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• WANT 2.0.4 (ALPHA) Released

  WANT 2.0.4 ALPHA (development) was released today. This release marks the first time that WANT 2.0 can build and package itself. Note that this is still an ALPHA release, with all related caveats and disclaimers. Use at your own risk.

  posted by optimax 410 days ago

• File released: /want2.source/want.2.0.4.src/WANT.2.0.4.src.zip

  posted 410 days ago

• File released: /want2.binaries/want.2.0.4.bin/WANT.2.0.4.bin.zip

  posted 410 days ago

• want2.source want.2.0.4.src file released: WANT.2.0.4.src.zip

  Feature: WANT can now build itself, i.e. rebuild the executables and run the unit tests. See .\scripts\examples\BuildWant.want. This is far from being complete, however: the build is done via a call to Exec("dcc32") - the DCC "task" is not implemented yet. Feature: WANT can also create a distribution zip file, but the implementation is incomplete: it doesn't allow for appending into to the zip file. Bugfix: Inconsistent treatment of loop keywords do, loop, repeat Bugfix: In a for-loop, to- or downto-clause is now properly required and cannot be skipped to create an infinite loop. Bugfix: A few issues with System.List methods. Bugfix: Issues with variables being declared inside loop and conditional blocks. Syntax: Added support for the set-clause in a call-set-with statement (see tutorial for details). Syntax: Added support for passing function parameters, assiging function variables, etc. New @-sign operator. Syntax: Inline declaration of a for-loop counter variable ("for var") Syntax/Libs: Added support for System.List literals, e.g. [1, 2, 3], ["AAA", 2, False], etc. Syntax: "new" is no longer a keyword. Libs: Added methods to System.List Libs: Added support for DUNit (WANT.Build.DUnit) Libs: Added support for System.Dictionary object (associative array). Libs: Fixed a problem with WANT.Build.Exec where it would fail to execute the specified program. Libs: Renamed WANT.FileTasks.Exec to ShellExec. Renamed its ExeName parameter to FileName, to be in better agreement with Windows API. Libs: Added WANT.FileTasks.Exec that captures the output of the executed program (unlike ShellExec). Libs: Added WANT.Test.DUnit module. Libs: Added WANT.Zip procedure (WANT.Unzip is registered with the Runtime, but not implemented yet). WIDE: The Syntax menu was added with the ability to change the syntax highlighter at will. WIDE: The "select" keyword is recognized by the WIDE editor. WIDE: Debug menu was added for the "Dump" items previously in the View menu. WIDE: Output from a script is now captured into the output tab, as well as the console. WIDE: Fixed the saving and automatic reloading of the actively-open files, including the currently-active selection. WIDE: Added a direct link to the issue tracking web site (Help menu) WANTScript Tutorial: Updated to cover all new language features (to a varying level of detail - this is an ongoing effort)

  posted 411 days ago

• want2.binaries want.2.0.4.bin file released: WANT.2.0.4.bin.zip

  Feature: WANT can now build itself, i.e. rebuild the executables and run the unit tests. See .\scripts\examples\BuildWant.want. This is far from being complete, however: the build is done via a call to Exec("dcc32") - the DCC "task" is not implemented yet. Feature: WANT can also create a distribution zip file, but the implementation is incomplete: it doesn't allow for appending into to the zip file. Bugfix: Inconsistent treatment of loop keywords do, loop, repeat Bugfix: In a for-loop, to- or downto-clause is now properly required and cannot be skipped to create an infinite loop. Bugfix: A few issues with System.List methods. Bugfix: Issues with variables being declared inside loop and conditional blocks. Syntax: Added support for the set-clause in a call-set-with statement (see tutorial for details). Syntax: Added support for passing function parameters, assiging function variables, etc. New @-sign operator. Syntax: Inline declaration of a for-loop counter variable ("for var") Syntax/Libs: Added support for System.List literals, e.g. [1, 2, 3], ["AAA", 2, False], etc. Syntax: "new" is no longer a keyword. Libs: Added methods to System.List Libs: Added support for DUNit (WANT.Build.DUnit) Libs: Added support for System.Dictionary object (associative array). Libs: Fixed a problem with WANT.Build.Exec where it would fail to execute the specified program. Libs: Renamed WANT.FileTasks.Exec to ShellExec. Renamed its ExeName parameter to FileName, to be in better agreement with Windows API. Libs: Added WANT.FileTasks.Exec that captures the output of the executed program (unlike ShellExec). Libs: Added WANT.Test.DUnit module. Libs: Added WANT.Zip procedure (WANT.Unzip is registered with the Runtime, but not implemented yet). WIDE: The Syntax menu was added with the ability to change the syntax highlighter at will. WIDE: The "select" keyword is recognized by the WIDE editor. WIDE: Debug menu was added for the "Dump" items previously in the View menu. WIDE: Output from a script is now captured into the output tab, as well as the console. WIDE: Fixed the saving and automatic reloading of the actively-open files, including the currently-active selection. WIDE: Added a direct link to the issue tracking web site (Help menu) WANTScript Tutorial: Updated to cover all new language features (to a varying level of detail - this is an ongoing effort)

  posted 411 days ago

• Updated WANTScript Tutorial posted to the Sandbox

  An updated version of the WANTScript Tutorial was posted to the Sandbox at http://want-tool.org/sandbox/Tutorial.pdf. Please, note that the Tutorial describes some new features implemented in version 2.0.4 which will be released shortly. Andrew

  posted by optimax 427 days ago

• WANT 2.0.3 ALPHA Released

  WANT 2.0.3 ALPHA (development) was released today. See http://want-tool.org for download information. This release fixes a number of bugs in the IDE and the command-line WANT and extends the scripting language (WANTScript) with several new capabilities, including the support for List objects. Notable in this release is the availability of the WANT 2.0 source code - made available to the general public for the first time. Note that this is still an ALPHA release, with all related caveats and disclaimers. Use at your own risk.

  posted by optimax 435 days ago

• File released: /want2.source/want.2.0.3.src/WANT.2.0.3.src.zip

  posted 435 days ago

• File released: /want2.binaries/want.2.0.3.bin/WANT.2.0.3.bin.zip

  posted 435 days ago

• want2.source want.2.0.3.src file released: WANT.2.0.3.src.zip

  V2.0.3 2008/08/30 Support for built-in objects: Lists, including saving to and loading from files. Numerous impovements to the IDE, both cosmetic, and substantial. Additional text conversion functions accessible from the IDE. System.Breakpoint no longer breaks into the Delphi debugger, but stops the execution on a ReadLn instead. This permits examining the values of variables, call logs, etc. in XML "dumps", directly from the WANT IDE. The behavior can be configured in the IDE so that breakpoints are bypassed. Procedures in WANT.FileTasks now include all subdirectories by default, and gracefully skip read-only and hidden files, if present. NULL is a synonym to nil. Fixed the problem with the command-line WANT, where it would fail on termination.

  posted 436 days ago