[Gambas-user] Release of Gambas 2.6

[Stefano Palmeri]

Il Saturday 10 May 2008 13:11:00 Benoit Minisini ha scritto:
> Hi,
>
> Here is a new release of Gambas 2.
>
> The new feature is the support of SVN conflict in the IDE. When a SVN
> conflict is detected, you will not be able to edit the file in conflict.
> Instead, you will get a conflict dialog that will help you to solve the
> conflict.
>
> Otherwise, this release fixes some important bugs:
>
> * Evaluating expressions in the IDE output console works again.
>
> * Symbol polymorphism is now correctly handled when the inheritance depth
> is greater than two!
>
> * The evaluation of Eval() expressions is handled the same way as any other
> code now, to prevent stack leaks.
>
> * Reading floating point values from a SQLite database does not depend on
> the locale anymore.
>
> * Clipboard.Copy() from gb.qt component now correctly sends UTF-8 strings
> to the clipboard.
>
> Here is the full changelog:
>
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>
> [CONFIGURATION]
> * BUG: Search include files inside lib64 directories too. Hurra for the
>   distributions that put non 64 bits specific files into a 64 bits specific
>   directory!
> * NEW: Makes better configuration warning messages when detecting libintl
>   and libiconv libraries.
>
> [DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT]
> * BUG: The auto-completion of a child class now is correctly updated if its
>   parent class is modified.
> * BUG: The auto-completion of children classes does not overflow the stack
>   anymore.
> * BUG: Evaluating expressions in the output console works again.
> * BUG: Text editor does not flash anymore when being resized.
> * BUG: Correctly raise an error when making an executable fails for any
>   reason.
> * BUG: Extract the property help better.
> * BUG: Fix the layout of the property sheet text edit dialog.
> * BUG: Splitting view in editor correctly updates the procedure combo-box
>   now.
> * BUG: The menu editor does not crash anymore when all menus are deleted
>   at once.
> * NEW: Add a search box in the output console toolbar.
> * NEW: Displays an error message if a project is not a Gambas 2 project.
> * NEW: Subversion conflicts support.
> * OPT: Do not set Project ColumnView AutoResize property to TRUE. Use a
>   very wide column instead to optimize redrawing.
>
> [INTERPRETER]
> * BUG: Symbol polymorphism is now correctly handled when the inheritance
>   depth is greater than two!
> * BUG: INC and DEC now toggle boolean values.
> * BUG: Getting information on a not yet loaded class does not crash the
>   debugger anymore.
> * BUG: Handle the evaluation of Eval() expressions the same way as any
>   other code. Otherwise, stack can be leaked when there is an exception
>   inside.
> * NEW: The foreign function interface is now optional.
>
> [COMPILER]
> * BUG: Adds many error messages when a compiler limit is reached: too many
>   static symbols in a same class, too many dynamic symbols, too many
>   functions, and so on.
> * BUG: Do not print error messages on unexpected strings with newline
>   inside. Just claim that an unexpected string has been encountered.
>
> [GB.DB.SQLITE2]
> * BUG: Reading floating point values and other values do not depend on the
>   locale anymore.
> * NEW: Remove useless code.
>
> [GB.DB.SQLITE3]
> * BUG: Reading floating point values and other values do not depend on the
>   locale anymore.
> * NEW: Remove useless code.
>
> [GB.EVAL]
> * BUG: Remove an apparently useless line of code that made the highlighter
>   sometimes crash!
> * BUG: Evaluating "Error" does not crash anymore. It just raises an error.
> * BUG: Do not print error messages on unexpected strings with newline
>   inside. Just claim that an unexpected string has been encountered.
>
> [GB.FORM]
> * BUG: Correctly cancel a impossible rename operation in the DirView
>   control.
> * NEW: Add a slider for setting the alpha color component.
>
> [GB.FORM.DIALOG]
> * BUG: Standard dialogs now correctly react to double clicks.
>
> [GB.GTK]
> * BUG: Void items are correctly handled by ComboBox without crashing now.
> * BUG: Windows cannot get focus anymore.
> * BUG: PictureBox.Alignment property now correctly deals with Align.Normal,
>   Align.TopNormal, and Align.BottomNormal alignments.
> * BUG: Fix uninitialized variables in ggridview.cpp and gmainwindow.cpp.
>
> [GB.PDF]
> * BUG: Compiles correctly against poppler 0.8 now.
>
> [GB.QT]
> * BUG: Resizing a GridView column inside the ColumnResize event handler
>   does not lead to a crash anymore.
> * BUG: Correctly update the PictureBox and DrawingArea background when the
>   background color changes.
> * BUG: Clipboard.Copy() sends UTF-8 strings to the clipboard correctly now.
> * BUG: SpinBox.Text works correctly now.
> * BUG: PictureBox is correctly refreshed now when its contents change.
> * BUG: TabStrip[].Count now always returns the correct number of child
>   controls in a tab.
> * NEW: Non resizable windows can be resized by the Move() or Resize()
>   methods now.
> * OPT: The PictureBox control does not flicker anymore when its Picture
>   property is changed.
>
> [GB.QT.EXT]
> * BUG: Editor now correctly highlight its frame according to the focus
>   change on styles that have use of that.
> * BUG: Editor correctly goes to the end of file when pressing CTRL+END.
>   Consequently, SelectAll() works correctly too now.
>
> [GB.SETTINGS]
> * BUG: Do not use Array datatype incorrectly anymore.
>
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>
> Enjoy it!
>
> Regards,

Just to say that it compiles perfectly on last Slackware 12.1.

Bye,

Stefano