ANN: eric 23.5 released

[Mick Sulley]

Hi Detlev,

I installed that and it runs now. It reports an error when it starts, 
details attached, but it appears to be working OK.

Many thanks

Mick

On 02/05/2023 12:31, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>
> Hi Mick,
>
> you need to install the 'libxcb-cursor0' system package using your 
> package manager. I think, Qt 6.5.0 introduced this additional dependency.
>
> Note to all: This or something similar might be necessary on ther 
> Linux systems as well.
>
> Regards, Detlev
>
> Am 02.05.23 um 12:24 schrieb Mick Sulley:
>>
>> Hi Detlev,
>>
>> I just installed the new release on Mint using the script on the web 
>> page but it won't start. This is what I see in a terminal
>>
>> mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$ ./eric7_ide qt.qpa.plugin: Could not 
>> load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. 
>> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could 
>> be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. 
>> Available platform plugins are: vkkhrdisplay, linuxfb, minimalegl, 
>> offscreen, wayland-egl, vnc, wayland, minimal, eglfs, xcb. Aborted 
>> (core dumped) mick at DeskMint21:~/eric_env/bin$
>>
>> Have I missed something?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mick
>>
>> On 02/05/2023 09:56, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Pythonistas,
>>>
>>> I just uploaded eric 23.5. It fixes some bugs and adds these new 
>>> features.
>>>
>>>   * JavaScript Support
>>>       o Removed JavaScript functionality depending on the `jasy`
>>>         package because it has not been maintained for years.
>>>   * MicroPython
>>>       o Added support for STLink based devices.
>>>       o Added the capability to select the device path manually in
>>>         case it could not be detected (e.g. because the device does
>>>         not have a volume name).
>>>       o Added the capability to install the `mpy-cross` compiler
>>>         from the MicroPython page of the configuration dialog.
>>>       o Added a package installer for devices lacking network
>>>         connectivity and the `mip` package manager.
>>>   * Plugin Repository
>>>       o Added the capability to enforce the download of plugin
>>>         packages using the `http://` protocol (in case of
>>>         missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
>>>   * Translator
>>>       o Added support for the LibreTranslate translator (see
>>>         https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate).
>>>   * Web Browser
>>>       o Added the capability to enforce the download of spell check
>>>         dictionaries using the `http://` protocol (in case of
>>>         missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
>>>
>>> It is available via the eric web site or PyPI.
>>>
>>> https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html 
>>> <https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html>
>>>
>>> https://pypi.org/project/eric-ide/ <https://pypi.org/project/eric-ide/>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Detlev
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Detlev Offenbach
>>>
>>> detlev at die-offenbachs.de <mailto:detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
>>>
> -- 
> Detlev Offenbach
> detlev at die-offenbachs.de
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