[ANN]: Scipad-8.65

[François Vogel]

ANNOUNCE: Scipad version 8.65
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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:

  * Searching for Scipad updates:
      - no longer is a blocking call
      - supports a proxy, with autodetection (or user forced name and
        port) and optional authentication

  * Supported Scipad version numbers are now %d.%d or %d.%d-%s

  * The directory entry in the find in files dialog now supports SCI
    and SCIHOME shortcuts (and ~ as well, this has always been the
    case)


FIXED BUGS:

  * Fixed ticket #12: it is again possible to exec buffers containing
    pause statements

  * Happened with Tcl/Tk 8.6b1: the left and right arrow keys did no
    longer move the insertion cursor

  * The modified line tag was not shown when uncommenting a line that
    contained only //

  * Comment/uncomment and indent/unindent did place the insert cursor
    at the end of the selected text, which was misleading when the
    width of the textarea is not large enough to display the entire
    line since the indentation spaces or // chars could then not be
    seen

  * Bulletproofed previous session restoring process against some
    concurrent user actions (close tiles or files, hide, new, open,
    exit) that could trigger Tcl errors

  * Searching in hidden files could fail if there was more than one
    hidden file per directory

  * Tooltips on pane titles now show up also if the full filepath is
    truncated by the width of the Scipad window


PLUS:

  * Other minor changes (see changelog.txt for details)


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-8.65/scipad-8.65-Scilab5.zip/download
   - for Scicoslab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad-8.65/scipad-8.65-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.