Leo 4.2 Release Candidate 1 is now available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ This version fixes a number of minor bugs and adds several new features. See leoDocs.leo for full details. The highlights of Leo 4.2: - @thin trees make Leo much more friendly to cvs. - Leo's data structures have been reorganized to make outline operations significantly faster. All old script still work. - @test and @script nodes convert scripts to unit tests automatically. You can convert scripts to unit tests in seconds! - A faster and more robust spell checker plugin. (requires Python 2.3) - Leo is now much more friendly to using spaces instead of tabs. - The Execute Script command reports erroneous lines more clearly. - Leo draws large outlines more quickly with less memory used. - Dozens of other improvements. Quote of the month ------------------ Leo is the best IDE that I have had the pleasure to use. I have been using it now for about 2 -- 3 months. It has totally changed not only the way that I program, but also the way that I store and organize all of the information that I need for the job that I do. -- Ian Mulvany What is Leo? ------------ - A programmer's editor, an outlining editor and a flexible browser. - A literate programming tool, compatible with noweb and CWEB. - A data organizer and project manager. Leo provides multiple views of projects within a single outline. - Fully scriptable using Python. Leo saves its files in XML format. - Portable. leo.py is 100% pure Python. - Open Software, distributed under the Python License. Leo requires Python 2.2.1 or above and tcl/tk 8.4 or above. Leo works on Linux, Windows and MacOs X. Links: ------ Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html Home: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/ Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3458 CVS: http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=3458 Wiki: http://leo.hd1.org/ Edward K. Ream September 14, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edreamleo@charter.net Leo: Literate Editor with Outlines Leo: http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------