[Alphacocoa-devel] Alpha Release 9.1.2 (Alcyone)

[Bernard D. <bde...@or...>]

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.2 ("Alcyone <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 

All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Alcyone <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is η Tauri, the η star of the Taurus constellation. 

Beware: the Maverick (10.9) and Yosemite (10.10) versions of OS X are no longer supported. The latest version of Alpha running on these two systems is 9.0.3. 

See at the end of this message, the main changes contained in this new release. 

Please, read the release notes which will be displayed the first time you launch Alpha and can be accessed later from the Help ↣ Developer Help menu. 

Here is the URL to download the disk image: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.2/Alpha_9.1.2.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.2/Alpha_9.1.2.dmg.zip/download> (32.88M) 

The MD5 checksum is: 191701f412a70b2e5aa77e2588d1ac0a 
The SHA1 checksum is: ed1a5a726ccfc1fd3d29468c0d92f5db9784cfd1 
The RMD160 checksum is: 4c19ba4684b82a6a33b06a303c45b25caa187005 
The SHA256 checksum is: 7f9885cc622c3f750b3331ade0d9f2c8e0355ba8363b1ab19841c73e7043a153 

If you find problems with the application, don't hesitate to post bug reports. They are essential to keep track of the deficiencies. See Alpha's Bug Tracker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/>. 

Thank you for using Alpha. 
Cheers, 
Bernard
 <>Changes from previous version

New debugging core command [dumpViews] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/dumpViews.html>.
New mechanism to navigate in commands history with a popover window.
All consoles now record their command history between sessions.
New -docviewFrame option for views included in a scroll view. Used to scroll these views programmatically.
Reintroduced the old Option Click On Titlebar functionality using popover windows.
Installed the Option Click On Titlebar functionality in many modes.
new core command [applescript] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/applescript.html> to run AppleScript code or script files. It is designed to replace the Tclapplescript extension.
New package Pinyin Accents that provides bindings to easily insert chinese tone marks on a vowel in pinyin transliteration. A palette is also available.
New core command [menuBar height] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/menuBar.html#cmd_menuBar_height>.
New subcommand [view ordered] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#cmd_view_ordered> to manage the order of root windows.
New IPA palette with the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols.
New Zsh mode <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/ZshModeHelp.html> to edit Z Shell script files.
New keyword darkMode for the [getAppInfo] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/getAppInfo.html> command. It returns a boolean value indicating whether dark mode is currently enabled.
New preference Tab Deletes Empty Labels in LaTeX mode to control the behavior of the Tab key when completing some math environment templates. See Ticket #233 <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/233/>.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #225: 'Prefs Search' button broken in top-level Prefs Dashboard <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/225/>
Ticket #226: Replace Alll on Very Large File Executes Save <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/226/>
Ticket #227: Includes 'Update Folder...' in HTML Mode possibly buggy <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/227/>
Ticket #228: Alpha Crashes on Launch With Multiple Users <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/228/>
Ticket #229: Selected text is invisible, depending on highlighting settings in System Preferences <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/229/>
Ticket #230: Search & Replace: Patterns menu in updates only after restart <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/230/>
Ticket #231: Automatic Line Breaking global preference not honoured <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/231/>
Ticket #233: tab after \\label\{\}• in TeX mode <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/233/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #221: Search in Filesets is broken if regexp contains \\n <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/221/>
Ticket #222: Menu item highlighting broken in macOS Catalina <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/222/>
Ticket #223: accented chars in path names <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/223/>
Ticket #224: Quicksearch can't find -west <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/224/>