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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.

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.

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.

NEW: [features/improvements]

• +New version of Launch plugin (new handlers can be added via xml interface)
• +Clicking on encoding field in statusbar will allow encoding of current document
  to be converted.
• +Some performance improvements
• +The -g command line switch now will work when existing instance of Editra is
  already running.

LIBRARY:

• +Xml interface added to Launch plugin

BUG FIXES:

• +Fix error in handling of unknown encodings.
• +Trim long python calltips to ensure that function signature is visible (patch from appliedmath)
• +Fix issue with opening files via relative path from commandline
• +Fix error when adding shelf items to an undocked shelf window
• +Fix index error in page synchronization of filebrowser plugin
• +Fix index error in BackTab functionality
• +Fix BackTab at end of line deleting eol characters
• +Fix startup errors caused by files that were left over from previous installs.
• +Fix issue where Windows binary installer would misplace files that could cause
  subprocess commands to fail.
• +Fix issue in handling short form paths on Windows by converting to long name.

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

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.

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.

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.

NEW: [features/improvements]

• +Syntax highlighting can be extended and overridden by user defined extensions.
• +Spell checking support (requires enchant)
• +Plugins can now be un-installed through plugin manager.
• +Add support for STATA (patch from Jean Eid).

LIBRARY:

• +New api for plugins and other clients to customize buffer context menu.
• +New profile api's for registering for notifications of profile changes.

BUG FIXES:

• +Fix crash that could occur when loading some binary data into buffer.
• +Return unique sorted list of terms when using extended autocomp.
• +Fix some color issues when running under GTK.
• +Fix line number preference not being remembered on startup.
• +Fix error in handling corrupted session files.
• +Fix bug in auto clearing of status text that would let timer to continue running unnecessarily.
• +Fix errors that could occur occasionally when setting status text.
• +Fix bug in error reporting when file reload fails.
• +Fix some compatibility issues with wxPython 2.8.4
• +Fix issue where search direction could get stuck in search previous when using the quick search shortcuts.
• +Fix crash that could occur when showing find dialog under certain cases.

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.

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.

1. Current release versions of Editra are only compatible and built for 10.4/10.5
2. Editra does run on 10.6 but there are some issues that need to be worked out yet.
3. 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.

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.