[ANN]: Scipad-8.66

[François Vogel]

ANNOUNCE: Scipad version 8.66
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A new version of the Scipad text editor for Scilab and Scicoslab is 
available.


CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION
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NEW:

  * URLs are clickable and get displayed in any available external web
    browser

  * It is now possible to have more than one results window for find
    in files

  * Added a new line numbers display scheme which is identical to
    logical line numbers but continued lines are counted the same as
    any other line. This is the same as physical line numbers that
    would be reset at each function start. The debugger is not touched
    by this change, only the margin and the status line displaying
    line numbers, and the goto line feature. Error lines reported in
    error messages correspond to this new line numbering scheme (this
    is aka "whereami scheme")

  * Added new edit actions: turn single quote string delimiters into
    double quotes, to lower case, to upper case, switch case of first
    letter of words, and capitalize words

  * Expanded the editor() macro to support filepaths, linenumbers and
    function names (same prototype as in Scilab 5)


FIXED BUGS:

  * Fixed bug introduced in r265 (Scipad 8.65): restoring the previous
    sessionlayout did not correctly close the temporary buffer when
    there was hidden files

  * Fixed bug introduced in r58 (Scipad 8.59): search/replace in
    multiple files did no longer work

  * Fixed: double clicking for selecting a word, followed by keyboard
    arrows produced unexpected selection adjustment

  * Fixed bug when commenting a single empty selected line

  * Fixed messages about invalid internal links in the Scipad help
    files that showed up when installing Scipad in Scilab 5.3


Other changes (minor):

  * Added bindings:
      - Control-W for close all files overall
      - Alt-F4 for exit Scipad

  * Usability: When there is exactly one function among the buffers,
    then preselect it in the gotoline dialog

  * Added right-click action on pane titles showing a popup menu
    proposing to copy the pathname to the clipboard

  * Added convenient entries in the Help menu for reaching useful web
    sites

  * Files with mixed line endings or with line endings not matching
    the user preference in the Options menu are flagged as modified on
    opening

  * The user can prevent the line endings dialog from displaying for
    each file, which is especially useful during drag and drop of a
    directory or large number of files


WHAT IS SCIPAD ?
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Scipad is a powerful editor and graphical debugger for programs 
written in Scilab language. It is a mature and highly configurable 
programmer's editor, including features like syntax colorization, 
regexp search/replace, parentheses matching, logical/physical line 
numbering, peer windows, line and block text editing, and much more. 
Scipad can be used along with Scicoslab or Scilab, but even as a 
standalone text editor. Used as internal Sci(cos)lab editor, it 
interacts tightly with the interpreter, allowing

  - Scilab code execution control
  - conditional breakpointing
  - variable retrieval and tooltip display
  - Scilab help lookup
  - access to source code of Scilab library function
  - control of Scilab facilities for Matlab code and creation of
    help documents
  - and much more

Scipad also includes basic Modelica and XML syntax colorization; it is 
currently localized in 13 languages and further localizations can 
easily be added. Scipad is entirely written in Tcl/Tk and Scilab 
language. It has been tested and developed under various versions of 
Windows and Linux.


WHERE CAN SCIPAD BE FOUND?
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Project page @ SourceForge.net: http://sourceforge.net/p/scipad/

Direct download:
   - for Scilab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad/8.66/scipad-8.66-Scilab5.zip/download
   - for Scicoslab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad-8.66/scipad-8.66-Scicoslab.zip/download

Installation instructions: 
http://sourceforge.net/p/scipad/wiki/Installation/

Details regarding the tested platforms: 
http://sourceforge.net/p/scipad/wiki/Tested%20on/


LICENSE
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Scipad is a free software distributed under the terms of the GPL (V2) 
license.