Thanks! Now it is time to upload those padre plugins. waxhead++ 2011/11/14 Peter Lavender <pla...@internode.on.net>
> Original Link: > > http://blogs.perl.org/users/peter_lavender/2011/11/padre-092-the-release.html > > As previously alluded to, Padre 0.92 was nearing completion for > distribution. > > Well, this is the announcement to say that Padre, the Perl IDE has > finally been cut loose to venture into the wild world. > > With the run up to 1.0 the next series of Padre releases will be the end > result of a lot of refactoring work, mostly done by the ever industrious > Adam Kennedy; and more polish and shine to key areas, such as the > amazing work done by Ahmad Zawawi with Wx::Scintilla and its > incorporation into Padre. > > The change list for this release is simply massive, at over 160 lines > ( not all of them single line changes, granted ) this is without doubt > one of the larger set of changes to go out in a release. Helped somewhat > by the rather lengthy development cycle. Typically Padre releases were > about 2-4 weeks, but with the significant changes to the internals going > on, it was clear that time would be required to get things back into > shape. > > So lets take a look at some of the larger changes to Padre 0.92, on the > road to 1.0: > > Ahmad Zawawi gets top billing this announcement with the work done to > bring us Wx::Scintilla. > > - Wx::Scintilla is now stable and replaces Wx::STC in Padre > (AZAWAWI) > > Ahmad then went on to add in real time VCS or local document difference > calculations to Padre: > > - Added realtime VCS or local document difference calculation margin > feature > (AZAWAWI) > - Added a differences popup window that can traverse differences in > a document > and revert back changes (AZAWAWI) > - Added 'Next Difference' to edit menu (AZAWAWI) > - Added a generic version control panel that provides minimal > project > subversion/git support with the ability to view normal/unversioned > and ignored > files (AZAWAWI) > > > Ahmad added in support for perl 6 and other additional languages with > the assistance of Zeno Gantner: > > - Add syntax checking comments pragmas. To disable Padre syntax > check, please type '## no padre_syntax_check' and to enable again > type > '## use padre_syntax_check' in your source code (AZAWAWI) > - Added lang_perl6_auto_detection which enables Padre to detect Perl > 6 files > in Perl 5 files. Please note that this is not an accurate method > of > detecting Perl 6 files (disabled by default). The previous > behavior was to > enable it when the Perl 6 plugin is enabled (AZAWAWI) > - Added "Language Perl 6" tab to preferences (AZAWAWI) > - Ruby and Python scripts can be now be executed (AZAWAWI) > - Ruby, Python, Java, and C# are supported in the function list > (AZAWAWI, ZENOG) > > > And if that wasn't enough, we now have a CPAN Explorer: > > - Added CPAN explorer that reuses MetaCPAN.org API for searching for > a module > and uses App::cpanminus for package installation. It can list the > most > recent and favorite CPAN releases, view their POD documentation > and if there is a SYNOPSIS section, one can insert it from within > Padre. > (AZAWAWI) > > With a final effort to sort out some of the testing during the build and > test before release tonight. > > Adam Kennedy, ever our deepest explorer of dark code in Padre managed to > wrangle the task manager again, breaking, grinding, sweating and > returning to us a fixed and improved task API for Padre: > > - New Task 3.0 which fixes bidirectional communication and thus > enables > services that run indefinitely in reserved threads (ADAMK) > > With that we saw Style 2.0 land along with other GUI improvements: > > - New Style 2.0 which simplifies implementations, adds style > localisation > and allows styling of the GUI (ADAMK) > - Added fine-grained Wx locking mechanism so that high frequency > asyncronous > GUI code doesn't create high frequency asyncronous flickering. > Padre > flickers much less now on Win32 (ADAMK) > - Added Replace in Files using matching logic to Find in Files > (ADAMK) > - Added plugin compatibility tracking to Padre::Search (ADAMK) > - Wx doesn't seem to let us change the PaneBorder setting after pane > creation, so leave it off and have an empty area rather than have > a > double-width border (ADAMK) > - Wx constants are now Wx::FOO instead of Wx::wxFOO... and these > ones are > actually constants instead of strange AUTOLOAD weirdness (ADAMK) > > This is a new one, and likely one of those changes you don't really > notice: > > - We now SetEndAtLastLine(0) on editor panels so you can scroll one > page > past the end of the document and type into relaxing clear space > (ADAMK) > > I guess when you're right down to the bottom of the code you really do > notice small things like this! > > More thread and task work: > > - Added support for task parents and owners being notified when a > task has > started running in the background (ADAMK) > - Task owners can now hijack status bar messages if they wish to > (ADAMK) > - The task manager can now run without the need for threads. > However, > every task will block the foreground and makes Padre unusable, so > this > feature is reserved for profiling Padre's performance (ADAMK) > - The advanced setting threads_stacksize allows the tuning of the > thread stack size. On Win32 the default is dropped to 4meg (ADAMK) > - The advanced setting threads_maximum allows the tuning of the > maximum number of background worker threads (ADAMK) > > Improvements to the performance of the Directory/Project tree view: > > - Directory tree search result rendering is now throttled to four > updates > per second. This prevents tree updates exhausting all resources > and > strangling user input, and seems to actually get the results onto > screen > faster because there's less lock/render passes (ADAMK) > > The list goes on, but these are certainly most if not all of the notable > and noticeable changes in Padre from Adam this release. > > Kevin Dawson ( bowtie in IRC ) has been working steadily away at Patch: > > - Add Patch to editor menu and removed Diff Tools (BOWTIE) > > and assisting Ahmad with issues relating to panels on the right hand > side of the IDE: > > - Fix Outline focus and paint bugs that caused other right panels > to > misbehave when Outline is enabled (BOWTIE, AZAWAWI) > > Kevin is also the author of a number of Cookbooks for Padre Plugins and > quite a few other pages on the Padre wiki. > > Ahmad committed a patch for the Solarized Light theme: > > - Added 'Solarized Light' theme contributed by Anton Ukolov ('sugar' > on irc) > (AZAWAWI) > > We also got the Solarized Dark theme, which is certainly my favourite > theme in use at the moment, thanks Anton! This is far easier on the eyes > than the glaring white background. You'll find the new themes under > Tool/Preferences and the Appearance Tab ( first one ). Select the theme > you want from the Editor Style Drop down. > > Long time committers and usual lurkers, Sebastian Willing and Zeno > Gantner also chipped in this release with a number of changes: > > - Add out-of-the-box comment support for HTML, XML, LISP, Fortran, > Forth, > Pascal, VBScript, DOS batch files, ActionScript, Tcl, COBOL, > Haskell > (ZENOG) > - MATLAB source file extension is .m, not .mat (ZENOG) > - Tabs without filename now also backed up (SEWI) > - "Filter through Perl" back into core (SEWI) > - regex editor: insert m// operator when replace field is not > visible (ZENOG) > - regex editor: highlight matched text in blue instead of red, not > avoid > confusion with warnings (ZENOG) > - improved messages in Menu/File.pm, Goto.pm and ActionLibrary.pm > (ZENOG) > - FindFast.pm: 'Case insensitive'->'Case sensitive' to match actual > behavior > of the checkbox (ZENOG) > - Update German translation (ZENOG) > > Translations: > > We saw Italian updated during the dev cycle and a late minute commit > from crux ( irc sorry ) for Russian. > > This is a long enough post as it stand now, I'm amazed if you got this > far, but it wouldn't be fair not to try and capture just some of the > work that has been going on with Padre since the last release nearly 3 > months ago. > > Padre is the culmination of a lot of work by a few dedicated people. > It's clear we have a few stand out committers to Padre, but every bit > counts, Kevin Dawson is doing great work with documenting on the wiki > and prodding the key devs in interesting ways in irc. > > Translations that make Padre usable for many in a global environment > means that Padre is just that little more accessible to a wider > audience. > > The two new Solarized themes really are a joy to work with. I typically > don't change the default settings, but I certainly reach for the > preferences these days if I don't have Solarized Dark set. > > I'm truly impressed with what has been achieved during the time I've > been involved with Padre. I really did want to code and contribute in a > more direct hands on way, but I find that with kids and a home life that > doesn't seem to be getting any slower for now, that the ramp up time it > takes to get back into Wx programming and Padre that I spend whatever > time I have just learning everything again and never getting anything > meaningful done. > > So while I'm allowed to hold the job of Release Manager, it's still one > way to stay connected to an awesome project. > > Thanks to everyone who contributes to Padre, whether it's through > installing it and reporting bugs either directly via trac or by dropping > into irc.perl.org #padre, the translators and our alpha coders, the > people who hang out in irc and can answer or assist others who drop in > at all times of the global day and the people who just make coding in > Perl that little more enjoyable. > > > _______________________________________________ > Padre-dev mailing list > Padre-dev@perlide.org > http://mail.perlide.org/mailman/listinfo/padre-dev >
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