[Scilab-users] [ANN]: Scipad-8.72

[Rafael Guerra]

Dear Francois,

I have installed Scipad 8.72 on Scilab 5.4.1 Win 7.
I have followed the instructions and there were no error messages to report.
However, I would like to share some issues faced when running Scipad:

(1) Scilab menu: Applications  > SciNotes, launches  Scipad instead of
SciNotes. Is this normal?

(2) Scipad creates system instability that there was not present with
SciNotes: when leaving my interactive Scilab programs and returning to the
Scilab Console, the prompt is not accessible (something seems to be flashing
at bottom). Scilab Console > Control > Abort or Interrupt does not return
the prompt (neither does CTRL+C). I can exit Scipad but the Scilab Console
prompt is still not available. I have to kill Scilab (WScilex.exe) on Win 7
Task Manager.

I would like to know if other users have faced similar problems?

Finally:

(3) Could you please highlight some of the key advantages of using Scipad
instead of SciNotes?


PS:
It would be useful to have in Scipad a navigation panel allowing a quicker
switch between each of the Scilab "project" scripts opened. In SciNotes we
have a multitude of TABs but they are cumbersome when too many files are
opened, with risk of closing the file instead of selecting it.


Thanks and regards

Rafael Guerra


-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces at lists.scilab.org] On Behalf Of Francois
Vogel
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 9:34 PM
To: Scilab users list
Subject: [Scilab-users] [ANN]: Scipad-8.72

ANNOUNCE: Scipad version 8.72
=============================

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


CHANGES SINCE PREVIOUS VERSION
==============================

NEW:

  * Added sort command (for strings or real numbers, ascending or
    descending) in the edit menu

  * The selection is now saved and restored across Scipad sessions

  * Clickable links are better seen through colorization of the link
    text


FIXED BUGS:

  * URLs containing the ampersand (&) character were truncated in the
    external internet browser on Windows

  * Fixed an issue with replace: the text could be replaced at a wrong
    position when searching in regexp mode for a search pattern
    matching one or more \n (testcase: search for \n, replace with a
    comma)

  * Fixed bug when reopening Scipad after closure with only modified
    files visible and the user did not save any of them

  * Fixed bug when closing a temporary file created during a drag and
    drop operation

  * Fixed crash when dragging an email from MS Outlook over Scipad

  * Worked around slowdown with File/Open under Scilab-4.1.2

  * Made error message more explicit when Scipad cannot be installed in
    Scilab-5.4.1 due to missing "modules_manager" module

  * Fixed shrinking of Scipad window under Win7 when opening a match
    from Find in files results window

  * Capitalize words did not work for first word of each line in a
    multiline selection

  * Updated autoproxy package to version 1.5.3, which includes the fix
    for tcllib bug 3313923:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3313923&group_id=12883&atid=
112883


WHAT IS SCIPAD ?
================

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?
==========================

Project page @ SourceForge.net: http://sourceforge.net/p/scipad/

Direct download:
   - for Scilab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad-8.72/scipad-8.72-Scilab5
.zip/download
   - for Scicoslab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad-8.72/scipad-8.72-Scicosl
ab.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
=======

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

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