Komodo 8.0.0-alpha3 now available to preview
Todd Whiteman <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:13:10 -0800
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Hello,
The third Komodo IDE 8.0.0 alpha (pre-release) is now available for
testing. Existing Komodo 8 users can use the '/Help -> Check for
Updates.../' menu to update, otherwise you can download it directly from
here:
http://downloads.activestate.com/Komodo/releases/8.0.0a3/
We will continue making Komodo 8 pre-release builds every 3-4 weeks,
which will lead to an official Komodo 8.0.0 final release some time in 2013.
Note that Komodo Edit builds are not yet available, we'll be releasing
the Edit bits when we reach the Beta phase. That said, the IDE alpha and
beta builds can be trialed by anyone (you don't need to hold a Komodo
IDE license).
The major changes in Komodo 8.0.0 alpha 3 are:
* *User Interface*: We've revamped the icons used by Komodo - we're
now using monochrome images based on the IcoMoon set
<http://icomoon.io/>, and we'll continue to modify the styling
throughout the Komodo 8 release series. The toolbar has changed
dramatically - with new icons and some items have been removed
and/or replaced with a drop-down version. There are a few toolbar
icons that still need tweaking.
We'd love to hear your feedback on these changes (for good and for
bad), so let us know how you feel and what you'd like to see improved.
* *Auto Abbreviations*: We've made auto-abbreviations better - by
making them run faster and improving the handling of soft characters
and tabstops in the inserted snippets.
Note that soft characters will now be consumed to the left and right
of the cursor (before it was just to the right), so typing text will
flow more naturally into auto abbreviations, e.g. when you type "if
" in JavaScript, it triggers the "if" auto abbreviation and then
typing a "(" will cause this soft brace to become hardened - whereas
before it would have inserted an unwanted parenthesis.
**
*
*Performance Tweaks*: We've modified a number of components to
improve Komodo's performance:
o Find in Files: Noticeably faster - a 2x speed up over Komodo 7
o Startup: Faster preference loading to improve startup time
o Startup: Lazily loading of color schemes to improve startup time
You can view the release notes for a full list of changes in Komodo 8:
http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/8.0/releases/ide.html#bug_fixes-8.0.0a3
You can contact us about Komodo 8 questions and problems using any of
the mediums below:
forums http://community.activestate.com/products/Komodo
email http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/komodo-discuss
bugs http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Komodo
irc irc://irc.mozilla.org/#komodo
Cheers,
Todd
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Hello,<br>
<br>
The third Komodo IDE 8.0.0 alpha (pre-release) is now available for
testing. Existing Komodo 8 users can use the '<i>Help -> Check
for Updates...</i>' menu to update, otherwise you can download it
directly from here:
<blockquote><a
href="http://downloads.activestate.com/Komodo/releases/8.0.0a3/">http://downloads.activestate.com/Komodo/releases/8.0.0a3/</a><br>
</blockquote>
We will continue making Komodo 8 pre-release builds every 3-4 weeks,
which will lead to an official Komodo 8.0.0 final release some time
in 2013.<br>
<br>
Note that Komodo Edit builds are not yet available, we'll be
releasing the Edit bits when we reach the Beta phase. That said, the
IDE alpha and beta builds can be trialed by anyone (you don't need
to hold a Komodo IDE license).<br>
<br>
The major changes in Komodo 8.0.0 alpha 3 are:<br>
<ul>
<li><b>User Interface</b>: We've revamped the icons used by Komodo
- we're now using monochrome images based on the <a
href="http://icomoon.io/">IcoMoon set</a>, and we'll continue
to modify the styling throughout the Komodo 8 release series.
The toolbar has changed dramatically - with new icons and some
items have been removed and/or replaced with a drop-down
version. There are a few toolbar icons that still need tweaking.<br>
<br>
We'd love to hear your feedback on these changes (for good and
for bad), so let us know how you feel and what you'd like to see
improved.<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><b>Auto Abbreviations</b>: We've made auto-abbreviations
better - by making them run faster and improving the handling of
soft characters and tabstops in the inserted snippets.<br>
<br>
Note that soft characters will now be consumed to the left and
right of the cursor (before it was just to the right), so typing
text will flow more naturally into auto abbreviations, e.g. when
you type "if " in JavaScript, it triggers the "if" auto
abbreviation and then typing a "(" will cause this soft brace to
become hardened - whereas before it would have inserted an
unwanted parenthesis.<br>
<p><strong></strong></p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Performance Tweaks</strong>: We've modified a number
of components to improve Komodo's performance:<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>Find in Files: Noticeably faster - a 2x speed up over
Komodo 7<br>
</li>
<li>Startup: Faster preference loading to improve startup time<br>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Startup: Lazily loading of color schemes to improve
startup time<br>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
You can view the release notes for a full list of changes in Komodo
8:<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/8.0/releases/ide.html#bug_fixes-8.0.0a3">http://docs.activestate.com/komodo/8.0/releases/ide.html#bug_fixes-8.0.0a3</a><br>
<br>
You can contact us about Komodo 8 questions and problems using any
of the mediums below:<br>
<br>
forums <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://community.activestate.com/products/Komodo">http://community.activestate.com/products/Komodo</a><br>
email <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/komodo-discuss">http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/komodo-discuss</a><br>
bugs <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Komodo">http://bugs.activestate.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Komodo</a><br>
irc <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="irc://irc.mozilla.org/#komodo">irc://irc.mozilla.org/#komodo</a><br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Todd<br>
<br>
<br>
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