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Announcement & Call for Speakers (The SQLite & Tcl Conf 2021)

[<con...@tc...>]

Hello alphatcl-developers, fyi ...

# The SQLite & Tcl Conference

__Wednesday, November 17, 2021__

The 2nd annual SQLite & Tcl virtual conference will be held on Wednesday, November 17.
The virtual event will feature a combination of curated talks and work in progress talks (WIPs).

[Registration is open](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-sqlite-tcl-conference-st-2021-registration-168185004877)!

Please visit the [SQLite & TCL conference](https://conf.tcl-lang.org/) home page to stay informed.

# Call for Speakers

We've made it easier to contribute by asking for shorter, less formal
talks rather than requiring formal papers.

  - Have you done interesting work that you would like to share?

  - How about a cool idea that's not yet baked or just in the
    prototype stage but seems like something others would be
    interested in? We are particularly interested in new ideas, to
    hear about novel solutions to problems you've faced, or to see
    your work in progress.

## To submit your talk:

Please visit the [call for speakers page](https://conf.tcl-lang.org/callforspeakers/)
for instructions.

As a token of our appreciation, each speaker will be gifted with a
video conferencing light kit to use while presenting.

The call for speakers for S&T 2021 ends on __October 4, 2021 at 11:59 PM CT__.

__Important dates:__

  - October 4 - Call for speakers for S&T 2021 ends at 11:59 PM CT

  - October 8 - We will start notifying speakers with their status of
    their submission and scheduled talk.

  - October 18 - Agenda for S&T 2021 Announced

  - November 17 - S&T 2021 held digitally online  

Alpha Release 9.2.3 (Suhail)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2.3 ("Suhail <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur). 

All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Suhail <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is λ Velorum, the λ star of the Vela 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/9.2.3/Alpha_9.2.3.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2.3/Alpha_9.2.3.dmg.zip/download> (32.67M) 

The MD5 checksum is: cc06bc62b3daff7b58332cd78df58f35 
The SHA1 checksum is: fb87dc11b42cc8edf55dbe0d73214b32536bceb1 
The RMD160 checksum is: 4c8f3f5486589731ba67619b3e0f09e193de938e 
The SHA256 checksum is: f3445a2ecb23cf1f12811d6003890f091e04334cc92cb4f00140065359c7e91a 

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

The Get Char Codes command now displays its results in a popover. Double-click in the popover or press Return to copy the info to the pasteboard.
New option -selected for TextField views. It lets you get or set the range of selected characters in a currently active text field.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #240: Encoding <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/240/>
Ticket #246: Freeze at (26, 70) <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/246/>
Ticket #248: Problems with the spellchecker of Alpha 9.2.2 in TeX Mode for french <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/248/>
Ticket #249: Freeze when using command+I <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/249/>
Ticket #250: RemReminder on ticket #248 : Problems with the spellchecker of Alpha 9.2.2 in TeX Mode for french <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/250/>
Ticket #252: S+/R mode - Process Current File (Cmd^T) fails <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/252/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #130: problem with filename in .tab <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/130/>
Ticket #242: Diff missing variable error when trying to run on Mac Catalina <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/242/>
Ticket #243: Problems Loading Modes: Diff <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/243/>
Ticket #244: Marking in sh mode fails completely or is useless <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/244/>
Ticket #245: Dynamical Menus under MacOS Big Sur <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/245/>

Alpha Release 9.2.2 (Saiph)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2.2 ("Saiph <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur). 

All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Saiph <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is κ Orionis, the κ star of the Orion 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/9.2.2/Alpha_9.2.2.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2.2/Alpha_9.2.2.dmg.zip/download> (32.68M) 

The MD5 checksum is: af6c7d9fe36d417f9625259e6e7865f5 
The SHA1 checksum is: 52252380fdbfb441fa86d9a465f58efd643b2912 
The RMD160 checksum is: e4184e1fbbdfeb0ea4c0e59aa1ec98bc6e1fcb5c 
The SHA256 checksum is: a240665fa274951fa5fb76e5c048953ca037e52c5896ec042cf130ba65f46039 

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 command [urlComp] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/urlComp.html> to manipulate URLs, extract, decode, encode the elements, etc.
Addition of pull and push commands to the Git VCS menu (thanks Joachim!).
Addition of Load Current and Goto Error commands to the Git VCS menu (thanks Joachim!).
Revision of file marking and coloring in sh, bash and zsh modes.
New command [mark count] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/mark.html#cmd_mark_count>.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #242: Diff missing variable error when trying to run on Mac Catalina <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/242/>
Ticket #243: Problems Loading Modes: Diff <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/243/>
Ticket #244: Marking in sh mode fails completely or is useless <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/244/>
Ticket #245: Dynamical Menus under MacOS Big Sur <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/245/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #234: TeX Synchronization with Skim is broken <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/234/>
Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/237/>
Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/239/>

Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] Alpha Release 9.2.1 (Gianfar-2)

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

Hello Eberhard,

yes this has been fixed. 
The problem was that the proc text::isInSingleComment (which had been recently redefined) was confused by the > character at the end of the URL contained in this line.

The fix will be in 9.2.2. 

Cheers,
Bernard

> Le 2 déc. 2020 à 09:07, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el...@li...> a écrit :
> 
> Bernard,
> 
> any progress on the email issue?
> 
> el
> 
> On 23/10/2020 09:41, Bernard Desgraupes wrote:
>> Hi Eberhard,
>> 
>> unfortunately no :-(
>> 
>> I’ll look into it now.
>> 
>> Bernard
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 23 oct. 2020 à 09:22, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el...@li...> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> Bernard,
>>> 
>>> does it fix my email issue?
>>> 
>>> el
>>> 
>>> On 2020-10-23 08:57 , Bernard Desgraupes wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm pleased to announce the release of Alpha 9.2.1 ("Gianfar-2
>>>> <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11
>>>> or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina).
>>>> 
>>>> This is a minor technical update that fixes recent issues found in 9.2.
>>>> See below.
>>>> 
>>> [...]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse   \         /       Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
>>> el...@li...             / *      |  Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
>>> PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht  \      /  If this email is signed with GPG/PGP
>>> 10007, Namibia           ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> AlphaTcl-users mailing list
>>> Alp...@li...
>>> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-users
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse   \         /       Obstetrician & Gynaecologist 
> el...@li...             / *      |  Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
> PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht  \      /  If this email is signed with GPG/PGP
> 10007, Namibia           ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply

Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] Alpha Release 9.2.1 (Gianfar-2)

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

Hi Eberhard,

unfortunately no :-(

I’ll look into it now.

Bernard


> Le 23 oct. 2020 à 09:22, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el...@li...> a écrit :
> 
> Bernard,
> 
> does it fix my email issue?
> 
> el
> 
> On 2020-10-23 08:57 , Bernard Desgraupes wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>>  I'm pleased to announce the release of Alpha 9.2.1 ("Gianfar-2
>> <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11
>> or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina).
>> 
>> This is a minor technical update that fixes recent issues found in 9.2.
>> See below.
>> 
> [...]
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse   \         /       Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
> el...@li...             / *      |  Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)
> PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht  \      /  If this email is signed with GPG/PGP
> 10007, Namibia           ;____/ Sect 20 of Act No. 4 of 2019 may apply
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> AlphaTcl-users mailing list
> Alp...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-users

Alpha Release 9.2.1 (Gianfar-2)

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

Hi all,

 I'm pleased to announce the release of Alpha 9.2.1 ("Gianfar-2 <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 

This is a minor technical update that fixes recent issues found in 9.2. See below.

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. 

Here is the URL to download the disk image: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2.1/Alpha_9.2.1.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2.1/Alpha_9.2.1.dmg.zip/download> (32.68M) 

The MD5 checksum is: d1112d656e69e03063f51ed5da171cb6 
The SHA1 checksum is: 48b7c7454403ba2f45c011b8b77c7e72b71aabb1 
The RMD160 checksum is: 808d33483c547aa65fb0358576e06746cb60ba5d 
The SHA256 checksum is: 863f1a4c59f69cc2f7735356783bac2151449b1b3bb1c1977d73fb1f210478b1 

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

This is a minor technical update for version 9.2. It fixes some issues but does not introduce any new functionality.
Fixed the issue with pdf files not displayed in TeX mode when the path contains spaces.
Fixed a nested calls recursion in TeX::smartSuperscripts.
The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #234: TeX Synchronization with Skim is broken <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/234/>
Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/237/>
Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/239/>

Re: Alpha Release 9.2 (Gianfar)

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

David,

I do not understand why you get a blank page. I just tested on Catalina (I have 15.1) and it works for me. 

Could you try the following two instructions in Alpha's Tcl shell (cmd-Y):
     set pdftkn [pdfview::createPdfViewer -sidebar 1]
     pdfview::displayInViewer /path/to/your/file.pdf 

where your replace  /path/to/your/file.pdf  by the actual path and see if it reports an error.

Bernard

> Le 22 oct. 2020 à 02:47, David Craig <da...@pa...> a écrit :
> 
> Bernard-
> Yes, that’s how things are set up.   Alpha-TeX process any document I give it just fine, and produces a perfectly valid pdf.   It’s just not showing up in Alpha.  Attached is what I see.  (I did try switching off dark mode — same thing.)
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
> 
> <Screen Shot 2020-10-21 at 5.36.00 PM.png><Screen Shot 2020-10-21 at 5.37.34 PM.png>
> 
> 
> <Screen Shot 2020-10-21 at 5.41.09 PM.png>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Oct 21, 2020, at 1:59 PM, Bernard Desgraupes <bde...@or... <mailto:bde...@or...>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> you should not have anything to do. Just make sure that the viewPDF (not PDFview) service is set to Alpha-TeX as on this snapshot:
>> 
>> 
>> <Capture d’écran 2020-10-21 à 22.43.53.png>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Then when you typeset a latex document (cmd-T), the pdf output should be displayed in a pdf window (new kind of window in Alpha). Absolutely no external application is required.
>> It seems you did just fine and I’m surprised that your page is blank. Did your latex run really produce a pdf ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Le 21 oct. 2020 à 22:32, David Craig <da...@pa... <mailto:da...@pa...>> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> Bernard-
>>> I’m excited to get this working.
>>> 
>>> I just installed Alpha 9.2 on macOS 10.15.7.  Very recently set up from a clear Catalina install (on a brand new Mac).
>>> 
>>> Helper Applications -> TeX/LaTeX   is set to “Alpha-TeX”
>>> Helper Applications -> PDF   is (also) set to “Alpha-TeX”  **
>>> 
>>> ** I tried to choose “PDFView”, but Alpha then asks me to locate "app with ID 'net.sourceforge.pdfview’”.  Maybe it’s in the Alpha application bundle?  I looked in there and did not find it.  I stopped there and figured I’d ask about it, and left the pdf helper set to Alpha-TeX.
>>> 
>>> So configured, when I tex a file it processes fine, a pdf I can view in other applications is created, and a new Alpha window opens titled ‘filename.pdf” … but there’s no pdf visible, just a blank space where I would expect it to be, no page numbers in the “Page” box, nothing.
>>> 
>>> Is this because I haven’t found PDFView and set it as the PDF helper, or something else?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> David Craig
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 20, 2020, at 11:14 PM, Bernard Desgraupes <bde...@or... <mailto:bde...@or...>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2 ("Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 
>>>>   
>>>> This new version introduces important new features, especially in TeX mode which now has its own internal pdf viewer and features full two-way synchronization between the latex sources and the pdf output. 
>>>> 
>>>> See at the end of this message, the changes contained in this new release. 
>>>> 
>>>> All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is λ Draconis, the λ star of the Draco 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. 
>>>> 
>>>> 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/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download> (32.66M) 
>>>> 
>>>> The MD5 checksum is: 8a6d4afd6618aa77357379545b95679d 
>>>> The SHA1 checksum is: 1514b5e833d48e64ca874705f2559ffb1767a3f5 
>>>> The RMD160 checksum is: 3429930c217e412885142e85cd3502c346833e7b 
>>>> The SHA256 checksum is: e019a22e0e6d732e93d1fdc640f774b62b6e78a34b2f4258b713fd390179c36e 
>>>> 
>>>> 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 core command [synctex] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/synctex.html> to handle synchronization between LaTeX source files and the PDF output. This relies on the synctex library written by Jérôme Laurens (see Synchronization for TeX <https://github.com/jlaurens/synctex> on Github).
>>>> New view PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> for the [view] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html> command.
>>>> New built-in PDF viewer for LaTeX mode with full two-way synchronization.
>>>> New dynamic commands associated with each PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> view for manipulating the content of the pdf document. See the $pdfToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/pdfViewer.html> help page.
>>>> New core command [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> to perform a diff between two text files.
>>>> Modified the behavior of the [search] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/search.html> command in the case of a backward regexp search: the command does not match anymore at the starting position. The semantics of the -l option has also been slightly modified in the case of a backward literal search.
>>>> Improved indentation in C modes.
>>>> Revision of Alpha's Compare <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/CompareHelp.html> package based on the new [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> core command. Alpha does not use external tools anymore for executing comparisons, in particular the extra application DiffBOA.app has retired and has been removed from the bundle.
>>>> The helper application AlphaUpdater.app has been removed and is replaced by shell scripts invoked directly by the core.
>>>> New core command [windowOrder] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/windowOrder.html> in replacement of 'windowVisibility -order'.
>>>> Support for Sweave files in TeX mode. When editing a sweave file, the Process submenu of the LaTeX menu now has two items called "Sweave" and "Sweave and Typeset". The R software <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.2/www.r-project.org> must be installed for these commands to work.
>>>> New submenu Other Windows in Open Windows menu for non-document windows.
>>>> The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
>>>> Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/237/>
>>>> Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/239/>The following tickets have been closed:
>>>> Ticket #235: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/235/>
>>>> Ticket #236: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/236/>
>>>> Ticket #238: Typesetting a TeX project from a component file <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/238/>
>>>> 
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>> Alp...@li... <mailto:Alp...@li...>
>>>> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-users <http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-users>
>>> 
>>> David Craig
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <http://www.panix.com/~dac/ <http://www.panix.com/~dac/>>
>>> 
>> 
> 
> David Craig
> 
> 
> <http://www.panix.com/~dac/ <http://www.panix.com/~dac/>>
> 

Re: Alpha Release 9.2 (Gianfar)

[David C. <da...@pa...>]

Bernard-
I’m excited to get this working.

I just installed Alpha 9.2 on macOS 10.15.7.  Very recently set up from a clear Catalina install (on a brand new Mac).

Helper Applications -> TeX/LaTeX   is set to “Alpha-TeX”
Helper Applications -> PDF   is (also) set to “Alpha-TeX”  **

** I tried to choose “PDFView”, but Alpha then asks me to locate "app with ID 'net.sourceforge.pdfview’”.  Maybe it’s in the Alpha application bundle?  I looked in there and did not find it.  I stopped there and figured I’d ask about it, and left the pdf helper set to Alpha-TeX.

So configured, when I tex a file it processes fine, a pdf I can view in other applications is created, and a new Alpha window opens titled ‘filename.pdf” … but there’s no pdf visible, just a blank space where I would expect it to be, no page numbers in the “Page” box, nothing.

Is this because I haven’t found PDFView and set it as the PDF helper, or something else?

Thanks,
David Craig



> On Oct 20, 2020, at 11:14 PM, Bernard Desgraupes <bde...@or...> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2 ("Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 
>   
> This new version introduces important new features, especially in TeX mode which now has its own internal pdf viewer and features full two-way synchronization between the latex sources and the pdf output. 
> 
> See at the end of this message, the changes contained in this new release. 
> 
> All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is λ Draconis, the λ star of the Draco 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. 
> 
> 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/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download> (32.66M) 
> 
> The MD5 checksum is: 8a6d4afd6618aa77357379545b95679d 
> The SHA1 checksum is: 1514b5e833d48e64ca874705f2559ffb1767a3f5 
> The RMD160 checksum is: 3429930c217e412885142e85cd3502c346833e7b 
> The SHA256 checksum is: e019a22e0e6d732e93d1fdc640f774b62b6e78a34b2f4258b713fd390179c36e 
> 
> 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 core command [synctex] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/synctex.html> to handle synchronization between LaTeX source files and the PDF output. This relies on the synctex library written by Jérôme Laurens (see Synchronization for TeX <https://github.com/jlaurens/synctex> on Github).
> New view PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> for the [view] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html> command.
> New built-in PDF viewer for LaTeX mode with full two-way synchronization.
> New dynamic commands associated with each PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> view for manipulating the content of the pdf document. See the $pdfToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/pdfViewer.html> help page.
> New core command [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> to perform a diff between two text files.
> Modified the behavior of the [search] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/search.html> command in the case of a backward regexp search: the command does not match anymore at the starting position. The semantics of the -l option has also been slightly modified in the case of a backward literal search.
> Improved indentation in C modes.
> Revision of Alpha's Compare <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/CompareHelp.html> package based on the new [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> core command. Alpha does not use external tools anymore for executing comparisons, in particular the extra application DiffBOA.app has retired and has been removed from the bundle.
> The helper application AlphaUpdater.app has been removed and is replaced by shell scripts invoked directly by the core.
> New core command [windowOrder] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/windowOrder.html> in replacement of 'windowVisibility -order'.
> Support for Sweave files in TeX mode. When editing a sweave file, the Process submenu of the LaTeX menu now has two items called "Sweave" and "Sweave and Typeset". The R software <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.2/www.r-project.org> must be installed for these commands to work.
> New submenu Other Windows in Open Windows menu for non-document windows.
> The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
> Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/237/>
> Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/239/>The following tickets have been closed:
> Ticket #235: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/235/>
> Ticket #236: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/236/>
> Ticket #238: Typesetting a TeX project from a component file <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/238/>
> 
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Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] Alpha Release 9.2 (Gianfar)

[Giovanni D. <gio...@un...>]

Many thanks!!!
The internal pdf viewer is a big step.
But I have a problem; when I synchronize from the tex source while the pdf file is already open, the corresponding location in the pdf file is outside the window (first hidden line upward).
Am I the only one with this problem?

Regards

Giovanni


> Il giorno 21 ott 2020, alle ore 08:14, Bernard Desgraupes <bde...@or...> ha scritto:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2 ("Gianfar") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 
>   
> This new version introduces important new features, especially in TeX mode which now has its own internal pdf viewer and features full two-way synchronization between the latex sources and the pdf output. 
> 
> See at the end of this message, the changes contained in this new release. 
> 
> All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Gianfar, which is λ Draconis, the λ star of the Draco 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. 
> 
> 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/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download (32.66M) 
> 
> The MD5 checksum is: 8a6d4afd6618aa77357379545b95679d 
> The SHA1 checksum is: 1514b5e833d48e64ca874705f2559ffb1767a3f5 
> The RMD160 checksum is: 3429930c217e412885142e85cd3502c346833e7b 
> The SHA256 checksum is: e019a22e0e6d732e93d1fdc640f774b62b6e78a34b2f4258b713fd390179c36e 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Thank you for using Alpha. 
> Cheers, 
> Bernard
> Changes from previous version
> 
> 	• New core command [synctex] to handle synchronization between LaTeX source files and the PDF output. This relies on the synctex library written by Jérôme Laurens (see Synchronization for TeX on Github).
> 	• New view PDFView for the [view] command.
> 	• New built-in PDF viewer for LaTeX mode with full two-way synchronization.
> 	• New dynamic commands associated with each PDFView view for manipulating the content of the pdf document. See the $pdfToken command help page.
> 	• New core command [diffFiles] to perform a diff between two text files.
> 	• Modified the behavior of the [search] command in the case of a backward regexp search: the command does not match anymore at the starting position. The semantics of the -l option has also been slightly modified in the case of a backward literal search.
> 	• Improved indentation in C modes.
> 	• Revision of Alpha's Compare package based on the new [diffFiles] core command. Alpha does not use external tools anymore for executing comparisons, in particular the extra application DiffBOA.app has retired and has been removed from the bundle.
> 	• The helper application AlphaUpdater.app has been removed and is replaced by shell scripts invoked directly by the core.
> 	• New core command [windowOrder] in replacement of 'windowVisibility -order'.
> 	• Support for Sweave files in TeX mode. When editing a sweave file, the Process submenu of the LaTeX menu now has two items called "Sweave" and "Sweave and Typeset". The R software must be installed for these commands to work.
> 	• New submenu Other Windows in Open Windows menu for non-document windows.
> The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
> 	• Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it
> 	• Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title
> The following tickets have been closed:
> 	• Ticket #235: spellchecker
> 	• Ticket #236: spellchecker
> 	• Ticket #238: Typesetting a TeX project from a component file
> 
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Alpha Release 9.2 (Gianfar)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2 ("Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina). 
  
This new version introduces important new features, especially in TeX mode which now has its own internal pdf viewer and features full two-way synchronization between the latex sources and the pdf output. 

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

All versions of Alpha are named after a star. So, for this new release, meet Gianfar <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is λ Draconis, the λ star of the Draco 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. 

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/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.2/Alpha_9.2.dmg.zip/download> (32.66M) 

The MD5 checksum is: 8a6d4afd6618aa77357379545b95679d 
The SHA1 checksum is: 1514b5e833d48e64ca874705f2559ffb1767a3f5 
The RMD160 checksum is: 3429930c217e412885142e85cd3502c346833e7b 
The SHA256 checksum is: e019a22e0e6d732e93d1fdc640f774b62b6e78a34b2f4258b713fd390179c36e 

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 core command [synctex] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/synctex.html> to handle synchronization between LaTeX source files and the PDF output. This relies on the synctex library written by Jérôme Laurens (see Synchronization for TeX <https://github.com/jlaurens/synctex> on Github).
New view PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> for the [view] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html> command.
New built-in PDF viewer for LaTeX mode with full two-way synchronization.
New dynamic commands associated with each PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> view for manipulating the content of the pdf document. See the $pdfToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/pdfViewer.html> help page.
New core command [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> to perform a diff between two text files.
Modified the behavior of the [search] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/search.html> command in the case of a backward regexp search: the command does not match anymore at the starting position. The semantics of the -l option has also been slightly modified in the case of a backward literal search.
Improved indentation in C modes.
Revision of Alpha's Compare <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/CompareHelp.html> package based on the new [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> core command. Alpha does not use external tools anymore for executing comparisons, in particular the extra application DiffBOA.app has retired and has been removed from the bundle.
The helper application AlphaUpdater.app has been removed and is replaced by shell scripts invoked directly by the core.
New core command [windowOrder] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/windowOrder.html> in replacement of 'windowVisibility -order'.
Support for Sweave files in TeX mode. When editing a sweave file, the Process submenu of the LaTeX menu now has two items called "Sweave" and "Sweave and Typeset". The R software <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.2/www.r-project.org> must be installed for these commands to work.
New submenu Other Windows in Open Windows menu for non-document windows.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #237: Adapt the size of the selected region when a search-and-replace reduce it <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/237/>
Ticket #239: pageHeader prints untitled instead of document title <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/239/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #235: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/235/>
Ticket #236: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/236/>
Ticket #238: Typesetting a TeX project from a component file <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/238/>

Call For Presentations - SQLite & Tcl 2020 (Virtual Event)

[<con...@tc...>]

Hello alphatcl-developers, fyi ...

SQLite & Tcl 2020 (Virtual Event)
https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2020/

This year the Tcl conference of past years has been re-imaged as a
virtual event titled __S&T 2020 (SQLite & TCL)__, to be held
__Tuesday, November 10 from 10am to 3pm CDT__. The exact timing is
subject to change depending on the amount of people who sign up to
present a WIP (work in progress) presentation.

The event will be hosted through Zoom.
To register please go to the
[event details on eventbrite](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/st-2020-tickets-122293825123).

Given the Covid-19 virus and all the disruption it's causing, we
thought rather than requiring people to put all the work and time into
creating a full-fledged academic paper, we'd instead make it easier on
contributors by asking for shorter, less formal talks.

Have you done interesting work that you would like to share?

How about a cool idea that's not yet baked or just in the prototype
stage but seems like something others would be interested in?

The SQLite & TCL audience would like to hear about it, and can provide
valuable discussion and feedback. We are particularly interested in
new ideas, to hear about novel solutions to problems you've faced, or
to see your work in progress.

To schedule your talk, please send email to
[vio...@fl...](mailto:vio...@fl...)

Sincerly.

Re: [Alphacocoa-devel] Alpha Developer Build 9.2d1 (10073)

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

Eberhard,

thank you for your message.

Normally there is nothing special to do to use the internal PDF viewer after compiling a tex file. The mechanism automatically displays the pdf output in an Alpha pdf viewer. If this is not the case, make sure that the « viewPDF »  service (in Alpha -> Global Setup -> Helper Applications) is set to Alpha-TeX.
If you want to synchronise from the PDF to the Tex file, just option-click on the desired location in the pdf viewer.

cheers,
Bernard

> Le 24 sept. 2020 à 15:59, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el...@li...> a écrit :
> 
> Bernard,
> 
> as usual I like to bleed on the edge :-)-O
> 
> I need to delve deeper this weekend, because I forgot where to switch 
> the PDF viewer, currently it brings up Skim which I use for most 
> everything.
> 
> I notice, on and off, that when trying to format indented mail messages 
> that Gianfar does not work as intended. Can't pinpoint it though. I 
> will try to reproduce and then try same message with the older version.
> 
> greetings, el
> 
> On 21/09/2020 08:45, Bernard Desgraupes wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have uploaded a new developer build of Alpha.  This is Alpha 9.2d1
>> ("Gianfar_d1") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater.  This is /not/ a final
>> release.  It is meant for developers and beta testers.
> [...]
> 
> 
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> PO Box 8421 Bachbrecht  \      /  If this email is signed with GPG/PGP
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Alpha Developer Build 9.2d1 (10073)

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

Hi all,

I have uploaded a new developer build of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.2d1 ("Gianfar_d1") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater. 
This is not a final release. It is meant for developers and beta testers. 

This new version contains some major improvements. The most noticeable is that Alpha now has its own internal PDF viewers. This is a great new feature because it means that the pdf output of your latex files is now displayed directly by Alpha (no need to use external PDF viewers anymore). Furthermore, Alpha now also incorporates the synctex technology (written by Jérôme Laurens) so that you have two-way synchronisation between your latex sources and the pdf output. Here is how it works:
- if you set the insertion cursor at some position in your latex document and want to go to the corresponding location in the pdf file, you just have to select the command Latex menu ↣ Process ↣ Synchronise. Alpha then brings the pdf document to front at the right location and blinks a small rectangle there to help you spot this position.
- the other way round, if you want to go from some location inside the pdf output back to the corresponding position in the latex source file, you just have to Option-Click on the desired position in the pdfviewer .

That’s all there is to it. 

Another great new feature, in another area, is that Alpha now has its own internal command to execute comparisons between files or folders. So it does not rely anymore on external resources. The interface (offered by the Compare submenu in the Tools menu) is almost unchanged. There is just a new item to set Comparison Options, and folders comparison has its own separate navigation windows.

Please test these new features and report any problem or remark before the final 9.2 release.


Disclaimer: this development build reflects the current state of the source code and should be used only for testing the most recent features. 
It has been built with the sources at revision 1960 in the Subversion repository at SourceForge. 
Version:	9.2d1 (devel)
Date:	2020-09-21
Build:	10073
Revision:	1960

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

Here is the URL to download the application: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/DevBuild/Alpha_devbuild.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/DevBuild/Alpha_devbuild.zip/download> (38.33M) 

Checksums: 
MD5:	dc2bb0623637eba4629d48127d2a0151
SHA1:	dc6e4ef1addce9b21957538b1b44e7c1f7e38bf8
RMD160:	f59f406be15b30d1611d25ba229347f763526b4d
SHA256:	d227b0346dfadc7fd20fec088b90243f50664c69af3b42ac58748aa55dd61512


If you find problems with the application, don't hesitate to post bug reports (go to Alpha's Bug Tracker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/>). 

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

New core command [synctex] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/synctex.html> to handle synchronization between LaTeX source files and the PDF output. This relies on the synctex library written by Jérôme Laurens (see Synchronization for TeX <https://github.com/jlaurens/synctex> on Github).
New view PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> for the [view] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html> command.
New built-in PDF viewer for LaTeX mode with full two-way synchronization.
New dynamic commands associated with each PDFView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_pdfview> view for manipulating the content of the text. See the $pdfToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/pdfViewer.html> help page.
New core command [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> to perform a diff between two text files.
Modified the behavior of the [search] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/search.html> command in the case of a backward regexp search: the command does not match anymore at the starting position. The semantics of the -l option has also been slightly modified in the case of a backward literal search.
Improved indentation in C modes.
Revision of Alpha's Compare <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/CompareHelp.html> package based on the new [diffFiles] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/diffFiles.html> core command. Alpha does not use external tools anymore for executing comparisons, in particular the extra application DiffBOA.app has retired and has been removed from the bundle.
The helper application AlphaUpdater.app has been removed and is replaced by shell scripts invoked directly by the core.
The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #235: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/235/>
Ticket #236: spellchecker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/236/>

Re: Alpha files

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

Hi Joachim,

I think both actions you are trying won’t help you to achieve what you want:
- ‘Record Window State’ just records, as you can see, the following parameters: break-in and wrapping setting, encoding, font, tab size, selection (or current position) and page geometry. 
- the Alpha creator is a legacy but I’m pretty sure that the Finder ignores it completely.

I think the solution, to make Alpha the default application to open text files, is to select a text file (any text file) in the Finder, press cmd-I to open the Finder’s information window, then open the 'Open with’ section and select Alpha in the popup menu, then click on Modify All.


I’m glad you are satisfied with Alpha 9.1.3. BTW, I have great news concerning the next version Alpha 9.1.4: Alpha now has its own PDF viewers so that any PDF file (in particular those produced for instance by pdflatex) can be opened/visualized directly in Alpha AND there is synchronisation between the latex file and the pdf viewer. It works in both directions : from tex to pdf and from pdf to tex ! Just option-click somewhere in the pdf view and Alpha takes you to the corresponding location in the latex source. All within Alpha ! Alpha 9.1.4 has new PDFView and ThumbnailView views (to be used with the [view] command) with nice editing capacities (selection, scrolling, goto, etc.) and a new core command called [synctex] to manage the synchronisation. I’ll release a preview devbuild shortly so that everyone can test these new features (but at the moment I’m on vacation in the countryside with a very poor internet connection).

Cheers,
Bernard

> Le 14 juil. 2020 à 10:41, Joachim Kock <ko...@ma...> a écrit :
> 
> Dear Bernard,
> 
> I am really happy with the new Alpha (9.1.3).
> Thanks so much for all your work.
> 
> I have a question:
> 
> I would like to be able save a file in Alpha (without
> file extension), and then have Alpha open it when
> I double-click it in the Finder.
> 
> I have tried the following: in the 'I' popup, select
> 'Record Window State' and 'Set Alpha as creator'.
> The first problem is that any subsequent 'Save' action
> will erase this second choice -- at least that's how
> it looks in the popup menu.
> 
> In any case, it does not help: when I double-click the
> file in the Finder, TextEdit opens instead of Alpha :-(
> 
> I would also like to ask if there is any way to set a
> preference flag in Alpha to force 'Record Window State'
> and 'Set Alpha as creator' automatically always?
> 
> In the old days, this stuff would be in the resource
> fork. Nowadays I assume it should be in xattributes...?
> Here is what I see
> 
> % xattr myfile
> com.apple.FinderInfo
> com.apple.TextEncoding
> com.apple.lastuseddate#PS
> com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags
> com.dropbox.attrs
> net.sf.alpha.break
> net.sf.alpha.enc
> net.sf.alpha.font
> net.sf.alpha.geo
> net.sf.alpha.sel
> net.sf.alpha.tab
> net.sf.alpha.wrap
> % xattr -p com.apple.FinderInfo myfile
> 54 45 58 54 41 4C 46 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> xattr -p com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags myfile
> 62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 A0 08 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
> 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09
> 
> I don't know what all hex stuff means, or
> if it is related to the issue at all.
> 
> (I am well aware that all this might really be an
> OSX problem (I am reporting from 10.15), not an
> Alpha problem, but if you have an idea of how to
> solve it nevertheless, I would be very grateful.)
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joachim.
> 
> 
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Re: Alpha files

[Joachim K. <ko...@ma...>]

Dear Bernard,

I am really happy with the new Alpha (9.1.3).
Thanks so much for all your work.

I have a question:

I would like to be able save a file in Alpha (without
file extension), and then have Alpha open it when
I double-click it in the Finder.

I have tried the following: in the 'I' popup, select
'Record Window State' and 'Set Alpha as creator'.
The first problem is that any subsequent 'Save' action
will erase this second choice -- at least that's how
it looks in the popup menu.

In any case, it does not help: when I double-click the
file in the Finder, TextEdit opens instead of Alpha :-(

I would also like to ask if there is any way to set a
preference flag in Alpha to force 'Record Window State'
and 'Set Alpha as creator' automatically always?

In the old days, this stuff would be in the resource
fork. Nowadays I assume it should be in xattributes...?
Here is what I see

% xattr myfile
com.apple.FinderInfo
com.apple.TextEncoding
com.apple.lastuseddate#PS
com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags
com.dropbox.attrs
net.sf.alpha.break
net.sf.alpha.enc
net.sf.alpha.font
net.sf.alpha.geo
net.sf.alpha.sel
net.sf.alpha.tab
net.sf.alpha.wrap
% xattr -p com.apple.FinderInfo myfile
54 45 58 54 41 4C 46 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
xattr -p com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags myfile
62 70 6C 69 73 74 30 30 A0 08 00 00 00 00 00 00
01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09

I don't know what all hex stuff means, or
if it is related to the issue at all.

(I am well aware that all this might really be an
OSX problem (I am reporting from 10.15), not an
Alpha problem, but if you have an idea of how to
solve it nevertheless, I would be very grateful.)

Thanks a lot in advance.

Cheers,
Joachim.

Alpha Release 9.1.3 (Haedus)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.3 ("Haedus <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 Haedus <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is η Aurigae, the η star of the Auriga 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/9.1.3/Alpha_9.1.3.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.3/Alpha_9.1.3.dmg.zip/download> (32.99M) 

The MD5 checksum is: ec9189af62c8313b786ed86ee166923f 
The SHA1 checksum is: 6b1ca42ae0cd27deee00af4f258afa85040aa1aa 
The RMD160 checksum is: ede99bef0bcdd0af4524f0f19295cc51ae70cf3f 
The SHA256 checksum is: 252e2e652e4adaa6efeea2bfc85e2a693fb6172292b87a61483d4491410789f2 

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 core command [contactRef] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/contactRef.html> for interacting with the OS X AddressBook.
Revision of the identities <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/IdentitiesHelp.html> package.
More symbols in the Arrows palette.
New options -bgcolor, -cursor and -tip for the [insertEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/insertEscapes.html>, [removeEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/removeEscapes.html> and [getEscapes] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/getEscapes.html> commands.
New dynamic commands associated with each TextView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_textview> view for manipulating the content of the text. See the $editorToken command <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/textEditor.html> help page.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #234: TeX Synchronization with Skim is broken <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/234/>The following tickets have been closed:
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/>

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/>

Alpha Release 9.1.1 (Almach)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.1 ("Almach <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.1.1/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 Almach <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is γ Andromedae, the γ star of the Andromeda 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/9.1.1/Alpha_9.1.1.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1.1/Alpha_9.1.1.dmg.zip/download> (31.29M) 

The MD5 checksum is: 49f439d8972c9dbf517051a0e50aae1f 
The SHA1 checksum is: b303da3102902358a5740f204989cca3acfbe3ed 
The RMD160 checksum is: 9e3a716ae0f3e86afaec76312d5ba81f4d84f46a 
The SHA256 checksum is: c6a49a49a7f6c2ada36b7dd332fdad46bb9afbae4527da9367fbd98753447023 

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 package Lexers Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/LexersMenuHelp.html> to manage and apply lexical analyzers (aka lexers). The lexers can be used to process a selection or a document window.
New core command [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> to scan a file for a regular expression.
New core command [countLines] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/countLines.html> to count the number of lines contained in a string (regardless of the end of line symbols that are used).
New options Line Anchors and Dot Matches All in search and hyperSearch dialogs.
Complete overhaul of the Supersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/SupersearchHelp.html> package.
Improved performance of the Hypersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/HypersearchHelp.html> package based on the new [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> command.
New technical option -preserve in the [shellExec] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/shellExec.html> core command to prevent Unicode decomposition of the arguments.
Complete overhaul of the Filters Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/FiltersMenuHelp.html> and the Columns Manipulation <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/ColumnsManipulationHelp.html> packages.
The Automatic Line Breaking property is now saved when the window state is recorded.
Upgraded Tcl framework to version 8.6.10 (released 2019-11-21). Upgraded Tcllib extension to version 1.20 (released 2019-12-01).
New contextual menu item called Spellcheck Word that displays proposed corrections in a popover window after a control-click over a word. You just double-click on a proposed correction to insert it in the document window.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
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/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #217: HTML and CSS Mode Help uses yellow font towards the end. <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/217/>
Ticket #218: LASTMODIFIED <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/218/>
Ticket #219: focus shifts to end of line on indent <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/219/>
Ticket #220: saveHook error with multiple untitled documents <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/220/>

Alpha Developer Build 9.1.1d1 (8911)

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

Hi all,

I have uploaded a new developer build of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1.1d1 ("Almach_d1") for Mac OS X 10.11 or greater. 

It is considered as a Release Candidate for version 9.1.1. It is meant for developers and beta testers. If you are interested, you can test it to check the recent changes and verify the recent fixes.

Disclaimer: it reflects the current state of the source code and should be used only for testing the most recent features. 
It has been built with the sources at revision 1846 in the Subversion repository at SourceForge. 

Version:	9.1.1d1 (devel)
Date:	2019-12-12
Build:	8911
Revision:	1846

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

Here is the URL to download the application: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/DevBuild/Alpha_devbuild.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/DevBuild/Alpha_devbuild.zip/download> (36.73M) 

Checksums: 
MD5:	d544b8b31c89b634430cd088e5d77e56
SHA1:	e2ede4b36527e9e59557edca958344395d549066
RMD160:	43eb66c31cfdc8694a3c8b7d16200790eb43e4c2
SHA256:	8c78a79ae68b899712b1ceee20c8ce4e269a8859bd15117d3744d2b63e50a9bf


If you find problems with the application, don't hesitate to post bug reports (go to Alpha's Bug Tracker <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/>). 

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

New package Lexers Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/LexersMenuHelp.html> to manage and apply lexical analyzers (aka lexers). The lexers can be used to process a selection or a document window.
New core command [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> to scan a file for a regular expression.
New core command [countLines] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/countLines.html> to count the number of lines contained in a string (regardless of the end of line symbols that are used).
New options Line Anchors and Dot Matches All in search and hyperSearch dialogs.
Complete overhaul of the Supersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/SupersearchHelp.html> package.
Improved performance of the Hypersearch <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/HypersearchHelp.html> package based on the new [scanFile] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/scanFile.html> command.
New technical option -preserve in the [shellExec] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/shellExec.html> core command to prevent Unicode decomposition of the arguments.
Complete overhaul of the Filters Menu <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/FiltersMenuHelp.html> and the Columns Manipulation <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/ColumnsManipulationHelp.html> packages.
The Automatic Line Breaking property is now saved when the window state is recorded.
Upgraded Tcl framework to version 8.6.10 (released 2019-11-21). Upgraded Tcllib extension to version 1.20 (released 2019-12-01).
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
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/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #217: HTML and CSS Mode Help uses yellow font towards the end. <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/217/>
Ticket #218: LASTMODIFIED <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/218/>
Ticket #219: focus shifts to end of line on indent <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/219/>
Ticket #220: saveHook error with multiple untitled documents <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/220/>

Re: binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}

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

Hi Joachim,

I suppose the easiest solution would be to delete the TeX binding in the TeXPrefs.tcl file which is sourced _after_ the mode is loaded. So put the following two instructions in TeXPrefs.tcl:

binding delete -tag TeX {z 'x'}
binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}


By the way, you know of course that 'status execute’ is already bound to escape + X ?

Cheers,
Bernard


> Le 4 déc. 2019 à 09:40, Joachim Kock <ko...@ma...> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Bernard,
> 
> I have a small annoyance: I want to have
> 
> binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}
> 
> globally, but in TeX mode it constantly
> gets overridden by some \index{} insertion.
> 
> What is the proper way of *permanently*
> deleting a binding and make sure it *never*
> comes back?
> 
> I have tried to write in my prefs file
> 
> latex.tcl
> binding delete {z 'x'}
> binding delete -tag TeX {z 'x'}
> binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}
> 
> but I can't control at what moment the
> binding is redefined, so it comes back :-(
> 
> (I suspect that a menu is redefining this.)
> 
> The problem was much worse 15 years ago :-)
> when it was discussed a lot on this list.
> At that time it was proposed to stipulate
> that menu items should link to procs, and key
> bindings should link to procs, but that there
> should be no direct link between menus and
> key bindings, other than the menu advertising
> an equivalent key binding if it exists.
> But it seems difficult to follow in practice.
> 
> Would it make sense to have a priority
> system for bindings, for example with a
> -force flag? Then users could write their
> super-important bindings with this flag,
> whereas all of AlphaTcl's binding declarations
> should be made without it. The rule should
> be that without the flag, one binding cannot
> erase another -- it should just fail silently.
> (Or maybe the default should be to override,
> and then the flag should be -ifnotalreadyinuse.)
> 
> Currently AlphaTcl creates literally hundreds
> of default bindings, and the user might only
> ever use a few of them. But those hundreds
> of bindings may get in the way of a few bindings
> the user defines himself and really cares about.
> 
> Maybe it is an over-reaction to think about
> new design. At the moment I will be happy if
> I just manage to turn bindings off permanently.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joachim.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> AlphaTcl-developers mailing list
> Alp...@li...
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alphatcl-developers

binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}

[Joachim K. <ko...@ma...>]

Hi Bernard,

I have a small annoyance: I want to have

binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}

globally, but in TeX mode it constantly
gets overridden by some \index{} insertion.

What is the proper way of *permanently*
deleting a binding and make sure it *never*
comes back?

I have tried to write in my prefs file

latex.tcl
binding delete {z 'x'}
binding delete -tag TeX {z 'x'}
binding create {z 'x'} {status execute}

but I can't control at what moment the
binding is redefined, so it comes back :-(

(I suspect that a menu is redefining this.)

The problem was much worse 15 years ago :-)
when it was discussed a lot on this list.
At that time it was proposed to stipulate
that menu items should link to procs, and key
bindings should link to procs, but that there
should be no direct link between menus and
key bindings, other than the menu advertising
an equivalent key binding if it exists.
But it seems difficult to follow in practice.

Would it make sense to have a priority
system for bindings, for example with a
-force flag? Then users could write their
super-important bindings with this flag,
whereas all of AlphaTcl's binding declarations
should be made without it. The rule should
be that without the flag, one binding cannot
erase another -- it should just fail silently.
(Or maybe the default should be to override,
and then the flag should be -ifnotalreadyinuse.)

Currently AlphaTcl creates literally hundreds
of default bindings, and the user might only
ever use a few of them. But those hundreds
of bindings may get in the way of a few bindings
the user defines himself and really cares about.

Maybe it is an over-reaction to think about
new design. At the moment I will be happy if
I just manage to turn bindings off permanently.

Thanks,
Joachim.

Alpha Release 9.1 (Peacock)

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

Hi all,

I'm pleased to announce the release of a new version of Alpha. This is Alpha 9.1 ("Peacock <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Output/Release/9.1/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 Peacock <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/AlphaStar.html>, which is α Pavonis, the α star of the Pavo 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/Alpha_9.1.dmg.zip/download <https://sourceforge.net/projects/alphacocoa/files/9.1/Alpha_9.1.dmg.zip/download> (30.79M) 

The MD5 checksum is: bc77e45c968d5639f3f49cab3a57ec80 
The SHA1 checksum is: 33561f89b45a36e2c0ac619627e5b1eeccdeabc6 
The RMD160 checksum is: 194be0904adf680c8923e1d22db7d055cd8eac4e 
The SHA256 checksum is: c0913e2d2b7819a94f6be06fdc7c1622ebee6e76a63963e206ecf83ec05f7244 

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 help search facility via the Search Field located at the top of the Help menu.
New package Character Palettes <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/CharacterPalettesHelp.html> that provides palettes to insert special characters.
New package Box Drawings <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/BoxDrawingsHelp.html> that provides commands to draw a frame around a text selection or draw table borders for a tabulated block of text. It also features a Box characters palette.
New LaTeX palette in TeX mode. It is a multipage palette that displays the mathematical symbols and inserts the corresponding LaTeX macro.
The Special Characters submenus are now dynamic: characters with an uppercase form are obtained by pressing the Shift (⇧) key while the menu is opened. There is also a new submenu called User Characters to display user defined characters: the list of characters that will appear in this submenu is specified via the new User Special Characters global preference.
New package Text Alignment that provides commands to align blocks of text (center, left, right).
New internal library Country Flags that provides commands to get the special characters for country flags.
New menu item Go To Previous Position in Go To submenu. Bound to ⌃⌥P.
Package Latex Sizes has been renamed Latex Macros Cycle <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/LatexMacrosCycleHelp.html>.
The [view] <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Current/Libraries/AlphaTcl/Help/Reference/view.html#cmd_view> command now allows you to create CollectionView <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#view_collectionview> objects which are ordered collections of data items displayed in a customizable layout.
New keys textContainer, textFrame, bottomBarHeight, topBarHeight, leftMarginWidth for the [getWinInfo] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/getWinInfo.html> command.
Revised windowZoom package (version 1.3). Thanks Joachim!
New options -format and -locale for [mtime] <file:///Users/bernardo/Workspace/Devel/Code/AlphaCocoa/Current/Libraries/AlphaTcl/Help/Syntax/mtime.html#cmd_mtime>.
The [mtime] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/mtime.html> and [now] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Syntax/now.html> commands now use the Unix epoch by default rather than the Mac epoch. The [now] command has a -mac option for compatibility.
New subcommand [view children] <https://alphacocoa.sourceforge.io/Reference/view.html#cmd_view_children> to list the children views of a given view or root window.
New mode Swift to support the editing of Swift programming files.
The following bugs have been fixed (but remain open until the fix is confirmed):
Ticket #217: HTML and CSS Mode Help uses yellow font towards the end. <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/217/>
Ticket #218: LASTMODIFIED <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/218/>
Ticket #219: focus shifts to end of line on indent <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/219/>
Ticket #220: saveHook error with multiple untitled documents <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/220/>The following tickets have been closed:
Ticket #215: status bar: file size <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/215/>
Ticket #216: Alpha No Longer Warns about Inconsistent Line Terminations (Line Endings) <https://sourceforge.net/p/alphacocoa/tickets/216/>

Schedule Up - 26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)

[<con...@tc...>]

Hello alphatcl-developers, fyi ...

26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)
https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/

November 05 - 08, 2019
Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks
2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098
Houston, Texas, USA

[ NEWS
  * Our keynote speaker is [Will Duquette](https://github.com/wduquette)
    talking about "Tcl, Rust, and the Death of Rube Goldberg"

  * Registration is open. Please have a look at

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/register.html

  * The tutorials are known. See

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/tutorials.html
]

And our schedule for this year is now available at

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/schedule.html

This is the last general mail for the year.

Conference Committee

   * Andreas Kupries
   * Arjen Markus    Deltares
   * Brian Griffin   Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Gerald Lester   KnG Consulting LLC
   * Joe Mistachkin  Mistachkin Systems
   * Ronald Fox      CAEN Technologies
                     NSCL @ Michigan State University

Contact Information     tcl...@go...

Tcl'2019 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference:

   * FlightAware
   * Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Noumena Corp

4th Call For Papers - Extended Deadline - 26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)

[<con...@tc...>]

Today is the original deadline for paper submissions. We are __extending__
this deadline_by one week, to __Sep 16, 2019, i.e. next Monday__.

Hello alphatcl-developers, fyi ...

26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)
https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/

November 05 - 08, 2019
Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks
2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098
Houston, Texas, USA

[ NEWS
  * Our keynote speaker is [Will Duquette](https://github.com/wduquette)
    talking about "Tcl, Rust, and the Death of Rube Goldberg"

  * [Submission is open](https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/cfp.html)

    We are at the original deadline for submissions. It has been extended
    by one week.

  * Registration is open. Please have a look at

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/register.html

  * The tutorials are known. See

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/tutorials.html
]

Important Dates:

Abstracts and proposals due   September 09, 2019  ** Extended by a week **
Notification to authors       September 16, 2019
WIP and BOF reservations open August 12, 2019
Registration opens            September 09, 2019     ** open already **
Author materials due          October 14, 2019
Tutorials Start               November 04, 2019
Conference starts             November 06, 2019

Email Contact:                tcl...@go...

Submission of Summaries

Tcl/Tk 2019 will be held in Houston, Texas, USA from November 05, 2019 to November 08, 2019.

The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals
from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past
conferences (Proceedings: https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/conferences.html)
have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including:

* Scientific and engineering applications
* Industrial controls
* Distributed applications and Network Managment
* Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk
* New widgets for Tk
* Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk
* Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments
* Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices
* Medical applications and visualization
* Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new
  directions.
* New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language

Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a
summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text
to tcl...@go... no later than September 09, 2019. Authors of accepted
abstracts will have until October 14, 2019 to submit their final
paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings
will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as
presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are
encouraged.

Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com
Online proceedings will appear via
	https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/conferences.html

The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at
the conference.

The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the
following criteria:

* Quantity and quality of novel content
* Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community
* Suitability of content for presentation at the conference

Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but
those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted.

Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between
background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to
the application. Application and experience papers should clearly
explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of
Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the
application or experience to apply to their own development efforts.

Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to
the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest
confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a
matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976.

The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration
to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate.

Other Forms of Participation

The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of
up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed
panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position
statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four
speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for
substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations
of related research papers.

Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather
sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis
starting in August 12, 2019. Specific instructions for reserving WIP
and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information
available in August 12, 2019. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open
for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in
progress should consider reserving a WIP slot.

Registration Information

More information on the conference is available the conference Web
site (https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/) and will be
published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels.

To keep in touch with news regarding the conference, subscribe to the
tcl...@go... list. See:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tclconference for list
information, archive, and subscription.

To keep in touch with Tcl events in general, subscribe to the
tcl-announce list. See: https://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce
for list information, archive, and subscription.

Conference Committee

   * Andreas Kupries
   * Arjen Markus    Deltares
   * Brian Griffin   Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Gerald Lester   KnG Consulting LLC
   * Joe Mistachkin  Mistachkin Systems
   * Ronald Fox      CAEN Technologies
                     NSCL @ Michigan State University

Contact Information     tcl...@go...

Tcl'2019 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference:

   * FlightAware
   * Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Noumena Corp

3rd Call For Papers - 26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)

[<con...@tc...>]

Hello alphatcl-developers, fyi ...

26th Annual Tcl/Tk Conference (Tcl'2019)
https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/

November 04 - 08, 2019
Crowne Plaza Houston River Oaks
2712 Southwest Freeway, 77098
Houston, Texas, USA

[ NEWS
  * Our keynote speaker is [Will Duquette](https://github.com/wduquette)
    talking about "Tcl, Rust, and the Death of Rube Goldberg"

  * [Submission is open](https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/cfp.html)

    It is 4 weeks to the deadline.

  * Registration is open. Please have a look at

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/register.html

  * The tutorials are known. See

    https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/tutorials.html
]

Important Dates:

Abstracts and proposals due   September 09, 2019
Notification to authors       September 16, 2019
WIP and BOF reservations open August 12, 2019     ** may change **
Registration opens            September 09, 2019     ** open already **
Author materials due          October 14, 2019
Tutorials Start               November 04, 2019
Conference starts             November 06, 2019

Email Contact:                tcl...@go...

Submission of Summaries

Tcl/Tk 2019 will be held in Houston, Texas, USA from November 04, 2019 to November 08, 2019.

The program committee is asking for papers and presentation proposals
from anyone using or developing with Tcl/Tk (and extensions). Past
conferences (Proceedings: https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/conferences.html)
have seen submissions covering a wide variety of topics including:

* Scientific and engineering applications
* Industrial controls
* Distributed applications and Network Managment
* Object oriented extensions to Tcl/Tk
* New widgets for Tk
* Simulation and application steering with Tcl/Tk
* Tcl/Tk-centric operating environments
* Tcl/Tk on small and embedded devices
* Medical applications and visualization
* Use of different programming paradigms in Tcl/Tk and proposals for new
  directions.
* New areas of exploration for the Tcl/Tk language

Submissions should consist of an abstract of about 100 words and a
summary of not more than two pages, and should be sent as plain text
to tcl...@go... no later than September 09, 2019. Authors of accepted
abstracts will have until October 14, 2019 to submit their final
paper for the inclusion in the conference proceedings. The proceedings
will be made available on digital media, so extra materials such as
presentation slides, code examples, code for extensions etc. are
encouraged.

Printed proceedings will be produced as an on-demand book at lulu.com
Online proceedings will appear via
	https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/conferences.html

The authors will have 30 minutes to present their paper at
the conference.

The program committee will review and evaluate papers according to the
following criteria:

* Quantity and quality of novel content
* Relevance and interest to the Tcl/Tk community
* Suitability of content for presentation at the conference

Proposals may report on commercial or non-commercial systems, but
those with only blatant marketing content will not be accepted.

Application and experience papers need to strike a balance between
background on the application domain and the relevance of Tcl/Tk to
the application. Application and experience papers should clearly
explain how the application or experience illustrates a novel use of
Tcl/Tk, and what lessons the Tcl/Tk community can derive from the
application or experience to apply to their own development efforts.

Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreements will be returned to
the author(s) unread. All submissions are held in the highest
confidentiality prior to publication in the Proceedings, both as a
matter of policy and in accord with the U. S. Copyright Act of 1976.

The primary author for each accepted paper will receive registration
to the Technical Sessions portion of the conference at a reduced rate.

Other Forms of Participation

The program committee also welcomes proposals for panel discussions of
up to 90 minutes. Proposals should include a list of confirmed
panelists, a title and format, and a panel description with position
statements from each panelist. Panels should have no more than four
speakers, including the panel moderator, and should allow time for
substantial interaction with attendees. Panels are not presentations
of related research papers.

Slots for Works-in-Progress (WIP) presentations and Birds-of-a-Feather
sessions (BOFs) are available on a first-come, first-served basis
starting in August 12, 2019. Specific instructions for reserving WIP
and BOF time slots will be provided in the registration information
available in August 12, 2019. Some WIP and BOF time slots will be held open
for on-site reservation. All attendees with an interesting work in
progress should consider reserving a WIP slot.

Registration Information

More information on the conference is available the conference Web
site (https://www.tcl-lang.org/community/tcl2019/) and will be
published on various Tcl/Tk-related information channels.

To keep in touch with news regarding the conference, subscribe to the
tcl...@go... list. See:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tclconference for list
information, archive, and subscription.

To keep in touch with Tcl events in general, subscribe to the
tcl-announce list. See: https://code.activestate.com/lists/tcl-announce
for list information, archive, and subscription.

Conference Committee

   * Andreas Kupries
   * Arjen Markus    Deltares
   * Brian Griffin   Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Gerald Lester   KnG Consulting LLC
   * Joe Mistachkin  Mistachkin Systems
   * Ronald Fox      CAEN Technologies
                     NSCL @ Michigan State University

Contact Information     tcl...@go...

Tcl'2019 would like to thank those who are sponsoring the conference:

   * FlightAware
   * Mentor - A Siemens Business
   * Noumena Corp