[Eric] ANN: eric 4.2.0 released

[Jake Beard]

Bravo!

Jake

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:46:35 +0200
Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am proud to announce the immediate availability of eric 4.2.0. It
> is available via
> 
> http://www.die-offenbachs.de/eric/index.html.
> 
> The highlight of changes are as follows.
> 
> APIs:
> - added API file for Ruby
> - added Ruby API file for eric4 Ruby files
> - enhanced the API file generation tool and dialog
> 
> Configuration:
> - reorganized the configuration dialog
> - changed settings from native format to ini format
> 
> Editor:
> - added functionality to mark all occurrances of a searched text
> - enhanced unicode support (added utf-16 and utf-32)
> - added an action to insert a new line below the current one
> (Shift+Return)
> - added capability to save the folding state of a file in the session
> file
> - added capability to save the open multi project and the open
> project in the global session file
> 
> General VCS support:
> - added an LED to signal the project's VCS status to the project
> viewer
> 
> Graphics:
> - added capability to save UML like graphics as SVG
> - added capability to display SVG files
> 
> Help Viewer:
> - added a QWebKit based help viewer (available if Qt 4.4 is installed)
> 
> Plugins:
> - added HTTPS support to plugin repository dialog (for Qt 4.3 and
> newer)
> 
> Project:
> - added multiproject support
> - added storage key PROJECTTYPESPECIFICDATA for project type specific
>   data (may be used by project type plugins)
> - moved all supporting project management files (e.g. tasks file) to a
>   management subdirectory
> 
> Shell:
> - made Shell history more comfortable by
>   -- selecting from history via a dialog
>   -- list the history in a dialog with capabilities to
>      --- delete entries
>      --- copy entries to the current editor
>      --- execute entries in the shell
> 
> Templates:
> - extended the templates system to support a few predefined variables
>   (thanks to Dan Bullok)
> 
> Toolbars:
> - added a toolbar manager and a toolbar configuration dialog
> - cleaned up the default toolbars
> 
> Translations:
> - added Spanish translations from Jaime Seuma
> - added Turkish translations from Serdar Koçdaş
> 
> Various:
> - enhancements to the class browsers
> - added print preview capability (available if Qt 4.4 is installed)
> - added new default icon set based on the Oxygen icons
> 
> Viewmanager:
> - added a viewmanager plugin using the new QMdiArea
> - added double click action to the tabview viewmanager. Double
> clicking the space right of the last tab opens a new editor.
> 
> Regards,
> Detlev