leo.py 3.11 beta 4 is now available at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/

This will be the last beta release before 3.11 final.

The highlights of beta 4: ------------------------- - Fixed several minor problems with unicode. - Fixed a _huge_ performance bug that slowed moving nodes left. - Added several new plugins: - Support for the VIM editor. - A French translation of all menus. - Added many minor bug fixes and improvements.

The highlights of 3.11: ----------------------- ** Leo now supports unicode properly. - New @encoding directives specifies encoding for derived files. - New settings specify default encodings for .leo and derived files. - Derived files specify encodings used to create them. ** A new plugin architecture for customizing Leo. - New commands: - Toggle Angle Brackets. - Insert Time/Date (in headline or body text). - Go To First/Last Node, Parent, Next/Previous Sibling. - Write Missing @file Nodes. - Expand/Contract Node. - Improved commands: - Expand/Contract commands now operate on the selected tree. ( A major improvement) - Sort Siblings command can now sort top-level nodes. - Leo now allows multiple writes of cloned nodes. (Useful when different @path directives are in effect.) - Other improvements: - Improved syntax coloring for html and xml. - Leo scrolls partially visible headlines into full view. - Added "Replace tabs with spaces" checkbox in Prefs panel. - Added install script for Linux. - New settings in leoConfig.leo/.txt. - Colors for Show Invisibles command and body_insertion_cursor - Settings affecting when control-drags start. - Defaults for unicode (see above). - Many other bug fixes and improvements.

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.py requires Python 2.1 or above and tcl/tk 8.3 or above. leo.py will work on Linux, Windows and MacOs X Jaguar.

Links: ------ Leo: http://personalpages.tds.net/~edream/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

Edward K. Ream -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward K. Ream email: edream@tds.net Leo: Literate Editor with Outlines Leo: http://personalpages.tds.net/~edream/front.html --------------------------------------------------------------------