[Gambas-devel] Release of gambas2 1.9.44

[Benoit Minisini]

Hi,

This is the first release generated from the subversion repository. So I hope 
you won't get too many problems.

This is mainly a bug fixes release: 

* Some optimizations in various places. The main one is that now the 
interpreter main loop is compiled with -O3 flag, making the interpreter about 
5% faster. 

* The IDE image selector has been fixed. 

* Editing an image in the IDE works again. 

* There is a new component too: gb.gtk.svg.

Here is the full ChangeLog:

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DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

* NEW: Adds the 96 pixels size to the IDE select icon dialog box.
* NEW: Swedish translation updated.
* BUG: Popup balloon is hidden when a debugging session stops.
* BUG: You can edit an image again.
* BUG: The IDE translation dialog is not displayed if the 'msgmerge' tool
  is not installed.
* BUG: An hidden symbol, in the IDE, is a symbol begining with an 
  underscore, or a symbol with an uderscore inside but that is not a 
  constant.
* BUG: Create project dialog saves the settings of its directory chooser.
* BUG: Fix automatic completion with constants having underscore, without 
  preventing automatic completion of events from working.
* BUG: A void string selected during debugging is not sent to the debugger 
  anymore.

EXAMPLES

* BUG: ServerSocket example works again.

INTERPRETER

* NEW: A little optimization in hash table routines.
* NEW: The main interpreter loop is now always compiled with -03. This 
  speeds up the interpreter by about 5%.
* BUG: The '#' debugger command should work correctly now.

GB.DEBUG COMPONENT

* BUG: The '#' debugger command should work correctly now.

GB.EVAL COMPONENT

* BUG: Evaluating a void string does not crash anymore.
* BUG: The evaluator does not crash or behave badly anymore when evaluating
  an expression with a missing operand.

GB.QT COMPONENT

* NEW: The disabled icon creation routine has been optimized.
* NEW: The UserControl and UserContainer now have a '_Container' hidden 
  property that replaces the old 'Container' visible property.
* NEW: Old ListBox mode constants were removed.
* BUG: GTK+ stock icons were fixed.
* BUG: TrayIcon.Width and TrayIcon.Height now return accurate values.
* BUG: The IconView default arrangement is 'Row'.
* BUG: Fixed a round error in ProgressBar value.
* BUG: Control.Parent now always returns NULL when the control is a 
  top-level window. Consequently, Settings.Read() and Settings.Write() now 
  use the correct key.
* BUG: Settings ComboBox.Text property when ComboBox is read-only does not 
  raise useless events anymore.
  
GB.FORM COMPONENT

* NEW: ColorButton control has returned. It now has a Value property that
  is a synonymous of the Color property.
* NEW: DateChooser has a new Activate event.

GB.FORM.MDI COMPONENT

* NEW: Workspace tab bar now has the correct height when it opens the first
  time.

GB.DB.FIREBIRD

* NEW: A standalone version of ibpp 2.5.2.2 is used now.

GB.SDL COMPONENT

* Updated.

GB.GTK.SVG COMPONENT

* New component.

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You may get two problems:

* Help files seems to not fully display correctly.

* The gb.db.firebird component was modified to use a embedded newer version of 
the ibbp library. Tell me if it works, as I can't test.

Enjoy it anyway!

-- 
Benoit Minisini