[Scilab-users] [ANN] Scipad-8.73

[Francois Vogel]

ANNOUNCE: Scipad version 8.73
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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 FEATURES:

  * Save and restore layouts (arrangement, position and size of the tiles
    in the Scipad window)

  * Join selected lines

  * Reformat selected lines (arrange text as lines with fixed line width),
    with possibility of inserting leading and trailing strings - A preview
    window shows what will be obtained


IMPROVED:

   * Find/Replace:
     . Made replace support n'th parenthesized subexpression substitution
     . Added display of the number of matches found during incremental 
search
     . Incremental find dialog uses the selection (if any) as preset 
search
       term
     . Made mouse wheel (scrolling) work when the incremental search 
toolbar
       or the find/replace dialog is open
     . Fixed bug when searching for strings containing Tcl special 
characters
       such as [
     . Fixed bug when trying typing text in the results window of 
search in
       files
     . Fixed size of the results window of find in files
     . Fixed incorrect buffer switching when opening a find in files match
       result
     . Find in files remembers the file glob pattern to search and the 
initial
       directory across Scipad sessions
     . Selected text in the results window of search in file can be copied

   * Miscellaneous:
     . Shift-Button-2 on a pane title switches to a buffer backwards 
in the
       list of hidden buffers
     . Better management of the message area at the bottom of the Scipad
       window


FIXED BUGS:

  * Fixed short Scipad hang during startup on a fresh Scipad installation
    that never saw an Internet connection, and with "never" selected as
    frequency for checking for updates

  * Fixed bug when clicking on the empty item of the Goto line 
combobox for
    line in function

  * Fixed centering of Scipad child windows

  * Fixed greying of Execute menu items after switching schemes

  * Fixed missing clearing of the undo/redo stack for all peers when
    reverting a file to its saved version


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-8.73/scipad-8.73-Scilab5.zip/download
   - for Scicoslab: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipad/files/scipad-8.73/scipad-8.73-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.