so there are continual api changes. When installing a new version of Editra if you start getting crashes related to Plugins that you have installed from a previous version always do the following.

1) Open the PluginManager
2) Look for updates to your existing plugins in the Downloads Tab
3) Install any newer versions of the plugins you use as they may have compatibility changes to adapt to the new release of Editra.

As things get closer to a stable release cycle the PluginManager and Plugin framework will automatically manage these kind of things and provide notifications of when updates are available.

The plugin I hear about the most is the Calculator plugin. The 0.5 release of the plugin is no longer compatible with current releases so use the plugin manager to update it to 0.6 which is. Was quite surprised to see how many people are using that example plugin.

Snow Leopard and Font Dialog

cody — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:09:55 -0400

Since I continue to get lots of email and bug reports about the font dialog not working when running Editra on OSX 10.6 I thought it necessary to post about this again as this is a known issue.

Current release versions of Editra are only compatible and built for 10.4/10.5
Editra does run on 10.6 but there are some issues that need to be worked out yet.
The Font can still be configured through the use of Editra Style Sheets.

The issue with the Font dialog is an upstream issue with wxWidgets 2.8.10, the issue has been fixed for 2.8.11 and once its out I will rebuild Editra with it and the issue will be resolved.

Database Cleanup Round 2

cody — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:54:37 -0400

In the ongoing effort to fend off bots from the site, I will be doing another round of database cleanup later this week. All accounts that have not logged in in the last 6 months and have not made any posts since they were created will be cleaned from the database.