[Eric] ANN: New eric 5.3 snapshot released

[detlev]

Hi,

I'd like to inform all of you about the immediate availability of a new eric 
5.3 snapshot. It fixes a few bugs and adds these new features.

- General
  -- introduced a "workspace" directory that is used as the default for 
     opening or saving new files or projects (configurable on Multiproject config 
     page)
- Code Coverage
  -- enhanced the code coverage dialog functionality
- Configuration Dialog
  -- added a filter edit to filter the configuration tree
- Debug Viewer
  -- added the configurable capability to automatically show the source,
     when the call frame is changed in the callstack viewer of the local
     variables viewer
- Editor
  -- added capability to mark changed lines and to navigate between them
- Graphics Dialogs
  -- added capability to store and load diagrams to/from disk
  -- improved the package diagram to include subpackages and their module 
names
  -- added the capability to rebuild a diagram without losing the current item
     positions
- Plug-ins
  -- added the 'addSideWidget()' and 'removeSideWidget()' methods to the 
     UserInterface class to allow plug-in developers to add a plug-in widget 
     to the left or bottom side containers
- Project
  -- made the selectable project types of the project properties dialog 
     dependent upon the selected programming language
- Version Control System Interfaces
  -- Mercurial
     --- added support for --log and --dry-run to the hg graft operation as of
         Mercurial 2.3.0
     --- added code to disable the (deprecated) transplant menu for Mercurial 
2.3.0
- Web Browser
  -- added context menu entries for HTML5 media elements
  -- added a personal information manager to assist in completing form fields
     through field context menu entries or by pressing Ctrl+Return or 
     Ctrl+Enter
  -- added support for GreaseMonkey scripts
  -- added an icon to the status bar to give direct access to AdBlock
  -- rewrote huge part of AdBlock to speed up
  -- added support for dependent AdBlock subscriptions
  -- added support for AdBlock exceptions
  -- added support for AdBlock checksum checking when downloading a 
     subscription
  -- added support for variable AdBlock update periods (given in subscription)
  -- changed FTP support to use Python's ftplib instead of QFtp because the 
     later is not supported in Qt5 anymore
  -- added a handler for file: schemes to allow directory listings


It is available via 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/eric-ide/files/eric5/unstable/5.3-20121101

Regards
Detlev
-- 
Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de