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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">I just uploaded eric 21.3. It fixes some bugs and adds these new features.</p>
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<li>General</li>
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<li>changed the default file format for several generated files to be based on JSON</li>
<li>added support for Cython</li>
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<li>Debugger</li>
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<li>added capability to delete environment variables for the debugged script by adding a '-' to the variable name in the start dialog</li>
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<li>Debug Viewer</li>
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<li>changed code to show project relative paths in the breakpoint viewer</li>
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<li>Editor</li>
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<li>integrated the "Quick Search" functionality into the editor search widget</li>
<li>added support for Cython to the code outline/navigation lists</li>
<li>added support for Cython to the Typing Completers</li>
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<li>File Browser</li>
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<li>added capability to show/hide hidden files (i.e. those starting with '.')</li>
<li>added capability to create new files/directories and delete them</li>
<li>added Cython support to show the file structure of these files</li>
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<li>Mercurial Interface</li>
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<li>added support for Mercurial 5.7</li>
</ul>
<li>MicroPython</li>
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<li>added support for "Raspberry Pi Pico" (i.e. RP2040 based boards)</li>
<li>extended the list of supported (recognized) CircuitPython boards</li>
<li>added capability to manually configure devices not yet known by eric6</li>
<li>added a generic dialog for flashing UF2 capable devices (with device detection)</li>
<li>added code to support 'middle button paste'</li>
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<li>pip Interface</li>
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<li>changed code for the search function to work with the PyPI search page because the XML-RPC search interface of PyPI is still disabled</li>
<li>extended the Package Details dialog to include buttons to install, upgrade or uninstall the package
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">It is available via the eric web site or PyPI.</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><a href="https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#2980b9;">https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html</span></a></p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><a href="https://pypi.org/project/eric-ide/" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#2980b9;">https://pypi.org/project/eric-ide/</span></a></p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Regards,</p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">Detlev</p>
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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><span style=" font-weight:600;">Detlev Offenbach</span></p>
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><a href="mailto:detlev@die-offenbachs.de" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#2980b9;">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</span></a> </p>
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