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02 December 2023

eric 23.12 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

General
- Improved platform support for FreeBSD.
Debugger
- Added a configuration option to select whether call trace optimization shall be enabled (this requires no function/method definition on the first line of a module).
- Improved the configuration for remote debugging (global and project specific).
- Changed the Python debugger code such, that unhandled exceptions are reported always and handled exception only, if the specifically requested in the Start Debugging dialog.
Diff Dialog
- Extended the functionality to accept two files to be diffed via the command line.
Editor
- Changed the Auto Save interval to be in seconds instead of minutes.
  Note: The Auto Save interval has to be reconfigured!
- Added the capability to save a modified file automatically when the editor looses the focus.
- Added a button to format underline text of HTML documents.
Icons
- Added a configuration option to override the style dependent icon size of the tool bars.
Plugin Repository Dialog
- Introduced categories to improve the presentation of the list of available plugins.
Syntax Checker
- Added code to show some per file and overall statistics of the check.
- Re-introduced the JavaScript syntax checker. This time it is based on the esprima package.

31 October 2023

eric 23.11 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

General
- Added the capability to select list entries with a configurable action (system default, double click, single click) (see 'Interface ⇒ Interface' configuration page).
Editor
- Enhanced the print capability with the configuration of the print color mode (e.g. to print an editor with a dark background).
Project Viewer
- Added the context menu action "New source file..." to give a more concise way to create a new source file.

05 October 2023

eric 23.10 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

General
- Made the code compatible with Python 3.12.
Editor
- Added a typing completer for TOML files.
- Enhanced the existing completers slightly.
- Enhanced the 'Search & Replace' widget to allow a mode switching using a mode switch button and keyboard shortcuts (see issue 511).
Mercurial Interface
- Added the capability to select the branches to be shown to the Log Browser window.
MicroPython
- Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
pip Interface
- Added capability to disable display of vulnerability data (e.g. if system does not support HTTPS protocol).
Shell
- Added some more special commands (% commands). Type '%help' to get a dialog listing these commands.
Syntax Checker
- Added code to the Python syntax checker to report Python Warnings.
Third Party packages
- Upgraded eradicate to version 2.3.0.
- Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.3.2.

01 September 2023

eric 23.9 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

MicroPython
- Added support to set the host name of the device (WiFi and Ethernet).
- Added support to set the WiFi country code (where supported by the device and the installed firmware).
Project
- Added capability to configure the project sources directory (e.g. if the project uses the 'src' directory layout schema).
Third Party packages
- Upgraded pyflakes to version 3.1.0.
- Upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.11.0.

01 August 2023

eric 23.8 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

General
- Removed support for Python 3.7 because that is EOL.
Code Style Checker
- Added these checkers to support more case.
  - use of sync functions in async functions
MicroPython
- Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
- Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
pip Interface
- Added the capability to repair all dependencies with one button click.
Shell Window
- Added more pages to the Shell window configuration dialog.

02 July 2023

eric 23.7 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

Code Style Checker
- Added these checkers to support more case.
MicroPython
- Added support for Bluetooth for RP2040 based boards (e.g. Pi Pico W).
pip Interface
- Added a standalone application for Python package management with `pip`.

28 May 2023

eric 23.6 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

Code Style Checker
- Updated these checkers to support more cases.
  - Annotations
  - Miscellaneous
  - Name Order
  - Simplify
- Added these checkers to support more case.
  - unused arguments
  - unused global variables
MicroPython
- Added support of th WebREPL device interface available on some boards with builtin network capability.
- Added the capability to enable/disable the WebREPL via the WiFi menu.
Third Party packages
- Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.7.1.
- Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.3.1.

02 May 2023

eric 23.5 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

JavaScript Support
- Removed JavaScript functionality depending on the `jasy` package because it has not been maintained for years.
MicroPython
- Added support for STLink based devices.
- Added the capability to select the device path manually in case it could not be detected (e.g. because the device does not have a volume name).
- Added the capability to install the `mpy-cross` compiler from the MicroPython page of the configuration dialog.
- Added a package installer for devices lacking network connectivity and the `mip` package manager.
Plugin Repository
- Added the capability to enforce the download of plugin packages using the ` http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).
Translator
- Added support for the LibreTranslate translator (see https://github.com/LibreTranslate/LibreTranslate).
Web Browser
- Added the capability to enforce the download of spell check dictionaries using the `http://` protocol (in case of missing/non-functional system `SSL` libraries).

04 April 2023

eric 23.4.2 has been released. This fixes a few bugs discovered after the latest release and an incompatibility introduced by the latest `semver` release.

30 March 2023

eric 23.4.1 has been released. This fixes a few bugs discovered shortly after yesterdays release.

29 March 2023

eric 23.4 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

Editor
- Added capability to highlight the area used by a text search (if it is not the whole document).
MicroPython
- Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
- Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
- Added functionality to search for known boot volumes in the UF2 flash dialog.
- Added functionality to install packages using `mip` or `upip`.
- Added support for WiFi enabled boards.
- Added support for Bluetooth enabled boards.
- Added support for Ethernet enabled boards.
- Added support for synchronizing the board time via NTP for network enabled boards.
- Added a dialog to enter the parameters to convert a .hex or .bin firmware file to UF2.
Mini Editor
- Added capability to highlight the area used by a text search (if it is not the whole document).
Syntax Checker
- Added the capability to define names to be treated as builtin names by the ` pyflakes` checker globally (see configuration dialog `Editor ⇒ Code Checkers` page and on a per project basis (see `Project-Tools ⇒ Check ⇒ Syntax`).
Third Party packages
- Upgraded eradicate to version 2.2.0.
- Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.5.2.
- Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.1.0.

01 March 2023

eric 23.3 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

MicroPython
- Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
- Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
- Some smaller enhancements for CircuitPython devices.
- Added functionality to update modules of CircuitPython devices with `circup` (adapted for use within eric-ide).
- Added functionality to show the installed firmware version and the version available on Github (for all boards except 'Calliope mini').
- Added support for Teensy 4.0 and 4.1 devices with MicroPython.
- Extended the file manager to be able to load device files into an editor and save them back to the device.
PDF Viewer
- Added a tool based on `QtPdf` and `QtPdfWidgets` to show the contents of PDF files.

24 January 2023

eric 23.2 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

Human Machine Interfaces
- Changed code to use the default tab bar icon size.
Debug Client - Python
- Removed the internal copy of the 'coverage' package and made it a dependency.
pip Interface
- Added code to show the full text of security advisories in the package details dialog.
- Added a tab to show the defined project URLs to the package details dialog.
- Changed the package details dialog to show just those tabs, that contain some data.
Help Viewer
- Added a configuration option to disable the search for new QtHelp documents on startup.
Web Browser
- Updated the included 'jquery.js' and 'jquery-ui.js' needed by the Speeddial page and adapted this page to the new/changed functions.

03 January 2023

eric 23.1.1 has been released. This fixes a few bugs discovered shortly after yesterdays release.

02 January 2023

eric 23.1 has been released. It fixes a few bugs and introduces these new features.

Class Browsers
- Removed the IDL and Protobuf class browsers to include them in their respective plugin.
Code Formatting
- Added an option to configure the 'known first party' packages to the isort configuration dialog.
Editor
- Changed the handling of files whose type cannot be determined by the Python mimetypes module to check against a list of known text file patterns and ultimately asking the user, if the file in question is a text file (see `Mimetypes` configuration page.
- Added a configuration option to disable the source navigator (selector boxes above the editor or code outline right of the editor). This is useful e.g. on very small screens.
- Added support for multiple cursor paste.
Find In Files
- Added context menu entries in Replace mode to select/deselect all entries (e.g. useful for checking big replacement lists for validity).
MicroPython
- Updated the list of known CircuitPython boards.
- Updated the list of known UF2 capable boards.
Project
- Extended the list of default file type associations.
- Added the capability to edit the file type associations from within the project properties dialog.
Project Viewer
- Removed the CORBA and Protobuf viewers to make them available as plugins.
- Added a `Collapse all files` entry to the Project Sources viewer.
Version Control Systems - git
- Changed git interface code to work with `git worktrees`.
- Added a dialog to manage worktrees ( `git worktree` commands).
Third Party packages
- Upgraded pipdeptree to version 2.3.3.
- Upgraded pip-licenses to version 4.0.2.
- Upgraded pycodestyle to version 2.10.0.
- Upgraded pyflakes to version 3.0.1.

01 January 2023

The eric team wishes everybody a 'Happy New Year'.

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