Re: Release of LispWorks 8.1

Hi, and thanks a lot Martin!

Do "unicode rules" mean that I no longer need to do the hack below?

Best Regards,
Piotr

(:shadowing-import-from #:unicode-hack
    #:char-equal
    #:char-not-equal
    #:char-lessp
    #:char-not-lessp
    #:char-greaterp
    #:char-not-greaterp
    #:string-equal
    #:string-not-equal
    #:string-lessp
    #:string-not-lessp
    #:string-greaterp
    #:string-not-greaterp
    #:alphanumericp
    #:alpha-char-p
    #:lower-case-p
    #:upper-case-p
    #:both-case-p
    #:char-upcase
    #:char-downcase
    #:string-upcase
    #:nstring-upcase
    #:string-downcase
    #:nstring-downcase
    #:string-capitalize
    #:nstring-capitalize
    #:equalp
    #:make-hash-table)

On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM Martin Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:

> LispWorks Ltd has released LispWorks 8.1 on Windows®, Macintosh®,
> x86/x86_64
> Linux®, ARM Linux®, ARM64 Linux®, FreeBSD®, x86/x64 Solaris(TM),
> Android(TM)
> and iOS platforms.
>
> LispWorks 8.1 brings these new features:
>
> * Support for GTK+ 3 and Wayland.
> * Scaling graphics for high resolution monitors on Microsoft Windows.
> * In-place editing in tree and list panels.
> * Unicode character case rules in Common Lisp functions.
> * Improved performance of bignum division on arm64 platforms.
> * Smooth scrolling in the editor.
> * Displaying line numbers in the editor.
> * Many bug fixes and extensions to existing functionality.
>
> Not all features are supported for every LispWorks product and
> platform. For details, please see the feature table at
>
>   https://www.lispworks.com/products/features.html
>
> LispWorks Professional and Enterprise Editions still offer excellent value
> to
> commercial users and academic institutions with no runtime license fees. An
> annual maintenance contract is available.
>
> LispWorks Hobbyist and HobbyistDV Editions offer an affordable fully
> functional Common Lisp IDE for non-commercial and non-academic use by
> individuals.
>
> LispWorks for Android Runtime allows you to deliver (non-GUI) Lisp
> libraries
> which you can incorporate into Android apps ("mobile Lisp libraries"). It
> is
> available as an add-on to customers with LispWorks 8.1, which you use to
> develop your code before creating the mobile Lisp library. We do not charge
> runtime license fees for mobile Lisp libraries generated by LispWorks for
> Android Runtime.
>
> LispWorks for iOS Runtime allows you to deliver (non-GUI) Lisp libraries
> which
> you can incorporate into iOS apps. It is available as an add-on to
> customers
> with LispWorks 8.1, which you use to develop your code before creating the
> mobile Lisp library. We do not charge runtime license fees for mobile Lisp
> libraries generated by LispWorks for iOS Runtime.
>
> More details of the improvements in this release can be found in the
> Release
> Notes at
>
>   https://www.lispworks.com/documentation/lw81/rnig/rnig.htm
>
>
> Prices
> ------
> Pricing information for LispWorks 8.1 is at
>
>   https://www.lispworks.com/buy/prices.html
>
> Owners of LispWorks maintenance contracts valid at 3 March 2025 are
> entitled to free upgrades to LispWorks 8.1. We will contact you by email
> with
> your upgrade information. If you are entitled to the upgrade and do not
> receive our email within a day, please tell us at [email protected]
> .
>
>
> Ordering
> --------
> Order LispWorks 8.1 here:
>
>   https://www.lispworks.com/buy/
>
>
> Evaluation Licenses
> -------------------
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>
>   https://www.lispworks.com/buy/evaluation.html
>
>
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