ANN: eric 26.8 released

[Richard D. Moores]

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On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
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> Hello Pythonistas,
>
>
>
> I just uploaded eric 26.8. It fixes some bugs and adds these new features.
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>    - Configuration Dialog
>       - Extended the interface to allow to open a configuration dialog
>       with externally defined entries (e.g. by plugin tools).
>    - MicroPython
>       - Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
>       - Updated the list of known RP2 boards.
>       - Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
>    - Plugin Manager
>       - Extended the plugin installation to allow plugins to install
>       scripts in a `Scripts` subdirectory.
>       - Added an interface to allow plugins to add menu entries to the
>       tray starter menu.
>    - Tray Starter
>       - Extended the tray starter app to be able to be extended through
>       scripts installed by plugins. These are added to a `Plugin Tools` submenu
>       of the default menu. Otherwise they are available in the list of available
>       entries of the tray starter menu editor dialog (see below).
>       - Rearranged the tray starter menu to contain the tools in submenus.
>       - Added an editor dialog to modify the central (variable) part of
>       the tray starter menu.
>       - Added an entry to the Tray Starter configuration page to create
>       an `Autostart` (Linux platforms) or `Startup` (Windows platforms) entry.
>    - eric Plug-in Wizard
>       - Extended the wizard to support the extended PluginManager API.
>
> It is available via the eric web site or PyPI.
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> https://eric-ide.python-projects.org/index.html
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> https://pypi.org/project/eric-ide/
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>
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> Regards,
>
> Detlev
>
> --
>
> Detlev Offenbach
>
> detlev at die-offenbachs.de
>
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