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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;">Hello Pythonistas,</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;">I just uploaded eric 23.5. It fixes some bugs and adds these new features.</p>
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<li>JavaScript Support
</li>
<ul>
<li>Removed JavaScript functionality depending on the `jasy` package because it
has not been maintained for years.
</li>
</ul>
<li>MicroPython
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<ul>
<li>Added support for STLink based devices.
</li>
<li>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).
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Added the capability to install the `mpy-cross` compiler from the MicroPython
page of the configuration dialog.
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Added a package installer for devices lacking network connectivity and the `mip`
package manager.
</li>
</ul>
<li>Plugin Repository
</li>
<ul>
<li>Added the capability to enforce the download of plugin packages using the
`http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
</li>
</ul>
<li>Translator
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<ul>
<li>Added support for the LibreTranslate translator (see
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate">https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate</a>).
</li>
</ul>
<li>Web Browser
</li>
<ul>
<li>Added the capability to enforce the download of spell check dictionaries using
the `http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
</li>
</ul>
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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"><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/"><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"><span style=" text-decoration: underline; color:#2980b9;">detlev@die-offenbachs.de</span></a> </p>
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